How To Love

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Kentrell Gaulden

"I'm gon beat y'all motherfuckin' ass. Sit the fuck down." I said sternly. These kids was fucking driving me crazy. I had all my kids here,plus Arianna smart ass was here. I ain't never had to deal with this many kids at once,plus a newborn.

"Is my food ready yet?" Arianna asked. She was the only normal one sitting down on her tablet. I sucked my teeth and scraped eggs scraps from the pot onto a plate and handed it to her.

"This gon fill you up?" I asked wiping sweat from my forehead. Taylin ran passed me,damn near knocking the glass plate out my hand.

"Now you know you can't cook. You should've used doordash as a first option." Arianna said.

"If I kick yo ass out watchu think ya mama go do?" I knelt down to her height.

She shrugged. "My mommy already don't like you."

"And I don't like ha' old ass." I said back. "The fuck you want me to order you?" I pulled out my phone. My kids came running to me,reaching for my phone.

"I want chicken tenders." Taylin whined.

"I already know what y'all spoiled asses want. Go in the playroom before y'all wake up y'all sister." I said bucking at them. They hurried out and ran to the back.

"You think you so scary." Arianna said folding her arms.

"You sound just like Jalanee. Where the fuck her ass even at?" I said quickly sliding off the app to send her a message. She told me she was going record another video with Jayda in the morning and it's touching 3 pm. I knew I shouldn't have let her go, but after the court appearance I just wanted to let her do whatever.

I proceeded to order food and felt Arianna staring at me.

"What you lookin' at ?"

"Can you call Jalanee?"

"For what?"

"I want her to pick me up some food."

"I just ordered you sum' to eat. Go sit down. Or imma send you upstairs like the rest of them."

She rolled her eyes and plops on the couch.

"Kayla come play with me." She demands making me snap my head where she was looking at.

Kayla was walking towards the kitchen with puffy eyes. I forgot she was even staying here still, she only came out for food. "Not right now." She says

"Hi Kentrell." She says lowly, walking by me.

"Why youn' just pick up the phone and sort this shit out with Joe? That nigga begging for his family back."

"He told you that?" She asks.

"He don't have to." I shrugged.

"If he wanted it so bad, he wouldn't have did no shit to mess it up."

"Just hear the nigga out. He told me he ain't cheat and it looks bad. It may look bad but ion think he would do some shit like that to you."

"Joe's a dumbass. It's really no telling what he would do." She sighs and looks at me. "I'm done with him. Ion wanna shit else to do with it if it's not about Messiah."

"Mcht. Y'all niggas gon be back." I said chuckling.

"On my son you'll never see me back with that nigga. He's too damn much to deal with and embarrassed me. How you let your baby mama mind fuck you into taking her out on a date in exchange for seeing your own damn son!"

"Whatever man. Where fat man at anyways?" I dismissed the topic because I ain't need her to get to yelling when I just put Amira down.

"With his father." She rolled her eyes.

The front door then opened and closed and then came in Jalanee. She looked happier, I'm glad that court shit all over with. We just waiting on a verdict.

"Hi baby." Jalanee planted a kiss on my cheek,smiling. "Hi Kayla." She waved.

"You look good." I examined her attire and her stance. "Why you coming in at this time? I thought you was just recording a youtube video?"

"Yeah. We were but I decided to go do something productive with my time and look for venues for the wedding."

I smirked, and pulled her by her ass, closer to me. "And you just gon do that and not bring me?"

"Jayda said the same thing. I wasn't actually going to consider any of them. I just wanted to look around and see if I knew what I wanted."

"And did you?"

"No. Not really. I don't even know what kind of wedding we both want."

I gave her a smile,as I stared at her glossy lips. Still ain't believe a nigga was really getting married. And the fact it was someone I ain't expect, made me feel better about the whole thing. I'd do dumb shit and give girls ring in the past,misleading them, but this time I gave Jalanee my ring with a meaning and purpose behind it. I really wanted to this girl to be my wife.

"Jalanee! Your boyfriend tried starving us." Arianna came with the boys behind her, marching with her like they was some clique.

She laughs and looks at me. "What?"

"She trippin' I ordered they hungry asses some food." I mumbled.

"So where is it? Cause it still ain't come." Arianna replies with her hand on her hip. It's crazy how Jalanee's mother spat out 4 different kids who all act different.

"I got some mac and cheese Jayda made." She said pulling out an plastic container out her bag. Arianna jumped up and snatched it out her hand.

"Kentrell don't tell me you haven't fed them all day."

"I made em some waffles after you left."

"Mhm. Arianna share with everyone. It's more then enough to go around." She turns back to me. "Where's Amira?"

"Sleeping. She been fussy all morning. I just wanna go to sleep." I yawn. Out of all my kids when they were newborns, I been spending more time with Amira. I realized I missed out on a lot with my sons and I wish I was there to see the little shit. But being more invested in they lives now be making a nigga sleepy all the time.

"So go lay down baby. I'll watch them." She says. "Also Loyal's birthday is in a few days. Forget to tell you. They're having a party."

"Mhm.."

"What?"

"I ain't going." I said.

"Why not?" She exclaims

"Ion wanna be posted up with niggas ion bang with. I'll get loyal a gift and call it a day. You can go though."

"Whatever boy." Jalanee scoffs.

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