So she stands up and looks around the room, surveying who is left on her side. There's Jamie, Jack, Jimmy and, of course herself. Its a little weird to look around the room and see 4 people who were completely different but still quite the same. She, always seemed to be the black chick who had white friends. But this was a different kinda situation. These white dudes, emphasis on the "dudes". They're the blackest white cats she ever met. And the chick? Her best friend in the world. Who, oddly enough, was a white biker chick from California who never had a black friend in her life. Between the 4 of them, there was a friendship that was odd but seemed to fit just right.
Tonight's agenda seemed like any other out there. Shoot pool, smoke weed and trip on acid. Seems innocent enough, huh? How the hell does a night like this start? Well it was just another day in the Funk. Hee hee. Well we did a lot of partying in those days. at 17, 19, 22 and 24 we ran the gamut on the age differences but we were all on the same page. Jimmy and Jack grew up together in West Virginia and had been friends for years. Jimmy moved to Texas with him mom and Jack followed soon after. They eventually made their way towards Jaime cuz Jimmy was a foreman for a construction company and worked with Jamie's dad Steve. They became friends and Jimmy dated Jamie. Jamie worked at IHOP. So did I my Junior year in high school. Our birthdays were 6 days apart. And she lived in my neighborhood, down the street from me. Literally. So we bonded. Realized that she was the white version of me and I was the black version of her. I always kicked it and partied but once we met, it went to a whole new degree.
First night we kicked it, got off work and she said lets smoke. I was not a smoker, I was a smokah. So we're sitting on the floor Indian style, sucking out of a bong and then the door flies open. I'm in mid hit and I freeze. And in comes Tammy. My white mom, she was a bad ass chick who as cool as shit. In she walks and puts her cup down, lights a cigarette and sits next to me and says the craziest, mind fuck 7 words I ever heard from an adult in my life. "Hi, I'm Tammy. Let me hit that." And then I choke............
