Mulan Dawson | Mu

"Rats?" I asked.

"Don't y'all already got them?" Zayden asked.

"You right, roaches?"

"Why you trying to make it nasty? Y'all got those too."

"I don't know what else to do then." I sighed.

It was nearing the end of the school year and it was around that time for the senior prank. We wanted our to be better than last year.

Jaylen and Shawn bought three pigs and labeled them 1, 2, and 4. We got sent home early because they were looking for the pig labeled three.

We had to do better than that, that was epic. Teachers still talk about that.

"How about you mash a whole bunch of ideas into one then you'll be the most talked about?" Zayyir suggested.

"You know what? You smart." I smiled.

"Why you got to come up with the prank anyway?" Zaydrien asked.

"Because I'm the school president." I said searching through Google.

"Now who in their right mind would want that mistake?" Zayden asked making me hit him in his shoulder.

He hit me back and I hit him back so he hit me back, I put my phone down and jumped on him swinging. He put me in the headlock and wrapped his legs around mine.

"Tap out!" He said as I kept struggling.

"Never." I bit him and his arm moved from around me.

"Why every time I see y'all, y'all always fighting?" Zay laughed.

I reversed it putting him in the headlock now, his big ass stood on his knees and started pinching me. I leaned back making us fall off the couch onto the floor.

"$50 Zayden get out of this." Zaydrien said.

"$50 Zayden whoop her ass when get up." Zay added.

"$100 even when he get out Mulan still come out with this W." Zayyir yelled.

Zayden got from under my headlock and pulled my head towards the floor, I scratched him making him let go. I wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck.

"Tap out!!" I yelled.

"Zay-fucking-Den if you don't whoop her ass, imma whoop your ass." Zaydrien yelled.

"Come on Mu, I got big bucks on you!" Zayyir yelled.

I held him tighter like uncle Mason taught me so he wouldn't be able to move. He started tapping the floor and I finally let him go jumping up and down.

"How you let a girl handle you?" Zaydrien asked.

"My nigga she a crackhead, she strong as fuck." Zayden defended his self.

"Mulan is a baby crackhead, she not normal." Zay laughed.

"Pardon me, I don't talk to you so don't you talk to me." I rapped looking at him.

"I ain't dissing on nobody beat, I'm vibing on the beat." Zayden rapped.

"Ayeee, honestly I'm tryna be. I just gotta be." I rapped next.

"Trying to get over on anything, they tryna tell lies to me." Zay added.

"Okay KodakZay's and Mulan Black, chill y'all piped." Zayyir laughed.

"Y'all could never let me be great." I frowned walking up the stairs.

"You left your phone ass hole." Zayden laid down on his bed.

"You just mad cause you tapped out first this time." I stuck my tongue out

"I could..." Zayden mumbled.

"You could what? Stop mumbling." I laughed.

"Nothing, what song is this?"

"Ellie Goulding x Love Me You Do." I answered singing along as he kept going through my music.

"Who JayBoogie?" He asked. I looked down and read the text.

"That's Jaylen." I said replying.

"Oh."

"Oh?"

"What?"

"What?"

"Mulan stop."

"You stop."

"I'm not doing anything."

"Alright then."

"Okay."

"Stop tryna get the last word."

"No, I can't let you out argue me, it doesn't work like that."

"Okay."

"You feel a type of way?"

"About?"

"WHAT ARE YOU WAITINGG FOOOOOOOOOOOR?" I yelled loudly to the song.

"You done?"

"I'm sorry, you can't not sing to that part. You have to."

"What would I feel a type of way about?"

"Jaylen, after I told you that he didn't cheat on me we talked some more and we agreed on being friends but I don't want you to feel a type of way."

"I can't tell you who you could talk to or not."

"Um yes the fuck you can because if I tell you I don't want you to talk to a certain bitch, you not talking to that bitch. Fuck you mean?" I looked at him.

"You can't tell me what to do, my mother dead and not coming back."

"Alright I'm not trying to be your mother but if I tell you I don't want you talking to a bitch, as your girlfriend you should respect that."

"That's a childish mindset, if I wanna talk to a female I am. Fuck you mean? As your boyfriend you should be able to trust me to know I ain't gon do shit."

