Baton Rouge.

Chapter 17 - Gunplay.

During the whole period people remained at Jmo's house, D'juan scoped out Melissa. Though he didn't know it was her, he knew that she or Jionni had some sort of link to Melissa. While everyone except for Melissa was smoking in having a good time, D'juan just sat back and scoped everyone out.

"Nah, one time I dated one of them lil emo freaks!" Ross chucked as everyone in their circle laughed. "I'll neva' do that shit again."

"Why, what happened?" One of the boys in the circle asked.

"Cause she tried to get me into all of this voo-doo type shit!" Ross laughed as he waved his hand. "Never again!"

"I need to start datin' a nerd...." Jionni sighed. "That way I ain't gotta do some of dis work...."

"You like needs huh, Jionni?"

Everyone in the room went silent as they looked over at D'juan.

"Uh.......not really?" Jionni scoffed. "Why?"

"Just wonderin'...."

As D'juan took a sip of his beer, Jionni shook his head and continued his conversation.

"I'll tell you what, I'll neva date no street broad again." Jionni said in a serious tone. "I thought dat that shit was a good idea but it really wa-"

"Aye Melrose, who car is that outside?" D'juan asked. "Is it yours?"

Melissa looked around, shrugging her shoulders.

"Uh.....yeah?" Melissa said. "Why?"

"It looks awfully familia' to this girls car at my school." D'juan said as he took another sip of beer. "Dassit."

"You know what D'juan, you gotta issue?" Jionni scowled lowly at him as he sat up on the couch. "Cause it seem like you do."

"Nah where you get that shit from?"

"Cause you askin' questions like you work fo' the damn Feds."

"Alright alright alright alright. Enough!" Jmo laughed as he walked in the middle of the circle. "Y'all cousins so y'all gone make up later on, anyway. Cut it out."

"I'm goin' upstairs, man." Jionni groaned as he snatched his book out of his backpack. "Ain't in the mood to have my vibe killed.."

As expected, Melissa followed him up there. Once they got upstairs, D'juan leaned close to everybody to tell them what he thought was really going on.

"Aye y'all, I think that that girl might be the bitch who snitched on me dat first day of school." D'juan said lowly to everybody.

"What, nigga?" Chevy scoffed as he kept his arm around his girlfriend. "How you figure dat?"

"Look, she got the same car as her." D'juan said. "And got the same license pla-"

"D'juan you might be high as a hill o' you might be losin' it." Ross scoffed. "What make you think dat her parents would 'eem let her 'round dis type of neighborhood?"

"I know what car I saw at the school once dey snatched my ass out!"

Nobody believed him. D'juan shook his head and sat back, drinking the last of his 40oz.

"Aight." D'juan shrugged. "Y'all gone see."

Since Jionni and D'juan were starting to get a little heated, Melissa and Jionni decided to go up in Jmo's guest bedroom. Jionni and Melissa lied on the bed as Jionni pulled out his Shakespeare book and decided to read. One of his arms laid around Melissa's shoulders as Melissa laid on Jionni's chest, watching him read. She looked up at Jionni and watched as he stared blankly at his book.