Kindred Spirits 4

[aDRUfan4LiFe]

Woody and Scola were at the church setting up for the annual Youth Jam. Woody was setting up the microphones while Scola was adjusting the sound.

“Mic check, one, two!” Woody said into the microphone with yellow around the edge. Scola was still adjusting the sound when Woody heard his voice echo through the speakers and then he heard a loud squeal.

“Sorry!” Scola shouted to Woody and everyone within earshot.

“Well it works!” Woody said to Scola and gave him a thumbs up.

“Setting up these microphones reminds me of the Kindred Spirit days.” Scola said to Woody.

“Yeah, man. I miss those days when we used to sing all those Commissioned and Winans songs!” Woody said as he laughed to himself.

Scola grabbed the microphone and sang, “Question is, Will I ever leave you? The answer is…”

Woody grabbed the nearest microphone and sang with Scola, “Nooo no no no no no, nooo no no no no, no no no!” They both started to laugh, but everyone started to look at them because they harmonized well.

“Uhh…umm just checking!” Woody said and he and Scola looked at each other and headed back to the sound board.

“I wish I had experienced Kindred Spirits from the beginning. I was only with ya’ll for a short time before the incident that went down.” Scola said to Woody.

“I know! Unfortunately, we had to end it or somebody was seriously gonna be hurt.” Woody said.

“Right!” Scola said as he agreed with Woody and he said, “What a shame!”
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Thomas Andrews walked up to the front entrance of the church, because he wanted to go to the Youth Jam.
He saw the list of the acts who were gonna be there, and proceeded in the church. He felt very comfortable in this church, even though he only had attended less than a year.

He walked up inside the church and walked passed Pastor D and one of the elders sons as they were sitting back watching the persons setting up for the show.

Carl, the elder’s son, was chatting with Pastor D when Thomas caught his eye sight.

“Sisqo, man wassup?” Pastor D said to Thomas. Thomas was looking around to see if he spotted Sisqo.

“Hey, you ain’t talking to me today? Pastor D said to Thomas thinking he was Sisqo.

Thomas looked at Pastor D and pointed at himself. “You talkin’ to me?”

“Yeah, you Sisqo right?” Pastor D said to Thomas.

“Naaa! I’m Thomas, but I do have a cousin they call Sisqo.” Thomas said.

“Wow! Come a little closer.” Pastor D said to Thomas. Thomas walked over to Pastor D and he observed him.

“See, Sisqo doesn’t have this mole.” Thomas said as he pointed to the mole on his chin.

“Oh ok. I have met you before, right?” Pastor D said as he looked closer to Thomas.

Thomas was slightly embarrassed. He knew that he didn’t meet Pastor D under the best circumstances.

“Uhh, yeah.” Thomas said as he held his head down in embarassment.

“You’re the young man that was about to take my head off at the play?” Pastor D said and he laughed.

“I’m glad you’re laughing now.” Thomas said as he cracked a smile.

“Yeah, you were definitely not the first and won’t be the last.” Pastor D said to comfort Thomas.

“I had to check myself afterwards, I felt really bad. I had to let everything sink in. The play was real deep. I had to make some hard decisions.” Thomas stated to Pastor D.

Pastor D put his hand on Thomas shoulder, and Thomas didn’t back away.

“I prayed about it and after a while Imade the choice to stay here, my girl and I have been attending almost a year now. But our relationships about to be over.” Thomas said.

“You’ll make it man, just hang in there.” Pastor D said to Thomas. Just then Carl started tugging on Pastor D’s pants leg.

“Your wife wants you!” Carl said as he looked up at the pastor.

“I’m sorry we gotta cut this short, man. The misses is calling and it must be important. Pastor D told Thomas.

“Oh that’s okay!” Thomas said to Pastor D, and he smiled.

Pastor D extended his hand to Thomas and they shook hands. “Enjoy the show! Let me know if you need to talk some more, OK?”

“Sure!” Thomas said.

Pastor D and Carl walked off into the direction on Pastor D’s wife Jillian.

Just then Thomas heard Woody and Scola harmonizing. He looked in the direction of the stage and saw them both at the microphone. Thomas had spotted Woody on several occasions but never had an opportunity to talk. Thomas had not seen Woody or his cousin Sisqo since the incident that happened almost five years ago. Thomas was also a lot heavier the last time he had seen them. He had seen Scola a few times, but didn’t really know him. He thought he was cool.

He walked toward the stage after Woody and Scola had walked back to the sound board.

“Hey, wassup ya’ll!” Thomas said as he approached them.

“Wassup Sisqo, you checking out the Youth Jam today?” Scola said to Thomas.

“I’m not Sisqo.” Thomas said as he looked at Scola.

“Stop playing games, man!” Woody said to Thomas.

“All these years and you can’t tell the difference between the real Sisqo and his cousin T.” Thomas said as he smiled.

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Woody dropped his mouth in shock and Scola just stood there. “Prove that you ain’t him!” Scola said.

