Jazmine woke up to the sound of old school rap blaring outside, "what the…" She started looking out her window, she looked around until she saw the source, a boom box that was set on a stool in the Freemans' back yard, Huey was in the grass, his shirt was off and he was covered in sweat as he went through different combo's of Muay Thai and Karate.

She opened her window, 'FREEMAN!" she snapped.

Huey, startled by her yell, turned around and threw three throwing stars at her, she yelped and ducked as the throwing stars slammed into the wall behind her. "What the hell!" she shouted at him.

"You startled me.' Huey muttered, going back to his warm up.

"You woke me up!" she checked her watch, "at four in the morning!"

"I didn't think the boom box was that loud, or that your walls were that thin."

"Well they are, so turn down the music before I break that damn boom box!"

"Give me my shurikens' back first."

"No! I'm keeping them!" and with that she slammed her window and laid back down, she closed her eyes and tried to get back to sleep, until she heard the music turn up, she groaned and stood up, running over to the Shurikens and pulling them out, she opened the window and threw them back out, all of them landing in different places in the back yard.

"Thank you." Huey called up as he turned the music down.

She flipped him the bird and closed the window again, before lying down and glaring at the wall, "what a jerk." She muttered.

WWWWWWWWWW

Huey walked into the house, wiping sweat off his brow, "nigga put on a shirt." Riley said from the stove as he flipped a pancake.

"Where's granddad?"

"He still asleep nigga, it's Saturday, and you know that nigga ain't wakin' up any time soon."

Huey nodded, "you got a pack?"

Riley smirked, "already smoked yours nigga?"

Huey rolled his eyes, "no I just don't want to go get mine from upstairs."

Riley pulled out a pack of menthols, he pulled one out and handed it to him, 'you got about an hour until Elli wakes up."

Huey nodded and lit the cigarette, taking in a long, deep drag, "man that's good." He said, then heard a knock on the door, "I'll get it." He said to his brother, walking to the front door, he opened it and was met by a pissed off looking Jazmine, "Jazmine Dubois, to what do I owe the displeasure?" he asked.

She glared at him, "you woke me up." she growled.

"I seem to remember turnin' my music down, even after you gave me that rude hand gesture."

"What were you doin' in your back yard anyways?"

"Training," Huey said, "you know, the whole control over my body and mind thing?"

She rolled her eyes, "so you just want to be some kind of wannabe Bushido Brown?"

"Please, Bushido Brown wishes he was me." Huey said, "Now if you don't have anything else to ask, I gotta go."

"Actually I do," she said, "I was wondering…does Elli need a babysitter? I mean, I know she has you and your granddad but-"

"Actually, we'll need a babysitter tonight, Granddad's goin' to some lawn party and he's taking me and Riley, we would bring Elli but her bed times around that time, so if you could come watch her till we come back, that would be greatly appreciated."

Jazmine smiled a little, 'alright sounds good…um…could you put a shirt on?" she asked, her gaze going over his toned muscles.

"Why? Am I distracting you?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

Her eyes narrowed, 'you wish.' She muttered, walking away.

Huey smirked and closed the door, "those pancakes ready yet Riley?"

WWWWWWWW

Cindy McPherson glared at the steaming hunk that was her car, 'Stupid piece of shit." She muttered, kicking it, "had to break down just as I got into downtown!" she leaned against the side and glared at the ground, "man who can I call to get me outta dis? Not Jazzy, I still wanna surprise her…maybe Caes? Nah he'd blab to her…and I don't got Hiro's number no mo…' she groaned and kicked the car again, then looked around, 'Hmm…not too far From Wuncler's Autoshop, maybe I can push this piece of shit there." She walked back to the drivers' side and put the car in neutral, then started pushing it down the street, it was still early so not many people were out on the street, just the odd gang banger or old couple.

"Yo lil mama! Why don't you come holla at a nigga!" a gang banger shouted at her.

"Betta back off nigga." She snapped at him, "I ain't in da mood today."

"Aiight girl, damn don't gotta be rude, I jus wanted to talk." The guy pouted, walking away, Cindy rolled her eyes, "niggas…" She muttered and continued to push, soon she was at the Autoshop, where two guys were already opening up, 'hey! Any of y'all wanna help a poor girl down on her luck?" she asked.

