Oakland's Baddest

Chapter 6

Oakland's Baddest: Chapter 6

~3 Weeks Later~

Not even 3 days later Arls and Javier were jumped into the gang too. They weren't as badly fucked up as Lexis and I but when they walked up I could tell they were jumped in.

I was chillin at the corner of the hood right before Marcus' court. Marcus and I made up when I saw him at the park a few days ago. We cool now.

"Varo how come you never leave this hood?" Jaquory asked as he rode up next to me on his bike.

"Why would I leave my hood?" Jaquory was aight. He was 9 and I would go over to his house cause his mama make some good ass finger lickin food.

"Cause it's boring sitting on the curbs all day waiting for shit to happen. I bet it's cause yo mama say you too young to leave the hood huh?" He laughed

"Fuck what my Mama say. I'm grown enough to know what trouble to stay out of-"

"Varo your punk ass ain't grown for shit. You know you can't leave this hood cause Mama would smack you into next Friday." Eddy said as he walked up with Jairo who was laughing his ass off.

"What's so funny Jairo?" I snapped at him

"You're this little kid who's tryna grow up so quick, even though you only 8" He laughed as he leaned up against Eddy.

"What's everybody doin here?" Oh God not Marco. See what Jaquory did? If he had just kept goin on his gay ass bike we wouldn't be having family reunion right now.

"Marco go away, nobody want ya ass here" I said as I stood up and mugged him. He was with some kid who had a red bandana around his neck. Looked like my bandana. "Where'd you get that bandana" I asked the kid.

"So you're the famous Varo huh?" He rose an eyebrow and I nodded my head. "I'm J and from my gang" He dapped me.

"That red gang?" Jairo asked

"No dipfuck the purple one from San Diego" I said as I made a face

"Shut the hell up Varo" Marco snapped

"nah you can shut the hell-"

"Both of y'all can shut the hell up. Damn" Eddy said irritated. Javier, Arls, and Lexis came walking up too

"We heard Varo yellin from Javier's house, what the hell happened now?" Lexis laughed

"Looks like a kick back but with the youngins" Arls said as he sat down on the curb. "Varo quit yellin all the time anyways" He laughed as he pulled me down on the curb with him. I was the shortest one out of all us in this hood so everyone thought they ruled over me. That's why I yell so much, once I yell niggas back off.

"J where you live anyways?" I asked once I calmed my temper

"Other side of town. I'm over here for the week visiting my Aunt with my sister" I nodded my head

"Y'all wanna see something cool?" Jairo said

"Your ass leaving?" I got thumped upside the head by Eddy. "Well fuck you too Eddy"

"What is it?" Javier asked

"There's a dead body by the creek just down the block, wanna see it?" I snapped my head up so fast

"A dead body-"

"Mhm, some guy was shot and now he layin in the creek-"

"Varo! Come inside!" Mama yelled from the balcony of our apartment

"Why?!" I yelled back

"Don't ask questons, just get up here!" I got up and started to jog back to my apartment. I know Jairo said something under his tounge but I didn't pay it much attention. I walked inside and saw Mama holding an envelope in her hands.

"What?" I asked as I shut the door.

"Let me read to you what it says." She put on her glasses. "It says that you have to go to Summer School because you didn't meet the standard requirements to move up a grade. Now you have to go to Summer school or you get held back." She looked at me hard

"I ain't goin to no summer school and I sure as hell know that school ain't finna hold me back another year." I laughed but Mama didn't laugh

"I love how you hid this in your room. Thinking I wouldn't find it huh?" I stopped laughing when I remembered I hid that! That was my shit! "You were supposed to go Summer school that week after you got out of school. You're going tomorrow whether you like it or not." Like hell I am.

'Aight Mama. Can I go play now?" I asked impatiently. She nodded her head and I took off out of the apartment.

Everyone was gone.

~The Next Morning~

"Varo get up" Mama said as she nudged me

"What time is it?" I yawned as I accidentally hit Marco but his ass was knocked out. Eddy was already up like usual cause why would he be a normal kid and sleep in?

After like an hour I was dropped of at the school. I was so pissed, I could still be in bed sleeping, but no I was at the school walking back to class.

"Morning Alvaro, glad to see you decided to show up." My teacher said

"I don't wanna be here" I snapped back. I sat at my desk and saw Marcus was there too. At least he was here to keep me company. Otherwise the rest of the kids here were all from the other side of town.

~2 Hours Later~

"Alvaro, what are the multiples of 36" She asked as she waited at the board for me to give an answer. This was all such dumb shit. I already knew all this why do I have to go through this again?

I simply stood up. Gathered my things, put them neatly in my backpack., Fixed my beanie and started to head to the door without saying a word.

"Alvaro, where are you going?" She asked alamred

"Your Mama's ass!" I yelled as I flipped her off and walked out the classroom. I do not, and I repeat. do not have the time to sit here and talk about multiples.

I was now walking around town trying to get home. I've never learned town enough to know what streets were good to go down.

I had wandered around for a good 15 minutes till I found my hood.

Summer school is too over rated for me. I'd rather kick it in the hood. The one thing I really looked forward to was; I was told that once Marcus, Lexis, Javier, Arls, and I are finally 10 we'll get to go to the trap and see how things are really done in the gang.