𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒌 ✩ Gracie Abrams

03. 𝑠ℎ𝑦

𝑺𝑯𝒀 - 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒕
♪ 𝑖 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖'𝑚 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑦, 𝑠ℎ𝑦. 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑦, 𝑠ℎ𝑦 ♪

✦ 𝑳𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒒 ✦

ALVIN and I were at his house the next day, we were mostly chilling on his couch watching old school hip hop movies. I got lost in the mesmerizing sight of the dancers pulling their best moves in the ring. I hardly noticed Alvin's brother walking downstairs until the back of my neck was smacked.

I looked up to catch sight of this tall ass fool, he chuckled like an idiot as he dabbed up his friend who stood in the doorframe. "We're leaving, Alvi." Julian mocked Alvin with a smirk.

His friend, Joaquin, waved to me with a sweet smile. "Hey, Lyriq. How you been?"

"Man, don't talk to her." Julian shoved Joaquin out of his way with a scoff. The house door was slammed after Julian left. Alvin rolled his eyes. Their mom - Naomi - peered from the kitchen with a wooden spoon in her hands.

"I know damn well he did not just slam my door." Naomi walked out of the front door, leaving it open as Alvin and I heard her smack Julian with the spoon. His yelp echoed through the neighborhood.

Or that's what I thought, at least. It was screechy.

"Hi, Ms. Hooks." I waved to Naomi when she walked back in - a look of satisfaction was planted on her face.

"Hey, baby. How are you, sweetie?" She kissed my forehead, walking to the kitchen. I stood up and followed after her. I slid into one of the stools of the kitchen island, snagging a snickerdoodle cookie off the plate she just made.

"I've been better, can't lie. I think I'm managing though." I let out a small cough, grabbing a water from the fridge.

"Good, good. I know you been through a lot this past year or so. You let me know if you need anything. And I mean anything. You family, honey." Naomi tapped my nose, ruffling my hair as I scrunched my face up with a smile.

"Thank you, Ms. Hooks." I chuckled, before wincing when she smacked my hand with the wooden spoon.

"Call me Naomi, remember?" She raised a brow at me. I quickly nodded.

"Yes. Naomi."

"Good." Naomi grinned. "Run along now, child. I've got a few dozen more cookies left to bake. I don't know why I signed up for this in the first place."

I smiled and made my way back to the living room, seeing Alvin playing Call of Duty. "Tryna play, mini Eilish?" He smirked.

I rolled my eyes. "It's O'Connell." I grumbled again, snatching a controller. "You're on, hoe."

✦

"Oh how I love birthday planning!" Sabrina squealed as Billie and I invited her over and Gracie over to help us plan our birthday with our family. "First off, before I start spitballing ideas, tell me what you want."