Ariel
"This fucking traffic is pissing me off" I say looking at all 4 lanes full of cars. "How is this an okay for people?" I rhetorically ask.
"They used to that shit, you gotta know the back ways sometimes" Mila says. I have her on FaceTime.
"It's 9:30 in the morning, Lenox opens at 10, I'm trying to get in and out" I say.
"What you getting?" She asks. I shrug.
"I know what she likes so whatever matches that I'm picking up, plus that bitch got 4 floors so I got some walking to do" I say. "Text me what you want too"
"I got you, so let's go over everything, you got the ring ordered?" She asks.
"Yeah, it's at the mall, I got the reservations too" I say taking the car outta park as the cars in front of me start moving.
"How much you pay for the ring?" She asks.
"$759" I say laughing. "I had to cause she gone wear it for a few years till I actually propose to her ass" I add.
"Makes sense, I want all the details Ariel" She says.
"Okay" I say. Mia's name pops up and I look at Mila. "Mia's calling, let me call you back"
"Aight, bye best friend" She says. "Bye" I say. We hang up and I click over to Mia.
"Hey baby" I say looking at the road. I connect the phone to the Bluetooth and sit my phone in the cup holder.
"Hey" She says sounding like she just woke up. "Where are you?" She asks sounding like a little kid.
"I'm out getting some air, I thought I'd pick a few things up for Mila so I won't have to do it later, this traffic is gonna make me cuss somebody out" I answer.
"Yeah, you gotta leave early in the morning to beat it" She says. "Will you get me something from Victoria's Secret?" She asks.
"Yeah, you just getting up?" I ask.
"Yeah, Mari's loud ass is outside my door, Ty's still sleep" She says. I hear her shuffle around then I hear Mari's voice.
"What time you gone be back?" She asks.
"Uh...12" I say estimating. "At the earliest, what time should I be back?" I ask.
"Well we gotta go by Khyree's, then to my grandma's cause the kids get out around 3:10 and we'll probably be there till about 7-8" She says.
"Okay, I'll be back around 12:30" I say getting off at the exit. I look my map on my other iPhone and take the next turn.
"I love youuuuu" She says.
"I love you too" I say laughing. "I'll call you in a minute"
"Okay, I'm gonna go mess with Amari" She says.
"Aight" I say laughing.
I get to Lenox and mentally groan. Why the fuck is this shit so huge? I get out and walk in. My plan was to shop only for Tamia and Mila, but I do kind of need a few things from Versace and Gucci....so why not?
Tamia
"Grandma, she's coming by today" I say laughing. "The real question is are you cooking?" I ask.
"You know I am, everyone's coming too, we're excited" She says. "Why doesn't she smile?"
"You gotta ask her, we'll be by after we go see Khyree" I say.
"Okay, I gotta start on the cake, your cousins should be here shortly" She says making me roll my eyes.
"Tell Halo to keep her annoying ass back" I say. My grandma knows exactly how she can be.
"If I had the choice I'd make your aunt keep her at home, but I got you baby girl, call me when y'all leave to head this way" She says.
"Okay, I love you" I say.
"Love you too" She says. We hang up and I plug my phone in. I check the time and see it's 1:35. Ariel's ass is still not here.
I go in the bathroom and frown at my hair. I've been thinking about getting a Blonde or Red wig. Might get both. Until then, I'm just gonna straighten this.
"I'm back and I'm tired of as hell" Ariel says walking in with bags. As soon as I was about to speak, Ty and Mari follow her in with bags also.
They put everything down and leave. I look from the bags to Ariel. "How much shit did you buy?" I ask.
"A lot, I kinda went overboard, but ion care too much, the Red bag is what you wearing tomorrow on our date and I got money in there so you can go get your nails and hair done" She says getting in the bed.
"I thought we were going tonight?" I whine.
"We were, but I know you wanna go see that nigga and your family today so I just scheduled everything for tomorrow" She says shrugging. "That cool with you?" She asks.
