I had such an early night yet somehow I was still feeling tired this morning, and don't get me wrong most days I push away the tiredness but this morning I simply couldn't be asked. And it's not like I didn't try cause I got up to pee and brush my teeth at some point, but then I was still sleepy so I said fuck it and went back to sleep.
My light flicks on and I groan as I lift the comforter over my head, "Mari it's almost eight. Why you still asleep?"
"Cause", I mumble from underneath
"Cause what?", Mom asks
"I don't wanna go to school"
"Don't we all. But look I got a surprise for you"
"Is it food"
"Why don't you have a look"
I lower the comforter from my face to see what my so called surprise is, it's Xavier. He looks handsome, but I don't break easily. I lift the comforter back over my face, "Pick better surprises mama" I re close my eyes
"Wait a minute are ya'll beefin?"
"Yes we are so please escort him out of my room"
"Come on Ree"
"You know the real reason she don't wanna go to school is cause she's waiting for you to make things right with her right?-
"I can hear you"
"Can you uncover your face so we can talk?", Xavier asks
"No thank you"
"Awww, young love-
"Ma go away"
"Alright alright I'm gone", I hear the door shut behind her and Xavier pulls the comforter away from my face slightly
"Babe come on" He says softly
I fold my arms, "What would you like"
"To talk"
"Talk then"
"Look I get why you were mad now ok? But I was pissed and I still am, Indiah's now hung up on that white boy and he's a piece of shit-
"Do you think I don't know that?"
"I know you do"
"It did not need to go that far"
"Baby-
"I literally just got Archie's friend to help me with your files and now you guys might've jeopardised that, had you let me handle it I would've had a go at him because guess what he pissed me off too. And after that I still would've been able to get him to tell the cops that he was Indi's dealer. But because dumb dumber and dumbest took it upon themselves you've got no way to get the cops off her case, and you know what happens when the cops are on one persons case? They start coming up with theories and then they start digging and digging until they've found something. Might not relate to the case but guess what they don't give a fuck"
He smiles a little
"What the fuck is funny"
"No it's just that you're cute when you're mad-
"Xavier"
"You are though", He then holds my hands
"I'm sorry mama. I didn't think that deep into it, I should've listened to you"
"You should've", I reply as he leans in
"But really though, you couldn't answer any of my texts? You so petty"
"I said good night", I reply simply
"Not good enough. You know that punch I gave your friend felt too good-
"I'm about to not kiss you"
"You know you was grumpy without me", I didn't kiss him properly the first time but then I ended up caving and let him kiss me with tongue.
We were making out for a little while but made sure not to get too carried away, well actually I was the one who reminded him.
"This whole morning look? Crazy", My boyfriend informs me
"Ok fuck off, I look cute when I wake up" I defend
"You look all ruffled-
"Bitch-
Zay chuckles as he gives me another kiss, "I'm playing. You always look cute"
He knew to correct himself.
"Why you not going to school?", I then ask him
"I went yesterday"
"I don't know if you know this but it's actually five days a week"
"Right, but we know I'm probably gonna end up dropping out-
"Zay" I tut
"I'll be good, I'm always good"
"No but don't make that decision yet, just thug it out. You have one more year and after this you won't even have to go to college. I know you can do it, you're so smart" I nudge
No but on a real note he's really intelligent, especially when it comes to math. He just doesn't like school which honestly, I get.
"I'll see"
I kiss his face, continuing with trying to persuade him. "You'll graduate and your family will be there, I'll be there in the front row"
I trail the kisses across his chin, "Then we can secretly leave the country without anyone knowing and we can have a nice holiday to ourselves to celebrate you"
My kisses reach the corner of his lips, "We can eat whatever you like and have holiday sex too" I murmur
He grins, "I like the sound of that"
"Yeah?"
