"We are each our own devil and we make this world our own hell." 

-- Oscar Wilde.

Aanvi Zenobia

"Ma, you ready?" I yelled getting a water out the fridge. 

"Yeah I'm ready, stop yelling." 

"Zeph outside." I laughed. 

"Pass me a water." She said making me look her over.

"Oou girl, you got them cheeks." I said making her laugh.

"Nobi." She laughed covering her face as I recorded her for Snapchat.

"You could cover ya face all you want, I was getting them buns girl." I said making her laugh.

"Nobi, cut it out." 

"I quit." I laughed putting the video up then getting my keys.

I walked outside seeing Zeph sitting in his Range Rover, his lips was moving so I assumed he was on the phone. I looked back seeing my mom locking the doors once they were locked, I started walking to the car.

"DAYUM!" I yelled making him look at me. "You so damn fine with yo chocolate ass! Like, can I suck yo-"

He covered my mouth making me laugh as my mom got in the car. "I'm driving so just give the rest of the details to my assistant, thank you."

"Let go of my mouth," I said as it came out muffled cause he was still holding onto my mouth.

"Hey Becs." He smiled turning around to look at her.

"You mean Becky with them bunz!" I said making her laugh.

"HI Mitch."

"Why are you so hyper?" He asked, looking over at me. 

"I don't know, I just came from school so happy." I shrugged.

"I gotta go pick up Nova and Royal and take em home."

"Can Nova come?" 

"Nah, I don't got time. She like acting out in malls and I'm not buying her nothing."

"Ew, you mean as hell now." I scrunched my face.

"I don't care."

"Keep that energy," I told him pulling my phone out. 

"Bet." 

We rode in silence beside the radio playing songs and me occasionally singing like ten minutes later we pulled in front of a high school. Royal was holding Nova and like three girls were standing around them as he smiled and they were all laughing in his face. I got out the car putting on my mad face.

"Royal, what's this?" I asked pointing at the girls as they all stopped laughing.

"Nofia!" Nova yelled wiggling out of Royal arms so she can run to me.

"Nobi, what is you doing?" He mumbled then looked at the girls smiling.

"I should be asking you what you doing! All in these girls faces like I'm not ya wifey and lil Royal not on the way." I pocked out my stomach as Nova began rubbing it.

"You got a kid on the way?" One of the girls asked.

"You got a girl?" The other one asked.

"No, I don't." He tucked his lips in looking at me.

"Wow, disclaim us right in front of us. Wow okay."

"That's sad Royal." The third girl said as they all walked away.

"Yo bitches dumb!" I laughed clutched over as he mugged me. "Hey, lil bro."

"Fuck outta here." He brushed passed me as I was still laughing. 

I grabbed Nova's hand and walked towards the car just as Royal slammed the car door. I went towards my side handing her to my mom so she can put her in the middle in her high chair. I got in the car hearing Zeph yelling making me confused.

"I don't give a fuck how mad you are, don't be slamming shit you can't afford."

"I heard you the first time brah, stay dragging some shit. I said my bad already, damn."

"You could get out and walk with ya mad ass."

"I bet you I won't."

"Yo, my nigga-"

"Relax." I cut him off before he could even finish his sentence.

He poked the inside of his mouth with his tongue and nodded. "Aight."

I turned the radio on to kill the awkward but I heard Nova call my name making me turn it down. "Yes my love?" 

"I come with you?" 

"No, Zeph don't want you to come." I told her the truth as he mugged me. "What? You wanted me to lie to her?" 

"You can come next time Bubby." He told her glancing back. 

"Promise?"

"I promise Bubby."

"I know you." She said making both of us confused as we looked back to see her glancing at my mom.

"Ma, she talking to you," I said since she was all on her phone not paying attention. 

"Huh?" My mom asked.

"I know you, my uncle has picture of you." She said making us all confused until Royal looked up.

"What uncle?" Zeph asked.

"Algee. Remember the picture he has in the living room? That's her." Royal said.

"Algee? Algee Brown?" My mom asked as they all nodded.

"I'm confused," I said.

