I can laugh with you... because you want to know what's funnier? I was able to finish school that day and go home. Go about my business and on with my life in peace. A load off my shoulders after confronting the problem and all the bullshit and walking away from it all. I later learned they never even got to throw down after school because they were caught and prevented by either the school officials and/or the police - I can't quite remember who exactly because I wasn't there. They were caught with bats and supposedly other types of weapons in someone's trunk across the street from our school. I kept my distance and my former homie continued on the gang path, eventually incarceration. A few years later after high school we ran into each other at the local mall and he recognized me. Instead of bringing up the past, he greeted me and shook my hand. We ran into each other again after sometime and I could see the "gangsta" life had taken a toll on him. Again we greeted each other and went on about our lives. No hard feelings or grudges. I don't know, perhaps he had come to realize I had made the right decision when we were younger when I walked away from la vida loca. Prior to that he knew I was down to back up the homies - there was never any doubt about that. I didn't have anything to prove. I can see why it might've hurt him and pissed him off at the time to see me choose another way in life. I'm 35 now. A family man. Still alive and as healthy as I've ever been. I know I made the right decision. I'm more mature and wise now. I can read your comment and laugh with you because I know better. I know my story and all the context that goes beyond this short film that was my life in the tangle of the craziness. I wish you well and all the best in life. Thanks for taking the time to watch my short film.

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