Flau'jae Johnson
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"Jae you not finna hear the end of this, I swear to God" My brother, Tray said while looking at the car I just bought
"She on my ass?" I referred to 'she' as my momma
"Duh, she told you she ain't want you driving and you go buy a new car" he said as I felt my heart begin to beat out my chest
Before I came to the studio, I got my driver to take me to get a new car. Tray was already at the studio, so I just met him here.
Before I even got the car I knew what to expect. Its just now hitting me now that the car is in my possession.
"Tell her it was your idea" I said before he quickly shook his head 'no'
"Hell no, she ain't finna get on my ass" he said causing me to laugh nervously
"Ion think she gone be too mad, she ain't gone be that mad" I said convincing myself other wise before Tray laughed
"Aight, you act oblivious to who Lakia is all you want" he said before I shrugged slightly, it is what it is at this point
It's no going back cause the car paid in full.
We went back into the studio and finished up what we were doing. My brother is an artist too, he's a singer.
I love the fact that we both pursue music because the features go crazy. We make magic every time we get on a beat together.
After finishing up, we left and the closer we got to home I got nervous. My stomach is all the way in my ass.
As I pulled up into the driveway I saw MJ and Nixon getting out the car with their football gear. Ameen hopped out the car as my momma came walking out the front door.
Shit.
They all held a confused look on their faces once they realized it was me. My momma made her way down the driveway and I just held my breath
10, 9, 8, .. 6, 5, .. 2, AND 1
"Flau'jae I know damn well" she said as she swung the door open, "You can't be serious right now"
"Hear me out, hear me out" I said holding my hand up, "Ma I ain't have no choice"
"Turn the fucking car off and give me the keys" she said before I gave her a shocking look
"You can't take the car back, it's paid in full" I said as Ameen, Nixon, and Mj came walking up behind her
"So you just a savage?" Ameen said before I started laughing then quickly stopped myself
"I like this, Flau" Nixon said while opening the back door and MJ followed behind him getting in the back seat
"Give me the keys" she said before I turned the car off and hesitated, "Test me"
I handed her the keys cause I'm not testing her no more than I already did.
"Flau' I can't believe you" Ameen said before I heard a car door close
I looked over to see it was Tray, he tried to walk straight in the house but got stopped. Not him tryna mind the business that pays him and failed
"You took her to get this car?" my momma asked as he just stood there, "You better not lie"
"She did that on her own" he replied before she let him walk off, "I'm selling this car, I don't care who name its in"
"What?" Me and Ameen said at the same time
"I know you mad, but be for real this car hard" Ameen said before going to examine it
"I don't give a damn cause I told you, you don't need to be driving right now. You went behind my back and did what you wanted to do"
"I needed a new car, school literally finna start back and I ain't gone be able to get around ma" I said as I got out the car
"How you know we wasn't gone get you a car, Flau'jae?" she asked before I just shrugged my shoulders
"I — well I ain't think about that"
"Well I'm selling the car, you better not come to me asking for shit cause it's not happening. Period" she said before walking off and I just stood there speechless
I turned around to see Ameen all in the car fascinated. It's so hard to take this man serious sometimes.
"Flau' you done fucked up, but this motherfucker hard. All black with the rims, you gotta get the windows tinted now" he said and I just stared at him
"I wanna drive it, Flau'jae" Nixon said and I gave him a confused look, "You heard me Flau', I wanna drive it"
"Me too" MJ said while raising his hand
"No, she said I can drive it and you too little to drive" Nixon said before they started arguing about who driving
"Neither of y'all can drive, so just kill the bickering" Ameen said before they got quiet, "But yeah Flau', you need tinted windows cause we don't ride in fish bowls"
I just walked off because it's no way all this just happened. I expected her to just curse me out, not take the keys and sell the car.
I'm over it.
