The Skin I'm In

Fighting Myself Daily (5)

L E G E N D :

" why you talking to her, i don't like her" once again i sat on the phone listening to Mariah nag me about me conversing with Candice friday night and my conversation with denise .

" do you hear me legend? "

" aye ma, you gone chill with all that trynna check me and shit."

" okay daddy"

" chill riah' "

" what? You don't like me calling you daddy anymore, is that fat bitch candice doing it for you."

Mariah in MM.

" don't call her out of her name bro, you know how I feel about the that disrespectful shit."

" oh my god" she mumbled, but not low enough to where I couldn't hear her.

" what mariah?"

" you like her"

I rolled my eyes.  " no i don't,  i just don't like that you disrespecting her"

I honestly don't like her, she's far from my type.

" legend!?"

I didn't bother to answer so that led her to hang up and i was glad.

I sat up from the couch and realized it was close to the time for me to get my little sister from school.

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" hi" she smiled as she was led out of the doors by her teacher.

I smiled and stooped to her level.

" hey lil mama how was school?"

" fun, look legend i got sticker"

She showed me her hand that read

" good job!" On it.

" that's good destiny, you ready to go get some food?"

She only nodded. 

" legend is it okay if we speak for a moment?"

I looked up at her teacher, brought destiny on my hip and nodded, waiting for her to talk.

" im sorry about your parents legend, i really am. How are you? "

i shrugged and looked elsewhere.

" i just try to do other things so I won't be so down, plus now i have a baby sister to take care of , last thing I need is something happening to her"

I honestly never liked talking about my parents, it always brought me down, and ever since both of their deaths, i had to man up fast and become a father to my baby sister, unfortunately both of my parents parents passed away as well, and they were both the only child so no aunts and uncle's either, i was by myself