Back to the Hood

The Tears We Shed

It was a knock on the door, I got up from the bed my hair all messy and stuff i opened the door and James was right there"James it 5 oclock in the morning what the fuck"i rubbed my eyes and looked at him better his eyes was red and he had blood on his shirt"What the fuck happened CHRIS"Chris walked in the room still sleep but once he saw James he was wide awake"What the fuck"Chris pulled James in the house by his collar James was still in shock his mouth was open and he was crying alittle"Snap out of it James what happen"I clapped my hands infront of his face"H-He k-killed T-Travis"

"Tell me exactly what happened" Chris pulled up a chair infront of him and sat down in it.
"It was about 9 o'clock, w-we just came home Montey was trippin over some shit and he kept yelling you t-trader so we ain't pay attention to him. We had to share rooms and me and T-Travis shared one so he was sleep, then Montey came in with a g-gun and just shot him and w-walked out like nothing happened. I went over to T-Travis and was rocking him and stuff saying he c-can't die but he did, he d-died in my hands."
James started sobbing Chris was sitting there, I could see it in his face he was hurt, I hugged both of them and patted James on the back. "He was my b-best f-friend" James cried.

"It's okay James, lemme tell you this. You can sleep here on our couch tonight." I handed him a pillow and a blanket. "Thanks Chris and Kianna I really appreciate it and I'm sorry for all the things my gang put y'all through."
He said smiling.
"Yeah yeah goodnight." Chris said walking back into our room. I followed behind him shutting our door and laying back in bed.
"Can we trust him?" I asked.
"Nah not yet, we gotta get more information. I'll think of something." He said getting under the covers.
"Paris and Kharis, when they find out." I said looking down.
"Yea I know." He said.
"Go to sleep tho we gotta long day ahead of us." He said kissing me, I kissed him back and went back to sleep.

When we woke up later that day it was gloomy we told Paris and Kharis to come over after we took a shower and got settled we gave James some clothes and he took a shower Paris and Kharis came in all happy which made it sadder to tell them the news. "Hey people!" Paris grabbed a banana off the table and ate it.
"Now aint the time Paris its serious." Kharis looked at me I looked at Chris who looked at Paris who looked at Teo who looked at Jayden. "Can you sit." They all sat down, I took the kids in Elijah room and closed the door, James came in the living room.
"Hey twins, Teo, and Jayden." He said coming towards us. Teo stood up, "What he doing here?"
Chris made Teo sit down, "look im so sorry but Montey killed Travis last night." Everyone paused and sat there shocked. The twins had tears in their eyes but they managed not to cry. "How he die?" Kharis asked tapping her foot. "Montey shot him last night." James said looking at them.
"So Montey did some other shit again." Paris said biting her nails.
"Chris when the fuck can we kill some mother-" she caught herself. She took and deep breath, "when will be get our revenge? It seem to me like they winning over there." Paris said getting heated.
"Will will make a come back soon but we gotta lay low for a while and when they least expect it we come in with our attack." He said.
"I don't want to talk about this wit him in here he damn near could be playing us like a fool." Kharis said looking at him.

"Hes not he came last night with blood on his shirt and eyes all red." I said defending him. "Why you sticking up for him? We your friends how you know he could have killed Travis or how do we even know Travis dead. James you better not be lying." Paris looked at James with tears going down her cheek.
"I'm not, Travis was my best friend and he still is." James said looking down. Paris stood up. "Chris I'm sick of this shit, we been laying low for the most and they killed my brother, they shot him. All these fights 4 of us been shot by the gang in the past 4 years and we sitting here taking it. I wouldn't give a damn if James working with Montey! I just want pay back!" She said getting up and leaving.
"I agree and if you not gonna do nun bout it we can do it ourself." Kharis said leaving. The rest of them left as we just sat there looking at each other. Chris went into our room and slammed the door, I gave him his privacy while I made him and the kids some lunch. 15 minutes later I got finished making them chicken patties and fries. I gave the kids and James their plates first then went in the room with Chris.
"You alright?" I asked as giving him his plate.
"Yup just thinking of an attack plan man did I fuck up with this?" He asked.
"No you just had other things to focus on, but now since you always say you in too deep you gotta think of something. You can't leave yo gang hanging." I said eating one of his fries.
"You right." He said rubbing my thigh.
I watched Tv while he was texting the gang in a group chat.

Teo ran in our room making Chris drop his plate. "Man shit I was eating that."
I chuckled, Teo stood infront of us, "FUCK YO FOOD PARIS AND KHARIS WENT CRAZY!" Teo said, we got up and walked in the living room Teo was jumping around, Jordyn was crying while Elijah and Rachel tried to see what was wrong with her.
"Okay what happened Teo?" Chris asked, Teo took some breaths.
"Paris went in our room and took out a gun saying she finna hurt Montey for what he did and figured shit out. I tried to stop her but she pointed the gun at me and Kharis was waiting outside for her she won't listen to me."

"Let em go." Chris said. Teo and I looked at him. "Something needa happen The Royals and the twins are strong I trust em. They should have told us but let em go." He said shrugging it off. "Ok Man, you sure?" Teo asked putting his trust in Chris hands. "Yeah I'm sure." He said.

"Now you owe me some food." Chris said, Teo chuckled and went to pick up Jordyn.
"Don't worry baby girl yo momma will be alright, suck it up stop crying." He said as he wiped her tears.
"Chris you is crazy you letting the twins who just lost they brother out together."
I said looking at him crazy.
"Yeah maybe they might even kill some of the people, that's soo bad." He said sarcastically.

Paris p.o.v

Kharis and I busted open they door holding up our guns, nobody was there so we ran in each room until we went to the last one. We opened the door and saw Keke hugging Travis body we lowered our guns, I looked at Kharis. She pushed Keke off of him and hugged him sobbing. I kept my tears in even though I wanted to break down and cry, yell, and scream. I put my gun down and went up to Travis and hugged him, I rocked him wiping the blood out the corner of his mouth. I touched his chest to see where he got shot at. He was shot straight in the heart, I kissed his forehead and kept rocking him Keke stood there staring at us her make up was running down her cheeks. "What Keke?" I got irritated at her staring.

"I'm pregnant, and Travis was the father." She said crying.