by Tony White
Zafar mind wander while them stand there and him try fe imagine Foxy-T dress like that but him cant is it. Man the way that girl dress have him vex. Him no figure how some fit woman like Foxy-T aint make the most a herself is it and just wear them trackie bottom and polo shirt.
When Red-Eye and them is go to the bar Zafar walk over there and like try fe chat with Shabbaz and Ranky init but them two is just want fe chat with them girl seen and them girl aint even notice Zafar.
But listen after four year up Feltham just fe be in some club feel good init. Nuff tunes them a spin believe me and it seem like that Glass House ram with pure woman and Red-Eye and them is already check some other girl and is all like laugh and that. Zafar step over the bar though fe buy some drink of his own but is when him wait fe get serve him spot some girl what is just wait there and all. And this girl alright init. She aint all that but I mean she alright. And she aint maybe dress up like them other girl and maybe look like a student or whatever but still even inspite of that she aint wear nothing special she still look well fit to Zafar but trust me any girl a go look fit to him. Zafar check her tits and all init and they aint as big as Foxy-T fe true but still she have nice tits so he like smile at her init and she smile at him and all only by now she have her drinks init so when she smile she is already turn away from that bar. Zafar consider run after her but tell the truth him already wait long time fe get serve and it nearly him turn seen. Any way him figure Glass House aint massive so him bound fe check her again later but though him keep him eye open while him drink that beer he never seen her is it and he never seen her when him visit the bar again neither. Every time him a go there Zafar think him must check her only she aint. And when him and Ifty go and check that rare groove room she aint there. Trust me that Zafar buy nuff beer through look for that girl and since him no drink since before Feltham aint long till him well piss up init.
That Zafar have nuff story about Feltham init cause out of all him spar Zafar the only one is been inside and them man all curious about it seen. So Zafar have them crease up init with some a them story and him pure enjoy just be the centre of attention cause is true that all him spar take them turn fe chat with him. And is cool only him never come out just fe chat with him spar is it. Was pussy him after tonight but time move on and nuff dollar is spent and in spite of him drunk there come a time when Zafar still sober enough in him mind fe figure that he is miss him chance now init cause fe true none a them other girl is come over and check him neither is it even though a couple a them is look over at him and then say something in them friend ear or whatever and laugh. But none a them is come over and none a them is even smile. So that Zafar try fe talk and joke with him spar init and smoke a couple of spliff and make out he well into them tune which he was only not that much but he still just keep look around fe check that girl only he never seen her.
Aint long till Shabbaz and them is come over and all and say them a go split. Them two fit girl is all over Shabbaz and Ranky init and Zafar well jealous believe me and if them girl look fit before man knowed they look even fitter now.
Even though him drunk that Zafar aint stupid is it and him start fe notice that is man like Shabbaz and Ranky and DK what is got them girl while man like Ifty and Shah and Zafar isnt and he knowed that is because them three have no car. Even that girl what Red-Eye have him eye on is split init and Red-Eye well vex believe me.
‘Bitch aks where me a go drive her init,’ him say. ‘And me buy her nuff Breezer init shit man I aint go waste me time seen I a go split.’
‘Is it?’ say Zafar but him still try and look around fe check that girl only she definitely aint there. ‘Shit man,’ he say, ‘nuff fit girl was eye me up but she aint here now is it. Me a come too init. Wasted nuff money already.’
But also since he aint even have him own place what is Zafar a go do anyway is it. Some fit girl no fe impress with him sofa.
Is well late when him reach E-Z Call. Man aint go waste him last dollar through pay for a cab is it so them three smoke a spliff by the river there and then is just walk home init. What else they a go do? Take them about a hour and them three broke now believe me and nothing fe prove what they a spend. Though fe true next morning Zafar knowed it.
‘You look like you have a good night man,’ say Ruji-Babes when him wake and find she still in the kitchen.
‘Fe true man,’ say Zafar and him smile in spite of him sore head cause he aint go admit how many dollar him waste. ‘Place was ram believe me man.’
