Drug Life

Present day July 15th 2011

Alani

It’s been 5 years since I witnessed my mother being murdered right in front of me. We didn’t go to the police because we ain’t snitches oh hell naw. Today would’ve been my mami’s 40th birthday. She always told me that when she turned 40 she would by herself a Range Rover and for my 16th birthday that’s the car I got. AJ got a red, black, and white Audi R8. AJ, daddy, and I are going to mami’s private grave to bring her flowers and say happy birthday. “Lani?” AJ said “Yea A?” “Are you ok?” he asks me this twice a year. One time on the day she died March 12 and on her birthday July 15. “A, you ask me the same question twice every year. I should ask you the same thing, we saw the same thing all those years ago” I said and he sighed “I know I just feel like I should be protecting you. You are my baby sis” He said “Nigga, you are only 30 seconds older than me calm down.” I laughed and he laughed too “Alright are you almost ready? Pops is in the car and you know he doesn’t like to wait for you” AJ smirked “Whatever you take longer to get ready then I do” I said “Hey it takes a while to prepare a swag like this” He said opening his arms and gesturing to his body and clothes. I have to admit my brother does have some serious swag but then again so does my papi and I. AJ had on some cargo shorts, a black and white Last kings shirt (A/N if you don’t know who last kings is shame on you! Look em up!) A black G-Shock with white diamonds and a black and white ‘OBEY’ snapback and some white and black shell toe addidas. I had on some addidas track suit shorts, a white ‘LOL @ UR SWAG’ tank top, an all-white G-Shock, big silver hoops and some all-white air force ones. I grabbed my white iPhone 4S and checked my nails to make sure my acrylic French manicure nails were in one piece. “I’m ready, you got your phone you know you always forget it” I said and AJ patted down his pockets and pulled out his all black iPhone 4S and smirked. “Wow, you actually remembered it this time.” I laughed and he did too. He threw his arm around my shoulder and said lets go. I threw own my white Ray. Bans AJ threw own his black and white polo shades and we made our way to the car. I got in the back and AJ got in the front. I looked at my daddy and for a 43 year old he has some serious swag. He was wearing some cargo shorts, a gray polo crewneck t-shirt his own polo shades and some low top polo shoes. OMG! Where are my manners? Allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is HOV haha no its Alani Carla Ramirez I am 5’0 I am Puerto Rican and Cuban and Black. I have long wavy   hair it passes my butt well right below it and speaking of butts mine is HUGE haha no I’m just playing it’s really big but not too big just right, and right is big enough to have all the niggas lining up damn near knocking down my door. Anyway I am very athletic for a girl, I run track, captain of the basketball team, captain of the cheer squad, and I dance. I sing too. My brother and I are the most popular kids at our school, Miami Performing Arts, but we aren’t the stuck up snobbish types, we get along with just about everyone. Anyway I have a 4 pack I am a caramel skin complexion. My brother is Alejandro Andre Ramirez 6’6, 8 packs, he runs track, he’s captain of the basketball team, and he sings and dances. He isn’t really a player he’s had more than I can count  real girlfriends and has sex only if they want to so he’s had sex at least twice with half of them so he isn’t a player but he isn’t inexperienced . He just doesn’t wanna get caught up with a gold diggin hoe. We go to MPA because we have talent. I can sing, act, and dance. AJ can sing and dance. My father is Alejandro Andre Ramirez Sr he is 6’7, 8 pack, he may not be young but he isn’t old either. He can do everything we can do except sing, dance, act, and cheer. He is still known as Ark to the streets because he is still living the drug life but he is gonna retire when we graduate college so he has proof that we are smart enough to handle his business. AJ and I can’t wait to take over the business we grew up around it and we know how dangerous it is but we are prepared. We witnessed things no human being should witness. We’ve seen my mother being murdered. We’ve seen my father murder people. We’ve gotten into fight with people twice our age and have won them. We have been doing runs for our father since we were 13. We’ve experienced things grown ass thugs don’t see until there living this life for at least 10 years maybe 15. That is the outcome of being Ark’s children.

AJ

My sister looked zoned out the entire 45 minutes to the private grave site. She gets the same look on her face only 2 times a year, March 12, and July 15. Maybe it’s the twin intuition but I know what she’s thinking about. She’s thinking about how we’ve experienced more than any 17 year old should, hell we’ve experienced more than any person should experience. We are gonna see a lot more in years to come because one day I ’ma be Arkill and Lani will be Arkilla. Twin Drug Lords

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