Junya had not slept since he left for NYC, not even during the drive with Khevasiah, because even she needed a watchful eye on the road while she drove. Junya sat down in a seat next to a window, and decided to shut his eyes during the long train ride. "Junya, is that you, yeah! What the deal yo!" A voice said from the rear of the train.s car. A Hispanic man got up out of his seat and sat next to Junya in his seat.
"Huh...wha...Josue? Oh shit, what up holms?" Junya said disoriented.
He looked up and dapped hands with the man sitting next to him in his seat.
"Going to the city...I feel you on that shit! That.s where it.s at yo! What
you going up there for...you still rhyme right?" Josue asked as he fondled
through pieces of paper in his hand: they looked like rhymes. Josue spoke fast:
he did not allow Junya to answer any questions.
"Yea, I still rhyme, but what up with you yo? What you going out to the
city for? You be rhyming? I never knew that!"
"Oh, I been rapping since I was like 3 years old man! I am going to this
studio to meet Halftime.s manager. He gonna give me a deal! I got to meet him
at the Mercedes dealership. He gonna buy me a Benz, and all that shit yo!"
Josue said to Junya excitedly.
Junya remembered Josue from college. Josue was in a couple of Junya.s
classes, but had known each other through one of Junya.s better friends. Josue
was notorious for fabricating stories; everything from the women he slept with,
to his conquests involving money, traveling, and now, it seemed to be about
music. There was never any mystery behind it; his stories were so blatantly false
that it was so easy to tell that he was lying. In college Junya thought he did it to
impress the ladies and get attention, but it never worked, not even back then.
"Oh, word? That means you gonna get me a deal when you get yours,
right!" Junya said sarcastically.
"Oh, no doubt! As a matter of fact, you was the first person that I was
gonna call, right after I got back from NYC!"
"What ever happened to your cousin, the producer for that multi
platinum Latin rap group, Trouble? Did you give them my demo?"
"Oh, yea, I did, but he said that he would call me back, because they was
in Puerto Rico when I called.
I spoke to them yesterday, but they with the
bullshit man...I wouldn.t even mess with them..."
"Bullshit? They about to release a new CD in about a month! I could have
been on that! I gave you that CD months ago, before summer even started!"
"I know, but I have been mad busy! I just did a song with them, and they
told me it was going to be on the album..."
"A song with who?" Junya asked as if he knew the answer.
"Trouble..."
"I thought you just said that they with the bullshit?"
"Yea...but yo, they hot...I got to use the bathroom, I will be right back..."
Junya figured Josue was bullshitting in regards to his stories. Josue
walked to the front of the train, and did not return back to speak with Junya. A
few minutes later, Junya went back to sleep.