"Algee and I grew up together, we were neighbors. Nobody wanted us together, his sisters except one hated me and his brothers said I was a bad influence. He moved away from me and I haven't seen him since but then four years ago, I saw him when I was using and he tried to help but at that point, I thought no one could help me."

"I don't understand how I didn't know it was you, he told us so many stories and he really has this big ass portrait of you and him as soon as you walk in his house. He thinks you're dead." Zeph said.

"It's like when I think nothing else can take me by surprise, shit like this happens," I mumbled as Zeph pulled into the driveway.

"Come on SupaNova." I smiled getting out as I grabbed her high chair. "Imma go speak to Zeph's parents, I'll be right back."

"Okay." My mom nodded looking into her phone.

I held Nova as she touched my hair rubbing it down, Royal opened the door and immediately went upstairs without saying anything. I walked into the living room where Zeph's mother, Von, and Mazori sat talking.

"Girlfriend," Mazori said as Zeph rolled his eyes.

"Hey, babes." I smiled giving her a hug then Amori. I heard laughing making me look towards the kitchen as Zeph's father and Algee showed.

"LadyMitch." He kissed my cheek then gave Zeph a hug as I gave his father a hug.

"This perfect timing too, Al come with me outside, lemme show you something," Zeph said making all of them raise an eyebrow.

"Show him what?" Zeph mother asked.

"Something that's not concerning none of y'all nosy selves." He said as they all got up following. "I didn't even tell y'all to follow me."

We walked outside and Zeph pulled Algee pushing him to his car as he had a confused smile, Zeph opened the back door standing in everybody's way then stepping to the side so my mom can be shown. I looked at Algee as he stood still, his smile dropped and he was just standing there.

"GeeWhiz." My mom said as he went into her arms.

"It's really you?" He asked as she nodded with her eyes all watery.

"Aww." I smiled leaning on Zeph.

"GeeWhiz?" Zeph dad and Mazori repeated.

"It's only one person that calls him that so that means-"

"It's that girl." Zeph mother cut off Von.

"I thought you were dead, I looked for you for so many years." He told her holding her arms looking her over then wiping her face as she wiped his.

"I know."

"How did y'all find her?" He asked looking at Zeph and me.

"She had me." I shrugged.

"This your mom? You had kids?" 

"Unc, I have been around her for like four months and today Nova just pointing out the picture on the wall. I could've been reunited y'all." Zeph said.

"Are you doing anything right now?" Algee asked looking at her.

"Well, I was going with Zeph and Nobi dress shopping for prom-"

"But she doesn't have to, she all yours." I smiled.

"No, I missed enough; I don't want to miss out on you picking a dress."

"Honestly, I was looking up prom dresses yesterday and decided to get my prom dress made. I just wanted to go to the mall, you can most def go with him."

"Nobi I-"

"I would like her home around 9, that's when she has to take her medicine. Thank you." I smiled.

"So what do you say?" He asked, smiling at her.

"It seems as if my daughter already offered me off so do I have a choice?" She joked making us laugh.

She hugged Zeph and then me as I whispered in her ear. "Have fun, you need it." 

"Okay." She nodded walking away with him. 

"Becky with the bunz!!" I yelled making her laugh as she waved me off.

"Aight, I'm leaving," Zeph said getting in the car before anybody else could say anything.

"Uh, okay. See y'all, I guess." I smiled getting in the car as he pulled off, I turned on the radio as the end of Usher x Burn was playing. 

"Ooh ooh ohh! So many days, so many hours I'm still burning until you return!!!" We both yelled.

"You be blowing me, so damn serious." He said making me laugh.

"This my shit." I laughed.

"You and Becs relationship getting better."

"I see y'all relationship getting better too, fuck is Becs?" I laughed, making him laugh.

"Really a hater yo." 

"Whatever." I waved him off. "But yeah, I talk to her about everything, we be in the house just laughing and talking about people. Sometimes I feel like she is walking around on eggshells around me like she is scared to say the wrong things."

"She probably is, you literally told her to her face she could die. Maybe she scared, she gon get to that point again."

"Maybe." I shrugged. "I'll talk to her about it." 

"How is she?"

"The doctor said she's getting better every day, her heart even started beating regularly. She might not even have to get that heart transplant if everything keeps going this well."

