My Handsome Thug

Being There

Myana Pov

Well It's Been Two Weeks Since Jonesy Birthday Antonio Came Apologizing Telling Me How Sorry He Is For Not Being In His Life A Whole Year I Just Looked At Him He Stayed At The Party I Got A Dad Shirt Made Just In Case Everybody Took Pictures Antonio Wanna Get Jonesy I Told Him Yeahh

"Ayee We Need To Go To The Beach With Jonesy" Sabrina Said

"I Would But I Gotta Work Unless Suz Call In Today I'll Be Able To" I Said She Sighed Give Me The Eyes

"Well Let Me Have A Conversation With Suz Cause I Feel She'll Call In Today " Sabrina Said I Laughed At Her

"Don't You Do Nothing Crazy Where's My Bestfriend?" I Asked

"Man He's With Antonio He Got Me Breakfast Then Left Me" Sabrina Said Mugging Him If He Was There

"Y'all Need Help I Swear You Tank Have Anger Issues" I Said She Looked At Me Tank Oscar Came In My Room

"I Don't Have Anger Issues You Do Fucka" Tank Said We Laughed

"Okay I've Never Snapped On Anybody I'm Very Nice" I Said They Laughed

"Tweety You're My Friend But You're Not Nice Especially When You Were Pregnant With Jonesy" Oscar Said I Looked At Him

"You Touched My Food Every Chance You Got Like Noo" I Said They Laughed At What I Said

"Yeahh Okay Tweet I Gotta Bounce Football Camp See Y'all In A Few Months After" Oscar Said I Stood Up

"What You Mean You're Leaving Miami What Camp Your Going To?" I Asked He Looked Down

"I'm Gone Be In Cali" Oscar Said I Nodded We Hugged Then He Left Out My Room I Laid Back On My Bed Jonesy Crawled On Me

"Come On Jonesy Let's Go To The Park Everybody Doing Us Wrong" I Said He Smiled At Me Then Kissed My Face I Got Up Tank & Pepp Had Left Already I Got Us Dressed Up Then Jonesy I Got My Things Picked Him Up I Got In My Car Drove To The Park In My Old Neighborhood It Was The Nice Park

"Mommy!" Jonesy Yelled As I Pushed Him In The Swing Laughing

"You Like That Jonesy Boy?" I Asked He Laughed Out Loud

"Weee!" Jonesy Yelled Happy I Laughed At Him

"I Swear You're The Absolute Best Kid I Promise You Are" I Said He Nodded I Got Him Out The Swing He Ran To The Slides I Looked At Him He Slid Down It To Me Then Went Back Up Around The Thing I Walked Around I Seen Him Baby Talking To Somebody I Walked Around To See Antonio There

"Wassup Lil Man" Antonio Said Jonesy Smiled Then Looked At Me

"Ma!" Jonesy Yelled I Laughed

"Yess Baby?" I Asked He Pointed At Antonio Smiling I Nodded

"Soo Wassup Can I Get Him?" Antonio Asked

"Let's Take Baby Steps He's My Life Just Visit Be There Don't Come Every Now & Again That's Just Gone Mess With Him" I Said Looking At Jonesy

"I Understand But I Wanna Be Here For My Son I Don't Know Why I Did You Like That When You Told Me About You Being Pregnant" Antonio Said Looking At Me I Looked At Jonesy

"That's Fine I'm Over That Whole Situation Just You Being Here For Him It's Good For Him" I Said Smiling At Jonesy Who Ran To Me I Picked Up Him He Laughed Grabbed My Face & Kissed It But It Was Spitty Kiss

"Mommy" Jonesy Yelled I Gave Him To Antonio Who He Slapped I Was Shocked When He Did That So Was Antonio We Laughed At Him

"Yeahh You're My Son That's A Mean Ass Right Hook You Got" Antonio Said Smiling At Jonesy His Lil Hand Print Was Starting To Form On Antonio Face

Antonio Pov

"Yeahh You're My Son That's A Mean Ass Right Hook You Got" I Said Mya Was Looking At Me

