The next morning, CJ woke up to look at his clock. It was 8:51 AM. This meant that Lisa was on her way here in San Fierro to help design the garage. So CJ quickly got dressed in clean clothing and darted out of his apartment. He dashed down Doherty street and to the garage.
By the time he finally arrived inside the garage, everyone was already there. LB was watching television while lounging on the couch. Cesar was sitting right next to him with Kendl resting her head on his lap. Dwaine and Jethro were passed out on the table, still wasted from the beer they drank last night. It was quiet inside the garage, except for Ryder talking on the phone while pacing.
He was talking to Lisa. "A'ight, sis," Ryder protested. "A'ight! I'ma be there! Just hold tight!"
"Yo what's up, Ryder?" CJ greeted as Ryder hung up his phone and stored it in his pocket.
"That was Lisa!" Ryder told CJ. "She said we have to meet her at the airport to pick her up!"
"Lisa's here in San Fierro now?" CJ asked.
"Nigga, you didn't hear what the fuck I said?!" Ryder snapped. "Come on! Get in the car! I don't want to hear her fussing! Let's go!"
So CJ and Ryder went outside to hop onto a parked lowrider outside. Ryder hopped inside the passenger's seat while CJ took the wheel.
"Now don't start driving crazy this time, CJ," Ryder told CJ, "because you know that Lisa hates bad drivers."
"Yeah, yeah," CJ groaned. "I just can't wait to see Lisa after all these years."
"Nigga, why the fuck you so excited to see Lisa for?" Ryder asked him.
"It's just been five years," CJ said, "and Lisa moved out of Los Santos a year before I came back."
"What, you got a crush on my sister or some shit like that?" Ryder asked.
"No, I don't!" CJ demanded. "I just haven't seen her for so long and I really want to get to meet her again."
"What do you mean meet her?" Ryder asked. "You already known her since you were a child."
"I know," CJ replied. "I meant that...man, never mind."
CJ really wasn't in the mood to argue with Ryder. He just continued driving until he finally arrived at the Easter Bay International Airport. He stared at his wrist watch. 9:00 AM. Perfect time to arrive! Lisa must've been there already.
So CJ parked the car in front of the building and he and Ryder hopped outside on a search for Ryder's older sister. The crowd of passengers were pacing around the walkway, and cars were slowly driving through the pickup area. CJ and Ryder continued searching for Lisa.
"You sure Lisa's here?" CJ asked Ryder.
"Fool, she said she already here," Ryder replied.
The two continued looking through the crowed of people. They were on an exhaustive search for Lisa through the crowd. CJ could feel his heart pumping with excitement. His stomach turned nervously. He couldn't help himself. He was started to feel a little nauseous. The two friends spent the next fifty seconds searching.
"Helloooooo?" they finally heard a familiar woman's voice from behind. "Y'all looking around and y'all can't see me?!"
CJ and Ryder finally turned around to see who it was.
"Lisa!" Ryder cried out.
It was Lisa alright! She was about an inch taller than Ryder and had slightly lighter skin. She had big brown eyes that resembled ladybug eyes (as CJ always prescribed), curly black hair that extended down to her lower back, and a yellow hairband on top of her head. Lisa also had a curvy body, replete with an ample bust, skinny waist, and wide, curvy hips. She wore a yellow T-shirt with a butterfly design on the front over a navy denim mini skirt and yellow thong sandals. She also wore two diamond earrings in each ear and a golden bracelet and yellow wristwatch around her right wrist. She also had a butterfly tattoo on the left side of her bicep. She was carrying a black purse with purple butterflies designed on it.
CJ's heart began to beat uncontrollably. He always thought Lisa was beautiful, and she looked much younger than her actual age, but didn't wanted to bring himself to develop a crush on her. Especially wondering how Ryder would react.
Lisa stepped closer to Ryder and sniffed him frequently.
"You sure you off the wet, bro?" she asked.
"I told you I was, sis," Ryder protested.
