Lost

A Little Time

Kimi and Daniella were getting ready for church when their mother came into the room and told they were staying home because she was sick.

Almost as soon as the door was closed, the girls began shedding their church attire and began pulling on street clothes.

"Let's go have breakfast," Daniella suggested, knowing that if they stayed in the house too long, Ashly and Joslyn were going to dump their babies on her and dip.

Kimi agreed and the two left the house and got into Daniella's car and headed for the Square. "I don't have to work tomorrow," Daniella told Kimi as they headed into the Masquerade.

"Sweet. Let's go to the cider mill."

"Cool."

The girls got inside and noticed Crisha was there with her younger sister, Evonna. "Hi, Kimi!" Evonna greeted enthusiastically, causing her sister to look up from the game that she was playing.

"Shouldn't you to be in church?" she asked, getting up and coming over to them.

"Our mama is sick, so she stayed home and we having breakfast," Daniella informed her. "What you doing?"

"We was waiting on my daddy to get here. I told him I would spend some time with the brat."

"I can hear you," Evonna reminded her.

Crisha rolled her eyes as her father called and told her that he couldn't get out of work and to just have breakfast without him.

"Y'all wanna all sit together?" Crisha asked Daniella and Kimi who exchanged a look and shrugged.

The four made their way to a table and Evonna asked to play Pacman on her phone. Crisha passed the device over and turned to Kimi and Daniella. "What y'all doing tomorrow?" she wondered.
"Going to the cider mill when Kimi get outta school. I'ma pick her up. What's up?"

"Oooh, can I come?" Evonna asked.

Daniella looked to Crisha and Crisha rolled her eyes. "Ain't you going to the movies with ya daddy tomorrow, little girl?"

"Never mind, Kimi's Sister."

Kimi laughed. It was so nice to hear someone being recognized as her sister. All the time, she was called one of her brothers' or Daniella's sister. No one bothered learning her name. That was her identifier.

"She has a name, Evonna," Crisha scolded.

"What's your name, Kimi's Sister?"

"My name is Daniella, Crisha's Sister."

Evonna's brows furrowed. "My name is Evonna."

Daniella and Crisha chuckled, but Kimi shook her head.

A waitress came over to the group and Kimi passed her menu over, already knowing what she wanted. The only person at the table who seemed to be indecisive was Evonna. "Hot chocolate and French toast for her," Crisha said, snatching the menu from her sister.

"What if I don't want that?" Evonna asked.

"What would you like, sweetie?" the waitress asked.

"That," Evonna mumbled and Crisha rolled her eyes.

"Be nice to her, Cri," Kimi ordered. "That's the only sister you got."

"Daniella, you always nice to Kimi?"

"Yes," Daniella answered with her sister.

"Y'all so weird," Crisha decided.

Kimi and Daniella exchanged a look and shrugged together. That was a statement they had heard so many times over the years and had come to accept.