To Be or Not To Be?

Ch1:Introduction

She was suddenly running in the alley. Trying to run away from the gang. The gang that has been after her for years. She quickly hides behind a dumpster in the alley and with a trash can, she hides the whole. "I think she went this way!" "Lets go!" She thinks quickly and grabs the rock next her then, throws it over towards the end of the alley and the rock hits a fence.
"I heard something! No , she went this way, G!" one of the members yelled."Right then, lets go!" They ran towards the end of the alley and off to the street, Garfield. She waited and heard the footsteps echo and vanish into the street. She waited behind the dumpster, for a while.She just sat there laying against the dumpster. Then slowly, she moved the trash can, trying not to make any noise and then, she ran to the other side of the alley. She ran down the alley, the opposite way of where her enemies went. She knew the only way to get away and be safe to join her father's gang. Even though he's still in jail, the enemy is still after him. The only problem is that the enemy can't get to him because he's in jail and they still can't get to him after jail because he will be deported, back to Mexico. So, the only way they can get their revenge is to take it on the family, of course. Luckily, the North Gate Brothers don't know where her family lives. If she joins a gang, they'll beta her and then let her in but if they let her out . . . .they'll kill her. In a gang, you can be protected, she thought, but if you don't join . . . this chasing will go on forever. It was confusing, after all, she had to do everything herself. She has to join the South Gate Tokerz. No other choice if she wanted to survive in this cold world. No other choice. She didn't want to get her mother and little brother and sister into trouble so she made them move to Whittier. The question kept popping in her head: To be or not to be, that was the real question in her life. It was hard, but, she had no choice. . . .


Ch2:Cr@wL!nG !n mY $k!N

Next day, Constance thought of going to school. "Might as well, I don't want to get caught so I'll just get caught at school. *Sigh*" she said to herself. She got dressed, grabbed her bag and left. She was walking by herself again. No one wanted to be her friend because of the gangs. People would sometimes be afraid to talk to her because of the rumors the kids made like she might be carrying a gun or the gang might be watching her every move and what people talk to her. Well, she doesn't carry a gun and she's not in a gang yet. Although, she can't make any promises about the gangs watching her. When she is on campus the kids just stare. Constance didn't care, she was use to it. Well after 5 yrs of that you'd get use to it.
On her way to school, some girl was staring at her and talking to her friend at the same time. Gossiping to her, Constance hated that. "What do you want, Pera!!" she suddenly yelled (Pera= bitch in Spanish). The girl who was gossiping stopped and stared . Then the girl mumbled, "Uh! Well . . . I-I . . .-" "If you're gonna talk shit go do it somewhere where I can't see you!! Pinche Pera!" Constance said loudly to the girl and then walked of away.
The bell suddenly rang after that. Everyone Started hurrying to class. It was like a swarm of ants running around the place. Her first period was Homeroom. It was weird to her why homeroom was first but oh well. She just walked patiently to class and then the tardy bell rang. She was the only one in the hallways left, to get ot her classroom.
She opened the door to room 216 and walked in like nothing. "Well finally, don't you have a watch? Go to your seat" said Mr.Sherwood. She took the teacher's crap and sat down on her seat which was all the way in the back next to some perv named Isaias. Isaias Santana. He was alright but a major perv. She then dropped her backpack on the floor and said "Hey". "Hey'" said Isaias back. Then Mr.Sherwood spoke and said in a dis pointed voice, "You're tardy again, Miss Var-" "It's Leyva, not Vargas. And don't call me Miss . . " said Constance in a very stern and in little louder voice. Mr.Sherwood just stared at her in an angry way and then said, "Very well then. You all can get a book from my shelf if you don't already have one." Then he pointed to the shelf on his right. Isaias stood up and said, "I'll get you a book if you want, Chica."(Chica=Babe in Spanish)."Nah, I'm good. I'm just gonna annoy the teach and play w/paper, but thanks lil perv," she replied. "Don't bring my shortness into this conversation, lil, what a mean thing to say to me," said Isaias sarcastically. She giggled and later pulled out a sheet of paper from her backpack. Everyone who went to go get a book came back and sat down in their street. Constance started folding the paper into a square then a dian=mond and then in half. The folding of paper made a lot of crumpling noise in the class but the class didn't mind. Except Mr. Sherwood. "Is there a problem w/your paper Constance?" snapped Mr.Sherwood. "Nah, it's all cool," said Constance while finishing folding the paper. "Look, a paper crane . . . ." she said while holding the paper crane in her hands. "Well, that's very good, but this isn't Origami class it's Homeroom. Now grab a book and read," demanded Mr.Sherwood. "Origami?" asked Constance. "Yes. It's the art of folding paper in order to create something. Like when you folded that piece of paper into a papercarane." explained Mr.Sherwood. "Art huh?Pretty cool," she said to herself. "Alright then go get a book.Go on." said Mr. Sherwood w/a smile that said "she's something else". Constance got up, grabbed a book called Out of the Dust by New berry Medalist; Karen Hesse and then sat down and began to read.
After periods 1,2,3, and Homeroom was over, it was time for nutrition. No one plays outside because, well, it's Ceaser E. Chavez High school not Elementary. Since the school was small, it was crowded w/ kids. There was at least 30 kids in each classroom and since the chool was broke, they had to make classes shorter. They come out at 2:12 on regular days and Tuesdays they come out at 1:10.
Constance was walking around on campus when she found an empty round table in front of a building. She walked towards it and sat down. Then she took out a piece of paper then started drawing. She didn't know what to draw but she guessed it didn't matter. While she was drawing she noticed someone staring at her. She tried to ignore him like she usually does this guy was different. Constance just couldn't ignore him. He stared at her for a while then looked away. He turned away for 7 min to talk to someone. Then,when he was done, he leaned on the tree across from her and just kept staring at her like if he was looking for something . Constance began to get nervous and annoyed so she put her hood on.
After 15min of looking at Constance, the bell finally rang. Constance felt relieved and then quickly go up, gave the guy a weird look and walked away. She felt creep ed out and also, like he was still watching her from behind. She looked over her shoulder to see if he was still watching her and . . .he was! He gave her a smile and waved at her like if he was making fun of her. Constance turned back quickly and started to walk to the building quickly. She felt so scared, and very, very creeped out. Hopefully he wouldn't find her at lunch.

