So, today we had a little get-together with a bunch of my elementary school friends. Eventually the crowd thinned out until there were only 6 of us. Lisa. Lukasz. Stephanie. Joey. Me. Justin.
We had an AMAZING day at the park, and walking around our neighborhood and going to the mall and everything. And we were ending the day, (by this time, it was only the 6 ppl that i mentioned before) in the park, on the bleachers. It was dark, but it was ok because there were people jogging on the track and we were having so much fun. It was the perfect day, ending with a perfect night. We started walking to leave the park. We ended up on a street across from the park. As we were leaving we heard a bang (but there were fireworks before..although this was a bit louder) so we were joking around, saying we should go check it out.
Recently, I had wrote a script to make a slasher/horror film. But then I was joking saying that this should be our horror film and we should start filming. It was dark, and we heard a strange noise. But we eventually disregarded it – and rightfully so. The bang was most likely another firework, and that was NOT the actual troubles that awaited us. Believe me. THAT wasn’t the problem.
So anyway, we end up on the corner, saying our goodbyes. I’ll take this time to point out that Lisa is leaving for Poland tomorrow, so we wouldn’t see her for a while. Also, Justin (who had moved to Virginia) was visiting once again (he comes back about twice a year, and we all hang out). Now, I think that being in Virginia affected his head – lmfao. I’m serious. He forgot what New York people are like.. and you’ll see what I’m saying this.
Lisa was waiting for her dad, who was going to take her and Lukasz home. Then the rest of us (Steph, Joey, Justin, Me) would disperse and walk home (would we walk together first and then eventually branch off). So then this group of kids on bikes (and riding on the pegs. So there were at least two to a bike?) started riding by. So, these are the kinda idiots in our neighborhood..the ones who would beat you up if they had a chance. The guys with the baseball caps and white t-shirts acting all tough and the girls with the huge hoop earrings. You wouldn’t bother with them. But one of them calls out asking “Is anyone of you Scarlet?” (asking for someone apparently). Now JUSTIN, from Virginia Happy World where no one gets beat up, calls out “YEA I’m Scarlet!!” and laughs (joking), they keep riding, but curse him out.
By the way I’d just like to say that Justin is tall — so they would know EXACTLY who said it. He sticks out lol. And he was wearing red gym shorts – so that wasn’t exactly helping with the blending in. Neither was I, wearing an open PURPLE button-down shirt, over my white shirt…haha. Anyway. Justin also decides to call back to them “I LOVE YOU”. Now, they start cursing and skid to a stop at the end of the street. Lisa’s dad conveintly pulls up. However, i KNOW they are coming back so I bolt, and I’m almost across the street. Lisa and Lukasz get in the car, and Joey and Steph hop in! I Would’ve gotten in the car had I known that Lisa’s dad would let us AND had I known that Joey and Steph were going. I thought they were bolting the other way. HOWEVER. Justin, is still standing on the block, WALKING, as the other kids are on their way back. Justin turns around, seeing everyone one of our friends gone, and is like “WHERE’D THEY GO?” still looking back. It’s amusing NOW, but at the time, it was heart pounding because JUSTIN WASN’T MOVING FAST ENOUGH. So I’m like JUSTIN. WALK FASTER. So he gets the message and starts making his way across the street with me. I’m not running yet, because if I do, they’d chase right away.
I wanted to walk quickly first, to make it look like I was just leaving. But Justin held up a little so by the time we were on the other street, they were on the corner, cursing us out, shouting at us for “Running away”. So now we get around the corner and Justin is on his phone but I’m like, just RUN! So now we’re running a bit into the dark streets of our neighborhood. We think we’ve lost them. But it’s dark, and we have no idea if we have, and they’re on bikes so they could easily round the corner and catch us on the other side.
So we’re walking quickly, Justin on the phone trying to figure out where Steph and Joey are. We eventually discover that Steph and Joey are at Steph’s house. The closest to where we were. But Justin and I had to walk in the other direction to avoid getting BEAT UP. It’s scary. No joke. So, freaking scary. And so dark. So anyway, we know the GENERAL direction of Stephanie’s house, and we eventually get to a corner where we can see down the street to the brightly lit avenue. We make our way closer, and it seems clear.