"You Gone Have That Mark For A While He Got Heavy Hands" Myana Said I Nodded

"It's All Good It's Nobody Else Just Him Would You Mind Coming With Me To Get Him Ice Cream?" I Asked

"Yeahh I Wouldn't Mind It At All Just Know You'll Be Putting Him To Sleep Later On Tonight" Myana Said I Laughed At What She Said

"Oh It's That's Serious Cause My Boy Good" I Said Laughing

"You're Laughing But I'm Serious He Be Hyper After Ice Cream"Myana Said I Gave Her Jonesy

"Can He Ride With Me Or He Riding With You?" I Asked She Looked At Me

"He Can Ride With You Just Be Careful Please" Myana Said I Got Jonesy We Got In My Car I Sat Him In My Lap I Drove A Good Few Blocks To My Fav Ice Cream Parlor That My Pops Took Us As Kids I Wanna Do It With My Kid I Got Out The Car With Him Happy

"Why Didn't You Get His Carseat That's Dangerous" Myana Said

"I'm Sorry I Was Just Happy You Let Me Get Him I'll Buy One" I Said She Sighed & Nodded Her Head We Walked In The Ice Cream Parlor

"Hi Antonio Baby How Have You Been Haven't Seen You Here In A While" Auntie Viviann Said My Dad Sister

"Oh Yeahh I've Been Very Busy & I Told You When I Have Kids I'll Bring Them Here To Eat Your Ice Cream" I Said She Got Excited Mya Had Jonesy She Walked Up Behind Me

"Oh My Goodness Is This Your Son He Looks Just Like You When You Were Two Like The Spitting Image Really I Have Pictures "Viviann Said Going To The Back For Her Picture Book

"Soo What Kinda Ice Cream Does He Eat?" I Asked

"Whatever You Eat Cause He's Greedy So Get Whatever" Myana Said

"See Look Here It Is Right There Your Dad You & Your Ma The First Time He Brought You Here" Auntie Viviann Said We Looked At The Picture Pops Was Feeding Me Ice Cream Ma Was Smiling At Us While He Fed Me

"Oh Man Jonesy Are We Sure You Belong To Me?" Myana Asked Looking At The Pictures In The Book We Ate Ice Cream We Laughed Jonesy Stood On The Table Dancing On It

"Come Jo Get Down" I Said He Ran To Mya Headbutting Her

"Awe Shit Jone That Hurt Mommy Is My Lip Bleeding?" Myana Asked I Looked It Was Bleeding She Had It Poked Out

"Yeahh It's Bleeding Let Me Help You" I Said Wiping The Blood We Looked At Each Other Her Phone Began To Ring

Hello..

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Noo I'm At The Ice Cream Parlor Why..

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Oh Noo Why You Okay..

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Okay Me & Jonesy On The Way.. She Hung Up The Phone Looking At Me

"Uhm I Really Have To Go Right Now" Myana Said I Nodded

"It's Okay Go Ahead I Had A Good Time With My Son It's Cool But Can I Get Your Number To Come Get Him Some Time?" I Asked She Nodded Gave Me Her Number Put Money On The Table I Gave It Back To Her

"Noo I Wanna Pay For My Ice Cream" Myana Said

"Not While I'm Here With You Or I Got Breath In My Lungs" I Said She Nodded Then Left

"Soo When Were You Gonna Tell Me You Had A Kid?" Auntie Viviann Asked

"I Made A Messed Up Decision A Year Ago When I Found Out About Him" I Said Auntie Viviann Looked At Me Sideways

"What Decision Was That?" Auntie Viviann Asked She's The Best Aunt

"I Said He Wasn't Mine When She Told Me She Was Pregnant" I Said I Felt A Slap Go Across My Head

"What The Hell Is Wrong In Your Head Huh That Boy Looks Just Like You & That Girl I'm Not Gone Say Nothing About That You Just Figure Out Before That Gets Outta Your Grasp" Auntie Viviann Said I Nodded

"Thank You Auntie I'll Think About What You Told Me" I Said She Nodded I Got Up Went Home Took A Shower Lay In Bed Thinking Bout My Son & That Beautiful Mother Of His I Went To Sleep Happy