--= PUES ID LIKE TO MEET SOME JENTE WHO KNOW THE MEANING OF FRIENDSHIP, IM NOT HERE LOOKING FOR LOVE,CUSS LOVE IS A TALL ORDER, YOU CANT E-MAIL LOVE,YOU CANT BUY IT, OR RENT IT, LOVE IS SOMETHING SPECAIL,THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN TWO POEPLE ON A ONE ON ONE BASIS UP CLOSE AND PERSONEL, SO MY SOLE PURPOSE ON BEING HERE ON MYSPACE IS TO TRY TO MEET SOME POEPLE WITH WHOM I CAN CONVERSE WITH,AND IN THE PROCESS MAYBE FIND SOME COMMON GROUND,AND WITH THAT WE COULD BUILD A FRIENDSHIP.SHORT STORY BY PAPAJOE-----TITLE,,,--------IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT--------------WHATS UP?, PAPAJOE HERE WITH A QUESTION FOR YOU,HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST TRUE LOVE,AND IM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST LOVE MAKEING OR FIRST KISS,IM TALKING ABOUT YOUR FIRST TRUE LOVE,THE ONE YOU COULD STAND RIGHT UP AND WITHOUT A DOUBT SAY, THAT GIRL MENT THE WORLD TO ME,AND INSPIGHT OF HOW MUCH TIME MAY PASS YOU BY,THE WORMTH OF THE LOVE THE TWO OF YOU SHARED WILL FOREVER BE INGRAVED IN YOUR HEART, WELL ILL COUNT THE NUMBERS A LIL LATER, BUT FOR NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU A LIL BIT ABOUT A MAN WHO GOES BY THE NAME PADRINO,HIS REAL NAME IS ALBERTO HERNANDEZ, BUT IS BETTER KNOWN IN SOME CIRCLES BY PADRINO, SO THATS WHAT WE'LL CALL HIM, PADRINO IS A 37 YEAR OLD LATINO BORN AND RAISED IN THE HOOD, SET IN HIS WAYS, OLD SCHOOL ALL THE WAY, BUT AS HE WOULD SAY,( ITS ALL GOOD ) HE INJOYS PLAYING POKER WITH HIS CAMARADAS,AND THATS WHERE WE FIND HIM TODAY, CARDS IN HAND AND JUST SHOOTING THE SHIT WITH TOMAS,LAZYBOY,AND FRANKIE, POEPLE HE'S KNOWN SINCE BACK IN THE DAY,LETS DROP IN ON THE SCENE AND SEE WHATS CRACKING,,,,,,,,,,,,," ILL CALL AND RAISE YOU 20 " PADRINO PUTS ON A SLY GRIN AS HE DROPS THE MONEY ON THE TABLE, TOMAS WHOS HOLDING NOTHING BUT A QWEEN HIGH THROUGHS HIS CARDS ON THE TABLE..." FUCK THIS SHIT I FOLD, IM GOING TO GET A BEER, YOU VATOS WANT A BEER? "" NAW IM GOOD HOMIE " REPLYS PADRINO,LAZYBOY STILL THINKING ABOUT WHEATHIER OR NOT TO CALL PADRINOS RAISE JUST SHAKES HIS HEAD, FRANKIE PULLS OUT SOME TABACCO AND STARTS ROLLING A FRAJO." ILL TAKE ONE" HE SAYS AS HIS ROLLING,LAZYBOY LOOKS AT HIS CARDS AGIAN, HIS HOLDING AN ACE DUCE, AND WITH A BLANK LOOK ON HIS FACE FINALLY CALLS, FRANKIE HOLDING A PAIR OF THREES CALLS AS WELL,TOMAS COMES BACK WITH THE BEERS AND SITS DOWN." AY YOU KNOW WHAT?, I WAS DOWN AT THE PLAYA LAST WEEK AND YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT I SAW? "" WHAT YOUD SEE? " ASKED LAZYBOY." THEY HAD SOME KIND OF BACK IN THE DAY TYPE OF THING GOING ON, SOME NICE RIDES, BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT THEY HAD A FIRME 69 CHEVEY IMPALA, FUCKEN CLEAN! "PADRINO LOOKS UP WHILE GETING READY TO DEAL THE FLOP AND SAY'S." NO SHIT!, WHAT COLOR? "TOMAS POPS THE TAB OFF HIS BEER THEN SAY'S" CHARCOAL BLACK WITH GRAY INTIERIOR, DROPED LOW TINTED WINDOWS, THE WORKS!,, AY PADRINO DID'NT YOU HAVE A 69 BEFOR? "" NAW THAT WAS MY DADS" HE REPLYS." WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO IT? "" MY MOM SOLD IT AFTER HE DIED, SHE KEEPED IT FOR AWHILE,BUT EVERY TIME SHE WOULD SEE IT SHE'D JUST BREAK DOWN AND START CRYING,SO WE ALL TOLD HER SHE SHOULD JUST SELL IT, SHE DID'NT HAVE THE HEART TO SELL IT SO MY TIO BENNY HAD TO PUT IT IN THE PAPER FOR HER, SHIT THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, AY LAZY REMEMBER WE USED TO PRETEND WE WHERE DRIVEING IT DOWN THE BLVD. PICKING UP ON HYNAS LOL,"" SIMON, WE'RE LUCKY YOUR DAD NEVER COUGHT US HE WOULD HAVE KICKED YOUR ASS! LOL "" YOU MEAN HE WOULD HAVE KICKED OUR ASS! PENDEJO! LOL, ESPECIALLY THAT NIGHT WE HAD THOSE HYNAS OVER,LOL"" LOL NO SHIT! THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME TOMAS GOT DRUNK LOL "" FUCK YOU LAZY LOL THAT WAS'NT THE FIRST TIME, BUT I THINK WE ALL GOT FUCKED UP THAT NIGHT ,QUE NO?" LOL, ME YOU AND PADRINO, WHERE THE FUCK WAS FRANKIE AT?? "" AT HOME CUSS HIS MOM WOULD'NT LET HIM OUT LOL." PEPLYED PADRINO." THATS RIGHT HE WAS GROUNDED BUT ITS ALL GOOD CUSS THIER WAS ONLY THREE HYNAS THIER THAT NIGHT ANYWAY" SAID LAZY" SIMON " ADDED PADRINO IN A LOW VOICE," I REMMEBER THAT NIGHT, MALA AND HER TWO PRIMAS! DAM THAT MALA WAS FINE! "" GYPSY TAMBIEN " ADDED TOMAS, " THATS THE ONE I HOOKED UP WITH THAT NIGHT, LAZY RIGHT HERE IS THE ONE THAT ENDED UP WITH DEBBIE THE RUNT OF THE LITTER LOL "" SHE WAS A LIL PLUMP BUT SHE WAS STILL FINE " STATED LAZY, MORE IN HIS DEFENCE THAN IN HERS." WHAT EVER HOMIES " SAID TOMAS" AY WHOS IDEA WAS IT ANYWAYS TO TAKE THEM TO MY PAD THAT NIGHT? " ASKED PADRINO? " I KNOW IT WAS'NT MINE "TOMAS LOOKED AT LAZY AND WITH A GRIN THEN SAID." LAZY'S! "" NO IT WAS'NT, IT WAS YOURS FOOL "" CHALE I REMEMBER WE WHERE GOING DOWN TO THE TIENDA WHEN WE SAW THEM WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU SAID HEY LETS GO TALK TO THESE HYNAS AND TAKE THEM TO PADRINOS HOUSE AND KICK IT IN HIS DADS CAR LOL"" YEA RIGHT LIKE I WOULD EVEN SAY SOMETHING STUPID LIKE THAT! LOL "TOMAS TRY'S TO PUT ON A SIRIUS FACE AND SAYS."ALLRIGHT WACHA THIS IS HOW IT WENT DOWN SERIO PEDO!" -----------------FLASH BACK TO BACK IN THE DAY-------------------" HEY LAZY, HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GOT? "" ABOUT A DOLLOR,WHY? "" CUSS IM THIRSTY, I WANT TO GET SOMETHING TO DRINK,LOAN ME FIFTY CENTS "" ALLRIGHT COME ON I WANT TO GET ME A SODA TAMBIEN,. LETS RIDE DOWN THIER "" CHALE LETS WALK MY BIKE'S NOT RUNNING TO WELL RIGHT NOW "" FINE LETS WALK, HEY DID ELBERT TELL YOU WHAT HE WAS DOING TONIGHT? "" NAW, WHY? "" JUST ASKING "" YEA RIGHT!WHATS HE DOING? "" I THINK HE'S GETING A TATOO "" NO SHIT!WHEN TONIGHT? "" IM NOT SURE I THINK HE SAID TONIGHT "" LETS STOP BY YOUR HOUSE ON THE WAY BACK AND GIVE HIM A CALL,SHIT IF HE'S GETING ONE IM GANNA GET ONE TAMBIEN "" DID HE TELL YOU WHAT HE WAS GOING TO GET? "" NAW NOT REALLY BUT I THINK HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A BIRD "" A BIRD? "" YEA I THINK, BUT LIKE I SAID IM NOT SURE,.HEY CHECK IT OUT MY TIO'S AT THE STORE WE COULD CACHT A RIDE BACK TO THE PAD WITH HIM, NOW WE DONT HAVE TO WALK IN THIS HEAT, HEY LAZY DID YOU HEAR ME I SAID MY TIO'S AT THE STORE."LAZYBOY DOES'NT RESPOND, HE COUGHT SIGHT OF SOME HYNAS WALKING DOWN THE SREET AND HIS ATTENTION IS ON THEM LIKE A HAWK."WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? "" CHECK IT OUT TOMAS, WHO ARE THOSE HYNAS OVER THIER?"" OVER WHERE?"" OVER THIER BY THE VAN! "" I DONT KNOW,I DONT THINK THEY LIVE AROUND HERE,WAIT A MINUTE I THINK ONE OF THEM LOOKS FAMILIER,I THINK SHE LIVES A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM ELBERTS HOUSE,YOU KNOW THAT HOUSE BY THE PARK THAT WAS EMPTY FOR A LONG TIME? ""YEA I REMEMBER "" YEA WELL I THINK HER FAMILY RENTED IT "" NO SHIT! COME ON LETS GET THE SODAS AND GO TALK TO THEM, WHAT WHERE YOU SAYING ABOUT YOUR TIO? "" NEVER MIND FOOL COME ON,.IM GETING A PEPSI,WHAT YOU WANT? "" THE SAME "" K COME ON "AS THEY GO INTO THE STORE THEY SEE THIER OLD FRIEND TONY, OWNER OPERATER, OF THE LIL NIEBORHOOD STORE, TONY HEARS THE DOOR OPEN AND HE TURNS AROUND TO SEE WHO IT IS, HE SPOTS THE BOYS AND RECOGNIZE'S THEM RIGHT AWAY" MORNING BOYS "" MORNING TONY "" WHAT YOU BOYS GETING TODAY? "" TWO PEPSI'S TONY "TONY POURS TWO LARGE PEPSI'S INTO CUPS FROM THE FOUNTIAN DISPENSER, AND HANDS THEM OVER TO TOMAS." THAT'LL BE 75 CENTS , SO WHAT ARE YOU BOYS DOING TODAY? " TONY ASK'S AS HE GIVES TOMAS HIS CHANGE." NOTHING JUST KICKING BACK "" NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, NOW YOU BOYS STAY OUT OF TROUBLE,THIERS ALOT OF BAD SHIT GOING ON OUT THIER "" ALLRIGHT TONY THANKS "LAZYBOY STICKS THE SRAW INTO HIS DRINK, TAKES A SIP THEN SAY'S TO TOMAS." COME ON TOMAS LETS GET OUT THIER BEFOR THEY LEAVE "THEY WALK OUT OF THE STORE AND JUST STAND THIER FOR A MINUTE LOOKING AROUND" I DONT SEE THEM " SAY'S TOMAS AS HIS SHADEING HIS EYE'S TO CUT DOWN ON THE GLARE. MEANWHILE LAZYBOY HAS SPOTED THE HYNAS AND LETS TOMAS KNOW" OVER THIER BY THE GREEN HOUSE COMON! "" DONT WALK TO FAST IT LOOKS STUPID,LIKE WE WHERE HARD UP OR SOMETHING LOL, YOU GOING TO HIT THEM UP? "" NO! YOU SAID YOU KNEW THEM YOU HIT THEM UP! "" I DID'NT SAY I KNEW THEM,I SAID ONE OF THEM LOOKS FAMILIER "" ALLRIGHT CHECK IT OUT,THIS IS HOW YOU SPIT GAME,COME ON "AS THEY HIGH STEP IT TO WHERE THE GIRLS ARE LAZY TAKES THE LEAD AND DOES HIS THING." QUIVO,WHATS UP?WHERE YOU GIRLS GOING?PEBBLES BEING CLOSEST TO LAZY REPLYS." WHO WANTS TO KNOW?! "" OH ITS LIKE THAT LOL "" LIKE HOW?!"" LIKE RUDE! IM JUST TRYING TO BE FRIENDLY, I SEE YOU GIRLS AROUND HERE ALL THE TIME, JUST THOUGHT ID ASK YOU YOUR NAMES "THE GIRLS AT THIS POINT TURN TO FACE THEM." YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDING! THAT IS SO LAME! " REPLYS PEBBLE'S" WOE! WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? "" BECOUSE LOVERBOY,THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ME AND MY SISTER HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA,WE GOT HERE THIS MORNING TO VISET OUR PRIMA,SO I KNOW YOUR LIEING WHEN YOU SAY YOU'VE SEEN US HERE BEFOR,AND AS FOR BEING RUDE! YOU... "LAZYBOY CUTS HER OFF IN MID SENTENCE." WOE! ALLRIGHT! ALLRIGHT!!, CHECK IT OUT YOUR RIGHT ITS TRUE WE HAV'NT SEEN ALL OF YOU HERE BEFOR,BUT I HAVE SEEN YOUR HOMEGIRL BEFOR, SHE JUST MOVED IN TO THAT HOUSE DOWN BY THE PARK,QUE NO? "" YEA, AND? "" AND SO ME AND MY HOMEBOY TOMAS JUST WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU GIRLS