ik it's been a long time but PLS don't do that "WhO iS thAt AGaiN?" shit. just reread pls. & remember to vote 🤧

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It's much easier running from the police than it is running from the people in your neighborhood.

The people in your neighborhood know all the shortcuts you do, all the alleyways that every one takes.

So you just gotta outrun them.

Our advantage was that we were on foot and he couldn't drive his car through gates and shit, so if we jumped fences the whole time, we'd be fine.

Kyser followed my lead, wheezing slightly as she tried to keep up. The way she was breathing led me to believe she did a line at his house.

Yeah coke gives you mad energy, but that's for shit like having sex or something. Not running full speed through grass that hadn't been cut in months.

"Hurry up Ky." I yelled over my shoulder, seeing her slow down even more.

When she came to a complete stop, I turned around to go help her, "We can stop on the next street. It's a house over there."

Kyser nodded and started running again, which was really more of a jog. I matched her pace, not wanting to leave her behind.

By the time we made it to the house I was talking about, she placed her hands on her knees gasping for air.

"You need to go to the gym or something." I told her, "How the fuck you a runaway and you can't even run."

"Girl go to hell."

I leaned against the porch, waiting for her dramatic ass to stop acting like she was dying, "All because you can't keep your hands to yourself."

"Bri you talkin' like we didn't just take that shit from Walmart."

"Walmart isn't a drug dealer dumbass. I'ma need for you to use common sense ma'am."

Kyser finally stood up straight, "He's not gonna do shit anyway. I heard they be punking him. Lil dick vibes."

"Those vibes were on point then."

"It was small?" She asked with a grin.

"God ain't give that baby not a sprinkle of dick size."

She let out something between a scream and a laugh, "Hell is hot Brielle."

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We ended up back at Demond's house, where I was in the shower when the door opened and in came some random dude.

I pulled the shower curtain around my body looking at him in confusion, "Uh, excuse you?"

He ignored me, pulling the toilet seat up and starting to pee.

"Dude what the fuck? You could've done that outside."

"Ain't nobody finna piss outside and have them birds lookin' at me and shit. This my brother house anyway, fuck you mean?"

Did this nigga just say-

Demond came down the hall, "Nigga didn't I tell you to wait til she came out?"

He kept peeing.

At this point, I would've just stayed dirty.

After what felt like forever, he walked out without even flushing the toilet. Demond shook his head and closed the door behind him.

Now I had to take a whole 'nother shower since the curtain touched me.

When I was done, I went and found Kyser sitting on the porch, "Why the hell some dude came in there to pee while I was in the shower?"

She didn't look surprised, "Yeah that's his brother. He slow."

So that's why he was talking about birds looking at him.

"I'm mad you didn't feel the need to tell me that."

"Well Ian know he was gon' take his crazy ass in there with you. You should've flicked some water at him."

I snorted, "Why would I do that?"

"He's scared of water." She laughed, "They be holding that man down and spraying him with a water hose when he needs to take a bath, like he a fucking cat or something."

My stomach was hurting from laughter and I could barely get the words out, "You play so much."

"But I'm not even playing. When it rains he won't leave the house girl. That shit so funny to me."

"Let's go get some water guns and spray him. He cursed me out in the bathroom."

Kyser nodded and stood up, "I'm finna go tell Demond to let me see his car."

While she went inside, I looked up and down the street, for no reason other than to see what everybody else was doing.

Because I can never have more than a few minutes by myself, one of Demond's friends walked up the pathway, "Dee in there?"

"Yeah."

"Go tell 'em Earl want 'em."

"Do I look like a messenger? You better scream his name and hope he hears you."

Earl looked me up and down, "Man just go do what I said."

I don't know what he thought this was, but I might've done it if his name wasn't Earl.

Who the fuck names their child Earl?

Sighing, I angled my body towards the door and yelled inside, "Demond some dude name E want you!"

"Ain't I just say my name was Earl?"

"I'm not calling no dude under 94 years old no fuckin' Earl."

Demond had walked to the door by then and heard me, "She just gone give you a nickname huh E?" He asked with a laugh.

"You ready Bri?" Kyser asked while shaking the car keys at me.

I followed her to the car where we went to Dollar Tree, looking for water guns.

We didn't notice the guy staring at us before walking out while we picked up unnecessary things and put them in the basket.

"You heard their prices about to go up?" I questioned as I grabbed a pack of airheads.

"And I won't step foot back in here."

"Rightttt. The only reason I come is 'cause everything a dollar. Fuck around and go to Dollar General."

Making our way towards the register, we dumped the basket on the belt and waited on the cashier to check our stuff out.

As soon as we stepped outside, bullets flew through the air, bypassing me and hitting Kyser.

The bags fell from her hands, hitting the pavement, with her body soon to follow.

A scream was stuck in my throat as I watched her form jerk as they continued to riddle her with bullets.

It felt like ages had passed.

And it wasn't even a minute.

I didn't have a phone, yet I'm sure some of the people who sat there watching me scream for them to call the police did.

It hit me when I heard the sirens that I couldn't even be here when the police got here.

I pulled Kyser's body to mine, giving her the final hug I'd ever give her, and ran down the street, leaving my best friend, the girl I'd spent so much time getting to know, dead in the parking lot.

Alone.

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yikes. they really doing too much. sis didn't even take that much coke.

i lowkey made myself update this bc i wanted to tell y'all to go read my otha book & NO ain't nobody selling drugs 🙄 EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS POOH.

thanks for reading 💕