Love Thy Neighbor ~ Part 2

Remember When Daddy Came Home?

I sat down with Jade as they got ready at the alter.
Mazzi: 🎶 Swing low🎶
Boys: 🎶Sweet chariot🎶
Here goes nothing...
The beat drops.
Shaka: 🎶Yo, what up? Let me tell you how it really swing🎶
Mazzi, Shaka: 🎶Hit me🎶
Boys: 🎶Swing, swing, swing, low, low, low.
Swing, swing, swing, low, low, low. Swing, swing, swing, low, low, low. Swing, swing, swing, Amen🎶
Mazzi: 🎶Swing a little low, Coming in a drop-top, black Lambo🎶
Boys: 🎶Amen🎶
Shaka: 🎶Forget about the chariot runnin' like Harriet from the popo🎶
Boys: 🎶Swing low, swing low, yo yo yo🎶
Elvis: 🎶Coming in a black Lambo🎶
Grayson: 🎶Windows all tinted 22s on my chariot, let me finish🎶
Shaka: 🎶If you get there way before I do🎶
Mazzi: 🎶Chopping up with the crew let them know I'm coming through🎶
Boys: 🎶 swing swing, low low low. Swing swing swing, low low low. Swing swing swing, low low low.
Swing swing swing, Amen!🎶 🙏🏿
All the kids, Cocoa, and Mr. McKellan start clapping for them, but I can tell Mr. Jeb didn't like it very much.
~Time Skip~
The boys were giving high-fives to some kids in the hallway after church.
Grayson: "Call me later."
Y/n: "Don't call him."
He glared at me.
Y/n: "Anyways, great show guys!"
Jade: "Based on your Insta story, I booked you a paid gig at Pretty Boy's later today."
Boys: "Yes!"
Grayson: "Cool! How much?"
Jade: "All the French fries you can eat."
Elvis: "Oh, I knew you could do it, baby."
He said side hugging Jade.
Jade: "Boy, please."
M'Dear and Mr. Jeb walk out of his office.
Mazzi: "So what did you think, Grandpa?"
Jeb: "I thought that was blasphemous."
I sigh. He didn't like it. The boys start cheering.
Elvis, Y/n: "No, no, no!"
M'Dear: "No! Shaka, boys, that is not a good thing. It means that you are dishonoring Jesus."
Jeb: "What were you boys thinking?"
Mazzi: "I thought we sounded great."
Grayson: "Yeah, I thought the crowd loved us."
Elvis: "I thought step ball change was step change ball and it threw me off."
Jade: "Grandpa, didn't you see how they got everybody feeling the spirit?"
Jeb: "This is the house of the Lord. I can't believe my grandchildren brought that hippity-hoppity nonsense up in here! You will never perform here again."
He walked away. What I thought would happen, actually happened.
M'Dear: "Well, your grandfather is gonna need some time to come around, but I thought you boys were perfect."
Mazzi: "Really?"
M'Dear: "Yes. Grayson, you were a little pitchy. And Shaka, you have got to tone down that dirty dancing. Mazzi, don't try so hard. And Elvis, well, I don't know what you were doing, but you gave it your all."
We all look at her crazy as she walks away.
Shaka: "Thanks a lot Jade!"
Jade: "What did I do? Y/n helped me."
Y/n: "I mean....you picked the song..."
I said quietly.
Jade: "As your manager, I thought it was a good choice."
Grayson: "Well, you managed us out of a job."
Jade: "But..I just booked you a paid gig at Pretty Boy's."
Elvis: "I'm not worried about Pretty Boy's. We're in trouble with the Lord."
Grayson: "Yeah. We don't need your help anymore."
Mazzi walks forward.
Mazzi: "You're fired."
Shaka: "Yeah. Give us back our 5%."
Jade: "Well...you can have it."
She throws her hand at us as we were now crowded up to her. We lean back.
Jade: "Because 5% of nothing is nothing."
She walks away mad.
Y/n: "Well, that was great."
Grayson: "No reason to worry."
Mazzi: "Yeah! We can do it without Jade."
Shaka: "Plus, we have you."
~Time Skip~
I was laying on my bed thinking about today. I wrote in my journal about it. I said what I wrote as I went.
Y/n: "I kind...of feel bad for.... Jade, but I can't... really d-"
My phone started to ring. It was Jade.
Y/n: "Hello?"
Jade: "Y/n. You've got to help me."
Y/n: "With..."
Jade: "I need to prove to the boys that their missing out. You know they can't manage their money."
Y/n: "Uh, I don't know Jade. They seemed pretty certain..."
Jade: "Please. I'll do anything!"
Y/n: "Let me have... 50% of your profit, cause they don't give me anything."
Jade: "Deal. I was gonna make them give me 15% of theirs' anyways."
~The Next Day~
The plan to help Jade is simple. I pretend to be sick and set the sound system off. More detailed though, I leave to go to the 'bathroom' which means nobody is working the sound system. Make it sound bad, they'll HAVE to ask Jade because she's the only person that can fix the 'problem'. I'll come back in and actually fix the problem.
Right now, I'm setting up my equipment before the show.
Shaka: "Sooo, how's it coming over here?"
Y/n: "Good, I guess..."
Shaka: "What's wrong?"
Y/n: "My stomach isn't feeling right."
Shaka: "Do you need to eat something?"
Y/n: "Uh, no, I should be good."
Shaka: "Ok. If you need anything, let me know."
Y/n: "Ok, love you."
I kissed his cheek.
Shaka: "Love you too."
He went back to practicing with the rest of the group.
~Time Skip~
They just finished performing their first song.
Shaka: "Are you ok over here?"
He said walking towards me.
Y/n: "I think I'm gonna be sick....I'm going to the restroom. And to answer your question, no you can't come with me."
I ran to the nearest exit and listened through the door. I hear the sound going crazy and booing.
Jade: "I'm going in."
Y/n: "Ok."
She walked past me and through the door. I watched as she sat at a table.
Mazzi: "We'll be right back after a quick break."
They step off the stage.
Grayson: "Jade, help us!"
Elvis: "Y/n is sick and since she isn't here, the sound is messed up and the lights aren't working."
Shaka: "And the girls are still screaming, but I don't like what they're saying."
Jade: "Mm. Sounds like you need another manager. Too bad you don't have one."
Elvis turns.
Elvis: "You shouldn't have fired your cute manager."
They all look at him and I cock my head confused.
Shaka: "Who said that?"
Elvis: "Yeah, who said that?"
He looks at the guy behind him.
Elvis: "Stay out of our business."
I laugh as the guy puts his hands up.
Mazzi: "What would it take to get our manager back?"
Jade: "A little respect and 15%."
Mazzi: "15%?!"
Shaka: "A little respect?!"
Elvis: "Dude, just give it to her."
Mazzi sighs.
Mazzi: "Let's huddle."
The crowd starts booing even louder.
Jade: "Hurry up, boys. Your crowd is turning on you."
Mazzi: "Okay, Jade. We'll give you your 15%, but we draw the LINE at respecting you."
Jade: "I'm good with that. I'm only in it for the money."
They shake on it.
Shaka: "All right."
My time to come back. I walk in the door.
Shaka: "Y/n, are you ok?"
Y/n: "Oh, yeah, I was fine the whole time. I was helping out Jade."
Shaka looks at me surprised, then he laughed.
Shaka: "Well, you fooled me."
He walked up on the stage as I went to the sound system.
Jade: "Thank you so much Y/n."
Y/n: "No problem! You know I've got you."
We do our handshake.
Y/n: "All right, ladies and gentlemen... once again, give it up for Mazzi and the Miracles."
The crowd boos.