‘So you is go back tonight then eh?’ Ruji-Babes aks
‘Maybe next week you never know is it. Some wicked tune and everything. Them type a club aint on every night though man’
‘Is it?’ say Ruji-Babes. ‘Man them place just pure noise to me init,’ then she look up at the clock and go, ‘Listen me better go open up init. Do me a favour and make two coffee when that kettle boil man?’
‘Safe man how you have it eh?’
‘Black for me init and T have milk and sugar.’
Even if she no tell him Zafar figure him would a guess which girl have which coffee. As him sit there a nurse him sore head just fe think about black coffee no sugar make him feel sick to him stomach init. Nuff milk and nuff sugar is the way fe drink coffee is how him see thing and tell the truth him no feel that hungry neither so him put them cornflake away and get them mug out.
When him take down the coffee them Ruji-Babes aks him fe hoover and Zafar no feel him have no choice is it even though him have a wicked hangover. Took him ages fe hoover up that E-Z Call init cause him have fe move them chair and thing and also a couple a them regular customer already come and they in the way so that Zafar well vex by the time him come fe do the booth and all. Every now and then he a check Ruji-Babes what is sit at the counter and drink her black coffee and write something.
Foxy-T no say nothing to Zafar yet neither cause she just sit next to Ruji-Babes and concentrate upon that server or whatever but to that Zafar it seem like she a do this on purpose cause he remember how him feel when she catch him eye before init. Man practicly jump out him skin seen and he knowed Foxy-T a the same init. And Zafar cant help think Ruji-Babes just make him hoover cause she knowed he have a hangover and the fact she drink coffee black no sugar make nuff sense to that boy.
Them two is talk while they work init and Ruji-Babes a go ‘Listen T you want me fe take it?’
‘No man I’m done init.’
Then Ruji-Babes go, ‘Thanks man I got loads left. They be here in a minute.’
Zafar no hear none of this though cause him stuck in them booth and finish hoover so him no see Ruji-Babes cousin beemer a pull up outside is it. That man come in the shop and say, ‘You ready Rooj?’ but Ruji-Babes go, ‘No man I aint coming. Look at this. Nuff accounts fe do. T a go come init.’
‘Seen seen,’ say Ruji-Babes cousin. ‘You ready T?’
Foxy-T go, ‘Yeah man just have fe get them thing init.’
So Zafar never see Foxy-T grab them thing and drive up the bank is it but him notice that she gone when he finish hoover init.
‘Foxy-T upstairs then?’ him say when he come back in the shop.
‘No man she gone up the bank init.’
‘You have something you want me fe do now?’ Zafar aks her but Ruji-Babes concentrate upon her accounts init and try fe get them thing done while they aint many customer so she no have time fe think about Zafar now is it and she just go, ‘No man. Just let me do this init.’
Zafar take him coffee and him cigarette and sit outside the E-Z Call fe drink it since it no rain and aint that cold. Though what nag at him mind is just think about Foxy-T init. He cant get that girl out of him head is it and keep a think about when them eye lock and him feel like him gonna jump out him skin. And he forget him headache for a bit init but still him well vex through him no get no pussy down Glass House but even when him think about that girl what him try fe check last night but what must have left cause him no find her again and think about her tits and how s
he smile at him also Zafar thought keep go back to that Foxy-T and how she fitter than that other girl and also him think how Foxy-T a act when him around. But also now him start feel hungry init so take him chair back in and go up the kitchen fe fix some cornflake or whatever.
When him come back down stair Foxy-T already reach with Ruji-Babes cousin init and be stand there and chat. Only Ruji-Babes still aint finish her work is it so when them aks her something she just go, ‘You want fe make me lose count man?’
Ruji-Babes cousin just raise him eyebrow at Foxy-T init and go, ‘Easy now Rooj. Later yeah.’ As him turn fe leave though him check Zafar stand down the back a the shop init and say to Ruji-Babes like, ‘That him then?’ and Ruji-Babes go, ‘Yeah. Zafar this my cousin man.’
