Yero(year-oh)POV
"Marlo....Marlo" shaking my brother over and over again trying to get him to wake up. Pushing me back with his arms Marlo mean mugged me with his eyes still closed then he whispered.
"What the fuck do you want Yero?"
"Momma said take me to the store to get some crackers." Throwing a fit Marlo turned back around fighting the air before getting up.
"I swear one day ima push ha lil fast ass d-" Marlo tried to whisper.
"What you just say?" Catching on to his attitude I decided to make him even madder. Marlo shook his head while grabbing his shoes from under our bed. Standing up he walked out the door and into the live city with me following suite.
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"When we get in here don't ask for nothing else other than the crackers. Don't speak to nobody, don't look at nobody-"
" A blah blah... Don't steal anything and so and so. I'm not a kid anymore I know the rules Marlo" I said while whispering loud enough where only he could hear me. Walking up to the store we seen the norm. Every city had the same old crack heads, drugged out muvas and fathers, junkies period, and then you got the best for last exotic women\ men that be tricking at the store.
Doing exactly what Marlo told me to do I got my stuff and scrammed back to the front register where he waited on me at. In front of us was another drugged out homie buying a pipe. Shaking my head I looked down out of respect. Trying to lean over Marlo's shoulder I brought his face towards me and whispered in his ear.
"I can't believe this man is really selling him a crack pipe. Can't he see the man already strung out?" The little part came out louder than I had expected it too, because the man turned around. Opening his mouth he slurring something not understandable and reached into his pocket. At that moment Marlo snatched me back behind him causing me to bump into the other customer.
The man pulled out a bag of crack and grabbed the pipe. He even had the audacity to look at us crazy.
Walking towards the door I heard the man say to himself " Fuck wrong with them?"
Which caused me to burst out laughing along with the customers behind me now.
"Come on chile foe I leave yo funky doo doo ass here." And just like before we got here I followed directly beside him as if my life depended on him.
We had made it a block away from the house
before we could actually start back talking.
"Did you hear what that man said?"
"It's not what he said it's about what that nigga did." On cue we chuckled at the memory.
" I thought the nigga was finna snatch yo lil ugly ass up. So-"
"You had to push me into somebody else negro. Had them people looking at me crazy. What the freak is wrong with you?" I got a little bit louder rolling my knock and doing hand gestures.
"We not finna argue right here so it's best you calm that shit out fa I lay you lil ugly ass out."
Huffing I stayed silent because his ugly self wanted to get an attitude.
Walking into the house I sat on the couch collecting the peach scented cold air.
"Well.... Like I was saying before I was interrupted. That man gone say some 'F* wrong with them?' Like he-"
And just like that my momma decided to give her two cents.
" Who said something to y'all at the store? Best believe they don't want these fucking problems." Me and Marlo sighed while our conversation came to a halt.
"Nobody we talking about something else. And don't you have a club to be at?"
My mama looked at him like he was crazy before shaking her head.
"Glad you reminded me... I'm going over Lil KeKe's house cause she having a grown folks porty. I heard Doug supposed to show so hopefully y'all get a new step daddy." She laughed loudly like and looked at us like was supposed to be laughing with her.
"Ah ha ha!" Coping off that meme Marlo elbowed me.
"But anyways there's cheese in the fridge y'all got some crackers. Don't eat them eggs cause y'all shouldn't be hungry after y'all finish the cheese in crackers. If y'all get hungry again walk to the store and get some more crackers and cheese I left 5 dollars on y'all dresser. Y'all already know the rules so let me go get dressed."
Shaking my head I watched my mama venture off to her room like she was living in her primes with no absolute care in the world.
Still on the couch in the living room watching "Two broke girls" with Marlo our mama had just left out the door. About a minute in she came back in looking around like she lost something.
"...Ohhh yeah. Bring my change back and receipt or that's y'all asses. See y'all later kisses." And just like that she was gone like always with the wind.