"We ain't got nothin' goin' on so sure." The elder of the two said, running over to her car, 'what happened?"

'Dunno, there was a loud ass bang and smoke spewed out of da hood."

"Hmm…might be the radiator, hey riley! Get down into da hole man, we gonna have to see under dis bitch! And I got another car to work on!"

"Aiight Deemo," Riley said, looking over, his eyes stopping when he sees Cindy, she just smirked at him

"You heard the nigga, get in that hole."

"girl you betta calm down befo' I decide to go on my break, let him work on it, and I know Deemo gon' take his sweet ass time."

She rolled her eyes and looked at Deemo, who just laughed, "He is the best auto mechanic we got here."

Riley just smirked and jumped down into the hole as Deemo pushed the car over it, "holy hell girl this car looks jacked the fuck up!"

"I ain't got much money nigga,' she said "this hunk of shit was the only thing that I could buy that would get me here.'

"Hmm…well yo Radiators sprung a leak, yo gas line's about to unhook, and the Batteries about damn ready to fall out."

"Think you can fix it?"

'Well I could…but it'd be a temporary fix, like it'd hold up for about a month or two if yo lucky."

"That's my best bet then." She said, sitting down.

He looked at her from under the car, "So what' you doin' in town?"

"Came to see a friend, haven't seen her in about a year." Cindy said.

"Why ain't you seen her in that long?" Riley asked, putting metallic tape on the radiator.

"Parents moved me to some fancy ass private school, took me a year to fuckin' get kicked outta that place."

Riley laughed, "Damn took you a year just to get kicked out?"

"Woulda been sooner but my ma kept pleadin' with the Dean to let me stay, until I drove the deans fuckin' car into the pool."

Riley laughed even harder, "Damn girl you one bad ass bitch." He said, tightening the bolt on the fuel line.'

"Don't forget it boy." She said with a smirk, "so, whatcha doin' workin' here? You look way too young to be workin'."

"Eh you know how it is boo, gotta make them Benjamin's, get da money, support my family."

"look a little young to be havin' a family my nigga."

"Bitch everyone got a family, how am I too young to have one?" Riley asked with a raised eyebrow.

"So you makin' money for yo parents? Grandparents? Weird uncle?"

Riley smiled, "Na…my daughter." He said, getting out from under the car and wiping his hands on his pants.

Her eyes widened, "really?"

"Yeah, her names Elli, I got a picture somewhere…" he started checking his pockets till he pulled out a small wallet sized photo, 'Here she is! My pride and joy!" he said proudly, handing it over to her.

Cindy looked at the picture, "oh she's beautiful!" she said, "how old is she?"

"Two and a half." He said.

"Wow…who's her mother?'

"Um…she ain't…she ain't with us no mo…" Riley mumbled, scratching his head while walking to the driver's side of her car.

"I'm so sorry…I didn' mean ta…"

"Nah, don't worry about it, it won't be the first time that shit happens." He said, "Already happened a few times since I moved here." He turned the key in the ignition and smirked when it spluttered to life, 'Now dat there is a beautiful sound."

"Good job Riley." She said while clapping.

"Nu-uh girl, do not use that name when you in my presence, unless 'Escobar' follows, my name is Young Reezy, H.R Paper stacks, ya dig lil mama?"

She just smirked, "well then you should know my name ain't Cindy McPherson, unless you wanna get slapped, nah, my name is C-murph, McPhearsome, I'm the bitch who niggas run from, ya dig, homie? With ya wanna be Xibit lookin' ass."

"Whoa, we throwin' names around now Taylor Swift?" He asked with a chuckle, "but I dig it girl."

Cindy walked to the driver's side and reached into the car, she pulled out a pen and paper and wrote down her number, "you ever need a babysitter, or a getaway, just hit me up Reezy."

Riley looked at the number, "sounds good Shawty, I'll holla at you sometime." He said as she closed her door.

"See ya Reezy." She said, backing up, Riley waved her off as she sped down the street, almost as soon as she turned the corner, Huey pulled up, "yo Riley, Hurry up, Granddad's almost ready to go."

"Aiight, just let me clock out!"

