Trouble Calls, No Time to Waste 5

Hanging with Mad-dog (5)

I woke up still next to Jayson. I got up not wanting to wake him and grabbed an old t-shirt that I haven’t worn in a while and a pair of worn skinny Jeans. I went into the bathroom and changed I walked into my room and put the dirty clothes in my dirty clothes basket and then went into the kitchen and grabbed a can of chilly and went to wake up Jayson.

I forgot that Jayson was a heavy sleeper so that made it hard for me to wake him I finally succeeded by jumping up and down on the bed over and over again. Then he got up and we walked out of the door with the can of chilly in my hand. We walked to Hot-topics house where we had waffles and cereal and I ate the chilly for a morning snack. We watched our episode of Izombie and me and Mad-dog left for his house.

We really didn’t have much to do so we walked on the sidewalk pickpocketing everyone we saw pass by old people young people other hoods soces. I decided not to split the profit with Mad-dog or the rest of the group for that matter so I just put everything in my pockets telling Mad-dog not to expect me to share the profit from this time I need to save money for time of need. He was really understanding and didn’t say anything about it. He tried to ask me what I was saving up for and I told him that it was a secret and to not ask me again.

I pulled out a cigarette and a lighter and smoked for a little bit. It cleared my head and I thought about the time I met Mad-dog and Hot-topic. Mad-dog was really shy and Hot-topic was really outgoing. “I guess opposites really do attract” I thought out loud.

“what” Mad-dog asked.

“Huh. ohh sorry I meant to not say that out loud” I said.

“What were you thinking” he asked.

“You and Hot-topic were opposites but yet you to were the best of friends” I explained.

“Yeah I am still not like him what so ever I’m not like you either I guess that's why we are good friends to” he said.

“Opposites attract” he said to clear my thought and that was the end of that conversation.

“You’ve seemed off the past couple of days is everything alright” he asked.

I wanted to tell him about me running away I wanted to tell him everything I wanted to tell him how I felt and most of all I just wanted to sit down and cry. I haven't cried in a long time so I brushed that off and said “nothings wrong i'm fine thanks for asking”

When I got home that night I just cried Jayden tried to come in but I told her to go away and then continued crying but I stoped when I heard a knock on the window It was the gang I got up walked over to the window and opened it just enough to fit my head through to see what they wanted. But they opened the window more and crawled in. they were holding a big box wrapped in paper. They told me to open it. Turns out it was my birthday. I lost track of the days and I didn’t really care when it was my birthday so I just brushed it off like it was nothing but the gang always cared they always bought me something. When I opened the present I was in aw because the had bought me a cat the color of black with white paws and white tips on his ears. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen and I named him boots. Again I almost cried but brushed it off and hugged them all and thanked them enough the gang made me feel wanted and I loved them for it. I was sixteen and I cared.

Trouble Calls, No Time to Waste 4

Choice (4)

When we got to the driveway of Mad-dogs house I just sat there in the driveway thinking what to do, I wasn’t in the mood to fight and I wasn’t really mad at Mad-dogs dad for hitting him because he never did that this was the first time. I am kinda mad at Mad-dog for trying to hide it from me that's what really made me mad.

“Well are we going in” Nick asked

When I stayed silent he asked “are you going to break down the door or something big shot”

“No I’m not sorry for bringing you here” I finally said while rolling out of the drive way.

“No biggie you needed to cool off a bit” he said “i’m here to help”

“Why are you living with Hot-topic” I asked bluntly

“Um, my parents got a divorce and none of them wanted anything to do with me so my Aunt and Uncle took take me in” he explained

“My parents don't want anything to do with me ether” I stated

Then we road halfway home in silence until he asked “What is the difference between hoods and sauces”

“Different values, money, the things we do for kicks, you guys like to jump people we like to rule a certain part of town” I explained.

“What the difference between a social friend group and a gang” he asked

“Gangs stick up for each other we treat each other as if we are family all hoods stand up for each other even if we aren't in the same gang and we protect the ones that don’t have a gang so in short hoods protect I don’t know much about soces so when you figure that out you can tell me” I said.

