Stay on your terf! (Norminah)

Ch. 5

Normani's POV

"NORMANI I'M HOME!" I hear my mom shout from downstairs. I turn my head to see Arin completely knocked out. Jumping out the bed I put on an oversized shirt and start picking up his clothes. "Arin! Arin babe get up! My moms home." He looks at me for a few seconds before actually starting to move. I threw his shirt and his pants at him and went to the dresser to find me some joggers. Once I got a pair I left Arin in my room so I could go find my mother.

Walking in her room I see her taking her shoes off. "Hey mama!" I walk up and give her a kiss on the cheek. "Hey Mani! Did you have anything planned tonight?" She asked me while putting her shoes up in the closet. I remember the gang wanted to hang out tonight, but I could always do that another time. "Not anything that can't be rescheduled. Why?" I asked while sitting down on her bed. "You wanna hang out with me tonight? We can go to the mall, get some ice cream, and then tonight we can order pizza and watch a movie. How does that sound?" My smile widened at her words. It's been a while since we actually hung out just the two of us. "That sounds perfect mom!" I said hugging her ever so tightly. "Good! Go get ready and meet me in the car in ten minutes." She says as I let go of the hug. I walk back to my room and see Arin just sitting on the bed probably waiting for me.

"Hey boo, sorry I can't hang with y'all tonight but my mom and I have plans." I told him as I walk up to him. He places his hands on my waist to bring me closer to him. "It's fine babe, I'll just let the others know when I get to Trey's house. No big deal." He shrugged his shoulders. "Alright. So I'll see you tomorrow?" I ask him. "Of course. Bye mani." He gave me a kiss before he got up and walked out of my room. I then walked into my closet to find some better clothes to wear for tonight.

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"YOU CANT SERIOUSLY THINK YOU WILL BEAT ME DO YOU!?!" I shouted out over my shoulder. After a well spent, and very beneficial day at the mall, we went to ride go carts. At the moment my mother was behind me still trying to trash talk. Did I mention she was behind me! "WE'LL SEE!" She yelled back. I had turned a corner and there this lady come up to the side of my cart. Damnit! On the next corner I see she slows down and I know I got this in the bag. Man was I wrong. She had sped up and turned at the last minute bumping the back end of my cart in the process. I lost control of my cart and it spiraled until I was facing the opposite way. "MOM THAT'S A FOUL!" I shouted trying to turn back in the right direction. I drove up to the finish line and got out. I gave my mom a little pout and she just looked at me unfazed. "What?!? Stop complaining, hell I told you I'd win!" She busted out laughing while we walked out of the arena.

We drove over to Dominos and got two medium sized pizzas and headed home. Once we got home my mom set the pizza on the living room table and searched for a movie while I popped some popcorn and got us some drinks. I came back to the living room and set the popcorn and sodas on the table just as my mom hit play on what looked like Moana. "I love this movie!" I said as I sat down and rested my head on her shoulder. "That's why I chose it. And also because I haven't seen it before." She stated. The movie began and halfway in I felt myself dozing off.

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I woke up snuggled up to my mother who was clear as day knocked out. Looking at my phone I see I have a missed call from Lauren. I call her back and she answers on the second ring. "Hey Mani, I was wondering if you wanted to get some Starbucks before school." She asked. "Yeah sure, give me 15 minutes and I'll come pick you up." We hung up and I started to get ready. I showered, got dressed, did my hair, and decided against wearing makeup today. I always do because I like to, you know, be presentable but I just wasn't feeling it today. Besides, with my hair, I tied the curls up into a somewhat messy, somewhat uncaring bun. I grabbed my blue bandana and tied it around my wrist before grabbing my Keys and walking out to my car. I would've said goodbye to my mom but I didn't want to wake her from her peaceful slumber.