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Jazmine woke up to a pounding at her door, "what now!" she groaned, climbing out of bed and stomping down stairs, she threw the door opened and was immediately tackled to the ground by a flying Cindy.

"Jazzy fresh!" Cindy shouted in happiness.

"Wha…Cindy?" Jazmine asked in surprise and happiness, 'oh my god! What are you doing here?"

'I came ta see ya girl!" Cindy said with a laugh, "I finally got outta dat stupid boarding school and the first thing I did was get a car and go cross country bitch."

"But…what about your mom and dad? Won't they be mad?"

"Please, I don't give a fuck about those two." She said, "tryin' ta drop me into some preppy ass school for rich fuckers, god I hated it there." Cindy stood up and helped Jazmine up, 'so how you been girl? I ain't talk to you in a minute."

"It's been…alright…I mean my ma just got promoted." Jazmine said with a smile, "so she doesn't have to work as long, but she still has to leave pretty early in the morning, school sucks, I been havin' problems with a few of the girls"

"Mhmm, I'm gonna have ta slap a hoe ain't I?" Cindy asked, cracking her knuckles.

She chuckled, 'Nah, I got em, oh and these two idiots moved in next door about a week ago, they are so ghetto!"

"Really? Where they from?"

"Chicago or somethin' like that, the eldest is in our grade, gigantic ass afro, and a wannabe Bushido Brown kinda guy."

"Don't sound too impressive." She said.

"I know right? And then his brother is so rude! He respectful sometimes, but he is just so full of himself! I think the only time he stays civil is when his daughter's with him."

"They livin' on they own or some shit?"

"Nah they're livin' with their granddad, he's alright, but still kinda weird."

"Hmm…I wanna meet them." Cindy said.

"Well I'm babysitting the daughter tonight, so you might catch a glimpse.

"Coo, you got anythin' to eat in this bitch?" she asked, walking into the kitchen.

Jazmine giggled, "Same old Cindy."

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Riley sat on the couch, looking at the paper Cindy had written her number on, "Hmm…should I call her? Be like 'what up c-murph, how you is?' nah, don't wanna come off all bitchy and shit…I'll wait fo a few days…"

"Riley, quit staring at that paper!" Granddad grumbled, walking past his grandson, 'you ready?"

"Yeah." Riley said standing up, he was in a white button up shirt with blue jeans and his timbs, he pulled his doo-rag out and put it on, Huey walked down stairs, dressed similarly only he had on a green BDU shirt, a red star on the right shoulder and black combat boots

"You look like you about to blow up the white house." Riley said.

"And you look like you're about to a drive by on the Crips." Huey shot back, Riley just laughed.

"Are both of you ready?" Granddad asked.

"Yeah, we just waitin' on Mariah to get here."

"Why do you call her that?" huey asked.

"She a Mulatto."

Huey rolled his eyes, "It's stupid."

"Hey don't get mad because I gave yo woman a nickname before you did."

"My woman? What the hell are you talkin' about?"

Riley smirked as he heard a knock at the door, "hold on, I'll tell ya in a sec." he walked over to the door and opened it, 'Mariah! And…C-murph?"

'Reezy?" Cindy asked in shock.

"You two know each other?" Jazmine asked.

"Well ya see, he fixed my car dis mornin', we talked, and he a cool nigga."

"And she's a boss ass bitch." Riley said, "Now wait, Mariah is the friend you ain't seen in a year?"

"Yeah nig-wait, why you callin' her Mariah?"

"Mariah Carey? They look alike!"

Cindy looked at Jazmine, "actually, you right."

Jazmine rolled her eyes, "I didn't come here to be insulted.'

'I ain't insulting you," he said, "but yeah, we gotta go, Elli ain't had dinner yet, so I left some money on the counter, you could order Pizza or whatever, she needs to be in bed by ten, don't let her trick you, she's pretty good at it, and ya know, watch tv and shit until we get back."

"Sounds good." Jazmine said, walking into the living room where Mila was waiting.

"Hi!" Elli said sweetly, seeing Jazmine.'

'Hey Elli." Jazmine said with a smile, "I'm going to be taking care of you tonight.'

