"i had fun today." he said leaning against the car.
"me too." i whispered.
he pulled me in and pecked my lips thrice before letting go and getting in his car to drive away.
i entered the house and sighed, locking to door i made my way to my room...
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〚♱〛
daisy
freeridge.
to some it is a town filled with minorities, plauged with violence, and gang bangers.
to others it's just a place filled with the next statistics.
but for me, for me it's home.
the keeper of my greatest memories and my most horrendous nightmares.
"shit!" i screamed as I stubbed my toe on my coffee table.
and just so perfectly my phone started to ring.
"speak." i said putting it on speaker and continuing to pack, ignoring the ache in my toe.
"who do you think you're talking to mija?" my abuelita's voice rang through my phone.
"lo siento." i said continuing to run around my apartment packing.
"so what time do you think you'll be here?"
"well Nueva York is quite a distance from cali, so I'll be there around 5 pm your time. sound good abuela?" i picked up the phone taking it into my closet, packing up the last of my things.
"yes, can't wait to see you mija." she sent kisses and hung up.
I scanned my closet, I worked so hard to get here.
I did good for myself, I made it out of "the game", but it's pulling me back.
let me explain, because I know you're confused. I live in New York because of an unspeakable event that happened back home in freeridge. so abuelita lives all alone and she's getting older, and it worries me how often she's by herself.
I'm moving back to take care of her, I just hope I don't run into 'he who shall not be named'.
-;
I step out of the cab and am immediately hit with the smell of a barbecue. I walk around the back of abuelita's house and see a party going on, I knew it.
"AM I INVITED?" I screamed and cesar salad stopped the music.
"DAISY's HOME!" jamal yelled, tackling me at the same time.
"DAISY!" cesar, monse, and ruby yelled jumping into the hug.
"my future wife is home." jamal yelled to everyone while hugging me tighter. i laughed and looked at mi abuelita shedding tears of joy.
"okay, well 'your future wife', has to go show her abuelita some love." i laughed to jamal making air quotation marks while saying 'your future wife'. he let go of me and winked going over to cesar salad who was turning the music back on.
"abuelita, why are you crying?" i asked hugging her, we were both short, her being 4'11 and me being the same height.
"i'm not crying, pollution has just gotten really bad." she said and i laughed.
i caught up with everyone and i was having a great time being surrounded by familiar places and just being home in general.
jamal walked up to me and slung his arm over my shoulder, "hey hubby." i said deciding to play along with him.
"hey wifey, how was new york, what did you bring me?" he asked.
"i brought you my love and support." i laughed at him, and he laughed with me, then got serious after we caught our breath.
"i want to find the rollerworld money." he said in a whisper.
"bring it up to ruby's abuela, and you'll soar from there." i told him with a soft smile. if anyone were to find that cash, it would be jamal.
"thank you!" he said kissing my cheek. i laughed and went over to cesar.
"CESAR SALAD!" i called out to him, he turned around and smiled at me.
"hey daisy." he smiled hugging me.
"hiya papaya!" i said to him.
"i have some news." he said while his smile dropped.
"what is it?"i asked him tilting his head to look at me.
cesar was like the little brother i never had, i was always there to protect him, no matter the cost.
"oscar wants to see you." i took my hand off of his cheek and made an sent him a blank but heated stare.
"you can tell spooky, i don't want anything to do with him." i made myself loud and clear, emphasizing 'he who shall not be named's name. he hated it when i called him spooky, he said that make was for caesar and i.
"ruby tried to help me earlier but he only made it worst, and i need your help." cesar said, causing me to raise my eyebrow, confused as to what was being said.
"slowww down," i said putting my hands up turning my head to the side, "what happened? tell me." i asked snapping my perfectly manicured fingers to show him how serious this was.
