Allen thought about last week and all the time he had spent with Gwen as they pulled up to Staples Center. He had gone out with Gwen every night since he fixed dinner for her and they had plans to go to lunch on Saturday, which was a day away. He made arrangements for them to have a special lunch, one that she would never forget and one that could never be duplicated.
The fellas reached the stadium almost a half-hour away from tip off.
The parking lots were full and the streets were filled with ticket scalpers
trying to sell high priced tickets to last minute shoppers. Inside the
arena, fans buzzed with happiness in their eyes as they hoped to witness
a Lakers victory. The Lakers Girls danced to amuse the crowd while they
waited for the players to begin their pre-game shoot around. Walter,
Cupid, Calorie and Gigolo all looked for any vendors carrying beer as
Charles and Allen looked for any vendors carrying coke.
"Yo man these are pretty good seats," Walter said.
"Pretty good, mu fucka you can't get any closer." Cupid said as the
fellas laughed.
"How did you get these seats?" Walter asked.
"One of the business owners of one of the buildings that I am
building, gave them to me. He and his associates are season ticket
holders and they are going to be out of the country for the next few
weeks."
"So we can sit on the floor for the next few weeks?" Calorie asked.
"No, I only took tickets for Toronto, Phili, New York, Indiana and
Orlando. All the good games."
"Damn, these must be some good associates of yours to let you pick
the tickets you want." Allen said.
"Yes sir," Gigolo said as he casually changed the conversation. "So
Charles, what's up with you and your girl?"
"Nothing's up, I had to shut it down," he answered as he changed the
subject. "So Walter, have you resolved your issues at the office?"
"Yeah, I got them to understand where I was coming from. They
offered me a new title."
"Get the hell out of here." Calorie said. "What title did they give you?"
"Unemployed."
"You got fired dawg?" All the fellas said in unison.
"No, but they told me to do the job I was hired to do or I could find my
next title through unemployment."
The fellas looked at one another before bursting into laughter.
"Way to let them know bruh." Gigolo said.
"Yeah," Walter said changing the subject. "So Jones, I know you
brushed the surface, but what's up with the new chick?"
"She is cool. We are getting together tomorrow for lunch."
"That's cool. But what's up with her? What does she do?" Is she a
teacher, a doctor, a dancer?"
"She's a lawyer."
"Really, where does she work?"
"She's at Cochran Matthews and Associates."