When Times Get Hard

Part 19- Wait For You

Aaliyah's POV

she pulls out of the driveway. Then heads in the opposite direction of my house. At this point I'm starting to get a little worried.

"Umm Jordan, where we going"

"We just gotta switch cars real quick"

"Why? This ain't yo car or sum"

"Hell yea this my car that's why we gotta switch it!" She seemed a little bothered

"Oh ok" I turn my body away from her and just look out the window I could feel her looking at me

"Ight listen my bad, I be forgetting this shii ain't what you used to. I ain't mean to scare you or nothing" she places her hand on my thigh, I readjust slightly

"Ight me and yo pops got into it this morning, I may or may not have kicked his ass. He was yelling and bitching saying you were at the house and shii... he ain't want me no where near you"

"Wait what?! Is that where that cut came from?! Why didn't you say something?!" I was actually at a lost of words almost like what is going on in my life now

" Yea he came banging on the door like 30mins after u left and he was calling you out yo name and disrespecting me and shii so I had to put him in his place... but for yo protection he don't need to know you with me or staying at my crib which is why I got the ski on and why we switching cars" I wanted to respond so bad but I didn't even know what to say. Someone just told me they kicked my dad's ass and I'm not even mad at them for it WTF.

"And if you mad at me I get it you know, but I don't let nobody talk to me any kind of way and he came at me first... be lucky I didn't kill his ass" she mumbled the last part but I heard it

"Im not mad just shocked, but thank you for thinking about my safety"

We turn down a dirt road. We pull up to this shed broke down looking place. She gets out and comes to open up my door. I must've looked scared asf maybe because I was. like we coo but I still don't know what she could be tryna do.

"Chill out ain't nobody tryna hurt you or nothing this is just where I keep some stuff to make sure don't nobody take it or nun, plus it's private property" she says as she grabs my hand and walks with me to the door. When we get to the door she looks at me with sad eyes.

"Hey, please don't judge me or let this run you away ok. We just gon be quick in and out I promise I just need to switch my keys."

She opens the door and we walked in. It seemed like a normal house that just smelled like weed bad. I followed her to her keys And that's when I started to notice things. There was BAGS of weed in the living room and bricks of something white. There were guns just out in the open. I wasn't scared but more shocked. Is she actually a drug dealer? I don't know what I thought she was or what she got going on but wasn't thinking this. And I thought people like this were supposed to be bad people but I don't think she's a bad person.

"Hey um can you stay right here, the keys are in this room but I'm not finna take you in here. It's gon be quick tho" I nod my head and she puts the code in for the door and goes inside

The house wasn't ran down or super dirty but you could also tell that many people move in and out of this house.

"Ight let's go" she grabs my hand and takes me to the garage

When get in the garage and hop in the all black Hyundai. Then she heads to my house.

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We get to the house and I do everything to check if my parents were home. Luckily they weren't, I had Jordan stay in the car while I went inside. I went straight up to my room grabbing my suitcase and stuffing it with things I care about. Once I pack my suitcase I grab my school bag and head back out the door. Right as I'm walking to the car that's when I see my dad's car pull up. I tried to pick up my pace in hopes he would see me. He quickly pulls up into the driveway, he gets out and I see a cast on his hand.