"You ain't got no left over sticks in your pocket, do you?" Lisa asked, checking Ryder's jacket and pants pockets.
"Naw, Lees," Ryder replied. "I said I'm through with that shit for good."
"Um–hmm," Lisa said. "How I know you won't sneak behind my back and start smoking that shit again?"
"Listen, Lisa," Ryder told his sister. "I already made a deal with my homie that I would smoke one last joint and finally give up the water. Believe me, I'm done with that shit."
Lisa looked at Ryder with a skeptical look, not sure if she should believe him. But after a while of thinking, she finally decided to give in on Ryder's claim.
"Well that's good," she said. "Because remember, y'all already lost a lot of close gang members due to that gang war bullshit last year, I ain't losing a brother due to your dumbass attitude thanks to that so-called wet you been smoking."
"So you believe me?" Ryder asked.
"Does the pigeon shit downtown?" Lisa asked. "Naw, I'm just playing with you. I believe you. What's up with you, Lance?"
She gave Ryder a hug and the latter returned the gesture.
"We running a business, sis," Ryder told Lisa. " We got a car showroom, we got all the cool rides, and CJ even helped collect the cars."
As soon as Lisa turned to CJ, the latter started blushing on the inside. Lisa just stared at CJ hard enough to see if it was really him.
"Oh, what's up, Carl?" Lisa greeted. "I didn't even know you were there."
"What's up, girl?" CJ greeted back, trying to keep his distance.
"Well, what the hell you standing there for?" Lisa asked. "Come over here and give me a hug. I haven't seen you in five years."
Lisa spread her arms around and CJ walked up to her to return the gesture. But not before Lisa quickly cut him off.
"And this time, don't touch my butt!" she demanded.
That just made CJ blush even more as he slowly gave Lisa a hug. "Look at you," she told CJ. "You looking all grown and shit. How you been, Carl?"
"Straight," CJ answered. "I just been busy making business. You know Ryder helped me."
"Oh Lance told me all about that," Lisa said. "Now what do you say y'all take me back to the garage and look at it to see what tweaks it need?"
"Fo sho', sis," Ryder replied guiding her and CJ to the lowrider.
"I'll let you drive, Lees," Ryder told Lisa as the latter took the driver's seat.
"Why thank you, little bro," Lisa replied. "That's the first time I ever heard you being so generous for once."
"You need to take the wheel, so you can show CJ here how to drive!" Ryder added facetiously as he shoved CJ to the side.
"Screw you, Ryder," CJ told Ryder, shoving him back.
Ryder then took the back seat. As CJ got into the passenger seat, he noticed a familiar car up ahead. It was the guards of the ocean docks.
"So, you're the same punks who escaped with our collection!" one of the guards growled.
"Collection?" Lisa asked. "What the fuck is that guy talking about?!"
"You're going down!" the other guard shouted.
"Stomp on the gas, sis!" Ryder shouted. "Quick!"
"Boy, I ain't no fucking getaway driver!" Lisa shouted back.
"You want them to take us all down?!" Ryder yelled.
Lisa knew she didn't have much of a choice, because the guards pulled out guns and started to shoot at the trio.
"I thought you said this place was clear of gangs, Lance!" Lisa shouted at Ryder as she drove down the rode.
"I didn't count on the security guards to sniff us out!" Ryder shouted back.
He and CJ shot at the security guards on their vehicles chasing them as Lisa drove frantically around Easter Basin.
"Damn, how they find us here?!" CJ shouted, shooting more of the cars chasing them.
"A better question is how they search for us?!" Ryder yelled as one of the cars exploded.
"Just give me the direction to this garage already!" Lisa yelled in desperation. She made a sharp turn on the left side of the road.
"Just keep going straight here, Lees!" CJ yelled as he and Ryder continued shooting the vehicles that were chasing them.
There were more security cars chasing them as Lisa drove Downtown. Lisa made a sharp left turn down the street, with the security guards in their cars chasing them behind. Suddenly, the guards' vehicle got ran over by an oncoming trolley.
