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Chapter 28 – Cairo
"Cairo," Huey said with a scowl looking at his old best friend. He had not forgotten the head butt Cairo had given him years ago that broke his nose.
"What you not glad to see me Huey?" Cairo asked faking sadness. "After I came all the way over here to see you, I'm offended Huey."
"What do you want Cairo? I have no business with you," Huey said folding his arms over his chest.
"Just chill. We don't need you taking a spill," Dewey said adjusting his headband.
"Shut da fuck up Erykah Badu-ey," Riley shouted at the rhyming fake revolutionary.
"Does he always rhyme when he talk?" Jason asked equally annoyed.
"I guess its somethin' da nigga does now. It used to be only durin' da nigga's shitty poems," Riley said.
"I want to punch him," Jason said and Riley snorted a laugh.
"Are you going to answer or not because I don't have time to talk with traitors?" Huey said irritated.
"Can't you tell? I'm here to play football," Cairo said.
"And?"
"We came by to give you some extra motivation to win your next game and make the finals," Cairo said. "We've already qualified and I want my revenge."
"So let me get this straight you moved from Chicago I'm guessing to Maryland just to beat Huey at a football game, obsessed much," Jason laughed. "Besides with me here you don't stand a chance. You might as well give up know."
Cairo looked over at him with hateful eyes. "Who are you?"
"Your scouting isn't very good is it," Jason laughed a laugh dripping with cockiness and insult. "I'm as Huey put it the greatest thing since the wheel. Jason James the best wide receiver in the history of football."
"Well mind your own business Jason James. This is between me and Huey," Cairo sneered.
"Nah nigga dis is between all of us," Riley corrected. "We all play on da team. Ya wanna mess wit' one ya mess wit' us all nigga."
"You heard them Cairo. You want me you have to take them all," Huey said. "Now either step up or get lost. I have more important things to do."
"We didn't come here to fight you Huey," Cairo raised raising his arms. "I plan to beat you in front of everyone and then the world can see you for the cowardly fake you are."
"He said get steppin' nigga," Riley said advancing on the four teens.
"Alright, alright," Cairo said backing away. "But I expect you to win your next game Huey. Don't disappoint for old time's sake.
"I never planned to lose Cairo and I don't plan to lose against you," Huey said ending the conversation by walking back into the school.
Riley faked a lunge at Dewey who flinched and jumped back. "Haha scared ass nigga," he laughed along with Jason and Cindy as they went back into the school and back up to their classroom.
"I can't believe him," Jazmine said as they settled back down in their seats as Huey too annoyed to keep talking restarted the tape. They still had a few minutes left before their afternoon classes started and Huey planned to use all of them.
Huey flipped the lights off and began shifting through the tape highlighting important plays and how they were going to counter them by directing them to plays in their red books.
Within minutes Riley had put his head back on his desk and was silently dosing off while Hiro, Caesar, and Jazmine watched the tapes intently trying to find some way they could be of more use to the team in their next game. In the back of the room Cindy was once again leaning back on her chair with her feet up dangling her hair at Jason who was once again laying behind her his head propped up on his hand and his eyes caught by her blonde braids. Intent on sleeping or watching the film no one paid the pair at the back any attention.
Suddenly Jason reached out grabbing one of the braids in his hands running it through his palm and fingers. Cindy jerked her head ripping the braid from his hand and turned around amusement in her eyes. Jason simply winked at her motioned for her to join him on the counter with his head.
"Whatchu want?" She whispered sliding silently out of her seat and up onto the counter leaning back against the wall inches from Jason's head.
"Nothing really," Jason smiled talking under his breath.
"Ya gonna answer mah question now?" Cindy asked playing with his hair this time. When Jason gave her a hesitant look she added, "If ya don't I'll go sit with Jazzy."
Jason sighed and gave in. "Alright fine."
"Well."
"What was the question again?" Jason asked with his cocky smirk.
"I told you not to make me repeat mahself," Cindy said giving his hair a light tug. "Now answer."
"Alright, alright just don't pull out my hair," Jason gave in.
"JJ."
"I see it the same way alright," Jason said. "I'll be whatever you want me to be."
Cindy quietly squealed drawing a strange look from Jason and would have gotten one from everyone else if they had heard her over the tape. She ran her hands through his hair and pulled his head toward her giving him a quick and discreet peck on the lips.
Just as Cindy was lifting her head away from Jason's Jazmine happened to look back. "Oh we finally have our token white couple," she laughed and blood rushed to Cindy's face as she quickly jumped off the counter and back to her seat.