He plays along with my fantasy, "Mhm. Where we going"
"Anywhere, Trinidad, Mexico, Greece, oooh Egypt. Or Dubai"
"Yeah we can't forget about Dubai, hopefully I'm done with this shit by then"
"Trust me you will be, me and you are gonna travel the world. This thing with Treyvon is gonna end" I reply softly
He smiles as he kisses my hand, "But in the mean time though. You gotta go to school"
I snort, "Oh no me? I'm taking an off day"
"Amariah your ass better be in the shower!", Mom shouts from downstairs
"You sure bout that?", Xavier says amused
"I'm miserable!", I shout back
"I don't care!"
I look at him grumpily, "I'm going to school"
He laughs, "I know"
We hear a knock on the door before it's opened by my dad, "Why was this closed?"
"You sure you want the answer to that uncle T?"
He was dressed and ready to go to work, "You're right I don't. But for future reference"
"T!", Mom calls out from downstairs
"Yeah I'm coming!"
He turns back to us, "Go to school. Both of you"
"We will"
"I'm gonna call your teacher and check that you did", He says to me
I roll my eye as he leaves
Once I hear that the front doors closed I use that opportunity to pull Xavier down by the shirt and start making out with him again, moaning softly as his tongue slides into my mouth. He rolls us over so that I'm the one on top and the kiss starts to become intense. Even though I'm the one who started it, I've also gotta be the one to end it because if I don't then I'm afraid I won't leave this bed.
"I've gotta get ready" I moan as his hand slides under my shorts
"Yeah you do"
I do eventually pull away despite not wanting to, but his lips stay connected to my neck and his hands grip on my ass. "Babe"
"I know I know"
I give him one last kiss, "You can come watch me shower"
"Bet"
Remind me never to invite him into my bathroom again, this nigga started inspecting all my skincare products and the draws below my sink. One of them was filled to the brim with lip gloss, lip balm and lip liner.
"I don't even understand why you got a whole draw full of lip gloss"
"Those are all new ones, when I'm done with my current one I take out another" I reply whilst putting on my earrings
"And you can't just be normal and go to the store to buy more?...."
"Listen I don't question the endless amount of durags you got in your room"
"It's not questionable"
He was about to open another draw but I quickly disobliged and pushed it back shut, "Not that one"
Xavier looks at me suspiciously, "You're sus. What's in it?"
"Nothing"
My boyfriend folds his arms, "Ree"
"Hm?"
"What's in the draw"
"Don't worry about it"
He raises an eyebrow at me and I roll my eyes before eventually moving over and letting him open it. There's quite a few things in there, for starters-
"What's this"
I lean against the wall with folded arms, just watching as he picks up a stack out of the draw. It was a stack of cards, birthday cards to be specific.
"Is this the card I got you for your seventh birthday?"
"Possibly"
Xavier raises his eyebrows as he looks through the cards, "And your sixth, eighth, ninth"
The one I got for my sixth birthday came with a candy ring, in the card Xavier asked me to marry him. I never ate the ring, I've still got it in that draw somewhere. But you can also see the development of his writing because at seven years old it was horror.
He smiles teasingly "Aw you still have all the birthday cards I wrote you. You're so cute"
"You're so cringe", I wave him off as I continue with parting my hair
"I didn't actually realise you were a hoarder-
"I'm not a hoarder", I defend
"Yes you are-
"I'm not. I just like to keep certain things"
"You still got the ring don't you", He says knowingly
"No"
He just looks at me
"Yes", I eventually reply
He puts his arm around me, placing multiple kisses on my cheek. "Don't be embarrassed, this is cute"
"Don't get too cocky, the fourteenth birthday ain't there" I let him know
He frowns as he double checks all the cards, every age was in fact there but fourteen. "Where is it"
I snort, "I tossed that shit after I found out you had sex"
Xavier gapes at me and I wink
"Love you too"
"You're crazy"
"You make me crazy"
It was probably dramatic of me but in the moment it felt right, I was even gonna go the extra mile and throw out the other birthday cards but I just couldn't do it. I guess I am a hoarder.
