new year's eve.

mouse was supposed to show up any minute , and fezco still wasn't home.

a knock on the door made me and ashtray look at each other , before he walked to his room to look at the cameras he set up. and i followed behind him.

"it's mouse. go to your room." he told me , and i knew this wasn't the time to say some snarky remark.. but i said one anyway.

"sure , dad."

he shook his head , standing right in front of me.
"just fucking go , malani."

i put my hand up in the air , in a surrender motion and made my way to my room , making sure to leave the door cracked.

i heard ashtray and mouse exchanging a few words before it went silent , which scared me until i heard them talk again.

and then finally i heard the door open again , meaning either fezco was here or mouses little business partner just walked in.

"you're late."

it's fezco.

"got caught up dealin with some bullshit."

fez never actually told me and ashtray what he was gonna go do before he left , well me at least. ashtray either knew , or fezco ended up telling him.
but i didn't question it , he's a big boy. he can handle whatever it is.. i hope.

"i heard you got raided."

ah yes. when the cops showed up and we dumped every drug we had down the toilet.

pretty sure nate jacobs was behind it , it just makes sense to believe that , since fezco threatened him not too long ago.

"they ain't find nothin though. i ain't got shit on me."

"i hope not."

for some reason his words made me heart drop , you know when you get that sudden gut feeling? yeah that.

this made me stand up , walking very slow incase mouse somehow heard my footsteps and thought it was some kinda set up.

i reached my hand out to open my door more , but remembered what happen with rue , and fezcos words last time mouse was here , "stay in your room , alright?"

fuck.

but once i heard footsteps pass my door , i opened it more so i could see. but all i saw was ashtray pass , he didn't see me open my door but i was curious on what he was doing. shouldn't he be staying out of the way? in his room?

god i really hope i'm not putting myself or fezco at risk by doing this. but i took baby steps , inching out of my room and into the hallway.

"we good?" fezco asked , just as i saw ashtray slowly walking into the room with a hammer in his hand.

what is he? fucking bob the builder? what is he doing?

that was until he ran at mouse , hitting him in the head and then moving to custer , hitting him in his nose.

i covered my mouth , honestly shocked.
before , i knew ashtray was sorta violent , but i would've never thought he would go this far.

"oh shit!"

"what the fuck?!"

"yo.. bro?!"
"what the FUCK man."

none of them noticed me standing there , probably because of custers very loud yells.. also because they were worried about what just went down.

.. that was until ashtray turned to me , which made me take a step back and make my way back to my room.

i've known ashtray all of my life , literally.
i wasn't gonna snitch to the cops about this , and i was necessarily scared of him.. it just caught me off guard.

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several hours later , mouses body and blood was cleaned up.

custer had left and now , we were all on our way to the new years party , all.. including rue.

who was currently singing "hit 'em up" by Tupac , very obnoxiously.

first off fuck yo bitch and the click you claim westside when we ride come equipped with game you claim to be a player but i fucked yo wife

rue song , leaned between ashtray and fezco.

"yo , its- it's up here on the right." ashtray cut rue off.

-fucked for life
plus puffy tryin ta see me weak hearts i rip

rue kept singing as ashtray cocked his gun back , making me look up from my phone.

-biggie smalls and junior mafia some mark ass bitches
we keep on comin while we runnin for yo jewels steady gunnin keep on bustin at them fools , you know the rules!

ashtray watched her sing , looking very annoyed.
but i'm the only one who noticed , rue was way too high to notice , or care at that.

she tapped my arm , in a way of telling me to sing with her. but i kept quiet , not wanting to hear ashtray later on.

lil ceaser go ask ya homie how we leave ya
cut ya young ass up , leave you in pieces , now be deceased

ashtray and fezco exchanged looks , which made me tap rue for her to shut up , but she kept going.

-lil kim , don't fuck around with real g's
quick to snatch yo ugly ass off the streets so fuck peace

fezco looked at rue , before looking at ashtray and shaking his head.

-westside ride for life

"jesus christ." ashtray mumbled , but i heard it because i was looking at him , waiting for the moment he yelled at her.

rue put her nose down to the book she found back here , snorting a line of whatever white substance she had with her.

