Living The Life

Chapter 27

Jayriah P.O.V

"She left you what?" I asked Tara. Tara opened the book bag and showed me. My eyes bucked, "Where the hell did she get all that? How much is it?" I asked. "Just in this bag $10,000 but collectively $20,000" she said. "What the hell you gone do with all that money?" I asked her. "Save most of it, let's get an apartment! Me, you, and Courtney! I can help with the babies, but most importantly we'll have our own space" Tara said. "Tara that's your money" I said. "Jayriah, you're my blood and we all we got! What's mines is yours" she stressed. I knew neither one of us was going to back down so I just sat and listened.

"I like this one" Tara said. "Tara you said apartment, not condo!" Courtney said. "Yeah, we can't afford this" I said looking around. "Yes we can! We can all can get jobs." Tara said. I threw up my hands and tried to contain my excitement. I loved this place but a condo is a lot of responsibility and we were all still young! "Well I'm about to go job searching now. Plus Trap wanna get some things for little Trayvon" Courtney said. I smiled. "So have you and Bonez thought about a name?" Tara asked. "I like Nariah but Bryan like Riley" I said.

Courtney P.O.V

"Look at these!" I squealed in excitement. Trap looked around and picked up mostly hoodies and jeans. "We're not dressing him like that" I said rolling my eyes. "What's wrong with dressing him like this? You don't mind me dressing like this" Trap said. I ignored him. "Now you ain't got nothing to say huh? You some else man" Trap said getting annoyed. "Cause I don't want him to be nothing like you!" I snapped. Hurt flashed through Trap's eyes and he walked away. "I didn't mean it like that" I said following close behind him. He ignored me and checked out.

The car ride was silent for the most part. Besides the radio and the low him of the car. When we got to the house Trap grabbed all the bags and took them to the room. AJ and Tara were laying on the couch watching 'Love and Basketball'. Tara looked at me and mouthed 'what's wrong with him?' I shook my head and went into the kitchen. I grabbed a bottle of orange juice and headed to the room. I stripped down to my bra and panties before sliding under the covers. Trap turned towards me and looked me in the eyes. "Am I that bad?" he asked. "I didn't mean it like that" I said. He just stared at me and took a deep breath. "We not ready for this" he whispered. "We don't got a choice" I said. "I know, we gone be alright" he said pulling me close to him. I snuggled close to him and buried my face in his chest. Before I knew it sleep took over.

Simone P.O.V

Shaneka had a koolaid smile on her face when the man at the our favorite boutique told us we were both hired. I was far from the girl that liked to sit on her ass for a living. But Money always took care of us and before that Mario did but I had a job even then. "Now I can only offer 9.50 but our customers are known to tip" Randy said. We both nodded and got right to work. We were having a good time talking and assisting the customers and then Mario walked in with Trina and the kids. I rolled my eyes at the sight of them together. Mahogany saw me first and ran to me. "Mommy!" she screamed. "Hey baby" I said kissing her chubby cheeks. "Is that little Mahogany?" Ryan asked. "My Ryan!" Mahogany screamed.

We talked to Serenity and Mahogany for a minute and then we got back to work. Mario didn't even speak and I was beyond annoyed. He said something to Trina that made her laugh and she kissed his lips. We made eye contact the whole time. My blood began to boil and my cheeks were hot with embarrassment. I abruptly left to the bathroom and locked myself in. "Simone, what's wrong?" Randy asked. I unlocked the door and the tears started pouring. "Aww love don't do that" Randy soothed. Randy had always had a crush on me, but he was more of a big brother to me. 

I watched Mario round the corner but stop in his tracks when he seen Randy wiping my tears. He mugged the hell out us and walked away. I held Randy a little longer than I probably should have but it felt right. "Yo you deserve so much better" he said seriously. I nodded and continued to sniffle. He walked away an I pulled myself together. When I walked back out Mario was gone. I sighed and got back to work as usual.

Picture Of Jayriah!