Ariel
I pull into the jail parking lot and sit back. I barely made it to the car now I gotta walk in this bitch to get my crazy ass girlfriend.
I get myself together and finish the water bottle I brought with me. I get out my car and lock the doors before heading inside the jail.
I spot Mariana before leaning on the front counter. "Hey Bae" I say causing her to look at me. She walks over and pulls me to the side.
"What you doing here?" She asks eyeing me. I lick my lips before looking at her.
"My girl got arrested and I'm here to bail her crazy ass out" I say shrugging. "I got a hangover like a bitch" I say lowly.
Mariana laughs. "She's in here for domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon" She says. "Your ex is here too" She adds. "Pay the bond and I'll go get her, your girlfriend I mean"
While she does that, I pay Mia's bond which was $1,500. I sit in the waiting area and Mariana brings her out.
Mia jumps on me and although my balance and attitude is fucked up, I laugh cause she reminds me of a lil kid. "Thank you" She says getting off of me.
"Thank yourself it's your money I used from your card" I say letting out a laugh.
"Asshole I knew that, I meant thanks for coming down here" She says kissing my lips. "Are you drunk?" She asks.
"I was" I answer. Mariana brings Mia her stuff and I take it. "Thanks" I say as Mariana waves. We walk out and go to my car.
"Hey Ariel" I hear somebody say causing me to turn around. I look to the doorway of the jail and I completely sober up. Slowly my anger starts to build up as I continue to look at her.
Mia walks over and stands in front of me. "Don't do it" She says. "She's the reason I got arrested, she keyed my car and slashed my tires when the girls I went out, so I had to get it towed, the girls and I borrowed my mom's car, pulled up and I beat her ass then pistol whipped the bitch, then she called the cops" Mia explains. "I made the girls leave so they wouldn't get arrested"
Haven continues to stare at me and I move Mia. I motion for Haven to come here and surprisingly she did. Her dumbass. I watch her closely and scrunch my face up, Mia fucked her up.
As soon as she gets to my side of the car, I slam her against the door and start to choke her.
I lean down to whisper in her ear. "You one bold ass bitch" I say squeezing tighter. To anybody passing by, it looks like I'm kissing on her or some shit. "And I'm gonna kill you for it" I add squeezing some more.
I look at her as she starts clawing at my hand. I look at Mia to see her smiling. I pull her from the car then slam her against it before letting her go.
She lays there trying to catch her breath and I pick her up. "Get from my car" I say shoving her out the way.
We get to my house and walk in. We make it upstairs to my room quietly and I close and lock my door. I strip out my clothes and lay in my bed.
~
Mia's phone rings and I see her mom calling. She answers and puts it on speaker. "TAMIA" She yells.
"Yes Ma?" Mia answers.
"You got some explaining to do, bring your lil ass to this damn house" Her mom continues to yell. She hangs up and Mia groans.
She grabs her stuff before pouting. "I don't wanna go" She says making me laugh again. I kiss her lips a few times and she rolls her eyes. "Come with me"
"Nope, just call me when you get done getting cussed out" I say grabbing some more fruit snacks.
Ayla
"London boo, the toys don't go in your mouth" I say pulling her My Little Pony's comb out her mouth.
I clean up all the small things on the floor before heading into the kitchen. I grab two strawberry ice pops and give them to Lo and Jayde. I slide on their bibs after and put them on their Princess beanbag chairs.
I cut on the Princess and the Frog before calling Lani.
"You might as well hang up cause I'm outside" She says laughing.
"You stay showing up unannounced" I say getting up to unlock the door. I open the door as she walks in with Amir on her hip and Ayden waddling inside in front of her.
"That's what I do best" She says smiling.
I close the door then lock it. We walk into the living room and Ayden tries to reach for Jayde's popsicle. "Yo greedy ass kids Jai" I say.
"Bitch bye" She says. "Leave my babies alone" I laugh and get two more popsicles from the freezer. I bring them to the twins and they gladly accept.
I grab the girls' Purple beanbag couch from their playroom and sit it beside them. I help Lani place the boys on it before covering their laps with paper towels.
"So Rayna called me earlier" Lani starts handing me a pack of Pink Starbursts. I open them as I listen. "Bitch, Tamia got arrested early this morning for beating Haven's ass then pistol whipping the girl" She says.
"Your daughter sure does know how to pick em" I say laughing.
"That's what I said, hell I was okay with it though" She says.
I shake my head. "I'm glad she did something cause Ariel got a temper like you, and it would have been worse getting her outta jail" I say.
Lani rolls her eyes. "My temper is straight" she says. I look at her with a straight face. "It may have changed some..." She continues.
