Amira
I wanted to cry. I was so frustrated and fed up. But tears weren't going to get me anywhere. It poured hard with rain and the purplish sky cracked with thunder.
It was obvious Denim wasn't coming through for me. It was starting to piss me off how I always went above and beyond for her during emergency times but for me it wasn't the same.
My hair was wet and moppy on my face and my clothes were soaked. It felt nasty feeling my socks and feet wet in my now ruined New Balance tennis. The bus stop shelter did a poor job Protecting me against the weather
Fuck it. As bad as I needed the money I just was going have to tell my supervisor I wasn't coming in. Luckily when I called I was told I wasn't needed anyway.
POP POP POP TAT TAT!!!!
It wasn't even 7 in the morning and bullets were flying in the streets already. I started running right into the local corner store. I slammed into the chips rack feeling someone slam into me from behind
"Damn Bitch get the fuck out the way!" The person barked at me from behind
I turned around, seeing the guy I dreamed about last night. The guy who dominated my thoughts besides survival
. Ivory.
Wearing a serious expression on his face. His white v neck was ripped soaking wet clinging to his chiseled chest.
"Aye Sosa, watch my back bro!" He yelled out to the Hispanic store owner and Sosa nodded
My eyes bulged out of it's sockets seeing him holding a gun. "Matter fact I need ya help too lil mama" Ivory snatched my arm and he ran into the deep freezer that held milk cartoons. He knocked them all over. I stood there clueless wondering what he was into
"Yo stack these bitches back up!" He ordered me.
The urgency and seriousness in his voice made me follow him like simon says. We quickly stacked back up the milk against the glass. Our body's and identity hidden behind them. Was this real? Ivory pulled me close to him like I was a lion cub
."Kneel down more. Ion want you caught up in my shit. If anything you never saw me before and was scared" he whispered in my ear slowly and my neck hairs stood. I couldn't even respond back. I just nodded
"DEA! And Baltimore City Police! Everybody get the fuck on the ground now!" I heard glass shatter and lots of movement. You could hear Sosa yelling in his native language at the officers. My body was freezing as I stood next to Ivory. Oh my god I did not sign up for this !
"Why you destroy me store?!" Sosa yelled . I didn't even want to see anymore. I already knew how was this going to play out. I was going to jail for accessory no matter what Ivory said
"Did a dark skin man about 6ft with wild dreadlocks come inside here? He's a dangerous suspect and armed"
"No! Only this woman here and Her baby "
the lady was just coming in the broken door with her baby in her brown and pink stroller
"Let's head out while we got time! We can't let him get away!" The head officer was dressed in street clothes. Black man and thick. Black shirt, ripped jean shorts, Nike boots and a baseball cap, The knockers
I wanted to exhale my held breath for relief but I was too scared to do that. This was some wild stuff right here.
20 minutes exact passed when Ivory and me left out of the deep freezer. My bones was chilled and I couldn't stop shivering. Ivory rubbed my hands to spark warmth. I felt a ugly mess. My hair was wild, wet and frizzy. Clothes Damp
"Sosa I owe you. This all I got right now" Ivory pockets were stuffed with money and he gave it all to him. I never seen so many 100 bills in my life.
"Come on its time for us to go home"
"Home?" I asked confused. I watched him throw his shirt in the outside dumpster of the store. Stupidly I followed him as he lead the way through the alley.
"Look ma I need two days to hide out and get off the grid. Plus I can have my barber come cut these dreads off"
"Absolutely not! Hell no. I don't know you from adam or eve. Plus you seem to be into a lot of bullshit. For all I know you could be a rapist"
"I ain't never had to take pussy a day in my life. Bitches be pressed to fuck wit me" he paused causing me to twist my lips up.
"Really nigga?" Black person phrase Had to be plastered on my face. Ivory smirked at me and I quickly looked away. He was too damn fine and knew it too. His eyes shimmered with amusement
"Plus I'm going break you off. I saved 10 for you" Ivory went inside his back pockets and gave me some wet hundred dollar bills. I hope I wasn't getting in over my head. Another reason I was telling him no because the light bill, BGE was cut off.
"Look Ivory. Just take your money back" I didn't want to be embarrassed once he realizes it was no lights in my house and as badly as I needed the money I was too prideful to take it
"Don't insult me girl. Ride me to one of my homegirl spots then"
"I cant because my.. my.. friend took the car battery out. I was actually on the bus stop to go to work before ya drama popped off"
"Man you can't be fucking with these lames. That's some bitch nigga shit" ivory and me stood right in my backyard. My grass was high as my knee and it just was a hot ass mess
"Okay look you can stay here. The lights off anyway. You going blend right into the dark" I relented.