Zafar come over init and shake him hand. Is obvious through the way him dress that Ruji-Babes cousin like a business man cause him wear nuff smart clothes init and like proper shoe what is polish aint no trainers. Zafar just check him leather coat init and he knowed it would a cost plenty a dollar like them definitely cost more than Shabbaz clothes or whatever. Man know Ruji-Babes cousin aint go be so impress with Zafar clothes is it but he aint say nothing just, ‘Zafar. Cool man. Later yeah.’ Then him gone.
And that couple a day become like a week init and time pass quick enough with Zafar keep sleep on there sofa up in the flat above the E-Z Call. Every day him enjoy there comfort and eat them food and every day him tell them him sister no reach yet but spin them some lyrics and make up some new thing what he hear off him cousin up Birmingham.
Shabbaz and Ranky was sort him out again and him selling a few small bag a weed only him never done that in front of the shop is it cause Zafar knowed them two would notice but nuff man check him and seem like he always chat with someone outside the E-Z Call there. But just through be careful him always arrange fe check them man later init and maybe go down the Eastern Fried Chicken fe sort him business. Or one a them stair well where them customer can make a spliff and pass half a hour just chat and smoke like that without be disturb. Ruji-Babes was well chuff and just enjoy have him around and fe true when him there them two no get rob is it. And man cant tell if this because a Zafar or whatever is it cause is only been like a few day and like too soon fe tell init only them two is feel like is cause a Zafar them no get rob.
Trust me that Zafar aint stupid and always on him best behaviour around them two girl init and always like quiet and polite and do them washing up after dinner or whatever and then them three would sit in there living room and maybe watch telly and like chat init except normally this was Ruji-Babes and Zafar what is do the talking cause Foxy-T generally read them like software manual when them two watch telly. Aint take him long fe realise that all him bragging about them kind of runnings him and his mates use fe get up to and what kind of shit went on up Feltham wasnt exackly what them two girl want to hear so Zafar save them type a story for him spar init.
So when him a talk with Ruji-Babes or maybe both a them girl when they eat there dinner or whatever then him tend fe aks them more type of question about say what them two want fe talk about and all question about the E-Z Call and business generally. He seem like a good listener and seem like whatever them two have fe say him find it funny in that piss-takey way of his. Also if they need stuff doing around the E-Z Call or whatever he tend to chip in with the work. This boy Zafar wasnt afraid of hard work or getting him hand dirty believe me and when him stand by the door like I say is no young thief is go rob them two girl and they is well please about that init.
And like that was what he mostly done just stand by the door and watch the runnings. And probaly them rude boy knowed him just reach from Feltham or else man knowed that Shabbaz him spar cause with Zafar a stand in the doorway like that it seem like them thief stop away. And this kind of job seem to suit him most because he like just fe stand there and watch the runnings them in Cannon Street Road and it aint like Zafar some big bouncer or nothing just that him there and him watch and probaly thats enough fe put off them casual thief.
But also him enjoy watch Foxy-T believe me. He couldnt figure that girl out at all is it. He like the way she look with them big tits of hers and all them curves in all the right place even if the way she wear all them boy type a clothes would tend to play heavy on him mind. Fe true when man cant get what him want then him tend to play for what them think them can get init but what nagging away in Zafar mind is that him click with this girl from the first init. Believe me them big tits of hers and her big dark eyes really turn that boy on but him try not fe let on that he fancy her cause by now him really fucking fancy her if you know what me say. So it feel better to this boy fe keep it as him secret. But them strange dreamy thing she tend to say and the way she stand there on one leg and a think about some problem or other with them PC and shake out that pony tail would make him laugh and that boy aint stupid cause him know that you aint find some girl what make you laugh every day is it. And him want fe aks her out or something and it was always on the tip of him tongue but say whenever him start fe think that him couldnt go another minute without aks her out he would just keep quiet and then take a stroll outside and have like a cigarette or whatever and concentrate on all the runnings up and down Cannon Street Road fe take him mind off it.
