Reflection with Elle & Tremaine

First Day

*****Edited and Updated 12/314/2021

First Day

September 4, 2001

7:18 am

One more glance in the mirror. Fresh white tee, Black, gray, white and red plaid button up, dark Levi's and grey and black ups. Damn I look good. Did I mention I got the fresh braids popping off? But let me get up out this house and stop playing. I told Mikelyn that I would take Elle to school. I don't mind, the middle school is right by the high school anyway. Grab my keys, kiss my moms goodbye, and lock the door. It took me about 15 minutes to walk over to their house. Ding Dong! After a minute or so there is still no answer. Just as I'm about to ring the bell again the door flies open. Elle has a toothbrush in her mouth and hairpins in her hands. I must just shake my head at the sight of her. It doesn't matter their age a female can just never be ready when you get there. In the door I go.

"I'mmm sooo swrry Trey. Fibe minubes." She says with the toothbrush in her mouth. She then breezes past me and takes off running up the stairs, taking them two at a time.

"iight baby girl!" I yell up after her.

Mind as well get comfortable cause I know how woman do. You guys will say 5 minutes but it's really a whole lot more like 15. Sitting down in the living room curiosity got the best of me. Well, maybe I'm just nosey. Typical pictures in typical places. Family portraits, school photos of Elle. Inside the entertainment system, I see a book. It's probably a photo album. Let me sit my ass down and stop looking through these people's things.

Two minutes later

Fuck it. I hop up and grab the album. On every page it's Elle. I can see her grow right before my eyes. Everything from birthday parties and similar milestones, to recitals, is captured. Smiles and tears. Mostly smiles. There's even some of her in studios. Playing and running around, sleeping on couches all that. She seems like a genuinely happy child. What happened to that smile?

"I'm ready!" Elle yells close behind me.

"About time."

"Whatever. And just what do you think you're doing nosey?" She peeps over my shoulder.

"Being nosey like you just said."

"Duh." she says rolling her eyes at me.

"This is my favorite pic by the way. You look cute." I say pointing to a picture of her with a baseball hat on backward her arms folded over her chest in a B-Boy stance.

"I know right. Too fly. I just keep on getting better with each passing day." she does a lil spin around and then strikes a pose.

"Conceited much?"

"Nope, just honest."

All I can do once again is shake my head.

"Oh God. Let's go before we're both late."

Elle's POV

Tremaine and I talked the whole walk. I feel like he's the big brother that I don't have. He gets me mad, makes me laugh, and he's here for me. Like the other night when I broke down.