SHE

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What time will you be dropping my babies off?

6 or 7

Alright

The shops are closed on Sunday so Mercy was free for the day. "What do you want to do today? I don't want to sit in the house" It was 11 in the morning and Anthony came over Mercy's house at 10.

"Want to go to the African American Festival near College Town?" Mercy contemplated it and agreed. "Let me go get ready"

[This is a real thing in Rochester, NY during the summer]

Mercy has not been to the African American Festival in a while. It consists of food and clothing stands and performances and just a lot of activities to bring the African American community together.

She hopped in the shower for a quick 5 minutes and started getting dressed. Deciding on a basic outfit of distressed and patched jeans, white ribbed backless bodysuit and her bright orange high top Converse sneakers.

At the shop yesterday, Mercy had Ramona put in a curly sew in with a closure before both of their next clients. Moisturizing and fluffing the curls, Mercy was ready to go. She grabbed a mini bookbag and stuffed her essentials in it. Band aids, gum, ointment, lip gloss, tampons, pads, liners, money, license, debit card, nail clipper, stain stick and many other things that she may need in case of an incident.

"I'm ready! And I'm driving"

She ran downstairs and went in the hall closet to grab chairs to sit in during the festival. Anthony grabbed the chairs from her hand and they went about their day.

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When they arrived, parking was good because it was still early. People don't usually arrive until 1, that's when it gets crazy packed.

Mercy and Anthony found a good spot for their chairs under a tree where there is shade. There were some performances going on, but not anything major.

"Take some pictures of me, please?" Mercy asked, handing Anthony her already unlocked phone.

She stood up and started to pose with the tree. After she did the lowkey and basic poses, she started to turn and show off her body.

"Yaaaaassssss!" Mercy heard a familiar voice yell. She turned around and was faced with Journey and her friends. Mercy stopped posing for the pictures and faced her sister.

"Hi sister!" Mercy yelled as she jumped on Journey. Mercy began to attack Journey's face with kisses causing Journey to loudly squeal.

"You two are embarrassing me. Get off of her" Anthony muttered as he pulled Mercy off of Journey. Mercy got herself together and introduced Anthony and her sister to each other.

"Journey this is my friend, Anthony. Anthony this is my little sister, Journey" They both greeted each other and shook hands.

"Mercy and Anthony these are my homegirls, Becca, Leilani and Octavia. And vice versa"

Everyone greeted each other and set up their chairs and such under the same tree. "Mercy come on, I want to go buy some stuff" Journey said as she pulled Mercy up from her chair. Octavia and Becca got up together to go check out some stands.