𝐀 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞 - 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞

𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐃𝐞 𝐋𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧

4;30am
We got to Pop's around four almost five. Everyone in the house was asleep so we went through the basement door.

"Obasi's not here so you wanna sleep in his room?" Pop asks as he turns on the lights.

"Actually, Can I sleep with you guys? I don't really wanna sleep by myself," He sniffles.

"Yeah," Pop nods, "Of course Woo.." He nods more before looking down at me.

"C'mon papi," I grab his bag and place it on the floor next to Pop's closet.

I went in the bathroom and took off all my makeup and put on one of Pop's tshirts along with a pair of shorts. I got in the bed and Cameron got in the middle.

Pop just sat on the edge flickering through netflix as Cameron was quickly asleep from crying so much.

"I don't know what to do.." I say making him turn around.

"Is he sleep?" He asks before I nod, "That's fucking crazy."

"Like out of the blue though?" I ask myself, "It makes me wonder like has she always been like this? We've never seen her drunk before but maybe just enough alcohol in her made her really come out of character."

"Yeah that was a whole different person.." Pop replies.

"He's not gonna wanna go back and i'm too young to live on my own. I'm not eighteen yet."

"Don't stress it, I told you.. you can stay here for as long as needed and as you want," He turns his full body around to talk to me.

"Yeah but we can't and you know that..." I sigh before sucking my teeth, "I'm so mad I can't fall asleep."

"Me neither.." He sighs, "There's just mad shit going on right now in your life yo it's crazy."

"I feel like i'm in a movie. It don't feel real. First of all, my family is real fucked up if you think about it. I think Cedella was right.. my dad is like too too involved with Luce. How you go on vacations every month and not take your kids? They've done been almost everywhere.. the farthest we've gone is Upstate when we were in foster care."

"I feel for you," He says.

"I'm just stressing. Tryna have fun and live life but I can't. I just needa get my own place, we can't live there.." I trail off.

"Soon..once my tape drop and go viral and the clean money start coming in.. we gonna get a crib."

"You're just saying that," I shake my head before looking down at Cameron.

"I'm deadass," He laughs a little, "Why do you always downplay everything I say? Like is it that hard to believe that I actually wanna build with you?" He raises both brows.

"Honestly?" I raise my brows before he nods, "Yeah. I never been showed love so I don't know what it really feels like. It's all new to me so I need to get used to it. Aside from my friends, Jasmine and Tae and all of them. Family wise. I never grew up on love.. i'm still learning when someone is showing me love and how to love. I'm broken babe.. you gotta understand. I'm not this happy all the time, you've seen me. You've been in my life for what two months and know how fucked up my life really is. So yeah, it kind of is hard to believe."

He didn't know what to say after that. He was speechless. He got up from the bed and sat on my side of the bed. I sat up in the bed so that I wasn't lying down.

"Well I do. Forreal. And.. even if things go left between us just know that you'll always be the one. I'm not about to get all soft right now but you got me wanting to cry," He chuckles.

"Don't cry. I'm just telling you like I-."

"I know. I know. It's hard for me to love too. This the only real relationship i've had and you taught me how to love you. I've never been so open in my life."

"We taught eachother because me neither. But don't make my problems your problems okay? I got this."

"I know you do," He nods, "But i'm right here with you, you know that..." He trails off, "Gimme some lovin," He leans in for a kiss.

"I love you," I look him in his eyes.

"I love you too..now get some sleep. Aren't you going to church tomorrow?" He asks.

"No, I gotta be with him. I don't know how he's gonna wake up feeling.. or what he's gonna wanna do. Like if he wanted to stay in bed all day.. or like I don't know."

"You still meeting up with ya birth moms?" He moves my hair back out my face.

"Forgot all about that," I sigh, "Damn," I suck my teeth, "I don't know. Babe I don't know a lot of things going on right now," I chuckle, "I just wanna be here and be with Papi and help him in any way.." I look down at him, "What's on ya schedule tomorrow?" I start messing with his hands and tracing his hand tattoos.

"Meeting with the label, they want me to meet a couple of artists to possibly get together or whatever. I'm meeting up with this producer for the first time in a studio session and then they want me to do more like promo for the songs that's out now to hype my tape up."

"Booked and busy, I'm proud of you.." I smile making him blush.

"Well this meeting with the label is supposedly like four hours long, ima go crazy," He laughs making me laugh.

"This is what you wanted though, to be booked.. to get your recognition.. to be the next upcoming artist out of Brooklyn."

"I'm scared this shit gonna feel like a job. Like they gonna over work me. I don't wanna be too booked to not see my family you know?"

"I hear you," I nod.

"When he wakes up how bout iHOP and then whatever whatever until my meeting? It's going on five almost six.. I don't think i'm falling asleep," He laughs.

"I'm too mad to," I laugh a little, "But yeah we can do that..I'm gonna take him to Tae's house.. and have the girls meet me.. just to have him like around everyone and not feel lonely you know? I don't know."

"We'll figure it all out," He gets up to go to the other side of the bed, "Woo too big for me, bro almost my weight.. feel like giants in this bed," He whispers making me crack up silently.

"Stop," I say making him crack up.