Misused Love

Chapter 1

Queen Pov

"Welcome to express coffee. How may I help you?" I asked the middle aged man. With it being a Thursday night and 7 minutes to clock out time I was rushing to really to get things clean and done and I was also rushing to get home.

"A small regular coffee with 4 creamers, and 7 sugars." The man said with slight attitude.

"Your total is 1.09" I said slightly annoyed at this point. He handed me a 5$ bill and I gave him back his change. I fixed his coffee and gave it to him, went and took off my apron, wiped down the counters, donut stands and the tables, cleaned all the coffee machines and cleaned up the the cafe area, I then clocked out.

I told Ms.April which is my manager I was headed home and she offered me a ride home. I glanced at my little cheap Android and saw that is was 9:43pm I accepted her offer and was kind of relieved that I didn't have to walk the Detroit streets this time of the night.

The car ride home was smooth and pretty quick. With us talking about nothing in particular but the usual girl talk and work. But in my head I was kinda still rushing to get home to my lil sister Journey because my dad would be going to work and my mom would be getting off and if I'm not home by the time my mom gets there all hell is gonna break lose.

We pulled up and I told Ms. April I'll see her Saturday morning since I'm off Fridays and Sundays. I rushed into the house because I didn't see my mom or my dad car out front, opening the door I seen Journey sitting on the couch watching Frozen and eating some Cheetos.

"Hey sissy, what time did dad leave?" I said to her

"Hey sissy, and dad left a lil while ago before you pulled up. Will you cook for us? Because dad didn't have time to cook me anything because he was already and I'm really hungry."

"Yes I can cook something for us. But after dinner you know its gonna be time for bed. We have school in the morning." I told her. I know my mom will be home soon and if its no food done she is going to be mad, maybe even hit me because she says "works all day and shouldn't have to come home to cook" but I go to school, work and come home to take care of my lil sister and her sometimes even my dad. I started preparing dinner which was baked chicken, fried corn, yellow rice and corn bread. While I still had time I washed the little dishes that was sitting in the sink and wiped down the counter. The food wouldn't be done for another 45 minutes so I needed to get out this uniform.

I walked into my semi-clean room and looked for something comfortable to sleep in, I found a white t-shirt, and some blue shorts. I decided to take a quick 15 minute shower, When I  got out the shower I lotion up with coco butter and put my clothes on. As I was walking back into the kitchen to check the food, the front door open and I heard my mom yell at my sister to clean up a living room that wasn't messy but I didn't wanna say anything and she get mad and go off on me. I walked into the kitchen and check the pots and the chicken, I cut the pots off and the chicken had about 10 more minutes so I went to speak to my mom.

"Hey mom, how was work today? I have some dinner cooking on the stove for us." I said to my mom and kissed her cheek.

"Hey, today was okay... Nothing new, I can't wait to find a better job its but so much I can take from this job with them not paying me enough" She told me, rubbing her hands through soft silky jet black hair then she started taking off her uniform. She went into the bathroom shutting the door right in my face. I sighed and went to set the table.

My mom walked into the kitchen just in time because me and Journey had started eating  dinner without her because she was taking too long.

"Y'all aint starving, yall could've waited until I came out." She said sitting down and digging straight into her food.