love replaces scars [c.d.] - discontinued

s e v e n

Alisa Finnie's Point of View

We stood in front of that house. His house. Monse struts towards him and I watch as he gets pushed off his skateboard.

"You little bitch!" She yells and gets on her hands and knees. I watch my step as I make my way towards the gang.

"Damn, Cesar. Getting a girl on top of you and you're not even in bed yet. Can you not wait to keep it your pants?" I simply say, earning a couple "ooh's" from the crowd. I watch as Monse throws a couple of weak punches, here and there.

"Damn, that hyna's wild. Must be a freak on all fours." One of the members say.

"We fought for you, we had your back, for what? For you to impress your puto friends and humiliate us?" Monse yells.

"Tell your bitch to keep that bark down!" Another Santo comments.

"Hermanito, you better back up before you get smacked up." Spooky chuckles, inhaling all the smoke around him.

"Shut up, puto!" My sisters continues.

"Monse! Alisa!" Jamal shouts as him and Ruby come to us.

"Hey, watch it now!" Spooky once again speaks.

"No, Monse! Alisa come help us!" Ruby tells me as they try to get the girl of Cesar, who seemed to be in a bit of pain.

"Actually, I'm pretty good right here. It's pretty fun watching Cesar get what he deserves." I slightly laugh and cross my arms, somewhat leaning back.

They sigh, finally getting Monse off of the boy. "This is why we didn't want to tell you!" Ruby says.

"Cause you're going crazy!" Jamal judges as well.

"Crazy, I'm crazy?" Monse begins.

"Calm down. Breathe." Ruby tells her.

"Don't you patronize me!" She pushes Ruby and Jamal back. "I don't need you, any of you!" By this time, I already made my way to where the three are standing. "Especially you, Alisa! You're always trying to protect me when you should protect yourself. I was trying to keep our crew together, but since I'm the only one who cares, you're all dead to me. I'll survive on my own." My sister rants as she finally walks away from the Santo's house.

Ruby and Jamal look at each other while I stand there and try to hold back a chortle. "You guys really believe her? She's going to come crawling back to us, per usual."

They look at me and walk to their houses in silence. Sheesh, how hard is it to keep people entertained around here? I know she's going to apologize in less than twenty-four hours.

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It's the next day and I'm sitting in my home, alone. My dad's on another long haul and Monse is out with Jasmine. There seems to be only one reasonable thing to do...blast my music and hope no one comes home.

Before I plugged my phone into my speaker, "Sperm Man : Accept/Decline" appeared on my phone.

"Hey, dad!" I smiled looking into the camera.

"Hey, Lissa! How's it going? Just checking up on you, making sure everything's alright over there."

"No need to worry, everything is fine. Monse and I miss you so much."

"Are you sure? I knew I should have called Mrs. Ruiz."

"Dad, I promise you we're doing fine. Now, I got to go make some dinner. Talk to you soon!"