fantasia b.
the first thing i felt the second i woke up is something heavy on my stomach. me thinking that maybe bryce got up in the middle of the night or something but no it was taraji. her entire head was under my shirt while her fingers sat in the waistband of my shorts.
i laughed a little and lifted my shirt. "taraji. wake up."
"hm.." she mumbled, pulling my shirt back over her head.
"raji wake up! bryce fell!" i yelled.
she damn near ripped my shirt off of me to get up. her eyes were big. "what where?!"
she got off the bed and ran to his room, damn near slipping. i silently laughed uncontrollably.
seconds later she came back eyeing me down. "childish as shit."
"no because you need to wake up. i want you to help me with breakfast."
she did that little half smile. "you do?"
"well yes. before bryce wakes up."
"can i have you for breakfast right now though?"
"you have to be one bold person to ask for something when you know the answer is gonna be no. i respect it."
"one day ima get a yes so why not continue trying?"
i laughed and shook my head. we went downstairs and immediately got started. taraji cooked the eggs and did the french toast, but started eating before everything got finished. i had to cook more sausage.
she cut the fruit and bryce's french toast along with his waffles into little squares so he wouldn't choke as she said. i couldn't help but to stare and wonder what actually happened to her hand, but she's like a ticking bomb and one little question about it would set her off and i wanna keep the peace so im gonna avoid asking.
everything was now finished. bryce was finally up after so long. raji repeatedly kissed his cheek and sat him in his booster seat before turning on paw patrol. i sat his food infront of him. me and raji sat at the dining table.
"you okay?" i asked.
"yeah. you?"
"im okay."
"that's what's up." she propped her phone up on the cup and began to facetime winter and autumn. i noticed how quickly she put the wrapped hand under the table when they picked up.
"mama!" winter shouted.
"hey princess"
"hey mama" autumn spoke.
"hey jellybean. i'm–" her words were cut short when winter interrupted her.
"can we go with you mama please."
"well, winter, if you would have let me finish you would have heard me say ima come and pick yall up. yall gotta get them nappy heads done for grandparents day tuesday."
"and eight bucks." winter added.
"yeah, i know." she looked over at me. "i don't understand why schools want kids to pay for things like that."
"they give most of the money to charity i'd like to think" i said. i didn't understand it because i never wanted to. i was one of the kids that just wanted to have fun.
"is that tasia?" i saw winter trying to get a glimpse of who was next to taraji. she turned the camera towards me anyway.
"hey tasia"
"hi baby. you okay?"
"yes im okay."
"how about you, autumn?"