FOR A BIT, BY THE WAY MY NAME'S LAZYBOY AND THIS IS MY HOMEBOY TOMAS "BY THIS TIME TOMAS AND THE OTHER GIRLS ARE LIKE ON THE SIDE LINES WACTHING THESE TWO GO AT IT, TRYING HARD NOT TOP BUST OUT LAUGHING. FINNALY AFTER A FEW MOMENTS THINGS CALM DOWN AND INTRODUTIONS ARE MADE." WELL MY NAME IS PEBBLES AND THIS IS MY SISTER GYPSY AND MY PRIMA MALA ""Q-VO, MY NAME'S PETE BUT MY HOMEBOYS CALL ME LAZYBOY, AND THIS IS MY HOMEBOY TOMAS, SO WHERE YOU GIRLS GOING? "by this time tomas and the other girls are like on the side lines wacthing these two go at it,tomas is trying hard not to bust out laughing, WELL MY NAME IS PEBBLES AND THIS IS MY SISTER GYPSY AND MY PRIMA MALA,.. introductions are made all around and they start walking down the street,.. AS THIER WALKING DONW THE CALLE THEY HEAR THE SMOTH RUMBBLE OF GLASS PIPES CACTHING UP WITH THEM,AS THEY TURN TO LOOK PEBBLES AND GYPSY ARE AMAZED AT THE BUETY OF WHAT THEY SEE, ROLLING DOWN THE STREET IS THE CLEANEST 69 THEY HAD EVER SEEN, PEARL WHITE, TINTED WINDOWS,GOLD TRIM, WITH GOLD STIGHT LACE RIMS TO MACTH,THE RUMBBLE THE CAR MADE AS IT ROLLED BY WAS LIKE MUSIC TO THE EARS,,,GYPSY WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK UP,,, DAM!HOMEGIRL CHECK IT OUT!I SEE IT!, WHOS THAT? ASKED MALA,,,THATS THE HOMEBOYS DAD,HE'S FIRME JENTE, AND THAT CAR IS HIS BABY, HE CALLS IT WHITE MAGIC,LOOKS LIKE HE'S ON HIS WAY TO THE PAD,YOU GIRLS WANT TO GO TO THE HOMEBOYS ALBERTS PAD? YOU COULD MEET THE HOMEBOY AND YOU COULD CHECK OUT HIS DADS CAR,,,MALA SPOKE UP, THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN BUT RIGHT NOW WE GOT SOME THINGS TO DO AND BESIDES ITS A LIL BIT TO HOT,HOW ABOUT LATER ON, LIKE AROUND 6pm,, TOMAS LOOKED AT LAZY, AND LAZY REPLYED YEA THAT SOUNDS FIRME,HE LOOKED AT PEBBLES AND ASKED HER FOR HER NUMBER,,ILL CALL YOU AROUND FIVE,, YEA THATS COOL WE SHOULD BE READY BY THEN,,, ALLRIGHT WE'LL SEE THEN, WHERE GOING TO HEAD ON OUT TO THE HOMIES PAD FROM HERE,LATERS ,,,,,,AS THEY PART WAYS TOMAS IS STILL THINKING ABOUT WHAT LAZY HAD TOLD HIM EARLIR,,,,,,,,COMON LAZY LETS GO TO YOUR PAD AND CALL THE HOMIE, I WANT TO SEE WHAT HIS TALKING ABOUT,~ OH YOU NMEAN ABOUT THE TATOO?,~ SIMON I WANT TO SEE WHAT HIS TALKING ABOUT A FUCKEN BIRD!,~ LETS JUST GO TO HIS PAD.~HIS NOT HOME HIS AT HIS TIOS PAD AND I AINT WALKING ALL THE WAY DOWN THEIR.~ORALE WHATS HE DOING DOWN THIER.~I DONT KNOW, MAYBE GETTING A FUCKEN BIRD ON HIS ARM LOL.~,,,,AS THEY NEAR THE HOUSE.~~ DAM LAZY,WHATS YOUR MOM DOING?~ SHES CLEANING THE HOUSE,DAM I FORGOT ABOUT THAT,SHES GOING TO BE PISSED CUSS THIS MORNING I WAS SOPOSE TO HELP HER MOVE SOME OF THAT SHIT,COMMON OPEN THE GATE, MOM! MOM!~IS THAT YOU MIJO.~YEA MOM ITS ME AND TOMAS.~ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN MIJO?YOU WHERE SOPOSE TO HELP ME WITH THIS STUFF,WHERE WHER YOU?~ IM SORRY MOM I WAS AT TOMAS'S HOUSE,WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?~ NOTHING RIGHT NOW,I ALLREADY MOVED THE STUFF OUT OF THE WAY, BUT YOU CAN MOVE IT BACK WHEN IM DONE CLEANING.~ALLRIGHT MOM.~HI MR. ROJAS.~HI TOMAS,IM GLAD YOUR HERE YOU COULD HELP FREDDIE MOVE THIS STUFF BACK WHEN IM DONE CLEANING,YOU DONT MIND DO YOU?~NAW I DONT MIND.~ ALLRIGHT MOM LET US KNOW WHEN YOUR DONE AND ME AND TOMAS WILL MOVE THIS STUFF BACK,WE'LL BE IN MY ROOM.~ALLRIGHT MIJO BUT GO IN THREW THE BACK DOOR,IM STILL CLEANING HERE.~COMMON TOMAS LETS USE THE BACK DOOR,,,,,ONCE INSIDE THE ROOM TOMAS WASTED NO TIME,,,, WHERE'S YOUR PHONE DOG?~OVER THIER BY THE T.V ~ SHIT I HOPE THE HOMIES STILL THIER.~(ring ring ring) HELLO.~ YEA IS ELBERT THIER?~YEA HOLD ON, WHO'S THIS?~AW THIS IS TOMAS.~ORALE HOLD ON A SECOUND ILL GO GET HIM.~ALLRIGHT THANKS.~WHATS UP DOG?~NOTHING,WHAT YOU DOING?~NOTHING JUST KICKING IT WITH MY TIO,AND YOU?~IM OVER HERE AT LAZY'S PAD,AY HE TELLS ME YOUR GETING A TATOO!~ I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT,MY TIO KNOWS THIS VATO THAT SLINGS INK BUT HE DOES'NT WHAT ME TO GET ANYTHING AT HIM FOR HOOKING TI UP.~PUES JUST DONT TELL YOUR DAD YOUR TIO HOOKED IT UP.~DOES'NT WORK THAT WAY HOMIE MY DAD WILL STILL FIND OUT,YOU KNOW THAT!~YEA I KNOW,SO YOUR NOT GOING TO GET IT?~I DONT KNOW YET, IM GOING TO HAVE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT.~ORALE,SO WHAT WHERE YOU GOING TO GET?~I WAS THINKING ABOUT PUTING A WINITO ON MY SHOOULDER,WITH THE WORDS (ay cisco pasa la botella).~ THAT SHITS GOING TO BE TIGHT,FUCKEN LAZY TOLD ME YOU WHERE GOIONG TO PUT ON A SEAGULL ON YOUR ARM LOL.~THAT FOOLS CRACKED TELL HIM TO LAY OFF THE PAINT LOL I NEVER TOLD HIM THAT.~PURO PEDO HOMIES HE DID'NT SAY THAT LOL,SO CHECK IT OUT WHAT YOU DOING TONIGHT?~NOTHING MUCH IM GOING TO KICK IT WITH MY TIO FOR A BIT THEN HEAD OUT TO THE PAD,WHY WHATS UP?