“I know damn well this girl is not messin around with my sister.” Vanessa said to Daren as she pointed at a 16 year old Carmen.

She had just caught Casey and Carmen making out on the couch in the living room and a shit storm of tsunami proportion was currently raining down. Daren ran in at the first sign of trouble and had peel Vanessa off of Casey who was holding her back from attacking Carmen. The young Latina was standing behind Casey, attempting to make herself as invisible as possible.

“You need to chill the fuck out before you catch a case up in this mothafucka I know that much.” Daren retorted.

“You best not take that tone with me Scruffy because I’ll knock your ass into next week. And how can you be complicit in all this shit? She’s Latino! You know how shit’s been goin down with them and niggas. If they hear bout this, a Black/Latino couple… A GAY Black/Latino couple… they’re puttin themselves in danger and I know for a fact that her brother is startin to run with the Ninos Surenos and those crazy mothafuckas. You know they shoot first and ask questions later and they the ones instigating this separation shit. We already lost Andre to idiots with guns are you gonna risk Casey’s life too?”

Carmen stared at Vanessa with rage, she had mentioned something that she was ashamed of to no end, her brothers affiliation with a gang. Diego had been her favorite brother and she looked up to him with immense pride and admiration for his free spirit. Unfortunately that free spirit lead him straight into a dead end.

She was ready to say what was on her mind but Daren spoke first. “Hey now don’t put her choices on my head alright? Besides, the kids happy man. Neither of them mean no harm to anyone.” he shot back.

In the heat of this battle, Carmen began to question if this whole relationship was worth it. None of her family knew about her being gay but Casey’s family was open and accepting of it. Even most of the kids at school turned a blind eye to her ‘girlfriend’s’ homosexuality but none of them had any clue of the relationship she currently shared with the youngest of the Morales family.