Tania Brooks | Nia ✨
"Alright ladies, you can go home. We got a big game tomorrow, be prepared" Coach said once she blew her whistle
I got up off the ground and followed behind the rest of the team. Grabbing my gym bag out of my locker, I set it on my right shoulder grabbing my phone taking out my headphones.
As soon as Lil Herb On My Soul was about to blare through my ears, I got an incoming call. They better have a good reason for interrupting my favorite song.
"You're interrupting my favorite song, you got five seconds to explain why you called"
"Damn lil bit, I can't check on you ?"
"You interrupted my Lil Herb session, everyone knows that's from 12 to whenever I fall asleep" I said as I opened my back car door
"So I call you before ?"
"Yes"
"But you aren't a morning person"
"Rashad shut up, shit" I got inside the drivers seat closing the door
"I'm just saying honestly" He laughed
"Yeah whatever" I rolled my eyes "Where's Jayla ?"
"Right he— shit"
"Rashad, where is Jayla ?"
"She was playing with these blocks on the floor, she probably in the— Get the hell out that cabinet girl !"
Cries were soon heard on the line and he sighed. He knows he scares her with her deep ass voice.
"Stop yelling at her"
"She bad as fuck, I don't know where she get that from"
"She's only 1 and she got it from your big bobble head ass"
"Yeah, whatever" He laughed "How you holding up down there ?"
"I miss him, a lot. I catch myself staring at pictures of us"
"You gon' be alright, he looking down at you with a smile on his face"
"I know, it's just overwhelming when it'll hit me at once. I usually get in this depressed mood and I've already blacked out once"
"You tried getting some help ?"
"Yeah, I got a few. I don't like therapist though, I feel like they trying to diagnose me with some"
"Well you—"
"No, I just closure and reassurance that I'll be okay. I don't need you diagnosing me with anything and giving me pills thinking that shit will work"
"Maybe you should write in a journal or something, let yourself read how you feeling and shit"
I sat in my car and thought for a second. He actually said something very smart in these years I've known him.
"You actually do have a brain"
"I been had a brain, it just wasn't there all the way"
"Oh it wasn't there alright" I said
"Fuck you" He laughed "How soccer ?"
"I got a game tomorrow"
"I hope you lose"
"You still on that shit from High School ?" I laughed
"Hell yeah, so you might as well give me my hundred through the mail"
"Nigga, I'm hanging up. You play too much" I shook my head
"Yeah, whatever. I'll let you get back to Lil Herbert or whate—"
"Nigga, don't even play with him. Who the fuck is Lil Herb though ?" I questioned "His name G Herbo, fuck is you talking about ?"
"Well damn"
"You knew lil nigga"
"Alright big nigga"
I hung up the phone and set it in the cup holder. I drove to my dorm and laid on my bed after I took a shower. As soon as my eyes were close to shutting, my phone rung again.
"You have a collect call from..."
I listened to the automatic voicemail like I do every other time. I waited a few minutes before his voice finally said something.
"Wassup lil bit ?"
"Nun, I was about to go to sleep but you called. I haven't talked to you in a few days, what happened ?"
"I got put in the solitary for some dumb shit"
"You fought didn't you ?"
"Man, that nigga wasn't about to play with me all types of way"
"Quit fighting in there, you could risk the chance of you getting out early"
"I know and I'll chill out for now"
"You better chill out the while time while you in there"
"I will man"
"You got any news on your release ?"
"I could be getting out in a few months, that's all my lawyer telling me"
"Seriously though, don't act up no more"
"Alright I got you"
The automatic voice stated we have thirty seconds left and I dreaded hearing that every time. I hated it with a passion.
"I'll call you back tomorrow, love you lil bit"
"Love you too, be good"
"I will"
I hung up and laid my head back down on the pillow. I really didn't imagine how everything would happen. I soon drifted off to sleep as I had my headphones playing Lil Herb in my ear.
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