There's so many positive 4 letter words:
Love
Like
Hope
Care
Life
Then there's negative:
Hate
Evil
Dead
For once in her life Desdemona wanted to hear negative. The word in itself: Negative. Instead she heard positive. Her whole world came tumbling d...
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It's a little past 9a.m. and the Miami sun still has no chill. I walk through the patio doors into my backyard feeling fresh from the shower I just took, but already feeling the heat. The way that sun landed on me made me feel like I was immediately drenched in sweat as I wore a robe and slippers. When I walk out and see Desdemona sitting on the ledge of the pool in a bikini with her legs in the water, Paloma sunbathing on the side of the pool, and Jordan on a unicorn pool floatie floating across the water I say, "Y'all feignin'. It's not even 10a.m. and y'all already by the pool."
I stop by the pool looking at each of them. Paloma lowers her sunglasses looking up at me then saying, "And you feigning coming out here with all that jewelry on at 9:46 in the morning. You ain't goin' nowhere. Who you tryna stunt for? Put it back in the jewelry box." She raises her sunglasses back up holding her head up continuing to roast under the sun.
I suck my teeth responding, "This is how bosses wake up. Went to sleep drippin', woke up drippin'." I brush myself off seeing Desdemona shake her head with a chuckle.
"Last I recalled you just became a boss a couple of weeks ago...with my help. Slow down, playboy," Desdemona says making me look at her sideways.
"Ewww, did y'all all wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Is it insult Draco day? The owner of this house, the one who flew y'all out here? I just came to tell y'all breakfast was ready no thanks to you all. Why you were all chilling by the pool, Athena was cooking."
"Well, that's nice of her. We already ate though," Paloma responds.
"I'm still hungry though," Desdemona says scooping water from the pool putting it on her thighs for some reason. I guess to cool off. "What did she fix?"
"Get up and find out yourself," I say being petty still feeling a type of way from the insults earlier. She had sunglasses on, but I could tell there was a glare on her face behind them. When she flicks me off I say in shock, "You're sassy this morning. Soon you'll be cussing." I was making fun because I had never heard her cuss in a mean spirited way. Only casually, but not often.
