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I sit on the couch, waiting for Chresanto to finish getting ready.
He got off of work about thirty minutes ago and I started getting ready about an hour before that. I knew he would want to take a shower and I needed one too.
I look over at my CD player, deciding to put on some music and get Amoré dressed.
I place in my Nicki Minaj CD, The Pinkprint. It was one of the last CDs I was able to purchase.
As All Things Go begins to play, I turn the volume up. All of my CDs are edited editions, so there is no cussing.
"Ma." Amoré laughs, reaching for me.
I pick her up from her play mat, taking her to the room where her outfit was laying on her bed.
Then we go back to the living room.
I get Amoré dressed and get her bag together. Chres told me we have to go grocery shopping and go to Wal-Mart.
"Ready, baby?" Chres steps into the living room.
"Yep." I nod, picking up Amoré's car seat.
"Okay." He takes it from my hands, taking my hand in his free hand. "I called a cab from the phone in the lobby. He should be here by now."
"Okay." I nod.
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"Are you sure about this?" I ask Chres.
"Yeah, we pay eighty now and only twenty each every month. It's no iPhone, but it's something." He sighs.
"I don't know." I admit.
"It's a way for us to check in on each other, call a cab, call emergency services." He persuades. "Its cheap, I don't think we'll find anything cheaper."
"Okay." I nod.
"Great." He gets the two boxes containing phones.
"We have to get the cards while we're hear, right?" I ask, laying my head on his arm.
"Yeah, but they're just right here." He points to them.
"Okay." I yawn.
He leads the way, and I follow tiredly.
After getting everything we needed, we head home and activate the phones using our neighbors phone, since we didn't have a working one.
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"Melanie, why's it such a big deal?" Chresanto grabs my hand.
"Because it is." I shrug him off.
"I was just trying to help." He sighs.
"By cussing out my boss?" I ask.
"He was being rude." Chres answers. "I'm your boyfriend, Mel. I'm not gonna sit there and watch that."
"You don't understand. This was the only thing I could do for myself. You might have gotten me fired." I tell him.
"I'm sorry. I can go apologize if you want." He sighs.
"No, you've done enough." I sigh, walking around him to leave.
He follows behind me, keeping his distance. By the amount of quietness, I can tell we are going to have an argument when we get home.
And we do.
"You can at least try to see where I'm coming from." Chres sighs.
"How?" I ask. "I know how this goes, you cuss at my boss, I get fired, I depend on you. It's the same thing Darius did to me and I was left with nothing when he broke up with me. I refuse to have that happen to me, ever again."
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Under The Bridge(Chresanto August)
FanficSixteen year old, Chresanto August, is all alone on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. He left home, fed up with his parents behavior. When leaving, he only brought what he could fit in a book bag. A few pairs of clothes, a small blanket and the ne...