Saturday morning came around and Alaina was wide awake eating cereal and watching cartoons, while Jamal blow dried her hair out. Walking from his room Akeem paused once he seen what Jamal was doing.
"Ouch bubby that hurts" the girl grabbed her head rubbing the spot he tugged. Smacking his teeth, "nigga do you even know what you doing" he walked over to the two looking over her head of hair.
"Bro I know what I'm doing, you see my phone don't you" he showed the phone which was a tutorial on how to wash and blow dry hair.
"Whatever" walking over to make himself a bowl of cereal "wait what you doing? She got a hair appointment in like ten minutes" putting the cereal back on top of the fridge.
"So why you ain't wake me up earlier bitch" he grabbed his keys to his new 2024 BMW IX "bubby said a bad word, you owe me a dollar" she held her little hand out, sighing hard he slapped a dollar bill into her hand
"Ight let's go before you miss this appointment"
—————————————— 📍JAYLAS HOUSE
"This don't look like no damn hair salon" the house with a neon sign that said 'open' in bold letters.
They though they were at the wrong place for the longest, because of the dog that was chained out side, and the beat up car that was wrecked.
Despite the deceiving looks the "salon" gave the two men, they still knocked three times waiting for an answer. After a while a lady with a big pregnant belly opened the door looking the three of them up and down in suspicion.
"What y'all here for" puffing from her cigarette slowly waiting for a response. "We here for her hair appointment" the lady looked at the girl before nodding, she let the door swing open by itself welcoming them in.
"IMANI YO 12 O'CLOCK HERE" her raspy voice yelled out to the small stair case that led to Imani's room. "Ok titi dang I hear you" the young girl who looked no older then 18 walked down the stairs waving them up to her room.
They followed behind her closely entering the room, Which was way different from the house it was better decorated and pink and girly.
"Look bubba Barbie is on" she jumped excited to see her favorite tv series on "I see, come sit down so you can get your hair done" she hopes up into the seat waiting patiently.
"I'm Imani, It's nice to meet y'all" the girl smiled at the three while rolling her snack tray over to them "y'all want to snacks or drinks"
Akeem declined but Jamal didn't "hell yea I want some snacks" he grabbed two bags of chips a candy bar and a juice pouch. Alaina Also had a bag of chips and a juice.
"You fat as fuck you know that" Akeem smacked the younger boys head for being inconsiderate
"Damn she offered so why not" he rubbed his head shrugging. Akeem watched the girl push her cart back over to the wall "it's ok you can have as much as you want" she laughed a little giving them a peak at her pink braces.
"So what do you want done to her hair today" the boys shrugged "shidd ion know just freestyle it or something"
"Ohh I know! I want a ponytail with beads" Alaina spoke up looking back at the older girl who nodded softly. "Ok we can do that" preparing her materials to start the girls hair
—————————————— 2:09 🕦
Imani had finished the girls hair in just an hour, which was relieving to the two men who were basically starving. They watched as she rubbed foam over the girls hair after installing the beads .
"Ok I'm all done now" she turned the rolling chair around so they could see the finished product "you like it Aliana" she passed the little girl a mirror to she her hair.
"Yes I love it" she gave a gummy smile before jumping up to her brother to show her hair off to them
"Damn that shit hard" Akeem looked over the braided with approval before asking "how much I owe you" he dug in his pocket watching the girl type something on her phone before looking back up.
"Just 40" he looked shocked he thought it would be at least a hundred some dollars. He handed her two 20 dollar bills before waking his younger brother up. Jamal stood up silently stretching.
"We bout to leave nigga wake up" he grabbed his jacket and his little sisters hand before thanking Imani again.
"I appreciate it for real, but let me get yo number so I can get her shit right again" he passed her his phone which she grabbed Typing in her number and saving the contact.
The three started to walk back down the stairs before the were stopped again. "Oh wait" she passed them some hair oil and a silk bonnet for her head "make sure she wears this every night to protect her hair, and rub This on her scalp it's to help with dandruff and dryness." he grabbed the stuff thanking her once more before they left out
"Shit im hungry let's get something to eat" Jamal rubbed his stomach thinking about the food he was about to eat
"Bubby can we get McDonald's please" he looked back at the little girl who gave him big puppy eyes making him cave in
"Yea let's get McDonald's".............
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Alaina's hair 😍
I'm starting to love this book more and more. I'm so excited for how it's going to turn out. And excuse all mistakes.
