BEING JOMAE

In The Beginning of BEING JOMAE

JOMAE'S POV

"Well who's fault is that? I didn't tell you to spread yo legs out wide like a dead cockroach now look at you. Do you even know who the father of the baby is?", my mom said screaming at my sister because she just told her she was pregnant.

"Yes I do I'm not a h*e like you that'll have sex with anybody with a penis", when she said that my mom pimp slapped her leaving her hand print on her face.

"You little b*tch get the f*ck out my house", my mom yelled after she slapped her.

"No problem I don't like it here anyway. You ain't even my real mom and if it wasn't for my daddy you wouldn't have none of this sh*t in here so you know what I ain't going nowhere you leave". When I heard her say that I was so confused. I didn't know what she was talking about when she said her dad, I thought we had the same mom and dad. And then she was saying our mom open her legs for anybody with a penis none of this is making sense to me right now.

"What are you talking about Shaunie? We have the same dad", I said jumping in their argument.

"No we don't. I'm sorry Jomae but there's a lot of stuff you don't know about this family but I'm tired of keeping this a secret"

"Wait. What do you mean? I don't understand"

"Roger is not our dad that's just your mom's boyfriend that's been with us since before you were born", she said packing up her stuff out of the room.

"What do you mean my mom we have the same mom"

"No we don't. Here text Tyrone and tell him to come get me while I pack my stuff", she said giving me her phone.

"Hold on why are you just now telling me this anyway? What happened to your mom? And who is our dad if it's not Roger?"

"Look I don't have time to tell you everything right now so call me when you can and I'll answer all of your questions"

"No tell me now", I said grabbing her arm so she couldn't leave.

"I don't have enough time to tell you it's to long of a story now let me go I'm already pregnant and mad so you grabbing on me is not good in your case"

"Sorry it's just a lot I want to know"

"I know it is. You know what pack an overnight bag it's a lot you need to know".

I did what she said and I packed my bag and just in time to because Tyrone (Shaunie's baby daddy) had just showed up. We're real close he's like a big brother to me, I guess because they've been dating for a long time and he's the reason I don't get bullied anymore. He parked in the driveway and when he saw us with bags him and some other guy looks like he's 16 got out the car and helped us with our bags.

"So you told her?", Tyrone asked my sister leaving our house.

"Yupp, she got mad, some words were said and she slapped me leaving her handprint on my face". I couldn't understand what they were saying after that because he turned the music up.

"I'm Jamell what's yo name ma?", the boy who helped me with my bags asked me.

"Jomae. Who are you?"

"Oh my bad Jomae this is my god brother. He's staying with us until he graduate high school. Jamell this is my girls sister who is like my sister", Tyrone said hopping in our conversation.

"So what school you go to?", Jamell asked me in a flirty type of way.

"Ronam High what school you going to?"

"Ronam High, what grade you in ma?", he said smiling when I told him what school I went to.

"10th why you keep asking me questions?"

"I'm just trying to have a conversation with you d*mn I can't be nice?"

"I was just asking because you were but how old are you?"

"16 you?"

"I'm 15 about to be 16"

Just before he was about to ask me another question we pulled up to Tyrone's house. We all got the bags out the truck and went inside.

"It ain't my fault I thought you were prote...", I watched Shaunie yelling at Tyrone going into his room slamming the door behind them. I was feeling sorry for her because this is the second fight she got into today.

*DING DONG

"One of y'all get tha door it's Poota", Tyrone yelled from his room. Pootah was one of Tyrone's friends. He used to date my sister but they broke up after Pootah started talking to my sister best friend and well look how they turned out. They both dating each other's bestfriends which is crazy to me but they see no problem with it.

"What's sup Jomae I haven't seen you in a long time girl", he said hugging me when I opened the door.

"I know where you been?"

"Making this money girl where Tyrone at?"

"He in the room with my sister"

"Oh ain't no telling when they finna come out"

"No they gone be out sooner than you think they in there arguing or something"

"For what?"

"I don't know you know how funny they are"

"Yeah. What up Honor what you doing here?", he said dapping up Jamel.

"Aye chill out with that sh*t bro and nun just out here in Oakland chilling with Tyrone and tha fam"

"I feel you and what you tripping for?"

"Don't be putting my name out there like that I don't like that foreal"

"I'm done!", Tyrone yelled to my sister slamming the door walking out the room. "Let's go y'all, what up Pootah", he said still mad from when he left the room with my sister.

"You aight?", Jamell asked him getting up from the couch.

"No let's go before I do something I regret", and with that they left. I looked out the window and I waited for them to leave and then I went in the room with Shaunie to see what happened.

"You okay Shaunie", I said knocking on the door quietly coming in the room. When I walked all the way in the room I saw her on the bed crying.

"It's okay, I'm fine", she said wiping her tears sitting up on the bed.

"No you're not what happened?"

"We just started arguing because I told him what Julie (my mom) did after I told her I was pregnant and then we started arguing about some other stuff but that's not why you're here umm you might want to get comfortable because this is going to be a lot to take in"

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