Maybe Someday • Chris Brown

Fed Up

Riley.

Mama J dropped me back off at home around seven or seven thirty, and by that time Reagan and Raheem were back home. When I came in the house, everyone was watching FreeForm's 25 Days Of Christmas special, since Christmas was only a week away. All six eyes were on me the second I walked in, then they reverted back to the tv. I shut the door behind me and kicked my shoes off by the door. "Hey to y'all too." I remarked.

"Really wish you could have been with us today. Didn't we have fun, Rah?" Reagan said. Raheem nodded and looked at me. "Yep, but you know, you were too tired to go with us, but perfectly fine to go to India's."

I left their measly comments unacknowledged, not even expressing a reaction, and headed upstairs. I didn't feel like hearing them try to guilt trip me into feeling bad for not going with them. The second I reached my room, I took off my jeans and jacket, leaving me in my tank top and compression shorts. I shut my light off and snuggled myself in my covers, turning on my 21 savage pandora. I usually listen to Sade or Boyz II Men, but I refused to get in my feelings any more over Chris, and I know it'll happen. Gotta get on my savage mode from now on because I'm so done with him. This time, I mean it. I bobbed my head simultaneously to the beat of X as I scrolled through Instagram. My vibe was interrupted by my phone's ringtone sounding. I picked up the phone and answered, for Michael. "Yo?"

"Aye why you in bed? Party start at nine thirty, get up!" He demanded. I completely forgot about that. "I said I'll think about going. I didn't say I was."

"Well I just continued your thought process for you, and you going... So get up and get ready 'cause I'a be on my way in forty five." He hung up the phone before I could get my response out. Placing my phone on my belly, I stared at the ceiling, thinking about whether or not Michael will be wasting his gas if he tried to pick me up. Everyone knows I'm really not into parties like that, plus I will loathe seeing Chris. Then again, I want to see him, just so I could tell his ass off.

Fuck it.

I got out of bed and dug in my drawer for some pajama pants. When I found Raheem's Calvin Klein flannel pajama pants, I put them on and headed downstairs. My family was in the same spot they were in when I went upstairs. "Papa can I talk to you?" I asked, referring to my dad. I knew for a fact I was being overly disrespectful earlier and I'm never like that with my daddy, so I owe him an apology. He sighed and removed Reagan's feet off of his lap, standing up, and waving his arms towards the kitchen. I stepped off the steps and followed him, while hearing a "nice pants you got on, they look real familiar." from Raheem. He got a sarcastic smile in return. Daddy sat down at the kitchen table and I sat across from him. "Hi" I cheesed at an uninterested Richard. "What do you want, Riley?"

"To apologize." I told him. "I do realize I was being mad disrespectful earlier and you know I'm not like that with you, unless we're joking."

He leaned back in his seat and folded his arms across the chest. "Mhm, you must want something." I rejected with a head shake. "No. Well, I do, but that's not why I'm apologizing. I really mean this."

"Well alright Mariah. I accept your apology."

"Don't you think I need one too? You yelled at me." I told him. He jerked back and shook his head no. "I yelled at you because you thought you were grown, getting smart with me." I laughed and shrugged, letting him know I understand him. "Alright, alright."

Daddy joined me in laughter, then died it down. "So Riley, you wanna tell me why you've been acting so different lately? I know it has something to do with what's his name? Curtis?"

I rolled my eyes at the thought of the person whose name he was trying to make out. "Chris. And it's not really a big deal pops. I swear."

"It is a big deal. For the last two or three days you've been anti social with all of us. And you're always in a good mood around Christmastime; it's your favorite holiday. Now I already didn't like him as much because I felt a weird vibe coming from him from the get go, so what's up with him?"