There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
- Nelson Mandela
Jacques let me stay over so I could get a feel for the house. I couldn't sleep. He slept in his room and I slept in my new "bedroom". I can't sleep on an empty stomach so I went to his room and shook him awake.
"Jack!" I whispered and shook him. "Jacques!"
He rolled over to me. "Hmmm!? What! What's wrong, Sky?"
"I'm hungry." I frowned.
He sucked his teeth and rolled away from me. I shook him again.
"Can you make me some waffles?"
"No, go get a hot pocket from the freezer or something. It's too damn early." He said in a raspy voice.
"But I don't want a hot pocket." I pouted and stuck my bottom lip out. "Pleaseeeeee?"
He sat up and turned on the lamp on his nightstand. "Fine. Go downstairs and get the stuff. I'll be down in a second."
"No, you're gonna go back to sleep." I started jumping on his bed.
"You damn right I am."
I stopped jumping and yanked him out of bed.
"Fuck! My arm! Skylar chill!"
"Sorry." I held his hand and we went to the kitchen.
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"Can't believe you woke me up so I could make you breakfast." He chuckled and took one of my eggs. "Never tried sunny side up eggs."
"They're great!" I ate the egg he didn't take.
He ate it and gagged. "Fuck no!!!" He spat it out in the trash.
"Damn. Its a shame that you don't swallow."
He started laughing. "Shut the fuck up! I ain't even like that. Nasty ass, I bet you swallow."
"Damn right I do." I stole one of his waffles.
"Nigga, give me my waffle!" ._.
I bit into it and gave it to him.
"Really?" He took it and ate it.
"Ew."
"Ew yo-self. Been eating after yo ass since forever."
"You played yourself. You made yourself sound like a bum." I smiled and took a sip of seltzer water.
"Shut the hell up! Where did you get Sprite?" He picked up my cup of seltzer water. "Can I have some."
I was going to tell him that it wasn't Sprite but I want to see his reaction.
"Yeah. Go for it."
He took a big gulp and spat it out in the sink and started coughing. "WHAT THE HELL!?"
"Heheheheh!"
"Taste like piss! What is that!?"
"Seltzer water."
"Drink normal water! What in the hell!?!?"
"No, I don't like normal water. This is what the Europeans drink. Flushes your system out."
"Bitch, you are a nigga bitch! Not European." He rinsed his mouth with regular water.
"Shut up." I rolled my eyes playfully and finished my breakfast.
"I'm washing the dishes." He said.
"Okay." I gave him my dishes. "I'm bored."
"It's early as hell. Ain't nobody tryna do anything but sleep."
"Ugh! You're so boring." I poked my lip out and laid on the counter.
