Big Girls Do It Better

chapter two .

cherish p.o.v

i slowly tried to creep upstairs in order not to disturb my momma who was currently drinking once again . her drinking problem came from when my father left , every since then she blamed me for him leaving . " fatty , bring yo ass back her NOW ! " I heard her yelling from the couch . " yes ma'am ... " i said slowly inching towards her . " i have a new friend , i want you to meet him . he's coming over for dinner so clean up and cook . oh find something to wear , you already look sloppy . dress like you have home training . " she spat at me . i looked down at my beat up vans , dingy blue jeans , and baggy black t-shirt .  i have nothing to put on , all my clothes money my grandmother , my father's mother , sends me goes to my momma's drinking habit . i started to clean up till my back ached and it was spotless and smelled of pinesol and freshness . i cooked what little food we had left . it was a pack of ground beef , light bread , and speghetti noodles . i made spegghetti and toast . by that time everything was done i had 35 minutes to shower and find something to wear . i took a 15 minute shower and used to other 20 to hide my bruises and do my hair and put on my best clothes , well the clothes that didnt make me look as much as a bum . i flat ironned my hair til it was bone straight . it flowed midway down my back . i part it down the middle to hide my cheeks too . i put on my khaki pants with a white collar shirt i found and my white white dingy flip flops . once i was done i took one last look in my small mirror and went down stairs to see my mother letting someone in . " come in you guys , meet my daughter cherish . cherish meet king and his son kartier " she said happily as she stepped aside and let them in . i noticed the sin right away . he stood about 6'5 over my 5'5 frame .  he was a gorgeous milk chocolate with hazel eyes and deep dimples . his dreads were to die for .  i was snapped out of my day dreaming to my mom gripping my hair and whispered in my ear " get yo shit together . i refuse to let you run another man away bitch ! "she spat at me . i quickly lead them to the dinning room area and began pass the food around . i sat back and watched them eat . i knew better , i always ate last . " aye ma , why you aint eating ? " king said . " oh she's fine , she can afford to skip a few meals anyway " she laughed at her own joke . i could tell king wasnt amused and kartier looked irritated .

after dinner we walked them to the door and said our goodbyes . as soon as my momma closed the door i felt a hard punch to my lips that i knew was busted . " bitch i told you about making me look bad ! matter of fact , take yo ass to bed . dont let me catch you in tha kitchen she said walking towards to living room where he gin sat . she took one shot straight and that was my que to leave . when my mom gets drunk i hide simply because i try to limit the amount of bruises on my face and body . if people notice they will surely take my mother in to custody . my grandmother is the only person i have but i wouldnt want to be a burden to her like i am to society . i retreated back to my room . i changed into some leggings and a large t-shirt and climb into bed and drifted off to sleep .

3 hours later .

i was awaken by the smell of smoke . i slipped on my vans and ran down stairs to see my mother passed out on the floor and a lit blunt burning the couch . i pulled her off and out side . i ran back inside to try and stop the fire but it was to late . it was out of my control . i ran aback outside coughing and alerted most of my neighbors . by that time 911 was called and i heard them in the distants . my mother got up from her fetal position on the ground and tried to charge me but a few neighbors held her back . " you stupid obese hoe ! you ruin everything ! get away from me ! i dont ever want to see yo fat sloppy ass again bitch ! " she screamed at me . as tears streamed from my eyes i ran . i dont know where i was going but i ran . i ran until my legs gave out . i was at some park . i curled up beside the slide and closed my eyes . i dosed off for atleast 20 minutes until i heard footsteps .  i kept my eyes closes afraid of who it might be .

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Kartier P.O.V

i was leaving from that little dinner with my dad at some broad house . her daughter bad as hell but something was a little off about her . i seen a text from rashaan saying the apartments by one of my hottest corners just caught on fire . damn , i thought , little shawty stay there  i hope she aight . i told my dad to drop me off at the park to make a few rounds . " aye pops , ill finish yoir rounds for you . head home ill see you there " i told him . we dapped up and i walked up till i seen what looked like a female running . i looked closer and it looked like ... cherish ? she collapsed by the slide . i sat back for a while and watched her . should i help her ? nah ion even know her but then again ... i sat there for like 20 minutes then i walked up to her . she kept her eyes closed but i could tell she wasnt sleep well not anymore . " aye baby giel get up " she peeked her eyes opened and looked at me then down . i grabbed her chin but she flinched hard as hell . " calm down ian gonna hurt you . get up aight ? you gone hang wimmie for a minute . " we walked until i got to the corner . we stood for a few minutes until a black charger pulled up . i stepped up to the street and exchanged words with a mutual friend and handed him a duffle bag . in return i got two suitcases of money . i walked backed over to shawty and called rashaan to come get us .

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hey yall ! sorry if it seems like im rushing . im on my #SENIORSTATUS and im trying to get done with first semester . continue to comment and vote .

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_lacoria ❤ .