Then also if him spar was park up down Bigland or whatever sometime man like Ifty or DK is phone and aks him if he still have any weed and him take a break and go meet them init. So them time Zafar go down and sit in like DK car and smoke a couple spliff fe pass like half a hour or whatever. Or maybe Ifty is bring him football and them go in that yard there and play some quick game init. And them time is also get him away from E-Z Call and have fe think about Foxy-T. Cause believe me if she there he a go think about that girl init.
But is nuff graffiti on them wall round that yard seen and all paint up like massive. Man like Mash and FMZ and Sham and Monz and all them Norton Massive them. Plus Ranky and Shabbaz and Red-Eye and them is all have tag down there init. But when them play one time and Zafar is lean down fe pick up the ball when him in goal him notice down in the corner there is Foxy-T and Ruji-Babes. And these aint like massive tag or whatever is it them two name is just writ real small in a gap between the bricks them. When him see that Zafar must feel is no escape init but that boy cant help but laugh cause fe true them two girl is well serious now and run them business but is them what write this init back in the day. And Zafar is just lost in him thought for a second and reflect upon them kind of thing and imagine what type of runnings them two might a been into when they was like teenager or whatever and what they was into and why they was here where is only man play football. Only Zafar aint think about them thing for long is it cause Ifty is aks for that ball now so Zafar just shake him head and kick that ball over where him run.
But trust me seeing them two girl tag there like that play on him mind though and while him suppose fe like in goal and watch the game him just keep laugh fe think about them two girl and what type a thing them get up to in them youth.
Back up the E-Z Call most days if it aint rain or whatever Zafar would take him chair outside and just sit there watching and doing that security. Even if it like cold or whatever and this might have be because of him time up Feltham when him lock up inside and cant get no fresh air or whatever except when them say so and now him like make up for lost time. And most days he be sit outside and listen to that music out of Cannon Video and just a chat with whoever man. Like youth what him may know start fe stop and chat init. Pass the time. And maybe man like Shabbaz would come and park up down the road yeah and Zafar step over and sit in Shabbaz Sierra Cosworth and smoke some spliff and chat for like ten minutes and then when Shabbaz got business fe attend Zafar get out the car and be a bit mash up and he would be like happy fe just sit outside and listen to that music for a couple of hour and maybe nip over Nagina Sweet Centre fe buy some kulfi or a bag of pistachio if him get hungry.
One time Zafar phone ring when him just sit a front of E-Z Call and th
ink about them two girl and drink him coffee and is DK aks him fe come down that car park in Bigland. Zafar expect DK to ring init since him plan fe buy half a ounce off Zafar plus them girl is pray on him mind so him glad DK a call only he aint sound cheerful is it him sound well vex over the phone so Zafar just go, ‘Yeah me soon come,’ then take him cup inside and tell Ruji-Babes that he have fe go meet him spar for like ten minute. And as him start fe walk down Cannon Street Road Zafar walk fast init cause of how DK a sound on the phone and Zafar is try fe imagine what make DK so vex only he never knowed. But once Zafar turn down Bigland Street and hold him breath as he walk past them old meat bin there and when him reach Surma Town Cash and Carry on the corner there all him hear is DK voice a shout. And Zafar start fe run init cause if you hear you spar a shout like that is only mean that something a go on init so Zafar start fe run so him reach sooner.
As he turn the corner Zafar is see that DK park him Vauxhall in that car park by them flat there and he is just stand there and like shout at two man. One a them look like a Arab and that other one what shout and all is got like a Russian accent init and DK is just stand there and shout at them two man only Zafar never knowed what him spar is shout about is it.
‘What happening star?’ him aks.
DK just turn and go, ‘These cunts is clamp me car init. Them say me owe them eighty five fucking dollar fe unclamp.’ Then him turn to one a them guy and go, ‘I live here init where me go park if me no park here man. Unclamp me fucking car!’