"What the fuck does that mean? I want my boyfriend to be mean, won't even lol a bitch. Nobody want no friendly ass boyfriend, you out your damn mind."

"This not no dictatorship or marriage, it's a relationship. You see a ring on either of our finger? You not bout to tell me where to go, who to talk to or what I could do. You out your damn mind, I ain't bout to take orders from no little ass girl."

"Alright." I started putting on my shoes, I grabbed my jacket along with my charger and headphones.

"Where you going Mulan? You not bout to leave."

"You can't tell me where to go, right? I asked a simple ass question that you could of said no or yes to but whatever. I'll respect my elders and leave."

I opened the door and Zaydrien fell making Zay fall. I rolled my eyes and stepped over them getting my car keys slamming their front door.

"Why are boys so damn stupid?" I groaned out loud.

Avery Whitaker | Re

"You ever felt like you was going to fall but didn't?" I asked looking over to Memo.

"Give me my damn baby." She got up grabbing her.

"She don't even like you." I laughed as Aspen started crying.

"Avery that's not funny." She tried to feed her but she just started crying louder.

"Why you holding her? You know she don't like you." Ma laughed grabbing Aspen.

"That's not funny." Memo said crying.

"I know you ain't crying." Pops looked up from his phone.

"I am, I can't even enjoy my first child because she never wants me or laughs when she's around me. I don't even know what I did." She was full blown sobbing and I turned my head.

I pursed my lips and drunk my soda. I looked at Memo and busted out laughing forgetting I had something in my mouth.

"Avery!" Ma said but she held her head down, I knew she was trying not to laugh.

"I'm sorry but she ugly as hell, I held it in as long as I could." I looked over at her and started laughing again.

"It's not funny, Memo I'm not laughing at you." Ma said laughing.

"Y'all two are so childish, Alyssa you suppose to be making her feel better." Dad said glaring at us.

"You can't say she not ugly as hell though." Ma laughed and I smacked her hand as we both started rolling.

My mother is my nigga yo.

"It's okay baby girl, she only two months she'll grow to like you then you'll wish she didn't. I know this little situation ain't making you cry." Dad said.

"It's other things." She was still crying.

"Like what?" I asked with my head turned so I couldn't see her face.

"Zay is leaving."

"For college? Which one?" Ma asked.

"The army, he enlisted in the army." She started crying harder and we all got quiet.

You know how everything turns serious and you just got to laugh? Like the situation not funny but it is?

"Avery get out!" Dad yelled.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean too.. It slipped." Mind y'all I was still laughing.

"It's not funny." Memo said running up to me and I slapped her harder than I intended to.

"Oh shit." Ma laughed.

"That was reflexes, I didn't mean to hit you like that. I'm sorry." I told her as she held her face crying.

"Avery what you on?" JC asked.

"Mason-"

"You took something from Mason?" Ma asked cutting me off.

"Yeah cause I ain't have no money and he free, feel me?"

"So stupid." Memo walked away.

"Memo ain't you forgetting your baby?" Ma asked making me laugh.

"Y'all two so childish, I swear." JC looked at us.

"JC you can't say that shit wasn't funny." Ma said, daddy looked around the room then laughed.

"You saw how Avery hand cupped her face perfectly? That shit was like slap." He imitated it and we all started dying.

My parent's my niggas for real.

Ivory Whitaker | Memo

"You driving all wild, how did you get your license?" I asked.

"Ivy, shut uppppp you so damn annoying." Josiah said slowing down.

"I don't care, I have my baby in the car and you driving all wild."

"That's my baby, you was just a egg donor." He laughed.

"You was just a egg donor." I mocked him.

"You look like you been crying."

"I have."

"Why?"

"My baby doesn't like me."

"Yes she do."

"No she doesn't."

"Yes she does." He pulled over on the side of the road.

"What are you doing?" I asked as he opened the door.

"Get out." He said getting out, I sighed getting out.

He took Aspen out of her car seat and started walking towards me. He told me to talk to her while he held her.

"Now pretend to walk away."

"What? No." He smacked his teeth.

"Nigga pretend to walk away." I did as said and pretended to walk away hearing her cries.