Her lying ass. This bitch stomped some random ass girl out a few weeks ago for trying to get Lonte's number on some hoe shit. Then tried to run some white woman off the road for trying to get over without using her turn signal.
"Anyways, hows life with you and my girls?" She asks laying on me.
"It's cool but ya boy been pissing me off lately" I say glaring down at her.
"Who?" She asks.
"Xavier" I say. She quickly sits up.
"Damn, we using full names" She says. "What he do?" She asks.
I whine leaning on her. "Lani, we haven't had sex in forever" I say. "His dumb ass talking bout some 'you always seem tired from taking care of girls and ion wanna annoy you' plus some other bullshit" I say. "Like annoy me? Nah, the only time I'm turning down sex is when I'm on my period homeboy" I continue.
Lani shakes her head as she laughs. I'm dead ass serious though. "Shit you better take it" She says.
"I've thought about it so many times" I say. "Then he wonders why my attitude is off the walls, cause ain't shit stretching em hell" I say.
I watch as Lani's face turns red. "Okay quit, I can't breathe" She says. This bitch laughing like this shit funny. "I wanna say I can relate but I can't" She says. "Lonte doesn't care how I tired I am, I'm not going to bed with a attitude"
"Fuck you" I say pushing her.
"Love you boo" She says hugging me. "Tell that nigga you need some dick then call me and I'll gladly come scoop my babies" She adds.
I look at her. "That's too many kids under your watch" I say.
"I got the boys on a set schedule, plus I got 3 older kids who can help out, get yo nigga here and I'll get the girls there" she says.
"Well Xavier went to the store, you can take em after their nap and I'll love you forever" I say smiling.
"I got you" She says. "Let me tell Lonte" She adds pulling her phone out. I check the kids and smile. Jayde and Lo are leaning to the side knocked out sleep while the boys' focus is still on the tv. Their ice pops are halfway gone.
I clean the girls off then take them upstairs to their room. I lay em down and head back downstairs. Zay comes through the door with Christian carrying grocery bags.
"Hey Ayla" Christian says. I wave. He doesn't speak to Lani until Zay slaps him upside the head.
"Boy you better fucking speak" Zay says. Christian glares before muttering a hello.
"You ain't gotta force him to speak, his attitude ain't gone last him long when he realize that shit ain't gone get him anywhere" Lani says.
"You're growing" I say placing my hand over my heart.
"I am" She says smiling. "Plus I don't have time to argue with a child when I got shit to do" She adds. "Rude ass nigga"
"Where my girls?" Zay asks walking out the kitchen.
"Upstairs sleep, I know you didn't put the food up that fast" I say raising a eyebrow at him.
"Christian got it" He says shrugging. "I should wake em up" He adds heading upstairs. I shake my head.
"No the fuck you shouldn't" I say.
"Let them sleep, cause I'm taking them with me for the night" Lani says. "So what you can do is pack their bags for me" She says smiling.
"Fine" Zay says walking upstairs. I sit beside Lani and she stares at the boys.
"What you doing?" I ask.
"Amir be trying to take Ayden's food cause he eats his shit too fast then they end up fighting" She says. "I'm trying to make sure Amir's bad ass isn't trying to be sneaky"
"Fat asses" I say causing her to hit me.
Christian
"Ain't no point Christian, we done moved on" Asia says.
"How?" I ask. Zay and her both been getting back cool with A'Lonte and them and I don't know how or why.
"Tell me this, as long as you been mad and shit what good has happened to you?" She asks.
I thought about it. Nothing. "What that got to do with anything?" I ask.
"You holding on the grudges stupid, you blocking your blessing by being mad about some dumb shit" She says. "I was in the wrong and I realize that, so if I can do that, you can quit being a bitch towards them cause you ain't hurting nobody but yourself" She lectures. "I love you Christian but you gotta grow up"
She hangs up and I shrug. I walk out my room and head downstairs. I walk past Zay's office and gag. These two will fuck anywhere literally.
I grab my keys and head to see Lynn and my son.
Tamia
"So y'all just be dropping 20 thousand dollars and shit at random times?" My cousin Tasha asks.
I shrug. "Not random T, emergencies" I say laughing.
"My mom would have beat my ass" She says laughing.
"Sure would have, I refuse to have a ghetto ass kid doing dumb shit" My aunt sneers.
"Bitch" I mumble. Ma comes downstairs and heads to the door. "What are you doing?" I ask.
"My daughter is here" She says. I roll my eyes. "Not Jess" She says.
"Then who?" I ask. She opens the door and Ariel walks in with bags from Apple, Victoria Secret, Louis Vuitton, Hibbett's, Forever 21, and Bath and Body Works.
