what about us|aaliyah

twenty-seven

authors note: i hope y'all enjoy 💞🤧

aaliyah

when i found out that i was chosen to participate in the talent show, i was instantly filled with excitement. everyone made it except kim & larenz. obviously kim's rap was explicit and larenz was just terrible.

i was walking around the mall with my dad, since i haven't seen him since him and his wife got into it about me going over there. we haven't said anything to each other in the past 20 minutes. i honestly feel like we both don't know what to say to each other. we were walking into the food court when he spoke.

"we're getting a divorce." he said, pulling out a chair for me at a small round table.

i raised my eyebrows "what? w-why?" i asked. every relationship has its problems, but it should be worked out.

"she was fooling around and got caught up, that's why she was acting so jumpy like she knew she was going to be caught" he told me, shaking his head. "she's happy with him, shit she haven't came back in two weeks."

i scoffed, crossing my arms over my chest "wow, so she's basically just abandoning her kids and saying forget the whole marriage.." i said in disbelief

"yeah." he began "that's about right, camilla tried to call her & got no answer. it's really affecting them girls." he told me, rubbing his hand over his face. "i think you should come over and spend some time with camilla, she needs it."

i nodded "i'll come over pops..oh i also have some good news." i smiled, trying to brighten the mood.

"what's up?" he asked me, putting his hands on the table.

"well, i got chosen to perform in the talent show with my friends." i told him. he smiled and chuckled "that's amazing sweetheart, what song are you performing?"

"choosey lover, uncle jaren helped me to decide."

"that's a good song, we used to play it a lot when you were little." he said, leaning back in his chair "you would walk around in your diaper, trying to shake your hips."

i covered my face and snickered, before speaking "oh my gosh."

he laughed "it was a sight to see, man. so." he began "how's your relationship with that dino guy?"

i sighed "dad you missed a lot." i told him, leaning back in my seat.

my dad grabbed my shopping bags out of the trunk for me, before following me to the front door. i unlocked it with the house key i got made and instantly kicked off my shoes.

he sat my bags next to the door & looked down at me. he reached out his arms and hugged me "my babygirl." he said as he rocked me back and forth.

i hugged him back, while patting his shoulder. this divorce was going to put him through a lot, i already knew. once we pulled away, i looked at him. we resembled each other so much i'm just a female version of him.

i heard heavy footsteps coming down the stairs & we both turned out heads in that direction. it was uncle jaren, who was on the cordless phone, gossiping. he waved at my dad before proceeding into the kitchen.