Adolescent
The beginning of middle school, how exciting (yeah right) but I guess you can say it was more exciting to realize that weâre finally growing up. Itâs weird how most kids in middle school want to grow up so quickly, Iâve learned that the hard way and regret ever wanting that, cause now I miss it. The tide has turned and my brother whoâs 4 years older than me left a mark when I joined the same middle school he did. My brother was slightly a bully, but besides that, he had many issues with the opposing side (gang affiliation; *gasp*) so once I started to go to the school many people wanted to question me, bully me or even fight me cause of my brother, I guess it was like a right of passage; things were left undone once my brother left middle school and now his business is mine cause of the blood affiliation we had (thanks...) Well me being the smart little kid I was, a slight nerd, a little explosive (yes i had anger issues, bite me) and a whole lot of sarcasm, I can literally say I got my ass handed to me a couple of times but like my momma use to always tell me âdonât let anyone push you aroundâ (I think that was more towards my brother) but I defended myself, I wouldn't let anyone pick on me; soon I was labeled as âJaimeâs little brotherâ till this day I didn't know much of what they truly meant but a mean mug face would always accompany that saying. Alright so going back to the situations at home, my dad was still drinking (shocking), people were still fighting (more shocking) and kids were still out on a wild goose chase (even more shocking.) I always figured this was how it was like growing up for all kids, itâs the only thing iâve known; this was my normal. Things were changing quickly, soon I met this girl named Rosa who just moved into the apartment complex; really pretty, funny, outgoing, plus she had 2 younger sisters Natalie and Karina (Karina being the youngest.) Going to middle school together and living in the same apartment complex weâve became really close friends, including my cousin Maria who was my guild through this life and my other best friend Carlos who was always around with us. You could say Rosa and I got really close (which is weird cause like I said Iâm a sarcastic nerdy little kids) we decided to take our friendship into a whole different level and soon we became the typically boyfriend/girlfriend love pack gang. At the time, I guess you can say it was more love than lust (PLUS I WAS GETTING MASSIVE POINTS FOR HAVING A GIRLFRIEND YESSSSS...) within the month we were going out I found out she was cheating on me with my own cousin (a 11 year old with a broken heart... LOL) so me being the nerdy little kid I was I forgave her and we became friends again (yes I forgave my stupid piece of shit cousin too) but Rosa had a whole lot of more guys checking her out than we all knew. There was this kid named Nick who was close friends with my brother and cousins, weâve always known he was into Rosa but not into the way he would become my first ever psychopath I would meet (I call him crazy Nick) but he had a huge obsession with my ex Rosa (I mean OBSESSED, story time!) So one night from us being crazy weâve decided to hang out at Rosaâs apartment complex to have a chill night in, I was hanging out with her two sisters and my little cousin but Rosa left to my cousins apartment complex to go see him so while she was gone us kids were just watching movies but after the 3rd movie we started to wonder why Rosa was taking so long to come home. It was a school night (like that really mattered) it was almost 1am. We called the apartment to make sure everything was okay but no one would answer, we soon started to get worried (I just had this gut feeling that something happened) so I told the kids to stay in the apartment complex while I go check on Rosa and my cousin. Walking to the apartment I was thinking they're just probably having S.E.X. or something close to that (lol) but I couldn't shake this feeling away that there was something more serious going on. As soon as I get to the apartment the door was unlocked and I barge in, walking to the kitchen which was divided by a wall to separate the living room and the kitchen, I made the turn to quickly see my ex and cousin hiding behind the table; immediately I turned around and saw this teenager, possibly 5-6 years older than all of us, carrying a knife on him. I was shocked, I froze for a second to analyze what was happening until I felt a hand touch my shoulder, it was the kids I left in Rosaâs apartment. Dealing with a teenager with a knife trying to kill whoever, kids crying in the background, everyones flipping out; I completely lost focus as he got closer to me with the kids. âWHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!â he yelled âI... I came to get Rosa, her parents are asking for her...â I lied âShe's not going anywhere... sheâs staying here...â he responded (this was in the 90â˛s so no we didn't have cellphones to call the police, we only had the house phone which was sitting right next to him, makes sense why they didnât answer my phone call huh.) I grabbed the kids, sliding by him quickly to get behind the table with the them (YES I know I should have ran away to call the police or get help but I wasnât thinking okaaaay.) He was pacing talking to himself âwhy... why doesnât she want me... why choose him over me... why.â he cried. Rosa lost her temper for a second âLET US GO YOU PYSHCO!â she yelled, as soon as she said that he got really upset and started throwing glasses and plates everywhere, we didn't know what to do we were stuck. One glass managed to slip out of his hands and hit the counter next to him, it somehow flew up and cut him on his forearm, so now he was bleeding everywhere too (great.) He started to cry âWHY! WHY DONâT YOU WANT MEâ he yelled; Rosa gave him a blank look, she was speechless. I soon noticed that he kept moving the knife around (from all the stupid things Iâve done this must have been the stupidest... well... we can debate on that.) I lock eyes with my cousin and whispered to him âhe's not paying attention, lets get him while his guard is downâ without me repeating or him hesitating he agreed. âNick, I understand what your going through, she played me too but this is crazy, you understand that right, you have a knife in your hands trying to hurt us because of some girl!â I explained, (I didnât care for her feelings fuck that I was trying to survive) he immediately turned around while pacing looking down to the ground thinking. I figured now was a good time, so my cousin and I both jumped up and managed to grab him and the knife before he swung it, we tackled him to the ground, took the knife away, and tied him up. Everyone was feeling better now knowing he couldn't pose a threat, we sat him on the couch while he was crying âIâm sorry I don't know what came over meâ he said, we were fed up and didn't want to deal with the situation anymore so we let him go (I know we didnât call the police but we didnât want to get in trouble either) told him to go home and not come back (which is weird because he never came back, at least he listens) we were all exhausted so we all went home to get some rest, we all decided not to tell anyone; especially the parents; it was our secret. The next morning we were woken up to our manager of the complex telling us what happened last night, we were shocked on how he knew but he wasn't talking about that. All the fire hydrant glasses were broken with blood all around them like if someone punched them (yes it was Nick) so before he left he went around punching all the fire hydrants while leaving a trail of blood around the apartments. Us being the pretty little lairs we were we explained to him that we had nothing to do with that and we don't know what happened (obviously Maria, my brother and the group of friends we hung out with knew about what happened.) But ever since than we never saw Nick again, probably makes for the best (a decent story wouldn't you say, 100% true facts -based on a true story-.) but things were just beginning, the marking (or curse) of our crazy lives.
Usher- U Got It Bad











