Three buses to school in the morning, three buses home in the afternoon. It was all in preparation for Dominick's dreams to come true. Dominick attended Dunbar Highschool "Home of the Dunbar Poets". Most kids broke there necks to be a part of the elite highschool team and he worked hard with his fathers guidance to get there.


"I'm so tired, I'm ready to go home for the day."
   "Don't be no punk son! Get up off the bench and do what coach told you."
"DAD! I'm bout to die on them sprints!"
    "It's up to you, if you can't perform here you sure as hell can't be no professional, aint nobody gonna want no lazy ass player on there team."


Hey guys what's the problem? Coach said.
No problem, Dominick just having an outta body experience.

They all laughed and Dominick went back to the court with the rest of the team as his father watched from the bleachers. Whenever Dominick had an "outta body experience" his father was always there to reign him back in.

After practice they headed back home. When they got there they noticed that Sam was sitting on the front porch with all of her bags, Sam was Dominick's half sister. She lived with them on and off for years. Her mother lived in New York and never really wanted to be bothered with being a parent. Whenever Sam came town they knew something was wrong. This time her mother's boyfriend tried to rape her...

"Babygirl what's going on? How did you get down here?"
    "I caught the China Town bus. I can' t go back up there with momma. Her boyfriend aint shit! that nigga tried to fuck me and now she say I's trying to steal her man. "
"No worries you go on in the house Eddy should be home soon, we'll work it out. "

Eddy had a double standard when it came to Sam, she always wanted her to stay with them but she was jealous of the relationship between Sam and the men of the house.