Shit's Getting Real

So now here I was running for dear life from a potential skinhead riot where two of my friends were going to be on opposing sides. Jason was my ride home and I needed to figure that out within the next couple hours or else I would be screwed. So we were back in Medusas and I was with Anna, Silvia, and Tracy, hiding out from the mayhem outside. At this point, with all the craziness, all I wanted to do was chill the fuck out. As I was watching a New Order video play on one of the screens, I noticed in the distance a few girls totally mauling a guy. I found it funny until I realized that it was Jenny, Charlotte, and April! My jaw dropped. That fucking lying little bitch I thought. She was supposed to be in the suburbs with her cousin. Anna noticed this as well and leaned over to me.

“Holy Fuck! Is that Jenny and the two morons she was with at Trax?” Anna asked.

“Yes. It. Is.” I said very slowly.

I was ready to confront her when out of nowhere Darren ran toward me and shoved me into the Mens room.

“Ok Rambo, before you go and cause a scene, let me fill you in on what’s going on.” Darren said waving his arms.

“Enlighten me, Darren.” I said angrily.

“So, the three poser stooges over there went looking around to score some trucker speed and wound up getting Ecstasy from the dealer by the reggae bar on Clark and now they want to fuck the entire club!” Darren said.

“I never heard of Ecstasy?” I said.

“It basically makes you feel more sensitive to things. Anyway, that guy they’re fondling out there is 100% gay! I know because I did him awhile back!” Darren said.

“Whoa Dude! Too much…” I said.

“I’m just saying.” Darren said.

“I can’t believe this! She told me she was out by her cousin’s house in Palatine this weekend!” I said.

“Well, unless she’s got a twin sister, that’s her licking that guys ear.” Darren said.

“I’m so fucked! Now my lying girlfriend is out there high as a kite making out with some other gay dude! Fuck MY LIFE!”

“Ok. Too much drama. I’m gonna go now. It’s not worth causing a scene. Keep this little ace card to yourself and reveal when needed.” Darren said as he left the bathroom.

“I’m getting outta here. I’ll see ya later Anna.”

“David. Wait!” Anna said.

I snuck out of there without Jenny seeing me. I could hear yelling in the distance. The cool October night was thick with tension. The night had become a nightmare.

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Skinhead Talk

Jason walked me to the back stairway after telling me that he needed to talk to me.  I agreed to talking, because I knew my continued presence at the show would just fuck things up for my boy Squats.  We opened the heavy steel door and walked down to the bottom of the stairs, where the music was just a faint rumble.  Clint stood there looking at us and we looked back at him.

“Hey Clint, my boy Jason here needs to talk to me about something real important, so I’d appreciate it if maybe you moved your security detail outside.”

“Oh, hey Bubs, yeah, uh, I’m not really security per se.  I’m collecting for beers for after the show, if you know what I mean.”  Clint laughed

“Clint.  Outside.  Please.”  I asked

“Alright, alright.  If you was any other skin, I’d be like ‘you don’t know me,’ but ya know, I respect you and shit…”

“Go.” I said

Clint walked out the door and leaned against the steel L tracks, bobbing his head to the faint music coming from upstairs.

“Whatchu gotta say ‘bout your boy Rusty?” I asked

“I don’t know what’s gotten into him…”

“Well, I know what he’s gotten into.  He’s dick deep into Terri’s kid sister!” I responded

“I mean; I don’t know why he’s so attracted to that.  But he’s not what I want to talk to you about.”

“I’m listening.”

“Diane has been asking me about joining Terror for a while now and like, things at home are a little harry right now and things at school aren’t so great…”

“So what, you think we’re gonna fix that for you?”

“No, no.  What I mean is, I can deal with that on it’s own, but like, losing Rus to those white power fucks – I can’t handle that.  I really feel like this is something I wanna do.”

“You know that there’s a lot of trust that needs to be earned right?” I asked “You know that you just don’t walk into Terror because you happen to be Mexican and get special treatment right?”

