Sneak: 金曜日, 8月 24, 2012 - 18:47
the Fires of Spring
This is a Blame Monroe & SoSo. Collaboration
Everything I was doing was against the rules. Everything I was doing was hurting her. Everything I was doing had me falling in love with her and nothing was going to stop my heart from dancing to her song.
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RUN IT!!
DAMN!!
Trey needs to get a grip
& leave my girl alone!
I'll sick Omari on his ass lol
I'm almost done with my add
RUN IT until then
run it
finally caught up!!! trey is a freakin lunatic..he needs to just move on.. i hope he doesnt decide to do anything drastic and try to harm them..RUN IT
Run it
RUN IT!
Professor Brown
I waited down in the car for Sofia as she had gone up to say hello to Gigi's brother and get some other things. While I waited in my car, I could have sworn I saw Tremaine perched around a corner of the building. Without hesitation, I get out of my car and go it out, but nobody was there but a bunch of students coming from the back car lot. So I went back to my car and sat there, now swearing that I had seen him. Maybe I was just hallucinating.
"Alright," Sofia says as she steps into the passenger seat, pulling me out of my thoughts. "Let's go!"
Chewing on my lip, I start the engine and pull off as we both put on our seat belts. "What are we doing tonight," I asked. "Staying in?"
"Um..." Sofia sighs, "Yes. I don't really feel like going out tonight."
"Okay, that's fine with me. What are we gonna do? Movie night, what?"
"Movie night sounds great," she glances at me while searching through her purse for her phone. "Sht, did I leave my-"
I immediately stop the car before pulling out into the street to look at Sofia. "What?"
"Here it is," Sofia says, grabbing her phone and taking it out. "Found my phone. Thought I left it upstairs. Sorry," she smiles innocently at me.
"It's okay, babe." I look ahead of me only to focus in on a guy passing by with a hood on. The glimpse of his face that was only a few seconds...I was sure that it was him. But I didn't want to seem crazy and ask Sofia anything about the guy. However, it was irritating me and I wanted to be truthful. After pulling into traffic and making our way down the street, I glance over my shoulder to look at the guy's face, but his head was down while looking at cell phone. Smart muthafcka. Damn. Staring back at the road, I try to think about what I should say.
"That..." Sofia says, letting her words fade as she just got through looking over her shoulder. "Never mind."
"What, did you see somebody?"
"Yea," she nods. "It's kind of crazy because I don't want to believe that it was him, but I'm for sure that it was him. I saw his face."
"Who was it?"
"Trey," she admits, staring down at her phone as her notification alert went off.
"I'm not gonna lie," I speak up, "I thought I saw him when I was sitting in the car."
When there was no response and I was coming to a stop behind a few cars that were at a red light, I glanced over at Sofia who covered her mouth with a hand as she stared down at her phone.
"Are you okay," I questioned her.
"Don't be mad at me," Sofia quickly looks over to me. "But earlier...when we were in Subway and Shad was there... It wasn't because he was just there to get something to eat," she confessed. "He was there because he was protecting me against Trey."
"What? Why the fck-" I sighed and gripped the wheel, trying to stay calm. "What happened? Just tell me, please before I turn this car around and head right over to his place to fck him up."
"I was walking to subway alone because you had to stay behind for class and as I was walking he popped up next to me."
"Did he touch you?"
"He tried to grab my hand to look at my ring, but I snatched away and kept on walking and told him to leave me alone from a distance. So then I turned away for good, but he came up on me from behind and gripped my arm-"
"Did he threaten you?"
"No. He didn't. I don't have any bruises. He-"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier, baby?!"
"Because! I didn't want you to get angry in school and go find him!"
"Still though, you should have said something to report him!"
"It wasn't on school properties...so, baby I just wasn't thinking. I'm sorry. I apologize for not telling you earlier."
