Gangsta's Paradise

The First Date

Lauren

I called Cam to wish him good night. His bed time is at 8 and I wanted to talk to my baby. He told me all about his day at school. Some girl tried to kiss him and I almost lost my shit! Keep them lips to yourself lil girl! I'm going to be one of those mothers that be all for her son, not liking none of his girlfriends. Let me stop. After telling each other I love you and blowing kisses, we hung up and I finished getting ready. I decided to do light make up and to keep it simple. I had on a gold blouse, light blue skinny jeans and gold red-bottoms. Simple, yet cute.
I felt my phone go off and I looked down at my phone. It was Nip. I smiled while answering the phone.

"Hello?"
"Good evening beautiful. I can't lie, I was so fucked up the other night, how I get to yo house?"

I died laughing. Nip is a clown! As I get to know him, he's extremely funny and mad intelligent. I can't wait to hang out with him.

"I figured you would need directions. I was like damn, he must have good memory."
"Nigga, I do! But I was completely gone that night."
"Boy, whatever. I'll send you my location. Bye!"

I laughed and sent him my location. About 20 minutes later, he knocked on my door. I grabbed my purse and opened the door.

"He-, damn! You look good as hell baby."
"Thank you. Oh my God, stop staring!"
"I can't help it. Turn around girl, damn!"
"Boy come on!"

We walked down the stairs and he grabbed my hand, leading me to his truck. He swung our hands in between us causing me to give a kool-aid smile. He smiled back at me and I felt weak. He's so gorgeous when he smiles. We got to the truck that I saw that day and he opened the door for me. The truck is a little high so he bent down and wrapped his arms around my thighs, lifting me up slightly. He sat me on the seat but kept his arms wrapped around me. We smiled at each other some more before he laid his forehead on mine, mumbling about how good I smell. I laughed and lightly slapped his shoulder. He let me go and closed the door.
When he got in, I sniffed around the truck and something smelled bomb as fuck!

"Something in here smells so amazing!"
"Oh yeah! We gonna grub fo sho!"
"So, we're eating in the truck?"
"Yep. But you'll see."
"Okay. I trust you playa."

I sat back in my seat and laid back. I watched the scenery through the window and nothing is better than California. I'll never leave.

"So tell me about you."
"What you wanna know?"
"Everything. Tell me about how Lauren Nicole London grew up."
"Daaannnnnggg, you pulling out the middle name and all!"
"Girl, this years in the making. Trust me, you'd be surprised what I know about you."
"And that's not creepy or scary at all."
"No need to be scared. I'm just your number one fan baby."
"Well, I was born December 5, 1984 right here in Los Angeles. My mom is black and my dad is Jewish. I went to Pali High until I had a couple run-ins with some girls, and my dad decided to homeschool me. I started off going to college, but I got the chance to model and be in a couple videos... annnnndddd, here I am!"
"Oh word? You look like one the innocent, freaky ass college girls."
"Shut up! But yeah, I was headed that way."
"What made you want to do modeling?"
"I've always wanted to be an actress. It really excited me. So I felt like that was my way in. Plus, the money they was offering was crazy!"
"No doubt. I can understand that."
"So tell me about Ermias. How did you get to be Nipsey Hussle?"
"My birth date is August 15, 1985. I was also born in L.A. My mama is black and my pop is Eritrean. I went to Hamilton High but I dropped out. I had to go chase this paper. I ended up in a gang and selling drugs. But I always wanted to do more. I looked up to Snoop and Dre 'nem And I knew I wanted to rap. Pop took me and my brother to East Africa and it kinda helped to change my whole mindset. I wanted to help and uplift my people. I also wanted to own and earn my own money. Hence, how I got here."

We looked at each other and laughed. I smacked my teeth and rolled my eyes as he rubbed his hand on my thigh. That's when a song on the radio caught my attention. It was an old Nate Dogg song and I immediately started singing. Nip joined in and we were riding down the road, singing and dancing. Then the DJ switched to some old NWA. I can tell I threw him off because I knew the whole song. Yeah, I am a music head and I especially love West Coast shit. I get hype for my city. Once again we ended up smiling at each other. I'm already feeling our vibe.