𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓯 ⇏ 𝐛𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐢

ONE

ANDREW

{AUGUST 21st, 2020}

IT WAS currently 10:24 am and i've never been so exhausted in my entire life. last night the jacks, brandon, edwin, zion, nick, and austin all thought it was a great idea to party till 6 o'clock in the morning; after we all knew good damn and well that we had to wake up early for our nephew, mateo's, third birthday party.

"brandon, son, i swear you take all the time in the fucken' world to get ready! my son's party starts in 20 minutes. i don't need venus up my ass more than she already is!" zion yelled as he banged on brandon's door.

"man," brandon swung his door open, spraying his self with cologne. "i'm done. lets go." he said as he walked out to the living room, where we all were waiting.

zion rolled his eyes and grabbed his keys, walking out. we all hopped in two different vehicles. zion, austin, edwin, and nick in zion's car; then me, johnson, jack, and brandon in my car. "i heard venus and zion on the phone last night? coowoo . . . i've never heard so much profanity in my life." johnson shook his head as i started up the ignition, getting on the road before venus kills us all.

"for real, that's all they've been doing the last 6 months. is arguing." gilinsky said, buckling up his seat belt.

"they couldn't even agree on where to have the birthday party. venus' sister had to take control." brandon popped his head up by the middle console.

i shook my head, sighing as i pulled out. "they need to get it together for mateo. the only memory that kid is gonna have of them two together is straight arguing. that's not okay for a child to see in their early adolescence..." i trailed off, shaking my head.

"exactly." brandon said as he let out a huff. we all care for mateo so much, he was the first kid in the gang. i don't think we've all been so protective over one kid.

now don't get me wrong, that little shit can be so god damn annoying, and i don't mean like nagging annoying. he isn't dumb. the kid is a three year old prankster. last weekend i was watching him while venus and zion were at work, and the little fucker put raw eggs in just about every spot you can sit. i was livid. i had yolk all over my ass. but i give it to him, the kids a fucking genius and he's hilarious.

"vast majority of the time, it isn't even venus, either. . . it's just zion being an ass, all because she left him. it's bull shit." johnson spoke as we pulled up to the party.

we all hopped out the truck and headed to the door, "right. i love that dude to death, thats my brother, but he needs to cool out and think about his son." i said as we walked in venus' sisters house, veronica.

the house was filled with family members, venus & zion's both. it also consisted of our closest friends that is basically also family. "guys!" venus smiled as she walked over. "you guys made it! . . . i was getting worried. . . where's caleb?" she questioned, looking at each of us.

"well, he should be pulling up—."

"unc-uh baz! jj! g! unc-uh brando!" i heard a small voice. we all turned to see the small mateo waddling over with his arms wide. i grinned at the sight and picked him up. "where's daddy?" mateo looked at me, with his eyebrows furrowed.