Janet
I picked Aliegha up from her grandparents and it was her morning pout.
"I've gave you options, Aliegha. You can go to back to your grandparents or your fathers." I sighed.
"Why can't I go to work with you? I'm not gonna bother you! I swear, mommy!" She begged.
"It's not about you bothering me, Aliegha. It's the fact that you have places to go and you won't take advantage of that. If I was a bad mother, I would just drop you off with no choice but no, I'm being cooperative with you and giving you choices and you wanna ball your face and pout, for what?" I explained. At this point, she was giving me a headache.
"I don't wanna go back to grandmas because uncle Randy is gonna be there and he's gonna wanna play board games and I don't wanna play board games." She said as she rolled her eyes.
"Okay, tell him you don't wanna play. Simple." I softly laughed.
"I don't wanna go to daddies because all he do is yell at me and make me clean and get stuff for him."
"Have you spoke up?"
"No, because you told me to respect y'all so, I do. But now you want me to speak up? What do you want, Mother? Do you want me to talk back or stay quiet." She asked, slightly cocking her head to the side.
"Fine, you can come." I gave in with a sigh.
"Yay!"
I rolled my eyes and continued driving.
"Sooo..what did you do last night that you couldn't answer the phone?" She asked coming closer to me with a goofy face.
"Nothing, sleep."
"Your lying through your thin teeth." She laughed. I shook my head at the remark.
"Was Lesane over?"
I didn't answer.
"So he was!" She did a dramatic gasp.
"I can't believe you. You said it was just gonna be me and you." She pouted once again.
"And it is but it can be me, you, and a plus one."
"Why do we gotta have Lesane? We could've just got a dog." She shrugged. I laughed and shook my head.
"Maybe another time, babes." I winked at her through the review mirror.
"But seriously, can we get a dog? I want one on my birthday. Specifically a bull dog. OH! Can we get a snake like uncle Michael's!" She got excited.
"Why?"
"Because, his is really cool. He lets it slither around grandma's house when he brings it over."
"Oh."
"I want one. Or can I get a guinea pig? Or!! Maybe a kitten or a bird or a bearded lizard. Yara has a bearded lizard. His name is Willy." She rambled.
"Mom! We should get a llama! Or a horse! OR HORSES!"
"OKAY ALIEGHA!" I laughed at her enthusiasm.
