ride. ( dreezy & 21 savage )

1) New Beginnings

Seandrea Sledge:
(Refer back to this picture in the mm when you get to chapter 25)

I waved to my co-worker Dane and walked out the back door of my job. As I settled into my car, I keyed in a text to Deja, my best friend.

U still up?

I started my car and drove home. My phone vibrated in the cup holder as I was pulling into a spot on the side of my apartment building.

Getting ready to fall asleep on your working ass.

I rolled my eyes and laughed. Then I put my car in reverse and backed into the parking space. I picked up my phone to reply to Deja.

Well excuse me for being called in which I had no choice but to answer to.

I got out of the car and locked it behind me and walked down the sidewalk towards the apartment building. Being that it was 12 in the morning and the street light on the sidewalk I was walking on was busted, it was dark. So when I was walking I felt something hit my shoulder and my back hit the ground.

Before I could say anything, the person held his hand out and I took it and he pulled me up. "My bad." He said.

"It's cool." I said, brushing off my jacket.

I could barely see his face but I could peek a knife tattoo between his eyebrows. I thanked him and continued to walk to my apartment. I got on the elevator and walked down the hallway towards my apartment. When I got to my door, I unlocked it and stepped in, closing the door behind me.

I had three messages from Dej.

You excused
Oh so you not responding now
Remember that the next time you so desperate for me to call you

I was thinking about letting her just keep wondering why I wasn't replying but she was going to go all night. Trust me, she never goes to sleep.

Shit happened, Dej. I didn't hear my phone chill, tf

I put my phone on the charger and went to go take a shower. When I was done I put on a t-shirt and some basketball shorts and went to bed

******

My phone vibrated on the nightstand and I reached to answer to whoever was calling me. I sat up. "Hello." I said.

"You still not up yet?" Dej said.

"No, why?" I said.

"One, I called you three times, all of which you didn't answer. Two, it's almost 1 in the afternoon." She said.

I checked the time. It was 12:48. "Well what did you want me to do?" I said.

"Come over I got something to show you." Dej said.

"Bet." I said.

I put my phone down and threw on some acid wash jeans and a black sweatshirt with the Interscope logo on it.

I pulled on my black and white 11s and walked outside.

Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph:
I saw the same chick that I bumped into last night walk out of the building across from my building. "Is that her?" My annoying roommate, Darren said.

She got into her car. "Yeah." I said, passing him the blunt we were smoking.

We were sitting on the stoop, passing a blunt back and forth. "Go get 'er." Darren said.

"Hell no." I said.

"Why not. Gimme one good reason why not." Darren said.

"Right after you give me one good reason why your headline is so crooked." I said, getting up and walking into the building.

Darren followed me back to my crib. "Why not. I'm gone bother you till you tell me why." Darren said.

"And then when it's the answer you don't like then you gone throw a tantrum and bother me until I give you a better reason." I said.

"No I'm not." Darren said.

"Go back to Oregon." I said, pulling my jacket on.

"It was Ohio." Darren said.

"Fuck, Darren just go home. You really irritating the shit outta me." I said, throwing my slides in the corner and putting on my adidas.

Darren left and I went right behind him towards my car. I was about to stop at my man Symere's house (read clarification)

When I got into his house, I immediately was hit by the smell of weed. "Sym, where you at?" I said. He spent all his time in the back room.

He came down the hallway and dapped me. "What's good my nigga." Sym said.

"I'm cool, I'm cool. You?" I said, sitting down.

"It's been good, kinda hard. You know Rod got shot?" Sym said.

"Yeah Darren told me." I said.

"Man, it's sad. Rod didn't do shit. Just sat around. The nigga was disabled." Sym said.

"Sym, you was just about ready to knock that nigga up a wall." I said.

"I know but it's more to it than that. He used to live with me and my moms before he got his own crib. We was like brothers. But then he fucked shit up and that's when we fell off. Then I met you and he decided to go play me off. That's why whenever he wanted you to make a drop with him, he ain't never ask me either." Symere said.

"Oh, my bad, I didn't know it was like that." I said.

"It's cool." Sym said.

Symere twisted his hair. We sat in silence. "Darren told me you--"

"Bumped into a chick yesterday?" I said.

"No, he said you dropped Jodi." Symere said.

"Oh yeah, that dick sucking bitch." I said. I was hoping to try and brush off what I said about the chick yesterday but Sym caught it before I could change the subject.

"What chick?" He said.

"Ion know her name. But I accidentally knocked her down last night and I helped her. That's all that happened." I said.

"Well at least you moved on from Jodi." Sym said.

"Yeah. That was bad in the first place. I hit it the first time and she ain't let go." I said.

"Damn, Shayaa." Sym said.

"I'm forreal." I said.

Hey y'all. How the book so far? I know the first chapter was boring but I didn't know how to really start it off.

How y'all day going?

Well I was just asking cause a bitch don't get no love around here up on this platform.

Okay bye y'all.