The crowd cheers as they finished. Now time for ALL THE FRENCH FRIES I CAN EAT!
~The Next Day~
We were sitting in Sunday service as Mr. Jeb talked. I feel really bad for making him mad last Sunday.
Jeb: "Well, since... I'm not gonna let my old ways stop progress... guys, the stage is yours."
They all look at me.
Y/n: "Why'd you look at me? I didn't do this. Go ahead!"
Mazzi: "Thanks grandpa. We won't let you down."
Jade took out her phone to record.

Props to me for the choreo 😌
Jade, once again, killed it with the outfits.
~Time Skip~
Jeb: "I know the angels in heaven are rejoicing. Ami?"
He sticks his hand out.
Ami: "Daddy wants to go first."
Mr. McKellan laughs.
Moz: "You're right. I do."
He walks into the water.
Jeb: "Son, do you want to testify?"
Moz: "Yes, sir. I recently fell..."
He points.
Moz: "Right over there... and hit my head so hard that I blacked out. Scary, right?"
We all agreed.
Moz: "Except it wasn't. I felt the presence of the Divine and, not only did it feel amazing, it...it felt familiar. And now I realize that I've always felt it. God has always protected me."
Jeb: "Amen."
Crowd: "Amen"
Moz: "And now I want to recommit my life to Him. Let's do it, Dad."
Moz gets on his knees to where his shoulders were still seen.
Jeb: "Moses...I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit."
Mr. Jeb lays him back but struggles to pull him back up. Moz stands up.
Jeb: "You're a big one."
We all clap for him. M'Dear starts singing and the boys join in.
Jeb: "Ami, would you like to testify?"
Ami sighs nervously and looks at me. I nod that it's ok and she walks in the water.
Ami: "I prayed to God and he told me he has my back. Grandpa, baptize me!"
He lays her back with ease. She comes up and we all start clapping.
Ami: "That was fun! Do it again!"
Jeb: "Oh no, Ami. One dunk per baptism."
M'Dear starts singing again, but this time we all join in.

Dedicated to Marie Bianchetta

Slick's Dojo
Do you guys like longer but less chapters?
Like for one episode, every chapter is almost 2000 words.
Or do you like shorter but more chapters?
As in for one episode, every chapter is almost 1000 words?