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Next Day, Morning. 10:00
Woke up to the smell of breakfast and an instant wave of nostalgia kick in. Remindin' me of the good old times mama would wake us up to some.
The best, best memory were when pops would show up every Friday morning to see us. He'd join us breakfast and drop us off at school. We'd even go over his house to spend the night. My parents are separate, mama still welcomed him in.
Thats our biological father. He's family.
"Ermias!" Gram called.
"Your butt better be up! We don't sleep all day 'round here." She taps my foot.
"I'm up.. I'm up." I chuckle, rubbin' my eye and pushed the covers off me.
Something 'bout this mornin' was off without Euphoria. It still had that good energy like she's here, but it was off. Her Aurora made it a 'hunnit times better. Sadly, she ain't here to greet us wit a good mornin' to make our day prodigious.
"You made my mornin', Gram. This a blessin right here." I say, looking at the toast, eggs, sausage, and Natural homemade Jelly on the table.
"You're at the right spot. You and Euphoria act alike when it comes to me makin' breakfast. Y'all act like you just have to have it."
"Cuz you make us feel at home." I sit down and grabbed a plate.
"Where the fruit?"
"Didn't get a chance to go to the store and buy some. The grocery Euphoria bought went spoiled. It's been sittin' so long in her car that's been towed."
She still wasn't too happy bout what happened and looked down at her lap. I place my hand on hers and thumb it. I didn't have any words to make her feel better, but I did feel sorry.
I took a shower, sprayed on cologne, and slipped out the front door. I made the decision to get Gram some groceries.
"Ermias.. sweetie, aren't you missin' somethin' ?" She waved a piece of paper at me.
"I was tryna go to the supermarket without you knowin' and buy you some groceries."
That put a smile on her. She happily stepped down and hugged me. She still had on her lil gown and house shoes.
"You've been so good to us." She grabs my face and kissed both my cheeks.
" What bout lil man? Does he need some?"
" Euphoria always gets him what he needs. He's fine."
"Aight, be back in a bit."
Supermarket...
Walkin' down the isles lookin' for lil stuff Gram had listed.
This shit had me lookin' mad awkward searchin' for menstrual pads and summers eve vaginal. Niggas that were wit they baby mamas looked at me like, 'I feel yo pain.'
