Noel
Thursday, November 16
Dana and I both sat quietly at the table, eating breakfast. I made me some waffles and she ate some eggs with bacon. Although I kept my head down most of the time to avoid any kind of contact with her, I knew she was staring me down. I could feel it
"Oh Goodmorning" my momma greeted us as she walked into the kitchen. She looked tired as hell but she was so used to waking up around this time every morning since Dana and I were little. She looked over at Dana and furrowed her brows
"I thought you would be gone for work"
"What made you think that?" Dana rudely asked, shoving a forkful of eggs into her mouth. I rolled my eyes and continued eating my waffles
"Dana... Girl" my momma said with a laugh as she went into the fridge.
"Disrespectful ass" I mumbled which made Dana glare at me
"Noel.. do you really wanna start?"
"No, the question is do you wanna start Dana?"
"Aye y'all two cut it out. It's too early in the morning for all of that" momma fussed, pouring herself some apple juice "Noel, you need to make sure you ready for school before ya' lil boyfriend come pick you up"
"That's IF he be takin' her to school"
My eyes shot over to Dana and my momma sat the apple juice down
"Whatchu mean by that?"
"She always tryina start somethin. Unlike her, ion have nothin' to hide" I said with a shrug and she put her fork down
"Oh really. Well pull ya' hair back and let momma see them pretty little marks on your neck sis"
"Marks on your neck?" Momma questioned
I glared at Dana and she wore an evil smirk on her face. She really wanted to be ignorant and play this game?
"Noel, whats on your neck?" Momma asked, walking over to me and I shrugged
"Nothing. Don't pay Dana any attention"
"Girl bye. You got hickeys all on yo neck, don't play!" She started getting loud. I smacked my lips and picked up the syrup bottle, throwing it at her
"Shut the fuck up, DAMN!"
Dana immediately jumped up and tried to reach across the table at me but momma stopped her
"NOEL AND DANA, STOP IT NOW!"
"No! I'm sick of Noel and that dumb shit. You better control your daughter!" Dana argued and I looked at her some type of way
"Mind yo' business and shit won't be thrown at you! PERIOD!"
Dana tried to charge at me again but she was stopped
"Dana you a grown ass woman. Look at how stupid you look arguing with a teenager" Momma told her. She smacked her lips
"Really ma!? You always tryina pull that teenager excuse every time I get ready to beat on Noel. It's getting aggravating forreal. Noel think she a grown woman too so like I've said many times before, she can get beat like one"
"Did you ever hear me say anything about being grown? NO so shut up"
Dana leaned against the table and poked her head around Momma "you obviously think you grown. Out here having sex and shit with a nigga you BARELY even know"
