She's A Keeper||August Alsina&Tinashe

Chapter 32.5:Rhi & Aug's Thanksgiving

That Same Day....

Rhiana POV💜

"Kam get yo' ass outta the kitchen! Breathing all on the food and shit." August said to Kam. He smacked his lips.

"Man Rhi,lemme just get a piece of the turkey. A little while piece,please?" Kam begged clasping his hands together like a five year old.

I chuckled as I shook my head no causing him to drop his head.

"Mannn. It's like that Rhi? I thought we was cool and you won't even let a nigga get some turkey?"

"You'll be fine Kam. I'm sure you can wait another ten minutes for the rolls. Now go in the living room with the boys and chill until then."

"But-"

"Go Kam." He shook his head before walking off to the living room with August and Janarius.

"I wish y'all would find some damn patience. Been rushing us to finish cooking since this morning." Priscilla butted in as she sat some plates down at the table.

"They're just anxious that's all." I chuckled as I sat a pan full of the dressing on the table.

Standing straight up to take a small break,I observe the room. Everybody was in the living room,except one person.

Aleah.

"Hey rhi,where's Aleah?" Priscilla asked as if she was reading my mind.

"I don't know,but I'm about to go find out." I say walking to her room.

I softly knock on the door but no one answers. I knock again.

"Aleah?"

"...Yea?"

"Can I come in?" I ask.

She grows extremely quiet before she answers.

"Sure." I open the door to see her sitting against her headboard staring straight ahead. I walk over to her bed and and sit on the edge of it.

"You okay? Dinner is almost ready and nobody's heard from you since this morning."

She sighs.

"I know. I just...been doing a lot of thinking today."

"Thinking about what?"

"Complicated things....and mom." She mumbled. My face instantly saddened.

"This is our third thanksgiving without mom and probably dad too. I was thinking of all the other children in the world who actually have parents to spend the holidays with,and then there's us. Haven't heard or seen or mother in years,and our father decides to come back into our lives just now when we been through hell before. I just don't get it. What did we do to deserve this?" She cried.

My hormones started fucking up and I ended up crying too.

"I guess fucked up shit always gotta happen to us right? Even though we don't deserve it." I mumbled as a tear rolled down my face.

Looking back at myself nine months ago,I used to be perfectly fine without having parents. Doing anything I wanted when I wanted without anybody telling me what to do seemed so fun then.

But shit happened and now I wish that my parents never left me. Now I wish I had someone to tell me what to do and when to do it or I would be in trouble. But I don't. I had to become an adult at fifteen in order to care for myself and Aleah but she's growing up herself.

Time really does fly.

"Rhiana don't say that. Everything happens for a reason. Maybe everything was meant to be. And when I say everything,I mean everything."