hard for you to wrap your mind around what was going on and how I was feeling. I understood his emotions in a sense that he wasn’t trying to be seen as the fool and then end up getting cheated on but that was never the case that was his own paranoia getting the best of him. I would get beat for some bullshit someone else did and to him I guess it was a warning that even if I didn’t do it, this is what would happen if I did. I’m sure most of his anger towards me stemmed from Joe and everything that had gone down with them as a result of him choosing to be with me. I felt like Joe was somewhere laughing at me and relishing in the fact that my choice to pick Raul over him was biting me in the ass but how could life with him have been any better when I knew for a fact that he was married? What was he going to give me and do for me to make me feel any different than her? I presented Raul with the idea of moving to LA because I really believed this would give us a fresh start and not only would I be able to get work, but maybe he could branch out and start doing his own thing without the name of Terror Squad or Joe attached to it. Surprisingly he agreed and pretty soon we were on our way to California.
Chapter Seven When we arrived in LA we opted to stay with Frankie and his girlfriend who were friends of Raul’s until we could find our own place. It worked out financially because we were able to split everything down the middle and didn’t have to pay for everything ourselves right away but we were cramped into their two-bedroom apartment and we needed our own space. I’ve always wanted to move to LA since I was younger so once we got there and got settled I felt like it was another thing I could check off my list of accomplishments. Somehow this girl from the Bronx had actually made it to Hollywood. I took in everything. I loved the weather, the smell of the ocean, and the way the palm trees danced in the wind. The people here were different. Everyone seemed happy and as if they were constantly on this natural high from life. We began to go out and get familiar with the night scene and all the hot spots to hang out at. We partied heavy when we first got there, we ate at all the ritzy restaurants and I began to think that this is exactly what we needed to get our relationship back on track. We got an apartment that had a great view of downtown LA and for a while things were okay. I decorated our home in warm hues of blue and brown. I put up artwork that I had found at the flea market and soon enough things started to come together. Raul was beginning to feel good about him self again, he was building an identity outside of Joe and this was a really big step for him since he had been by his side for so long and was practically all that he knew. I knew that he loved getting his own recognition, hell, who wouldn’t? No one wants to live in someone else’s shadow forever. One night Raul and I went out and I started to randomly talk to this girl that was sitting across from the table that we were at. I was feeling good sipping Ace of Spades and I was just enjoying the atmosphere and myself. She had this pretty curly hair and she was wearing a red dress that complimented her small waist and hugged her voluptuous ass while riding every curve of her body. She had these long, thick shapely legs and before I knew it my hands was wrapped around her. I couldn’t help myself; I just had to touch her. The more I touched her the more I noticed that she liked it and pretty soon we started making out right between the tables. I was instantly aroused by the way she kissed me. She held me by the neck and put her other hand in my hair and our tongues tasted each other with so much passion. I was so lost in the moment