Saving Gracie// Nba Youngboy Story

.20

November 20, 1994

2:25 pm

"Thank you for coming to ray's have a good day" I told the girl with a smile as I handed her the Cd. She looked at Bree and rolled her eyes before heading towards the door

"Damn you still mad?" Bree asked out loud and the girl just continued walking out the door. I looked at Bree and laughed

"You know her?"

"Yeah. She used to mess with boomer until I came along. Now she mad but she'll be okay"

"Wow" I laughed and the phone started ringing. We both looked at each other to see who was gonna answer it

"I'm not answering it this time" Bree said as she shook her head

"Well the phone is just gonna ring then" I shrugged

"Y'all ain't gone answer that?" Three asked as he came from the back, carrying a box. Sky followed behind him with a box too, but smaller. She sat it down and answered the phone

"What's in the box?" Bree asked, unwrapping a piece of bubblegum and stuck it in her mouth before leaning over to look inside as he opened it

"Shit. Now move... big ass face" three mumbled the last part as he opened the box all the way. Bree frowned and muttered something causing me to laugh. The door opened and a group of boys walked in being loud. I rolled my eyes in annoyance, seeing one of them look over in my direction

"Gracie you see how that boy is looking at you?" Sky asked as she walked away from the phone and leaned against the counter beside me

"He better keep his eyes ova there if he'on wanna get shot at" three mumbled with a chuckle, pulling a shirt outta the box. He held the shirt up and looked over at us with a smile "these new shirts nice as fuck"

"Three, you the only person excited about them ugly ass shits" Bree told him with her face scrunched up. Three smacked his lips and threw it at her before giving each of us one. I held my shirt up and looked at it with my head tilted a little

"I mean, they're kinda cute. But I don't know if this will look good on me"

"I think it will" one of the boys that came in, said as he walked over to the register. He sat a Biggie cd on the counter before licking his lips, looking me up and down. Bree laughed and walked to the back with three following behind her. I looked at the boy before grabbing the cd and quietly rung it up. While I continued looking down, I could still feel his eyes staring into me

"So wassup witchu shawty?"

"$11.85" I told him the total while I looked up, avoiding his conversation. Sky continued to lean on the counter beside me, laughing

"Damn you can't speak back" the boy asked as he stuck his hand into the pocket of his Coogi jeans and pulled out a crumpled 20 dollar bill. He held it out to me and as soon as I reached for it, he snatched it back causing me to roll my eyes

"Boy, we gotta job to do so can you stop playing with my cousin and just hand her the damn money" Sky said out loud and the boy glanced at her before looking at me again, reading my name tag

"I think Grace can speak for herself"

"Graci- 11.85" I quickly changed up. Why bother correcting my name to someone who don't matter. I just want him out of my face. He smacked his lips and handed me the money and somehow it slipped out of my hand so I bent over to pick it up. Once I stood up straight again, I caught him with a smirk on his face

"Them some nice jeans. What kind them is?"

"Guess" I responded, punching in the numbers on the register and he furrowed his eyebrows