One Day At A Time

|Chapter 14|

August

Juan starts the car as I get in on the passengers side and get comfortable. Once he pulls off, I get my phone out my pocket.

"What's wrong with him?" I ask gettin on my phone.

I actually do wanna know what's been going on with him because ever since Hazel mentioned he was acting weird, I've noticed it too. He hasn't been coming around like that, he barely wants to talk on the phone, especially if it's Hazel he has to talk to, he always says he not home when we wanna go over there, etc. He only came back once since he been back down here and that was the day after.

"He got shot at."

"SHOT AT?!" I yell as I whip my neck to look at him.

I instantly grab the back of my neck and wince in pain as I turn back around. I think I turned too fast and got a crook in my neck because that shit hurted immediately.

Obviously shocked by what Juan told me, and how calmly he said it, I slowly turn my whole body, still holding my neck, and look up at him.

I know my dude was busy, probably just wanted to be alone, but I didn't know him being shot at was the reason why. He's a good kid with his life on track I would've never expected that. He could've told me.

"He got hit?"

"Nah he was grazed by the bullet though."

"Damn he good?"

"It was a bad graze but it should be starting to heal now its been almost a month."

"He know who did it?"

"Nah he keep sayin he don't know who did it they just started shootin at him out of nowhere, but I got a feeling he lying."

"They?"

"Yeah I think like two or three, but he claim he don't know who they are though."

"Damn." I say, finally lettin go of my neck.

Damn was all I could say as we rode in pure silence. Hazel told me he was in a gang, but he wasn't like me or Juan he was just being a follower from what I heard, and plus he stopped doing that before he started playin ball so who would wanna shoot at him?

So many questions are just flowing in my head right now that I want to ask. Like 'they' means two or more so why none of these niggas got aim? Why they shootin at him? When they decided to shoot at him? Is it gang related or game related since he still play basketball? Did he ever get into it with somebody or have beef with somebody? Is somebody secretly beefin with him? So much.

"So what you gone do?"

"I can't do nothin but wait and see cause they most likely don't know where he lives at since ain't nothin pop off since then."

"Hazel don't know does she?" I ask, not knowing what to say.

"Nope and she won't."

"How I'm supposed to keep this from her? She gon be more mad at me than him whenever she actually does find out."

"He'll be aight I just don't want her nerves all bad and shit cause you know how she is." He says pulling up to Javier's house. "Demi don't know and she won't either. Don't make me regret bringing you."