SOUTHSIDE

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Layla pov

"Omg." I groaned sitting up i saw i was at lontrell dad house. My head was on fire.

Then my stomach began to churn like crazy. And my mouth got salivary as my ears ached. Then the nauseousness hit me as i ran to the bathroom. Emptying my stomach into the sink over and over again. I felt as if i was finna die.

"Here is some water." Lontrell OG came in handing me some water.

"Where is lontrell ?" I asked as i rinsed my mouth.

"Out handling some business." I nod at him then he left out.

Lontrell always does this go handle buisness while am asleep and he knows that gives me anxiety because his "business" isnt legit. 

I crawled back into bed.sleeping off this awful feeling. I woke up to the sounds of people talking loudly outside the window. Lontrell's voice was audible guess he got home already.

I got my stuff put together and walked out the room. I wanted to go home and change up. Also am tired of lontrell's ass sneaking out on me without saying shit.

"Can you take me home?" I asked as i stood on the porch.

"What for?"

"Well number one i don't live here."

He walked up the porch and stood infront of me. Smelling like weed and something else on his breathe. The double styrofoam cup caught my eye to. He's on that cough syrup bullshit to.

"Your high. Let me call an uber ."

"Aight."  he responded

I stood on the porch waiting for the uber to pull up. Then it did.

"C'mon" he said leading the way towards the black car.

"Gimme a kiss." He said as i quickly kissed his cheek getting in the car.

"You bugging but hmu when you get home.homes take care of mines aight." He said flashing the tech on his waist to the driver who nod in fear.

Leave it to lontrell williams to do the most.

As i pulled up to my granma. She was in the living room watching maury as always while grandad was reading his bible.

"Good morning."

"Morning granbaby." Grandma said as grandad looked me up and down.

As i entered my room i was met with my father sitting on the bed holding my favourite teddy bear mr.snuggles.

I chose to ignore him. Putting my stuff down and took my shoe off.

"A wise man once planted a seed that grew into a beautiful nice pretty flower. He cherished it and loved it. Everything was going good until one day the flower got to big. Taking new form and shape the man was furious trying to turn that flower back to the way it was. But what he failed to understand in order for the flower to reach its full stage it had to evolve."

He spoke in parable. As i brushed nots out my hair in the mirror.

"Baby girl,your my flower that i couldn't understand why your changing but am here to tell you I understand now. Its hard to see my little girl evolve. "

"Am sorry lay. I really am but this is part of your process you will be at your full potential soon but am scared of your changes."

The sincerity in his voice brought back the old memories. The one's where he would coach me through when i got in trouble at school.

"Dad i am always gone be your little girl ok. Yes i may mature more not being the way you wanted me to stay."

I got up hugging him and he rocked me side to side. I aint gon lie i miss being a daddy's girl. The streets is fun but there is nothing like a father's embrace.

"I got you when this is through. Just be safe ok." I nodded. My dad always knew wassup so i got scared when he said when its over.

I aint gon lie i can feel alot of shit coming up. Lord carry me through this and protect lontrell to you know he be going dumb out here.

"So you gon come home or not?"

"Home. Over here smells like old people." I laughed packing my stuff up.

Then i was loaded in dads car off to my peaceful surbubs. I had to catch trell up on all of this hopefully gon understand. I know the tension between him and dad is still thick.

"So yall good now?" Lontrell asked through the phone.

"Yes"

"Kool kool. Once he stay out my way and i get my way and time with you aint gon be no problem."

"Your way I aint no object lontrell."

"I got a suprise for you in like two days."

"A suprriiiseee?? Ok ok. Is it good or bad?"

"Mhmmm. Maybe. Maybe not."

"Trellllllllllllll." I heard him chuckle through the speaker at that.

"Jus relax bby jus something light ok."

"Why can't i see now?"

"Because the suprise aint here yet mamas."

"Mhmm. Now amma be thinking about it 24/7."

"Just chill. Anyways what you doing? "

"Homework."

"Ok smarty pants. School been cool?"

"Yes just tryna get to this and get to the bag."

"Once am around bby aint no worrying about getting some mula. Know i got you fa life rii?"

"I wanna get myself. We can both get money together."

"Bonnie and clyde shit."

"Something like that but more positive. "

"Bet."

"Saturday I got a nfl game to go to."

"With who?"

"My family."

"Kool kool."

We hung up the phone and I finished my paper. Place it in my binder. I was thinking about what could lontrell possibly suprise me with.

"We gotta go shopping tomorrow for the game okkkkkkk. We gots to look top tier." My mom came in saying.

"Well durrrr."

"Come put these rollers in my hair." She said sitting at my vanity.

As i got up and began doing her hair into sections. Securing them with the large rollers.

"Aww yall cute." She said looking at a picture of me sitting on lontrell shoulders at six flags. I had it in a frame on my vanity near the mirror.

"Yeah before he dropped me."