"Don't be sorry. But we could have called the police or done something." My jaws clenched tight as I was now pissed the hell off. "...I'm not mad at you. I just...I'm angry that he's still coming around trying to take you back and stalking your place. This sht... Baby, the man can't let go and that scares me because what if you're here at the apartment alone or something and they just let his ass up or just...some sht happens when Gigi, Mike, or I'm not around!"
"I can tell the security guards not to let him in."
"What time is it," I ask, sucking my teeth.
"It's almost 10 at night, baby. Why?"
"Because I really want to go to the police so we can file a restraining order against Trey before this gets out of hand. Now what did he text you that made you not answer me back?"
"It's not a text," she stares at me. "...It's a message that he wrote to me on Facebook."
"Read it to me," I demand.
"I know that you love me more than you say and more than you believe. You just don't see it, yet. We can have more than what we had. Our love can grow. You can still be mine and we can be together. Don't be scared that the past we made could ruin our future because it won't. We'll move on from that and be successful in our relationship. And don't let him blind you, baby. With money and cars and the luxury life. That expensive bullsht. He's playing you. He doesn't love you. He can't love you like I love you. We have a chemistry. We have a bond. Please, don't be a fool for him. It'll only hurt you more by keeping your heart from a true, real love. My love. Get away from him, I'm begging you. He's not good for you. And if you can't see, then I'll show you, baby. I will. I'll protect you from that man who's obviously controlling you. I'm saying this from the bottom of my heart, I swear. Don't push me away. I love you, Sofia."
By the time Sofia was finished with the message, she was in tears. "Why are you crying," I ask.
"Because," she says in a raspy voice. "He's crazy! He...he...this sht that he wrote, it's scaring me right now. What if he's tailing us? What if he finds out where you live and-"
"Baby, calm down." I sigh, taking my hand off the wheel and reaching over to grab her hand. "We're going to the police station right now, okay?"
"And what's that gonna do?"
"So that we can file for an Order of Protection," I say as calmly as possible. "Don't worry. Baby, I will keep you safe so please stop crying."
Sofia wipes her tears and then folds her lips in as she stares out the window in a different zone. My baby was not about to be scared of this man and we weren't going to be paranoid wondering about what this muthafcka was gonna do next. This was not about to happen when my life was just getting back on track with happiness.
We make it to the police station and hoped that they could do something and quick.
Run it!
aww i already like how they are
now im a bit scared for mike..
run it
Run it
Awwwwwww, RUN IT!
Giovanni
I had stayed home today. I wasn’t feeling much up to anything but going to the bathroom periodically to throw up my life in the toilet. I have no idea why they called it morning sickness. More like all day sickness. It had been a week since Sofia took me to the doctor and the news was confirmed. I had been two weeks and now going on my third. I still haven’t told Michael. He just thinks I'm sick with a stomach flu.
When Sofia was done with her classes, she called to check up on me. I told her I’d be okay and to tell Chris hello for me. She said she’d stop by to get some clothes and to see if I was okay before she spent the night with him. I said okay and ended the call only to feel nauseous once more. I ran to the bathroom and stuck my head in the already open toilet. How I could throw up so much was beyond me. Who knew I still had anything to throw up?
After wards, I cleaned myself up and pulled out my MacBook Pro. I googled how to calm morning sickness and got some pretty good remedies. It was mainly all about balance. But the main thing on my mind now, was to tell Mike. I still wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep it or not. If it was already this much trouble then Lord knows what I’d go through when it was born.
There was a knock at the door. While I was trying to figure out how they’d made it past the code locked door at the entrance, my name was being called. “Gi, open up! It’s your brother.” The voice called.
“Sh*t.” I whispered to myself. I definitely wasn’t ready for this pop up visit. I mean, what is he doing with his life where he just leave new York whenever he saw fit to come to Chicago? And with no announcement?
He knocked again, “I know you’re in there, I talked to Soso and mom. Open up or I’ll use my key.” He jingled what sounded like keys.
