On My Block

Back from writing camp

~Teresa's POV~
I got back from writing camp. I was walking down the street I got my braces off at camp and I developed. I kept getting whistled at. I was walking when I heard Mario talking to his ex girlfriends house.

Mario: "Angelica! Once I'm gone,I'm gone! There's not gonna be a Christmas break hookup! You know why? Cause I'm gonna be hooking up with other chicks! White chicks! (Chuckles) I don't know why I'm saying that! It's you! Talk to me boo!"

Me: "Maybe she's not home."

Mario "Oh. (chuckles) How was , uh camp?"

Me "Mmm, tolerable. Mildly life changing"

Mario "I can see that."

Me "You can? How?"

Mario " You just look, I probably have to go before traffic hits."

Me "No prob. Good luck at Cal."

Mario "Thanks. And you, keep an eye on Ruby? Don't know what that kids gonna do without me."

~Ruby's POV~
Ruby: "Check me out, bitches! I got my own room! My own room. So let's not trash it. I don't wanna break my pimp cliche before it gets some play. High school is an opp for reinvention. So if I want to live a new life, I got to be a new man. It all starts with my new kingdom."

Jamal: "Royal reading?"

Ruby "Ha. No. It's a conversation piece. And $2.99 at Ross. Enough chit chat, let's feng shui."

~Teresa's POV~
I walk into Ruby's room.

Me: "I'm back!"

Ruby: "Can you move that side table?"

Me: "No, seriously don't make such a fuss. I've only been gone all summer, but really it's not big deal."

Ruby: "How was camp?"

Me: "Camp was fine. Notice anything new?"

Ruby and Jamal: "You got boobs."
I covered my chest.

Me: "You can wait for Cesar to help."

Jamal: "Then we will be waiting a really long time."

Me: "Why? Where's Cesar?"

Ruby: "We're not talking to him."

Me: "You in a fight?"

Jamal: "Its not really a fight. More like—"

Ruby: "We're not getting into it. Trust us Cesar's not cool."

Me: "Well. I'm not cool being not cool. And why aren't you at football?"

Jamal: "We should really get to orientation before those lines get too long."

Ruby: "Yeah, I don't want to be too sweaty for my ID. Like Mario said "it's all about first impressions.""

Me: "And sticking together! You're totally deflecting this whole Cesar sitch. So stop being bitches and tell me."

We left the house and headed to the school.

Me: "What happened with Cesar? This silent treatment will only last so long. I will break you. Come on. There's no way Cesar did anything on purpose to destroy our crew. He's the glue of the crew."

Jamal: "That was then, this is now."

Ruby: "Yeah Cesar ain't shit."

Skip to Latrelle jumping out on us.

Latrelle: "Tax time bitches!"

Ruby: "Shit!, Latrelle."

Latrelle: "Hands up, money out!"