“Nick I hope you don’t mind but i’m dropping myself at my house tell Jayson to meet me there” I added.

“Why aren’t you going to school” he looked at me in a confused look when he asked that particular question.

“I got suspended from school for two weeks last week on friday so I have to occupy myself and my gang has a schedule for who stays with me what day so I don’t get into to much trouble” I explained.

“What did you get suspended for” Nick asked.

“Beating up you kind, Princess boys, he was picking on my friend and as I said before hoods protect” I said.

Then we rode to my house in silence. When I got into my house I ran told my step sister to get out, and packed a small suitcase full of my favorite pair of pants my leather pants to be exact my leather jacket my denim jacket my ripped pair of jeans my mickey mouse shirts my new beastie boys shirt my red and black pair of high top converse my S.E hinton books and note book my make up and some of my money and parents money. I zipped up the suitcase and grabbed my favorite movie and the picture of the gang and put it in a backpack along with my phone my Ipad and chromebook that my grandpa gave me before he passed, then I grabbed a pair of headphones my fidget spinner and my passport and put them in the small pocket of my back pack. Then I went into the kitchen grabbed myself a pack of gum three cokes my sunglasses and went back into my room where I put them in a small cooler lunch bag thing and hung it on my suit case closed it up and put the suitcase with the cooler and my backpack in the closet my softball bag with my old baseball bat, then I put my new skateboard on my suitcase so it laid there underneath my backpack.

When I was done packing I opened a window that was sitting by my bed and then sat down at the end of the bed, I pulled out the pack of cigarettes from my sweatshirt pocket and looked at them long and hard before opening it up and taking one out of the package, I put the cigg in my mouth and raised a Lighter to it and lit it up took a smoke and breathed it out and coughed, but boy did it calm my nerves then I went into a train of thought about the reason that I got the first part of my name and it’s not just because I can't keep my mouth shut there is another reason I got it and it's because of the book outsiders by S.E hinton named Two Bit matthews who was my favorite character and when I discovered the movie my friends and I watched it and they said that I acted most like two bit from the movie and that's why they originally named me Two-bit.

Then I thought about the time when I was in 5th grade walking home with a 4th grader named Kaden and who we used to walk home together after math club was over at 4:30 on mondays thru thursdays. After Math club one day me and Kaden were walking home when we got to an alleyway that separated the school grounds and the hood territory and we got jumped by a bunch of soces because I was socially awkward and was alone with nerd friends. We got punched a few times and was left alone in the streets half conscious when Jayson sal and Jayce found me and Kaden they took us to Jayson’s house and helped us. But that's when I was out cold. When I woke I was in Jayson’s house lying on the floor beside Kaden my face was cold and was in pain. But what i’m trying to say is that day I changed and became the hood I am today.

I was so lost in thought that I didn’t hear the door knock so when I looked out the window I was startled to find Jayson just crawling through the window.

“Hey two whats wrong. Wait since when do you smoke” he asked.

“I stole the pack from Nick nothings wrong.” I said but he was not convinced.

“You know what happened to Kaden I haven’t seen him since the day I got jumped” I asked.

“No sorry kid I don’t know what happened to him” he said as he was grabbing a cigarette from the pack and pulled out a lighter and took a drag and leaned back cooly on the bed.

“One day I am going to leave here”  I thought to myself

“What are you thinking” asked Jayson.

“Nothing, you would like it if I told you, Let's got to town got your truck” I asked.

“Yep let's go” Jayson jumped up.

“Hey wait in the truck for me I’ll be there in a second” I said.

“Will do” Jayson said and walked out of the room.

I walked to the closet and grabbed my wallet and switchblade and my pack of gum and phone and walked out the door to the truck and we spread out of the neighborhood to the closest mall we parked in the back and walked to the nearest store which was Dicks sporting goods were I baught a new sports Bra and a work out tank top, and a new softball bat and batting gloves because mine have a hole in them.