CJ just laughed loudly. "Those fools got ran over by the trolley!" he said grinning.
"I knew them punks couldn't stop us!" Ryder added vociferously. "We too elusive!"
Just then, more guards in cars came chasing them down the hill.
"Seriously, how many of these assholes are there here in Fierro?!" Lisa shouted furiously, driving straight down Downtown.
"I don't even know!" CJ shouted. "But Ryder and I have to hit as many of them as we can! Just keep driving, Lees!"
Lisa groaned loudly. "Ugh! Whatever!" she shouted furiously. "Fuck!"
She continued driving as CJ and Ryder just continued shooting at the guards who were chasing them. One by one, each vehicle was blowing up. Lisa continued driving straight down Garcia road and around the park. The whole car chase lasted for a good minute.
"Man, these guards are stubborn as hell!" CJ yelled as he and Ryder continued shooting them. "They just don't know when to quit!"
"Those bitch ass niggas are just some bustas!" Ryder shouted. "They know they can't stop us!"
"Quit getting cocky, Lance!" Lisa shouted. "That's what's gonna jinx us!"
As Lisa drove around the park and straight down Ocean Flats and uphill, the guards continued chasing them, and CJ and Ryder continued shooting at them until their cars blew up.
"Burn, motherfucker!" Ryder yelled. "BURN!"
"Seriously, Lance!" Lisa shouted at Ryder. "You're gonna jinx it keeping that shit up!"
"Screw you, Lisa!" Ryder shouted. "I'll say whatever I like!"
"Boy, don't make me come back there and shove them leftover sticks so far up your ass you'll be coughing up smoke all day long!" Lisa snapped at Ryder.
"Damn!" CJ shouted as he saw that more of the guards' cars continued chasing them. "These guards sure are looking for some fresh blood!"
"Never mind that, CJ!" Ryder yelled. "Just blast the motherfuckers!"
"Can one of y'all tell me where the garage is?!" Lisa yelled as she drove straight uphill and made a right turn on Juniper Hill. "Because at this point, I'm trying so hard to avoid getting killed that I don't even know where the fuck I'm going!"
"Make a right, Lisa!" CJ shouted as more of the cars ended up exploding.
So Lisa turned right and drove straight down back to Downtown as the cars chasing from behind blew up as CJ and Ryder shot them down.
"OH JEAH!" Ryder yelled. "THEM MOTHERFUCKERS GOT ROASTED! WE ANNIHILATED THE SHIT OUTTA THEM!" But unfortunately, as Lisa drove straight down, something caught CJ's eye.
"Ah shit!" CJ shouted as he saw a road block up ahead. The guards weren't going to have it this time. "They blocked the fucking road!"
"I told you you were gonna jinx it, Lance!" Lisa growled at Ryder.
"Lisa, you gonna have to jump that big ramp," CJ told Lisa.
"Are you crazy?" Lisa asked vociferously as she continued driving. "It's bad enough I have to force myself to be your reluctant getaway driver to begin with! You want me to ride over that ramp?!"
"Lisa," Ryder told her. "It's our only chance of escape! You need to jump the ramp!"
"Fine!" Lisa grumbled. "Hold on, boys!"
As Lisa kept her speed, the car zoomed at about 100 miles per hour and made a big leap over the ramp, avoiding the massive explosion down below. The guards and the cars blown up by it were caught in the explosion as well.
The car the trio were in soared high into the air and landed hard but unscathed onto the pavement leading to the garage on Doherty road.
"Make a right turn here," Ryder demanded, and Lisa turned right to park the car right next to the garage. She and the other two got out. Lisa glared at CJ and Ryder.
"I'd like both of y'all to tell me what the fuck was that all about!" Lisa demanded. "Why did those guards chase us like that?!"
"Uh...vehicle issues?" CJ blurted out nervously.
Lisa somehow knew the implication, but decided to not question it any further. "Now I want you boys to listen up," she told them sternly. "I came all the way over here to help remodel the garage, not get involved in some goddamn petty gang war bullshit!"