"Every time you leave her, she cries for a few." Josiah said as I walked back towards her and she started smiling reaching for me.

"Mommy's baby." I smiled grabbing her hand.

"See so shut your crybaby ass up." Josiah said.

I was about to get back in the car when I saw something. I squinted my eyes and walked towards it.

"Memo what you doing?"

"I see something."

"Give me my damn baby, you could go search for whatever you see by yourself." He took her from me.

"You a bitch." I walked over to it. I stood in front of the person towards a ally.

"You have any change?" She asked and I finally saw her face. 

"Journee?" I asked shocked.

"Mem-Memo?" She stuttered.

"What are you doing out here?" I asked her.

"I live here."

"As in this building..?"

"As in this sidewalk."

"Memo I wasn't going to come get you because I like living and my baby like living too but next time I won't come get you."

"That's your daughter? She's beautiful." Journee coughed and smiled.

"Journee?" Josiah asked tilting his head.

"Yeah." She nodded.

"What are you doing out here? You homeless?" He asked bluntly making me hit him.

"It's okay." She laughed coughing. "Yes I'm homeless."

"You remember my aunt Olivia?" I asked.

"Yes, she's married to the one that use to play too much."

"Yeah her." I laughed. "She has this shelter downtown, she'll help you get a job and let you stay. Tell her I sent you."

"Thank you Memo." She stood up and coughed.

"Your walking?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'm used to walking these days."

"We'll take you."

"Like hell we will, I don't speak French motherfucker." Josiah said. 

"Josiah, it's a ride. If she walks, she'll get there in like 3 days."

"You have money, it's called public transportation for a reason."

"Josiah it's a ride, she's not going to do anything."

"You never saw movies like this? It never ends well my nigga."

"Those movies pick up random people, I know her she was my best friend."

"Exactly was as past tense, you don't know homeless Journee."

"You're the reason we aren't friends anymore, we could give her a ride."

"Before I even came in the picture y'all wasn't friends."

"We are taking her!" I looked at him frowning.

"Fine, what the fuck ever." He walked towards the car.

"I'm sorry, he's dramatic."

"I'm sitting in the back with my baby, you drive." Josiah handed me the keys as I got in the driver seat and Journee got in the passenger seat.

"So how did you end up homeless?" I asked pulling off.

"You know how my mother always had hate towards me and she never did anything for me. After I slept with Josiah and you cut me off she wouldn't give me money to wash my clothes, for soap or anything so I was on my own. One day I came in the house and most of the name brand stuff you bought me was gone, I asked her did she take my clothes and she said she sold them to pay her car note. We got into a argument and she kicked me out. Ever since then I've been on my own."

"How long ago was this?"

"Five months ago." She put her head down and I frowned feeling guilty.

"Why didn't you come to me?"

"Because I did you so wrong, I didn't deserve you as a friend. You shouldn't even be helping me right now, your heart is so big and that's why I always took advantage of you." She wiped her tears.

"You never took advantage of me, I helped you all those years because I'm a good person. I knew when to say no to you and when not to." I looked at her then back at the road.

"I understand, thank you for helping me all those years and even now."

"Have you been going to school?" I asked.

"No, I probably won't even graduate."

"How about I come get you tomorrow and we make a plan with Dawson so you could graduate and possibly get a job?"

"I can't ask you to do that." She shook her head.

"Good thing you ain't asking." I smirked pulling over to the shelter.

"Thank you. I'll see you tomorrow right?"

"Yeah, this is my number. Don't lose it." I handed her a piece of paper.

"Thank you Memo." She smiled.

"And this is my last hundred hold on Josiah how much you got?"

"Enough for me."

"Josiah." I glared at him.

"Nigga I'm not you, I can't just be giving out money, I'm broke." He glared back at me.

"I'll give it back to you."

"You annoying as hell yo." He grabbed his wallet pulling out three hundred bills.

"Okay this is $420, this should be enough for like a week. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, see you tomorrow." She nodded getting her bag.

Josiah ignorant self got some Lysol wipes and started wiping the seats down. After he was done he got in the car shaking his head.

"What?" I asked reversing out the parking lot.

"You too nice for your own good."

"Shut up." I mumbled.

I might have just changed her life, everyone deserves a chance.
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