Motherless Child

WTF???

Roc's P.O.V

I've been out of school for two days now. I thought being suspended was gonna be alot more interesting but it wasn't all that....all I did was watch t.v. and be on my phone most of the time. Surprisingly, it was cold as shit outside. I never knew it to cold in Compton, well from what I had heard. My phone started playing the iPhone ringtone. I checked to see who was calling and it was grandma india. I slide the green phone to the side and answered

"Hello?"

"Hey baby, what you doin'?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing? Aint you doin' some classwork or sum?"

"Nope, suspended."

"You suspended?"

"Yea."

"What you do?"

"Its a long story."

"I ain't got nothin' but time."

"The teacher was tryna make me read, and I ain't wanna read, so he started talm bout momma and then I fought em'." I said bluntly

I couldn't hear nothing but laughter ,she was dying laughing, like literally I thought she was dying. If you're confused how my grandma has so much energy. My momma had me when she was 16 and my grandma was  31 so do the math.

"What's so funny?"

"You beat up...."she paused and let out a laugh "witch one you beat up"

"Mr.Billingsley"

She stopped laughing

"The fine one?"

"Man,grandma what you call me for?"

"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go to your mother's gravesite this wee-"

"Hell nah."

"You betta watch ya mouth."

"I'm sorry grandma."

"Now its been seven years........you didn't even attend most of her funeral, stayed in the bathroom like the little boy you was.......look, I know you were young and there's nothing more tragic than losing your mother at a young age,  but someday youre gonna have to get over it."

"Well you were able to go home to a mother and a father..........you don't know what it feels like missing somebody you know you'll never see again, and yet you still have the audacity to tell me to get over it." I said pissed off,and hurt,and everything else that comes along with it

"Lorenzo, I didn't mean it like that."

"Yes you did, you meant every word, you don't kno-"

"Lorenzo I am still your grandmother and you gon' talk to me with some respect. I lost her too and I ha-"

I hung up not even wanting to talk to her anymore. I wanted to cry so bad ,but something in me stopped the tears and I couldnt. Why would she call me if she thought I was in school anyways.

I sat on the sofa with the straightest face ever. Jeremiah walked by and glanced at me.
He was talking on the phone so he didn't notice.

"Yea Friday .........yea.........no I cant do 5:30, maybe 7."Jeremiah said babbling on..and on.....and on......that's all he ever cared about was his work....he's so trapped up he doesn't even know his daughters a thot

"Yea.great, okay bye." He ended the conversation and started texting

"What's up?" He said to me