Please take this high away, God! I promise not to smoke anymore of this stuff again, he prayed to himself. When he finally made it to the store, which was only a five minute walk (but felt like an hour to him), he bumped into his girlfriend that he had been seeing since 7th grade. Cindy was Indian mixed with Black and had long, jet-black hair that fell to her buttocks. She was five feet, five inches tall and very petite, weighing about 115 pounds. She had a caramel complexion with burnt almond eyes and wore a smile that would make any boy fall to his knees. “I was just about to go to your house, baby,” She then gave him a hug and a wet juicy kiss. “What were you doing, Black Pearl? Were you smoking again? You know how I feel about cigarettes!” “But I didn’t smoke cigarettes. It was weed. I wanted to see how it felt to be high, that’s all.” “And how do you feel? Dumb as hell, right?” Cindy snapped. “Nah, baby. As a matter of fact, this shit got me hornier than a mug. Let’s go to….” “Erase that from your mind, boy! I have things to do. Plus, I’m on my period.” “You half steppin’. Let me see.” He then placed his hand onto her crotch and felt what seemed to be a sanitary pad. He ran his hand slowly up her tummy and couldn’t help but to pinch her erect nipple. Cindy’s eyes were closed at that point, as she seductively teased him by biting on her bottom lip. This told Black Pearl that she was in heat, and craved for his bittersweet passion as much as he craved hers. “Yo, fly guy! Your brother said what’s taking you so long with the stuff!” Marvelous bellowed. “Damn!! I’m buggin’ out! I even forgot what he said to get. I know he mentioned a pack of Newports and….” “And four six packs of Dragon Stout,” Marvelous interjected. “He also told me to keep of the change that’s left over, if I had to remind you.” “Fuck outta here! He ain’t say no shit like that!” “Psyche! I’m just buggin’. But the least you could do is hit your boy off with a little something. All I want, is a fat nickel bag of that herb. Can you do that for a brotha?” “I got you, man. You ain’t even gotta ask, because that’s how we roll,” Black Pearl explained. “Oh yeah? Well, you might as well hit me off too, Big Willie!” Cindy waited patiently with her hand stretched out. Luckily, Black Pearl had a stash of twenty dollar bills in his sock. He peeled off three then handed them to his girlfriend without hesitation. Black Pearl didn’t usually give girls cash, but Cindy was a different type of chick. She was his heart, and he would do anything for her, and she felt the same way about him as well. “Man, she got your ass whipped!” Marvelous blurted out. “Shut up, egg head! Just because you can’t be loving to your girlfriend, doesn’t give you the right to tease my man for being loving and giving to me! I’m going to Tasha’s house to do her hair. I’ll be back to check on you later, so stay in the house!” Cindy demanded. “When you see Tasha, tell her I said I’m tryin’ to get with her fine ass,” Marvelous teased. “Tell her yourself, you ho! I’m not doing your dirty work anymore! You let me down to many times!” Cindy explained as she marched out of the store. Marvelous had done a lot of her friends wrong in the past, and because of that, she could never find it in herself to respect him. Cindy promised herself that any female that she befriended would most definitely have knowledge about Marvelous’s sneaky and immoral ways. “Help me get these drinks real quick,” Black Pearl said. When they moved towards the counter with the items in their hands, four individuals entered the store speaking blatantly as if they wanted to be heard. “I told you a long time ago that we should have delt with that nigga before he started blowin’ up! If y’all would’ve listened to me, we would’ve had the entire strip of Nostrand Avenue to ourselves right now,” one of the guys stated while purchasing a pack of Bamboo cigarette papers. “That nigga wasn’t even out here that long, and already, he’s taking shit over! Who this dude think he is?” Another man questioned. “I don’t know, but Touch ain’t controlling nothing! For every grand he makes, I want $400.00 straight up!! It’s gonna be my way, or he can get it the bloody way. This is our ‘hood! We can’t have these island mutha fuckas runnin’ our territory!” At that moment, Black Pearl and Marvelous were in awe, but they played it off calm and collective. Instinctively, they were trying to retain as much information as they could from the men. “I say we hit Touch and his punk ass crew tonight on the Avenue,” one of the men suggested. “You see, you ain’t thinking, man! We just can’t run up on that nigga like that. Them dudes be packin’ twenty-four-seven. I ain’t sayin’ that he can’t be got, I’m just tryin’ to avoid a big ass shoot out! When we do this, we gonna do it nice and smooth,” the man guaranteed. After the men exchanged a few more words, they all exited the store in the same manner they had come in…LOUD! “You heard that, man?” Marvelous asked with his eyes the size of fifty cent coins. “What you think? Of course I heard those cowards. We gotta get back on the block and put Touch on.” After Black Pearl paid for the items, he rushed out of the store with Marvelous on his heels.
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