Ma was looking more and more depressed. Dad hadn't come home in days. All she did was sit in the living room watching tv. When I got up for school she was there, and when I came home from school......she was still there.
"Ma have you ate today?". I asked as I walked into our three bedroom house.
I tossed my book bag on the couch and walked over to her.
"Did you hear me ma". I repeated, this time standing in front of the tv with one hand on my hip.
" Yes, I heard you Kenya"!! "Now can you move"! "You're about to make me miss my darn Stories." She yelled
"You haven't moved from this spot in almost three day's". "What's going on?"Have you even made dinner for RJ"? I asked.
She sat there silently...... I could tell that I had made her feel some type of way by asking her that question because she looked away with disappointment written all over her face.
" Kenya....I". "I don't know what's wrong with me". " How could I be so selfish and forget to feed my baby boy". She said as she tried to muster up a smiling.
I looked at her and didn't say a word, I just hurried down the hallway to check on my baby brother.
"RJ where are you?" I called out as I walked around his room.
"In here" . He replied in a playful tone. His voice sounded a little muffled, like he had something stuffed in his mouth.
I got to the side of his twin size bed and realized he had made a clubhouse out of his Spider-Man covers and pillows.
"Where?" I said with a smile on my face as I pretended to not see the clubhouse.
"Booooo" . He screamed out as he jumped out of the covers that were covering the top of his clubhouse.
"RJ you scarred me". I said as I was holding my chest still playing along.
He ran up to me and gave me the biggest hug ever. He was such a cute kid. He had curly jet black hair and smooth almond brown colored skin. Looks just like dad. I thought to myself.
"Are you hungry?". I asked still holding him tight.
"Yes, just a little", he replied with a smile on his face revealing his missing two front teeth.
" ok." "I'm about to go cook something. I replied as I kissed him on his forehead .
" Can you play with me when you're done KeKe?" He yelled out as I was leaving out of the room.
"Ok monkey". " I'll be back in a minute". Okayyy...
"Okay" he replied.
I shut his roomed door and walked towards the kitchen. The kitchen was a mess. There were dirty dishes everywhere. How am I suppose to cook with all this crap everywhere ,I thought to myself. I didn't realized how messed up our house was. Usually I would come home and go straight to my room, but for some reason today felt different. It didn't feel like the good times when I would come home and see my mom and father in the kitchen throwing down. The house use to look, smell and feel like love. I began cleaning up the kitchen starting with the dishes. After the kitchen, I took out the trash and then worked my way towards the living room. Ma was still sitting in the same spot, this time sleeping with the remote control in her lap. I grabbed the remote off of her lap to cut the tv off, then I gently kissed her on her forehead. After the living room was clean I begin to cook. It took a while but, I sure did whip up a good meal. Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, cabbage and dinner rolls is what I made. I looked over the food and smiled. To my surprised everything looked delicious . Then, I cleaned off our dinning room table so I could set it. I brought out all of our fancy dishes, even the gravy bowl. I have to keep my family together, I thought to myself as I glanced over the nicely prepared table. After I finished setting the table I went to get RJ.