“The fck?” I mumbled. How this nigga get keys? I sighed and struggled to get up and not be dizzy. I unlocked the door and flung it open, “When did you get a key?”
He smiled, “Hello to you too little sister.” He kissed my forehead and moved past me, carrying a duffle bag indicating that his stay would be awhile. “And I was bluffing. I don’t have a key. If I did, I wouldn’t have bothered with knocking.” He smiled as he entered my room.
My covers were on the floor, I couldn’t make it to the bathroom this morning so I had to change my set. Needless to say, in my fckd up state I hadn’t gotten around to taking the soiled set down to the basement to wash.
“Okay, ew. What’s wrong with you?” he screwed his face as he began to pick them up.
I rolled my eyes and sat on my bed, “I’m sick you a**hole.”
“I love you too.” He commented sarcastically.
I looked over at him, “Why are you here?”
“Because, I wanted to meet this guy that you keep talking about.” He looked at me.
Laying back, I looked at him, “Thought you were gonna come down on the fourth?”
“But I’m here now.” He said sitting next to me. “So what has my baby girl sick?”
I sighed and covered my face, something I’d do when we were younger when I didn’t want to be bothered. I wasn’t ready to come to grips with it myself, let alone start telling the world.
He snatched my hands away, “What’s wrong?”
“It’s bad brother.” I sighed.
He laid next to me, “Can’t be that bad.”
“It can, and it is.” I responded.
He took me into his arms, let me know that I was safe and could tell him anything. “Tell me.” Was all he had to say.
“I can’t. I have to work through it myself first.” I reasoned with myself more than I did with him.
He nodded, “Hmmm.” He got up and walked towards the door, “I’m hungry. I’ll be back.” He announced and went into the kitchen.
A text from Mike came through my phone, Hey, I’m at home now grabbin clothes. Give me 15.
No. My brother’s here. Raincheck? I was so not ready for this to go down.
He texted back swiftly, Okay, just call me. Feel better, I love you.
I smiled, Definitely, I have something to tell you. I love you too.
My brother reappeared in the door frame, “You guys have nothing to eat.”
“Lies, we just went shopping.” I stated with my eyes closed.
He stood there, my guess, inspecting me. Trying to figure out what was wrong with me. He’d never figure it out though, not unless I tell him. “You’re pregnant?” he asked nonchalantly.
I sat up, “What?”
“I just saw your laptop open on the floor in the living room. I was gonna pick up and put it somewhere safe. Then I saw the search. Is that what this is all about?” he kicked at the cover on the floor.
I covered my face once more and tried to drown him out, “Please, not now Omari. I’m just now starting to feel okay.”
“So you’re pregnant?” he sat down next to me.
My face still covered, I said nothing. I wasn’t ready to.
“Does he know?” he asked another question I didn’t want to answer. “Listen, I’m here for you no matter what. You know that right?”
I nodded but didn’t remove my hands from my face or part my lips to say anything.
“I love you little sister.” He laid down and pulled me into him. “Whenever you wanna talk I’m here.”
Run it
Sofia
Standing outside the north side of the school waiting for Chris so that we could go to Subway, I receive a call from Chris that a student in his class had to be taken to the hospital because he had a seizure. He had to stay a bit longer with his class since they were set back from all that commotion in the middle of presenting projects, to let the rest of the groups present.
So walking alone to Subway, I exhale, minding the beautiful day outside while strolling along the sidewalk. "Wow," a familiar voice says, walking up beside me. My heart stopped for a minute, startled. Sighing and looking over to find Tremaine, "Nice ring." He lifts my left hand to look at it, but I snatch my hand away and stop, turning to him. "Rough day."
"No," I stare at him with a straight-face. "Quite lovely actually. How about you?"
"Great now that I'm talking to you."
"Perfect," I smile. "Glad I could make your day. We talked. Bye," I continue walking on, rolling my eyes.
"Don't be like that, Sofia..." he laughed as he walked behind me with his arms open, "C'mon baby, I thought you said that we could still be friends?"
