what about us|aaliyah

eight

aaliyah

allen and i slept in the car until our mother arrived. she woke us up by banging on the window.

i screamed and allen jumped up, with wide eyes. i looked out the car and seen a green honda accord.

"why y'all in the damn car?" she asked as allen rolled the window down.

"we got put out, because YOU aren't responsible." he spat as he opened his car door, making her back up.

"little boy. who are you taking too?" she asked angrily "i am your mo-"

"act like it! got damn it!" he yelled, causing birds to fly out of a tree nearby.

she shut her eyes and spoke "they said they'd give me a week". she mumbled

"you got laid off & didn't tell us, so where you been at?" he began "huh?" he asked as she stood there quietly

she looked around and he screamed at he "answer me!"

i got out the car and grabbed his arm "al, stop fore these people call the police."

he gently moved away from me and she began to speak.

"allen you don't know what's going on, don't yell at me." she began to cry. a man got out of the green car and began to walk up to us.

allen bucked up and approached him. "so you the nigga!? you been distracting my moms?" he yelled as he shoved the man

"stay in a child's place." the light skinned man said. i began to study his features.

"the nose, the eyes, the lips." i mumbled "dad?" i asked

he looked over at me and spoke "y-yes." he nodded

my eyes watered and i ran over to him, hugging him. he hugged me back, but it didn't last for long. allen yanked me away from him & spoke.

"why we got evicted ?" he asked, still angry

"we're moving with aaliyah's dad. he was the only one willing to help when i got back in contact with him." she began "i told him my job laid me off a-"

"is he still married?" allen asked before i could

"i am, i own a couple houses that i rent out to people." he said

"will you stop treating me like shit now?"  i asked her

she was about to speak when my father screamed. he began to melt away & i ran over to him.

"daddy get up." i cries as i tried to reach out to him, but he was gone.

i shot up & looked around. allen and i had we're still in the car, waiting for our mother to arrive. he was fast asleep .

"it felt so real." i mumbled to myself

i seen headlights pull into the drive way and i knew it was our mom. i got out the car and stood there with my arms crossed. she got out the car and ran up to me.