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aaliyah
"you must be Leonard" I heard from the living room.
I decided to go be nosy and peek around the corner.
"Liyah!" My mother called my name in an angered tone.. I thought maybe I was in trouble because I didn't finish the dishes like I was asked.
I slowly walked into the front room, to be met with a light-skinned woman, and a light-skinned boy.
his face looks funny, was my first thought before responding to my mother.
"this is an old friend from high school, Dedra, and her son Leonard" she pointed out.
"How about you show Leonard your room while I catch up with Dedra." She smiled
can't be too close of a friend she don't neva act this nice around folks.
"Come on" I softly smiled at him.
He brushed past me stopping at the corner not knowing which one of the doors to walk in. I walked past him entering to the room, waiting for him to enter before shutting the door.
He was very quiet. Or so I thought.
"How old are you?" I asked. He looked up at me, I took this time to analyze his facial features
He needed a re-twist bad, but judging by all the new growth maybe he liked it like that, he had sloppy eyes, and very bushy eyebrows. But his face fit him. He was fine to me.
"You sound like da feds shordy" he said. "Stop staring so hard yo ass a goofy ts weird" he mugged me.
"I can't ask a question?" I mugged back. "No, unless you tryna fuck wit me don't ask me shit" he still mugged.
I smacked my lips. "You a geechie." I rolled my eyes. "I'm 14" he finally answered.
"Me too." I nodded. "Ian ask all that, I don't care how old you is." He said.
"You can leave then tf." I replied. "I cant my mom said be on my best behavior at yo house cause ill be here a lot often" he shrugged
"Fuc she mean" I scrunched my face up. they can't be serious. I don't like this boy.
He shrugged again. "Ion wanna be here either we in the same boat captain."
"Leonard- don't call me ts call me L'a" he cut me off.
Someone knocked on the door, I opened it and his mom walked in "You ready ?" She asked him.
"Yea" he walked out. "Nigga you can say bye" she said " it as nice seeing you Liyah I'll be back tomorrow" she smiled
"Okay" I smiled back as she walked out. I grabbed my phone and sat down at my bed.
"okay what is the point of this why are you showing me this l'a?" I whispered to him.
"just wait-" he was cut off by two black durangos skirring down the block, they passed once and clocked back for a second.
as soon as they hit the corner of my house the passenger window rolled down on the first Durango and micro drac could be seen through the reflection of the trash can.
More than 100 shots went off to my house. "Oh my god" I screamed. But he covered my mouth once again. After the first car passed the second came and did the same.
The shots lasted for 15 seconds but that felt like 15 hours.
I heard screaming coming inside the house. "Mom" was all I heard before we went back to my room.
"oh my god. why would you show me that" I yelled. He just looked at me with a blank face.
"Yo og is dead gang." He looked at me. "No she's not my mom is sleep."
"That's not yo og" he started disappearing. "L'a-L'a whea you going? What you mean?" I was confused.
I didn't know how to feel at this point. "Ima be back tomorrow." He stood up and fully disappeared.
That whole night I couldn't sleep, I sat in my bed and watched the ceiling as the sun started to come up.
I sat there until it was time for school then i got up and carried on with my routine. I couldn't stand to see my mom face, I didn't know how to feel.
I didn't know if L'a was telling the truth but I mean.. why would he do all that to just lie?
Either way I left the house earlier and uber'd to school.
AALIYAH
"Liyah don't that nigga look like that turtle off of ice age" MDot pointed. Mdot was my homie and we didn't spend a lot of time together so Unfortunately he did switch into a class with me, fortunately the class wasn't boring no more.
"Shh don't point" i snickered. "And his girlfriend ugly" I laughed. "Liyah she so manly. She look like all her brothers" he tried not to laugh. "And she-
"Mr. Bernace and Ms. Banks do you have something to share with the class" the teacher interrupted. "Naw we discussing the lesson man".
"For the last time. I am a woman" she glared and turned around. "I can't tell" he said under his breath, I slapped his arm.
"g why would you say that to her" I heard laughter
"You hear dat?" I tapped MDot. "Naw yo ass definitely tweakin omgrammama stop smoking that shit" I glared at him.
"Let me get this clear" I asked. "You won't let him see the baby. But you put him on child support?" I followed behind my sister in the snack aisle.
"Mhmmm" she hummed. I mentally facepalmed myself, I think I'm my moms only child with common logical sense.
"You never fail to embarrass me." I grabbed a jar of pickles. "Wouldve smacked her goof ass ofoenem"
"do you hea me doe" i agreed. "No ian hear you whatchu say?" She turned around.
"Naw im talking to myself". "Stay off that shit girl before your turn into dada" she laughed.
"Yo daddy too" I mugged her and walked to my next class
"Yo outfit look good"
"bro I know you hear me talking to you"
"i don't know why folks worried about my outfit they need to be worried about how they gone revive they self" I said to myself
"I can hear yo goofy ass, you tryna be funny or some?"
"get out my headddd"
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