I suck my teeth and turn around, stopping 7 feet away from him. "We can't be friends, Trey... And you know that," I shake my head. "I'm not sorry for doing what I did either."
"Oh so breaking my heart-"
"Oh please! I didn't break sht! What we had can't compare to what I have now with my fiance. So just do yourself a favor, and move on, okay?" I stare at him, watching as he scoffs before smiling and then licking his lips while staring down at the ground, clasping his hands together before clapping. "But I'll never forget how much a gentleman you were. The next woman who comes into your life, she'll be one lucky woman. I just wasn't the one. So forget about us, please. ...Goodbye, Trey."
"Sofia," Trey calls as I turn to back away. "Sofia! ...SOFIA!"
Ignoring him, I keep on walking towards the Subway. Suddenly my arm is grabbed roughly and I'm pulled into Trey's body. I stare up at him, observing his red and searching those angry, jealous eyes. Why couldn't he just let go of the lust we'd never move past from?
"HEY, LET HER GO!" Another man yells, soon walking up to us just when Trey lets me go. "Sofia, are you okay?" His voice was now familiar, and I turn to see Shad with deep concern in his eyes.
"Yes," I say softly as I back away while he got in front of me.
"Unless you want me to call the police, I suggest you disappear," Shad threatens.
Trey flicks his nose, smiling and backing away. "Congratulations, Mrs. Brown," he says sarcastically before turning to walk in the opposite direction back towards the school.
"Come on," Shad grabs my hand gently, "Where were you going?"
"In here," I say nodding to Subway.
"Alright," he sighs and opens the door for me. I walk in and he follows behind me, stopping to make sure that Trey was gone before he gets in line with me.
"Thank you, Shad..." I stare at him, smiling and then letting it fade.
"No problem," Shad clears his throat. It was silence for a few minutes until he tells me "I just uh, moved in down the street. Was coming from Wal-Greens a block back...when I um...saw you."
"Really," I question. "I could've sworn that you hated the city."
"Yeah, I did. Used to, but I'm getting used to it. I'm working as a bartender now," Shad explains, "and still at Footlocker. I figured I move downtown Chicago and make the trip easier."
"Good for you," I half-smile, nodding. "I'm happy to hear that."
"Well, I'm happy for you, too. Surprised that you're getting married...or already am," He smiles, eyeing the ring.
"Recently engaged," I say as I stare down at my ring.
"And that guy, an ex-boyfriend?"
"Something like that," I sigh, glancing from underneath my eyebrows, "yeah."
"One foot long, Italian bread..." The female employee Angela behind the counter says as I move up in line stating what I always get. She glances up at an incoming customer that causes her to keep the order going, "Chase, get a 6 inch wheat bread, Salami, Provolone cheese with a dash of black pepper, light green onions, and toast it. I'll get the rest."
I glance over as Chris slides pass other customers in line to get to the fridge and grab his favorite drink before passing by Shad. "Excuse me," Chris says and stands behind me, separating me from Shad. "Hey baby," He kisses me on the cheek, placing his hands on my waist. "Sorry about that. The kid just...out of nowhere babe, had a seizure."
"It's okay," I speak nearly whispering as I shrug and walk along the counter and stand in front of the register.
"Two or three sugar cookies," Angela glances up at me as she finishes off Chris' subway, smiling at me and then Chris while wrapping his sandwich up and putting it in separate bag.
"Two," Chris says for me, chewing on his lip.
"Three," I lip-synch.
Angela giggles and slides 3 in a small bag, winking at me, "3rd one free for you today, girl! I know it's y'all that are helping me out by writing those lovely comments on my services," she hands over the bags to Chris.
"You know it, Angela," Chris smiles as he hands her the usual $20. "Keep the change," We walk off towards the door. I glance over at Shad one last time and watch as he smiles at Angela causing her to blush before she moves back down to start on another customer. I hoped he had found someone too as much as wanted to be with me. "Watch out, babe..." Chris says as I turn and almost hit someone coming in.