NOW WAIT. At this point, I COULD HAVE made a right, and went home. I can get home that way. I’m second closest. But my mind was in “GET TO STEPH’S HOUSE BEFORE ME AND JUSTIN DIE” mode. So I see the avenue, and I’m grateful because I know that we just have to cross the avenue and then walk STRAIGHT down a few blocks. The avenue seems clear.
Oh and by the way. We’re on one side of a fork. It’s a fork that opens up into the avenue intersection. So we make our way down the side we’re on, the fork comes to an end and who do we see on the other side? THE KIDS ON BIKES ROUNDING THE CORNER. I’m like OH FUCK. ON THE EMPTY AVENUE BRIGHTLY LIT THAT THEY CAN SEE US CLEARLY. I’ve had it. I’ve just had it. So I said “JUSTIN JUST RUN.” So now we RUN, even though we’re in their full view. We need to RUN to stephanie’s house. My error: I miscalculated how many blocks it is to Steph’s house. So we’re running, and i *THOUGHT* it was the next block. I *thought* we were gonna be safe. Then I realized. Fuck. It’s not this block. So we CAN’T keep running STRAIGHT DOWN. THEY ARE ON BIKES. No matter HOW FAST we run, they’re on BIKES. So we run down the first street we come to (making a left basically down the street). Now we’re running, we cross the street to the darker side, and so now Justin and are basically doing a zig zag to get to Steph’s house, to avoid being chased by the kids.
Oh and to add to the stress. Justin drops his phone, it’s not broken but the sim card apparently slipped out (with the cover on) and the battery dies. And MY phone is not much better. My battery is red line, meaning, it’s not just at red level (low), it’s about to die. And we’re trying to stay in contact with Steph and Joey to find Steph’s house.
However, we thought we were at Steph’s block, so we start walking up it. We come to the end and realize…this isn’t her block. Now comes the risky part. To continue the zig zag… we have to come up back to the street that goes straight down. The one where we would be easy targets. We don’t know WHERE they are now. We don’t know if they followed us down the first street or if the continued going straight. So I pause, and make Justin stop before he goes out into that street.
I stop to listen and here a noise, thinking it’s the kids. But then we wait another moment. We don’t think it’s them, so we run to the corner, and start running straight down that street, not looking back, running straight down. We FINALLY make it to Stephanie’s corner, meeting Joey and Steph there.
THANK GOD. So we end up across the street and go to Steph’s house.
Phew.
But wait. Joey, Justin and I still have to walk home..
So. Now, Joey makes a joke asking Steph if she has some kind of weapon (joking). But then I’m serious, and ask her for a pocket Swiss army knife or something. I have one at home, so does Joey, and Justin (ex-Boy Scouts, lol). But I’m hoping that Steph has one, or her dad, because I am NOT going back out there without some form of protection. Steph goes inside and upstairs to look.
Steph comes back down and say’s “I’ll do you one better.” Me: “What?” Steph: “My mom is gonna drive you guys home”.
NOW, I feel safe. So we get in the car, and I’m the first to be dropped off. When we get to my block, as a joke, Stephanie opens the window and looks back at forth and is like “The coast is clear” (joking around). But you know what? It’s no joke because my block is right around the corner from a pizzeria on the avenue. So kids would come and hang out there, so you know what? I’m not taking chances. I thank Steph’s mom, so glad that she drove us. And run up to my door (I had readied my keys in the car), unlocked the door, waved bye, and got inside and firmly shut the door and lock it. There’s another door, a glass one, right after this one, so I open it, go inside, and lock that one. I’m on my way up the stairs but then— I get paranoid, come back down, and make sure I locked all the doors. Ha. Paranoid or not, bitches I’m alive. ROFL.
So THIS was our real life horror film. Screw my script. THIS is the real stuff. Scary shit. But just as real.
Among recent celeb news is Lindsay Lohan’s latest episode, over her missing cellphone. The other day, Thursday – August 20th, Miss Lohan had left her Blackberry in a deli in SoHo. When she realized it was missing, she of course went back and tried to retrieve her phone . The deli worker didn’t want to give it back without proof, saying he had no way of knowing that it was hers and that he would have to check security tapes but until then, she wouldn’t be given the phone. Well, Linsday didn’t take that too well and kind of threw a bitch fit. She even pulled the “Don’t you know who I am?!” card. The funny thing was…he didn’t!
