MADDY

"Mad you alright?"King asked outside the door.

I scurried to the floor picking up the glass. I swept it under his bed and covered it up with a towel. The door opened, and King strolled in with lay.

"I'm fine. I was just looking for the picture,"I said tucking a piece of hair behind my ear.

"You acting weird...you alright?"He asked looking at me funny.

I smiled and nodded quickly. He stared at me suspiciously.

"What the fuck you do Maddy?"He asked.

"Ace I didn't do anything."

"You need to call me one name and one name only. I keep forgetting what my real name is, "He laughed while he took off his shoes.

Lay sat on the bed crossing her legs and playing with her fingers. I picked her up and tossed her in the air. No wonder why people said she looked just like me. She was basically family.  I mean she is my s-.

"Grace is calling you,"He tossed me my phone.

I put Lay down and walked downstairs. I looked at my outfit. I had changed into a simple white shirt and some black shorts. Lay followed me eating her chips.

This little girl was a handful. I could never see myself having kids. I told Lay I was making cupcakes, and she already had a apron and chef hat on.

"Hey,"I said into the phone.

I heard her soft sniffles.

"Grace boo, What's the matter?"I asked.

"I told Mal I was pregnant, and now he won't buy me any Oreos and pickles,"She cried into the phone.

I pulled the phone away from my ear and looked at it.

"Grace do not."

"If his stupid ass wouldn't have impregnanted me we wouldn't be here complaining about Oreos and pickles. He always do shit! Ugh I hate him,"She whined into the phone.

"Don't even start that. You know you couldn't live without him,"I said laughing.

I pulled Lay up on my hip.  She tried to feed me a chip she already bit off of.

"Hey Mad,"Mal said into the phone.

"Hey b-Lay stop it-Hey boo".

Lay was trying to place the chip in my mouth as I talked. She started to cry, and super dad came running downstairs. He had on some basketball shorts and a red t-shirt like he was about to play ball.

"Is she alright?"He asked.

"Grace lemme call you back. This nigga is so concerned about this child,"I said with a slight laugh.

"Ok bye! Mal I'm breaking up with you if you don't give me my f-"

The phone hung up, and I shook my head. King took Lay from my arms and ate the chip.

"You a suck up,"I said taking out the pork chops I would cook.

Truthfully I can't really cook but I can try. Hey food network likes to teach me also.

"Nah I love my little girl,"He said parading her with kisses.

I smiled and took a picture, but didn't post it to the gram. I did have the perfect caption though.

When he loves her as much as he loves you💖

King is great with kids. Its just that he a kid himself. A child is like a best friend to him which it shouldn't be. Children should be your kid. Your child should not be talking to you every type of way, and doing shit that you don't do. Your the parent not the friend.

I tried to tell King this but his reply everytime is "This my lil girl". Do I look stupid or dumb?I know who she is.

"Ok the boys coming over to play basketball,You cooking?"He asked. I nodded,  "Don't burn my shit Madison."

"Shut the fuck up Ace."I spat back.

He pinched my ass. I hit his arm and he did it again. Lay had gone to the living room now. The doorbell rung and I wiped my hands to go get it. He tried to pull me back, but I escaped.

"WHO IS IT?"I shouted.

"Tony, Big Rick, Pops, Mal, and Lia."

I opened the door as they all paraded in taking seats and stuff out the fridge.

"Welcome... makes yourselves at home,"I said laughing.

Lia wasn't even drunk no more y'all. She must've ate so much bread because this girl was sober. What the hell? Ima go get her checked out to see if she a alien because she recover to fast.

"Let's shoot some hoops!"Lia said showing off her ball skills.

She dribbled the ball between her legs brought it back around and started doings all types of tricks. I should've played a sport when I was younger. My mama always said play basketball like your si-

"Alright I want pops and Lia."

"I'm stuck with the fat ass? Yo why you do me like that?"Tony asked.

Big Rick scoffed and slapped Tony in the back of his head. Tony punched him and they was about to fight until the doorbell rung. I opened it and in walked Leah and Arielle walked in.

"ARI!"Lay shouted.

"LAY!"

Leah hugged me and put down the beers in her hands.

"Ok come on na' when it get dark Ian playing,"Pops said.

I laughed as they walked out leaving Leah and me.

"Leah did you know Lay's mama?"I asked.

"Yes so a pretty girl. I loved her,"She said taking a sip of her drink.

"What was she like?"I asked curious.

My questions had to be answered.

"She was tall and had a baby face. She loved kids. At first I thought she was trapping King,! but the more I got to know her I learned she had dreams. She didn't have a family. She was looking forward to Lay. She had everything planned out, like what school she would attend, what she would learn, and who she would hang around. The day she had Lay and she held her in her arms for a few minutes. The doctor said she died while giving birth, but I was there. King was trappin, so he wasn't there for the birth. I was there and saw her hold Lay in her arms. Then the monitor beeped loudly and I knew she didn't make it. She had potential though. I really wish you could met her,"She spoke lowly.

That broke my heart.

"So that's where Lay gets her gifted levels of intelligence."

"Her mom wrote a novel. She was a teacher. Thank God she didn't get that big head's genes,"She pointed out the window.

King was playing basketball and Lia had the ball. Lia shot the ball and made it in. She did a little dance.

"Do you think she looks like me?"I asked

"To be honest the first day I saw you I knew that you were her. Then I realized she died."

"Leah...Carliegh was my sister."