A Hood Tale of Romero and Jalicia

The Connection [Part 3]

Jalicia didn't know that every time we touched I was passing my energy over to her. I knew about that shit she had going on in her household and I knew that she needed that positive energy to get her through the days. I had a feeling that right now at this moment she needed me. I could feel her pain. I called her phone, but she never picked up.

Booting up I rode halfway close by her house and parked far enough so I wouldn't be detected and I started walking. I made sure that I blended in with the darkness, but I kept a fast stride with my hood over my head. Stopping the on the side of her house I looked up at her window seeing no movement. I found some pebble on the ground and threw it at her window. Still nothing. Picking up another pebble I threw that shit hard as hell and I thought it cracked her window, but what I thought was a crack was her actually opening the window.

"Ro what are you doing here? Are you trying to get your dumb ass killed?!" she whispered hard.

"I'm the king of Murk Mafia. Do you think a nigga scared?" I asked joking with her, but she looked like she wasn't in the playing mood. "Look I felt like you needed me so here I am... you good?"

"Yeah I'm good Ro...." She said looking off into the distance.

"Nah you not good."

"You're right, but do you think that you're safe in my hood?"

"Ain't nobody safe anywhere they go remember that." I stated.

"Okay Mr. Wisdom now please just get me out of here and I'll tell you what happened once we make it to your place."

She ain't said shit, but a word. She threw a packed bag down like she knew that I was coming to save her. A street king coming to save his hood queen. Ha. After her bag was out of the window she did some type of cheer-leading move jumping out of the window and landed straight into my arms.

We were back at my place and she was wrapped in my arms telling me about all of that shit she's been through in the past hours. I was mad as fuck, but I knew that if I made a move to handle that shit then the whole city would be on fire again and this time I wasn't stopping until every single Emerald was dead except for my baby girl Jalicia. One thing that we agreed was her crashing at my spot and when it came morning time her people would be out looking for her. She wouldn't go to school, but I would continue going so nobody would come in my face with that fuck shit. This street shit was gonna have to come to an end and I mean soon.

*

I finally felt free that I wasn't in that house anymore. Any minute I felt myself about to psych the fuck out and if Ro didn't come by the house that night I probably would've killed everybody in that muthafucka. My dad hit me for the first time ever in life and my mom hated me because of my dad. Prince was dead, but he wasn't gone and here I was laying up with somebody from the other side that I felt like I was going to spend the rest of my life with.

Romero was a superhero in disguise. Here I was laying on his chest listening to his breathing since it wasn't normal like a regular human. I heard nothing... at all. It was pure silence, but I still laid across his chest knowing he felt how fast my heartbeat was going. His skin was also cold, but his touch was what calmed the heat from my body down.

"Ro wake up." I said shake him slightly.

"Wassup? You good?" he asked groggily.

"Yes I'm good. I'm just up thinking—"

"Thinking about everything, thinking about us? Yeah I know you need to stop thinking so hard so I can rest my eyes baby girl. You know vampires don't sleep so the least you can do is let me "rest" my eyes."

"I'm sorry, but I can't help it. I have to hide out just because I know that muthafuckas will be out looking for me in the morning."

"You're safe with me. You trust me baby?"

"With my heart." I said kissing his chest.

"Then take your ass to sleep then with ya big head ass."

Waking up without Ro next to me I started to panic, but I remembered he had to go to school while I was hiding out. It sucked that I was basically dropping out, but my family was pushing me to it. At this rate they wouldn't stop until I was 6 feet in the ground or in our terms burned the hell up. We didn't get a funeral laying in a casket. We all got cremated and then if we made it to the age of 18 then our spirit would come back and we could walk the earth. That's the reason why my brother was able to pop up that day because he was 21. Hopefully I would make it to see 18 so just in case something happened to me I could still be with Romero.

I got up, did my hygiene, and took a look inside of his refrigerator. All this nigga had was steaks and I guess he brought the vegetables for me because I surely did need some. He was even nice enough to stock up on some water. I smiled at the note he left me on the counter with his goofy ass.

"Yo ass finally up huh? Girl when you sleep hard as hell you snore like a bear, but I don't mind it at all because it lets me know that you're still alive and that you feel safe in my arms. I didn't want to wake your big head ass up so I let you sleep. I see your nosey ass going through my shit since you're reading this note too. Cook yourself something to eat and just chill. I'll be back when school is over. "

- Ro

This nigga. I said to myself rolling my eyes in my head. I smiled to the point where my jaw started to hurt. I was making his soft side come out and I loved everything about it. I had him wrapped around my finger and he had me wrapped around his. We were meant to be together, being a part of Murk Mafia or the Emeralds, me and him were about to combine the two and make our own shit. OUR. I didn't realize that he was my first real boyfriend and I was the first girl he put his all into. Someway somehow this shit was going to work.

*

A nigga ain't never been so anxious to get home before, but I knew when I opened the door baby girl was going to be right there waiting for me. I made sure shit was in order before I rushed off so I wouldn't alert anybody. I didn't need a nosey muthafucka to ask questions. Walking into my place I seen that she found my candles. She had the place lit the fuck up and when she heard me come through she jumped on me almost knocking me down.

"Damn did you miss me?"

"Hell yeah I missed you. I was in here the whole day by myself. I was bored as fuck and now that you're here you can entertain me." She said sweetly.

"I can do that, but let me get comfortable right quick." I said slowly putting her down to the ground.

She must've been lonely as fuck because she followed me to the bedroom and watched me get undressed. Before I could pull my sweats on she came up to me and stopped me.

"What's good baby girl?" I asked with my eyes low.

"I want you to be my first. I want to be your first. All I want is you." She said just before covering my lips with hers.

"When the opportunity presents itself then that will definitely happen." I said kissing her back and I pulled my sweats up guiding her back to the living room. "Let's watch a movie instead."

She sat next to me and pouted.

"Ain't shit bad between us baby girl. I just don't want to rush shit with you aight?"

"Aight Ro."

"You trust me?" this saying was our shit now and every time I asked her reaction was different almost every single time.

"You know I trust your Murk Mafia ass with my heart nigga." She said smartly.

"And I trust your Emerald ass too. I don't have a heart, but shit you know what it is."