"I know she is happy."

"Girl almost broke her foot jumping for joy." I joked making him roll his eyes.

"So the drug test came in, Redd drugged with rohypnols, basically a rufi. They illegal in the united states and she could have killed me."

"I'm going to beat her ass every time I see her, I don't care who she with or who I'm with. Imma just have to take that charge because no, she lucky I don't beat her to death."

"Relax, I got it."

"Yeahhh, no. I got it, I know where she work, live, her doctors, her favorite club, I know it all."

"Why do you know her doctor?" 

"Because Sin and I was clowning her one day and she did a video with her doctor, shouting him out."

"Y'all weird." He laughed as his phone rang as he declined it. "I think I want to upgrade my phone." 

"You literally just upgraded, what you need to do that for?" 

"Matter fact, you right."

"As always." He said and his phone rung again. "What bitch?"

"Bitch, where you at?" I heard Jace voice making me roll my eyes.

"Taking Nobi to the mall."

"Hit me, we got something to discuss."

"Bet." He hung up as I rolled my eyes again.

"Wake me up when we there."

"Nah, Imma leave you in the car."

"And Imma buss ya window out ya car."

"You ain't stupid."

"I'm retarded." I told him as he laughed.

"Duh." 

"I wanna meet Jack The Great but he looks mean as fuck." I said going down his Instagram. 

"They coming next week, you wanna go?"

"Oou, yes." I smiled.

"I'll get the tickets then." 

Another ten minutes, we pulled up at the mall. Zeph grabbed a hoodie from the back putting it on as we walked towards the mall entrance, I rolled my eyes as people started staring at us.

"Hold my hand and kiss me so everybody know you mine." I joked making him laugh as I roughly grabbed his hand.

"How the fuck wouldn't they know?" He asked referring to the hoodie with a big picture of me in the front.

"Who boyfriend are you? Who you belong to? Oh herrr!" I pointed to the picture of me laughing as I recorded it.

"Let's stop in Prada real quick, I gotta pick up these sneakers I ordered online." He said making me nod as he reached for my hand. 

We walked straight to an employee as I went over to the bags, I picked up the black velvet shoulder bag and lowkey fell in love with it. I looked at the price tag and saw it was $1,850 making me scoff and put it back down. Prada had me fucked up.

"I got my shoes, you see something you like?" I glanced at the purse then shook my head. "Get it."

"No, it's more than a thousand."

"So? Get it."

"No."

"Aight." He shrugged grabbing it making me sigh.

"Zephyr."

"Shut up." 

Zeph took both of them to the counter so they could ring it up, my eyes widened in shock at the total price. I will never understand people with money because I won't spend more than $150 on a purse, they be tripping. 

He handed me my bag then we went into Footlocker where he made me pick out two pairs of sneakers. After that we went into Forever 21, Gucci, and plenty more of stores; we sat at the food court trying to decide what to eat.

"I wanna cinnamon roll from Cinnabon but then I want cinnamon bites from Auntie Anns and a banana milkshake."

"Food Zenobia food." He said blankly.

"We eat everything from here." I stated blankly. "I guess Popeyes."

"That's what I was getting." He shrugged. "What you want?"

"I'm coming with."

"Nah, I don't feel like picking them bags up again. Just tell me what you want."

"I don't wanna sit here like these lonely ass people," I mumbled making him laugh.

"The Popeyes line not even long, ten minutes at most."

"Fine, a bunch of chicken tenders and cajun rice with a biscuit. Don't forget the-"

"Ranch, I know. Be back babe." He kissed my lips then walked away as I pulled out my phone texting Sin about the concert.

"Excuse me? You beautiful as hell." 

"Have a boyfriend." I pointed to the nameplate without even looking up. "Thank you."

"Damn, ain't say I wanted to talk." He said making me look up.

"Nigga you know damn well."

Laughing, he threw his hands up in surrender. "Aight, you right. You can't-"

"Nah, I can't have friends and my boyfriend ain't a friendly nigga so if you don't want no drama I advise you to walk away before he come back over with my food."

"Aye lil bro, fuck that bitch." A nigga said coming up with three more niggas.

