Hazel
"When we get to the house we can just chill and you can tell me bout how college is going for you. It's crazy, this is our first time hanging out in a long time. I'm happy we're doing this."
I was going over my older cousins house for the first time in a long time. I haven't been able to see her because I've been so busy with college and stuff but now I'm coming home to visit family and my mom thought it would be a good idea for me to stay with her for the time before I have to go back to college.
"Yeah me too." I looked out the window. We had spend 2 hours in the car, getting to her house ,but we were getting closer.
"Okay, we're here." She turned off the engine and got out, and I followed.
London had got my bags for me out the trunk of the car and handed it to me. She lived in a apartment in Harlem. I'm not use to this part of town, I was kind of from the suburbs of New York.
As we both approached the apartment it was a few people sitting on the step just sitting there talking but stopped once they saw London and I.
"Wassup London." One of them nodded to London then looked towards me and gave me a small nod.
It was about 6 of them, but the one that stood out the most was the one with the braids. He looked grown, not too grown but grown.
A grown man with braids..okay.
He notice I was staring at him, so he stared back. I gave him about 5 seconds then I switched my gaze.
Once she opened the door we went to the 4th floor and went all the way down the hall to her apartment door and opened it.
Her apartment was smaller then my house back home but she didn't really need anything huge it was just her and her 2 kids, but it was a nice size.
"Where are your kids? JJ and Dominic?"
"There staying with their dad, while we hangout, but you can put your bags in the last room down the hall."
I picked up my bags and followed her instructions and went down the hall until I saw a room that looked like a small guess room. I laid my bags down on the bed and went back in the living\kitchen where London was after checking my phone.
"So..." I said as I sat in a chair in front of her as she was on her phone. "Did you know those guys that were sitting on the steps?" I asked only being nosey.
"Yeah I know them. There cool people, but they need to get there act together, they be out in the streets and shit." She shook her head. I wanted to laugh because the way she swears sounds hella funny, but she was serious so I kept it in.
"So since we have about a week of you staying here I was thinking maybe we could go to the mall or something, get ya hair done."
I gave her a look. "What's wrong with my hair?"
She smiled. "Don't get me wrong your hair looks cute that way it's just that every since you were little you would wear it curly. Don't you wanna see it straighten?"
"Correction, everytime you seen me it would be curly." I smirked at her. "But I don't mind getting it done."
"Good, it'll look cute. Oh and I'm ordering pizza. I don't really feel like cooking anything." She said calling the pizza place. Once she got done ordering our pizza, we cached up on some things.
She asked me about school, boys, my roommate Kayla just stuff like that.
. . .
"The lobby just called and our pizza is here. You mind getting it? Here's the money." She said not really giving me a choice so respond.
"Alright.."
"I'll leave the door unlocked."
I nodded and headed to the elevator. Once it got to the first floor. I saw the pizza guy talking to the same guys that were sitting on the steps outside.
When they saw me walk up they all started walking my way including the pizza guy.
"Hey." I lightly smiled at the pizza guy and the guys.
"Hey what's up." One of them said.
"Your pizza?" The pizza guy made sure it was me who ordered the pizza.
I nodded and handed him the money. I thanked him and he waved to the guys and began to leave, but they guys didn't.
"You know London right?" The one with the braids asked me.
I nodded.
"That's y'all pizza?"
I nodded.
He smiled. "Alright we right behind you."
I gave him a weird look but continued on.
They all followed me to the apartment and one of them opened the door for me.
"Finally the pizza is-" London stopped and notice I brought company.
"Hey guys? What are y'all doing..?" London asked as I set the pizza on counter.
"You know damn well you two not gone finish that whole pizza by y'all self." One of them said and smiled at London as he wrapped an arm around her.
I'm sure London got a large pizza cause the box it self was pretty big.
London smiled and shook her head. "Y'all so damn greedy. I swear every time I order some food y'all in my apartment.
. . .
I finished my pizza and I was in the living room watching tv and 3 of the guys were sitting on the couch with me watching tv. The other 3 was in the kitchen with London chatting it up.
At first it was silent until the one with the braids decided to speak up.
"Aye what's yo name?" The one with the braids asked me. Now actually looking at him he looked, he looked better than I thought. The braids actually fit him.
"Hazel, what's yours?"