After we left Dick’s we went to auntie anns to have a pretzel and me and Jayson shared a large lemon aid. I went to one of the booths that are in the mall and bout a new protable charger and then walked to one of the customize your own T-shirts stores and made a punk looking micky mouse shirt and paid for it after we were done shopping we went to my house where we sat on the couch and watched a movie. I made two sandwiches and sat down to watch Top Gun which evrey time I watch it I get the part I’ went to the danger zone stuck in my head.

After we were done watching the movie we walked over to Hot-topics house smoking are ciggies.

“Jayson when did you start smoking” I asked.

“When I was in 5th grade I started smoking to look tough” he said

“Like you I was a outcast and wasn’t taken seriously so I started smoking and working out to look tough” he added.

“Why did you start smoking” he asked.

“To clear my head and calm my nerve I’m not going to smoke real often because it hurts a little” I said.

“You’ve been acting off ever since you saw Mad-dogs face” he said.

“Did you beat up his dad” he added

“No I decided against it” I said.

“Aw. I see miss big shot didn’t beat someone up did she” Jayson teased.

“No superman I did not” I said as we walked to the door of Hot-topics house and opened it and walked im.

We sat down at the table and played poker until we got bored or ran out of candy to use. By then it was late so I decided to spend the night at my house which I got Jayson to stay with me. I showered then got changed in my room. I took the suitcase out of my closet and put my new shirt in and took my backpack out and put the charger in and all the rest of the stuff I bought in the closet next to it. Then I closed up everything and gave Jayson the okay to come in. We went to bed, we had to share the same bed because it wasn’t like his house or Hot-topic’s house where there are bunk beds. He had his arm around me and I finally dosed off.

I woke up later in the night in a cold sweat from a nightmare. I don’t get nightmares very often but when I do I always wake up from them. The good thing is that I didn’t wake Jayson up so I just scooted over to him and went back to sleep and I didn’t wake up again until morning.

Trouble Calls, Now Time to Waste 3

Pickpocketing (3)

After that whole argument with Hot-topics dad it was time for bed, I removed all my makeup and put on spare clothes from Hot-topics PJ, and crawled in the bottom bunk. When I’m at Hot-topics house I share a room with him, like I said before he’s like a brother to me, anyway after Hot-topic was done in the shower and dressed he came into the room and crawled on the top bunk.

“Your cousin ain’t one of us is he” I asked

“He ain’t a hood like us no” he replied.

“He’s…. How do you put this, let's put it your way he’s a princess boy” he explained.

“I could tell by how much money was in his wallet” I said.

“He’s pissed that you took all of his money out of his pockets when you picked them” he said.

“Yeah I know” I said. That was the end of our conversation that night and he went to bed.

I’ve always been good at pickpocketing, I mean I do it for sport and fun but today I did it out of anger which I know is wrong but it felt pretty good but pick pocketing is technically stealing and that against the law, but its like a game to me and money can’t hurt me. It also wouldn’t hurt me to stop pickpocketing but the question is do I want to stop pickpocketing people. No, no I don't thank you very much. Like I said before pick pocketing is a game for me a game I can’t lose because of how many years of practice I have.

After laying in bed for about an hour I decided to get up and make an extra sandwich, after I was done eating I went back to bed and I finally fell asleep.

When I woke up the next morning Hot-topic wasn’t in his bed and there was a whole lot of voices so I drowsily yawned and walked to the kitchen where the gang was sitting and eating waffles.

When they saw me they all went silent and all shifted toward Mad-dog who was hiding his face.

“Good morning?” I asked

“Morning” everyone said in unison.

Then I walked up to the counter to get a waffle and everyone shifted around Mad-dog and I was getting kinda suspicious so I kept going on like there was nothing going on. I put syrup on my waffle which was sitting on the table and sat down at the table right in front of Mad-dog.

“Max what's wrong” I asked

“Your screwed man she just called you by your real name” Jayce said.

“JAYCE SHUT UP” I shouted

“Max show me your face I know you're hiding something” I said

He turned his head where there was a fresh cut still bleeding on his cheek his eye was bruised and his nose was still bleeding it looks like it hurt real bad, apparently I was as mad as I looked because Mad-dog was like “Nick it doesn’t hurt that bad really it doesn’t”

“Who did that, to you” I asked angrily

“No one Nick it doesn’t hurt to bad I promise” he defended.