"Yeah" I say trying to hide my smile. She just made me the happiest person ever.
"Good, I'm going to sleep, I got my alarm set so don't wake me up" She says glaring at me.
"Quit looking mean all the damn time, I like it better when you smile" I say plugging in my flatiron.
"Ion feel like smiling, I love you though" She says smiling at me. Her slow ass.
"I love you too, night" I say as I part my hair. She gets under the covers and soon her ass starts snoring.
I finish my hair and tie it down. I unplug and put everything away before going in my suitcase. I settle with a Olive Green True Religion tee shirt, ripped denim true religion jeans, and my "Class of 2003" Jordan 12's.
I grab my phone and leave out heading to Mari's room. I knock on her door and look at the time.
"I know, we're almost ready" Ty says opening the door. I laugh and walk in.
"You got time boy, I came to see Mari and you cause Ariel's sleep" I say hopping on Mari's bed.
"I don't know if I should wear my curly wig, or my straight one" She says standing in the bathroom doorway.
"Straight" I say. "It's simple"
"You right, and baby girl, your nephew is bad as shit, it took me 2 hours to get his ass bathed and dressed" She says glaring at Ty. I look at him and his face turns red.
"Why you giving her a hard time?" I ask raising a brow at him.
"Cause I wanted Ariel to dress me like her" He says.
"I packed all the clothes you and Ariel got alike, so next time whenever, don't give her a hard time" I say mugging him.
"Okay auntie, I'm sorry Mar Mar" He says hugging her.
"You good baby boy, now let me put this on, and do my eyebrows and we can go, cause I want food" She says.
"I'm gonna take Ty back so I can do his hair, then wake Ariel up" I say.
"Alright" She says. I grab Ty's hand and head back over to my room. I let us in and look down at Ty.
"Go sit and play on your tablet" I say letting his hand go. He runs to the table and gets on his iPad. I crawl on the bed and straddle Ariel's lap.
"Baby, get up" I say pecking her lips.
"Why?" She asks turning over. "My alarm didn't go off"
"Cause the sooner we leave, the sooner we can come back" I say tracing the tattoos on her back.
"K, gimme a second, can you find me something to wear?" She asks.
"Yeah" I say getting up. I go through her suitcase and roll my eyes at the amount of white tees and sports jerseys she has. All her shit is expensive and I see why Ty be wanting to dress like her. "You got a certain color you wanna wear?" I ask.
"Whatever you got on, Ion really care" She mumbles.
I shrug and grab her Olive Green True Religion shirt, a random pair of Skinny True Religion jeans, her White Hermès belt, and her 12's.
I grab her small Balenciaga backpack and pull out her Gold and White Rolex, her Gold chain she always wears, and a pair of Gold earrings and sit them all on the desk.
Her alarm goes off and she gets up. "I'm glad I showered earlier cause ion even feel like moving for real" She says walking over to her clothes. I watch her get dressed and frown. "What's wrong?" She asks.
"You look so fucking fine and I know them bitches at the party gone be looking" I say.
"So? I ain't worried about nobody that ain't you" She says rolling her eyes. She puts her hair up and grabs the keys, her phone, and her wallet.
Ty gets up and walks over to Ariel before hugging her. I watch them talk and smile to myself. Ty really never talked to anyone except my dad since his dad is gone so watching him with Ariel makes me happy. He finally has somebody to keep him busy and have fun with.
~
Ariel pulls into Khyree's driveway and we all get out. "It's packed" She says grabbing my hand. I nod in agreement, this shit got cars all down the street.
Mari leads the way with Ty holding her hand. We walk around to the backyard and Ty gasps as the moon bounces that are in different parts.
"Yo sis" I hear Khyree yell. He jogs over to us and smiles. "I see y'all made it" He says.
"Of course nigga" I say laughing. "This is my girlfriend Ariel" I add looking at her. They're the same height.
"Wassup?" Khyree asked holding his hand out. Ariel looks at it then gives him a nod.
