I woke to heavy footsteps going back and forth over the hall floors outside my room. "Why do ya'll have to be so loud in the morning?" I spoke out loud as if anyone would hear me. Frustrated, I got out of bed and swung my door open. "Buenos dias Samaia," my mom announced to me ever so dull. I gave her a slight smile and went back to bed to get a few more minutes of sleep. 10 minutes into my peaceful slumber, my door reopened. I didn't bother to move so I waited until they acknowledged me. "Come on baby sis. I gotta take you to school and then still get to work on time." I knew it was my brother Ju Ju. He is the only one of my brothers who calls me baby sis. "Ok Ju Ju. I am up, just please give me 20 minutes to get ready and then I will be out. Now get out of my room." I said as I threw a pillow at him in which he dodged out the way before it made complete contact.
"That's what u get." He walked out laughing and closing my door. I got up to get myself prepared for the first day of school. Sure enough, 20 minutes later I was fully refreshed and ready for school. "The dead has risen." My brother Berto said as I walked sluggishly into the family room. "Forget you Berto, with your alien looking self." Everyone laughed, not cause of the joke, but because I actually said it. I ignored them and went to the kitchen to get something to eat. I heard my dad speaking so I knew they were talking about their next case. So I stayed in the kitchen to keep from hearing their conversation. I just hated when they had to go out there and capture all them bad guys, whether they were armed or unarmed.
I guess I was lost in a train of my thoughts because someone started snapping their fingers in my face. "Snap out of it Maia. Ju Ju wants to know if you ready." Berto asked as he leaned up against the door frame awaiting my answer. "Yea, I'm ready." I walked back upstairs to retrieve my bag and purse. I also grabbed my uniform because I know we are going to have a practice today. I checked myself in the mirror one more time and headed back downstairs.
I guess I had come down at the wrong time cause as soon as I stepped on the last step, the whole room grew quiet. "Sorry to interrupt your business, but I'm ready to go Ju Ju." Everyone just walked in opposite directions and Ju Ju grabbed his keys. "Veré a todos ustedes en la oficina(See ya'll at the office)." We walked out and hopped in his Hummer. Next destination: Jefferson High.
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"Get up Raul. Its 6:00 and I know how slow you are in the morning so get up now." I rolled over and faced my doorway. "Ok mom. I'm up. Did my car come out the shop yet?" I was now sitting up stretching. "Yes, your father got it last night. And before you ask, it got everything you asked for." I got up and hugged her. "Thanks mom." She gave me a slight smile and left my room.
If you're wondering who I am, my name is Raul Alejandro Romero or Cheech. Well only to Shayna. I'm an 18 yr old senior aspiring to be a rapper. Shayna is my best friend. We been tight since we was in the womb. Even though she is supposed to be like my sis, sometimes I see her as being my girl. I can't stand ol' boy she dating. I mean, he part of the crew and our moms are cool but I don't like that dude. Something is wrong with him. He gets angry easily and get mad when I hang onto Shayna or when I put my arm over her shoulder. He has some major jealousy problems. But if he only knew that he was having those issues for a good reason. I was going to have Shay one way or another.
But back to what me and my mom was talking about. I had just got the new Cadillac Escalade and I wanted to upgrade it. So my dad took it to this shop. He got 28" rims, an entertainment system, and red, white and blue tinted windows. I got to rep my Dominican Heritage. Don't worry, the Escalade is white. It's got the Dominican Flag on the seats and on the floor mats. What can I say, I love my family.
I hopped in the shower for like 45 minutes. I like to be extra clean. I hopped out and got dressed in my graphic flag tee, my graphic flag jeans and my red, white and blue air forces. I topped all that off with my graphic flag fitted. I was going to look fiye today. Especially on the first day. I sprayed my Axe and jogged downstairs. Everybody was here this morning. This was something that rarely happened but when it did, it was a good thing.
I greeted my mom by kissing her cheek, then my pops by dapping him up. And lastly, I kissed both my sisters on the cheek. "La La and Mari, what ya'll doing here?" They both looked at each other and then at me. "Do we have to have a reason to come over?" they both said at the same time. I shook my head and sat down. "Ok then. But actually we just came over to see you off for your first day big senior. I see you starting off real big." Mari noticed my attire and I started laughing. "Hey man, you know how it is. I gotta be fresh on the first day, sis." They both laughed and my dad just looked at me. "Son I understand you loving your culture but did you really have to have everything like that. I mean even your car is like that." I just shrugged my shoulders. "He did not do that to his car did he?" La La asked as if my dad was lying. "Go check it out," I said as I led them to the garage to check my baby out.
When I turned the light on in the garage, all eyes were bugged out, including my own. I knew what it would look like but I didn't know it was gonna look that damn good. Damn I got taste. "I can not believe you did that. I mean its tight but too much." Mari expressed as she examined my car, inside and out. "Well I gotta go familia so I will see ya'll later." I hopped in the truck and rolled out listening to "El Tiburon" by Luny Tunes and Baby Ranks.