𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐔 ৎ୭

XXVI

Mercedes April Porter
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

"Stop by tha liquor store." I say.

He pulls into the parking lot and I hop out. I go to the liquor section in the back.

D walks up behind me.

"Why'd you get out?" I ask looking at handles of liquor.

"Case somebody bother you." He mumbles walking towards the ice machine.

"Baby get me sum soda." I tell him.

I grab the Casamigos Blanco and sum lil cookies to snack on.

We walk up to the counter together and sit out stuff down.

"Gimme dem backwoods." He points behind the counter.

"91.64" The pretty Mexican lady says.

I toss her a hundred dollar bill and he gives me the dirtiest look.

"Why you paid?" He mugs me.

"You always pay, damn. Let me pay sometimes, I got it." I roll my eyes.

"Keep the change." I say since it's less than 10.

"She ain't card you?" He whispers as we leave.

"They know me." I shrug.

"Here." I hand him his bag.

He drives to his house. We get out and he opens the door for us.

"Foe I forget, get me a copy of yo new keys." He demands.

"Why?" I sit down on the couch.

"If youn gimme keys then I'm changing my locks too." He shrugs.

"Hm." I hold out the copy I made him.

"?" He looks at me confused.

"Take em." I hand him the keys.

"Damn, got my initials and everything." He chuckles, jingling them.

"Get yo shot glasses out. That argument at the restaurant killed my buzz." I take off my shoes and curl up on the couch.

"You drink too much." He mumbles, reaching in his cabinet.

"Whenever you around me, you drink too much too." I get on my phone.

"You on yo phone too much too." He shakes his head.

"You hoe around too much."

"How much you wanna bet yo kidneys suicidal right about now?" He sits down 6 glasses on the table.

"How much you wanna bet you got about 5 STDs right about na'?" I chuckled.

"If I got sumn, you'd have it. Yeen itching so shut up." He waves me off.

"I'm vaccinated from HPV, and both Hepatitis' you the one that's gone be pissing blood." I laugh.

"You da only female I fuck raw doe." He sits down next to me.

"Okay and you still putting me at risk by being a WHORE of Babylon. Matta fact, Imma start making you mask up." I scrunch up my face.

"Ain't you allergic to latex? If I fuck you wit a condom on you'a go into cardiac arrest or sum shit." He clowns.

"Shut up." I mug him.

"And you den did a fair bit ah whoring too." He shrugs.

"I've slept with a couple niggas in these 4 years, you've slept with 27 different women." I list on my fingers.