Brooklyn
"How i look?" i asked as Dede took my picture.
"High and fast" he answered.
"I'm not fast, gimme my damn phone" i said.
"Don't ask me no mo' since you don't appreciate me" he said.
"I do. I love you Dede" i said kissing his cheek.
"Move back heffa" he said.
"BROOK" dad yelled.
"Yes?" I asked walking up to him.
"Go change and then i need you to go get me some lighter fluid" he said.
"Dede here" i said.
"His ass gone ask for some money, and i don't never get my change back" he said.
"Dad i can't" i said.
"Why you can't?" he asked looking at me.
"You high?" he asked.
"As Cooter Brown" i said.
"I don't even know why i got kids" he said shaking his head.
"Ok first of all, I'm hurt" i said.
"Go inside and change" he repeated.
I kissed my teeth and he snapped his neck towards me.
"Do it again!" he said as i went inside.
"MA" i yelled walking into the kitchen.
"Don't come in here with that shit Brooklyn, I'm tryna focus" she said preparing two pans of macaroni and cheese.
"Dad wants me to change" i pouted.
She looked up at my bathing suit.
"You knew damn well he wasn't gone let you wear that" she said.
"Really, you're on his side?" I asked.
"Don't really me. Just go and put on another one, this is a hard day for your dad don't fight with him. That goes for your siblings too" she said.
"What's today again?" I asked.
"It's the day his friend was killed in front of him. Dom died trying to save Dave. They were beefing at the time, but Dave went to visit Dom's older brother to let him know what happened and it turns out Dom was protecting Dave" she said.
"What?" I asked.
"He said Dom was only giving Dave a hard way to go because no one else could. He had told the whole hood your daddy was off limits after he got out of the streets. We also thought Dom had shot at your brothers when they were kids, but it turned out it was really the dude who killed Dom. Dom was a lot of things including petty and envious, but he never wanted Dave hurt" ma explained.