East Atlanta Love Letter

19

Diamond Brown

"No seriously . Thank your Marcus." Diamond smiled as Marcus laid in her bed half asleep.

After the two went shopping they came back to diamonds house and decided they'd call it a night.

"Mhm. You welcome. Come here." He mumbled. She turned around and walked to his side of the bed.

He puckered his lips and she leaned down and kissed him. She pulled away as he laid his head back.

"You finna get in the shower?" He asked in his deep voice. "Yeah." She nodded.

"Imma get in there with ya." He groaned sitting up. He pulled the covers back revealing his naked body and stood up.

He followed her to the bathroom where she started the water. The two showered quickly and then hit ready for bed.

"You hungry?" He asked as they laid in bed watching tv as howie laid on the floor.

"No not really. I'm actually a lil nauseous." She spoke. "Me too. That Chinese food got my stomach bubbling." He spoke making her giggle as she wrapped her arm around him.

"Goodnight." She spoke. "Good night." He kissed her cheek. She closed her eyes and fell asleep in minutes.

It was now 5 in the morning and the two slept peacefully in each others arms as howie slept on the floor.

Knocking on the door woke Diamond up. She glanced over at Marcus who snored lowly along with howie as they slept.

She sighed climbing out of bed slowly. She walked out of the room waking howie up.

He sighed lowly and followed her to the door. She peeked out of the peephole and seen her little sister holding a gas station bag.

She unlocked the door and spoke. "What are you doing here Niani?" She asked.

"Pants." Niani mumbled and diamond realized she didn't have any on. "I was sleep , what's wrong?" She asked as Niani walked in. Diamond locked the door.

"Does mama know your here???" Diamond mumbled. "No. When did you get a dog?" Niani looked down at howie and rubbed his head as he wagged his small tail.

"What are you doing here Niani? Seriously. I'm gonna be the one in trouble not you. Speak up." She spoke.

"Mama kicked me out." She spoke. "She kicked you out? What did you do?" Diamond asked.

"I'm pregnant. And I had to tell her one way or another." She spoke.

"What?" Diamond furrowed her eyebrows flipping the light on. "Repeat that." She mumbled. "I'm pregnant." She spoke.

"Oh my gosh Niani are you being serious?" She spoke. The girl shook her head no as she looked down at the dog.

"Niani what- how d- so she kicked you out? For how long?" She questioned. Niani shrugged. "I don't know."

"And you seem real nonchalant about everything, you should be crying. Are you high? Do you realize how your life is about to change FOREVER?" She spoke.

"I'm not high Diamond. Please can I just stay here?" She asked.

Diamond stared. "Niani if you stay here you need to stop talking to me crazy cuz I'm still tryna figure out who you was talking to all them days. But on top of that you gotta get a job. You old enough and now your about to be providing for someone else." She spoke.

"Okay. I can do all of that. I'm sorry." She spoke. "Why you didn't stay with the lil boy?" She asked and Niani looked away.

"He's mad. He thinks I did this on purpose." She mumbled. Diamond covered her face with her hands and threw her head back before speaking.

"You gotta take the couch for tonight. I'll get you a blanket." She spoke.

Niani nodded walking towards the couch. Diamond grabbed blankets and pillows for her sister after brushing her teeth and washing her face.

She walked to the living room and sat the blankets and pillows on the edge of the couch.

"Thank you diamond." She spoke. Diamond nodded. "You hungry? I was gonna cook breakfast." She spoke.

"Yes." Niani spoke as she turned the tv on. Diamond walked to the kitchen and began making enough eggs , pancakes and bacon for everyone.

"I can't believe you still sleep half naked. We're you allowed to do that in prison?" Niani asked. "What? I have pants on now. And yes I was.." she spoke.

"And come make your plate." She spoke causing Niani to stand up.

Soon the room door opened and Marcus walked down the hall and into the kitchen.

"Hey Niani." He furrowed his eyebrows. "Marcus? Hey." She waved. "What's he doing here?" Niani asked.

Niani gasped. "You guys are dating?" She seen the smile on Marcus' face. "Yeah." He spoke.

"Wowwww." She spoke.