Brittany Hills Chronicles: Act 3

Idris 12

I blacked out, the last thing I remember was hitting the dude in the face and his shoe flying off then the next thing I knew I was in Black's bathroom cleaning blood off my hands. Do I regret it.... no, not really because I fuckin hated bullies and for some strange reason this dude was always fuckin with Xion and even though I didn't know much about Xion, I had seen his type; an innocent dude who gets picked on because he doesn't conform to hood stereotypes.... He reminded me a lot of my big brother Ishan when he was younger and that shyt scared me because I saw my brother get picked on and eventually he tried to fit in and ended up meeting Genesis and Diante. Once they got their claws into him Ishan started to change, like so many other dudes before him he fell in love with that hood life and he went from being innocent to ruthless, so seeing that dude fuck with Xion triggered me a little because I didn't want to see another dude pushed down that road or worse.... plus I just really wanted to beat somebody's ass tonight.

"Idris you shouldn't have been out there fighting." K'Lynn said walking into the bathroom and I looked at her reflection and could tell he was fighting a smile. "Don't get me wrong I was getting my life and loving every second of it but you still need to learn to control your temper."

"I think I was completely in control of my temper..... besides you know how I feel about bullies, that nigga needs to learn how to keep his hands to his fuckin self." I said checking my face and began to grow irritated with the small scratch marks that dude had left behind.

"My mom always told me not to fight ugly people because the only thing they do is try to fuck up your face." K'Lynn said examining the damage. "It's not too bad, they'll be gone in a couple days."

"Shouldn't you be out there with your boyfriend?" I asked and K'Lynn rolled her eyes. "What I'm asking a legitimate question, you know girls are reckless these days and I wouldn't be surprised if one of them were pushing up on him as we speak."

"Tyree and whatever bitch is stupid enough to press up on him will get fucked up." K'Lynn said. "But since we're on the subject, I think I'm going to ride out with Tyree." K'Lynn said looking at me.

"What are you waiting for permission? Go with your dude and I'll talk to you whenever." I said trying to hug her but she stepped away. "Damn it's like that?" I asked and she looked me up and down in disgust, I looked down at my clothes that had the dude's blood all over them.

"Yeah, I'll catch you later Idris...." K'Lynn said nodding before walking out the bathroom. After I finished cleaning up to the best of my abilities I was ready to go and thankfully I wasn't the only one, when I got back outside Jace was sitting on the porch with Tay's head in his lap and it was extremely clear to me that he was fucked up.

"Are you ready to go because if he throws up on me, I'm going to beat his ass and I would hate to have to do that in my Balenciagas." Jace said and I nodded. "Good now, watch him while I go find his sane brother." Jace said getting up, leaving me with Tay.

"You know I told you that you should probably eat something before you started drinking." I said sitting away from him because I would hate for this nigga to be the second person who's ass I beat tonight if he threw up on me. "Where's everybody else?" I asked trying to keep him from passing out.

"RonRon issss ssstayyying here with hissss broooo, Carter got a ride with Ro......" Tay said slowly as he started drifting off until I tapped his leg. "Oh ssshyt my bad, Messsssyyy is going with Trade, I mean Masai is going with Lennox... which leavesss me, you, and Ssshorty." Tay said trying to stand up and almost toppling over.

"Woah come on let's get your drunk ass home." I said as Jace walked back over with Tay's brother, not the one from earlier but the older one, Free I think his name is. Me and Free held Tay up as we walked back to the car and I was regretting parking so far away because this nigga was solid muscle.

"I blame you for this Ichabod." Jace said walked in front of us, looking back every few seconds warning us that we better not drop Tay.

"Me? What did I do?" I asked as we saw the car in sight. "You know what it doesn't matter, here." I said tossing him the keys. "Bring the car over here." We stood there waiting for Jace to bring the car over while Tay mumbled something about baking.

"This nigga can't hold his liquor for shyt...." Free said shaking his head, Jace brought the car over and tossed me the keys as he and Free placed Tay in the backseat. "Ayy Jace text me when y'all make it home." Free said walking off. I got in the car and started driving back to the group home, we were about five minutes into the drive when Tay told us to pull over, I pulled into a gas station parking lot and while he did whatever I walked inside to grab some bags just in case he got sick again. As I was checking out the door opened and Diante walked in.

"Sup Idris...." He said nodding to me and I nodded back, trying my hardest to contain my anger. "What'chu doing out this late?" He asked trying to strike up a conversation.

"Just leaving a party.... one of my boys got sick so I'm taking him home." I said nonchalantly.

"That's wassup.... but I was going through some of my old shyt and I found your big bro's jacket, I think he left it in my car or something I'm not sure but if you want I can give it to you since it's rightfully yours." Diante said and I nodded I kept my face completely neutral but on the inside, I was blowing his fuckin brains out.

"Aight yeah just uhh.... I'll meet you somewhere later in the week and you can bring it to me." I said putting my hands in my pockets. Diante paid for his stuff and walked out, I quickly grabbed some bags from the cashier and ran out the store; Tay was just getting in the car when I hopped in the driver seat and sped off, I trailed behind Diante without making it obvious. I followed him for about ten minutes before he pulled into an apartment complex and got out. I sat back and watched him knock on a door and waited... this was something new, I had been watching Diante for months and I had never seen him come to this place.

"Damn where are we." Tay mumbled but my focus was strictly on Diante, finally, someone came to the door and opened it, the person was a small framed dude and to my surprise, Diante leaned forward and kissed him.... interesting. "Where's Jace?" Tay asked and I quickly turned around and noticed Jace wasn't in the car, great now I was going to have to hear his mouth.

"You know what... I'm not even mad." Jace said getting in the backseat with Tay and the calmness of his voice scared me a little because this is a dude who popped off at Ronnie for boots with basketball shorts, so I knew he was fuming on the inside.

"My bad Jace it's just.... there was something I needed to do." I said trying to put out the fire that I knew was raging on the inside.

"Idris I told you... I'm not mad." Jace said and I found myself at a crossroad, I could leave it alone knowing that he was probably finding the most devious way to humiliate me or I could keep apologizing and risk him cussing me out even more. I wasn't afraid of Jace physically but his way with words was.... frightening. "Was that him... the dude that killed your family?" Jace asked and I swear I almost crashed the car.

"K'Lynn didn't say anything, I was being nosy and Googled you... when I went into the store to get Tay some water, I overheard y'alls conversation and saw the look on your face, it was subtle but I'm good at reading people in more ways than one." Jace said.

"Yeah... he was one of them, the other dude is dead, hopefully rotting in a grave full of skunk shyt, but yeah Diante Richmond killed my family and I sat there like a little bitch and watched it happen." I said quietly.

"And is that where you go when you disappear off at night? To follow him?" Jace asked and I had to admit, despite his smart ass mouth he was extremely preceptive, another quality that I both admired and hated. "I won't say anything, just promise you'll be careful... the last thing I want is to hear K'Lynn's mouth if anything were to happen to you." Jace said and I nodded. Looks like I would have to be more careful with how I moved, because if Jace had caught on there was no telling if my main target was starting to grow suspicious.....................

****** QUESTIONS ******

1) Who should get the next two chapters; Antwan, Black, Xion, or Lennox?