"Sup" She says. I hit her arm and glare at her.
"Quit being rude" I say. She rolls her eyes and daps him up.
"I guess I should take y'all inside where my boys are huh?" He asks rhetorically.
We follow him in the house and into the kitchen. It's 4 niggas along with 4 bitches. I only know 2 of em. Quinton and Sean. "Guess who decided to come into town?" He asks.
Everyone quits talking and looks at us. "TAMIAAAAA" Quinton yells. "AMARIIII" He yells again.
"Y'all asses just up and left" Sean says. I block him out as I see the girls eyeing Ariel.
"Doesn't she play basketball?" One of the girls asks. Khyree nods.
"You going to college?" Quinton asks her. She just shakes her head. "Why not?"
"Can't, that's it" She says shrugging.
"Well niggas, this is Ariel, Tamia, and Amari" Khyree says. "Where's Kyndall?" He asks.
"That bitch is dead to me" I say rolling my eyes. He laughs and looks at Ariel.
"You like guns and shit?" He asks her.
"Some like that" She says. "Depends on what you got"
"This way then my friend" He says. We follow him until Ty pats my arm.
"I wanna go outside" He says. "I have my watch on" He adds showing me his Apple Watch.
"Go ahead but be careful" I say kissing his forehead. He nods and runs outside.
Ariel
We get downstairs to the basement and I'm kind of impressed with his collection. We all gather around the coffee table and start talking.
"So you ain't tell us who her parents were" Khyree says looking at Tamia. She claims this dude is a good friend of hers and that I should trust him, he seems cool but ion know him good enough yet.
"Remember that nigga your brother used to harass back when you went to Compton awhile back, in middle school?" Mia asks.
"The light skinned one with all them nice ass cars?" Khyree asks. She nods. "Yeah, he wouldn't give King the time of day though cause he was always working, that nigga was on the block and in school" He adds.
"That's her dad" She says looking at me.
"For real?" He asks me.
"I guess" I say. "Y'all got some food?" I ask.
"Yeah, in the kitchen" He says. I nod before getting up and going upstairs.
I walk in the kitchen and open the fridge. Maybe he meant the food on the counter, but it looks gross so the fridge will do.
"What you doing?" Somebody asks scaring the shit outta me and causing me to bump my head. I move out the fridge and look behind me.
"Getting food, what it look like?" I ask looking at a dark skinned girl. She looks like Khyree so I'm assuming it's his sister.
"Can you get out our fridge, that's the reason for the food on the counter and the drinks in the cooler" She says walking over to me. I mug her and she sucks her teeth.
"Back up" I say moving from her. "Ion know you like that"
"You ain't gotta be rude" She says walking over to me.
"Ion gotta be nice either" I say moving. "You ain't my girl or my family so I can act any way I please" I add.
"Maybe I should just call my brother cause ion like this attitude" She says smirking at me.
I laugh. "Bitch your brother don't scare me, I'll tell his ass myself how his lil sister being a hoe" I say shrugging.
I go back to looking in the fridge only to feel somebody behind me. I turn around and this bitch gets up all up in my personal space.
"I'm just trying to make a new friend" She says biting her lip.
"I'm not friendly, take that shit somewhere else" I say clearly. I push her back and she trips. I grab a soda from the fridge along with a lunchable and walk out the kitchen.
I walk in the living room and see everyone sitting there. "Was I taking too long?" I ask sitting beside Mia.
"Yeah, I got curious" Mia says. "Khyree, Shaunice gone catch a case with me" She adds.
"I cant control her" He says shrugging.
"Well keep her ass on a leash" I say rolling my eyes.
"Where did you get that?" He asks pointing to my food.
"The fridge" I say. "What's up?" I ask.
"I just like how you went in my shit" He says laughing.
"I don't do food where everyone has access" I say. He nods.
"Wanna go shoot some?" He asks getting up. I nod and get up too.
"I doooo" Mari says as her and Mia get up. "Let's go"