Back In The Game

Chapter 3

LaShawn's POV

      I slide my finger over the screen of my phone to turn my alarm off. I look at the time and it's almost 7:30. I get up and get ready to get Marie.

     She is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Her dark skin, so smoothe, her long hair flowing all the way down her back, her smile white and perfect. And to think that someone would try to disrespect her.

           I hurry up and get in the shower and brush my teeth. I didnt want to be late taking her to work. She only lives 10 minutes away including the New York traffic.

          I rush out the door and into my car. I drive as fast as the traffic will allow me, arriving at her apartment with a minue to spare.

"Hello," she answers.

"Yeah, Im outside. Take your time though."

"Oh, Im ready, I'll be right down,"she says and hangs up. A few seconds later I see her walking down the stairs that lead to the parking lot. She was perfect. She was dressed in a peach knee-length dress. The fabric flowed around her just like her hair. She wore white flats and carried a white sweater.

"You look great," I told her as soon as she sat in the car.

"Thank you," she said trying to hide her smile.

"You dress like that to work everyday?" I ask her. For her to be working at Nike Town she sure looks amazing.

"Yeah, why wouldnt I?" she asked.

I just shook my head and kept driving.

"So where do you work?" she asks me after a few minutes.

"The M&M store actually," I know it sounds stupid but its actually one of the best jobs I've ever had.

"Really," she said smiling that beautiful smile of hers.

"Yes really, I'll have to give you a tour of the place one day, it's pretty amazing," I tell her.

"Yeah, you will. Do you work today?"

"No actually, do you want to go after you get off work? I can come and get you," I offered.

"Sure," she says as I pull up to the curb of Nike Town.

"Have a good day then beautiful," I didnt mean to call her that but I don't regret it either. I can tell by her slightly stunned reaction the she wasn't expecting it at all.

"Thanks, you too. I get off at 2:30," she says and closes the door and walks into the building.

I have business to take care of so I hurry down to 5th Avenue to meet a couple of my boys.   

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I pull up to the old car shop on 5th Avenue and park my car. I look around for my boys Tyrone, Zeke, and Chris. They all come around the corner at the same time, passing a blunt back and forth. I climb out of the car and approach them.

"Hey, wussup Shawn," Tyrone asked, dapping me.

"Nothing much, just came to see if you guys were still making that deal with the guys in Queens." The gang in Queens has been trying to get coke from us for a while. At first we didn't want to make that compromise but after a while we decided to just go with it.

"Yeah, mane. You want in?" Zeke questioned me. I knew it was a bad idea but I wanted the money. Besides, me and my boys never get caught.

"Yeah, when is this going down?"

"A couple weeks, gotta make sure we have all our shit. You know how those niggas are down there," Tyrone tells me while taking a hit.

"Alright then, I'm out. See yall later, and tell Trey that imma fuck him up next time I see him," I say as I get back in my car. Now all I have to do is kill time until I have to get Marie. I would stay with my boys, but they fool around too much for me. When I look at the clock it says 10:25. Too much time to kill. I decide to go by the M&M store to see whats going on before I took Marie by there.

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"Hey Shawn, whats going on man," Devin walks up to me with a couple of boxes in his hands.

"Hey Dev, what's good bro," I said taking off a box from the top of his stack.

"What are you doing around here,  I thought you were off today?"

I push through the double doors and out into the main part of the store. "Nothing really, just came by to look around, I'm bringing a friend by later," I tell him.

"Oh alright, I see you Shawn!" Devin says setting down the boxes behind the counter.

"Its not even like that bro," I say, knowing that it's exactly 'like that'. I look around both floors of the factory and help Devin unload this months inventory off of the delivery truck before heading out of the door and back to my car. I look at the time again and its 2:15. I start my car and head back to Nike Town to get Marie.