-fuck wit me and get yo caps peeled , you know , see

i almost laughed as rue put her arm around me , saying "aye" before continuing to sing.

- grab ya glocks when you see tupac
call the cops when you see tupac , uh
who shot me but ya punks didn't finish now you bought to feel the wrath of a menace
we hit 'em up!

rue cupped her mouth , before saying the last line louder than the rest.

"yo , can you tell her to shut the fuck up?"
i guess that finally set ashtray off.

i watched as rue stopped nodding her head , and sent a glare at ashtray before making a face and sitting back.

"yeah , rue you gotta chill out back there for real." fezco told her.

"me and ash gotta handle some serious business right now."

i always thought fezcos voice was satisfying , he talks slow and calm. i don't know.

"yeah- for sure. no , i could do that. i could just stay back here.. it's real comfy." she said , taking her arm from around me and putting them up behind her head , hitting mine on the process.

me accidentally laughing caused ashtray to whip his head around to me , to which i immediately covered my mouth and turned away.

any other time i would've said something along the lines of , "what?" , "problem?" , buttttt , i don't feel like it.

eventually we pulled into some apartment complex , it looked scary. definitely some place you could die at.

i looked up , seeing custer and a girl standing in front of the car.

she waved , and me feeling bad , i waved back.

"yo , who the fuck is this bitch?" fezco said , which made me turn to him. she seems nice..

custer walked over to fezcos door , and fez got out.
"yo! who the fuck is this man?"

the girl smiled at him , "hi! i'm faye." aww she's cute.

"what's she doin here?" fezco spoke , ignoring faye which made me feel bad again.

without noticing , custer pulled fez away and started talking to him. i didn't noticed until i looked where ashtray was looking through the mirror.

"faye! in the car." custer told her , pointing at the car.

jeez , why are they so aggressive??

"okay.." she walked over , opening the door.

"10-20 minutes tops. alright?" fez leaned on his door , talking through the window.

"y'all just please stay in the car." he spoke again , looking at rue.

"no fucking funny business." he said , to which i nodded.

"let's go." he told ashtray , and sooner or later the three of them were out of my sight and faye and rue were having a conversation.

"hi , i'm faye."
"yo fam... im rue."
"im malani."

they fist bumped , before rue eased the awkwardness.

"so uh.. how's ya new years goin?"
"what?"
"new years..."
"it's fucking new years?!"
"uh... i believe so."

you believe so? jesus.

"what... i swear my boyfriend doesn't tell me anything."

did he tell you how he broke his nose and his business partner died?.. hopefully not.

"my girlfriend , at the fucking train station. she left me , straight up."
"she left you at a fucking train station?.."
"yeah i was-."
"what a fucking cunt."
"yeah... i was like crying."

faye stared at her , as i laid my head on the seat watching them talk.

"yeah.."
"holy fucking shit."

faye opened a mints container , pulling out a needle. holy shit.

"umm.. i don't think.. i wouldn't do that- here."

"it's just heroine." faye shrugged , holding the needle with her mouth.

"no i- i see that.. but maybe like i don't know , i just feel like- it isn't the best place to do that.."

"why?"

this is very entertaining.

"um.. i just feel like this really is not the time to do that..."

rue looking around making me move my head from the seat , taking one glance around the apartment building because i was too scared to actually look , if i see something i don't want to see.

"listen.. i fucking know what you are. you're just a fucking junkie ass bitch and you're probably eating that gingers ass for fucking... oxceys or whatever the fuck you're into."

faye caught me off guard , before she didn't look like the type of person to say anything like that.

"fucking junkie ass bitch."

i moved forward , laying my head on the passenger seat so i could get a view of what faye was doing.

wrong choice.

"yo- what the fuck are you doing?!!"
"what the fuck?.."
"are you just- putting it in there?.."
"what are you doing!?"
"oh my god-.. okay."

that was until faye spread her legs and starting putting the needle near her vagina.

i had no time to worry about that , i tapped rues shoulder for her to shut up again , her yelling could make someone come out here.