"Ain't you that nigga my boyfriend kicked in ya face?" I laughed.

"And ain't you that bitch that my bitch had crying?" One of the niggas said, his ugly ass looked like a horse.

"You stooopid!" I laughed throwing my head back. "Ya bitches couldn't do shit with me, had all of em on they ass before they could think."

"Tough as hell."

"I'm a stand up ass person." I shrugged, and pettily smiled. 

"I'll call up my sisters right now." Another one said, which had me dying because he looked like Lord Farquaad from Shrek.

"Y'all doing too much, chill." The third one said, he was the cutest one.

"I'm bout to leave so it'll be a waste but I'm at Jefferson High School from 7:30 to 3:00, 188 Newton St or 12 Montgomery Ave. You want my number so I could tell you which house I'm at so I won't waste ya time?" I asked giving them my and Lee's address. 

"Bitch-"

"Y'all broke as hell, probably been in this mall for hours and only got a GameStop bag." I laughed. "This is ridiculous."

"I'll spit on you bitch." The one Zeph kicked said.

"Ayo chill, y'all letting a female get under y'all skin. Shit ain't even that serious." The one who was tryna talk said in annoyance.

"You spit on me, I promise you won't live until next week. Fuck beefing with my boyfriend, I'm telling my father." I said shrugging, I was really telling Jah.

"Ya father could die too." Lord Farquaad said.

"But who's too?" I laughed. "Look at all that pain in ya eyes sis."

"We'll be seeing you, bitches could die too." Horsey said.

"Anybody could die." I stared at him blankly.

"Stupid ass bitch." The one Zeph kicked spat at me as I sat still waiting for spit to get on me.

"I hope ya shooting aim better." I laughed as the cute one pulled him while he continued spitting.

"If I knew who you was, I wouldn't even walked over here so that's my fault shorty. I apologize." The one who was trying to talk to me apologized.

"You cool but ya friends mouth gon get em hurt but I ain't gon say much." He walked away as I called Jah but he didn't answer. He texted me saying he was in a meeting but he'll call back in ten minutes.

Another two minutes passed when Zeph came back. "Why do you look like that? Did I take too long? I went to get ya cinnamon roll and cinnamon bites then went all the way over there to get ya milkshake."

"Ooou." I smiled.

"Ew, that's spit on the table? That's nasty as fuck." Zeph said as he was about to sit down but stood back up. "That shit white as hell, probably been there all damn day."

"Nah, that just happened." I said making him confused.

"You spit on the table? Ya nasty ass could of at least spit on the floor."

"Nah, I got spit at." I said making him laugh.

"You just don't wanna seem nasty but this lying is unacceptable."

"I'm dead ass serious." I remarked making him stop laughing.

"Who the fuck tried to spit on you? I wasn't even gone for ten minutes! I had my phone, fuck you ain't call me for?"

"I was good, spit didn't touch me."

"It was obviously a nigga because you would have fought a bitch, what nigga?"

"The niggas from the block party but specifically the fight."

"Oh word? Aight bet." He nodded. "Get the food, I got the bags. Come on."

Doing what he said I grabbed everything drinking my milkshake as he grabbed my hand, I put the milkshake by his mouth as he shook his head no. He was mad but I was just mad at my now perfect day being ruined. He put the bags in the truck and I dialed Sef's number as he asked, I sat in the front seat drinking my milkshake.

"Yo yo?" Sef answered.

"Yerrrrdd?" I yelled making him laugh.

"Wassup G Nobi?" 

"Guess who got spit at?" 

"I know ain't you or Mitch, so who?"

"Me."

I heard shuffling then Lee say something then a door opened. "Hold on, Lee, Ayo Jace!"

"Yo yo?" 

"Come listen to this shit real quick." 

"What?"

"Nobi repeat yourself."

"I got spit at."

"By who?" Jace asked.

"The boys from the fight."

"Where the fuck y'all at? Where Mitch at?" 

"We at the mall, I was at the food court when one of em tried to talk to me."

"Mitch strapped?" Sef asked.

"I don't think so." I said looking back noticing his back was facing the car. "Hold on, I think they are outside the car talking to him."