Xavier eventually puts everything back before coming up from behind me, "You're taking too long"
I concentrate on my hair as I look in the mirror, "Yeah well I gotta do my hair"
He starts to fiddle with the towel, specifically around my breast area where it's tucked in. "Xavier", I warn
"Yes?", He pretends to be innocent
"Don't even"
"I'm not doing anything", His fingers slip through the gap of my towel, right where my pussy is. I literally felt myself go still, pressing my back against his chest as he stroked me softly.
"Tell me to stop then"
He knows I can't
His index and middle finger play with the folds before he starts to slide them in between, I could've stopped him but instead I just parted my thighs a little more to give him more access. Here we were in front of my mirror instead of driving to school.....he's honestly my weakness.
"You smell so good", Zay murmurs against my neck
I close my eyes as he starts to rub the pool of wetness between my thighs, "Xavier"
"Yes baby"
"I have to get ready", I finally say after a moment
"I'm not stopping you"
I was about to give in when he started kissing my neck, but all I had to do was remind myself of how my mom would tell me off if I never turned up to class. That's what snapped me out of my trance, "Yes you are. Stop, I'm getting ready now"
He looks at me in the mirror with his lips still attached to my neck and I turn my head to face him. "Don't look at me like that cause then I'll cave"
"Look at you like what?-
"Like that. We're going to school"
"Of course we're going to school"
He makes me go crazy
I pull away from him, "Behave"
For the first time in forever he pouts
"Stop that", I drag him with me back into my room
"I'm not doing anything", Xavier defends
"Sit down, don't move. I'm changing and then we're gone"
"Fine"
"Good"
"Ight then"
"Alright"
"Can I at least have a kiss?"
"No" I go back into the bathroom before shutting the door behind me
We're each others weaknesses I fear.
*
"How nice of you to join us miss Lee"
I don't even bother replying as I make my way to the back of the class, my English teacher looks away from his computer. "You can make up for the time in detention after school. Feel free to ask Miss Campbell to explain the work to you"
"Great", I reply with a sarcastic smile
West glances over before continuing with his work and I pull out the chair beside Indiah, sitting down next to her.
"You ok?"
"Yeah", I reply as I start to take the shit I need out of my bag
I feel flustered, mostly because about five minutes ago I was playing tonsil hockey with her brother in his car. Things got heated, to the point where I have two hickeys above my breasts.
"See you in detention twin"
"What'd you do", I say amused
"Refused to take off my beanie"
That's when I notice the black beanie on her head, "Why not just take it off?"
"Girl this wig ain't glued down, I was having a lazy morning"
I laugh a little, it gets like that sometimes
"I spoke to my mom" She then says
I frown, "About what?"
"I know she said some messed up shit to you at the hospital, it was written all over your face"
I sigh, "Indi-
"No it's cool she knows she's wrong. But she's also paranoid as fuck now, thinks we've all gone mad except precious little Zion"
"How is he?"
"He's good, he's coming to see us tomorrow"
"How's um....", I gesture in the right direction with my head and she rolls her eyes
"We're fine I guess"
I tilt my head, "Ok but it doesn't look like it. Did he apologise?"
"Yeah he came up to me this morning and said sorry, then the bitch asked me about the cops. He was more worried about them than about me, but ion even care anymore"
I scoff quietly, "Dee, don't tell me he's still your boyfriend...."
"It's complicated-
"No no no this isn't complicated, you need to dump his ass"
"I can't do that"
I sigh knowingly, "You still want it to work"
She shrugs at me
"And the Kaian thing?...."
"No I'm not going back to that, bygones" She decides whilst flipping through pages
"Rightt"
"Anyway why worry about boys when I have you", Indiah smiles
"Aw I love you"
"I know, I'm awesome"
I roll my eyes
"Even if you leave me for my brother", My best friend quickly throws in there
I frown, "Hey no I don't"
"Uhuh right, who was at your house this morning?-
"That was.....-ok he was there. Do you seriously think that though?"
