Drunk In Love

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Zamora's POV
EDA
October 27

I didn't normally have dance on Thursdays but Jordyn asked me to go with her, so my mama dropped me off.

"Look." Jordyn laughed as she stuffed a gummy worm in her mouth. "My brother gave me these and they're so sour."

"Can I try one?" I asked with my hand out and she offered me some from the pack. "Thanks."

I put it in my mouth and instantly scrunched my face up. It tasted like something Nilaya would eat.

"Ew. Where did he get these?"

"My dad gave them to him." Jordyn stuffed another in her mouth as she responded. "They're always doing something to stress my mama out."

I rolled my eyes, laughing at her before we got up to practice a group routine with the rest of the class.

Elle was in our class too, but she didn't really talk to us anymore. Her mom stopped bringing her over to my house a long time ago and I think it had something to do with my mom beating her up.

My parents thought I wouldn't find out but parents talk, which means kids listen and they talk too.

It was so embarrassing hearing about it, but my mom was defending me so it was ok.

Sure, I missed being close with Elle but she really distanced herself. I always tried to talk to her but she'd rush our conversation and go to her other friends.

"Zamora, move to the left please." My dance teacher, Miss Frankie, corrected me and I moved over.

The dance was kinda cheesy but I liked it because it was too challenging.

I had a little bit on my mind.

Things at home were very confusing and had been since the end of August.

I was kept in the dark, but my mama did something to upset my mom and she stayed at MeeMaw's house for over a week.

Then something was wrong with Armani when he was born, which made everyone sad and scared. I was scared too.

But my baby brother ended up being fine, so everyone was happy, except my mom. She was really sad all the time for like a month.

I hated that.

On the bright side, her sadness brought my titi's over from New York, so that was fun. Also, titi Lauren was pregnant which was really exciting.

Anyway, then my mom started feeling less sad until yesterday when I went to see my dad. I remembered going with my mama to get ice cream-because my dad didn't bring money with him-then when we went back to him, my mom was whooping him.

He was cool, I guess but he made both of my parents upset many different times, so I don't know how to feel about him.

Even though he was really nice to me, I was leaning a little more towards disliking him.

"And that's it for today, ladies." Miss Frankie clapped, taking me out of my bubble. "I hope you have a good evening and rest up for your next class."

We all filed out of the dance studio to the changing room.

"You good?" Jordyn asked me as she threw on a sweatsuit.

"Yup." I nodded my head. "Your mom's picking both of us up, right?"

"Yes. Are you going to sleep over?"

"I'll have to ask my mama but I don't think I'll be able to." I shrugged. "We need to go to target. I want to buy some things for my mom."