Ghetto Tendencies REMAKE

21: {THE BABY}

14th saturday
TRENTEN QUINTO WORKS - 15

"I'm a real dope boy I don't know how to work a motherfucking cash app!" I rapped to myself as I fanned the money with one hand and danced with the other.

"Who y'all love?" I asked the crowd which were my pillows and teddy bears.

"We love you Trenten!" I mimicked a girl's voice then immediately smiled feeling the love I was getting spread in my heart.

"Now y'all ask me!" I held the money in my hand to my chest and cheesed.

"Who you love Trenten?" I copied the different voice levels of the crowd throughout the sentence.

"I love y'all sillys!" I snickered tilting my head.

It's not the money I get doing all the shows, and hosting all the parties that make me happy. It's the love, the smiles I see on everyone faces that make me happy.

"She say Ten you got a gift I want you out these streets. I say, I don't even know how you deal with me. I would've been let me go if it was up to me." I sung to my reflection in the mirror, using the money as a mic.

"I can tell she really care 'bout me and it's so sweet, I'm loving that feeling of love. It's all in pinned me, let me put it in you. Arching yo back while I'm in you." I freestyled, getting nasty towards the end because I was feeling myself.

From the corner of my eye I could see Everly looking at me. I chuckled breaking charactering of me being in a studio.

"I think you need to get out and see people." She laughed because I've been in my room for the last few days doing this as apart of my routine.

"Your mom wants to talk to you." She spoke all proper while exaggerating her lip moments making me laugh.

I walked out of my room still chuckling under my breath. I walked into my momma room and sat on her bed.

"Wassup dukes?" I asked laying on my back with my hands behind my head.

"It's okay if everyone is dropping you, that doesn't mean you aren't worthy." She said and my eyebrows furrowed as I sat up.

"Who dropping me?" I turned to her, confusion written all over my face.

"Oh, so you still have friends?" She scratched her peach colored bonnet and I slowly nodded.

Being that I'm the baby of the family and Karinna didn't turn out completely how she wanted, she always try to check up on me.

But I'm just chilling by myself in my room, what makes her think I'm friendless?

14th sunday
DELAS HAZIAH CLARKSIN - 12

"Delas." My mom called my name from the couch when I was finna walk out the house. I twisted the lock back and went over to her.

"Yes ma'am?" I put on respect, because she only call me by my first name when it's something serious.

My name means The Last, but I'm not the youngest, so she avoid calling me by that.

"So..." She started and I sat down on the one person couch next to hers, "I have this conversation with all my kids before they turn thirteen and since yo birthday coming up soon." She said and my interest peaked.

"You gone have people in your life, that turn their backs on you. A few people are going to treat you like you're shitty, but that don't mean you actually are." She truly started, and I spiritually sighed in relief that it wasn't the birds and bees.

"And you different from all my other kids, so you probably already know this but, be sure to have yourself. Don't sit around waiting for people to live up to an already broken promise." She continued with the life advice.

"You choice rather you give people a second chance. Don't let them talk you into a second chance." She said and I nodded, getting that for sure.

"I'm not gone be here forever, so I want you to be the one to tell ya younger siblings all this. And since I'm not gone be here forever, make sure you don't depend on others, because no one is going to be here forever." It's like my heart sunk when she brought up her death, almost as if that was a new fact to me and I didn't know that prior.

"I want you to fall in love with yourself, before you go falling in love with anyone else." She smiled at the smile that grew on my face, because she know I'm the hot shit.

"And don't be pressured into living up to anyone exceptions or standards." She grabbed under my chin, "because you're prefect." She lied to me.

"More than prefect, beyond it." She continued to lied, but I took it all in.

"And that's all I have to tell you." She smiled and I stood up.

"Cool." I nodded before walking away. I walked out the door and closed it behind me.

I headed to the basketball hoop, because I knew another boy was gone be up there to play dice with.

A car started to slowly follow me as I walked, which made me stop. I didn't look at the car, instead straight ahead.

The car pulled off, I smiled at the license plate number and I pulled out my phone to call Robert. Instead I was met with Tezterity called ID.

I answered, "why the fuck I'm getting pulled up on and attacked for being buddy buddy with you?" I was met with confusion.

"What? Pulled up on by who?" I asked.

"I don't know, by some random dude, gone say "a message from the Eastside," like what's that supposed to mean?" Him being confused showed that he shouldn't have nothing to do with whatever beef Robert got going on right now.

"Man don't worry 'bout it right now. I gotta talk to my brother." I hung up.