The 4 of them were playing intensely, two against two. Papi with Bette and Shane with Alice. Dana was enjoying seeing Alice sweat, Carmen was admiring Shane. Tina did as if Bette didn’t exist. “Look at Alice, OMG,” said Dana. “No, Shane is hotter and Papi,” said Carmen, but Tina kept quite.

 

As Bette was going to make the hoop she stopped, Papi immediately knew that Bette sensed something. Bette threw the ball down and looked at the distant. “What’s wrong?” Dana shouted at them. Tina, Carmen and Dana stood up from the benches and went up to the girls. Papi went to stand beside Bette. “What’s wrong?” asked Papi. Fearing what Bette knew. “I’m not sure,” said Bette. In a split second Bette’s eyes grew bigger:” Los Diablo’s!” Papi immediacy knew what Bette meant, she quickly reacted. “Run, run!” Papi shouted. Alice and Shane understood what Bette meant and quickly took Carmen, Tina and Dana off the court behind the benches; were nobody could see them. Papi and Bette stayed on the court. “Why aren’t they coming?” Dana asked Alice and Shane. Both just told her to be quite. “All of you, be quite, this is very dangerous,” Shane warned them. Tina was getting worried about Bette.

 

Papi and Bette just waited for them to come, in the distance they saw Los Diablo’s car. They tried not to be nervous; they tried to act like they were their friends. But Los Diablo’s were anything but their friends. Los Diablos was a very dangerous gang that would kill anything that’s not from the ghetto. A woman named Veronica stepped out of the car, she was the leader. Bette and Papi knew her very well, both grew up with her.
 “Hola, chicas,” greeted Veronica. Papi didn’t say anything. “Hola, Veronica,” Bette greeted back. “Como estan?” Veronica asked with a smile. (How are you?) “Very good,” answered Bette.
Veronica laughed and continued talking:”You’re speaking English now? What you’ve become like the rest?”
“The rest?”
“Yes, everybody else who’s not part of us.”
Bette smiled and asked:” What do you want Veronica?” Veronica smiled and turned to a woman behind her. “Do you see what my absence does to these people Julia?” Veronica quickly turned her head around and pointed a gun towards Bette and Papi. Both immediately raised their hands up. By the benches Dana, Carmen and Tina all got scared, Alice and Shane already got used to this. They just had to keep their mouth shut.