Growing Up In The Projects

I walked down the street to my friends house. I knocked on his door *mom answers* who is it. I yelled back deshawn. Rance came running downstairs and told me to come in until he got out of the shower. I sat on the couch and watched tv. Rance came came downstairs and we walked out side. As soon as we walked outside *pop* *pop* *pop* the gangs were having war, as always. We walked back in the house and waited until the shooting stopped. We went back outside and walked to the neighborhood park. I saw a couple of my friends from school sitting on the bench. I walked up my friend lightbub said sup? I said did you guys hear what happened to justin just last night? Lightbub looked suprised and asked what happened? He was shot and put behind a garbage can. He brought it on himself lightbub said. *We walked to the store*. Wassup bitch? A boy i hated from my school said. I acted like i didnt hear him and walked away. He walked up behind me and pushed me on the ground. my friend lightbub got up and told him to back off. Bobby said what you gonna do. Lightbub helped me up and we walked toward the store. When we got in the store the clerk ask us who's buying something. I answered and he told lightbub to get out if he wasnt. Man this is some bullshit, lightbub said. He left the store and a group of black guys ran in with masks and guns. I got down behind one of the shelves and waited until they left. A guy told another guy too search the store. I ran out the back of the store and heard *pop* *pop* they started shooting at me. I got away and ran home. When i got home my mom and sister, nia were watching television. They asked me why was I breathing so hard. I didn't want too tell her so I said I was running from a dog. I went too my room and got on the computer. The phone rang and i answered. I heard a voice over the phone. It was a man with a deep voice who said, is this deshawn? I said who's asking. He said if you want your little friend lightbub back then you'll have too come up with $500 before friday. It was monday and i didnt have a dollar too my name. I hung up the Phone, I was heated. If they do Anything too my friend i will kill somebody. I went in my drawer and grabbed my gun. It was a snub nose 45 caliber. It was small enough to fit in my pocket. I went outside and called my friend rance. I told him that they had lightbub for ransom and i didnt have a dime. He sounded as if he was about to cry. He hung up the phone. I walked down the street wondering what too do. I went in the house and walked into my mothers room without her noticing me. She had been saving money for the past 2 months. Now all i had too do is find where she hid it. I went through everything in the room. I found nothing. I tried calling the number back that called, Nobody answered. I went outside and saw a group of girls, including one i liked. I walked across the street and said hey too the girl i liked. Her name was sarah. She said hey and a voice came from around the corner. It was William, her brother. He saw me and he pulled out a gun *pop* *pop* he shot me in head. I died.