part 4 driveby - lockdown

so this sketchy guy kept walking back and forth in front of the apartment peering inside. i was just loaded enough to think i had to punch the guy. i took off across the parking lot after him. he jumped into a car and sped into the street. i thought i'd cut him off in front of the lot and get a lick in. then i heard dog yelling,"howard get the fuck down", the car at the end of the street was coming fast towards our driveway and i'm in the middle of the street. i heard dog, stopped and looked at the car for a split second when i started hearing gunfire. the shots rang out as i tried to get some cover. i hauled it around a car, dove on the ground and rolled until i was behind a tire facing our building. i saw the neighbors shooting back, one guy looked like he was playing g.i. joe, jumping up, firing twice, then rolled on the ground and popped up to fire again. the other neighbor was poised in a kneeling position ducked behind one of the support beams waiting patiently for his shot, he had been here before, he let loose 5 or 6 shots in succession. their cousin cory, a 400 pound dude was laid on the ground spread eagle waiting as i was for the shots to cease. soon enough they did, it was a crazy feeling. the first thing i heard was dog ask "howard, are you hit?" i had to check, cause i wasnt sure. none of us got hit and i dont think any of their guys did either. this guy sean was over at our house getting a dime sac when the stuff went down, he had gone into the back bedroom and hid under the bed. i'll never forget him running out of that apt screaming how we were 'bout it'. that isnt the last time i'd see sean. so the guys told me how close i was to being hit as we gathered the 2 pounds from under the dresser and hid it in my car before the police got there. we got the big stuff out and got evicted from lions way as well as any other rental place in the area. they found something like 30 shells in the street. it was the craziest night i ever had up to that point. so i moved in with a friend and continued to sell bud, i got a dwi later that semester as well. i failed out and moved home again where things actually got worse. i got back into the cocaine use in laplace and eventually needed another source besides pawning to pay for it. so i robbed a house, just taking small stuff, and didnt get caught. so i went in again, same house, more stuff. then i decided to go once more and take an accomplice. the same house one last time, the house directly across the street from my parents, and a cop showed up at the back door. i saw him first and told my boy to get down and on 3 we'd book it out of the front door, remember the 4.5 speed. so on 3, we took off. they got my boy first and it wasnt long before they caught me too. it doesnt matter how fast you run, you cant outrun the radios. so they booked me and my boy on simple burglary, i got 3 counts. we were looking at time in hunts pen. 3 years per, but if i was lucky they'd run the charges consecutive, which means 3 years total. i signed a confession and was out on bail by the end of the week. my boy went to the service, i went to court.