Thomas pointed to his chin where the mole was and then he took off the white stocking cap. Underneath the cap was a closely cropped haircut full of waves,and his hair was black.

Woody was still in shock because he knew it was him and Scola still looked skeptical.

“Where is the rest of you?” Woody said.

“Forever gone!” Thomas said as he laughed. Scola was still looking like he was looking at a ghost.

“It’s like I’m looking at Sisqo’s twin, for real!” Scola said.

Woody came from behind the sound board and gave Thomas a hug. Thomas and Scola shook hands.

“Nice to see you again!” Woody said to Thomas and they started to small talk while Scola went back to the sound board to work out some issues.

Just then Thomas’s cell phone rang. It was Samantha.

“What are you doing?” Samantha said.

“I’m at the church.” Thomas said. “Why you wanna know?”

“Just checkin!” Samantha said and hung the phone up.

Thomas just looked at the phone and he heard the dial tone and he shook his head.

“That girl gets more evil by the hour!” Thomas mumbled to himself , but Woody overheard.

Thomas looked down at his watch. “Sorry I gotta go home real quick, when does the Youth Jam start again?”

“Seven o’clock.” Woody said as he looked at Thomas’ face. He looked a little worried.

“You okay, man?” Woody asked Thomas.

“Ummm….yeah.” Thomas said. Right then Scola came back and noticed the worried look on his face.

“I’m gonna give you my number, just in case you need some help, alright?” Woody said to Thomas.

“Alright!” Thomas said as he flipped open his phone and programmed it in his phone as Woody called out his numbers.

“See ya’ll later!” He waved to both Scola and Woody. He started to lightly run up the aisle, when Scola jokingly said in an old man’s voice, “Stop running young man!” and both he and Woody started to laugh.

Thomas looked back, waved and proceeded out of the front doors.
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Samantha was upset. Why did she go to the detective in the first place? She was trying to get T. in trouble, but she was just digging a hole for herself. Was it really coincidence that his cousin, whom she had never met looked just like him? This was not good. She was really going to nail him on something! She couldn’t stand him when he decided he was going to leave. At first, she wanted to leave, but in her heart she wanted to stay and after T. begged her, she stayed. But now, he wants to leave. She was very surprised when he said it , but she didn’t believe it. Reality hit her when she saw some of his clothes packed up in boxes.

“Oh no he don’t!” Samantha stated to herself when she saw the boxes. She proceed toward one box, keys in hand, and took her key and dragged it in the tape and proceeded to rip open the box. She took out all of his belongings and placed it on their bed.

Thomas gently closed the door behind him as he walked into the apartment. He headed to the back of the apartment toward the bedroom, when he saw Samantha putting his belongings on their bed and it was from the second box he had packed.

“What are doing?” Thomas said.

“Unpacking!” Samantha said nonchalantly.

“Why we hafta go through this? I told you I have to leave. It’s best for the both of us!”

“I don’t see how this is benefitting me!” Samantha huffed.

“Here we go again, why does it have to be all about you? You have changed since we were first at that church, it’s like you’ve gotten evil instead of good. You didn’t have this attitude before.” Thomas said.

“I did, but you didn’t tick me off!” Samantha said as she picked up a pair of rolled up socks and threw them at Thomas. It barely missed him.

“Stop it girl! You gonna through some unnecessary stuff right now, you getting all worked up for nothing!” Thomas said.

Samantha still started throwing socks, shirts, pillows and any other object she could find, while Thomas was ducking and dodging. He made his was over to her and grabbed her arms to make her stop.

“I know you ain’t touching me, you stupid b!*$#!” Samantha yelled at Thomas.

Thomas let her go and she fell on the bed. He was astonished because he never heard her curse before. She is really being evil, he though to himself as he looked down at her on the bed. She looked so innocent.

“I’m leaving!” Thomas said as he started to walk out of the room.

“Where you going? You know I’m the only one you got!” Samantha spat at Thomas.
She got up off the bed and proceeded to follow him as headed to the front door.

“I’ll call you.” He said to her as he headed out the front door and gently closed the door.

As he proceeded to head down the stairs, he mentally patted himself on the back for keeping his cool.
“If I was the old me, she would’ve got pimp slapped!” He laughed to himself.

He went to his car and opened the door. There he had called his aunt, the mother of Sisqo, to ask her could he stay for the night, and of course she said yes.

Samantha snapped back into reality when she heard the sound of a tractor trailer horn blowing at a car in front of her. She checked her rearview mirror to see if Jazz was still following her.

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That was so nice of Jazz to follow her home, she thought to herself, but what was Detective Ruffin up to?she said to herself. She kinda liked Jazz.

“That little bamma T. is gonna pay!” Samantha thought to herself.

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Sisqo was heated! But he was surprised and glad to see Mira!

“She is still beautiful, but even more so now!” Sisqo said to himself as he thought about her earlier in the day.