“Of course.”

“You know that this ain’t about gettin’ you pussy and into shows for free, right?”

“Yeah, yeah, of course not.  I just remember what it was like a few years ago, being a young Mexican kid in this scene and these fuckin’ CLAS guys hassling anyone who wasn’t white.”

“I can understand that.  Come by the Factory later.  The touring bands are staying with us.”

“I gotta drive my buddy home but…”

“That kid with the camera, right?”  I asked

“Well, swing on back after you drop him.”

“Ok!”

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David's Journal: 10/26/89

Journal entry: 10/26/89

Tonight was absolutely wild!

Jason helped me concoct a plan to get out of my house to go to Medusas despite my grounding. We went to see this band Life Sentence play. Unfortunately before the first band could finish, a skinhead fight erupted and we had to get out of the club.

A while late, Jason and I were hanging out by the donut shop parking lot with Anna, Max, James, Alex and their girlfriends when ll of a sudden, this dude named Terri, who I guess is the leader of CLAS, confronted Squats with a couple of his goons. We booked out of there and went back into Medusas for safety. I guess Max ran to get Bubsy to help out Squats while I stayed with Anna and their girlfriends Silvia and Tracy.

And the night did not end there!
I wound up catching my sneaky bitch of a girlfriend at Medusas! She was supposed to be with her cousin in Palatine. Anna and I saw her making out with some guy along with her friend Charlotte. Before I had a chance to confront her, Darren grabbed hold of me and brought me to the mens room where he filled me in on the details. Apparently my girlfriend and her friend were trying to score some speed and they unknowingly picked up something called Ecstasy which I guess makes you very touch feely. Darren's advice was to just leave before I made a scene.

I told Anna I was leaving and booked out down Sheffield. I wound up running into Max and James where they proceeded to get me a little drunk off what they call "Polish moonshine." After a few shots of that and I felt great. A while later we could hear the sounds of sirens and a big fight. I guess the skinheads boiled over outside. 

Violet and Mars saw us and she scolded us for being around there when all hell was breaking loose by the donut shop. She told Max and James to get Anna, Tracy, Silvia and Alex and head home. Violet, in turn, told Mars to give me a lift home. We rode down belmont in this canary yellow late model Fleetwood. Violet bought me some coffee from a 7-11 to sober me up. She told me not to be stupid and sneak out like that again.

It was a thrilling night.
I'm glad I got friends who have my back.

Off to sleep!

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Operation Blockbuster

Saturday’s plan for David was in place. That was going to be a big night for me. I was supposed to meet up with Bubsy and talk about joining the Terror crew. I was considering this way more at this point. Rusty had been MIA for a couple days. After he came to school dressed up like a total CLAS jagoff, I think he realized that everyone thought he was a Nazi. I was concerned about him. That girl Bridget seemed to totally be messing with his head.

So I made that phony call around 4:30. Luckily, his dad answered and I did my spiel. David and I discussed it like it was real in case someone overheard anything. The story was that they have inventory and another worker called off so they were asking David to work until 12:30. Around 5:30, I was waiting in the Blockbuster parking lot for David to arrive. He snuck around back and hopped in my car. I immediately took off for Medusas.

“Holy shit, I can’t believe I’m doing this!” David said.

“Feels good to be bad, doesn’t it?” I said grinning.

“Kind of.” He said as he took off his work vest and put on a black turtleneck sweater.

“I hope that band’s going to be good.” I said.

“I’m just happy I’m going to Medusas.” David said.

With my driving, we got down to Medusas pretty quick. I parked my car about a block away. We grabbed a quick bite from Muskies and then we headed inside the club. Life Sentence was playing in the rock room so I was stoked. David wasn’t into punk as much but was willing to check it out. The club was packed. There were also a lot of skinheads around. I know after the show, I was supposed to talk to Bubsy.

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