The Shameless Life

Story Of My Life

"Good morning" i say in a soft voice, i look over to mateo and i see how he's the same as yesterday as he always been, quiet always been shy, never liked to talk

"Come on mateo let's go make breakfast, want some pancakes?" i ask, mateo nods his head and i grab his hand and take him and lucy to the kitchen, i set lucy in her chair, and give her and mateo their sippy cups and let them start coloring, i get out all of the ingredients for pancakes, i notice how we were running low on milk and eggs i made mental reminder to go to the store after school, i finally finish the pancakes and i fix lucy and mateo their plates and then i wonder if my mom was hungry, i walk down to her room and start knocking on the door

"Hey ma, are you hungry?" no answer so i knocked again
"Mama? Are you awake?" I finally opened her door and turned on the light, mom never came home last night, i forgot she had to work late last night so i'm guessing after her shift she went to Jack's,
how sweet and kind of her to let me know, i walk back to the kitchen and noticed that the kids are done eating so now i pick lucy and mateo up and take them to their rooms to get them ready, i get lucy in long sleeved pastel pink shirt with blue jeans and white shoes and i get mateo a long sleeved spider-man shirt on with black jeans and black shoes,
my poor little siblings they needed new clothes and new shoes, i put lucy and mateo jackets on them, put them into the stroller and walked to my grandmother's house, my grandma lived about three blocks from me as i was walking, my friend Lila honked her car horn
I turned around and see her roll her window down

"Girl! What are you doing walking in the freezing cold with those babies?" she asked

"In case you forgotten i don't have a car" I said, lila rolled her eyes

"Get in, the last thing you need is those kids getting sick" i get lucy and mateo out of the stroller, get them into the car
Lila turned car heater on for the kids

"So am I taking yal to your grandmama's house? Lila asked, lila is half black and half jamaican so she kinda had a british ghetto accent

"Yep" i look back and check up on the kids,mateo is looking out the window and lucy is just coloring, finally we pull up to my grandma's house

"Thanks girl, give me a sec?" I asked

"Um...yeah! I'm not gonna let you walk to school, but hurry up we gotta pick everyone else up" so i quickly get out of the car i get my siblings and we go inside and i see my grandma in the living room reading

"Hola Abuela" i say

"Hi Mi hija, ay mis pequeñas, Lucianna and Mateo are getting so big, did your mama come home last night" my grandma asked in her sweet voice

"No she didn't she had to work, by the way here grandma" I hand my grandmother 200$

"What is this?" She asked me

"It's money, for watching the kids i don't know if i'm gonna be able to pick em up tonight, i have to work so this money should be able to get you some groceries for dinner"

"No mija, take it back you need way more than i do" my grandma begged me

"No,no that's for you, I love you, I gotta go okay? I'll see you tomorrow" I give her a kiss on the cheek as i walk towards the door i look back on my little siblings

"Bye babies, I love you!" then i leave i run towards lila car and we leave and go pick up our other friends

"So did your ma ever come home last night?" Lila asked
I gave her a certain look then i looked out the window

"So it's still the same old drama?"

"Please, story of my life, for once I just want my mom to be a real mom, you know like be there when I come home from school or be there when I wake up, Jeez! Forget me just be there Lucy and Mateo, but no she's out tryna act like Christina Aguliera and her freaking brainless bimbo boyfriend tryna to act like tupac''