"Nah, Nobi don't get out of the car." 

"This the reason I play with niggas life." Jace said before I heard a car start up.

"Turn ya location on and stay in the car." Sef said as I did what he said getting out the car. "Nobi!"

I ignored him walking out as I stood on the side seeing it was only three of them instead of five, the boy that tried to talk to me wasn't there or the other one that pulled him from spitting on me. I laughed seeing Zeph leaned on the car like he was bored with the whole situation, he had his hand on his face just looking at em.

"Niggas so tough." The horse laughed. "Oh, there ya bitch go."

"I think you gotta crush on me or something, you a weird ass nigga." Mitch laughed.

"You tryna act like you ain't shitting yaself cause you don't wanna look like no bitch in front of ya girl." The one that spit at me remarked. "She needa come fuck with a real nigga, I'll make her fall in love."

"Bro, what is ya name?" I asked. "You look like Sid from Ice Age talking about you gon make me fall in love, you can't even make me like ya ugly ass."

"Zenobia, shut up." He laughed.

"He tried to spit on me, no."

"Oh it's this one? What you want me to do?" 

"Nothing, you outnumbered."

"These niggas can't beat me." He laughed. "So you want me to spit on him?"

"No." I laughed. "What's ya name?"

"Rell." He answered.

"Okay cool, Rell go about ya day."

"Bitches always wanna be in grown men business, you gon be crying when your nigga fall victim to these streets."

"I hear you talking." I waved him off.

"You talking bout fall victim when you just lost two of ya manz? You still grieving? They got a day dedicated to the hood now?" Zeph laughed.

"And niggas gon feel our pain." Lord Farquaad said.

"I seen Quil die, that was y'all young nigga. Dray was laid in the ally with them slugs in em." He rapped as I gasped.

"Zeph." I laughed seeing that made them mad as hell. "Don't he look like Lord Farquaad off Shrek?"

Zeph busted out laughing taking a picture of the boy making me laugh harder, it should never be this funny. I should of got a picture of his ugly ass too.

"Y'all niggas wasting time, I would of been pulled out that lil ass revolver you tryna act like you not touching in ya hoodie." Zeph said looking at the horse looking one who haven't said anything.

"Word?" Rell smirked.

"If y'all gon use it let me know so I could tell my shorty to get in the car and let's see if y'all bout it bout it."

"Zeph."

"They bitches Nobi." He said looking at them.

The horse looking one went for his hoodie so Zeph pulled his leg making him fall then kicked him in his face two times as Lord Farquaad jumped in it punching him. Rell jumped in and Zeph was holding his own until he tripped over the one that had the gun. I went to the car hearing Sef and Jace still on the phone.

"They jumping him!" I said.

"Bitch move damn!" Jace yelled beeping his horn.

"Nobi, lock the car door and sit in the car." 

I went in the arm rest grabbing what I needed then went back to see them still jumping him, I jumped in hitting Rell the hardest I could. He started bleeding by his eye making his attention go to me as he choked me, I tried to pry his hands from my throat but he was too strong. I felt myself going out but before I could I jabbed the box cutter in his neck then snatching it out making him yell out and let go as his blood got all over me. 

Jace and Sef got out not even putting the car in park, Jace looked at me seeing the blood then looked at Rell who eyes were now closed holding onto his neck. Sef kicked the third boy in the head making his face slam into the street and blood pour from his face, Zeph was still beating the boy with the gun as he was just laying there looking lifeless.

"Mitch come on, people starting to come out!" Sef yelled.

"Go get in the car!" Mitch yelled at me making me get in the car.

He got in the car and pulled off immediately, he didn't say anything to me the whole car ride. I didn't understand why he was mad at me but I didn't care. My head felt like it would burst with all the thoughts going through it. Did I just kill somebody?

As soon as I got in the house, Sin and Lee rushed to me with tears in their eyes. "Why do you have blood all over you?" 

"Where you hurt at?" Sin asked pulling me.

"It's not my blood." I mumbled.

"Come on, you gotta get that blood off you." Zeph said coming back in the living room.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Rell's face looking at me with wide eyes and blood spilling out his mouth. I didn't even know I was crying until Zeph hugged me while rubbing my hair telling me to shush. He undressed me and then guided me into the shower so the blood could be off f me.

