ONE WEEK LATER
NOLA POV
I was finally home and able to walk normally kinda.Healing from fractured ribs wasnt no joke. Me and Kimmy decided we wanted to take whatever we were doing slow.
"Lets go Noliana!" Auntie called upstairs.
"Im coming damn!"
Kimmy just looked at me while i struggled to put on my pants.
"Bitch you can stand there and stare or you can help me get these bitches on"
"Put on another pair dumbass."
"No! I picked out this outfit with these pants"
It was a big ass struggle to put these pants on.
"Girl you better come on before she march up here on some MLK shit."
We were laughing.
"I heard that kimmy! Yall lil
hoes got 2 mintues. Im leaving with or without yall."
"Correction! Nola got two mintues. Im ready to go."
I finally got the pants on and ran downstairs
"If we late, Nola imma beat yo ass."
Kimmy laughed.
"Kimmy keep laughing and imma punch you too"
We finally arrived to Auntie's Ex-husbands grand opening for his new club.
"Oue Kimmy. You should get my name tatted"
"What? where did that come from? I wish i would get yo dumb ass name on me."
"Wow. What a bestfriend"
"I know right."
"Whatever bastard. Let's go get some food. Im hungry"
"You're hungry? We just fucking ate."
"Okay and? I know they got some polish sausages 'round here. I need like 5 of em."
"Thats why yo fat ass cant fit yo pants now. Steady eating every fucking thing."
"Shut the fuck up Kimmy. Let me eat what I want."
"Yeah but just know when yo ass get fat im dumping you and im not talking about just this one," she said smacking my ass harrrddddd.
"What the fuck!"
Kimmy smirked walking away to the BBQ stand. This girl was something else i tell you.
"That shit hurted!!" I called after her.
When I reached the stand I immediately said my order.
"Unc, let me get 3 polish sausages, mac/cheese and spaghetti. What you want baby?"
"I just want rib tips."
"BASIC!" I yelled in her ear.
We found some seats and sat down in the club
I looked over to Kimmy picking at her Ribs. She never does that with her food.
"Baby, whats wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You sure?"
"Yeah,"she said giving me a small smile kissing my cheek.
As i smeared BBQ sauce on her face , a man hopped on the mic.
"Alright Alright yall. We gon start our lil Karaoke competition in about 30 mins so get yall vocal cords ready because the winner get $1000!"
I nudged kimmy.
"Hey, you should try. You could use to money."
"Im good"
"Why not baby? You can easily win with that voice of yours."
"Im not in the mood Nola. Im just not in the mood," she said getting up and leaving.
I decided to let her air out whatever she needed. I was tired of her steady leaving me. We gon talk about that when we get home
Its been about a hour since i've heard from Kimmy.
"Now yall, this next girl look like she got a voice on her. GIVE IT UP FOR KIMMY ESMERALDAAAA!"
I looked up with my eyes widen while one of Kimmys rib tips was hanging out my mouth.
"Hi."
She was so nervous. I could tell. My poor baby.
"I just wanted to sing a lil something. I've been feeling down today. My late dads birthday is next week. So, this song I always wanted to master to sing a duet with him but it was too late for that so here goes nothing."
The melody for Yesterday by Mary Mary started to play.
Kimmy could NEVERRR get down the vocals for this with her light voice.
As the instruments played, Kimmy rocked back and forth with her head down.
I had enough heartache and enough headache
I've had so many ups and downs
Don't know how much more I can take
See, I decided that I cried my last tear yesterday
Either I'm going to trust you or I may as well walk away
'Cause stressing don't make it better
Don't make it better, no way
See, I decided that I cried my last tear yesterday
Yesterday, oh, yesterday, I decided to put my trust in you
Oh, oh, yesterday, yesterday, I realized that you would bring me through
There ain't nothing too hard for my god, no
Any problems that I have
He's greater than them all, so
I decided that I cried my last tear yesterday
The way she sung those words on the stage touched me.
I had lost my whole appetite and my face was soaked in tears.
Everybody in the crowd was cheering so loud for my baby. This was her way out. I just know it is.
She was still on the stage crying, almost hyperventilating.
I had to go and get her off the stage.
On the way to the table, people would pat her back with encouraging words. I hope she heard them.
Auntie made her way over to our table when we got there.
"You did a nice job Kimmy."
"You did baby."
"Do you want to go home? We dont have to stay."
"Naw. I want my damn money."
"Thats what im talking about baby. Prosper. God got you. Got got us. You know Your dad is smiling so hard right now seeing his baby girl sing like that."
"Thank you Auntie. I really appreciate it.
"No problem baby."
Not long after the man got back on the mic.
"I want to thank ALL of the lovely people who got up here and sung for us butttttt we all know who is gonna take home this money. DRUMROLL PLEASEEEEE."
Everybody patted their tables and thighs.
"KIMMY ESMERALDAAAAA! come up here and get your money girl!"
Before Kimmy went up to the stage, she gave me a kiss rushing many emotions through my body. Some naughty emotions 😏
The man handed her the prize.
"Congratulations Kimmy. Im sorry about your dad."
"Thank you."
"Im not a producer or artist but I know that voice you have is special. Dont waste it."
"I wont. trust me."
She walked back to the table.
"Im ready to go nowwwww."
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Sweet and nice chapter.
Next might be ☕️, we'll see 😏
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