"jesus- that's your whole fucking crotch."
"ow.."
"that looks like it hurts."

she ignored me , leaning back on me to get farther away from faye.

"rue." i said , shaking my head and pushing her a little off me.

rue covered her mouth , mumbling random things.
as faye continued to do her thing , i sighed at the fact this was probably gonna be a long night.

that same gut feeling made me shoot up , looking around only to see nothing , i really couldn't because of how faye was sitting.

but before i could tell either of them to shut up and move , faye was dragged out from the window and me and rue followed after her.

i knew it.

after faye was slammed against the wall and me and rue were put against the wall , some bald man started walking around the room.

"the fuck is you doin here?!" some guy got in rues face , and i prayed he didn't do that to me.

"mitch don't fucking hesitate." the bald guy said , oh so the guys name is mitch.

the bald guy , who i'm gonna call baldy.. until i find out his name. pushed fayes head into the wall.

"we're not involved with any illegal activity.. and we do not associate with anybody involved in illegal activity." baldy said , looking at everyone lined up on the wall.

"and laurie.. laurie don't deserve this shit."
who ? he spoke again , pointing to some lady that was sat in a chair. almost as if he read my thoughts.

"no body got no fuckin wire man" fezco spoke up , man's brave.

"look i don't know who you are for real , but as far as i'm concerned.. you're a fucking cop." baldy replied to him.

"obviously i'm not wearing a wire you paranoid-." faye tried talking , but her head was pushed into the wall again.

i bit my lip to stop me from laughing , i like faye. she's funny.

that laurie lady called out to baldy , who's name i know who is "brucey" although i like baldy better.

he went over to her , leaning down as she whispered something in his ear before coming back over and turning on the radio.

"alright how about this.. everybody get naked right fuckin now."

yeah... no thank you.

no one moved an inch , which made baldy yell. "right fucking now! let's go!"

ashtray rolled his eyes , taking a step from the wall and starting to pull off his jacket.

holy shit. no. i shouldn't look , right? that's wrong.

i immediately looked away , shutting my eyes. what is wrong with him?

"except you. no body wants to see your ass naked."
brucey stopped him , which i mentally thanked him for.

"BJ , take him down. put his ass in the closet."

excuse me??....

"you too , kid. let's go!" baldy said , making the "BJ" guy grab me too and lead me and ashtray down a hall.

i heard fezco yell something , but i was focused on the tight grip this BJ guy had on my arm.

once me and ash were shoved in the closet and the door was closed , it was pure silence.

"we would end up in a closet together." i spoke , rolling my eyes.

"shut the fuck up , malani." he immediately stopped me from trying to lighten the mood. which i wasn't doing a very good job at anyway.

"damn.. alright." i took a step away , i couldn't see but i knew we were standing close together.

after what felt like hours , but was probably only like thirty minutes , me and ashtray were let out and the actual drug deal happened.

and now me , ashtray , fez and rue were back in the car.

"gangster- she's a fucking gangster. they all work for her!"

rues been going on and on about that laurie lady , sometimes rue is really annoying when she's high.

"why you acting like that shit was fun rue?!" fezco yelled.

"for real you're pissing me off. acting dumb as fuck right now.. god damn."

rue continued smiling behind fezcos seat.

"all smiling and laughing and shit. you know , half of that shit was yo fault too! fucking around.. acting stupid." he continued to yell at rue.

"i'm jus- i'm just saying. serious question, how many female drug dealers do you know?" rue asked him.

fez looked over at ashtray , and then me through the mirror. what's that gotta do with me?

"good ones?" he now had his normal tone.

"yes." rue waited for his reply.

"one." he answered finally , keeping his eyes straight.

i caught onto what he was saying , his grandma. and i completely agree , she's one hell of a woman. i love that woman.

rue nodded , laying her head on the window.
"case and point."

"that's what the fuck i'm sayin... shits gotta change."

and then after that it was quiet , aside from the faint radio in the background.

and before i could fall asleep , we made it to the party.

AUTHORS NOTES:

continuing bc that was 2000 words already

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