Life's Like A Game Of Chess

G.O.C 2

Tay pov:

As I'm scrolling down my timeline. My step mom walked in. "Girls go get dressed we're going to the mall so y'all can have clothes for school tomorrow." "Ight" me and Naya said. Once I got done eating I headed back upstairs to my room and pull out my khaki pants, white shirt, Jordan taxi, black watch, black belt, a sports bra and some boxers and jump into the shower. Once I'm out the shower I got dressed and head downstairs and started taking selfies and putting them on IG. After about 45 minutes my mom and Naya finally comes downstairs. "Where's Destiny?" I asked. "She said she didn't want to come." Naya said. "Okay is she sick or something cause when does she ever give up getting out the house?" I said. "She's going with Kita and the girls today." My mom said. I nodded and got in the car. We pulled of heading to Stonecrest Mall.

20 Minutes later

We finally pulled up to the mall and got out. "Here's my card." My mom said. It's not like I don't have my own money but hey if she's paying why spend my money. As we go in I walk off from them as they walk into Forever 21. I head downstairs straight to Manhattan. Picking out a few outfits I head to the register. Then head over to DTLR, as I'm walking in I see one of my cousins Rex and his wife Brianna. I walk up to them.

"Am I seeing ghost or have y'all finally came out of hiding?" I say as they turn around and smile. "I know that New Orleans accent anywhere." I dapped him up and gave Brianna a hug. "Yo kid were you been? Ain't seen or heard from your ass in years nigga." He said. Truth was when I left Georgia a few years back I kinda stop talking to a lot of people. I really went ghost. When my brother died I kinda lost myself and shut down, and over the years I just tried to do me. "I've been home man. Somewhere you ain't been in years." I said. He looked away. Because he knew what I was talking about. Rex had left New Orleans when he was 16 cause his mom, my aunt had kicked him out for getting Brianna pregnant. And he just never came back. I don't remember the last time Rex had been home to see or talked to any of us since he left. "Look I know I should have called but I just don't know what to say." "Rex it's been 8 years don't you think you should have at least contacted someone to let them you know you was ok. We was worried." I said. He looked away then back at me and said "if y'all was so worried why didn't any of y'all try to come after me or try to find out where I was?" "Nigga how was we suppose to do that when you didn't have a phone, and we didn't even know where to look? You didn't even leave a note, or even sent a letter or email or anything letting us know you where even alive man what was we suppose to think?" "Tay look I'm sorry I know I shouldn't have just dipped off like that but she had put me out. What was I suppose to do?" "Rex as much family as we got in New Orleans you didn't think hey let me go see if I could stay with any of them." He looked away knowing I was right. Man I love Rex but he just be doing dumb shit. Like nigga the whole New Orleans was pretty much family wouldn't it be smart to find someone to live with. "Ight Tay your right I just wasn't thinking at the time. But enough about that what are you doing back in the Atl?" He asked. "Well you remember Kayla?" I said. He look at me then said "which one cause you had been with about 100 different Kaylas." He wasn't lying I have been with a lot of girls named Kayla. What can I say they were beautiful and my type they just all seemed to have the name Kayla. "Kayla Johnson." I said. "Oh yeah, what about her?" "Well we kinda got into it and she ended up in the hospital and I got kicked out of school." He looked at me like he was about to take my soul from my body and sell it to the devil himself. The thing was our family has always had one rule and that was to never put our hands on a female no matter what she did. "What do you mean y'all got into it?" He asked knowing the answer. "We fought." I could see him getting mad. Rex out of all of us hating us putting or hands on females, one cause he knew what we were capable of doing if we got mad enough especially me, and two his dad used to beat his mom when he was a kid, so he vowed to never let us hit a female no matter the reason. "Taylor Nishon ***** you put your hands on a female?!" Damn this nigga done said my whole government out loud. "Damn man chill out with yelling my government out like that you don't know who could be looking for me." I said trying to get him to calm down. "Fuck all that Taylor you know that we don't put our hands on female no matter what the reason. So what possessed you to put your hand on a female huh?" He looked at me. "She talked about my brother." He said nothing and just looked away. See a few years back my my brother Cameron was shot and killed in his apartment. It devastated me, my brother was my best friend, my twin. No one could separate us so when I found out he had died I pretty much shut down. It felt like my world was taking away from me. So he knew Cameron was a very soft topic for me. Kayla was very closed to my family, she even knew my brother personally. So when she brought him up I just lost control and blacked out. "Tay what did you do?" He asked looking sincere. I looked at him then said "I smashed her head against a sink and mirror and broke her skull in 3 places." The only reason I'm not sitting in jail right now is, one cause almost every judge in New Orleans knows my family, and two because I'm a walking IED (intermittent explosive disorder) which mean if I get to mad there's no telling what I can do. He just laughed and said "damn bruh you got to get that angry under control" "I know man, it just ain't easy." "Yeah I hear you but look we about to go. Here's my number and address. Hit me up or stop by sometime I'd love for you to meet our daughter." "Oh yeah no doubt" I said as I dapped him up and gave Brianna a hug as they walked away.

I started looking through the clothes for a couple of minutes til I I realized I already had most of the stuff in here. I then headed back upstairs to Champs. Looking I found two pairs of Jordan's that I liked. I then went to the register payed for my things then called my sister to see where they were.

Me: New New where are y'all?
Naya: Still in Forever 21. Where would we be?
Me: Why did I even ask?
I said hanging up. I then walked back over to Forever 21 seeing my sister with a boat load of stuff in her hand.

"Dang what you trying to do but the whole store?" I said walking up to them. She looked at me then rolled her eyes looking back at the rack of clothes. "Where is momma?" Seeing that she wasn't with Naya anymore. "She went to go look for some shoes in Finish Line." She said never taking her eyes off the clothes.

After 45 boring ass minutes of watching Naya try on clothes and put them back we finally head to the register with 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. "So what was the point of you picking up all that stuff if you wasn't even gonna get any of it?" I asked. "I thought I liked it then realized it didn't." She said paying for her things. "You need some help you know that." I said. She shrugged but didn't respond. She then pulled out her iPhone then called mom. She was on the phone for no long the a second before she said "food court."

We then walked over to the food court and saw our mom at a table eating some Chick-fil-A. We walked up to her and put our bags down then walked off to get some food of our own. 10 minutes later we're back at the table eating our food. Naya had some subway while I had some Chinese food.

20 mins later

We finished eating and threw our trash away and got ready to leave. As we were walking out I got a text from my best girl friend Naomi.

Nae❤️: how's everything so far, have you started school, met any cute girls, fucked anyone yet😏.
Me: No haven't done anything yet. Haven't had the time. Have you fucked anyone yet?😂
Nae❤️: ummmmmm
Me: Naomi ****** Richardson is there something you need to tell me??🤔
Nae❤️: I got to go to work ttyl❤️😘
Me: Naomi if you've fucked anyone and didn't tell me I'm gonna kick your ass!!😤

I didn't get a respond so I just got on IG. As I was scrolling through IG I saw the girl I bumped into at the movie the other day. So I decided to follow her. And as I started to like some pics my dad called me.
Me: yes sir?
Dad: where are y'all?
Me: just now leaving the mall
Dad: give the phone to your mother
I looked at the phone like he was stupid. Like if you wanted to talk to her why did you call me?😑
"Mom dad wants you." I handed her the phone. They talked for like 20 mins then she handed me back my phone. After like 45 mins of driving around we pulled up to my aunt Darlen house. We got out and walked in..........