Two Faces One Escape (Re-editing)

Chapter Fifteen

Jennavieve Tora'lei Wilkins
17 years old
Jacksonville, Florida 📍
December 25th, 2024/Christmas Day
(Excuse any spelling mistakes)

"Hey everyone!" The small family hugs the happy girl who hugged them just as hard. "Aight, let her go." Lou scrunches his face up distastefully seeing his older brother kiss all over the shy girl. He sneakily kicks his older brother's leg which caused his knees to buck before walking back behind his mother. "Jhit, stop putting yo' hands on me-"

"Technically it was my feet." The teen rolls his eyes causing the girl to giggle. "Momma he-"

"Stop snitching stupid." He chuckles seeing him hide behind his mother's wide hips due to him putting his foot up like he was going to kick him back.

"Oh hello! Dinner is almost ready. Over there is my nieces and nephews. The older kids outside and the adults in the kitchen. There's wine." Tiara smiles with a head nod while her son rolls his eyes. "That's what I like to hear. I brought some as well." Tashae nods seeing she brought the good stuff.

"Well come on in. We'll do everything else later. And the guys in the man cave." She nods waving at her children before quickly going to the kitchen. "Drunkie-"

"Watch yo' mouth." The young boy mumbles feeling his lips in a ball from his brother grasping them. Aggressively pushing him, he rolls his eyes at his older brother before gaining his balance. "Nie' go with the kids."

"Girl I'm really happy you got you a man, now we can go on double dates." The two chuckle seeing the happy girl bounce up and down in her boyfriend's lap causing him to groan. Feeling eyes on him, he looks seeing a girl with cherry red knotless braids stare at him. It made him uncomfortable. "So what you mixed wit'?" Jenna gasps at her how rudely her cousin asked him that question. She didn't like that all because what if he wasn't mixed? Why would she just assume he was?

"Why would you ask-" He pats her thigh feeling her slightly raise from his lap.

"Dominican and Black, a little of Bahamian." He calmly interrupts her knowing she would have said something that would have her rethinking her life. The girl nods while loudly popping her gum. "So black, black, and black again?" Jenna laughs darkly while he gripped her thighs authoritatively. "I guess you can say that. My father is Dominican." Grabbing his face gently, he leaned his face down to her mouth. She whispers in his ear causing him to nod submissively. She didn't want him to explain anything.

"Girl, shut the hell up. I don't know what's wrong with you. Don't come to nobody house asking people questions like that then tell them what they are. Annoying as hell-"

"Let's calm down." Jenna intervenes seeing her favorite cousin about to go off on the girl who just purely squinted. The girl gets up rolling her eyes harshly before walking off to who knows where. "I'm sorry cousin. She just irks me, her momma too. I'll tell you later." Jenna nods before playing with the little bit of chin hair Mari had just grew. He grew hair fast. She liked his little goatee and fresh haircut the boy got before attending the event.

"Okay so everyone we're gonna pray then eat and have some dessert and drinks. I want to thank my family for coming. My baby for helping me with everything and my family and friends for also helping out. Then afterwards we're gonna open gifts. My husband is gonna lead us into prayer. Bow your heads!" The family all bow their heads while Mr. Wilkins started praying. Covering his mouth Mari yawns silently feeling somewhat relieved afterwards. Rubbing his back Jenna nods listening to the prayer. "Let's eat! Hold on! Kids first." Omari opens his eyes seeing his young brother walk by with a smirk and his big plate ready to have food on it. "Annoying ass."

"Today we have slow cooked ham, Mac and cheese, greens my baby made, yellow rice my baby made, broccoli casserole, fried chicken and fish, some ribs, baked beans, potato salad, tuna salad, chicken salad." Omari looks in awe of the food setup causing Jenna to giggle. "Red rice, mashed potatoes, dressing, rotel, and pasta salad. And for desserts we have cheesecake, cupcakes if you want, and my baby made an apple pie." Jenna smiles seeing people digging in quickly to everything really but mainly her dishes. "Want me to make your plate?" She nods while he kisses her head. "I got you."

"Sonny?" The young boy looks down at the middle aged woman with a teal mullet. His eyes widen slightly realizing he never seen nothing like that before. She looked a bird from Rio. "Yes ma'am?" She looks around before looking at the boy who held two plates. One for Jenna knowing she wouldn't eat too much and one for him knowing he was hungry. "You should wait till people come for seconds." He nods with his eyebrows furrowed slightly while she looked up at him. "You need help Mari?" He nods feeling her hands gently take the plate. "Ouuu! You know me so well." She smiles seeing the plate have a good amount but not too much.

"Wait? He was fixing your plate? I know Tashae taught you better than that." The young girl looks in confusion while he looks around just as confused. "What do you mean-"

"I mean, a woman fixes the man's plate, not him. Your mother should've told you that." Jenna scrunches her face up before chuckling. "Anything else baby?!" The trio looks over to the man who happily fixed his woman plate. Rolling her eyes, the older woman looked at Dasani who happily gave his wife a big plate. Nia huffs before walking off leaving the two confused. They shrug their shoulders before Omari grabs her plate and adding a little bit more.
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"I see y'all matching! Awww!" They both blush while Jenna gently sat in his lap. He quickly wrapped his arms around her belly before kissing her neck. They both wore Hello Kitty pajama pants with a black tank except Mari had on a black compression shirt under the hoodie he immediately took off after entering the house. "Let's start! So who wanna go first?" Jenna puts her hand up quickly causing everyone to laugh.

"Okay so all the girls got bracelets." Nia huffs grabbing the small gift box with a charm bracelet. She felt like she was too old for a cheap bracelet. "Boys got snacks." They all laugh nodding because all they liked to do was eat and sleep. But everyone had different themes. Lou had Fortnite, her cousin Jace had Spider-Man, and her little cousin Lily had Princess Tiana themed.

"Awww, thanks cousin!" Her cousin Willow had a Kuromi charm bracelet to matched her Hello Kitty. Her mom had an old school Sasha Bratz doll with so many different clothes because she always loved the dolls. Her father got cologne set and a snack basket. "Here you go boo." His mother set all the gifts he got her down dramatically causing everyone to laugh. He smiles seeing all his gifts Stitch themed from Lilo and Stitch. He loved Stitch since he was a kid.

"Thank you mamas." She smiles before sitting back on his lap comfortably while he kissed her bare shoulder. "Open mines." She smiles seeing everything Hello Kitty and Strawberry Shortcake themed. "Thank you boo. Awww!" Everyone smiles seeing her wipe the tear she couldn't let fall. She loved how much he thought about her.

"I also got Mrs. Wilkins some flowers and a basket and Mr. Wilkins this." His mother hands them their gifts causing them to smile. "You lucky I like you and got you some, I guess." Everyone laughs at Mr. Wilkins causing him to chuckle. All day everyone smiled and exchanged gifts. He was happy and he was happy with her. She could say the same.
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"C'mere." She walks over with her shiny face causing him to chuckle. She giggles before playfully pushing him away hearing him laugh loudly. She straddles his lap feeling him wrap his arms around her. "I enjoyed today. I have one more thing to give you." She nods feeling him grab her hand. He grabs the pandora ring box causing her to smile. "Oh poo." He smiles before slipping the silver pink bow ring on her finger that instantly reminded him of Hello Kitty which she loved.

"You like it?" She nods kissing his lips. "I love it."