Thug Cry

New Beginning

~A couple weeks later

"Ok um this is your new home Maury" the foster lady said. I knew she got my name wrong but I still had trouble speaking. "Oookay" I replied. "So yeah you share a room with the boys. Upstairs to the left" she said dragging my bags. The room smelt like feet and urine. I tried to ignore the smell. "Dinner will be ready in a few" the lady said as she walked out. I sat on the bed near the window and unpacked my bags. I found a picture of my mother when she was pregnant with me. I smiled and traced my finger over her face. Then I pulled out my blanket that I had when I was released from the hospital.

"Dinner everyone" the lady screamed from down stairs. I turned to see a number of kids running down the hall. I followed after the hallway was clear. When I arrived everybody was eating. Eyes shifted toward me. I smiled "Hello" I said as I waved. Nobody replied they turned around and continue eating. I walked over to a free chair and climbed up. I looked at the food that was in front of me. It looked nasty as hell. The mash potatoes was watery, the corn was pale, and the rice looked uncooked. I felt that I was bring watched and turned to my left and saw a boy who seemed older than me by six years. He dragged my plate and dumped my food onto his which he looked, like he barely touched. "I.....I...." I stuttered. "J dumbass J comes next" he said. The other kids chuckled. I started to laugh as well not fully understanding what was going on. After dinner I washed up. As I washed my face many thoughts were going through my mind. All the things that happened to him in such little time. I turned the faucet off and walked out. I sat on my bed and stared out the window and watched as a couple of guys smoke on their porch.

"Hey Maury" a voice said behind me. It was the boy that took my dinner. I smiled and turned back toward the window. He came and stood in front of me. I looked up at his pitch black.eyes. "You in my bed" he said dropping saliva on my head. I quickly gathered my things and moved to the bed across that. He walked over to me again. "You're in my bed" he said once again. I moved again and he repeated until there were no more beds in the room. The other boys started laughing in their pillows. I walked out the room and threw my blanket on the floor and made my bag my pillow. The boy slammed the door and locked it. I just waited until sleep toke over me.

Boom. I jumped up at the thud. "What the fuck?" a voice said. I looked up to see the foster lady on the floor. The boys room door opened. "Why the fuck are you on the floor?" she asked angrily. "I tried to tell him mom. He resisted to sleep in the room" he lied. "Boy stop this foolishness and get yo butt in that room" she snapped. I embarrassingly gathered my belongings and ran in the room. As I was running the boy held out his foot and I tripped. They died with laughter. The lady peeked her head back in the room. "It's to early for this boys" she said rubbing her temple. "He just fell on the floor" he lied again. She let out a frustrated sigh and cursed under her breath.

When it was around one the lady came and told everyone to go play outside. I followed the children to a backyard playground. "Stay here" she said from inside. I watched as the kids played tag, hide and seek, jump rope, hop scotch, etc. A shadow crawled from behind me and towered me. I turned to see the annoying boy. I rolled my eyes and got up. I balled my fist and started swinging. He just laughed as he held me with one arm. I kept swinging at the air. "Look boy I ain't here to fight" he said letting me fall on the dirt. "You wanna play a game?" he asked as he bit his fingernails. I reluctantly nodded yes. "Ok boys follow me" he said walking around the house towards the front. He turned you see me still standing where I was. "You coming?" he asked. "Georgia" I said pointing toward the house. "My mom ain't gonna do nothing" he said. So I followed.

"Ok boys we going to the store" he said unlocking the fence. As we walked they picked up rocks and threw at passing cars and parked.cars. Pow. They stared laughing as they got a great shot at a passing car. The car stopped. "Oh shit" another boy said running. The car reversed quickly and rolled down the windows. "Pussy boy play with me I'll Fuck yo ass up. To rass punaani make you suck my buddy batty bwoy" he screamed. I followed as they ran through yards and small alleys. You could still hear the guy cursing and his music vibrating the street. When we finally lost him we walked up to a store. "Y'all want to get a few snacks?" the boy asked. "Yeah man" a little boy replied.

A bell rung indicating that a customer came in. The clerk looked at us as we walked in. He eyed us all as we disappeared into an aisle. They grabbed a bunch of food and stuffed their pockets. I said I didn't want to take part in that. So I just watched. When we were walking out the store empty handed the clerk grew suspicious. Everybody power walked out the door. When I saw them running I followed but an alarm went off and a man grabbed my shoulder. "Where you going little nigger?" the security asked. "No" I said. He dug in my pocket and pulled out a bag of skittles and Hersey. "Oh to bad you're in trouble now" he said with his rumbling voice. I started boo hoo crying. After they gave me long speech and debated about send me to a juvenile center. Knock knock. Hannah opened the door. She looked at the police officers as they held my hand. "What?" she asked. "We found this guy at the store trying to steal" the officer said. "Get in this damn house" she mumbled angrily. "I'm sorry officer it won't happen again" she said closing the door. "Boy you just got here and I've had it up to here with your dumbass" she screamed. "I...." I said with tears filling my eyes. She pulled me upstairs and opened a closet door. She pulled a box of uncooked grits and poured it on the floor. She grabbed me by my hair and forced me on my knees and slammed the door. I couldn't do this anymore. I broke down crying. The door opened behind me. It was Hannah's son. "Leave" I said closing the door. He opened it again. "Don't fuck with me" he mumbled as he slapped my face. I just wanted to punch him but instead I bit his finger with my might. He let out a little girl screech. I laughed. He ran in the bathroom and ran his hand under some water.

~ The beef continued going back and forth between me and Sam.