Saturday, July 30, 2007
Under Ground Take Over ²
Chapter Thirteen
*Men of ALR* Rome paced in the living room of Saint's masion, wondering what the hell was going on in Church, and why he wasn't invited. His mind skipped through so many different places and thoughts, but one thought he pushed to the back of his head, 'were his boys turning on him?'. Nah, no way. He couldn't let money blind him, but it damn sure was tempting, and with everyday that went by, his pockets became heavier. He looked through the window to see Janae pulling up, it was some type of relief, for the time being. He watched as Janae opened the passenger side, letting little Joy climbed down. Rome smilled and headed for the door.
"Romey!" Joy yelled out as she attched to Rome like a magnet.
"Hey moma" he spoke as he embraced his little sister's hug.
"Me and Nae got pedi-pedi-" Joy spoke as she stumbled over the word
"Pedicures" Janae spoke up as she closed the front door.
"Yeah! See!" Joy's small though high pitched voice spoke as she placed her pink polished finger nails in Rome's face.
"I see!" Rome laughed
"It matches my Dora bag, i'll show you!" The overly excited young girl said as she raced upstairs to get her bag.
Rome stood up and focused his eye's on the lady before him.
"Than-" Rome was about to say
"Dont, thank me. I've already told you you dont have to. She's like my lil sister" Janae laughed
"That can be arranged" Rome smirked.
"Boy hush" she blushed, "What are you doing down here anyway?" she asked.
"Just waiting on my boys"
"Uh huh, well, I gotta go fill these out" she said flashing a few paper's.
"What's that?" Rome asked out of curiosity.
"Well Curious George if you must know," Janae joked, "They're college applications, and a few other things"
Rome stepped back as if he was out done. "Oh you moving on up huh? College?" Janae laughed as she nodded
"Yeah, I have to"
"So is it ok for me to say your gonna be around for a while?" Rome asked as he watched Janae's curvasious body sway up the stairs.
"We'll see" she spoke as she looked back before dissappearing up the winding staircase.
Rome shook his head at how bad he had began to want Janae, it wasn't suppose to be, it just happened.
"Aye young blood, we rollin out to X" Floyd spoke as he opened the front door. X was the name of Julius Sanchez's ex-home.
Rome hopped in the passenger seat of Floyd's ride.
"So what y'all talk about up there?" Rome asked
"Shit" Floyd replied, as he slightly looked away as he drove.
Rome sucked his teeth, feeling a bit unconfortable. This was his boy, and he was keeping something from him? Rome pushed the thought, once again, to the back of his head, making himself think it was for his own good.
"Wudd up wit yu and that Nae chick?" Floyd spoke
"Why? You tryna get at her?" Rome spoke with a bit of anger in his voice
"Man chill, im just askin"
"Nothing, she good people"
"You tryna hit that, huh?" Floyd smirked as he turned down a dirt road, headed towards Route Underground.
"When you gon grow up? It aint always about fuckin" Rome replied, though it had crossed his mind, more than once.
"I've known you half my damn life, I aint never heard you say some shit like that" Rome chuckled
"Common sense. You keep fuckin 'round. One of these fast ass girls gon' turn up pregnant." Floyd shook his head.
"I stay wrapped" he replied as he slowly tunred down Route Undergound, which lead them through the wooded area directly to Sanchez's home.
The two got out of the car as they looked around, it was as if they hadn't been here just yesterday.
"Shit, they cleaned up nice" Floyd spoke as he headed towards the house.
"Im liking this shit, straight up" Rome replied, he hadn't had the chance to really look around yesterday. The two went in seperate ways as they explored the house. An inspection to see if it was worth keeping. In the mist of looking through all of the rooms, Rome's phone rang. He didn't recognize the number, but something pushed him to answer any way.
"Hello?"
"Ace?" A female voice said.
"Who is this?"
"Sh-shauney" she spoke. Rome bit his inner jaw, wishing he hadn't answered.
"What?"
"Have you talked to Rock?"
"Nah, I aint seen him in a minute" he lied.
"Ugh! Y'all nigga's play so many fuckin games! When you see him tell him to call me!"
Rome ended the call, to call Rock.
"Wudd up?" Rock answered
"Tell me why yo' side bitch just called my phone?"
"Who?"
"Shauney clown" Rome replied, as he picked up a picture of Juluis, holding a young girl. Rome's heart peirced as he slammed the picture face down on the dresser, breaking the glass.
"Man fall back"
"Iight, if Khiry find out -"
"I aint wit that girl" Rock responded, shocking Rome.
"I'on wanna say I told you so"
"Then dont."
