𝐁𝐌 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬

XVI

Genesis

"I needa stay wit y'all fa ah few weeks." My older sister Mary sits her bags on my couch.

"My babiessssss." She coos at Warrior and Kaleisha.

"Um, me?" I stare in shock.

"Yea. Marquanius kicked me out cuz I cheated with Potty." She kicks her shoes off and walks into my kitchen.

"Yea but Eve or mom couldn't take you in?" I ask.

"After what you've done to me, you at least owe me a place to stay." She smacks her teeth.

"Hey, if you wanna stay here that's fine. My kids gone drive you crazy. I'm just wondering why me? You hate me." I laugh.

"Yea but you was kinda my last option. Momma's boyfriend don't want me moving in with them and Eve don't even answer my calls no more since she got that nigga." She opens the fridge and takes an Orange Fanta out.

"You couldn't look for shelters or nun?" I mumble.

"Huh?" She looks back at me.

"Nothin." I look away.

"Oh okay." She chuckles looking away.

"So am I gone be sleeping in yo room or one of the kid rooms?" She asks digging through my fridge again.

"The couch." I say.

"You said yo room?"

"I said the couch. This one." I pat it.

"Why can't I take yo room? Ian finna be here too long." She scoffs.

"I just had a baby Mary. My body recovering." I smack my teeth.

"Yo body can recover on the couch. What's wrong?" She laughs.

"I know I did you wrong and I'll always feel bad for what I did, but yeen finna guilt trip me into being uncomfortable in my own damn house." I cross my arms.

"I'm not tryna guilt trip you. I'ma tryna bully you." She shrugs.

"That's cute." I dial my mom's number.

"Where's the new baby?" She asks while the phone rings.

"With her dad." I tap my foot impatiently.

"Who her pappy is?" She asks.

"Nun of yo business- hi momma." I put the phone to my ear.

"Oh look who it is." She answers.

"Why is yo child tryna move into my home?" I ask.

"Why haven't I seen yo new baby yet?" She asks in return.

"Girl you got a car, you could've came to see her." I sigh.

"All yo lil friends den seen her, them niggas prolly den too. If you really wanted me to see her you would've brought her. I only seen her through Facebook, that's ridiculous." She rants.

"Whenever you wanna see my baby, you can drive down here." I shrug.

"Bitch-" I say after she hangs up.

"Ha." Mary laughs and I flip her off.

"Mommy what do that mean?" Warrior taps my thigh and points to my hand.

"It means fuck you." I grab his hand and show em how to do it.

"Fuck you?" He repeats.

"Don't say it. Just go like that. But don't do it to me, yo daddy, yo siblings or nobody we know, alright." I tell him and he nods, holding it up.