"Excuse me. Sorry," I say to them and walk out as Chris holds open the door. "That was my manager I used to work with from Footlocker in there," I tell Chris as we walk back towards the school.
"The short guy standing behind you," Chris asks as he grabs my hand.
"He's not that short," I giggle as I look up at Chris, "we're the same height."
"Oh wait, wait, wait..." Chris smiles, "that's the ex-boyfriend you told me about who would harass you nsht!"
"Yeah," I smile, "that was him."
Chris laughs, "What was he doing, stalking you now?"
"No, no, no..." I shake my head and start swinging our hands, "he lives nearby since he's working two jobs out here."
"Sht, he might be working 3 the way Angela was eyeing him," Chris snickers. "Unless she was staring my fiancee down! And i can't have that!"
I laugh, shaking my head at Chris. Man, I loved the hell out of him. Can't deny that I fell pretty hard, too. He made me laugh to keep from crying, and smile to keep from frowning, and dance to keep from sulking. He was the best I ever had. "Mm," I groan and stop as we crossed the bridge, "I love you, baby."
"I love you, too, but why are we stopping," he turns to face me, towering over me while chewing on his bottom lip.
"Because I want a kiss before we get back to campus and we missed our usual lunch date."
Chris searches my eyes before letting go of my hand and placing it on my face to lean in and give me a kiss. Parting from him, I smiled wholeheartedly. They say sex is everything, and that's not a lie. But if anything else, there's more to a kiss, too. And his would give me life.
"Let's go before we don't have time to eat," He grabs my hand again as we head back to the school's building to sit and eat in his classroom before our next classes begun.
Run It!!!
Gi might as well get her life together cauuuuuuse Mike is not letting her get rid of that baby.
Run it
if her bro still in that than hell no he still gonna have funk with him
trust me the streets dont forget ishh like that
as for gigi she is preggers! ohhh mann i sure hope she can make the right decision'
and i agree with chris he got to tell her about her brother or else he would look like the bad guy
than ask her to move in but be ready for the rejection
run it
Awwwwwww, RUN IT!
they tryna split us up...nahhh too early bruh
lol we still need our space and time before we
start separating just yet
damn mike...hopefully her brother have gotten
passed that though.
whaaaaaaaat?! im so happy for gigi n errthang
and mike gon' support that sht as much as he
want her to move in lol
I'm a start on my add y'all but i aint guaranteeing
it tonight. Maybe tomorrow...
Run It!
Giovanni
“Diddy? Wait, as in Diddy Dirty Money Take That?! As in Puff Daddy, Sean John Combs?” I inquired as Sofia was telling me about everything and her new connection.
She laughed and nodded, “Yes girl! That nigga, it’s BAAAAAADD BOYYYY!” she sung and we both laughed.
We lounged by the pool in Chris’s apartment building as the guys were over by the grill. We were barbecuing today for their return and their engagement. “Girl that’s big! Get that young internship. You be making the clothes and I put em on hoes! The designer and stylist team!” we laughed and sipped our drinks.
“Yeah, Gi. Like niggas can really get on the fashion map, starting out with one of the biggest black moguls in America.” She stared off into the distance dreamily.
I snapped my fingers in front of her face, “I feel you Sof. You deserve it boo. Everything that you’re getting. You’ve arrived girlfriend!”
“Wow, Gi. Exaggeration much?” she giggled, “I haven’t even met with the man yet. But I’m just hoping for the best with everything.” She shrugged.
I rolled my eyes and smiled, “Listen, when you meet with him it’s gonna be in the bag! Like I said, you deserve everything that’s coming to you. Chris, Diddy, fashion line, family. Everything.”
“I guess you’re right. But you gotta be right there with me. I can’t imagine my sister not being there to share in the success with me.” She smiled over at me.