~WE RAN INTO SOME HYNAS OVER BY TONY'S STORE TODAY ONE OF THEM LIVES OVER BY THE PARK,AND THE OTHER TWO ARE HER PRIMAS,THEY LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD,BUT THIER GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE WEEKEND,I THINK THESE HYNAS WANT TO PARTY HOMIES.~IS THAT RIGHT!PUES IM DOWN,FUCK IT!SO WHERE GOING DOWN TO THIER PAD OR WHAT?~NAWI ALLREADY ASKED,THEY SAID THIER TIA WOULD TRIP,LEYS JUST KICK IT AT YOUR PAD.~ AT MY PAD? HMMM I DONT KNOW HOMIES,TELL YOU WHAT LET ME CHECK IT OUT,WHEN I GET TO THE PAD ILL GIVE YOU CALL AND LET YOU KNOW,YOU GOING TO BE AT THE HOMIES HOUSE FOR AWHILE?~SIMON IM GOING TO BE HERE HEPING LAZY MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND FOR HIS MOM,SHE'S DOING SOME CLEANING BIG TIME.~ORALE ILL GIVE YOU VATOS A CALL LATER ON.~ORALE PUES LATERZ.~ (click) SO WHAT DID THE HOMIE SAY?~HE SAID QUIT SNIFFING PAINT LOL.~SERIO FOOL,WHATS UP?~HIS GOING TO CALL LATER ON,HIS GOING TO CHECK THINGS OUT.~FIRME,AY I THINK MY MOMS DONE WITH THE CLEANING,COMMON.~ORALESO WHAT DO YOU THINK SISTER?~I THINK THIER CUTE,I THINK WE COULD HAVE SOME FUN WITH THEM.~THATS WHAT IM SAYING! LOL,DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE GIRLFRIENDS?~WHO CARES,IM NOT LOOKING FOR A MAN.~WHO IS,ALL THEY DO IS LIE AND FUCKEN CHEAT ON YOU.~ YEA AND WHEN THEY GET COUGHT,THIER LIKE,IM SORRY BABY!,I LOVE YOU!I WONT DO IT AGIAN!YEA RIGHT!!FUCK THAT SHIT!.~AY PRIMA WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TELL YOUR MOM?~WHAT DO YOU MEAN?~YEA LIKE WHERE ARE WQE GOING TO TELL HER WHERE GOING?~WE'LL JUST TELL HER WHERE GOING TO THE PARK FOR AWHILE.~ALLRIGHT THAT SOUNDS GOOD PAPAJOE HERE,PUES IT ALL SEEMS TO BE GOING PRETTY SMOOTHLY,POEPLE HAVE MET,PLANS HAVE BEEN MADE,JUST ANOTHER CASUAL DAY IN THE CITY OF ANGELS,FOR SOME AT LEAST,FOR OTHERS NOT SO CASUAL,FOR OTHERS LIKE THE HOMEBOY PADRINO,TODAY IS GOING TO BE,HOW COULD I PUT IT,MMM,ONE FOR THE BOOKS,. YOU SEE LOVE HAS NO RULES,NO LAWS,NO BOUNDERYS. IT COULD BE JOYFULL WITH OUT LIMETS, OR IT COULD BE PAINFULL WITH OUT END,IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE CHOICE'S POEPLE MAKE,AND THIS IS AN UNFERMILIER ROAD FOR THE HOMIES I THINK ITS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE JUST HOW HE HANDLES THINGS,AT THE MOMENT IT STILL EARLY,HES STILL AT HIS TIO BENNYS HOUSE,LETS DROP IN AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.SO WHAT DO YOU THINK TIO?~ABOUT WHAT?~ ABOUT WHAT WE WHERE TALKING ABOUT,THE INK.~OH THAT,PUES ILL TELL YOU STRIGHT UP,I DONT FEEL CONFERTABLE WITH IT,AND ITS NOT THE IDEA OF YOOU GETING A TATOO THAT BOTHERS ME,I MEAN I GOT MY FIRST TATOO WHEN I WAS 12,PERO I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT YOUR DAD WOULD TRIP,ESPECIALLY WITH ME FOR BEING LIKE THE MIDDLE MAN IN THE SITUATION,YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYING.~ YEA TIO I UNDERSTAND ITS COOL,. AY TIO HOW ABOUT A GAME OF HORSE SHOES BEFOR I GO HOME.~ IF YOU FEEL LIKE LOSEING LOL. SYLVIA COULD HEAR THE GLASS PIPES BEFOR SHE COULD SEE IT,SHE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SURE ENOUGH,THE PEARL WHITE BUETY WAS ROLLING INTO THE DRIVE WAY,SHE SAW CARLITOS STEP OUT OF THE CAR AND LOCK IT, SHE SMILED, HER MAN WAS HOME,SHE WACTHED HIM AS HE WALKED UP TO THE HOUSE,AND SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF, DAM HIS A FINE LOOKING MAN! HE OPENED THE DOOR AND STEPED IN, LOOKING AROUND HE SEE'S SYLVIA BY THE WINDOW,,,,,,HI BABY IM HOME, GOOD,HOW DID IT GO? IT WENT ALLRIGHT I THINK,THIER GOING TO CALL ME TOMAROW TO LET ME KNOW IF MY BID WENT IN OR NOT,WHERES ALBERT? HIS AT BENNYS HOUSE,YOU HUNGRY? YEA, A LIL BIT, ILL MAKE YOU A PLATE,,,AS SHE WALK'S BY HIM HE STOPS HER HOLDS HER IN HIS ARMS FOR A MINUTE AND GIVES HER A KISS ON THE TEMPLE,,THANK YOU BABE,IM GOING TO TAKE A SHOWER FIRST ALLRIGHT? O.K BABY ILL WAIT TILL YOU GET OUT. AFTRE A FEW GAMES OF HOUSE SHOES,BENNY DRIVES ELBERT HOME,HE PULLS UP TO THE HOUSE AND ELBERT GETS OUT OF THE TRUCK,,,YOU COMEING IN TIO? NAW NOT RIGHT NOW,I GOT A FEW THINGS I GOTTA DO,TELL EVERYONE I SAID HI,ALLRIGHT?,, ALLRIGHT THANKS FOR THE RIDE TIO,. NO PROBLEM SEE YOU LATER,. ELBERT WALKS INTO THE HOUSE AND FINDS HIS MOM AND DAD IN THE KICTHEN,. HI MOM HI DAD,, HI MIJITO,. HI MIJO,,, HE LOOKS AROUND THE KICTHEN AND TAKES A WIFF, SOMETHING SMELLS GOOD! YOU HUNGRY? HAVE A SEAT, ILL MAKE YOU A PLATE YOU CAN EAT WITH YOU DAD,. DONT MIND IF I DO,. HE TAKES A SEAT ACROSS FROM HIS DAD,. SO HOWS YOUR DAY GOING MIJO?. ALLRIGHT I WENT TO MY TIOS HOUSE AND KICKED IT FOR AWHILE,HE JUST DROPED ME OFF RIGHT NOW,HE SAID TO TELL EVERY ONE HI,. DAD LATER ON TOMAS AND LAZY ARE GOING TO COME OVER WITH SOME FRIENDS,IS IT ALLRIGHT IF WE KICK IT IN THE GARAGE FOR