THREE WEEKS LATER: LATE AUGUST 2013
• M A L I K •
I finally moved the fuck outta my mama's house. Everybody, clap.
As soon as Trevon gave me that man's number. I contacted him and signed the lease as soon as possible. Madison loves it, so I'm cool. Trevon also said he has some possible films for me, so we gonna meet up in a few days to discuss.
I'm also looking for a car. I asked my sister to ask her boyfriend, who works at a car lot, for some recommendations.
Speaking of my sister. I asked Shamia to come over to help me decorate and buy shit for Madison's room. She's a girl, plus she's always been better at shit like that than me.
We are currently at my apartment putting together her room. I spent way more money than I should have, but I got another check in the mail for around two hundred from the royalties me and Barbie made.
"What do I do wit this?" I asked her about these sticker wall pink flower things. But they didn't have the peeling shit on the back. I was confused.
"You 'pose ta wet them first, Leek. These good fa apartments, you can get them off better, so you can get ya deposit back,"
"Oh," I'm dumb as hell. I chuckled running to the bathroom across the hall.
We spent probably too much time decorating her room, then mine. It was damn near dark out, and Mama called us both telling us to come get our damn kids. We laughed, begging her to watch them for a couple more hours. We needed a break from all the labor.
So now we were on the couch passing a blunt back and forth watching Ridiculousness on MTV.
"This watchu watch, Malik? This shit is so stupid," Shamia laughed.
"That's exactly why," I laughed taking a hit then passing it to her.
"I'm proud of you, little brother," She said outta nowhere. Damn, that felt really good though. "Like for real," She turned towards me. "Yo ass used to be a hot mess, hangin' wit them lame ass niggas, and they ended up getting' you locked up," she hit the blunt. "Youn know how many times me and Ma had to console Tasha, she was tweakin' when you left,"
"You know, she was freshly eighteen and pregnant, and y'all was really in young love," she laughed, making me laugh too. "It was hard without you, bro,"
"Yeah," I sighed. "It was hard to be gone. All that time. Me becomin' a man in a place that's not meant for that. I saw so much shit, man, it's really not a place to be. And I promise you, unless somebody does somethin' ta my family, I'm never goin' back to that bitch,"
"That's what I like to hur, Leek. You can't leave us no more,"
"I won't,"
"Good, now let's go get these kids...and Leek, is it coo if I let the kids spend the night hur? They daddy will pick them up in the mornin', but he's already gon' and I work early,"
"That's fine, Mia. Let them luh niggas come ova hur,"
"Thank you, Malik," she gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Love you, Imma be back wit the kids,"
