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"inikoâ get outta my face." mariah said to him making me laugh as i did her hair.
"yessss thank you ma, i promise i'll be back before 8." he said grabbing his keys.
"hey auntie liya." he said hugging me.
"hey lil boy." i said making him put his hand in his chest and gasp.
"lil!?!! i'm grown." he said.
"don't you still live with your mother??? and don't she still pay your phone bills." i said and he smacked his lips.
"you ain't have to expose me like that." he said and i laughed as india ran downstairs.
"mama look!!" she handed mariah a piece of paper as iniko slipped out the door.
tryna be slick-
"it's pretty baby." she said and i tuned them out as i focused on her ponytail.
i made sure it was in place before grabbing another piece of hair and placing it over the base of the ponytail.
i wrapped it around then sprayed got 2b glue on it for it so stay down, i blow dryed the spot before taking the scarf off her head.
"there." i said and she got up and looked at it.
"okayyyy purrr, it's cute bitch." she said going onto instagram.
"your welcome chile." i said before going to wash my hands.
"where's destiny???" i asked her and she let out a sigh.
"we got in an argument last night and she left." she said.
"oop- i'm sorry.." i mumbled drying my hands off.
"it's coo...anyways how you've been???" she asked me.
"i've been good." i said
"journey??"
"she's good too, honestly i'm glad as hell for her to be back foreal."i said.
so we did end up telling them she was back and let's say everyone went through a good minute of shock and didn't believe me until they actually saw her.
amare ass even cried,"hello- good people." i looked over and saw yana.
"heyyy bitchh." i said hugging her.
"wassgood." she said hugging me back.
"so how your son been??" i asked her as i broke the hug.
"girl he been good, almost had to beat his ass." she said.
"i- for what??" mariah asked sitting down on the couch.
"because he wanna draw on everything and pour flour everywhere, then amare dumbass just poured water on it like-" i busted out laughing as she rubbed her temple.
"not they got you stressed." mariah said.
"and then amare and i ain't even together...how about the other day we was arguing he gonna rip up my birth certificate and say "bOom nOw yoU doNt exIsT." like what kinda shit." she said and i started wheezing.
(y'all when i saw that tweet when somebody said that i was dying cause bby the toxicity.)
"y'all just needa stop break up and quit." i said shaking my head.
"girl you don't think i've tried???? that nigga crazy as fuck...i ain't say this but his ass killed the boy i was suppose to be going on a date with last week, talking about some "oH i gUeSs thAts hIs kArmA fOr dAtinG soMeoNe whO alReadY wiTh somEboDY." like we not together." she said and i just shook my head.
"y'all giving very much toxic vibes." i said and she nodded.
"waitâ wasn't he in yo guts the other day actually." i said thinking about the phone call.
"bitchâ don't remind me i was weak at the time okay his dick good." she said making me gag.
"girl- okay." mariah said shaking her head.
the door opened again revealing, destiny.
yana and i looked at each other,"chile..we finna go.." i said getting up.
"yeah...i just needed to give these to you." yana said handing mariah a bag.
"okay i'll talk to y'all later." mariah said giving us both hugs.
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"FATHER!!!"
"why you yelling?" he asked coming around the corner.
"because i wanted to know where you at." i said hugging him.
"mhm, she's in the living room." he said and i nodded going in there.
"mommy!!" sahari yelled and ran to me.
"wassup mama." i said kissing her cheek and she let out a giggle.
"ready to go get acadia??" i asked her and she nodded running to the door.
"goodbye father."
"gurl get the fuck out my house."
"ouuu who bit yo dick??" i asked scrunching up my face.
"you really wanna know that???"
"i- no bye." i said and walked outside with sahari.
i buckled her up in her car seat then got into the drivers seat and drove to acadia's school.
"mommy." sahari said making me look in the rear view mirror.
"gloss!" she held up a tube of lip gloss.
"acadia been looking for that...lemme see it." i held my hand out and she placed the lipgloss in my hands and i sat it on the dashboard.
i turned into the school parking lot and waited for acadia, i heard a knock on the window making me look up and see malia."
"yes chile??"
"can i come home wit yall??"
"you've asked your parents."
