Karma 3

You Or Me

Been looking for Aaliyah for three weeks now I promise when I get my hands on her imma do her so dirty. Court is coming up In three weeks and I was nervous as hell. I caught up with Cynsere him and his girlfriend moved to Jersey and he's working. As long as he was safe and out of the mix I was content . As for Sky Aireana Cheung she was tryna give me a heart attack. She been sneaking out and coming home late. I told Dre that we need to keep a tighter grip on her and he thinks she just testing the waters. She testing my G . That's what she doing. While Rayne and Classyc were asleep I waited up for Sky. 11 pm hit and I was getting pushed . Chain smoking and listening to my oldies. At 11:30 Sky walked in ,creeping.
"Get your blasiarican ass in here now." I said tapping my foot. Sky walked in with heavy makeup and wearing a white crop top and blue jean shorts.
"Where you been?"
"Ma..."
"Sky Aireana Cheung you got five seconds before I start whipping ass." I said firmly.
"At Dasia's studying."
"Gimme Dasia momma number."
"mom!"
"Now!" I grabbed the belt from the side of the couch and pointed it at her. Sky handed over her phone. I called up Dasia's mom. She was there but Sky been getting out of hand lately and I ain't feeling it. She dropped her purse and a pregnancy test fell out of it. I hung up the phone with my mouth hanging wide open in disbelief.

"Sky..."I said feeling tears well in my eyes. Sky backed up in a corner and tears rolled down her face.

"You gonna hit a pregnant girl ma?"Sky asked crying hard.

"No...no..come here."I said holding my arms out.

"No! has anyone cared to ask me how i have been feeling? "She shrieked crying.

"Who is the daddy?"

"This boy...he's a sophmore...his name is Kani."

"Why didn't you say something to me ?"

"I can't come to you mom. You are always yelling..always busy."She said breathing.

"Imma talk to your father and see what we should do about this."I took out a cigarette and lit it.

"Mom i know i messed up bad. I know i did."

"Sky Aireana just go on to bed imma talk to your father about this i need some space."I said. Sky wiped the tears from her eyes and headed upstairs to her room. A couple hours later Dre came home and my anxiety was through the roof.

"Whats wrong...you shaking and your back to smoking cigarettes."Dre laughed hanging his coat up.

"Man..Sky is pregnant.She just told me tonight."I said.

"What?! by who?"He said shaking his head.

"Kani Anderson. His mother is Geraldine and his father is Nafese ."

"I know Nafese he ran track in high school. so what does she want to do?"

"She wants to keep it ..."

"Listen...she gonna have to still go to school. We will take care of the baby until she's 16 and than let her get emancipated."

"I'm so stressed out Dre... it's crazy."

Dre gave me a hug then kissed me on the forehead.

"aint nothing we can't get through...come on and get ready for bed."He smiled helping me off of the couch. We walked upstairs and i stood in the doorway of the bathroom as he ran me a bath. After lighting candles and pouring me a glass of wine , Dre left me to my thoughts. After i got out of the tub i walked to the bedroom door. When i walked in Dre was down to his boxers and smoking a blunt. The basketball game was on and i quietly got dressed and climbed into bed. I had so much on my mind and i couldn't sleep. I literally got one hour of sleep before i had to get up and get the kids on the bus. Sky sat at the kitchen table awaiting for us to speak to her.

Dre came down and sat at the kitchen table lighting a cigarette.

"Listen until you are 16 we are going to care for the baby. You will attend school, get on birth control. Stay out of trouble. when you turn 14 you need to apply for a job and we will sign your working papers. When you are 16 you can get emancipated. That means you can have permission from us to live on your own. The baby will then be yours and you and Kani until then need to set up a plan." Dre said.

"Thank you, guys...I'm sorry."

I turned my head to hide my disappointment and put the dirty dishes in the sink. Dre gave Sky a kiss on the forehead and walked her out to the car. He took her to school while I got dressed.
After awhile I headed downtown to the warehouse. When I walked in the boys were bagging up and Dre didn't arrive yet. On my desk was a envelope for Dre. It felt heavy I put it down then turned my tv on before lighting a blunt
. A planned Parenthood commerical came on and I felt myself become weak. Damn Kaleef our baby is having a baby.

Dre and i went to the club and chilled that weekend. We haven't been out in a long time and desperately needed a getaway. While we were sitting in a booth Aaliyah walked in. She was with her crew . I grabbed my gun from my purse and started to get up by Dre stopped me.

"Nah...wait."Dre said. We continued vibing and eating when shots rang out. Dre and i hopped up and looked around. Everyone was running out of the club. Dre grabbed my hand and we ran out to the car and got in. I kept looking back to see if aaliyah and her crew came out or not. They didnt. Dre parked the car around the corner from the club and we waited for a couple minutes. Dre got out and looked around the corner and i watched his back. A black escalade sped zoomed past us and I could see two men in the vehicle with ski masks. The police sirens started to get closer and Dre hopped back in the car . We drove off and headed home completely shaken up. I sat on the edge of the bed while Dre paced around the room. He was shaken up and i couldn't figure out why. If Aaliyah got killed i wouldn't give a fuck the bitch snitched on me . A couple minutes later the phone rang and Dre sat down on the bed.

"Yo bro whats good."Dre asked.

"Aaliyah got shot."Flock said

"By who?"

"The bull Tyson...the son of the woman we killed a couple years back down by the river."

"Damn! Damn! Flock!"Dre yelled tears rolling down his face.

"Listen we gotta talk i need you to meet me at the warehouse."Flock said

Dre hung up the phone and put his shoes on. He took a gun out of the safe and put it in his jeans.

"Why are you so mad about her being shot?"

"Nani right now ain't the time...she's my baby mother."

"You still love her don't you?"

"Nani.."

"Tell me! Tell me she has a bigger spot in your heart than i do?"I asked tears rolling down my face.

"Yes."Dre said through gritted teeth than walked out of the door. I was crushed. I couldn't believe that after everything we been through he still loved that girl. I began packing my items and rolled a blunt. This nigga got me fucked up.