"Where I Wanna Be"
A Degrassi Fan Fiction
Chapter 9: Exchange Them Digits
"Represent!" I giggled as Chris and I blared the boom box loudly, outside after school. Music started pouring out and they started dancing, from the old moves of the 90's to the newer moves of '04. The fun daily work out plan to keep in shape.
"Naw, don't mess it up Chris! You do know how to do the chicken head, rah?" I asked. Chris nodded and started dancing.
"Oh dayum! So it's like that?" I giggled before getting back to work.
"'Cause I'm a Pimp!" He burst out of nowhere, causing me to break out laughing. He started tickling me and I tried to catch her breath.
"Stop, yo!" I tried to say in between giggles. I felt a hand on my backside. "Chris, keep ya grimy hands of my booty! I'ma tell Emma!" I shrieked, lunging at Chris and laughing.
"I'm only playin'!" Chris protested.
"Yo, Raquel." Jimmy approached us slowly. I sat up and caught my breath.
"Hi Jimmy! What's good, baby?" I asked, pushing my braids out of my face.
"Yeah you know that party down at Tha Undaground this Friday?" He asked.
I nodded. "Yeah, that shit's sold out niggah! What about it?"
"You wanted to go?" He asked with a sly grin. Confused, I nodded again.
Jimmy pulled out three tickets. "For us, and an extra one. For whoever, I guess."
I stared at him for a minute as Chris made faces behind his back, laughing silently.
"On word?" I asked. Jimmy nodded.
"Oh dayum! Blaze Cruz is gon be there!" I shrieked, jumping on my boyfriend and wrapping my arms around his neck. "Thank you so much!"
"Anything for you, baby. You know how I do it." Jimmy grinned smugly at Chris and he made a face back. Chris didn't really like Jimmy all that much. I don't know why. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Yo thanks for bringing me wit ya'll." Chris said as they walked into the party in the club. I shrugged her shoulders as if to say 'No problem.'
"Yo G, I think I see Jimmy-" I started. I looked over at my friend, who was bumpn' and grindin with a girl in an outfit that just shouted 'hoochie'. I laughed and shook my head as I walked over to my boyfriend.
"Ay yo! Whus really hoody, hood, hood?" I asked, giving him a kiss.
"So this party is banging right?" Jimmy asked her.
"Yeah this shit is hype!" I looked around. "Where's Blaze Cruz?"
"He's chilling around somewhere. Damn! You act like he's famous or something." Was Jimmy's response.
I nodded and tried to refrain from giggling.
Blaze Cruz was my favorite underground rapper (A/N: In case you didn't figure it out, I made him up! Lolz.) He had caramel skin and deep brown eyes, which a girl could get lost in when he was spitting his rhymes. Blaze had a diamond stud in his nose, which he claimed was a memorial to the slain rapper, Tupac. Another thing I liked about Blaze, was that he never wore shirts in the summer, always showing off his new six pack. He made any teenage girl go crazy, with his looks and his skills.
"And for you my lady, I can get up close and personal. Me and Blaze went to the same elementary school." Jimmy waited for my reaction.
I put my hands over my mouth, then gave him a hug." Jimmy you know you the best!"
"Yeah, yeah, you know it too." Jimmy said.
The lights dimmed and I heard the DJ's voice, which sounded a lot like Tony's. He was probably deejaying that night.
"Ayo, ladies it's da time you all been waiting for. Freestyle champion Blaze Cruz vs. newcomer Hypnotiq! 'Dis gon be a battle to remember, y'all!"
Blaze Cruz appeared on the stage, wearing a wifebeata and a pair of baggy jeans, du rag string sticking out the back pocket. His hair wasn't in braids, it was flowing loose, like Chino usually wore his.
I put my head on Jimmy's shoulder and smiled. "Yo, this is the best gift evah!"
"Being wit you is the best gift." Jimmy replied.
I grinned and said playfully, "I know."
Soon after, Blaze and Hypnotiq finished and of course the winner was non other than Blaze Cruz. Jimmy went into the restroom and Tony, who had been deejaying that night, and Chris took seats by me. Blaze spotted me and came over to us.
"Ay girl, what's really good?" He asked, sitting down.
"We just chilling." I replied. Tony starting scratching at his durag, and eventually took it off.
"Oh dayum! Dem braids is tight. Who hooks you up?" Blaze asked Tony.
"'Dis girl..." Tony said.
"Where she at?" Blaze asked. Tony nodded toward me.
"Oh is you her man?"
"Naw, these two are my brothers. Well this ones like my brother." I said, nodding to Chris. "So spit ya game."
Blaze grinned. "Could you hook me up? Dem braids is hype, ma."
I blushed. "It depends when you want them hooked up."
Blaze sat down. "What about tomorrow? I'm free at six."
"Yeah I could work with dat." Chris watched as me and the rapper exchanged numbers, with a look of satisfaction on his face. Blaze got up and walked away just as Jimmy came out of the restroom.
"Jimmy, it's 11:30! I promised my moms I'd be home by now." I cried, glancing at my cell phone.
"Oh so you gotta leave me?" Jimmy asked.
"Sorry, but a promise is a promise. Thank you for the night." Raquel gave him a kiss and Tony, Chris, and I walked out of the club.
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{{{Jimmy}}}
A pretty girl with light brown skin and hazel eyes approached me. Her hair was parted down the middle and it was bone straight, relaxed probably.
Her lips, shiny with some sort of lip gloss, formed a smile. "Hey, my name's Maria. Wanna dance?"
I couldn't refuse.
After an hour or so of dancing, talking, and flirting, we felt pretty comfortable together. When I glanced at my watch, I saw the time was 12:42 AM.
"Yo, I gotta be out. I got school tomorrow." I said.
"Well can I get your digits?" Maria asked.
I thought about it for a second. "Uh, yeah. Here." I exchanged numbers with the beauty and then was on my way.