I smiled back, like honestly she didn’t know how much that little statement meant to me. Like Sof was just like blood to me. “Of course Sofie. I’ll be right there. So let me see the paper weight one more time!” I grabbed her hand.
“Bam b*tch!” she laughed as she wiggled her finger in my face. The diamond was beautiful. I was so happy for her, that words couldn’t explain. She was the happiest I’ve ever seen her. Chris was definitely a wonderful addition to her life. Besides me of course.
I smiled up at her, “I’m so happy for you Sof. Like, you don’t even know.”
“Aww thank you boo!” she pulled me into a loving embrace.
I then looked at her and my smile faded slightly. I had something that I had to tell her. It had been bothering me ever since I had found out last night. Nobody knew, not even Mike. I didn’t even know if I wanted to believe it myself. “Sof, I have something to tell you. But don’t tell nobody, not even Chris,”
She looked at me concerned, “Gi, what’s wrong? You can tell me anything, you know that.”
I nodded, knowing it to be true. I then looked over at Mike and back at her. I sighed and prepared to tell her.
Professor Stevenson
“Man, fck them! If they can’t see y’all happy as fck together, then something’s wrong with them. Long as yo mom cool with it, then sh*t. That’s all that matters anyway. You, Sof, ya mom, and God. Fck everybody else.” I stated after Chris told me about his family’s reaction to the engagement.
He shrugged as he poked at the hot links and ribs on the grill, “Yeah man, I guess you right. But still, that sh*t was discouraging as hell. I was mad as fck. I must’ve repainted over the same wall about 50 times that night. Best work I ever did man.” He shook his head and handed me his phone so I could see the pictures he took of them before repainting over them.
“Yo, this sh*t it good. This anger could be channeled to help with your upcoming art shows and all that. Use the negative to make a positive yo.” I handed his phone back to him.
He nodded, “Yeah, I feel you. So what’s up with you and Gi? I remember you txtn me about the ambush at her mom’s crib. What happened with that?”
“Man, that sh*t threw me for a loop. I wasn’t prepared at all, but her mom is cool as sh*t.” I divulged.
He looked over at me, “Yeah, but what about the brother situation?”
“Niggas in New York. But her mom remembered me. I had to convince her I had grown up and sh*t.” I grabbed the pan for him to put the links in.
He screwed his face, “So what’s up with that sh*t anyway?”
“Nothing really, just being young and dumb. Used to sling drugs with her brother. Then there was a money discrepancy and there was beef. Like I said, young and dumb.” I shrugged as I put the pan down.
He looked at me and then nodded, “Hmmm, so you think he’s gotten over it like you have?”
“I mean, I don’t really care. He’s the one gonna look like an ass if he’s still mad.” I reasoned.
“You tell Gi?” he asked while outing burgers on the grill.
I shook my head, “No, haven’t gotten around to it. But check it, I’m thinking about asking her to move in with me.”
“Dude, you funny as hell. How you want her to move in with you and you won’t tell her that you know her brother? And you know she won’t because of Soso. Just like Soso doesn’t wanna move out.” He chuckled and looked over at the two. They looked to be in a deep conversation.
I sipped my beer, “I’m gonna tell her. But I wonder why they won’t move out?”
“Soso said that it’s because we’re occupying most of their time but they know they can always come home and see eachother. I don’t knoe dude, they’re like sisters.” He informed me.
I nodded, “Yeah, close as fck. But I’ma still ask her though.”
“Go ahead, but be ready for rejection nigga.” Chris laughed as I looked over at Gi and Sofia talking by the pool.
Giovanni
“I can’t believe….I mean are you sure? Like have you told him? Are you sure? We need to go to the doctor ASAP!” Soso spoke a mile a minute.
I tried hard to stop tears from spilling over, “I’m not ready Soso. Like, I can’t go through with it. Not now, I just can’t. this is supposed to be you, not me. I just can’t like….oh my gawd I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.”
