Lowriders Page #5

because you're so afraid

of what people are going to say.

You're right.

You're right.

Gloria.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down.

What are you...

Gloria?

Danny?

What happened?

They shot him!

They shot him!

Who shot him? What are you

talking about? Who shot him?

I don't know!

What do you mean,

you don't know?

What did they say? Is he okay?

He's in surgery.

And they're not gonna know

anything until tomorrow.

Gomez. Do you mind taking

Mrs. Alvarez for some coffee?

Yeah.

No, I want to stay,

i gotta stay.

I-i just need to ask Danny

some questions.

Just a few questions.

It's fine. Look, let me just

talk to him. Okay?

I'm not gonna go anywhere,

i promise.

Okay.

We, uh, found that.

I'm sorry to have to ask you

these questions now...

But it's important.

It's-it's fine. I guess it...

Yeah? Okay.

So, when's the last time

you saw your brother?

Ghost!

Oh, sh*t, little d!

I was wondering when

we was gonna see you again.

F*** you!

What'd you say, son?

You heard what I said!

B*tch!

Where you think you're at?

Huh, homie?

After everything

I've done for you.

Why'd you do it?

Say it! Be a man!

Yeah, little d!

What do you want me to say? Hmm?

That he wasn't

supposed to be there?

Maybe your pops

is drinking again.

He's your pops, too!

He ain't sh*t to me!

You think you know what it was

like? 'Cause you was there?

You don't know!

Drinking and disappearing

and beating me

for looking at him wrong?

You ain't know about that 'cause

i took my beatings and yours.

That puta deserves to die.

'Cause it should be him,

and not mom.

Like I said...

I ain't the one

that shot your pops.

Maybe I shouldn't have taken

your beatings after all.

Maybe you wouldn't fight

like such a little b*tch.

We're done.

Get this fool out of here!

Come on. Hey!

Danny? Hey.

How is he? Is he awake?

Yeah. Just in time.

He needs you.

Amor?

Huh?

Guess who's here to see you?

Huh?

Hey.

I'll be back.

Chuy, uh...

Chuy told me everything.

He said that it was

all ghost's idea and I...

I think we should

go to the cops.

No.

But they destroyed green poison.

We don't have

a car for big chele.

You know, I don't understand

anything about you.

Dad, you could have died.

Yeah. But I didn't.

But you can't let

them do this to you.

I said no, Danny!

I don't want to be a part of...

Francisco going back to jail.

No cops.

They found this at the shop.

Huh?

What is it?

It's your aa sobriety coin.

I haven't done much

to deserve it lately.

Put it in my wallet, please.

First time I saw her,

I remember thinking...

"This woman is perfect."

All I ever cared about was cars.

I always wanted

to build... a better car.

More beautiful than the last.

When I met your mother...

I thought,

it doesn't matter

how hard I try...

I will never be able

to build a car

as beautiful as this woman.

Keep it, son.

You keep it.

Danny?

Hey, I heard about your dad.

I just...

I just wanted to stop by

and say that I was sorry and...

You know, I'm here for you

if you need anything.

I'm...

Pretty sure that I'm the one

that should be saying sorry,

though.

It's fine. We're friends.

Aren't you leaving soon?

I don't know.

I'm... I might not even go.

What are you talking about?

You have a scholarship.

I don't know,

i might just stay here

for a couple of years

and take classes.

You know what I think?

I think you need to quit

being a little b*tch.

I need to quit

being a little b*tch? Okay.

What about you, huh?

Okay. I might not be the artsy

girl, but that mural?

It could have been a lot better.

Oh.

That's how you feel?

Mm-hmm.

No, but seriously.

Forget about what

your dad's saying.

Forget about your brother.

You need to keep

doing your own thing.

I always thought

that was cool about you.

Yeah?

Angel?

Hey. What are you

doing tomorrow?

I know we've got a few weeks

left for big chele.

And this might be impossible,

but... we gotta try, right?

Gonna need a miracle

to put this baby back together.

Yeah, I know

it's not much, but...

Imagine her with fifty coats...

Sitting on zeniths.

Yeah.

Let's do it.

Let's do it.

Shows like

the big chele invitational,

they're nothing like elysian.

They're private events

for high-end buyers and press.

Sh*t. No one here has ever

been to one. But we've heard

about them.

Yo, angel! What're you doing?

You gotta bend it!

You gotta take the bracket off

the frame first!

Hey, relax, dawg. Come on,

you're starting to sound

like your old man.

Here, you want to do it?

Let me try, come on.

Hey, get up out of here, dawg.

Come on, homie, I got this.

It's about half a dozen

of the most elite cars

in the world, in one room.

And getting a ticket

is no small thing either.

If you're the lucky one

in the group,

you might be able sell your

ride for, like, half a million

and get tons of press.

Yeah. Could you check on that

part for me please?

Hey! Danny! Woah! Woah! Woah!

What are you doing, man?

We're gonna need an interior.

Hey, mijo.

Did you eat yet?

I saved you a plate.

I already ate.

Oh.

You look tired.

How's the car coming along?

It's coming along.

Little by little.

Have you named it yet?

No.

Why don't you name it

after your mom?

Marisol?

From here?

Yeah, don't put your

hand on the bottom of it.

People think that lowriders

are just something

that happens in east la.

But there are thousands

of clubs

just like my dad's,

all over the world.

And they come here.

Because this is where

it all started.

I think it's time for the

Alvarez family to represent.

Ghost?

Hey, listen, man.

I really think

you should talk to pops.

He's about to get out

of the hospital.

I came by your place,

but... you were already gone.

I know the cops

are looking for you, so...

I guess that probably means

I won't see you for a while.

Anyways, man...

Pops really misses you,

and so do I.

What are we doing here?

I just want to show you

something.

Oh. What is it?

I'll show you.

Whoa!

I couldn't let the big chele

ticket go to waste.

Whoa!

Wow! Mijo, it's...

What's wrong?

I'm sorry I never...

Let you paint a mural

on these cars before.

You know...

One day I passed under one

of the tags, you got busted for,

right under the freeway.

I was sitting in traffic and...

I saw all these people

around me looking at it.

It reminded me how I felt

when I was lowriding.

That's how I met your mom.

Cruising down the boulevard.

That's all any

of this was about.

When you look back

to the beginning.

It started in every town

in Mexico with the paseo.

Boys would parade

through their villages...

To get the girls' attention.

And when the old world

came to the new...

That became strutting chevys

down the boulevard.

We took the American dream

and covered it with candy,

paint and chrome.

But people don't like

the American dream

to look different.

So they outlawed any vehicle

whose body was lower than

the bottom of the wheel's rim.

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