"Well not all the time"
"If you ever feel like that then let me know Dee. But this morning he was only there because we argued and he wanted to make it up to me"
She scoffs as she closes her book shut, "I didn't even know y'all argued. What else don't I know"
Practically the whole class is chatting away amongst themselves so it's not like it's dead silent in here. I suddenly remember something else, "Oh shit yeah I haven't actually caught you up"
"What???? Tell me, now" She urges
"You sure?-
"Yes"
"We had sex", I say lowly
My best friends eyes widen, "What. And you didn't text me to let me know?!! When was this? Ok ewwww I don't want the image in my head"
"It was at Keisha's party, before your seizure of
course" I reply
Indiah groans, "I can't even ask you for the details"
"He's definitely magical cause I came about three times", I whisper to her teasingly
She tosses her pen at me with disgust, "Ok shut up shut up I don't wanna hear it. TMI"
no work got done this period
I laugh as she massages her brain, in an attempt to think about something else. "Ok I'm picturing rainbows and clouds now..... is there anything else that I've not been told"
"Nope that's it"
"I've heard enough anyway"
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"Happy birthday mom"
"Awww", She smiles as the four of us give her a hug on the bed
"Thanks you guys"
"Happy birthday mommy", Aidan repeats as he kisses her cheek
She strokes his hair, "Thank you baby"
Meanwhile dads on his side of the bed still sleeping
"Excuse me, it's your wife's birthday", Neveah says whilst flicking him
He lifts up the comforter, still keeping his eyes closed. "Waiting for you guys to get out so I can show her my version of love"
Mom giggles like a high schooler, such nasty asses I swear.
"Don't you think you've impregnated her enough", I reply unimpressed
"Nah, I'm still waiting for a child that I'll love"
"Yeah that's definitely why you have our names tattooed"
"Right? Anyways, we made you breakfast and there's some crumbl cookie down there for you too" Trinity lets mom know
Its been her number one pregnancy craving this time round
"I love you guys, you're so sweet" She says in awe
Moms actually starting to show now that she's hitting five months, and shes not been experiencing any discomfort in a while thankfully.
"Gifts are downstairs too, you just go do what you gotta do and then we'll have breakfast together" I reply
"Guys I really hope you didn't spend large amounts of money on me, I'd rather you saved and made me something that I can't buy anyday. The breakfast is a gift in itself"
"Yes yes don't worry we didn't"
Aidan rubs his hand over her stomach gently and she smiles at him, "You wanna say hi to the babies?"
"Helloooo"
After a while the twins went downstairs first and took Aidan with them, meanwhile I stayed with mama and just cuddled with her. "What did you wanna do today"
"Honestly? I just wanna have a nice big cake and eat from it without cutting any slices"
I smile, "I think that can be arranged"
She yawns, "I'm so ready to push these babies out"
My hand is currently rested on her stomach, "You always look so calm in your birth pictures. Doesn't pushing babies out hurt?"
She laughs a little, "I mean I can tell you one thing, it's not like in the movies with all the screaming and shouting. It's not the best feeling in the world but I mean I don't really mind it to be fair, it's kinda relieving"
I frown, "Thanks but I'll stick to having two kids"
"Big families aren't for everyone and that's ok"
"Don't imply that you want her to have kids", Dad murmurs from his side of the bed
I turn back, "You don't want grandkids?"
"Course I do, what I don't want is you getting ideas. No ring no children"
"I was literally at your wedding..."
"You were an accident", He reminds me
"I prefer blessing", Mom corrects
"See? I brought you two back together" I boast innocently
"Oh please, is that what your mom told you?"
"Pfft, it's what we all know"
"You were forty percent the reason, the other sixty percent was-
Mom fusses, "Guys it's too early for your childish debates, Amariah I'll be down in a sec"
"Alright", I get up before heading towards the door
When she's not looking dad quickly flips me off, I mouth back fuck you but mom caught me in the act.
"Excuse me what'd you say?"
"Huh? Nothing"
He snickers and I quickly leave