Slime Mentality

Ch. 23

Payton's POV

I blew the horn again as I sat outside in the driveway. I picked up my phone, and clicked on the contact I was looking for. They answered on the first ring.

" If y'all don't bring y'all asses outside in the next millisecond. I promise I'ma leave y'all ass here." I said to TJ.

" Aye chill out! Don't leave us. We finna come out now." He said making me sigh as I hung up in his face.

5 minutes later, him, Zay, and Byron walked out the house. They walked up to my car pulling on the door handle to get in, but I still had it locked.

" Unlock the doe." Zay said.

" Nah, I'ma make y'all ass wait out there since y'all had me waiting." I said as I looked at them.

" Mane foo, quit playing. It's hot as hell out here. Unlock the doe P." TJ said pulling on the passenger side door handle again.

" Say sorry."

" Sorry fa what?" TJ laughed.

" Fa making me wait fa damn near 15 minutes when I told y'all asses to be already ready when I pull up."

" Mane cuhh, open the doe. I'm sweating bullets out here." Zay said.

" We ain't saying sorry." TJ said speaking for them as a collective.

I nodded my head moving my hand towards the gear shift taking the car out of park.

" I'm sorry. Hell, we sorry. It's TJ and Zay fault we took so long. Please don't leave me. I been excited about this since last night." Byron quickly said as he moved from the passenger door behind the driver seat to beat on my window.

" Damn nigga! Fuck you throw us under da bus fa? You act like she really was gone fucking leave us." Zay said.

I laughed as I put the car back in park, and unlocked the doors for them to get in. TJ got in the passenger seat while Zay and Byron got in the back.

" I wasn't taking no chances my guy." Byron said shrugging his shoulders.

" I really wasn't gone leave y'all bad asses, but seriously never leave a woman waiting. It's rude, and that's not what real men do. Ight?" I said truthfully as I started to pull out of Zay and Byron's driveway.

" We hear you P." Zay said causing them to nod their heads.

" And why you didn't tell me you was spending the night over they house? Cause had I not called I would've drove over yo grandma house fa no reason." I said as I playfully mugged TJ upside the head causing him to smack my hand away.

Even though, I looked at all of them as my lil brothers. And I love em all the same nor have I treated them any differently. I was always closer to TJ cause we could relate on a lot of things. Like how we were raised fa insists. His grandma raised him just like my grandma raised me. Neither one of us had any biological siblings. Neither one of us had a family.

" I had forgot, my fault. Shidd, I would've gave you bout $10 on gas." He laughed causing me to shake my head.

" Where you taking us anyways?" Zay asked.

" Yo brother didn't tell you?" I asked as I looked at them in the rear view mirror.

Zay and Byron are fraternal twins. They're 13, which is the same as TJ. TJ introduced me to them like 2 years ago at the sto, and every since then I been looking out for them too.

" No." Zay said.

" Yes, I did. P, I told dat nigga yesterday day while he was on the phone with one of his hoes. His ass just wasn't paying attention, so dat's his fault." Byron said causing Zay to smack his lips.