AWHILE?. CARLITOS LOOKS OVER TO SYLVIA FOR A SECOUND AND SHE GIVES HIM THE SLIGHTEST NOD, HE LOOKS BACK TO ELBERT,. YEA I GUESS IT'LL BE ALLRIGHT,JUST KEEP THE MUSIC DOWN AFTER TEN,. ALLRIGHT DAD THANKS,. WHEN HE FINISHED EATING HE EXCUSE'S HIMSELF AND HEADS TO HIS ROOM,PICKS UP THE PHONE AND CALLS LAZY,. AY HOMIE WHATS UP?. NOTHING MUCH, I TALKED TO MY DAD, HE SAID WE COULD KICK IT IN THE GARAGE TONIGHT,WHAT TIME YOU VATOS COMEING OVER?. AROUND 8 I THINK IS THAT COOL?. YEA THATS FIRME IT GIVES ME ENOUGH TIME TO GET CLEANED UP AND DRESSED, SO WHO'S THESE HYNAS? WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?. THIER PRETTY NICE!. SO YOU AND TOMAS ALLREADY HAD YOUR PICK HUH? LOL,. KINDA BUT DONT TRIP THIER PRIMA MALA,SHE'S PRETTY FINE TAMBIEN,. ALLRIGHT HOMIE GIVE ME A CALL WHEN YOU VATOS ARE ON YOU WAY K?. ALLRIGHT HOMIES,LATERZ. LATER THAT EVEN AT LAZY'S HOUSE,TOMAS AND LAZY ARE DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO,,,,. ALLRIGHT LAZY YOU READY?. SIMON. ALLRIGHT IM GOING CALL THE HYNAS, TALL THEM TO MEET US AT THE PARK, FROM THIER WE COULD WALK TO THE HOMIES PAD. CALL THE HOMIES TAMBIEN TELL HIM WHERE ON OUR WAY. ORALE,. THE CALLS ARE MADE THE GIRLS ARE PICKED UP AND THEY WALK THE TWO BLOCKS TO ELBERTS PAD, WHEN THEY GET THEIR THEY FIND THE HOMEBOY ELBERT KICKING IT IN HIS GARAGE GOING THROUGH HIS C.Ds THE SMOOTH SOUND OF THE DELLS FILLS THE ROOM,THEY WALK IN AND INTRODUCE THE LADIES,TOMAS STEPS UP TO THE PLATE,. WHATS UP HOMIE? WACTHA THIS IS GYPSY HER SISTER DEBBIE AND HER PRIMA MALA,. BUT BEFOR HE HAS A CHANCE TO FINISH,THE GIRLS ARE WIDE EYED BY ELBERT,. OH MY GOD!DEBBIE YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? DAM CARNALA I DONT BELEIVE IT!. TOMAS IS CONFUSED AND SPEAKS UP,. WHAT! WHATS GOING ON! YOUR HOMEBOY LOOKS JUST LIKE OUR PADRINO!. IM SORRY WHATS YOUR NAME? DONT TRIP,MY NAME'S ELBERT HI MY NAME'S DEBBIE THIS IS MY SISTER GYPSY AND MY PRIMA MALA,DAM YOU LOOK JUST LIKE OUR PADRINO EXCEPT MAYBE NOT AS SKINNY,. OH LIKE THAT!.NO!NO!I MEAN IT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU, I MEAN HE LOOKS HEAVER, I MEAN SHIT! MALA HELP ME OUT HERE!. EVERYONE GOT COUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT AND JUST STARTED LAUGHING,ELBERT STILL CHUCKELING IS THE FIRST TO SPEAK,. DAM TALK ABOUT YOUR ICE BREAKERS LOL,SO YOU GIRLS WANT A BEER OR SOMETHING? MALA YOU WANT A BEER?. YEA ILL TAKE ONE,. DEBBIE? GYPSY? HELL YEA PADRINO ILL TAKE A BEER!LOL. ALLRIGHT,. LAZY BEHIND YOU IN THE FRIDGE,THE BEERS IN THIER,YOU WANT TO GRAB IT HOMIES POR FAVOR?. SIMON HOMIES,. SO WHAT KIND OF MUSIC YOU GIRLS LIKE?. MALA WALKS UP TO THE TABLE TOPED WITH C.Ds AND ASK'S,. WHAT DO YOU GOT? . JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT PUNK MUSIC AND HEAVY METAL,. YOU GOT COUNTRY?. WHAT!. JUST KIDING,LOL. RIGHT RIGHT,CHECK IT OUT HOW ABOUT THIS,. ELBERT DIGS IN AND PULLS OUT JR. WALKER AND THE ALL STARS, THE ROLA SHOTGUN FILLS THE ROOM,EVERYBODYS FEELING IT, AT THAT MOMENT LAZY WALKS UP AND HANDS ELBERT THE REMAINING TWO BEERS,. AY TE VA HOMIES NICE AND COLD,. GRACIAS HOMIES,. ELBERT TAKES THE BEERS AND POPS ONE OPEN FOR MALA,.SO TELL ME WHY DO THEY CALL YOU MALA? ARE YOU A BAD GIRL OR WHATS?. MALA TAKES A SWIG OF HER BEER BEFOR ANSWERING,. THEY CALL ME MALA CUSS I TELL IT LIKE IT IS,I DONT PLAY GAMES AND I DONT LET POEPLE PLAY GAMES WITH ME, I TELL THE TRUTH AND SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS,AND IF THAT MAKES ME A BAD GIRL,THATS FINE WITH ME,AND YOU WHAT DO THEY CALL YOU?. ME? PUES MY NAME IS ELBERT AND POEPLE CALL ME ELBERT,ASIDE FROM THAT THIERS NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT MY NAME,. MALA TAKES ANOTHER SIP OF HER BEER AND LOOKS AT ELBERT FOR A MINUTE AND SAYS,. YOUR ALLRIGHT ELBERT I THINK YOUR COOL,. GRACIAS I THINK YOUR PRETTY NICE YOURSELF,. THANKS,YOU KNOW MY PRIMAS ARE RIGHT,YOU LOOK ALOT LIKE OUR PADRINO,. OH YEA? WHATS HE LIKE?. HE WAS A VERY NICE PERSON HE ALLWAYS TOOK CARE OF US, LOOKED OUT FOR USYOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?. YEA I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT YOU SAY WAS? WHY'S THAT?. HE'S DEAD,SOMEONE SHOT HIM LAST YEAR AT A PARTY,I DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT,. ALLRIGHT THATS COOL I UNDERSTAND,SPENSA,. THATS COOL YOU DID'NT KNOW,. ELBERT TAKES A DRINK OF HIS BEER AND THINKS FOR A MOMENT AND THEN SAYS,,. HEY YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT MY DADS CAR?. SURE, I THINK I SEEN IT TODAY, BUT ID LIKE TO SEE IT UP CLOSE,. ALLRIGHT COME ON, HE KEEPS IT IN THE BACK,WE JUST GATTA BE CAREFULL NOT TO SCACTH IT K?. ALLRIGHT,. TOMAS NOTICEING THE TWO GOING TOWARDS THE BACK YELLS OUT,. HEY WHERE YOU GUYS GOING?. IM GOING TO SHOW HER MY DADS CAR