Jason just looked at Riley waiting for the explosion he thought was coming. It was what he had been trying to avoid these last few weeks. Yet no explosion came, no angry outburst, no fists, and not even an insult. Riley simple gave him a wink and knowing smile and went back to sleep.
"I guess you have his approval," Caesar said breaking the silence that followed as everyone waited for the same reaction Jason was waiting for.
"I guess," Jason yawned, his attention back on Cindy's hair while everyone else returned to watching the tape until the bell rang and they went to their afternoon classes and Riley as usual ducked out to go to Ed's.
Riley met Ed and Rummy outside the school grounds where they were waiting for him in the Escalade. "Yo Riley you're running late. We're behind schedule," Rummy said as Riley got in the SUV and Ed pulled away from the school.
"Huey had something to run over for our next game nigga," Riley said looking out the window back at the school.
"Does that include fighting?" Rummy asked.
"How do ya'll know about dat?" Riley asked a little surprised.
"I told you there are known knowns and known unknowns and there also are unknown unknowns. Your fight is a known known everyone who passed our car was talking about it," Rummy explained as Ed pulled up to a Wuncler Bank.
"Whatever nigga?' Riley said distracted.
"Something up?" Rummy asked as he pulled out his M16 and handed Riley an M9 to go with the gun they had given him after Riley's first game.
"Nah let's go," Riley said sticking his earplugs in and hopping out of the back of the Escalade.
"Let's get in get the money and get out," Rummy said pulling down his black ski mask before leading them into the bank.
Rummy was the first to make a commotion firing off several rounds from his assault rifle to get the people's attention. There were a few screams but most of the people were just stared in shock. It took those people a few seconds to react and when they did that al dived to the ground as some level of terror.
"Everyone stay down and be quiet and no one will get hurt. Any attempt to contact the police will not end well for any of you," Rummy continued as Ed just fired off his guns in a psychopathic rage.
Riley stood in the middle of the bank his mind elsewhere, until a teller bumped into him bringing him back into reality.
"Riley snap out of it," Rummy said staring at the bank manager who just stared back waiting for him to say something.
"Huh...what?" Riley asked looking around the bank.
"Sirs do you want us to tack you to the vault?" the teller asked a little annoyed.
"The vault...yes take us to da vault nigga," Riley said waving his guns at the manager. Inside the vault they quickly stuffed duffle bags full of money and anything else of value they could get their hands on. They got out of the bank as the police sirens went, Rummy pointing his gun at the back of the bank manager's head.
They threw their bags of money into the back of the escalade before climbing into the seats, Riley and Ed up front with Rummy in the back with the manager.
"How long?" Rummy asked as Ed floored it out of the bank parking lot and around the corner where he put the SUV in park again.
"Seventeen minutes," Riley said looking at the dashboard clock. "A minute faster dan last time."
"We still suck," Rummy groaned. "It should only take us ten minutes at the most to get in and out of the bank."
"We don't suck," Ed said. "We're getting better."
"You are sirs. Much better than the first time you came in here," the manager said not even fazed by the guns pointed at him.
"You really think so. You're not lying," Rummy said.
"Have I lied any of the other times?" the manager replied. "Can I leave now?"
"Yeah take the money with you," Rummy said letting the manager out of the Escalade. After the bank manager had collected the money and Ed began driving again, Rummy turned to Riley. "What's with you today Riley? You've been spaced out since you got in the car."
"I said nothin' nigga," Riley grumbled tossing the M9 into the backseat.
"This ain't nothing Riley. You almost screwed up the job. What's wrong? Do we have to go get rid of someone, because we will," Rummy said picking up the M9 Riley had thrown back taking off the safety with a loud click. "You didn't even take the safety off your guns."
"It's just somethin' dat happened before I came to see ya'll niggas," Riley said.
"Did Jay and Cindy finally hook up?" Ed asked turning up to the Wuncler estate.
"Kinda," Riley admitted.
"Shit you're getting your boxers all up in a knot over a single bitch. There are plenty of bitches out there, plenty your own age. Cindy's what almost seventeen, she's almost in our ballpark now and far out of yours," Ed said buzzing himself through the gate.
"I know dat nigga. I've gotten over it, but just seein' it has brought up lingerin' feelings. I guess it just feels weird Knawmean nigga," Riley said. "I'm over it know."
"Good cause we don't want you messing up the next run," Rummy said as Ed pulled up to the front door of the estate and handed the keys off to Jeeves.
"As long as ya'll niggas don't mess up to," Riley said getting out of the Escalade.
"Let's play some Halo 3 before everyone else shows up," Ed said as they walked up to the mansion.
"As long as ya don't shoot up da game if ya losin' again nigga," Riley said following his friends up into the mansion to await his teammates to finish school.
