Lauryn
I was now just walking around with no destination, I had nowhere to go I have no family or friends here. A while after we moved here my mom took me out of school so I never really got a chance to actually meet people and make friends. Even though I had nowhere to go I still refused to go back to that hell hole, I'd rather be on the streets.
As I was walking I noticed a group of guys standing in front of a house talking. It was dark so I really couldn't see their faces. I kept walking trying to not make eye contact, but just as I was passing them I felt someone pull my bag.
"Please don't hurt me!" I yelled in panic.
"Yo ma chill" one of them said.
"Ain't nobody trying to hurt you, what's yo name" another one of them said.
"L-Lauryn" I said, trying to get a good look at their faces but the darkness and the fact that they all had hoods over their heads wasn't helping. I could tell that one of them was light skinned though.
"Well Lauryn whatcha doing out this late? How old are you?" One of them said.
"I'm 17" I said, still scared. Why would they just stop me? They don't even know me. Oh lord they're gonna kidnap me.
"Okay ma, but you didn't answer the other question, whatcha don't out here this late?" The light skinned one said. What do I tell them?
"I'm headed home" I said.
"Why you lying ma? Don't you see that dead end sign and I know you don't live in that house down there, so why you really out this late?" He said, damn I really didn't notice that "Dead End" sign.
"I think I should get going" I said trying to walk away but he grabbed my hand.
"What's wrong? You a runaway or something?" One of the other guys said.
"N-no..." I said.
"Yes you are I can tell, you got this big ass backpack I bet it's full of clothes and plus it's 3 am, don't trip tho ma we all got kicked out our moms cribs" he said.
"I need to go" I said in a low tone.
"You need somewhere to stay?" he asked.
"No..."
"Look ma you walked into the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time niggas be shooting around this time, we trying to help you do you can either stay here and take the risk of getting shot, raped, or kidnapped or you can come with us" the light skinned boy said.
"Make your decision ma, and by the way I'm August and this is Derrick and Kameron" he said.
"I'll be fine" I said.
"Ight whatever ma, come on y'all" August said and started walking down the street and the other two followed.
I started walking the other way but then I heard something and I freaked out.
"Hey! Wait!" I yelled to them as I was running towards them. They turned around.
"What ma?" August said.
"Ok I'll come, no ones gonna hurt me right?" I asked out of breath. They all looked at each other and made an odd facial expression. It was awkward silence, but then Kameron spoke.
"Nah you'll be fine, come on" he said and they all started walking again. I was hesitant because of the silence after I asked about getting hurt, but I followed anyway.
We walked a couple of blocks down until we reach a big and old house at the end of the street. They started walking towards the door, but I stopped, I didn't like the way the house looked. I have a bad feeling about this.
August looked back and saw that I stopped walking.
"Come on Lauryn, a nigga trying to go to sleep, we'll leave yo ass out here" he said but I didn't budge.
"Ight stay yo ass out here then" he said and then knocked on the door and someone came to open the door.
Once August, Kameron, and Derrick I ran after them.
"Wait!" I yelled and August turned around.
"You're smarter than I thought, come on I gotta introduce you to someone" he said and then grabbed my hand and started walking upstairs.
As we were walking I noticed that there were other girls here as well. I also saw a girl having sex with someone but she didn't like she liked it. She looked me dead in my eyes and the look she gave me was screaming "help". Where in the hell am I?
We approached this big black door at the end of the hall and August knocked on it. He looked at me and saw that I had a terrified look on my face.
"Relax, you gon be straight" he said in a low tone.
"Come in" the male voice on the other side of the door said. August grabbed my hand again and opened the door and led me into the door. Once the door closed it sounded like it automatically locked.
The room was big with only a couple of chairs, a couch, and a large desk. There was a buff dark skinned man sitting at the desk.
"Wassup Aug, who is this?" He said standing up and walked around the desk and stood in front of us.
"This is Lauryn she need a place to stay" August said and the guy started looking me up and down and rubbing his hands together.
"Is that true sweetheart?" He asked.
"Yes" I said in a low tone.
"How old are you" He asked, while looking at me in a strange way.
"17" I said, shyly. What is going on?
"She ain't here for that T" August said. Here for what? What is he talking about.
"Aug why you still here? Go get back to work with Kam and D, I need to talk to Lauryn if she's gonna be staying in my house" the man, who, according to August, goes by T.
"Ight man, but for real she's 17 she ain't here for that, I'll see you later Lauryn" August said and then he put in some kind of code on a keypad, that was on the wall next to the door, and walked out. Once the door closed it automatically locked again.
"So Lauryn I'm T, come over and sit on this couch and talk to me for a little bit" he said and then grabbed my hand and pulled me to the couch.
What is going on?
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