You Go Down Smooth

Wading

04:47pm - Kordei: hey D, y/n is awake and doing well. all tests came back okay - no internal injuries, thank god. cath was removed just a bit ago. she even got up and walked around her room to show nurse laurel what a fucking champ she is.

04:48pm - Kordei: shes being discharged soon and i'm gonna go with her to her parents place. i'll get the address or directions or something. can u bring my stuff?

04:52pm - FinahDinah: no problemo Kordei. the gang's glad to hear shes up and at 'em. Lo&Co told me to pass along the message to 'champ' that if she needs anything, just holla. annnnnnd they would like to meet her ;)

04:54pm - Kordei: she says she would love to meet them as well. tomorrow? my mom will be here tomorrow too and it will probably be best to distract her with everyone being there so she cant just focus on y/n. u kno how she gets.

04:55pm - FinahDinah: oh shit. yeah I forgot mama Drea was coming. we'll make plans to come over there tomorrow. let me know the address later and i'll bring ur stuff.

04:57pm - Kordei: thanks. OH and D.....do u think u can get ur grubby little paws on a plan b pill? we had the talk >.< chances are slim, but better to be safe.

04:59pm - FinahDinah: u underestimate the things these hands can do ;) i got u covered Mani. behave urself over there. don't do anything i wouldn't do.

05:00pm - Kordei: ur a gem, really. ur also not limiting my choices alot XP

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"Pauna, you need a bath..." her mother scolds her. "We have those plastic protectors for the cast but you have to bathe. You still have blood and dirt on you - gravel and shell in your hair. It's not up for discussion."

"Ma! Stop! I'm not a kid."

"You are. You're MY kid. Always have been and always will be. And I do not care how old you get, I will take care of you and whip your ass when you disobey me. Get in there and start the water. I'll be in there in a bit."

"Mama!! I don't need you to bathe me! I'll find a way to do it!"

"Y/n Y/mn, please do not try me tonight..."

"Mom, I'll be fine. I can do it myself. You act like I've never done this before."

Normani enters Y/n's room to hear the tail end of the argument. "What's going on?" she asks.

The older woman huffs, "She needs to take a bath. Get the stink and grime off of her before she goes to sleep in that bed."

"And my mother is trying to tell me she's going to help me....but I can do it myself.."

"No you can't, y/n." the brown girl tells her. "Look, happy medium, okay. I'll help you. You don't need to be moving around and stretching. You heard the instructions. No exerting yourself."

"Normani, I am perfectly capable of bathing myself..."

"Y/n do not argue with me." she says sternly, pointing her finger at the wooden dresser across the room. "Get up and pick out a change of clothes while I get the shower running. I need to shower anyway, might as well conserve water. Plus you don't need to be soaking your leg in filthy bathwater." She looks at the girl's mother. "Is that okay with you?"

"Do you see her getting up??" the woman asks her, both watching as Y/n raises herself from the bed and walks over to her dresser to get a pair of boxer briefs and then a pair of lounge shorts and loose tank out. Normani nods at her and Daya smiles and nods back. "Alright then. I'm good with it. But, no horse-playing in my shower or I'll break your arm too, you hear?"