Chapter 1

Riley

Riley awakes to another day. He hits his alarm clock and falls back into bed, Theres no school today! But he still has business to handle;Meet with Tom so, he can look over his contract for the Wunclers,Studio, and work. Fills the rest of his schedule not to bad if he manages to get out of bed. He has just went back to sleep. Hours later he wakes up completely late. Jumping out of bed and running right towards the bathroom, he trips over the many clothes he has on the floor, falling flat on his nose. He sees red as he lashes out. "Dang Huey you never clean up no more this room dirty.", no reply.. He's alone in the room, without picking up anything he runs to the bathroom. Minutes later he's out the door on his bike cycling to Tom's house.

Sarah (Toms Wife) looks toward the television as she wash the last of breakfast dishes out of the sink. She smiles slightly when she sees the news and the segment they have on Tom's last case. He had defended Rick James on the subject of his latest album apparently, he went to far where he describes beating and harassing younger and less talented artists. None of the less Tom got him off with a brief statement of... Knock! Knock! Bang! She's blasted out of her dreamy state by a knock at the door. Maybe it's Tom she thinks as she opens the door as it opens one-two-three dye filled balloons hit her face and clothes. Riley snickers as she clenches her fist and the color of her face steadily brightens. "Sorry .", He sings sincerely "those were for Jasmine."

Resisting the urge to strike a child out of anger she slams the door. "Huh? I said sorry.", He says beating on the door a second time. "What! do you want?", Sarah screams from inside. "I was supposed to meet Tom today for my contract.", Riley tells her ignoring her obvious anger. "He left a couple of hours ago.", "you were supposed to be here then!", she screams. Jasmine hearing the noise walks downstairs and catches a glimspe of Riley leaving through the window. Sarah continues her screams. "Mom?", Jasmine says quietly "Why are you screaming?", Sarah hearing her voice turns around to face her daughter. Jasmine knew how bad her mom felt by looking at her face, but she couldn't help giggling at her green,pink, and yellow splashed mother. Giggles turned to laughter and after awhile they couldn't stop. Until Tom bursts in with the bad news.

Riley, leaving the Dubois house plans his next move. He has to be in the studio before long so, he rides toward home to catch Granddad on his way to the store. "If I take the shortcut i can catch him.", He also knows its a chance he will run into the police. The shortcut runs through the neighborhood like an alley filled with "hoes".He bites his lip and looks straight ahead not making the trip any harder than it has to be. Just before the end is a speed bump, on the left, is what separates Woodcrest from most neighborhoods. A mostly empty mansion of thugnificient. The alley lead straight into their backyard "i'm guessing that's how that nigga afforded this.", Riley thought to himself.

Huey sits on top of the roof with a pair of binoculars on looking into death alley. It was named so because of the constant rumors that surround it. So much so that Huey takes an interest in it and starts surveillance on the Alley. He had been surveilling the entrance for days and the only person he has seen to come and never come back from the alley is Ed Wuncler II. He had entered the Old Thugnificient mansion through a back entrance. After he walked into the building he never returns. So, Huey has been staking the scene out ever since. His brother was now furiously cycling down the alley seeing he had a clear path Huey climbs down his makeshift ladder on the house and walks to meet him. Huey still has his afro but he now carries a pick. Riley , still has cornrows and wearing very baggy clothes, pedals up to the house and jumps from his bike. He runs to the door pushing Huey out the way muttering "Move nigga!" As he passes. Huey assumes he's in a hurry so, he let's it go and puts in his ear phones for his radio. The radio is transmiting a signal from the polices squad cars. Something about a court cased being overturned now the people are protesting. It doesn't seem the crowd will leave peacefully.

Riley runs up the steps catching his Granddad ,who was in the middle of clipping his toenail,half naked. "Granddad I need you to take me to the studio now or I won't make it in time." Granddad clips his nail and replies "No boy or have you forgotten hitting me in my eye last week?" He continues "Besides I have a cutie pie just waiting for me to show up in town." Riley screams "Granddad im tired of you feeding these hoes when we starving." He continues "Have you seen that refrigerator it aint nun but a air conditioner now.",following his brother upstairs Huey overhears this and explains what's going on, "you shouldn't go." Ignoring Hueys warning Granddad goes anyway.

Robert shows up a half hour later ,stopping for chicken to save money, on the way there took up a bit of his time. He walks in the restaurant. Its a chain of Japanese sushi that converted to mimic a restaurant. He scans for his date,who is sitting at a table with a candle which was bright,in the low lit building. Walking up he wonders if she was mad he is almost an hour late. Nicole, looks up at her date and smiles brightly "hey Robert!" she stands and embraces him. After embracing she gives him a once over "you look good but smell like you couldn't wait till dinner." He replies "well I was in such a rush to get to you I bumped into someone at a gas station and they spilled food all over me which is why I'm late." He replies smoothly satisfied with his story. They soon settle into pleasantries Robert being the person he is doesn't notice the obvious warning signs about Nicole. She literally has the shoplifting tag still attached to her dress. But love can be blind. Not long after the riot in town calls their dinner short. Robert offers to drive Nicole home where he realizes his mistake. As they rode he notices Nicoles habit of putting her phone to her ear even though no one has called. As well as her constant chatter. He soon pulls up to her neighborhood it's a complex next to the freeway that could pass for new with a new paint job. She turns around in the driveway and thanks him for the ride. Robert accepts and leaves. Nicole walks into her house thinking of the next way to get back at Robert.

Robert makes it back home undresses and drops in his bed. Mourning another bust date night. "Never again." He declares before drifting to bed. Hours later he wakes up to two beautiful women in his bed