A Thugs Daughter

Chapter 4

Brianna POV

I woke up this morning and my stomach is hurting. I go to take a shower and when I get out, I look in the mirror at my stomach. The entire area around my bellybutton is red and kind of swollen. The hole is back open too. Fuck!

I was about to text Jayda when I remembered that she is grounded for getting hers pierced.

I don't know what to do. Its infected and it hurts so bad.

I'm just going to lay down and see if that helps it.
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I've been laying down in my room pretty much all day.

Zion came up to my room to see what I was doing.

Zion: You okay Bri? You been up here in your room all day.

Me: Yeah I'm fine. Just kinda tired.

I know that he knows something is wrong. He just doesn't know what.

Zion: What's wrong with you?

Me: I'm fucked bro.

Zion: What did you do?

Me: Okay so you know how dad told me not to go get my bellybutton pierced the other day?

Zion: You didn't?

Me: I did. And then Jayda text me last night and told me that if I took the ring out and cleaned it with alcohol the hole would close up right away and it did. For a couple hours, at least.

I showed him my bellybutton now.

Zion: Bri, you gotta go to the hospital.

Me: No. Going to the hospital means telling dad that I went and got it done and lied to his face about it.

Zion: Yeah but its better than letting the infection get worse.

Me: Not really. I'm gon get a whoopin Zi.

Zion: At least you will have the meds to clear up the infection.

Me: No Zi. I can't.

Zion: Either you tell dad or I'm telling dad.

Me: Fine.

Zion: Come on. Let's go. He in his room.

Zion helped me up out of my bed and we went to our dads room.

He knocked on the door and we opened it when we heard our dad say come in.

Zion: Dad.

Dad: What's up?

Zion: Bri needs to go to the hospital.

Dad: Why? What's wrong Bri?

Me: Its nothing dad. I'll be fine.

I turned to walk out of his room when Zion grabbed my arm.

Zion: Its not "nothing" Bri.

Dad: What's going on?

Zion: Dad, Bri went and got her bellybutton pierced, took it out when she knew you found out, thought it closed back up but it didn't and now it's infected.

Thanks Zi. Thanks.

Dad looks like he wants to murder me right now.

Dad: Come here Brianna.

I walked over to him.

Dad: Let me see it.

I lifted the bottom of my shirt so he could see my bellybutton.

Dad: Go put your shoes on.

I went to my room and slipped my feet into my slides and then met my dad downstairs.