“How did that” I said I was furious.

“Two it was his dad he came home drunker than heck last night and he beat him” Jayson congested.

“Bump nut give me your keys” I said. I guess I wasn’t thinking straight because I have never called anyone a numb nut in my life when he said silent I said “princess boy give me the gosh darn keys”

He finally said “No two-bit I am not going to give you the keys”

I was walking pretty fast when I hear my name being called, I turned around and saw that it was Hot-topic throwing me the keys. I caught them and ran out the door started the car and hear my name again this time it was nick and I threw the car in reverse but he stopped me, “where you going” he asked.

“I’ma stop this from happening again” I said.

“I’m going with you” he said

“UG. Get in I am driving” I said

He finally got in and I drove out of the driveway I ran into the same stop sign.

Trouble Calls, No Time to Waste 2

The first day of suspension (2)

I woke up at my friend Jayson’s house which is like my fourth home, we said good morning to his dad and walked over to Hot-topics house where we eat breakfast. Todays breakfast was cereal because Hot-topics mom wasn’t feeling too well and his dad doesn’t know how to make pancakes. At Hot-topics house we each have our own cereal type, mine is coco puffs Jayson’s is tricks, Mad-dog’s is fruity pebbles, Sal’s is cinnamon toast crunch and Jayce’s is just cheery o's because he doesn’t like real sugary cereals.

We all grabbed our bowls and went over to the couch where we watched some of our favorite show on netflix's which was iZombie we were on season two. Once our morning episode was done everyone headed to school except for me and Hot-topic.

We went up to his room and grabbed some money that he saved up and we walked out the door and got on our bikes and headed to town. Once we got to lancaster mall we went into journies and bought each of us a pair of brightly colored neon socks, I used my own money that I got from washing cars. To buy an new skateboard and a backpack. Once we got out of the store I put my wallet my knife and my new pair of socks in the back pack took the tag off of my backpack and put it on my back. After we were done we went to Hot Topic which was one floor down from journeys and we got some t-shirts once again on the way out of the store I put them in my backpack and then we headed out of the mall.

After we got out of the mall we walked across the street over to F.Y.E (for your entertainment) and I bout a eminem album and an Outsiders poster and another shirt that said beastie boys on it. When we paid of all of our stuff and got out of the store we started walking down the sidewalk there was a group of people and I ended up pick pocketing all but one of them, by the end of the day when the other people of our group got home from school I ended it with two switch-blades which are illegal here in oregon, seven wallets six packs of gum two pocket watches and four normal pocket knives. I gave each of my friends other than me and Jayson the normal pocket knives and I gave Jayson one of the switchblades. I divided the packets of gum to each person and took out all the wallets from my backpack and counted all the money and change and it all added up to 1oo dollars even. I split the money seven ways and because we have a savings in a small plastic bag in the cooler that has over 200 dollars in it, and gave each of everyone in my gang fourteen dollars and the change also went into the savings.  We walked over to the ally and I grabbed a Coke from the cooler hidden in the back behind a junk trashed car, and I sat down on the car seat after I put the money in the plastic bag in the cooler, we talked about what happened at school but I kinda Zoned out up until Tito came running into our ally and said “Nick you beat up that one soc right”

“Yeah why”  I said with a curious voice.

“You at least started gang conflict” Tito said with an out of breath tone.

“Me and Jessie will help fight in gang fights” said Tito.

“Uhh thanks but I think we could hold our own” snapped Jayce

“Hey he wasn’t talking to you” Jayson snapped back to Jayce

“We could use all the help we can get” Sal agreed

“We would love you to help us fight, we might need to get you a blade tho” I said to Tito.

“A Blade would be nice, can I sit with you guys” he asked.

“Yeah you may sit with us” said Jayson and Tito plopped down right next to Hot-topic who moved so that he could sit down. I got up and Gradded a Root beer and handed it to him and sat down again.

We just sat there and talked for about two hours and then the sun started to go down and we all had to go home I walked home with Hot-topic.

“Nick I’m sorry that you got suspended from on friday, I wish I could have been there to help” he said.

