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HOW TO FEEL? PT1

Stephen Watts · Tuesday, January 23rd 2007 at 2:06AM · 520 views
LAST WEEK I STAYED UP TILL ABOUT 4AM. THEN

I GOT A KNOCK ON MY DOOR. IT WAS MY

BROTHER. HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MUSIC.

SO WE DID. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEATS,

BUT IT ENDED UP AS A SCHOOLING OF WHO

SAMPLED WHO FIRST. IT'S GOING DOWN

TONIGHT(HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE), BOBBY

CALDELL AND WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE. I

KEPT DOWNLOAD MORE STUFF AND WE KEPT

TALKING. THEN MY CONNECTION GOT

INTERUPTED AND HE LEFT THE ROOM. I FIGURED

SINCE THERE WASN'T ANYMORE TALK I SHOULD

GO TO SLEEP THEN. I WAS IN BED AND A FEW

MINS LATER I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE

BANGING ON THE WAY. MY BROTHER KNOCKED

ON THE DOOR AGAIN. THEN HE SAID

"NEVERMIND IF YOU'RE ASLEEP." I ASKED

ANYWAY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE TOLD

ME THAT HE WANTED TO ASK IF I COULD BRING

HIM TO THE POLICE STATION TO TURN HIMSELF

IN SO HE COULD BE IN COURT THE SAME DAY.

AT FIRST I SAID I REALLY NEEDED TO SLEEP

B/C I HAD WORK AT 10 AND IT WAS ALREADY

5:15. BUT A FEW MINUTES LATER I HAD MY

CLOTHES BACK ON AND TOLD HIM TO GET

READY. HE TOLD MY MOTHER WHAT HE WAS

ABOUT TO DO, SHE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS

ASKING HER, BUT HE EXPLAINED THAT I WAS

TAKING HIM. RIGHT BEFORE I OPENED THE

DOOR I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS SURE ABOUT

THIS. HE SAID HE JUST WANTED TO GET IT OVER

AND NOT HAVE TO WATCH HIS BACK ALL THE

TIME.WE PROCEEDED. JUST AS THE DOOR

CLOSED AND I STARTED MY WAY DOWN THE

STEPS, HE STOOD AT THE DOOR FOR A FEW

MOMENTS. I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT HE

WAS THINKING. I ASKED HIM ONCE AGAIN IF HE

WAS SURE HE WANTED TO GO THROUGH WITH

THIS. HE SHOOK THE PAUSE AND STARTED HIS

WAY DOWN THE STEPS WITH ME.

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Stephen Watts JERSEY CITY, NJ

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