Don't Judge the Thug

Family p.2

Me and Ju drove to my house in Queens. I came in first seeing baby Jay holding a gun. "Who you finna shoot?"

"Nobody, I ain't hear the car so I ain't know who it was." She goes putting it down. "Juju!" She yelled hugging him.

I saw she was watching a movie, eating my ice cream, and had one of my old Jerseys on. Always getting comfortable in here. I just shook my head and sat down.

"You ain't do nothing crazy right Trelly?" She said rubbing her eye.

"Just chill up here I'm going to the basement. I left her and Ju to talk and went to work out. This heaviness on my mind was crazy.

I blasted some old fifty cent, Jay Z, and Nas. I did five sets of twenty push-ups, two sets of thirty sit ups, lifted forty pound weights while doing lounges. Then I ran on the treadmill for a half hour. I was sweating bullets and drinking water. I left the basement and went upstairs to take a shower.

After a half hour, I came out the shower. I put on shorts, a t-shirt with Biggie face on it, and my Jordans. "You got a crush on a lil teacher thang?" Jay asked.

"You being a female Ju?" I laughed.

"Fuck that gossip shit. She just called Rina and she was with Elle." he said.

"When I spoke to Rina she said she wanted her to come." Janaia went on.

"She coming?" I asked.

"Nah she got errands to run Rina said. Look at you getting all hype. She better be bad and nice," she smiled.

"I don't like ugly bitches," I said. "And for damn sure don't do a mean bitch."

"Aye you do like her," she smiled.

"Well she bad and smart. She seem cool but I just met her yesterday."

"Whatever, let's get outta here and go get Leyah."

***

"Wassup mamas," my mother greeted Leyah as we stepped in the house. I saw my Uncle Jay and he stood up.

"Wassup Trell. I be hearing a lot bout y'all now. We gotta chop shit up later," my Uncle Jay gave me a pound then Ju. "And you don't come see your old man. I know I retired from the game but damn."

My Uncle is cool. He was the father figure in my life while my mother was the mother figure in Ju and Leyah life. They mother died right after she had Leyah. Since then my Uncle hasn't been in the game. Ju and I been since sixteen. My mother ain't like it but it brought more money to the table.

"Shit been heavy with Rina being pregnant." He shook his head.

"what you say baby?" Rina came from behind him.

"I said I love Rina and can't wait till she have my daughter," he lied.

We all laughed and Rina rolled her eyes. "How you been Rina?" My Uncle asked her.

"I been good, thanks to this bone head son of yours." She smacked the back of Ju head.

"Lemme know if he act up," Uncle Jay says. "His boney ass has a habit of dumb habits."

"Whatever man," Ju said. Rina laughed kissing his cheek.

"You know I love you," she smiled.

I walked into the kitchen seeing some dude in there. "How you doing? You must be Latrell, you look just like your mother."

"And you..?" I go.

"Calvin," he lends out his hand.

Something was familiar and awkward about him. But I shook his hand. "So you serious about my mother?"