Then she turned to CJ.
"Carl," Lisa told him, "you weren't around when this happened, but look at my leg!"
She pointed to her right leg, which now had a long, pink scar vertically across it. CJ stared at it in shock.
"Damn, girl!" he cried out. "That's a long ass scar!"
"I got shot last year because of that bullshit," Lisa told him, "which prompted me to leave the hood because I wasn't dealing with that bullshit!"
Lisa inched away from the two, with CJ staring at her rear end as she walked away. He quickly moved his eyes onto Lisa's face as she turned to face the two.
"So I want you two to promise me that you won't get me involved in these gangs, killing, or any of that senseless shit!" Lisa ordered. "Okay?"
"I promise, sis," Ryder replied.
"Me too," CJ added.
"Good," Lisa sighed. "Now let's take a look at this garage."
The three walked inside as Lisa inspected the interior.
"So this is the shithole y'all were talking about," she told CJ and Ryder. "Damn, y'all weren't lying."
They then came across LB. "Yo what up, homies," LB greeted them. "Lisa, great to see you back."
"Don't play that with me, Lawrence!" Lisa told him. "It's your fault Tony got killed last year."
"Hey, that was Sweet's fault," LB protested. "It was him killing Kilo Tray's leader that caused the ambush to happen that night."
"Yeah, I remember," Lisa replied. "I also remember me and Kendl getting in the mix of that bullshit as well!"
Just then Kendl and Cesar came around.
"Oh snap!" Kendl cried in surprise. "Lisa! You're here!"
She gave Lisa a hug, laughing in excitement. "Yep," Lisa replied, chuckling herself. "I'm still alive. Only took a bullet to the leg. Great to see you again too, Kendl."
Kendl and Lisa were more than just good friends in childhood. Lisa was practically an older sister to Kendl when they were children, which was fitting since they both grew up with brothers instead. In turn, Kendl had always looked up to Lisa and was excited to finally be able to see her again.
Kendl then introduced Lisa to Cesar. "Oh, Lisa, this is my boyfriend, Cesar. Cesar, this is my good friend, Lisa."
"Un placer conocerla, señora," Cesar greeted, grabbing Lisa by the hand and kissing it. Lisa just giggled.
"Pleasure to meet you too, hombre," she said.
Kendl watched nervously as Cesar continued holding onto Lisa's free hand for about three more seconds. "Uh, okay, Ceez," Kendl told Cesar, pulling his hand off Lisa's arm. "Remember who you're going out with."
"Oh!" Cesar said. "My bad. But it's nice to meet you, eh. Kendl told me all about you."
"Yeah," Lisa replied. "well, she told me how well you treat her. Don't be like those other assholes who disrespect women here in the '90s. Believe me, I've been through that shit before."
"No problem, chica," Cesar said. "I know how to treat my woman."
"You won't have to worry, Lisa," Kendl added, receiving a kiss from Cesar. "My man knows how to treat me."
"Oh, and that's Dwaine and Jethro," CJ added as Dwaine and Jethro came around. "They're the mechanics. Guys, that's Lisa! She's gonna help us decorate the garage."
"Greetings, Miss," Jethro was the first to say.
"Welcome to the group, young lady," Dwaine added.
"Well what do we need to make this place better?" Cesar asked.
"Well, we gonna need a whole lot of material to make this garage into a garage," Lisa announced, pacing around the crew. "We're gonna need some clothing for the work, some paint, some wax, some wood, some fabric, and a whole lot of stuff to fix this place up! I'm making a list, and after that, it's time for us to get to work!"
"Listen to the woman, folks!" Ryder said. "We got a business now. It's time to bust our asses and fix this place up!"
The others cheered in agreement and gathered around to prepare. CJ was feeling excited. He just couldn't wait to see the final results of the newly-designed garage. And he finally got to see Lisa after all those years.
This is gonna be a great collaboration, he thought. Can't wait for Sweet to see what we been doing.