Before I can speak she starts hollering into the phone. "No, you called my phone on the bullshit talking bout some your sister and Uncle Zay may be scared but you ain't, nigga I don't give a fuck, but if you want me to pull up I will, bitch ass nigga" She says. She rolls her eyes as my mom closes the door. "Yeah what the fuck ever, drop a address pussy" She adds before hanging her phone up. She tosses it then looks at me. "Hey" She says smiling hard.
"Hey" Tasha says excited. Ariel looks at her with a straight face.
"Who are you?" Ariel asks. Tasha looks at me.
"That's my cousin babe" I say snickering. Ariel face changes and she gives a small smile.
"Oh what's up?" Ariel says giving her a head nod. She puts all the bags down and pulls a Chick-Fil-A bag. She hands it to me. "I kind of drunk your soda" She adds sitting beside me.
"Ass" I mumble eating my fries. "Who's the gifts for?" I ask.
She looks at me with a straight face before shrugging. "Ion know, whoever wants em I guess" She says.
"Quit playing" I say laying on her.
"Quit asking dumb questions" She says laughing. She looks up and my aunt is staring her down. And not in a good way. "Why you staring at me like that shit isn't rude?" Ariel asks mugging her.
"No reason" She says shaking her head. She starts mumbling and I look at my mom.
"Ma" I say.
"I'm not stopping nothing, her ass gone get enough of being rude" Ma says. The doorbell rings and Ma answers it. Mrs. Warren walks in with Amir and Ayden.
"Mia, that's-" Tasha starts freaking out. I laugh.
"Yeah, that's Ariel's mom" I say causing her jaw to drop.
"Rayna, you know I don't cause drama at other people's homes, but Ariel texted me about some lady being rude, so I had to come check it out" Mrs. Warren says.
"So you're her mother" My aunt says. Mrs. Warren turns around mugging her.
"Yeah bitch, and you are?" Mrs. Warren asks.
"Tamia's aunt" My aunt says. I shake my head.
My mom looks at me and I roll my eyes. We go in the kitchen and she sighs. "Ion like that woman, your dad needs to bring his ass down here" She says.
Ariel walks in eating my nuggets. "I'm going up to your room, Mrs. Brooks, my momma getting pissed off by the second and ion want her ruining your house by knocking your sister out" She says.
"That's my sister in law, Mia go get your dad cause if Ariel's mom got a temper like mines this shit gone escalate real quick" Ma says.
Ariel grabs the bags and we head upstairs. I bang on my dad's door. "What?" He asks sounding like he just woke up.
"Your sister downstairs starting drama with Ariel's mom, she just like mama" I say proceeding to my room. As we walk in Ariel drops all the bags before slapping my ass. "Why?" I ask.
"Cause I can" She says sitting on my bed. "When you moving in to your new apartment?" She asks pulling me on her lap.
"Today's Thursday, so Monday" I say thinking about it. I look at Ariel for a second. "What made you get drunk?" I ask.
"It wasn't intentional, they got these new drinks out and Mila and I got 8 of em, I had all four and that shit had me gone" She says laughing.
We continue to talk till somebody knocks on my door. "Come in" I say moving off Ariel's lap. Her ass like to get too touchy when we in front of people.
Mrs. Warren walks in. "Ariel, you and A.J got babysitting duty for about 2-3 hours while I take a nap" She says. "You can come too Mia, you don't need a invite" She adds making me laugh. "Actually if you come we can go get our nails done, I need to talk to you"
"Come on" Ariel says getting up. I jump on her back and she groans. "Get off me"
"Nope, lets go" I say kissing her cheek. We get downstairs and my mom is cussing my aunt out.
"Ariel, get the twins and y'all go to the car" Mrs. Warren says. I get off Ariel's back and pick up Ayden and Ariel gets Amir.
"Ooh I love her car" I say as we walk to the car. It's the new model Tahoe.
"It's aight" Ariel says. We strap the boys in and she climbs in the back.
~
Mrs. Warren and I walk in the nail salon and get seated. "Your mom told me what happened" she says looking at me.
"I don't know what you mean" I say. She looks at me and I laugh. "I'm kidding, but she keyed my car and slashed my tires" I add. "I had to"
"I don't blame you" She says. "Somebody needed to beat her ass, and I can't" She adds laughing.
"Ariel threatened her this morning when she picked me up" I say.
"She's gonna go after her the same reason you did, she got kameryn cause of what her and Haven did plus she put her hands on Haven which also set Ariel off, so this isn't s surprise" She says. "So I need you to help watch her cause she does shit on the sly"
"I can do that" I say. The lady finishes our nails and we get up.