Bittersweet (COMPLETED)

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𝟷 𝙵𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚢
𝟷:𝟸𝟹 𝙿.𝙼.
𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝙸𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚜

"I didn't even know people had cookouts in February," Briana said as she put on her leather jacket.

"Me neither," I said. "You ready?" I asked before she nodded and grabbed J'Michael.

We walked downstairs before putting J'Michael in his car seat in Briana's car. We got in before I pulled up the gps for her and she pulled off.

After driving for a little bit we were finally there. Briana grabbed J'Michael before we knocked on the door. An older woman with caramel skin like Otis' swung open the door. She looked at us up and down clearly not recognizing us.

"Who invited the white girl?!" She shouted before I saw Otis come into view.

"Ma, chill. This is the girl I was tellin-"

"You fuckin' wit' a white girl?!" She exclaimed.

"No ma. Not her, this is Naya, that's her best friend," Otis explained.

"Oh... well come on in," she smiled before closing the door behind us. "Y'all can put ya coats over in that closet."

Briana and I took off our coats before putting it in the closet.

"Did you find it alright?" He asked before I pecked his lips.

"Yeah," I replied.

"Well y'all came just in time. We 'bout to eat," he said.

We walked over to the dining room as everyone gathered around to join hands. It wasn't a huge house but it was just enough room. They said a prayer before we made our plates and went to sit down.

"This Yo Baby?" Otis' mom asked Briana.

"Yeah," Briana smiled.

"He just the cutest thing. How old is he?" She asked.

"He'll be turning two in May," Briana replied.

While Briana talked to Otis' mom about J'Michael, Otis and I fixed our plates and sat down. Briana eventually sat down next to me with J'Michael in her lap.

"Mae, who is that?" A man asked pointing to Briana.

"That's Oa's girlfriends, best friend," Otis' mom replied.

"Who the hell is Oa's girlfriend?" He asked.

"She sittin' right next to her. What's yo name again baby?" She asked me.

"Naya," I replied.

"Mmm, she a pretty lil' thang-"

"Ray, stop it," Otis' mom said hitting his arm.

"Naya, this is my mama, everybody call her Mae. That's my uncle Ray, that's my Aunt viv, my other aunt Tia, my other uncle Joe, my other Uncle Lane, and my other aunt Fae. You already met Dean the other night but, that's my other cousin Gianna, the rest of my cousins don't come to cook outs unless it's hot and they can shake they ass to freak hoe," Otis said introducing me to everyone who sat at the table. "And y'all this is Naya, the girl I'm talkin' to."

"The girl you talkin' to?" Mae said as if she didn't approve.

"Yeah," Otis said.

"What the hell is talkin'?" She said.

"Well the girl I'm datin'," he rephrased before she nodded.

"You must be somethin' real special for him to want to introduce you and y'all only datin'," his Aunt Fae said.