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Handle It

Chris POV

It had been a couple of weeks into me being back home and things were shifting. Aréona no longer lived with us and I was feeling like myself again after I had just got the call that I would be back on T the week after this. So I wanted to celebrate.

I still despised cleo, but I had forgiven Aréona in the privacy of my own house when she came over for movie night via Candice's invite. Along with Cleo herself. While Cleo was in the restroom and my girl was checking on Tristan and Aleah, we hugged it out. Just hugged. And she apologized and said it had to have been the drugs in her system. Laughing at the fact that I was strongly agreeing with that theory.

Then suggested I throw a party with no liquor before Christmas. I laughed and turned it down, but now I had her on the phone as I drove from my new job at the warehouse. My old one didn't fire me but I was getting tired of how they took my talent for a joke.

"Ouuu yay!! I'm glad I'm the first one to know about it since I thought of it. Should I bring presents? Like everybody bring a gift but pick out of a hat who gets it?" she asked me on my speakers. I thought about it and shrugged. I mean why not?? It could be fun for us and Tristan.

"Sounds like a fub type of truth or dare. Without the liquor." I added. She chuckled.

"Right. So we tell everybody that's coming to bring more than one gift. It can be up to $1 or more. The gifts have to be pre-wrapped before they get there. Where is there exactly?" she asked me. I looked to my left and let the person beside me in front since he-she wanted to cut me off so bad. Then went around her just to almost get rear ended as a horn honked at me. I honked back and sped up.

Realizing that I was being honked at by a familiar face as they pulled up beside me at the light. I groaned to myself and tried to hide my face from her. But she insisted on beeping at me to get every car around me attention before I looked up at her. "Hi! Oh my god Chris! Is that you??" The girl asked as I rolled down my window slightly. I nodded.

  "Hi Reagan. I haven't seen you since-"

"School. Yeah, it's been a while. How have you been?"

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The rest of today I chilled with Tristan and Aleah at my mom's house. Talking to her about how things were and are at the moment, pumping myself up to ask her the only thing I came over to ask.

"Ma you know I love you right?" I said warming myself up a bit while she sliced up okra and dipped them in batter in one setting. I was standing or sitting every now and then but I decided to sit now.

"I love you too Chris." she said with a sigh before turning to look at me with her hands on her hips. "Now, what do you want boy." she asked knowing well how I moved. I barely asked her for anything, but when I did, I started with that first. I smiled and spread my hands out looking innocent.

"I wanna host the party I was talking about here. You got enough space mama. I was thinking; since you already cooking and stuff and you cook enough for a crowd. why not, you know? At least you won't be complaining about food still being here and in your icebox for too long. Waiting for me and Chewie to come get some." I said to her. She sat and looked away in thought then turned to her okra. Pulling them out the batter and dropping them in hot grease. The good smell began drifting to my nose and I realized I hadn't eaten in general. I needed to stop doing that.

"If it saves me the trouble from getting y'all over here ever once in a while, sure. Just makes sure you wash out my good dishes and put away anything you don't eat. You hungry baby? I hear your stomach from a mile away." she chuckled opening up her bread door. I nodded. She pulled out ham and cheese and the works making me a mean BLT that filled me up for the time.