Anina night
Chicago"Shorty on foe nem grave you lying you ain't never fucked no ari gang" a boy yelled as anina walked up to the salon
"Aye shorty" one of them said grabbing onto her arm making her snatch back
"Fuck is you on goofy" he asked mugging her but in New York they didn't do anything crazy like that if a nigga grabbed your arm like that he was tempted to get stabbed
"Fuck is you on dummy" she asked about to pull out her taser
Oh sweetie I'm sure they got more than a taser
"Aye look I just got a question do he look like he can fuck ari" he asked pointing at his friend
"Possibly she messed with g herbo" she shrugged then walked into the salon as his friend jumped up and down laughing
"Hello appointment for" the front desk lady asked
"I have no appointment I'm here for a job interview" nina said
"Okay well we don't really do job interviews you come up with eight hundred dollars you get a booth" the girl said looking at her weirdly
"This is my first time so excuse me is that the booth rent" nina asked and she shook her head
"It's two fifty every month if you late your booth gets closed till next month and then you have to pay last months rent and this months rent" she said explaining everything to nuni
"But the owner only likes the best she's kind of a old fashion finger waves press and curl type of girl so she would need to see at least a few pictures of your work" she continued
"Okay thank you and how many booths do you guys have left"
"Only two so I would say get them while they're here because these booths fill up fast" she said
"I'll try to be back by the end of the week" she said turning to leave wondering how she was gone get this money by tomorrow
"Hey wait" the girl said just as she was finna leave out
"I'm her daughter I'll talk her into cutting it for five hundred because you seem nice" the girl said smiling
"Okay thank you so much" she said also smiling
"Some people can be nice in Chicago" she mumbled walking out
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"I hope your day was better than mine" niara asked plopping down on the couchTheir grandmother told them they wouldn't be sitting around with no job so they had to go out and find jobs the next day you could say their grandma was a little overboard
Nuni having the talent of hair she went to find a shop job and niara went to find a regular nine to five
"We gone be having to balance school and work when summer over but imma senior so I'm turnt" niara stuck her tongue standing twerking
"I know you not doing that in my house!" She heard and hurried and sat down
"She think she our house guard we gotta get out tonight" niara said shaking her head
"How" nina asked shaking her head knowing granny wouldn't go for it
"I'm too old for sneaking so. if she say no oh well" niara said shrugging
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"So why don't you want us to go" niara asked her grandmother"Too crazy in Chicago girl do you see this this is where I got shot- in 1998" she joined her grandma knowing the full story rolling her eyes
"Grandma I wasn't even born in 1998" she said and her grandmother looked at her
"Your fast tail wanna go outside go ahead but my door shuts at eleven and it don't open back up till the morning and if you get one scratch on my car that's yo ass and your paychecks" her grandma said going back to sewing
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"You don't think what you got on too short" nina asked"No and you and yo grandma always got some to say just cause y'all lil cats ain't been scratched in a while" niara said chuckling
"Actually never" nina mumbled looking around
"Well you look pretty" niara said looking at her fixing her hair
"Oh I know" nina said throwing her hair to the back
"Girl not too much now let's go find us some tricks" niara said dancing into the party
"You remember the rules" niara asked and nina nodded no drinking from other people don't walk too far away from eachother and don't leave one and other
"Is that who i think it is cousin" somebody said walking up to niara hugging her
"Nigga I don't know you" she said pushing him off mugging making nina laugh
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"Two hours later and nothing" nina sighed it wasn't that nobody came up to her it was the fact she didn't want any of them"Girl all I seen is some fake ass gangbangers and that nigga who think he my cousin keep following me around" she said making nina chuckle
"Let's just go home but take my pictures first"niara said handing nina her phone
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"Who are all these cars at granny house she got a drug meeting she not telling us about" niara asked looking at the scats and tracks"Right is granny having a party" nina asked looking confused also
"Idk but we finna find out" niara said walking up to the door
"Granny who's all those cars outside" nina asked opening the door
"Oop oop" niara said seeing a living room full of niggas
"And she worried about me granny got some explaining to do" niara said snickering
"Oh hey y'all these are my boys" she said making them look at her crazy
"Get y'all heads out y'all ass" granny said waving them off
"This is deontae,mark,Elijah and Amir" she said pointing them out
"They were like my grandchildren when y'all weren't here" she said smiling
"Ooo yeah" niara said making Eyes at mark as he made them back
"Aht" grandma said standing in front of their eye down
"Hello y'all" nina said waving at them as they gave Wassups back
"Y'all all like my grandchildren so I don't want no intimacy"
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