Latrice's Story

chapter 17

NELSON'S MOTHER HEARS THE DOOR OPEN AND PUTS THE JOURNAL BACK IN PLACE AND HURRIES OUT OF THE ROOM. "SO DID YOU ALL GET WHAT YOU WANTED AT THE STORE" NELSON'S MOTHER SAYS WITH A GUILTY LOOK ON HER FACE. "YEA WE DID" NELSON SAID. NELSON KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP WITH HIS MOTHER. BOTH HE AND LATRICE LOOKED AT HER FUNNY AS SHE TRIED TO PLAY OFF THE FACT THAT SHE WAS COMING OUT OF NELSON'S ROOM. "MAMA, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU" NESLON SAID. LATRICE NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON WENT IN THE ROOM AND TURNED ON THE TV. ALWAYS SUSPICIOUS, SHE WENT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF HER THINGS WERE THERE AND HAD NOT BEEN TAMPERED WITH. NELSON WALKS HIS MOTHER INTO HER ROOM EAGER TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. "SO WHAT WERE YOU DOING COMING OUT OF MY ROOM MAMA?" NELSON ASKED." "I'M TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER SPOT TO HIDE THE NEW STASH OF BLOW WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP NEXT WEEK" NELSON'S MOTHER SAID, THINKING QUICKLY. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH WHERE WE'VE BEEN HIDING IT" NELSON ASKED. "WHY YOU ASKING ME ALL THESE QUESTION? I TAUGHT YOU THE GAME. I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE THINKING AHEAD. I GOTTA STAY ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE PO PO." SAID NELSON'S MOTHER. NELSON SEEMED TO BE SOLID WITH HIS MOTHER'S RESPONSE, BUT KNOW SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON IN HER HEAD, THOUGH HE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT. AFTER LATRICE CHECKS ALL OF HER STUFF, SHE LAYS ON THE BED AND WATCHES TELEVISON. ALL IS CALM IN THE HOUSE. NELSON WAS IN THE FRONT WATCHING BASKETBALL, DRINKING A 40 AND LATRICE WAS IN THE ROOM LOOKING AT HER FAVORITE REALITY TV SHOW, WHEN NELSON'S MOTHER WALKED IN THE ROOM. "HEY LATRICE ...LISTEN I KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN YOUR BIGGEST FAN AND I KNOW YOU DOESN'T REALLY LIKE ME, BUT NELSON REALLY LIKES YOU SO WE REALLY SHOULD TRY TO GET ALONG." LATRICE LOOKS AT NELSON'S MOTHER WONDERING WHAT THE HELL HAS SHE BEEN DRINKING? "YEA, WELL I AINT TRYING TO START TROUBLE, I REALLY LOVE NELSON, AND I AM NOT TRYING TO BE ENEMIES WITH YOU" LATRICE SAID. NELSON'S MOTHER PULLS OUT A COUPLE OF BLUNTS AND OFFERS ONE TO LATRICE. LATRICE ACCEPTED IT WITH A SMILE. NELSON'S MOTHER LITE EM, AND LATRICE AND NELSON'S MOTHER LAID BACK WATCHED REALITY TV, LAUGHED AND GOT BLITZED!!! LATER ON WHEN NELSON WALKED BACK TO THE ROOM AND HEARD THE LAUGHTER AND THEN WENT IN AND SAW LATRICE AND HIS MOTHER GETTING ALONG, HE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" NELSON ASKED. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT'S GOING ON?" NELSON'S MOTHER ASKED. NELSON JUST SHOOK HIS HEAD IN DISBELIEF AND WALKED BACK TO THE FRONT. AS LATRICE WAS WATCHING THE REALITY SHOW, SHE MADE THE COMMENT "YEA SHE BETTER STAY WITH THAT MAN. IF SHE KEEPS SCREWING AROUND LIKE THAT SHE GON GET PREGNANT AND THEN GON HAVE TO GET AN ABORTION. TRUST ME, I KNOW." WHEN NELSON'S MOTHER HEARD THAT SHE LOOKED HARD AT LATRICE, BUT THEN TRIED TO WITHHOLD HER REACTION. NELSON'S MOTHER KNEW LATRICE WAS HIGH AND SHE NOW KNOWS SHE HAS PROBABLY BEEN PREGNANT. "SO LATRICE, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN PREGNANT?"....TO BE CONTINUED.