“Calm down! Stop it, oh my goodness please don’t cry Gi. Here, come with me.” She grabbed my hand and helped me up. “We’ll be right back!” she called to the guys as she wisked me through the doors of the building and into the pool access bathrooms.
Tears automatically started flowing, “I can’t do it Sofia!”
“Listen, you don’t even know if you are for sure or not. Just breathe.” She grabbed both my shoulders and looked into my eyes. Man she was always my rock. I don’t know what I’d do without her.
I tried deep breaths to calm down, “I took 4 tests Sofia. They can’t all be defective. I can’t do this.”
“But I thought you loved him.” She reasoned as her hands rested on her sides.
I nodded, “I do, but I’m not ready for that type of responsibility. I’m only young Sofia, I wanna travel the world. I wanna be the celebrity stylist I’ve always dreamed of being. I don’t have time for it to be holding me back.
“IT, is a child. Another life growing inside of you. You can’t be selfish like that. And you can’t make a decision like that on your own. You have to tell Michael.” She spoke strongly.
I cried more, “He’s gonna want me to keep it.”
“Well, maybe you should. You can still do all the things that you want to do. I’m sure Mike will support that.” She advocated.
“What if we don’t stay together? What do I do then? I can’t just bind my life to someone I don’t even know will be there forever.” I reasoned.
She sighed, “Well, whatever you do you need to talk to Mike. I’ll support you with whatever you decide. Stop crying, you’re ruining your eyeliner.” She smiled as she wiped my tears with some tissue.
“I love you Sof.” I smiled.
She hugged me tightly, “Oh Gi, I love you too.”
my computer erased my whole add
so I have to write it all over again
bear with me guys!!
Run it
run it!
That's good that they're getting aliong, RUN IT!
Professor Brown
When I woke up in the morning, Sofia was gone. However, I could bet that she was downstairs in the kitchen with my momma cooking breakfast. Hopefully nobody would come over today. But knowing my family, they would be over here anyway seeing that most of us were out here just for the weekend and this is where all the home cooked meals would be all day.
After taking a shower and throwing on a t-shirt and basketball shorts and socks, I made my way downstairs hearing Cassie and Columbus' loud asses already. They were sitting in the living room watching a recorded episode of 106&Park. When I entered the kitchen, Sofia was sitting at the table stirring cake mix while my momma was at the counter fixing breakfast plates.
"Always," my mother says before laughing. "Chris know when to wake up! Right on time! Whenever I'm JUST finishing cooking and fixing the plates!"
Sofia laughs too, then looking up at me as I approach her and lean down to give her a kiss. "Hey baby," she smiles. "Good morning."
"Morning babe," I smile and look at the cake mix. As I reach my hand out to get some cake mix on my index finger, a hand comes out of no where popping me on the back of my head. "Ouch! What the f-" I bite my top lip and stand up straight looking around to see my momma walking away.
"Don't you put your hands in that cake mix," she yells. "Wrong with you, boy!"
Sofia laughs again and smacks my hand away. "Keep on laughing!" I grin and walk away to get a spoon. "You not gonna be laughing-"
"Oooh," Cassie interrupts as she walks in with Columbus tailing her. "I smell breakfast!"
My momma eyes me and takes the spoon away from me. "You don't need to be eating cake mix anyway when I made breakfast. Here," she hands me a plate with everything I like on it and pushes me away. "Shoo lil boy and have a damn seat somewhere."
I smack my lips and walk away towards the table, taking a seat on one side of Sofia. "How long you been up," I ask.
"Since like..." Sofia closes one eye and looks up at the ceiling, "uh maybe 8 this morning. I did fall asleep before you so..."
"Mm hm..." I nod. "Don't be tryna steal my momma. I got my eyes on you!"
"Boy hush," my momma laughs. "Cassie come get you and Sofie's plate."
"Okay," Cassie gets up from the other side of Sofia but not before handing her cell phone off to Sofia, "that's him!"
"Who," Columbus and I ask in unison.
