Stories, Thoughts and Snippets
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"You want to go down to the park and have a little lunch, smoke a joint?"
"Yeah that sounds good, but I want to stop by Joey's on the way."
"You're out already, man? You go through that stuff fast, maybe you should take it a little easy."
"No it's cool, last weekend was just a pretty serious weekend, a friend of mine showed up and we partied pretty serious."
"Who was it? Man, you're always giving away your shit, you've got to be more careful, what're you going to do if Joey gets busted and you haven't got anything? You going to go through withdrawals while you're looking for something else?"
"Chill the fuck out, man. I hadn't seen AJ in a long time, and he paid for his shit, I told him he didn't have to, but he wouldn't take no for an answer."
"That's cool bud, I'm sure he's a stand up guy and all, I'm just saying you should be careful, keep a little bit aside, like an insurance policy."
"Relax, I'll take care of it."
Willie wasn't usually such a fucking pain in my ass, generally he was very relaxed and damn near gracious in his descriptions of my lifestyle, of course most the time we were together he was sprawled out on my living room carpet with his eyes half glazed over. Usually on my shit, too. He'll probably be pretty ok with me once we get out of Joey's, might even suggest we skip the park, and just head straight back to my apartment. For someone talking so high and mighty about living carefully, he had his own issues with self-control.
"Wait in the car, Willie. Joey doesn't trust you after last time, I'll just be a couple of minutes."
"Just hurry the fuck up Dylan, I'm hungry here."
I pressed the button, apartment number only, no name in the slot, the only apartment in the building without a name. I don't know what good he thought that was going to do him. Willie might not have been the sharpest of tacks himself, but he was right about the possibility of Joey getting busted. Most cops aren't too bright themselves, but there are a few that are pretty fucking sharp, and if you keep making the same mistakes, eventually one of them is going to get around to you. I wasn't about to go looking for a new hook-up though, if there was any sure way of getting caught, it was buying from someone new.
"Hey, brother!"
"What's up, Joey?"
"Same shit, different day, you know the story."
"Hey, I know it's only been a few days, but a friend of mine kind of put a hurt on my supply I was kind of hoping to pick up a little from you, maybe two-hundred worth."
"Sit down man, you want a beer or something? We can talk business in a bit, I've got a new batch, you want a taste? It's a little early for me to push-off, but if you're looking you know you can chill on my couch for a bit."