"they not gonna care..." she said as acadia got in the car.
"you sure i ain't got time to be accused of kidnapping ." i said.
"mane i promise they won't ma please." she said and i just shook my head.
"girl...get in." i said then looked over at acadia.
"y'all lucky i like y'all." i said and acadia laughed.
"wassup sahari." malia said to sahari who was trying to get out her car seat.
"i- sahari stay yo ass in that car seat, you can get out when we get home." i said and sahari let out a sigh.
"dramatic.." acadia said grabbing the lip gloss.
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"okay but....why all y'all in my room though??" i said looking up from my computer.
acadia was laying on the end of my bed, malia was sitting on the couch by my tv with sahari in her lap.
"because we love you mother." acadia said trying to kiss me.
"move back-" i said swerving her.
"i- bet remember that." she said moving back to the edge of the bed.
"girlâ ion give a fuck write it down."
"fuck..." sahari mumbled making malia jump.
"i thought her asâ i thought she was sleeping." malia said and i started laughing.
"she be in and out but won't open her eyes." i said.
"anyways malia you staying for dinner or leaving???"
"uhh...can i stay the night??" she asked looking down.
"i- yet again your parents?" i asked and she looked at me and i could tell it was sumn she wanted to say.
"acadia go lay your sister down in her bed please." i said and acadia got up and grabbed sahari from malia.
once she walked out the room i closed my computer,"gone head and spill." i said.
"uhh...sunday i caught my mom and with a belt around her arm and she was putting a needle in it, i haven't seen my father in over a month now..." she mumbled and my eyes widened.
"did you notice any changes yourself or-?"
"no ma'am i really didn't it wasn't like any of us was close anyway, they hated the idea of me being lesbian so once i came out our bond kinda just broke ." she said and i nodded.
"you need a hug??" she nodded and i got up and hugged her.
"you gonna be alright...look you can stay here as long as you need alright, and don't be fuckin my daughter 24/7 thank you." i said making her laugh.
"i wasn't planning on it." she said wiping her face.
"alright now go find acadia, i want my room back." i said and she got up and left.
i put my computer on charge and turned on a movie.
"....i got you this." i looked up and saw Journey.
"hey baby." i got up and carefully hugged her.
due to when she was with her father, she did have many bruises.
"wait what you buying me stuff already??" i asked and she shrugged handed me the bag.
i opened it and saw some clothes and snacks,"Journey you don't have to buy me stuff." i said as she sat beside me.
"i wanted to..." she mumbled.
"okay love....you doing okay??" i asked and she nodded.
"you lying?"
"i still have the nightmares..."
"andddd you don't wake me up."
"no...i go out back and smoke." she said making me shake my head.
"no wonder i be smelling weed in the middle of the night." i said sitting the bag on the night stand.
"yeah...adaliya i'm glad you didn't give up on me."Â she said.
"what you mean??"
"like even...when y'all thought i was dead till this day, you still wear the ring i got you.." she said grabbing my hand with the ring on it.
"a-and you really never forgot about me, you kept the pictures of us together..hell even your kids know about me- like you didn't get with anybody else or anything." she said and i could see the tears in her eyes.
"come on.." i mumbled pulling her in a hug and she started crying.
"when i said forever and always i meant it, even if one of us went first journey i will always love you and only you." i said and she didn't reply as i rubbed her back.
"cause look...now your here, your dad is in jail...it's us now okay, and acadia and sahari." i said kissing her lips.
"do...do you still wanna get married one day?"
"of course i do." i said and she gave me a weak smile.
i wiped her tears from her face,"i remember hearing acadia talking about her birthday coming my up."Â she said.
"yeah...she finna be 16 on me." i said shaking my head.
"wanna take a nap together??" i asked her and she laughed.
"you still like sleeping a lot..." she said laying down and i laughed.
"sometimes..." i mumbled laying beside her, she grabbed me pulling me on top of her.
"i'm not hurting you-"
"girl hush you still light as hell.." she said pushing my head onto her chest.
"i can get comfortable fucker..." i said as i put my hand around my neck.
"mhm..." she hummed in response
"i love you..." i mumbled to her.
"i love you more."
....i just realized they would be in they 30's like 35 about-