I moved up so he could get behind me, I put my head down as tears came down my face. "Did I kill him?"

"Probably, but you had no choice baby. He was going to kill you, you had no choice." He repeated as I nodded leaning back on him as he held me tightly. "You'll never be put in that predicament again, I promise. Okay? I love you."

"I love you more." I mumbled.

~

I walked out of the school building beside Izzy as he spoke to people, I rolled my eyes since when did this many people speak to him? We passed by Ruga and his friends as they all looked over at me tryna get my attention.

"Nobi, you looking like you tryna be my second baby mother!" One of them yelled as I ignored them.

"No?" Ruga called making me stop in front of him.

"Wassup?" I asked.

"Tell Mitch, I wanna take his offer. My mom just got diagnosed with breast cancer, she can't pay these medical bills by herself." He said as I saw the hurt in his eyes, I hugged him as he accepted it. 

"You know my IG?" I said as he nodded. "DM me so I could give you his number, as soon as I charge my phone I'll give it to you."

"Thanks, G Nobi."

"Give ya mom my good wishes," I told him, making him nod. 

Izzy was in the car already making me get in, I yawned leaning my head on the window not wanting to get comfortable. He literally lives five minutes away so it'll be pointless, just as I was thinking that he was parking on his street.

I followed him into his house looking around, I haven't been here in hella long. As soon as I walked in Izzy's baby mother, Aviana, was sitting on the couch as Ava sat in a pillow fort watching Sofia the first. Aviana looked up and smiled at us.

"Hey Nobi, I haven't seen you in a while." She smiled giving me a hug.

"Yeah, we're working on our friendship."

"Finally, the boy has been miserable without you."

"Aight Avi." Izzy side eyed her making her laugh. "Hey daddy's baby."

Aviana and I have been cool since she was pregnant because she wasn't that ratchet-ass baby mother who was stuck on her baby's father. Unless it's about Ava, she stays out of Izzy's business and lets him deal with everything.

"Hi baby baby." I smiled holding her as touched my nose ring.

"Da!" She called.

"Yes, baby?" Izzy asked as she mumbled a whole bunch of whatever making us laugh.

"Okay, I have to get to work. I'll be back around 11." Avi said kissing Ava cheeks.

"Nah, this my weekend. Go get a drink or something."

"All my friends dropped me once I got pregnant." She laughed.

"My best friend and I going to a concert tomorrow, and my boyfriend just canceled, wanna take his spot?"

"Girl, I don't care if we go watch turtles cross the street. Hell yes." She said, making me laugh. "Just get my number from Izzy because Imma be late."

"Aviana is the only girl I would approve of you dealing with," I told him as we walked to his room.

"I tried." He shrugged. "She told me I have a lot of growing up to do, when I work on myself then I could work on us."

"She ain't wrong, ya mentality still child-like," I told him.

"I'm working on it."

He turned on Sofia the First putting Ava on the bed as I plugged my phone into his charger, I waited til it turned on then called Zeph putting it on speaker. He didn't answer but he called right back making me hurry up and put it on speaker as I played with Ava.

"No that's wrong, you put that right there and move this. Do you want the house to fall on her? Do the whole thing over." He said, sighing. "Hello?" 

"You sound stressed."

"Training the new people Chesca hired, don't even know how they got hired. They can't do shit right."

"Maybe you are being too hard?" 

"Probably, but wassup? You good?" 

"Yeah I'm fine, I called to tell you Ruga told me he ready to take up ya offer."

"You gave him my business number?" 

"I'm going to do it now, his mom just got diagnosed with breast cancer, and he looked like he wanted to break down."

"I'll do what I could for lil homie, that's fucked up."

"Ah!" Ava yelled putting her mouth to my cheek and nibbling on it.

"Awww." I laughed recording it on Snapchat.

"That sound like a baby, who baby?"

"That's Ava, I'm at Izzy's house."

"Oh right, you did say you was going over there. Tell lil bro I said wassup."

"When he come back, his baby mother is going to take your spot since you don't wanna come with me no more." I rolled my eyes.

