On My Block [DISCONTINUED]

☞ R ubys Abuelita ☜

I knock on Ruby's door just to be met by his abuelita looking confused,
"Ruby here?",I look behind her and notice Jamal sitting on the couch,

I walk in and plop down beside him,
"Smells Like pot I'm here",I sigh,

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"Oh my god!Why are the police doing this to him he's white!",Here we sat on Ruby's couch watching Tv after being forgotten by the rest,

"Because he's poor",Abuelita said lighting her bowl,
"How's your restless leg?",Jamal asks her,
"Much better, thank you",She smiles at him,
"I'm glad, this is nice",He said laughing making me laugh,
"You know it's hard to find a kindered spirit that thinks like me",Jamal says out,
"Thanks J",I say pretending to be offended by the statement,

"I'm just saying, someone who knows the real story is always the story behind the story",He makes hand gestures,
"Jesus J stop talking shit",I laugh,
"Like rollerworld",Abuelita pauses the tv and faces him,
"What do you know about rollerworld?",She asks,
"Nothing",I answer for him,

"I know you know something",She says after a moment of silence,
"Evrytime I talk about about it someone calls me stupid for believing that there could be money buried in the neighborhood",He swifts,
"Same",I say grabbing a soda from the refrigerator,
"The only people who are stupid are the ones who believe two santos robbed that place for 50,000 dollars",She laughs,
"It wasn't 50,000?",I ask,
"250",She laughs,
"No",Jamal says shook,

"Sí the prophets were using rollerworld to wash the money, the santos didn't even know what they were getting themselves into",She explained makes my mind blown for about three minutes,

"Wash the money?",Jamal asked confused,
"Mm-hmm",She nods her head,
"Oh,money laundering.Is that how the war started between the gangs?",He asked,
"Every story behind a story has a beginning",She said out,
"She said it",I say shrugging my soda,
"Then start there",Jamal says,
"Where?",She raises her brow,

"The beginning!"

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I sat on the couch hysterically laughing at how Abuelita slapped Jamal,
We'd been sitting her for at least two-three hours no doubt,
"Because it's one thing to think about finding the money but what are the chances I actually could?",He glances between us,
"He's right my brothers have been looking for that money ever since they got into the street",I lean back into the chair,
"The chances are slim to none.So?",She looks at us both,
"So I just don't see myself as someone who could do something this-"
"Special?"

"Dangerous maybe",I but in,
"Anyone finds out he has that money he's dead",I say out,
"They don't even think it's real",Abuelita shrugs it off,
"If you don't try it will haunt you for the rest of your life.Somebody has to find that money, Why can't it be you Hamal?",She shakes her head,
"Jamal",He corrects,
"Hamal, every story behind a story has a beginning, what if this one was yours?",She looks up at the ceiling,
I thought about it for a minute.

She's right.
Somebody has to find that money, why not us?
"We're doing it",I say out of nowhere,
"What?",Jamal looks my way,
"The conversation has inspired me I had an epiphany, we are going to find that money Hamal",I quote Abuelita,
"Jamal",He sighs,

"Ruby's not here is he?",Jamal asks,
I roll my eyes at the fact he thought he was,
"Christ J"