"Ah, she'll come back" Rome said
"Me & Doc bout to ride out to Hamilton Square, meet use there when y'all done"
"Yea." Rome ended the call, and turned to see Floyd leaning in the door way, looking like a sad lil kid.
"Fuck up with you?" Rome asked.
"This chick talkin bout she pregnant!" Floyd yelled out.
"I'on wanna say I told you so"
"Man fuck that!! This bitch lying" Rome grabbed the phone, looking at who had texted the information, KeKe?
"You know that girl 16?"
"What?" Floyd questioned. Rome looked at his friend with disbelief.
"Are you fuckin serious?"
"That bitch said she was 18!" Floyd said as he punched the wall, "Fuck!"
"An 18 year hangin around with a bunch of 16 year olds? You fucked that girl that day we went to The Courts huh? You noticed who she came with?"
"Natasha lil sister?"
"Dumbass" Rome said as he walked away, pushing the phone in Floyd's chest.
The two walked out of the house, Rome headed towards the driver side. He through his hands up as Floyd tossed the keys to him.
"Where we going?" Floyd asked
"Hamilton Square, we meeting Torrence and Mikhail"
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As Floyd thought to himself on how the hell he was going to get out of him being a 19 year-old father, Torrence was dealing with his break up with Khiry, while Rome delt with family issues, Joy. All together, they had to push every problem they had in their personal lives away in order to deal with their "business" lives. The four mean, Rome, Floyd, Torrence & Mikhail all met up in the parking lot of Hamilton Square, a famous strip club once owned by one of the men ALR had taken out weeks ago. The men walked in just as Happy Hour took it's last order's.
"Let me get a full shot of Patrón" Floyd said to the Latina Mixologist.
"Coming right up daddy" she smilled as she checked him out. For the first time, the sound of a woman calling him daddy made him feel sick, the word alone had his stomach churning.
"Hit me too" Torrence spoke as he took a seat next to Floyd.
"You drinkin heavy?" Floyd asked, surprised. He had never seen Torrence drink, ever.
"Shit, I need to" Torrence replied as he grabbed the glass, lifting it to his lips. The burning sensation the drink left caused him to close his eyes tightly. "Fuck" he grunted as he looked at the drink. Floyd chuckled. Torrence took another drink, the fact that he had skipped breakfast didnt help the situation. The strong drink hit the bottom of his stomach, but the burning didnt stop him, it actually, satisfied him. Floyd shook his head at his eldest friend. Soon, the two had had at least 7 refills. They were now both relaxed and mellow. Torrence realized he had a new friend that fit perfectly in his hand. The pregnancy situation swam to the back of Floyd's head as he watched the Mixologist tend to one of the strippers. He looked up, finally removing his eye's from the mixologists ass, to the woman she was tending too.
"Damn" he spoke to himself. He stood himself up, catching his balance, shit, had he gotten fucked up so quickly? He wiped his eyes and slowly approched the woman. "How you doing?" he asked.
"Hi" she spoke, not really intrested in his company.
"You work here?" He asked, pushing the conversation
"Oh, no. Im here waiting on my friend" she replied as she tapped her nails on the sweating glass of water.
"Well im Floyd" he spoke, exstending his hand.
"Floyd?" a voice from behind the girl spoke. Floyd leaned over to see,
Natasha. "Oh I know you aint tryna spit nothing" she said rolling her neck. Floyd rolled his eyes. "I heard about you" she said looking at him in disgust. "Com'on girl" she said as she eyed Floyd as she walked towards the door. The unnamed girl followed behind, looking back at Floyd as she exited the club.
"That bitch always blockin!" Floyd fussed as he sat back down where Torrence had remained.
"What she mean she heard bout' you?"
Floyd sucked his teeth, "KeKe claim she pregnant." Torrence choked on his drink as he hit his chest with his fist in an attempt to help his choking
"How the fuck you let that happen?" Torrence asked.
"Man that hoe lying, I aint even gon' trip though" Floyd said picking up the cup he had left earlier.
"Aint she like 16? You better watch that shit" Torrence spoke. Floyd nodded in agreement, still pissed at the situation.
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Rome and Mikhail checked out the women in the back, Hamilton Square had the baddest women in the city, it was Mobile's Magic City. Of course, Rome, well, Ace in his place of work, didn't believe in mixing business with pleasure, Mikhail, on the other hand, was honored to be in a room full of women willing to undress to impress. Rome exited the room along with Mikhail behind him. Their prides were above the Empire State building, they owned a strip club, at 19 & 21? Where they do that at? The two joined Floyd & Torrence at the bar, then soon left to reconstruct X.