The Overcoming Amendment: How It All Began

Chapter 4

"This your room now, okay?" Crystal showed Amber to her new room.

"Okay. As long as i got a bed, a window, and AC." Amber giggled. Crystal left Amber with her new room, while she unpacked her things and put them in the drawers and closet. Right after she finished, her cousins, Shanti and Ashley came in her room.

"Hey Ambi!" Shanti and her sister Ashley greeted.

"Hey guys." Amber said sitting down her bed.

"Yo, what happened?" Shanti asked in curiousity.

"Girl, to much and to devastating to keep explaining. It was just crazy how stuff went down. Yo mom and Sandy got into a fight. We destroyed her room. I felt relieved, because it was payback for all the times she left me with marks and bruises on my skin." Amber stared at the floor, seeming to have a flashback.

~"I miss my daddy. Nooo!" Amber cried 2 days after her father's funeral. Sandy walked to the living room,and grabbed Amber by her neck and slapped her. She grabbed Amber's arm and swung her to the floor.

"Little hoe. You need to shut up and go somewhere. Yo daddy aint want you in the first place. That's why he told his boys to kill him, and make it look like an accident." Sandy shouted.

"My daddy did love me. He got stood up on the spot. Them niggas was being fake and wanted my daddy money. They some snakes!" Amber was still on the floor.

"Bitch you dont know shit." Sandy said with alot of hate and regret.

"Really? 'Cuz im the one who he told stuff to. Not some hoe from the trap, that begged for a ring." Amber stood up.

Sandy ran over to Amber, grabbed her by her hair and began to beat her up. Amber fought back with all her might. Her skinny arms burned from fighting back, but she manged to get Sandy off of her. Sandy went to the kitchen and grabbed a knife. Amber panicked when she saw the weapon. Sandy followed Amber up to her room, and before Amber could open her room door, she felt a sharp pain go down her back. The blood came rushing from Amber's back as she fell to the floor. Sandy panicked and left to her room, with Amber to clean the bloody mess, and open wound.~

"So you didnt fight her?" Ashley asked.

"I fought back so many times. Like its not even worth it anymore. Here's her money, $610, her phone battery, a piece of the phone cord, i left the rest over there, and her car keys. She'll find out later." Amber said looking at both of her cousins.

"Ohhh! You bad for that. My nigga on that revenge shit!" Ashley said.

"What the hell? I cant believe yo innocent looking ass did that. I got to give my cuzo props, though man!" Shanti said in shock.

"Welcome to the Jones house. You made it on our house list, and you been hear for like 2 hours or so." Ashley stood excitedly.

Amber laughed. "So yall switched rooms?"

"Yeah. Im the oldest, so i get to choose. Being 2 years older than my sister is good at times." Shanti said with a smile.

"Nigga please. You only 15 years old." Ashley said with attitude.

"Exactly. Still 2 years older than yo 13 year old ass."

"And im 2 years older than Ambi. I got advantage,too." Ashley said, turning to Amber.

"Yo! Dont be putting me between yall mess!" Amber said quickly.

"Aye! Yall come down here, the food ready!" Crystal yelled from down stairs.

She was lucky to have one of the five, 2-story houses in the neighborhood. The house wasn't very big. It just had about 10 stairs to the upstairs bedrooms. The girls scurried to the kitchen that served macoroni and cheese with sausage cut in it, and brocoli on the side, with fruit punch.

"Mah, when is Memph coming back?" Ashley asked.

"I dont know the exact day, but soon. Why?" Crystal answered.

"I wanna go to the studio again." Ashley said.

"For what? You dont do nothing in there. All you do is sit, listen to their convos, and hear the tracks." Crystal said putting food in her mouth.

"Gosh mah, why you always doing that?" Ashley said.

"Doing what? Speaking the truth?"Crystal said knowing exactly what she was trying to do to her daughter.

"Nevermind." Ashley said silently.

Everybody laughed at what was said between Ashley and Crystal.

"She got you." Amber said giggling.

"Yo dumb ass. You know you cant beat momma in this stuff." Shanti said shaking her head and smiling.

"Aye, watch yo mouth." Crystal said.

"My bad. She just retarded." Shanti laughed.

"You supposed to defend yo sister. Not get at her." Crystal said.

"Yeah, when we on these streets." Shanti replied.

"She just mad. Amber got my back, right?" She looked at Amber.

"Umm...i guess. Im the youngest. I thought it was the other way around." Amber stated.

"I thought that to." Crystal and Shanti said.

"I told you she retarded." Shanti said, while the girls laughed.

{Picture of Shanti to the left, Ashley in the middle,and JoJo to the right}