"You know I would if I could but I got shit to handle baby girl."

"I know baby but that's good too, now I could cheat in peace." I remarked making him laugh.

"You wanna get that nigga killed so bad."

"You're so violent."

"I just got a text from Jace; turn on the news." He said as I got the remote.

"Tarell Gerret, 19, was coming out the mall with two other friends when they were attacked by a group of boys. He says one pulled out a knife and slashed his throat. Doctors said if the knife had a bit more force, it would have been fatal. Friend, Quannie Smith, is in a medically induced coma due to the bad beating he received. Prayers and a quick recovery for these young men, If you know any information call the tip line listed below." The news reporter said.

"You didn't kill him," Izzy said, coming back into the room.

"I didn't kill him." I smiled.

"Should of." Zeph said, making us laugh.

"Wassup big bro?" Izzy said.

"Wassgood lil bro? You seen ya brother?"

"He just walked in."

"Tell em to hit me dickhead."

"Got you." Izzy sat down turning back to Sofia the First then sitting Ava on his lap as they both watched.

"Call when you get in the house, I love you."

"Okay, I love you more daddy." I hung up.

"Daddy!" Ava copied making me laugh.

"You will never call no nigga that." He pointed in her face making me laugh.

"She has your whole face." I looked at both of them; Aviana had absolutely no part of this. Izzy made her all by his self.

"Avi be so mad when people say that but the shit true, she dead ass was just an egg donor."

"I see." I shook my head. "You going to prom?"

"Yeah, I'm thinking bout asking her since she was pregnant and couldn't go to hers. I even want Ava to have a similar dress so we can all take pictures."

"That'll be dope." I smiled picturing it.

"I just don't know how to ask her, I wanna do this big ass promposal."

"And if she say no?" 

"Then I'll ask Alea, desperate ass."

"Forgot that bitch even existed." I rolled my eyes.

"Her and Malone still talk about Sin, Lee, and you. Be sneak dissing like a motherfucker."

"Neither can beat us." I shrugged. "But what does she like? We can plan out this promposal as long as I'm there when it happens."

"Track."

"Ooh, I got a plan for that. We have a relay but as she-"

"Aye Iz, ma just made these stuffed shells and this shit like food porn." Jace cut me off looking down at his phone.

"Oh they done? Hell yeah." He stood up. "Nobi, you want some?" 

"Hell yeah." I laughed making Jace look up in confusion.

"What you doing here?" He asked as I ignored him. 

"We chilling." Izzy answered getting the hint I wasn't gon answer.

"Zeph know you here?" 

"Oh, you not gon lie for me?" I sarcastically asked.

"Aight Nobi, you got it." He laughed walking out.

"What was that all about? Wait don't tell me, lemme get our food first. Niggas savages." He laughed rushing out the room. 

He came back with two bowls and two juices. He handed me a bowl with the cranberry juice container making me smile, he knew me so well. I grabbed one of the stuffed shells and cautiously took a bite of it then got excited with how good it is.

"Broooo." I said taking another bite.

"Moms be throwing down." He laughed. "Now, why you doing allat with Jace."

"Well you know how he call me his sis and shit right? So he took Zeph to this party and I don't know if he knew Zeph ex was there but she was. So Sin and I popped up for Jace but I saw one of Zeph cars and when I asked Jace was he there, he gon say no knowing he was in there with that bitch."

"I mean I get why you mad but can you really be mad? If Sin wanted you to lie for her then you would."

"You right, that's his brother by all means lie for him but you know Zeph ex bitch drugged em? Imagine if I wasn't there and didn't point that out. He probably would have let her leave with Redd or never told me and that's the difference between us two. I would lie for Sin but to an extent."

"I get it, you got all means to be mad."

"Yeah and now he in my face like everything cool like nah bro, wrong bitch."

"You wanna play Madden?" 

"Hell yes, lemme kick ya ass like old times."

"I used to let you win."

"Bitch, you tried it."

"Alright, loser gotta spend money."

"Ain't saying shit black boy."

"Aight Yella." He said making me laugh as I stood up picking my team.

"I'm bout to kick ya ass."