Passion ||August Alsina||

XXIII

Catching Up

There so much darkness in the world but I see beauty left in you girl -Justin Timberlake x Until the End of Time

|San Juan, Puerto Rico| -
|Three Months Later|

"Bryson came on!" Kenzie yelled at Bryson.

"Stop yellin' before you wake yah mama and the babies." My mama spoke lowly.

"To late for that." I walked in the kitchen with AI in my arms.

"Sorry mama." Kenzie spoke softly.

"It's okay, mama been up." I fixed the collar on her shirt.

"I'm ready ugly." Bryson came in fixing his belt.

"Boy I just fixed your pants." My mama walked over, helping him.

"Yea but I had to do the number two though." Bryson held up to fingers up.

"Just like yah damn daddy." I mumble laughing.

"Did you wash yah hands?" My mama raised her eyebrows.

"Yess Granny." Bryson sigh.

"Don't be getting an attitude with my little boy."

"Okay y'all got yah money?" I asked

"Yes ma'am." They said in unison.

"Okay. Have good day at school and I'm gonna see y'all later."

"Bye mama." They wave making there way to the door.

"Wait Bry!" Kenzie ran back hugging me.

Squinting down I hugged her back.

"I love you mama." She whispered then kissing me.

"I love you too baby girl."

"See yah later." Kenzie ran off to Bryson. "Come on little ugly boy."

"You ugly." He whined going out the door.

"What was that about?" My mama questioned me.

"I don't know." Confused just as she was, I shrugged it off.

"You talk-"

My phone rung cutting my mama off.

"You just missed them." I answered.

My mama took AI out my arms as he reached for the phone.

"Dang it!!" Jade pouted on the other end. "I wanted to tell my baby happy birthday."

"It's okay, if you send her something today it'll get here by her real birthday." I walked to the back door going onto the beach.

"You right." She sighed. "Anyway how yah doing girly? Yknow I only get to talk to you once a month."

"Yea I'm holding up. The twins learning how to walk."

"No don't do it." Jade immediately responded. "I'm bout ready to kill your niece. Stay getting into everything."

"No not my baby, with her lil' cute self."

"She might be cute, but she's bad as hell. And your brother just be encouraged the shit."

I laughed cause that sounds like him.

"I miss y'all crazy ass. I don't know how I'm getting threw life without y'all."

"God."

"Amen." I agree, knowing there was no other answer and that it was all self explanatory.

"You talk to the girls?"

"I called Crystal last week. Danny called yesterday crying."

"She probably feeling alone. I know both of y'all are, but you got the kids and your mama, she ain't no one."

"I know, and I feel so bad." I spoke honestly. "Crystal get to see Trav. August and Mel be the ones that's gone the most."

"Have you even seen Aug since y'all been out there?"

"No, he haven't even called, wrote, email, text or nothing. Only reason I know he alive cause Que."

"Damn." She sound sorrowful.

"He feels like he failed as a man and father, cause he can't protect us."

"But he is protecting y'all."

"Exactly, I just wanna talked to him." I pressed. "But I know that ain't gonna happen." I exhaled.

"He'll get it together hopefully." Jade urged.

"Yea hopefully."

"Nuh uh put it down lil' girl!" Jade yelled. "Who wakes up being destructive?"

"Blessings." I answered laughing.

"Her lil bad ass. I gotta go Love you babe."

"I love you too and don't kill my niece."

"Imma try not too, bye."

"Bye." I hung up laughing