"Nobody!" Cassie yells at us as she grabs two plates and comes back to the table.
I figured Columbus probably wasn't too hungry since he ate so much last night at dinner so after I finished grubbing we headed out to play some basketball on my court in the backyard.
Sofia
After talking to Cassie's boyfriend who happened to be multi-mogul Diddy that she'd been secretly dating, I had gotten a new contact in the fashion industry. Hopefully he would really keep in touch with me and invite me out to events. Maybe I would get an internship because of him. Only thanks to Cassie first.
"I love you boo," I hug Cassie as we get done cleaning and wiping our plates.
"Love you too, girl!" She hugs me back. "You have to, have to, have to come to one of my runway shows though! The next one is in a month out in LA. Maybe you and your roommate..." she wraps her arms in mine as we step out into the backyard, "can come out and hang with me and my man?"
"Yes, I would love to! I'm sure GiGi would too! We're both in fashion so... Yeah girl! And I can't wait to meet him! He seems like a great guy and he funny as hell!"
"Gworl! He maybe old, but he is...my everything. I love him, SoSo." She admits.
I stop and then turn to her. "If he's important to you and you love him, then how come you haven't told your family? I mean...I see WHY! Chris was talking all this and that about how great y'all family is, but...is it because of his age or something?"
"No, no, no... Well," Cassie sighs. "I guess they would have a problem with that. But another thing is and I KNOW that this would be so irritating and annoying and just ugh! Asking for money," She counts on her fingers, "asking for free stuff. I mean I already bring home free clothes from photo shoots sometimes and that's how I get most of the things for family at Christmas or whatever. But my family is grimy and they're shady as fck. As you saw last night." She tucks her hair behind her ear and we keep on walking.
"Mm hm... So what about the chick he dated in college though?"
"Oh, they didn't know about that engagement. He was going to tell them, but then he found out she was cheating on him nsht so he just didn't tell them about it. He broke it off and came back home for a month before going out to LA and then finally finding a teaching job in Chicago."
"Wow," I shake my head. We stop at the edge of the court and I watch as Chris dunks on Columbus. "WOOO! GO BABY!"
Chris hits his dougie and then Columbus checks the ball, obviously mad that he was losing. "C'mon baby boy, step ya game up!" Chris says causing Columbus to play harder.
"Boys," Cassie sighs. "Lord, I do not want any boys if I have kids! Jebus no!"
"I actually want a boy. Just not a damn Taurus!" I laugh, "Them mafckas are hyper as sht! Bouncing from wall to wall all damn day! One Taurus is enough," I refer to Chris. "But I do want like...2 or 3 kids and if so a boy first, then a girl, and maybe another boy."
"Oh hell no. I would be fine with one boy," Cassie smiles. "I'd rather have girls."
"I wouldn't. You gotta deal with the attitude, the boys, them getting pregnant. Nah..."
"But you gotta deal with hoes and 'is the girl is really pregnant by your son' with having boys, too."
"My son is going to be a gentleman," I assure her. "He'll be determined, dedicated, and diligent. And I will teach him to find a nice girl who's a boss btch not a bum btch."
"I feel you on that," she slides me her hand and sit on the side bench. "Show me the ring one more time."
I laugh and flash her the ring. "POW POW!"
"Ooh, damn!" Cassie covers her eyes. "Btch you blinded me! Goddamn! I'm suing! Sht need to come with a warning label!" she joked.
We laugh together and then catch our breaths. I was so glad that all the cousins and aunts and uncles who didn't like me were out doing whatever. Also, I was super happy that I only had to deal with two cousins who did like/love me. It was a lot less people to deal with.
smh gigi sneak-surprised his ass lol
but it was good that he met her momma
i should be adding tonight...
tryna start on it right now
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I love this story...Uhhhhhh I'm pretty sure Mike would have said yes to meeting Gi's mom...she most def ain't had to trick him...but they mad cute yo.
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