Save. [Discontinued]

Prologue

Excuse my mistakes

Few years back
Location: South Philadelphia
Neighborhood: York

"Mama where are we going" Amari asks holding her mothers hand

Her mother ignores her as they walk into a alley. Amari walks with her mother holding onto her mom,Jennifer, tight. At the age of 7, Amari saw things she couldn't describe at the age due to her being so innocent and clueless but I'll describe it to you people in dirty clothes looking dead but they were really just high, people falling to the ground unexpectedly they overdosed, people with things wrapped around their arms tight sticking a needle inside of them selves,Heroin, white substances on peoples faces some snorting them.

Amari and her mama come to a stop.

"What you want Jennifer" a man ask and Amari looks around from left to right to right to left from straight ahead to behind to behind to straight ahead.

"Amari baby cover your ears" her mother says and she nods doing so

Amari looks at her mother talk but can't hear nothing. The man hands her mother the white substances she saw everyone faces covered or snorting it. Amari takes her hands of her ears

"Here lil mama a sucker" the man holds out to her

Amari looks at her mother and her mother nods
so she takes the sucker

"Thank you" Amari says and the man smiles

"Your welcome lil mama"

Amari and her mother walk away and turn the corner and leave the alley

"Amari give me the sucker" her mother says and she does, her mother throws the sucker in the grass and they walk back home

"Amari you can go play but be in the house before the street lights come on"

"Ok mama"

Amari runs off to Raheem's place

"Hi Amari baby Raheem at the park"

"Ok thank you Chantal" Amari says before leaving and running to the park

Amari reaches the park and sees Raheem playing football.

"Can I play"

"No football is for boys not for girls"

"Why I bet I can play better than y'all"

"Fine princess when you get tackled don't cry"

"Rah she wit you"

"Cmon Mari" Raheem says

(I'm more of a basketball person but ima try)

"Set Hut"

Amari intercepts the ball and runs for a touchdown

"Aye man not lil Amari playing better than y'all" Raheem brother,Rashaun, says

"Aww hell nah run that back"

"Set hut"

Amari tackles a boy to the ground

"Damn"

"Mari ass going D1"

"Really Leo you ass supposed to be fast"

"Nigga shut up all yo ass is doing throwing the ball"

"Doing better than y'all"

"Aye shut that shit up cmon" Raheem says and they get in position

"Set-POW POW"

"Mari Rah get down" Rashaun yells as the shoots go off

Mari and Rah get down to the ground covering each other

The shots stop and they both get up to see 'Mon on the ground bleeding, blood soaked into the grass and blood coming out of his mouth with his eyes open.

"Damn Fuck MAN" Mon's older brother says

"Aye Mari and Rah go home" Ryan says, Raheem other older brother says

They go home

"See you later Rah"

"See you Mari"

"Mari"

"Rah"

Both Jennifer and Chantal come out hugging both of them

"You ok" they ask checking both of them

"Yea but Mon got shot" both kids say

"Oh my gosh cmon let's go in the house" both mothers say

Later that night

Amari overheard her mother talking on the phone about 'Mon aka Monty

"He dead bc of his brother I'm telling you his brother all in to that gang shit but I don't blame him he had to grow up with his mama on Heroin and stuff he was just trying to make ends meet he ain't know that his brother was gon be involve but you know that them KD's gon go hard for Monty"

(KD is the gang Monty's brother was in)

Living in Philadelphia especially the southside was no way to live you lucky to even be alive to the age of 18. The southside was not a place for kids it's either leave or get in and once you in you in for life. Amari told herself to leave get out of the south for the better. At the age of 7, you shouldn't be thinking about these things you should be thinking about unicorns,playing until the sun goes down but instead you thinking of ways to survive.

Few days later

"Hi Rah" Amari said sitting by him in the church

Today was Monty funeral. They both wore their Sunday's best.

"Hi Mari"

"Today we are here to celebrate the life of Monty another child gon to soon" the pastor says

Monty's grandma sobbing in the front.his brother holding in his tears.

1hr and 30 later

"Rah"

"Yea Mari"

"Promise to never leave me" Amari says

"I won't you just promise to save me" Raheem says

"As long as you save me too" Mari says

"Deal" they both hug