FOOL,QUIET!. I WANT TO GO TO DOG!. NAW KICK BACK FOOL,ILL BE RIGHT BACK,. ORALE PUES,. ELBERT OPENS THE GARAGE SIDE DOOR AND LEADS MALA TOWARDS THE BACK YARD, THIER IN THE MOONLIGHT UNDER A HUGE MALBERRY TREE WAS THE WHITE BEUTY,LIKE A SLEEPING WHITE DRAGON RESTING UNDER THE TREE,. ITS BUETYFULL SAID MALA,. WALKING AROUND IT AND RUNING HER HAND SLIGHTLY OVER IT, IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT SHE HEARD A (CLICK) AND TURNED SHARPLY AROOUND ONLY TO FIND ELBERT HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN,. WANT TO SIT INSIDE FOR AWHILE SURE,. SHE GOT IN THEN ELBERT GENTLY CLOSED THE DOOR SO AS TO MAKE AS LIL NOISE AS POSSIBLE,HE WENT AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE AND GOT IN HIMSELF,ONCE INSIDE HE TURNED TO MALA AND ASKED,. SO WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?. YOUR DAD LETS YOU DRIVE THIS CAR?!. NO WAY NOT THIS CAR,BUT JUST USE YOUR IMAGINATION,AND ILL TAKE YOU WHERE EVER YOU WANT,. MALA THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT THIS WAS A LIL ODD BUT ELBERT WAS CUTE AND WHO KNOWS IT MIGHT BE FUN,. SO WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO?. MALA STARED OUT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AS IF LOOKING AT SOMETHING ONLY SHE COULD SEETHEN TURNED ABRUPTLY TO FACE ELBERT AND SAID.- THE BLVD!- THE BLVD?- YES THE BLVD.- ELBERT LOOKED AT MALAWITH HIS HEAD SLIGHTLY TILTED TO ONE SIDE AND GAVE HER A WINK.- ORALE PUES THE BLVD.IT IS,BUT WE CANT GO WITH OUT JOE.-JOE?-YEA JOE.- WACHA.-ELBERT PULLS DOWN THE VISOR TO REVEAL A C.D HOLDER, HE LOOKS THROUGH IT UNTIL HE FINDS WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR,HE SLIDES THE C.D INTO THE PLAYER AND SHE REALIZES AT ONCE WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, THE SMOOTH SOUND OF JOE BATON FILLS THE CAR, ( mujer mia tu sabes bien que te quiro y que sin tu amor yo si que muero )"ALLRIGHT NOW WHERE READY" SAYS ELBERT.MALA ALL THE WHILE SITING SIDEWAYS ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE, SHE TAKES A SIP OF HER BEER, SHE LOOKS OUT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD THEN BACK AT ELBERT AND STILL SMILEING ASKS"SO WHERE ARE WE?""WHERE ON ATLANTIC ROLLING UP WHITTIER BLVD. WACHA THIERS THIERS THE GOLDEN GATE THEATER IN FRONT TO THE RIGHT, YOU SEE IT?"MALA KNEW THE AREA, SHE GREW UP IN IT, SO SHE KNEW JUST WHAT ELBERT WAS TALKING ABOUT, SHE GLANCED OUT THE FRONT WINDOW THEN BACK AT ELBERT."YEA I SEE IT, SO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?""PUES I WAS THINKING OF MAKEING A RIGHT, GOING DOWN TO EASTERN AND THEN,,"TAP,TAP,TAP,TAP,,, HE WAS CUT SHORT BY SOMEONE TAPING ON THE WINDOW, ELBERT TURNED SHARPLY TO SEE WHO IT WAS, MALA GAVE A SHORT SQWEAL AND JUMPED CLOSER TO WHERE ELBERT WAS SITING, SHE TURNED TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND IMIETLY REQUGNIZED THE PERSON DOING THE TAPING,SHE WENT BACK TO WHERE SHE HAD BEEN SITING BEFOR THE TAPING ROLLS DOWN THE WINDOW AND SAYS."SHIT PRIMA YOU SCARED THE FUCK OUT OF ME!!"BOTH DEBBIE AND GYPSY ARE STANDING OUTSIDE THE CAR LAUGHING SO HARD THEY ALLMOST SPILL THIER BEERS, TOMAS AND LAZY ARE A FEW FEET BEHIND THE GIRLS AND THEY ARE LAUGHING, ELBERT PUTS HIS FINGER TO HIS LIPS AS A SIGN FOR THEM TO KEEP IT DOWN, GYPSIE STILL GIGGLING LEANS DOWN TOWARDS THE CAR WINDOW AND TELLS MALA."DISPENSA PRIMA WHEN YOU DID'NT COME BACK ME AND DEBBIE STARTED TO GET A LIL WORRIED SO WE MADE TOMAS AND LAZY BRING US OUT HERE TO MAKE SURE YOU WHERE ALLRIGHT, IS EVERTHING COOL?""YEA EVERTHINGS COOL, BUT GRACIAS FOR LOOKING OUT FOR ME.""TU SABES PRIMA YOUR MY FAMILIA AND I LOVE YOU, SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?""NOTHING ELBERT WAS JUST SHOWING ME THE CAR AND" SHE LOOKS OVER AT ELBERT AND SAYS."YOU WANT TO TELL HER WHERE WE WHERE GOING?"AT THAT DEBBIE POKES HER HEAD IN THE WINDOW, AND CONFRONTS ELBERT. "AY VATO! WHERE YOU TAKEING MY PRIMA?!""WOE!" REPLYS ELBERT. "IT AINT EVEN LIKE THAT GIRL, WE WHERE JUST PRETENDING TO GO DOWN TO THE BLVD. IN MY DADS CAR.""OH SHIT! DISPENSA MY BAD!.""ITS COOL,DONT TRIP""ALLRIGHT PERO SABES QUE PADRINO IF YOUR TAKEING MY PRIMA TO THE BLVD. EVEN IF ITS PRETENDING OR NOT, ME AND MY CARNALA ARE GOING TAMBIEN, CUSS WE GATTA LOOK OUT FOR OUR PRIMA, YA KNOW?!"ELBERT DID'NT SAY ANYTHING AT FIRST, HE LOOKED AT TOMAS THEN AT LAZY, THEY BOTH DID'NT SAY ANYTHINY ETHIER, JUST SHRUGED THIER SHOULDERS,ELBERT LOOKED BACK AT DEBBIE AND GYPSIE, KNODDED HIS HEAD AND SAID."ALLRIGHT GET IN, BUT YOU GATTA KEEP IT DOWN, IF MY DAD COMES OUT AND SEE'S EVERYBODY IN THE CAR, PUES JUST LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, IT WONT BE GOOD.""ORALE PUES! OPEN THE DOOR PRIMA!"MALA OPENS THE DOOR AND PULLS BACK THE