Laurel St Love

004

Wilmington Arms Compton, Ca.

1:33 a.m.

B3| Breon POV

"Man I love where i'm from but I gotta get up outta here." Bree said as we walked around the projects.

"On Vzz." I said.

"I got so much love for Compton but it's not a good place to grow up in, so much negative influences." Bree added.

"Yeah I feel you, we gone be up outta here one day. It's a matter of time." I said.

"There go B3 right there." I heard somebody say behind me causing me to turn around.

It was Ace and Aubrey.

"Man go home." I said.

"You go home." Ace said.

"I live all the way on the other side of the village." I said.

"Duh." Ace replied.

"Why y'all out here so late?" Aubrey asked.

"We chilling." Bree said.

"We got bored and saw everybody outside so we just came outside." Aubrey said.

"Mhm, y'all need to be sleep y'all got school in the morning." I said.

"Mmcht we seniors and we grown." Aubrey said.

"Don't matter y'all still got school in the morning." I said.

"You didn't even graduate." Aubrey said.

"And that's why i'm so hard on y'all about going to school, don't end up like me." I said.

"Mmcht, Ace let's go." Aubrey said.

"Goodnight." I said.

"Peace out." She said back.

"Where Relly at?" I asked.

"Uh, probably at the stu with Roddy you know they been trying to come up on rapping I got faith in them." Bree said.

"Roddy been mia, heard he been in the stu with  Nip he gone make it big fasho." I said.

"Yeah fasho." Bree said.

"There he go." Was all I heard before we started to hear gun shots.

I held on to my gun as I was running.

This was a normal day in Park Village.

"Bree hit the cut and go towards your house." I said.

"Where you going?" She asked me.

"Mrs. Tasha house it's right there." I said.

"Okay, love you man." She said.

"Love you too cuhs." I said running toward Mrs. Tasha door.

I banged on the door 2 times waiting for an answer.

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Diamontè POV

I was in the house by myself sleeping and suddenly I heard somebody bang on the door.

I quickly got up and ran to the door and looked out the peep hole to see B3.

UGH.

"WHATS WRONG WITH YOU!" I yelled as he rushed in the house and shut the door.

"SOMEBODY WAS SHOOTING!" He yelled back.

I just looked at him, I don't have time to deal with this. My grandma and pawpaw are out of town celebrating their anniversary. And all i've been doing is staying in the house because this is a very dangerous neighborhood.

"Why didn't you go home?" I asked.

"My house is all the way on the other side of the projects." He said.

"Look I understand you don't want me here but I had no other choice it was either here or the grave." He said.

"It- it's fine I understand." I said.

"I'll bring you a cover and pillow just give me one second." I said grabbing my phone looking at the time.

"I'm good i'm not tired." He said.

"You sure?" I asked.

"Yeah." He replied grabbing the remote turning on the TV.

"Okay." I said about to walk away.

"You going back to sleep?" He asked.

"Yeah." I said.

"Can't hang." He said chuckling.

"It's almost two in the morning." I said.

"So." He said.

"What's there to do?" I asked.

"Wanna watch a movie?" He asked.

"Um.. sure." I said.

"Let me grab my blanket." I said.

"Aight." He replied.

"What you wanna watch?" He asked.

"Um.. anything." I said.

"Matter of fact I wanna watch an old 90s movie." I said.

"Bet." He said.

"What about 'Menace 2 society?" He asked.

"Yes." I said.

15 minutes later.

B3 looked up from the movie and stared at me.

"Can I help you?" I asked making him look away.

"This ain't awkward to you?" He asked.

"Kinda." I said.

"I don't even know you." He said.

"Same." I replied.

"Let's play 21 questions." I added.

"Nah, who you is the police." He said.

"What's your whole name?" I asked.

"Oh nah." He replied making me laugh.

"Okay, what's your last name?" I asked.

"Smith." He said.

"Breon Smith." I said.

"Don't be saying my government, I don't know you." He said.

"You told me it." I said chuckling.

"So." He said.

"How many siblings you got?" I asked.

"One." He said.

"I gotta little sister named Ariel she fifteen." He added.

"How old are you." I asked.

"20 about to be 21." He said.

"What about you?" He asked.

"Nineteen." I said.

"Why was you mean mugging me when I first saw you?" I asked.

"That's my natural face." He said.

"Wow, you gotta change that." I said making him bust out laughing.

"wOw yOU GoTta cHanGe tHAt." He said mocking me.

"For real." I said chuckling.

"You know you kinda cool, just a lil bit tho. One percent." He said.

"Oh really, you're not cool at all to me." I said.

"Oh for real?" He asked.

"I don't think I asked to be honest." He said.

"Mmcht, I'm going to bed you're boring." I said standing up.

"Goodnight." He said.

"Goodbye." I said walking into my room shutting the door.

"Wow." He said chuckling.