'Sounds fun!" Elli exclaimed, then saw Cindy, "who's that?"

"That is Cindy, she's going to be with us tonight."

Cindy waved at Elli and Elli waved back excitedly.

"Y'all gonna have fun," Riley said, kissing Elli's forehead, "be good baby girl."

"By daddy!" she said, waving him off, "by Unca Huey! By Granddad!"

"By cutie pie!" Granddad said with a smile as they walked out.

Cindy sat down, "let's order some pizza."

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Jazmine looked into Ellis room, watching the little two year old sleep, "she is so sweet." She said softly, turning to Cindy, "how can someone so sweet have a father like…Riley?"

"He ain't dat bad." Cindy said, "I talked to him fo a while before I went to yo house, he's tryin' to do her right, workin' and what not."

"I know, but his attitudes just…bad."

She shrugged, "he's a thug, I kinda like it." She said, walking downstairs and jumping onto the couch.

"Of course you would." Jazmine said with a giggle, "Ms. 'I'm a boss ass bitch'"

'you betta believe it to." Cindy said, flipping her off, reaching into the pizza box for the last slice.

Jazmine sat down and turned on the TV, "where are you staying while you're in town?"

"I don't know, I might hit up my auntie, I haven't talked to her in a fresh minute, but she cool."

"You sure? You could always bunk with me."

"Nah, I don' wanna be a burden to you and yo ma, I know y'all just gettin' on yo feet."

"We can handle havin' you there, hell you pay for your own stuff anyways."

She shrugged, "I'll see what happens."

The door slowly opened, making Cindy and Jazmine look over as Huey, Riley, and Granddad walked in, Riley had his arm in a sling and a smirk on his face.

"What the hell happened to you?"

"I kinda got convinced to shoot a shotgun at a jarhead in a flak jacket."

"Who was it?" Cindy asked.

"Ed Wuncler the 3rd."

Cindy laughed, "Oh he's an idiot! He let you shoot him?"

"yeah, we went up to his room cuz he was showin' me his guns, he put on a flak jacket and was like, 'I'm like the terminator, shoot me." And I'm no punk, so I bucked up and pulled da trigger, but I didn't expect that shit to have so much kick…'

Cindy laughed even harder. While Jazmine rolled her eyes.

"How was Elli?" Riley asked as he went into the kitchen and poured some water for himself, smirking as he did.

"She was an angel." Jazmine said.

"She was aiight." Cindy said, "She ate like three slices of pizza, and drank all da OJ."

"You did that." Jazmine said.

"Oh right…yeah she was an angel."

"Well thanks fo watchin' her." Riley said, pulling out his wallet and pulling out seventy dollars and handing it to Jazmine.

'Oh wow, I was expecting, twenty, maybe thirty dollars." Jazmine said, her eyes wide.

"You complainin' Mariah?"

"No, no, just surprising." She said, pocketing the money. She pulled out a piece of paper and turned to Huey, "here's my number, in case you need me to babysit again."

"Why not give it to Riley?" Huey asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Because you're the one who hired me in the first place." She said, "Just take it you stubborn ass."

Huey took it, and then walked over to the coffee table and grabbed a post it note and a pen, quickly writing his number, "here." He said.

"and why are you giving me your number?" she asked, crossing her arms.

"Just in case you want to contact me, take it you stubborn ass." He mimicked, making her turn red as she snatched the paper out of his hand.

"Goodnight Mr. Freeman." she said to Granddad.

"Goodnight cutie pie.' He said, walking to his recliner and sitting down.

"Cindy, you ready?" she asked, looking at her friend who was still talking to Riley,

"Yeah, just a sec." she said, turning back to Riley, "aiight Reezy I'm gone, you down to shoot some hoops tomorrow?"

"Yeah, it's my day off so I'm free, just be prepared to lose white girl."

"Huh, you wish Xibit wanna be."

"You still callin' a nigga names Taylor Swift?"

"Oh you wanna get yo ass beat don't ya nigga."

"Cindy." Jazmine said, making Cindy look over.

"Oh, right, gotta go." She said, walking out with Jazmine while Riley just smirked after them.

"Close your mouth, fly's gonna go down your throat." Huey said, walking past him.

"Quit hatin' nigga."