𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐔 ৎ୭

LXVII

Mercedes April Harris
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Next Day

"Happy birthday Toya!" I yell as my sisters walk together in the house.

"Thank you."

I give her the $100 Roblox gift card I bought. My sisters love that game.

"Yessss thank you because my avatar lace front been on fa bout foe months." Toya shakes her head.

"You sure the baby is fine?" Keke asks sitting next to me.

"Yup, my hand isn't but the baby doing good." I nod.

"Good, I'm waiting on my nephew to get here." Keke smiles.

"Y'all so hype bout becoming aunties huh?" I laugh.

"Yea, matta face we gone baby sit." She adds.

"Uh, who is we? I got a life tuh live." Toya scrunches her face up.

"We aunties. We gone have to help out Toya!" Keke frowns.

"Y'all won't have to babysit, don't worry." I shrug.

"I know I said my services won't be of access but I still like being in demand." Toya pouts.

"Y'all can babysit the next baby." I nod.

"I'll be an adult by then." Keke sighs.

"It's gone be sooner than y'all think." I hint while rubbing my belly.

"Has it assaulted you yet?" Toya asks.

"What does that even mean?" I look at her crazy.

"Ain't babies posted to be kicking and hitting you?" She scratches her head.

"Yea, he be kicking me here and there. D sad cuz whenever he try to feel it the baby stop." I frown.

"I wanna feel it." She begs.

"He not doing it right now baby." I shrug.

"Hey favorites." D says coming in.

"Hiiii D!" They wave.

"Hea you go wifey." He hands me a bag of McDonald's.

"Thank you. I'm finna tear dis shit up." I mumble.

I pick the pickles off before eating my quarter pounder.

"Happy birthday Toy." He hugs her.

"My momma dropped them off and sped away. She late fa work and theyon got school today so." I shrug.

"How old you turning?" D asks pulling a band out his pocket.

"516." She says watching him count.

"Guhl-" He chuckles.

"8." She rolls her eyes.

"Hm." He gives her 8 hunids.

"D she gone lose that money or spend it on bullshit." I mug him.

"Shhh, she gon do whatever she want wit it." He waves me off.

"Oh my God, thank you D!" She cheeses.

"It's my birthday too." Keke lies.

"Oh it is?" D goes along with it, pulling his money back out.

"Welllll it's kinda my half birthday." She shrugs.

"I'll give you half of what you turning." He nods.

"Well to be honest I'm turning 2,000." She scratches her head.