SEAT,TOMAS GETS IN FIRST FOLLOWED BY GYPSIE AND DEBBIE AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST LAZY, LAZY WHO BROUGHT A SIX PACK AND A BOTTLE OF TEQUILA WITH HIM SHOUTS OUT, "WHO ANTS A BEER?!! HAHAHA"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX PAPAJOE HERE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXPUES ITS SAFE TO ASUME THAT ELBERT AND MALA ARE OFF TO A GOOD START,FIRST IMPRESSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND WISHFULL THINKING IS IN THE AIR, BUT ALL THIS COMBINED WITH BEER AND TEQUILA, PUES IT COULD GO ETHIER WAY, ITS NOW NEARING 2:am AND THE CRIUSE DOWN THE BLVD. IS COMEING TO AN END, SO WHAT DO YOU SAY WE GET BACK TO ELBERTS PAD AND CHECK OUT THE SCENE?XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMALA OPENS THE DOOR ON HER SIDE,AND STEPS OUT, THE COOL NIGHT AIR HITS HER LIKE A TON OF BRICKS, AND SHE STUMBLES A LIL BIT, BUT KEEPS FROM FALLING BY HOLDING ON TO THE CAR DOOR, LAZY STEPS OUT AND FALLS TO HIS KNEES THEN SITS ON THE FLOOR AND LEANS BACK AGAINST THE CAR, DEBBIE STUMBLES OUT FOLLOWING LAZYAND STARTS LAUGHING AFTER SEEING LAZY SITING ON THE FLOOR, ELBERT IS QUICK TO SHOOSH HER DOWN."SHOOSH! DEBBIE YOU GATTA KEEP IT DOWN HOMEGIRL.""OOPS MY BAD, SORRY PADRINO I FORGOT LOL"STILL GIGGELING SHE HOLDS ON TO MALA. "DAM PRIMA IM FUCKED UP!""I KNOW YOU ARE PRIMA, YOU READY TO GO HOME?""YEA IM READY, BUT HEY WHERES MY CARNALA?""SHE'S GETING OUT OF THE CAR ON THE OTHER SIDE"GYPSIE, TOMAS , AND ELBERT ALL WALK AROUND THE CAR AND JION UP WITH THE OTHERS, ELBERT IS THE FIRST TO SPEAK."SO I TAKE IT YOU GIRLS ARE HEADED HOME?"MALA STILL HOLDING DEBBIE UP REPLYS, "YEA WHERE GOING TO GO HOME NOW, MY PRIMAS ARE FUCKED UP AND WE GATTA GET INTO THE HOUSE WITH OUT WAKEING UP MY MOM.""YOU KNOW YOU GIRLS COULD KICK IT HERE TONIGHT IF YOU WANT."DEBBIE LOOKS UP AT MALA AND SAYS. "YEA PRIMA! FUCK IT! LETS JUST KICK IT""YOUR CRAZY YOU KNOW MY MOM! SHE'S PROBLY ALLREADY PISSED OFF CUSS WHERE OUT HEE THIS LATE, COME ON WE GATTA GET BACK TO THE PAD,. GYPSIE COME ON LETS GO!, HELP ME WITH DEBBIE I THINK SHE'S HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK,""ALLRIHT PRIMA HOLD ON LET ME GET OVER THIER"GYPSIE BALANCE'S HERSELF AND SLOWLY WALKS OVER LAZY WHOS STILL SITING ON THE FLOOR."OOPS SCUZE ME HOMEBOY GATTA GET THROUGH LOL""DONT TRIP ITS COOL, BUT HEY IF YOU GIRLS ARE LEAVEING, WAIT FOR US WE'LL WALK YOU GIRLS HOME."HE STUMBLES TO HIS FEET AND KIND OF SWAYS A LIL TO THE LEFT, THEN A LIL TO THE RIGHT, ELBERT REACH'S OUT AND GRABS HIM BY THE SHOULDERS TO STEADY HIM."YOU ALLRIGHT HOMIE?""YEA IM ALLRIGHT, JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE TO CLEAR MY HEAD"ELBERT TURNS TO MALA AND HER PRIMAS WHO ARE ALLREADY STARTING TO WALK TOWARDS THE GARAGE."AY MALA HOLD UP! LAZYS RIGHT, WE'LL WALK YOU GIRLS HOME, ITS LATE AND I WOULD'NT WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEND TO YOU, I MEAN TO YOU AND YOUR PRIMAS""ALLRIGHT WHERE GOING TO GET OUR THINGS FROM THE GARAGE AND WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU GUYS OUT FRONT""ORALE FIRME JUST LET ME MAKE SURE THAT THE HOMEBOY LAZYS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE WALK, SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES O.K?""ALLRIGHT"AFTER ABOUT TEN MINUTES THE GUYS GET THIER SHIT TOGETHER AND WALK OUT TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, THE GIRLS ARE ALLRAEDY THIER WAITING, DEBBIE IS SITING ON THE SIDE WALK WITH HER HEAD REASTING ON HER ARMS WHICH ARE CROSSED OVER HER KNEES, MALA IS CHECKING HER LIPSTICK THE BEST SHE CAN CONSIDERING THE LIGHT SHE HAS TO WORK WITH, AND GYPSIE IS WALKING AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET TRYING TO REMEMBER THE LYRICS TO THE SONG MAYBE BY THE CHANTELS AND NOT BEING TOO SUCCESFULL, THE GUYS WALK UP TO WHERE THE GIRLS ARE, AND THEY ALL START WALKING SLOWLY DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS MALAS HOUSE, AND AS THEY WALK THEY TALK AND LAUGH AND EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE ONE OF THEM STUMBLES ON THE SIDEWALK WHICH MAKES EVERYONE LAUGH EVEN MORE.MALA STOPS A FEW HOUSE'S SHORT OF HER PAD AND TELLS ELBERT. " RIGHT HERE GOOD ENOUGH"AS SHE'S STANDING THIER WITH ELBERT LAZY GIVES DEBBIE A HUG AND A KISS AND SAYS GOODNIGHT, TOMAS DOES THE SAME WITH GYPSIE, ELBERT ON THE OTHER HAND STANDS IN FRONT OF MALA AND HOLDS HER HANDS IN HIS, HE LOOKS INTO HER EYES FOR WHAT SEEMS AN ETERNITY AND YET AN ETERNITY JUST DOES'NT SEEM TO BE ENOUGH, HIS HOMIES AND MALAS PRIMAS ALL GIVE THEM SOME SPACE, AT LAST AFTER A FEW MINUTES ITS MALA WHO BREAKS THE SILENCE."I GATTA GO ELBERT.""I KNOW" HE SLOWLY LETS GO OF HER HANDS AND TAKES HER IN HIS ARMS AND HOLDS HER FIRMLY IN PLACE, HE COULD