Don't Judge the Thug

"Trell, come by tomorrow around seven. I still want Calvin to meet you," my mother said as I sat next to her bed. She was hurt on her job so she couldn't walk too good so I came to see her. I wanted to ask more about what happened but I ain't wanna talk about that cuz she seem happy about him.

"Alright Ma, what happened at work again?"

"Please Trell, I don't wanna think about it. But Calvin is paying for my-"

"Why he paying for stuff? When you have me, I work two jobs Ma." I don't like this nigga already, something wasn't right. No nigga just up and decides to pay a woman in her forties anything. I know my mother looks young and is beautiful but still.

"Oh, child please. You take care of me enough." She shook her head.

"And you took care of me eighteen years. I can't make it up enough," I said. Only my family gets my sweet spot. All I have is her, my sister Janaia, my Uncle Jevon, my cousins Leyah, and Julian. My father got a crazy jail charge and my mother only brother is my Uncle Jay.

"That's what I'm suppose to do."

"And in return I'm suppose to take care of my mother. I'm the man of your life, I don't care bout that next."

She laughed and I looked at her serious then smiled. "I love you Trell. Yes, you are the man of my life and I wouldn't trade you for the world. You and Janaia complete me."

"Speaking of, Janaia always have cheerleading this late?" I asked.

"Yes. Trelly, it's only one boy she's with. Chill out, her and Leyah usually go out to eat after practice. But she'll be here when five the latest."

"Alright Moms, I'll see you tomorrow." I kissed her cheek. "You need anything else before I go?"

"Noo Trell, be safe out there." She says. "and I'll see you tomorrow."

"For sure ma."

I left out my moms apartment and got into Acura LX. I threw on my custom made snake skin snapback and dialed Janaia.

"Brooo," she called into the phone.

"Yooo.. where you girl?"

"In Ihop with Leyah and the team." I heard niggas in the background and it sounded like real niggas as in boys too.

"The football team with you?" I shot back.

"If you taking about Jeremiah, no he not here but the rest of the football team is," she sighed.

"What he do? Don't make me snap his neck," I say. Jeremiah is her boyfriend. He cool but I make him scared of me so he won't get crazy ideas with my sister. She only seventeen and she don't need sex, let alone a boyfriend.

"It's alright Trelly, we cool. And he ain't do nothing for you to be worried about."

"Aight, if I see him. I'm popping the shit outta him just cuz you sound upset," I say. "Call me when y'all on your way home."

"Please chill out Trelly. And okay, later."

"Love you bye," I say.

"Love you too." Then she hung up. Damn, she was getting too damn grown with this boyfriend shit. It was growing on me, but I ain't like it.

I pulled off going to my cousin Ju crib. I live alone while Ju live with his baby moms Karina. She cool and quiet. Plus she make him happy so she cool with me.

I got to his door knocking. "Who that?" I heard him yell.

"It's Trell," I say. He open the door and I dap him when he lets me in. "wassup?"

"Chilling nigga, I got off tonight so I'm going to this club in Harlem."

"Yo you bugged my nigga," I laugh. "Where you leaving Karina?"

"She coming too, bringing her friend.." He smiled and nodded at me. But I was stuck on the fact Karina going to the club pregnant , she crazy.

"Who her friend?" I looked at him crazy. I was picky with my women. I wanted a girl who's willing to ride for me, that person to talk to, clean, and hold it all down. I'm in the drug game so I honestly ain't wasn't no punk bitch either. Yeah I'm asking for a lot, but good things come to those who wait.

"She a thick, light skinned, mixed chick. She went to the same school Karina went to, but she hold hers and she not a hoe."

Sounded like a possibility to me. But I gotta see how she look. "Aight man, what time you going?"

"Leaving at ten."

"Aight, cool. But where Rina now?"

"Her mother house," he said.

"Haha, that's why you here alone?" I laughed.

"Hell yeah nigga," he shook his head. "Every time she see me, she go. So Julian, what are you doing for my daughter? I be wanting to say bitch she living under my roof, I feed her, drive her everywhere, and love her more than you ever did. Her stuck up ass moms kill me bro."

I just laugh. Karina come from a rich family. A white mother with money but no father. Her moms lost her job and moved to the projects. She met Ju and got pregnant, so Karina moms hates him. And Karina only twenty, while Ju twenty-three.

"Nigga, come with me to go make a few runs," I say.

"Cool, lemme get dressed," he said.