OUTTA COMPTON

F O R E V E R S L E E P I N G

CHAPTER NINE :
TIFFANY'S POINT OF VIEW
LAST CHAPTER WAS REAAAAALLLL LONGGG GODDAMN🙄 IM SORRY IF THERES ANY CORRECTIONS THAT HAVENT BEEN FIXED YET IM IN SUCH A HURRY TO JUST GET THE CHAPTER OUT THERE THAT I MAKE SO MANY MISTAKES BUT I USUALLY GO BACK AND FIX THEM. I LOVE THE PICTURE ABOVE BECAUSE HER FACE IS MA WHOLE MOOD UP IN SCHOOL OR WHEN SOMEONE I DON'T LIKE TRIES TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME :) LMAAOO

The sirens, the stretcher, the sheet, the body, the paramedics, the sobbing, the ambulance, red & blue lights, questions. Isiah is gone. I knew the time was coming soon and that he was gonna overdose soon but why didn't I do anything to prevent this from happening? I stare at the ceiling in my room feeling the cool breeze from the air conditioner, chills running down my spine.

I think of all the good times we had and all the bad things he's done fade from my mind. I hear a light knock on my door. "Come in" i say wiping the tears from my eyes. Rakim walks in and sits down next to me on the bed. "I know how much he meant to you despite the bad he's done. And I'm sorry that you lost him. It was his time to go it wasn't safe to have him around you know that right?"

"Yeah I know. I don't know what to feel I'm just so stressed and shocked right now. I knew that his time was gonna come soon but I didn't know that it would be so soon." Rakim takes off his shoes and lies down on the bed making himself comfortable.

"We all saw it coming and it is very shocking to us all. I mean I didn't like him too much but still it is pretty shocking. I just want you to know that we're here for you if you ever need anything" I nod but don't say anything. "Now my family's coming down and I don't know what I'm going to tell them."

"don't worry about that all you have to do is tell them the truth, there's no hiding now" Rakim reassures me. I pull out my phone and search for my mom in the contacts list. As soon as I find the contact I dial the number... Beep, beep, beep, beep, "hello?"

"Hey mom umm I have to tell you something before you come down and this is very important."

"I'm listening baby go on tell me" I look to rakim and see that he's nodding "go on tell her" he whispers. "Mom uh an accident happened umm I never told you but Isiah did drugs and he umm overdosed today. He's umm dead mom"

There is silence on the other side of the phone for a few moments "why are you deciding to tell me this now when you had plenty of times to tell me. I could've helped you out honey" rakim gives me a I TOLD YOU SO look. I roll my eyes "because I didn't know that him taking drugs was gonna be this serious until now and I'm sorry I didn't tell you before I was just trying to comprehend everything."

"Okay I get that tiff but this is important you should have told me before. Drugs is something that I don't want you ever around I don't want you even around people when their on it people can turn dangerous when their on drugs all they want is money to get more you should've known better not to mess with that."

"I know mom I should've but i did love him a lot and I wasn't ready to let him go despite the whole drug situation" I see miles from the corner of my eye lean against the door frame. "I know baby I'm sorry his death was not deserved. I really didn't like that kid though he was a bad influence on you but again I'm sorry about his death."

"It's okay when you come down we can talk more. I'll come and pick you up at the airport when?" a few muffled noise come through the phone and some light conversations in the back "we'll arrive at the airport at around 10 pm so come down around that time"

"Okay I'll see you then let me know when your landing and everything so I can start heading down. Your arriving at Lax right?"

"Yes" she says annoyed "I'll text you when we're boarding ok."

"Alright ma I'll see you then have a safe flight"

"Alright see you" the phone line cuts off and the room becomes silent. Miles walks out the room and down the hall. Rakim is staring at the ceiling not saying a word. I nudge on his shoulder "whatcha thinking about?" He shrugs "how we use to be when we were younger. We were mad close. What happened?"

I turn away from him "we went our separate ways that's all. We grew up and got lives but we can be close like that again if you want".

Before rakim can respond back miles storms in "sorry to interrupt but the police wanna take all of us in for some questioning, they said their done investigating the crime scene and it's time for them to interrogate so get up off yah asses and let's go"

Rakim gives Miles a long cold hard stare before getting up and following him out of the room. I sit on the bed for a while and think before also following them out.