FEEL THE CONTURES OF HER BODY PRESSED AGAINST HIS, MALA INHALES SHARPLY AND THATS WHEN ELBERT LAYS HIS LIPS ON TOP OF HERS, THE KISS IS DEEP AND PASSINTE, WHEN THE KISS IS DONE HE RELEASES HER SLOWLY AND AS HE DOES HE SAYS TO HER."MEET ME AT THE PARK TOMAROW 10am "MALA SLOWLY TAKEING A FEW STEPS BACKWARDS TOWARDS HER PRIMAS CANT HELP BUT SMILE AT THE REQUEST."ALLRIGHT ILL BE THIER" SHE JOINS HER PRIMAS WHO ARE ALLREADY, ELBERT COULD HEAR THEM TEASING MALA, DEBBEI AND GYPSIE LOOK BACK TOWARDS ELBERT AND SHOUT OUT."ORALE PADRINO! SEE YOU MANANA AT THE PARK! DONT BE LATE! LOL.CONSSIONNESS WAS BROUGHT TO ELBERT IN THE FORM OF AN ALARM CLOCK BLARING IN THE BACK GROUND, HE LOOKED UP AT THE CLOCK WITH BLOODSHOT EYES AND SLOWLY BROUGHT THE NUMBERS INTO FOCUS, 8am ELBERT HAD ONLY TWO HOURS TO GET UP SHOWER GET DRESSED EAT BREAKFAST AND MAKE IT TO THE PARK IN TIME TO MEET MALA, ELBERTS MOM SILVIA KNOCKS ON THE DOOR THEN OPENS IT AND POKES HER HEAD IN."MIJO YOU NEED TO TURN THAT ALARM OFF ITS DRIVEING ME NUTS""ALLRIGHT MOMIM GETING UP RIGHT NOW.""AND MIJO YOUR DADS STILL ASLEEP AND IF I WHERE YOU ID GET THAT CAR CLEANED UP AND SMELLING LIKE NEW BEFOR HE DOES GET UP.""WHAT?""T SMELLS LIKE PERFUME! YOU BETTER HURRY UP YOU DONT HAVE MUCH TIME, YOUR DAD WILL BE UP IN A FEW MINUTES""AAH MAN! THANKS MOM"SILVIA JUST LOOKS AT HIM AND SHAKES HER HEAD. AFTER CLEANING UP THE CAR HE JUMPS IN THE SHOWER THEN STARTS GETING DRESSED, AS HIS DOING SO THE PHONE RINGS AND HE HEARS HIS MOM CALL FOR HIM."ELBERT MIJO ITS FOR YOU!""WHO IS IT?""YOUR FRIEND TOMAS WHO ELSE.""THANKS MOM I GOT IT. HELLO?""AY WHATS UP HOMIE? ARE YOU READY?""NO NOT YET""ITS ALLMOST TEN O.CLOCK DOG!""YEA I KNOW, BUT I HAD TO CLEAN THE CAR UP BEFOR MY DAD GOT UP, MY MOM ALLREADY KNOWS WE WHERE IN THE CAR LAST NIGHT""OH NO SHIT! IS SHE MAD?""IM NOT SURE I DONT THINK SO""ALLRIGHT COOL, AY ITS GETING LATE WE GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE PARK IN TIME?""YEA WE'LL MAKE IT, IM ALLREADY READY, IM ON MY WAY OUT RIGHT NOW, CHECK IT OUT CALL LAZY AND SEE IF HIS READY, ILL MEET YOU GUYS IN FRONT OF THE PARK""ORALE PUES, BUT I ALLREADY CALLED LAZY, HIM AND FRANKIE ARE ON THIER WAY TO MY PAD RIGHT NOW""FRANKIE? I THOUGHT FRANKIE WAS GROUNDED?LOL""I KNOW THATS WHAT I THOUGHT TOO, LOL, BUT HE GOT OUT OF IT SOMEHOW, AND CHECK THIS OUT, HIS BACK WITH PATRICIA!, SHES GOING TO MEET HIM AT THE PARK TAMBIEN.""NO SHIT! WELL THATS FIRME, PATRICIAS GOOD JENTE""YEA SHE IS""ALLRIGHT HOMIE IM HEADING OUT ILL SEE YOU GUYS AT THE PARK, IN THE FRONT NOT HTE BACK.""ORALE, LATERZ"ELBERT HANGS UP THE PHONE AND FINISHS GETING DRESSED,HE BUTTONS UP HIS LISA AND CHECKS HIS HAIR IN THE MIRROR, SATISFIED WITH WHAT HE SEE'S HE GRABS HIS LOKES FROM THE DRESSER AND WALKS OVER TO THE KICTHEN WHERE HIS MOTHER IS BUSY WARMING UP SOME TORTILLAS, SHE LOOKS UP FROM THE STOVE AND ASKD HIM."ELBERT ARNT YOU GOING TO EAT?""NO MOM IM SORRY, I GOT TO MEET SOMEONE AT THE PARK IN A FEW MINUTES, AND I DONT WANT TO BE LATE, ILL EAT SOMETHING WHEN I GET BACK."SLYVIA JUST SHAKES HER HEAD, FLIPS OVER A TORTILLA THATS GETING A LIL CRISP ON THE BURNER AND SAYS."AY MIJITO! YOU NEED TO EAT!""I KNOW MOM, BUT IM RUNING LATE I GATTA GO!"HE WALKS OVER TO WHERE TO WHERE HIS MOM IS STANDING AND GIVES HER A KISS ON THE CHEEK THEN SAYS TO HER."THANKS MOM FOR NOT TELLING DAD ABOUT THE CAR,""THANKS! HMM, YOUR LUCKY I WAS THE ONE TO GET UP LAST NIGHT TO GET YOUR DAD A GLASS OF WATER, YOU NEED TO STOP GOING IN YOUR DADS CAR AT NIGHT!""I KNOW MOM IM SORRY"ELBERT GIVES HER A HUG AND PLAYFULLY CRYS ON HER SHOULDER."ALLRIGHT!ALLRIGHT! ENOUGH GO ON ITS GETING LATE""ALLRIGHT MOM, LOL, SEE YOU LATER."ELBERT WALKS OUT OF THE HOUSE AND INTO THE MORNING SUN, HE CLOSE'S THE FRONT DOOR AND JUST STANDS THIER FOR A MOMENT, HE LOOKS DOWN AT HIS SHOES THEN STRIGHTENS OUT HIS CALLOR PUTS ON HIS LOKES AND BIGINS HIS STROLE DOWN TO THE PARK, WHEN HE GETS THIER HE FINDS THAT FRANKIE LAZY AND TOMAS ARE ALLREADY THIER, HE LOOKS AT THEM AND SAYS."HOW THE FUCK YOU VATOS GET HERE BEFOR ME?" TO WHICH FRANKIE REPLYS."YOUR LATE HOMIES, LOL"ELBERT LOOKS AT FRANKIE AND SMILES."WHATS UP FRANKIE?! HOW'D YOU GET OUT OF THE HOUSE? YOU CLIME OUT THE BACK WINDOW OR WHAT?LOL""FUCK YOU LOL, COME ON DOG, LADYS ARE WAITING FOR US OVER BY THE FIELD"GREETINGS ARE MADE ALL AROUND AND THEY START WALKING TOWARDS THE FIELD, EVERYBODY'S FEELING GOOD AND LOOKING SHARP, AS THEY GET TO THE BLEACHERS WHERE THE GIRLS ARE, ELBERT HEARS GYPSIE SHOUT OUT."AY PADRINO! YOUR LATE!""YEA I KNOW" ALL THE GIRLS START LAUGHING AND GIGGLEING BUT IN A COOL BULLSHITING KIND OF WAY, AND NOT IN A DISRESPECTFULL WAY BY ALL MEANS, NOW DEBBIE HAVEING GOT A GOOD LOOK AT ELBERTS RAZOR SHARP CREASE'S LOOKS OVER AT GYPSIE AND SAYS.