Free My Besties: The Come Up by Asia Hill

Boo told me.

    “Poohman, the little ass up to something and I got a feeling that we going to have to pull them burners out.”

    (JuJu)

    Our birthday weekend was the fucking greatest! We had so much fun hitting up Great America. Tiki was on the sad side, but we got her through it. We hit the Mall of America in Minnesota. All together, we spent forty G’s. I don’t know, but I think LJ is in his feelings about something. He’s been real quiet lately.

    After our birthday week, we all sat down and had a long talk about our next lick. Since E made Pancho take that dirt nap, her ass was in charge of setting up things.

    “So, I was thinking about hitting a bank.”

    They all looked at me as if I was crazy. Re smiled at me and said, “That’s what the fuck I’m talking about.”

    I looked at ReRe and said, “I know we got this. All we gotta do is find a spot and case it.”

    I was talking as if I knew what the fuck to do. E spoke up, “I read about a case outside of Harvey, Illinois, where these four dudes got away with $400,000.00. They watched the bank manager, followed her home, and got her there. Two people stayed back watching the house, and the other two took her back to the bank and got the money. Simple, right?”

    We all sat around in silence for a few minute. Tiki broke the silence, “We can case the bank for at least a week, learn the routines, and go from there.”

    Deep down I was scared as shit, but excited at the same time.

    “Alright, when we start?”

    E and Tiki looked at me and smiled. “Me and Tiki already did. We gon hit the Chase Bank in Hammond, Indiana.”

    I was curious now. “How y’all even come up with this shit?”

    ReRe looked at me and said, “We passed it on the way to get our whips. It’s off in the cut and the expressway is less than a mile from the bank.”

    I looked at ReRe with steam coming from my ears. “Why y’all keep that shit from me, though?”

    E shook her head, “Because you been caking with ya boo and we wanted to make sure things were right before we let you know. You know yo ass is crazy, Ju!”

    I had to smile because they know me. If shit isn’t right, I will blank the fuck out! I looked at ReRe. “What you gon tell Poohman? You know he be on your bumper.”

    “I already told him that I need some me time.”

    I started laughing because LJ isn’t going for that shit. He’s already acting funny because I don’t ask him for shit. I don’t want his dope money. To be honest, I hate drug dealers and their money. He isn’t too flashy and he doesn’t have a gang of hoes in his face. I want to be with him, but I want my own bread.

    “E, when we doing this?”

    “In two days.”

    “Alright, let me put some space in between me and Jaw.”

    (LJ)

    “Hello. What up sexy?”

    “Hey.”

    “What’s wrong with you?”

    “You know I fucks with you the long way, right?”

    “What’s on yo mind, shawty?”

    “I’mma fall back off you for a minute. I need to get my shit right.”

    “What shit, Ju?”

    “I just got some things to iron out, okay?”

    “Man whatever, shawty!”

    I hung up on her before I ended up cursing her punk ass out. What the fuck is going on with them damn girls? Poohman and I have been on our detective shit. Hell yeah, you heard me right. We’ve been following their asses. Ju hasn’t been on shit, but the other three been real busy taking trips to Indiana every day.

    When we followed them yesterday, I told Poohman to call his girl just to see if she would lie about where they were.

    “What up shawty? Where you at? Oh yeah, when she gon be finish doing yo hair? Just checking on you. Hit me when you done.”

    I looked at Poohman and shook my head. “Something ain’t right, bro.”

    (Big Moe)

    The next bank job was my doing. I met this chick name Andrea at the Horseshoe Casino last week. She was sexy as fuck, I must admit. We chopped it up for the rest of the night and before dawn; I had her touching