"It's never good when Tonya comes to visit. And by visit, I mean come to my house like she owns the damn place expecting someone to give her money," Jada said sounding annoyed. She must have really been upset about Danny and Ryan's mom coming. This was the first time I had seen Jada without all of her make up and flashy clothes. She stood next to me in her kitchen, dressed like a normal person with sweat pants and a baggy t-shirt. "She thinks shit is supposed to be sweet even though she threw the boys to the wolves." I knew they had problems with her but I didn't exactly know why. Danny usually brushed it off and said she was a bitch and just left it at that. Honestly, I was a little annoyed by the fact that he never went into detail about why he hated her. It would have been nice for him to brief me on her before having to meet her at the ass crack of dawn.
"And she's a monster. I know she'll have something to say about you, but she better not open her mouth about you or our baby," she said, pointing at me furiously. My relationship with Jada had come a long way in only a few short months. The bitchy personality slowly slipped away and I was able to see that she was just protective of Danny and Ryan and that she came from absolutely nothing to the life that she has now. She sat down with me on plenty of nights and told me about how often she would have to miss school because she had been up all night listening to the sounds of her father's drunken rants. She told me about how her mom would try to force her to sleep with men just so she could get high. Even though Danny had already filled me in, hearing how she and Ryan met was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. The bond they shared was filled with unconditional love, loyalty, and passion. In the end, Jada was just a beautiful soul looking for someone to love and be loved by. She was genuine and kind on the inside and that was going to be the only way I ever saw her. She didn't have any siblings, so she took Danny in as her little brother.
"Don't get her all worked up. We know how to get rid of Tonya," Danny said as he strolled into the kitchen. It was pretty early in the morning. Apparently Tonya called to inform everyone that she was on her way from Ohio in the dead middle of the night. Jada got the call at 3 in the morning and she had been up ever since. It was an unusual event for me to be up at 8, but I guess the baby was the reason why my internal alarm clock was all jacked up. "How the fuck did she end up in Ohio anyway? Last year she was in Virginia trying to track me down in North Carolina," he stated. Jada shrugged and started scrubbing the already clean counters.
He grabbed my hand and pulled me over to the table to sit down on his lap. "If she gets too bad, I'll just walk away," I said shrugging my shoulders. "YOU WILL NOT! THAT BITCH CAN LEAVE!" Jada barked. She was way past annoyed at this point. She was so angry and stressed out that she was shaking. "Exactly. Syd, you're apart of this family now. She's not. She decided that when she abandoned us," Ryan chimed in. He walked to the counters and pulled a bottle of pills out of the cabinet. "And you need a Xanax," he said as he rested a hand on Jada's shoulder. "Make it two. I'd rather be doped up than deal with her."
"What do you mean when you say she got rid of you?" I asked, looking back at Danny. The room grew silent. I could tell that I must have struck a nerve. I had my own issues with my parents but I could see that they were nowhere near as bad as theirs. But I was still curious about how she earned her place as the black sheep of their family.
It was only a few moments later when we heard the loud sound of someone banging on the door like they were trying to break it down. "MOMMY'S HOME BOYS! OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!" she shrieked. Ryan slammed his palms onto the table before standing up to go answer the door. He exited the kitchen and I could feel the anxiety growing in the pit of my stomach. Danny pulled me closer to him where his nose was nestled in my hair. "It'll be alright," I reassured him softly.
"Tonya," Ryan said coldly. I couldn't see them, but the tension was slowly growing. "That's'Mommy' to you, you little fucker," she said with a chuckle. I could see that the conversation was pissing Jada off already. "Act like one, bitch!" Jada yelled. Tonya strolled in with an even bitchier attitude than Jada's. She wasn't tall, maybe a few inches taller than me. Her skin was pale and pasty. She had a good deal of weight on her and was covered in tattoos that were obviously homemade.
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Rebel
Teen FictionWe meet Sydney Trent, a young girl with the weight of the world on her shoulders and a closet full of demons. Not only does she have to overcome the pressure of getting her life on the right track, but she must come to terms with the fact that she c...