Just then his cell phone rang, it was his mother.

“Hey ma!” Sisqo said when he answered his phone.

“Hey baby!” His mother said.

“What’s happening?” Sisqo said.

“Um yeah, what did I call you for?” His mother said.

Sisqo laughed lightly, because his mother often for forgot what she was calling him for .

“Don’t you laugh at me!” She said and she laughed. “You momma’s memory is failing sometimes.”

“Umm hmm….” Sisqo laughed.

“Oh..ok..it’s about your cousin T.” She said.

“Oh yeah, you’ve talked to him?” Sisqo said as he perked up.

“Yeah , he’s staying here with me and your father temporarily until he finds another place. I gave him your number to call you.” His mother said.

“Oh really?” He said to his mother.

“Yeah baby, I told him to call you!” His mother said.

“Alright ma.” Sisqo said.

“That’s all baby, just let me know when he calls you, alright?” His mother said.

“Ma, do you have his number?” Sisqo asked his mother.

“No, honey. But I think your father does, but he’s not here!” His mother said.

“Okay, bye ma!” Sisqo said.

“Bye baby!” She said.

Sisqo hung up his phone and searched for his cell phone book and found his father’s cell phone number. He called it and the answering machine came on. He left a message to let his father know that he needed T’s number.

“That man never has his cell phone on!” Sisqo said. He needed to get to the bottom of this whole crazy mess!
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Jazz and Tamir was still driving behind Samantha when Jazz’s cell phone rang. It was Woody.

“Man, you’ll never know what happened today!” Woody said.

“Humor me!” Jazz said.

“Remember Sisqo’s cousin T? He was down at the church today.” Woody told Jazz. Jazz perked up.

“What was he doing?” Jazz said.

“Just chillin. He was talking to Pastor D….”

“Just talking, they wasn’t arguing or anything?”Jazz asked Woody.

“Nah, not from my point of view they didn’t seem to be, why?” Woody said. By this time Nokio had heard some of the conversation and he had perked up too.

“Long story, I’ll tell you later. Anyway, how long ago was this?” Jazz said.

“He left about 30 minutes ago and said he had to go home. He had a worried look on his face also.” Woody said.

“Okay, man! I gotta go. Thanks for the info. I definitely will call you later!” Jazz said to Woody.

“Alright.” Woody said and they both hanged up their phones.

“What’s up?” Tamir said to Jazz.

“Wood saw T at the church, he said that he left to go home around 30 minutes ago.” Jazz said.

Samantha pulled into a parking space inside an apartment complex. The buildings were garden style. Jazz pulled up into a parking on aisle behind her.

As Samantha opened her door to her car, another car pulled up two spaces down from her car.

Thomas didn’t notice Samantha’s car nor did she notice him pulling up.

Samantha waved at Jazz as she proceed up the walk way.

Thomas opened up his car door, still not noticing Samantha, because he was fiddling around trying to find his cell phone that was playing his favorite tune. He picked up his cell phone and answered it as he closed his car door.

“Hello?” He said, but the person had already hung up.

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Tamir spotted T as he got out of his car. “There’s T.” He said to Jazz.

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Samantha had already climbed two steps when she heard what sounded like T’s voice. She back tracked down the stairs.

When T was trying to figure out who called him, while still walking, he felt someone looking at him.

He looked up and stopped in his tracks. It was Samantha staring him down. He gave her the same stare.

Jazz and Tamir were observing the whole thing. Jazz got anxious. He was about to get out his truck when Tamir asked him what he was doing.

“I’m gonna help my friend!” Jazz said to Tamir.

“Nah, don’t do anything. Don’t jump to conclusions!” Tamir said to Jazz.

“What?!” Jazz said and gave Tamir an angry look.

“Didn’t you tell me not to jump to conclusions earlier?” Tamir said.

“Yeah, but you jumped anyway!” Jazz said.

“Well nevermind that! Chill out man. Let’s just sit back and observe. I have a feeling nothing’s gonna happen, but if something does kick off.. I’ll give you permission to make a move.” Tamir said to Jazz and then laughed.

“Permission, ha ha!” Jazz said sarcastically. Jazz still had his hand on the lock when he slowly took his hand off and tried to relax.

“Just observe, my man! They don’t call me Detective Tai for nothing!” Tamir said to Jazz.

They both sat back and observed and even though Tamir didn’t admit it to Jazz , but he was a little anxious too.

[CarolinaCutie]

Can't wait to find out what happens next!

[Drulady03]

Interesting. I'll be waiting to see what happen's next.

[DruQueen]

Wow! This is a good story. I just started reading it today when kiesha mentioned it to me. ( ) I can't wait to see, err read, what happens next. lol

[DruDiamond]

I like it I like it Good work! Can't wait for the next pt...

[aDRUfan4LiFe]

Thank U guys for the feedback!
Some of the stuff in the story is true.
I'll let ya'll know when I finish! lol ;D