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Next class was History, which was period 4. It was awsome. the teacher she had was Mrs. Fong. She was really sweet & kind. You could tell she loved doing arts & crafts by the way she described art to the class. Everytime they have a history assignment , she let's them color a picture w/it. She's alright & constance loves the way Mrs.Fong never criticizes people. Mrs. Fong also makes up history games for the class to go w/the subject they study. She can be pretty funny too. Fifth period was also fun for Constance. The teacher was Mrs. Contreras. She was also cool. Mrs. Contreras looks totally mexican but she hardly speaks any spanish. She looks a bit Indian & she likes to wear a large bun on the side of her head. Her ancestors must be a bit Aztec. She also likes to wear lots of dresses & talks alot & way too fast. It's pretty funny actually because while she's talking she makes fun of the kids in class. But even though she makes fun of people she can be very religious w/the class, because she's Christian.
After those to classes were over, Constance began to worry about the guy, so she decided not to go to the table she was at before. Instead, she went to the cafeteria. She grabbed her lunch (Chicken Patty) & sat down on one of the lunch tables in the row, alone. Isaias was behind her from across the room & noticed her so, he decided to walk up to her. "Mind if I sit here, babe? Thanks," he said in his cocky way. He sat next to her & she said "Don't call me 'babe', lil perv". "Well dont call me lil' " he responded."Fine, perv," she said. "That's better," he said w/a smile. "What are you doing here all alone, I saw you at the lunch table infront of the building this morning. I thought you would be thereagain, guess not," Isaias said." Nah, some guy was staring at me. Another perv in the school-" "No way! Who's takin my job!" he saidly quickly & interrupting Constance. She giggled& then said," Nah, it's not funny. He creeped me out a little." "Well, how did he look like? Maybe I know him?" he said after taking a bite of his burger. "Well let's see. He had kin of long, striaght black hair but he tied it up in a ponytail & he looked kinda white skinned.He was wearing like a dark jean sweater & jeans ofcourse.A ver (let's see), what else? Oh, tenia (he had) a black neck strap & I think a black bracelet w/some weird symbol on it" she explained then took a bit of her burger.
Isaias was actually listening to her the whole time which surprised Constance, & then he noticed something across from him, about a table away, it was the guy she was talking about. The guy across the room was talking to his friends. Isaias tapped her on the shoulder & pointed towards the guy & asked " Is that the guy?" Constance loked & said loudly "Yeah! That's him! That's the perv!" "Excuse me, who is he again?" Isaias said like expecting the right answer. "I-I mean the creepy whey <-(an insult for a guy in spanish)" she said smiling. They both kept watching the guy across the room but suddenly turned & noticed them watching him.He looked surprised & then he quickly looked down. A second later he said bye to his friends & quickly got up & left the cafeteria through the front door. "He must be in a hurry to leave his tray there. Let's go!" Isaias said impatiently. "Heh-Heh . . . No! That guy's a freak! I'm done here, see you later," she said while throwing her trash away. Then she left through the front door of the cafeteria. When she got out she bumped into someone & said "Oh, Sorry, No te` vi-" She then looked up & saw it was the creepy guy! Her eyes widened & she froze there. "Excuse me?" he said to her. "Wh-Wha?" she murmered. "You said 'Not te` vi' What does that mean?" he explained. "Uh-h, it m-means uh . . . I didn't see you, sorry, I have to go," she said nervously & walked past him quickly while hiding her face w/her hand. Then the guy just suddenly grabbed her hand (not the one hiding her face) & asked, "What's your name?"Constance turned & froze again. "U-Uh, Constance, i-it's Constance . . ." she said nervously. "Miines Ibrahin," he said letting go of her hand. Suddenly the bell rang. "Sorry about that see you later then," he said & walked away. Constance stood there for a while (still frozen) then blinked & walked away. She now knows who the fudge the stalker is & he might've creeped her out a little less today. Constance tried to get him out of her head & ignore him. "Whatev . . ." she said to her self & kept on walking to her last class of the day.