“Hey fellas, are you ready for me to out-smoke you this weekend?” said King, in a sarcastic tone Rocko replied “Bleu can out-smoke you any-day, isn’t that right Bleuy?” being the lazy person that he is, Bleu just shrugged and agreed. From the far corner of the classroom their friend Nasir walked in, “hey, you coming this weekend?” Rocko called out, “yeah of course” replied Nasir, wouldn’t miss it for anything. “Is your mum ok with it” joked shooter as he joined them, “she’s black, of course she’s not ok with it” laughed Nasir, “but I don’t think she’s going to stop me from going to the library to study. The five friends laughed. As the laughter chimed out shooter went on to say “Alright lads, that’s settled then, there’s going to be some JD, VB and other drinks, but the only thing I’m pumped for is Maryjanes”. Nasir wore a confused expression on his face, “Whose MaryJane?” he asked, the boys all turned to each other and laughed. Rocko gave Nasir a slight punch to the shoulder and said, “Maryjane is another word for Marijuana, you know, weed, come on, I thought black people knew about this stuff”, Nasir shot back and said “leave it for the Australian to know”. Bleu’s voice broke in, “Wait, you didn’t know what Maryjane was, have you even ever tried weed?”, Nasir was quick to answer, “pfft yeah, obviously, who hasn’t? “Oh mate Nasir, I thought you were cool man, is shooter the only black person here that’s tried weed?” Said King, “Am I the only person here that’s tried Dolphin?” Blue remarked, “Bleu, you’re our only Asian friend” said Nasir. “Enough with the Dolphins, the king has come to a verdict”, said King, “Nasir, you’re punishment for not ever trying weed is…………………………………….trying weed for the first time before the party”. “That’s what I’m talking about” yelled shooter, “now all we’ve got to do is get a hold of some Maryjane without anyone knowing. 

“I know right, it was like a miracle, she usually never goes out on a Friday” Nasir was explaining how he had tried to convince his mother to go out on the day that he was going to try weed, as expected she said no, that was when she got a phone call from one of her friends asking whether she wanted to go on a ladies night, and just like that she agreed. “The fates are clearly conspiring with us because my mum is going to some family reunion” said Bleu. “Your family has reunions at least 10 times a year” joked shooter “doesn’t the average black family have at least 5 kids” replied Bleu “No, it’s at least 10, get it right” corrected shooter. Rocko’s mother and mine are going to dinner together on Friday, King said, “isn’t that what white people do every week?”Added Bleu. “Okay, quiet frankly I don’t even care what Donald Trump is doing with the nuclear codes, the parents are out of the way, now all we have to do is find someone that will supply us with the goods for a great price” replied King, “who’s going to pay for it?” Asked Nasir, all four boys looked at him at the same time, “I’m barley experienced with using weed, I doubt I’ll be experienced with buying it” complained Nasir, everyone stayed quiet, he went on to say “I guess I’m going to need some money to buy a new textbook for biology aren’t I”, “ that’s a great lad” said Rocko as he patted Nasir on the back. “King ya greedy one, you never tell us who your supplier is, who do you always buy your weed from?” Asked Rocko, “even if I knew, I wouldn’t be able to tell you said King, “yeah?, why’s that” Rocko asked, “because it’s always dark and they always wear ski masks” replied King “ wait, they?, how many of them are there? Asked Nasir, “5” King replied. “What!, 5, ski masks, the dark, I, not trying to get shanked on these streets” exclaimed Nasir. “Damn Nasir, if you’re so worried, I’ll message them and make arrangements to do it sometime straightaway after school” King assured, “yeah, you do that, or I may never even get the chance to try weed” said Nasir.

Okay fellas, I’ve got some bad news” King said, “what’s the news”? Everyone wondered, King continued, my dealer is welcoming a new member into their family so they can’t make it tomorrow. At that moment, Bleu interrupted, “drug dealers have a million kids, surely he can sit this one out just this once complained Bleu, “if you’d just let me finish, you would’ve found out that his dog is having the kid, not him, King said, “Well why didn’t you say so, if it’s his dog having a baby, then I can end it and he will have to come tomorrow” laughed Bleu. “Okay, no one is eating anyones dog, Bleu. “Anyways It doesn’t change anything, he’s set us up with another group to give us the goods, it’s going to be 5 people, they’re going to be with ski masks except in broad daylight”. “You know, maybe this is God’s way of telling me not to try Marijuana, I mean, what if I faint, or worst yet, overdose?” Nasir remarked, “what are the odds of a drug dealer choosing to watch his dog give birth over making money?”, “Is the guy white?” Asked shooter “yeah” replied Rocko, “that explains it, white people would cancel anything just to watch paint dry”

The time had finally arrived, it was Friday, school had finished and the parents were out of the house, this meant it was safe to go and get the long awaited marijuana. As the boys began walking to the alley way that they would later exchange money for weed, Nasir began to worry. “I’m doing, it, oh my god, I’m about to buy drugs, my parents didn’t raise me to be like this, oh my god I’m too young to get kidnapped” he said, “not really, it’s called kid-napped for a reason, you know, a kid, and you’re a kid” said Shooter, he added “me and you are less likely to be kidnaped, I’d say Bleu has a higher chance”, “ghee thanks” murmured Bleu, “what?, take it as a compliment, I doubt you’d be glad if I said Bleu is less likely to get kidnaped”. In the background Nasir’s murmuring could still be heard. “King, this is getting out of hand, tell Nasir to shut the hell up” exclaimed Rocko. “Alright mate, Nasir, just look at it this way, 5 of them and 5 of us” King said in an attempt to calm Nasir, “hey King didn’t you say their figures kinda looked like girls?” joked Shooter, as Nasir swallowed hard he said “ I don’t think a bunch of girls are tough enough to be out in these streets selling weed to King at night time”. They finally arrived at the alley way, but there was no one to be seen. After a few minutes of waiting, 5 figures appeared, “so those are the new drugos we’ve been set up with” scoffed King. They were just like he had described, they wore ski masks to cover their face. The 5 unknown figures continued to walk towards the boys. As King began to talk and Nasir began to get the money ready for the exchange, something happened. The 5 figures looked at each other and their body language was giving signs of confusion and shock. They walked closer and finally came to a stop. “We should run, they probably have guns” whispered shooter. “How convenient for you to be saying that” said Bleu. The boys began to slowly move backwards, just as they were about to run, they looked behind and there was a brick wall, they were stuck. “It was nice being friends with you lads” said Rocko. The 5 figures became a lot more visible to the boys, “hey shooter, you were right, they kinda do look like girls, at least you’ll die knowing you were right about something” cried Nasir. Shooter was right, they were in fact women. The 5 unknown women dressed in all blacks continued to walk closer. They then began to remove their masks, as they did, each woman yelled out their son’s name.