Doody
1994
Adina's POV
"Ay, why the hell did everybody only get me food as a damn present?" Rufus pouts as most of us are sat down on the floor.
"...What you want us to take it back?-" Kuniva reaches for his snacks making Rufus slap his hand away.
"Ay! Nah! I'm just sayin, dawg!"
"Fat ass." Both me, Bugz, and Deshaun jokingly taunt in unison as we shake our heads
"You ready for your present, Nathan?" Marshall speaks in a soft voice.
"Yes!" He innocently cheers with a high pitched voice making almost everyone in the room hearts soften.
I reach behind me, grabbing a rather medium sized Christmas wrapped present for Nathan.
I've already given Marshall his present which was the Illmatic record like I said I'd get, and I got Deshaun a record player which was a lil pricey... but what matters is that he appreciated it.
Nathan's been going on and on about this new Lego set. Everytime he saw it on a TV commercial he practically screamed at the top of his lungs in excitement, askin who ever was in the room to buy it for him.
So, I did.
I've been saving up a shit ton of money anyway, just for my self so I can move out soon and go to college... it's dreadful thinking about going to college... only because if I got excepted to anything then I'd have to leave Marshall. Depending on what school.
Nathan eagerly snatches the wrapped box from my hand as he rips the paper off of it like a mad man making everyone chuckle.
Finally revealing the present, Nathan squeals so loudly it almost blows out my damn ear drums...but he's got the biggest smile on his face.
"You like it?" I ask, beaming in awe.
"I love it, Dina!"
"What do you say, Nathan?" Marshall taps him as a smile stretches across his face as hell.
This little boys happiness is such a refresher.
"Thank you! Thank you!" His arms wrap around my neck, squeezing me surprisingly tightly for a 7 year old boy.
Since Nathan's been over here the past 5 days, he's grown on me super quickly... I'm not really a kid person... I don't know..Don't shoot me.. they just annoy me so much....but Nathan is a great boy. Genuinely, he's an absolute sweetheart and seeing Marshall take care of him while he's here, absolutely warms my heart, effortlessly melting it into a puddle of admiration each time.
"Aight, now where's my damn present?" I ask, pulling away from the hug.
"My present to you, is hiding the fact that-"
Marshall cuts off Bugz.
High Bugz is starting to become the death of us... he always wanna say somethin'.
"Alrightyyy, I got one, Dina." Marshall passes me a rather small wrapped present.
Unfortunately, not everyone got present and not everyone was able to give a present... we ain't rich, now.
Shit is usually always tight.
I look at him with a smile on my face as I unwrap the gift, hoping that everyone around us doesn't notice that my smile has alot more than just excitement beneath it.
Unveiling what's hidden in the paper lays a notebook.
But not just any fuckin' notebook, it's the one I lost about a month ago! With almost every song I've ever written in it.. I was absolutely devastated.