I just looked at him in shock that he called me by my first name then I realised that he apologized and I said “oh that's Okay, why did you call me Nick”

“I did sorry I didn’t even realise I called you by your real name, I think it has to do with my cousin came to live with my parents and he kinda got mad at me this morning because when I first woke up I called him Two-bit and then I had to explain who in the heck you were” he said.

“I didn’t see him this morning” I asked

“Yah he kinda had to leave to pick up his Girlfriend to take her out for breakfast for her birthday” he said “ he should be home when we get there”

“Oh is he sleeping in your room” I asked

“No he took up the couch” he clarified “your bed is still free”

“Thank goodness” I said

The rest of the way to his house we walked in silence once we walked into the house Hot-topic and I yelled “we’re home”

“I’m in the kitchen” said Hot-topics dad.

“What’s for dinner” asked Hot-topic

“Sandwitches make your own your mom is still not feeling well, NICK DINNER” he said.

“Geez, I’m right here, Dad number two” I teased.

“I forgot your name was Nick I was calling my nephew to come make his sandwich you spending the night” he asked

“Yeah like normal, I ain't wanted at home”  I stated.

“Your always welcome here” Hot-Topic said “You're like a older sister to me”

“How sweet Matt is kissing butt” said an older teenager

“Hey pretty one my name is Nick” he said.

“I’m Two-bit” I said

“So this is the girl that you confused me with this morning” he said with a slight glare towards Hot-topic

I made myself a cheese sandwich and then walked over to the couch, “Hot-topic do you want to watch a movie” I asked.

“Yeah” he replied

“Which one” I asked

“The karate kid I haven’t seen that one in a while” Hot-topic suggested.

“That sounds like a great movie to watch”  I agreed

Hot-topic and I sat down and started Eating our dinner and watching our movie. Nick came in and gave me and Hot-topic a Dirty look. When he opened him mouth was when I got up to go to the bathroom and after I was done in the bathroom I walked into the kitchen and “grabbed” a soda. Then I came into the Living and said “Hot-topic lets go”

“Where” he asked.

“Somewhere” I said. With my dangerous looking grin.

“Ohh, okay” he agreed and I took the Keys out of my pocket and walked out of the door. We both got into the Nick’s car without him realising that I stole his keys and that they weren’t mine. It wasn’t until I started the car that he realised that I stole his keys.

He came running out of the house and stood on the front porch yelling at us. I threw the car in reverse and stepped on the gas pedal and hit the stop sign that was sitting on the side of the road by Hot-topics house.  After we got out of the driveway we went to the nearest seven eleven and I took out his cousins wallet and I bought a tub of Ice cream and some soda and candy, we paid for it and went back to the house.

Once we walked into the house we went into the kitchen and we put the ice cream in the freezer to cool off. Once Hot-topics dad came in the Kitchen and saw all of the seven eleven bags he was really happy because they had ran out of ice cream yesterday and his wife still wasn’t feeling good.

“Thanks Two, you really didn’t have to pay for our groceries” he said

“I didn’t I stole your nephews wallet and bought it all, but your welcome” I said.

“What about my wallet” asked Nick. I tossed him the now empty wallet and pulled out a cigarette and lit it and took one puff and coughed  and kept the rest of them because it was a new pack.

“How can you guys smoke this stuff” I asked Nick.

He gave me a hard glare and Hot-topic took the smoke out of my hand and threw it in the firepit outside. Hot-topics dad took Nick into the other room to have a “word” with him about smoking. We scooped some ice cream into a bowl and sat down on the couch to finish our movie.

We could hear them arguing and fighting over the Tv and then all of a sudden I hear, “If you didn’t want me to find out you smoked you shouldn’t have kept them in your pocket when she’s around, because she’s really good a pick pocketing” from Hot-topic’s dad.

“Yeah I kinda figured that out when she stole my car Keys and wallet” Nick argued.

“What I hear about her from Matt she can get away with hundred of dollars without getting caught so be careful, Piss her off again and I’m serious she will pick pocket you she knows us well enough that she won’t us but she will you” he warned.