Chapter 18 - I Know How The Game Works

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"Why do you look worried?" I jumped as I turned and saw Isaiah standing in my door way. He laughed. "I didn't mean to scare you. My bad" he said and walked over to my bed and sat down. I was looking at my self in the mirror after getting ready for the day.

"It's fine. I'm not worried" I told him and leaned against my dresser. Jahsehs mother is coming here today so I am a little worried. What if she doesn't like me? She loves all the roommates, but what if not me?

"I wanna go get food, but no one wants to come with me. Do you want to?" He asked me. I shrugged.

"Only if we can get Buffalo Wild Wings" I said making him smile and nod. "I'm ready whenever"

"Ight same. Let's go now" he said standing up. I grabbed my bag with my wallet in it then followed him out the door. "I'm starving" he complained as we walked down the stairs.

"Me too. I didn't eat yet" I told him. It's like 1pm so I'm starving since I haven't ate at all today. As we got downstairs, I saw Jahseh, Craig, and Stokeley sitting on the couches.

"We'll be back. We're getting food" Isaiah told them.

"Bring me something back" Craig said to us. I laughed.

"Nah nigga you didn't wanna come" Isaiah joked.

"My moms coming soon or I would come" Jahseh told us.

"Ight see y'all later" Isaiah said and I smile at everyone as I follow him out the door.

"Yay food" I cheered as we got in his car. He laughed at me and shook his head.

"Deadass though. I'm starving"

After being in the car for ten minutes, we start to go through my home town. My town is kind of the hood I guess you can say. Well some parts are. Broward is not really so I'm glad I'm living there now. We stopped at a red light and right ahead to the left is the corner store I used to go to all the time when living at home.

That's where I saw Stokeley for the first time in forever and where I met Isaiah. I leaned forward in my seat and noticed my brother and my dad in the parking lot talking with some other kid. But they look pissed. I think they're fighting.

"Isaiah go to that store" I said pointing at it as the light turned green.

"Ight why?" He asked and listened to me.

"I think that's my dad and brother fighting with someone" I told him quickly. We turned into the parking lot and he parked quickly. I jumped out and heard him get out too. "Yo!" I yelled to them as I got to them. They were fighting.

"Anastasia" my dad said confused to see me.

"I'm outta here. Fucking bitch ass nigga" the other kid said as he walked away. I know him, but I don't know his name. I seen him around here.

"The fuck were you thinking?" My dad yelled at Xavier.

"You heard what he was saying!" My brother yelled back.

"What's going on?" I asked them.

"Your brother started a fight with someone who's father is dangerous and I'm sure the kid is too" my dad told me then looked back at Xavier. "You know who his father is and what he got his son into! I taught you better than that" my dad said shaking his head.

"That nigga was disrespecting me. He ain't gonna do anything to me. He ain't gonna run back to his dad and be like please help me this nigga yelled at me!" Xavier yelled. I haven't seen him mad in a while. It was always kinda scary when he was mad. He was like a different person. He's usually so nice to everyone so I never see him rude or mad.

"You don't know that Xavier. His dad is one of the biggest drug dealers and gangbanger around here. You don't fuck with those people" my dad said to him then looked at me then at Isaiah then back at me.

"That's my friend. We were going to get food then I saw y'all. I was making sure y'all was good" I told them.

"We fine, Bunny" my brother mumbled looking down at his feet.

"I know how the game works son. The gangs around here don't mess around. When I was little, there were the same way. You don't mess with them. Get in the damn car boy" my dad said pissed off.

My dad used to be friends with gang members when he was my age. He knows all about the game and the drugs. Everything. But he wanted nothing to do with it. He become a detective when he got older because he wanted to help people so him knowing the game was an advantage to him.

"Ima go now. As long as your good, Xavier." I didn't bother mentioning my dad, only Xavier. I'm still pissed at my dad for treating me terribly and Xavier like he was the good child.

"Bye Stas. I'll call you later" Xavier said then got in the car.

"How's the new place? Your mom said you moved in with a bunch of your friends" my dad asked me. Does he really care though?

"It's great" I said then started to take steps back. "Bye Dad" I walked away with Isaiah next to me.

"Damn. That's was... I don't even know" Isaiah said with a laugh. I giggled and shook my head.

"Get in the car fool" I joked.

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