Chapter Eight
Breathing heavily me and Mel ran into the Dingo. It was crowded now, and we almost ran into a gang leader from across town coming out. He grabbed me by my arm and I glared up at him. "Where's you brother?" he asked gruffly. "Let go and I'll tell." I said. He checked me over and blew smoke into my face; I hadn't seen he'd been smoking. I tried my hardest not to cough, and I kept my glare steady towards him. He let go and stood by me. "So?" he asked. "Why you wanna know?" I asked, I didn't want to tell him where my brother was if he was going to try and jump him.
"Gang business."
"Yea, I'm in the gang too."
He looked at me and smirked. "You're Hailey right?"
"Yea."
"You're a good kid, girl."
I looked at him sharply, "You keep looking at me that way you'll have to go see the doc and dentist." I said bitterly. He dropped his cigarette. "Your brother won't hit me." he claimed, smearing it with his shoe. "I didn't say he would but I will." He laughed and I didn't. Mickey and Donny came heaving for air just in time. "Hey, hey! What's going on here Tim!" Donny said, taking a place at my side.
Tim Shepard, that's who he was. It was his father who killed the cop who shot my dad; it was also his father that was shot down a couple weeks later. He deserves respect, not for who he is but for the blood that runs threw him. He and my brother talked but my brother didn't like him that much, even if Tim's dad was good friends with daddy.
"Nothing, everything is fine." he said, letting his gaze leave me and go to Donny. "Matthews, where's Winston?" he asked hastily. "He's coming, on his way now." Mickey said punching me in the arm. I turned to him and smiled letting him go just this once. Just then Erica ran into the parking lot, skidding to a halt to avoid a pulling out car. Cole ran behind her and threw her over his shoulders, his face immediately harden as he saw Tim.
Cole let Erica slip down once he reached us, and nodded his head to Tim who nodded back. "Winston thought you'd never arrive." he said, walking off towards him. "What's up Shepard?" Cole asked him. I strained my hearing to try and get at least a few words out of it but the only thing I got out was, thinking, rumble, jumped. I turned to Mickey, "Did you get any of it?" I asked, he shrugged his shoulders. "Whada ya think I am a…." he grinned at me. "Good, that was good." he said chuckling softly. "What did you get?" Erica asked softly. "Thinking, rumble and jumped…" I said. Erica sighed softly. "They're thinking of rumbling with the Socs, a group of Tim's gang got jumped…" Erica whispered to me. I nodded my head softly, she had good hearing but she usually didn't have to listen to people to know what they're about to say she just could see threw them.
We all stayed at the Dingo for a while, we all had a good time. Colby made me and Erica dance with him a couple times before he and Chris decided to go to the movies. Me, Erica and Melody left the Dingo after Cole and Chris left. "Mel did you here anything about a rumble?" I asked a block or so later. "No, Steve hasn't told me anything." she said lighting a cigarette. I loved the smell when a cigarette is first lit; it has like a comforting smell to it. "Oh, I don't think Colby will tell us anything, we'll just have to keep our ears open." I said, she offered me and Erica a cigarette but we both declined. "Just because we're girls doesn't mean we can't help out in rumbles." Erica said softly. "You're not going to be in it if there is one girly." I said. She stopped in her tracks and stared at me. "Why not!" she demanded. "Because you have a good rep going and you don't need to be kicked off the softball team because of something as stupid as a skin rumble." I said ignoring the fact that she stopped. "How do you know its gonna be just skin?" she asked, starting to walk again. "It always is, when the east side goes against the west side." Mel said softly. We all stopped, not even noticing we had come to her house. "I'll see ya tomorrow." she said walking up towards the porch. "Bye Mel!" I called to her. We stayed for a for more moments to make sure Mel made it to the house, it wasn't something we had to do but we did it anyhow just to make sure everything was fine.
PUT THE LIME IN THE COCONUT AND DRINK IT ALL UP! lol... don't mind me! lol I probably got the lyrsics all wrong but thats okay right? lol... There's chapter eight! Did ya like it or didn't ya? Tell me plz!