Raymond Woods

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Raymond Woods ruined my life the second he stepped on my porch step
"Hey, uh, my names Raymond. Raymond Woods. I'm, uh, new to Baytown."
I decided to answer, as at the time all I saw was a harmless athletic looking kid, about 6-1, black, possible teammate.
"Sup, Ray. I'm Warren, Royce. You play ball?"
He looked delighted and quickly answered," Yeah! I'm gonna try out for Eastside tommorow! You ball too?"
Trying to not seem like a braggart, I answered," Yeah, starting point. Gonna play at a big time college."
He looked a bit crestfallen. "Point guard?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, you're like 6-4 or something, that's shooting height."
I made an instant assumption.
"You play point."
He nodded, then said, "let's see what you got"

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