Keeping it Together

August P.O.V.

~So after I had left to the studio, I drove up the street to see someone very close to my heart. I parked my car in the driveway and walked to the front door and knocked.~

???: Hey baby!!!

August: Hey moms

Mom: How you been baby? Come in come in!

August: I been good...(looks at pictures of his brother on fireplace)

Mom: You look jus like him...he didnt deserve any of that. (Starts to tear up)

August: C'mon momma don't cry...he in a better place now..

Mom: I know but how could anyone do that to somebody!? How the fuck can someone just come out and gun down someone's son and brother! (Breaks down and falls to the middle of the floor)

August: (Sits down next to his mom and wraps his arms around her) Its ok momma...I miss him too...(helps his mom up and sits her on the couch)

Mom: This is the 2nd death this year. 1st yo daddy now him.

August: Dad couldn't help his addiction you know that mom. We tried to help him but it just didnt work.

Mom: But we sent him to rehab!!

August: But there are gonna be temptations out there and you know that!

Mom: (sigh) Im sorry baby...this is all to much for me...

August: It's ok..Imma see you later ok?

Mom: Alright baby (walks August to the door)

August: (gives his mom a hug and a kiss on the cheeks and walks to his car then gets in)

Mom: (In a whisper) Be careful out there

~When August had got home, he sat in his living room and rolled up on the coffee table. He took a big inhale and exhaled out his nose. August knew that if his mom was to find out about him doing weed she would flip out. He had already lost his father to drugs and his brother to being in the drug game. But August as a child was exposed to the type of stuff and he had gotten into it. August decided to do a few more hits and then quit.~

August: (puts out the blunt and picks up his phone to then start texting Aisha)

Text Message

August: Wassup ma

Aisha: Heyy boo;)

August: haha wyd

Aisha: Nun much just thinkin' and layin down

August: Whatchu thinkin' bout?

Aisha: It nun dont worry bout it

August: Naaah tell me

Aisha: It's just that someone close to me said I shouldn't be around a certain person but I really like them and do t know what to do...

August: ....is it me??!

Aisha: Nigga no!! Lol but i gotta go ttyl

August: Ite ma

End of Texts

~When August was done texting Aisha, he went up stairs and hit the shower. When he was done, he brushed his teeth and put on some burgundy boxers. He got in his bed and turned on his tv to watch ESPN but really, he was fantasizing about Aisha and all the things he could do to her in the bed right about now.~

AN: I hoped you liked this chapter and sorry it was short. Imma try to make it longer next time and maybe add more drama or something to it. The part about August's brother and dad dying was true. His brother died of murder and the murderer was never caught. He had died a couple of days before August's 18th birthday. His dad had died of drug abuse and was addicted to crack. I didn't wanna lie about one of his family members dying cause that woulda been wrong so I looked at a bio. But anyways hope you like it.