As She Sat [August Alsina]

Chp. 7

Her phone rang three times before her eyelids opened to see who's caller I.D it was.

"Hey?" she answered, still a little drowsy.

"Goodmorning sleepyhead. I've been tryna call you."

"Shit. What time is it? You know I sleep heavy. I don't think Yasmin came home so I guess she had a good ole time."

"She ain't call you or nothin?"

Kia checked her notifications log and seen several texts and calls from Yas. "Oh shit, baby? She called me and text saying she left her keys. Ima call you back. I love you."

"Aight baby. Ima hit up Yung and see what he on. I love you too."

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With the sun peaking in from the arched windows and her phone ringing, Yas wipe the sleep from her eyes before answering in a low tone. "Hello?"

"Girl where the hell you at? I know I missed your calls."

"I'm good. I'm safe. Hold on..." Yasmin sat up fully in the bed. "What my baby doing?"

"Nothing, he sleeping but I'm finna wake him up to eat. So where you at? You with Louisss?" Yas could almost see the cheesy grin on her cousin face.

She took a breathe before getting out of bed to make it up. "No ma'am. I did not go home with him last night. It a long story and the short version is that he is a self-centered asshole."

"Okay so where the hell you at? A hotel? You need me to come get you." There was concern in her voice. Yasmin walked to the bathroom to brush her teeth and things.

"I'm safe and fine. I stayed with August.. you know, from a few weeks ago."

"August?...Chris friend. Ain't his nickname like Yung or something like that."

"Yeah. You know him?"

"Not really. Just in passing or hear about him. Chris should be on the phone with him now. But wait, how you end up over there?" Kia rambled.

"I'll tell you later. I'll go see if he up. Don't hang up." She rinsed the toothpaste foam from her mouth and spit it out.

Yasmin walked from the guest bathroom to August's room and gave a soft knock to the opened door. She called his name a few times but didn't see him in bathroom mirror or in bed. "I think he up already. He must be in the kitchen. What you got planned today?"

"I was thinking of going shopping because Chris suppose to be taking me somewhere for Valentine's Day."

Yasmin giggled. "Aww. Where y'all going?"

The smell of food hit Yas nose but it wasn't a smell that she was fond of. Just as she walked in the kitchen, Ci turned around from the stove and just stared at Yas.

"Girl.. I got to go. I'll call you back." Yasmin hung up the phone before the response came. "Goodmorning to you."

"Why you the hell you in my man's house?"

Yasmin did not have the energy to talk to her. But she knew Cianna was going to keep testing her.

"He gave me a place to lay my head for the night. Nothing more and nothing less." Yasmin shrugged her off and went for a bottle of water.

Cianna's eyes followed her every move. "So what he taking in homeless bitches now?"

"One, not homeless and two, watch your mouth when speaking to me." Yas was stern but whole demeanor was unbothered.