November 24th, 2022
Thanksgiving
Ayariah Chanel Jackson-Anthony
It's thanksgiving and Kash came back from Atlanta last night. Semaj and I been okay for the past week. I've been a little distant and I know he's noticed.
"Yaya, you not cook?" Zhai asked.
"Not today"
"I like your food" he frowned.
Right now, we at Ms. Tiffany house. She wanted me to cook with her, but I decided not to. It's my first holiday without my mom and I always cooked with her on thanksgiving. I'd feel weird cooking with someone else.
"Mama, come here" Maj shouted from one of the rooms.
"I'm cooking" his mom shouted back, from the kitchen.
"Not you, ma. Bae come here"
Rolling my eyes, I got up from the couch and put Zhai iPad down. I flipped my braids to one side of my head, while walking towards the back to one of the rooms.
"MAMA"
"Semaj, stop yelling" I pushed a room door open. I'm guessing this was his room, before he moved out.
"I got a question. Stupid question, but you ready?" He set his phone down.
He been on live with De, Vonta, and Momo for the past 20 minutes. So him bout to ask me a stupid question, isn't really surprising.
"What?" I walked towards him.
"She gone say some wild ass shit"
"Ight, if we got into an argument and broke up, how many of my tires you gone slash?" He looked up at me.
"Three, since your insurance won't cover that. Then I'm dropping mentos and coke in your gas tank. Oh and that's for both cars" I rubbed the side of his face, smiling.
"The fuck you gone do if I cheated.?"
"Try it and I promise you gone wish you never met me" I lightly patted his face.
Worried is written all over his face. His eyes left from me, to somewhere else around the room.
"I'm scared for you" De said.
"Anymore questions?"
"Uh- nope" he shook his head. "The food done?"
"No" I ran my hand through my braids.
"A nigga hungry. It's almost 4 and I still ain't eat" Maj mumbled.
Maybe you should listen to me. I thought to myself. I definitely told him to eat what I cooked for breakfast this morning, but he was talking bout 'nah I gotta have room for allat food madukes finna cook'. Now look at him, starving. I'm hungry too, but at least I ate something already.
"Well tell madukes fine ass unlock the door. Her man outside" De said.
"Starve bitch. She don't even like you" Maj said standing up.
"Yo momma love me"
I followed Maj out the room. Just as we got back to the living room, Zhai ran into my legs.
"Zhai, why are you running"
"Mommy, he-he-" he cried, while pointing at Kash.
Kash wasn't here earlier, so I'm guessing he just getting here. Still doesn't explain why Zhai running and crying. Lately he been calling me mommy whenever he crying.
"Why is he crying?" I asked Kash.
"Cause I took his iPad. Lil crybaby ass nigga" he stuck his tongue out.
Rolling my eyes, I picked up zhai and went into the kitchen. I'm already knowing I'm gonna get annoyed today. Especially with De loud mouth ass being here now. I thought Mari was gone be the one to annoy me, but now that De here I don't know.
Yea, Amari coming and apparently whatever girlfriend he got supposed to be coming. I don't think that's a good idea because Kemiah boyfriend is here. They both saying each other moving weird, but I really think it's cause they like each other and they both fucking around with other people.
"Waddup Muhfuckas" De yelled.
"Dis ah joke. Mi nuh hab di energy fah fi im mout" Ms. Tiffany mumbled.
"That makes two of us" I sat Zhai on the stool.
"Wifey, where you at?" De walked into the kitchen.
She turned towards him and pointed the knife at him. "Cum outta mi kitchen"
"What I do?"
"Mi nuh waan yu in here, so cum out" she turned back towards the counter.
Holding back a laugh, I sat down next to Zhai and pulled the cake towards me. I just need something to snack on and Tiffany make some bomb ass rum cake. I don't even know if I can eat it while I'm pregnant, but right now I just want something in my stomach. I cut a thin piece out and held it in my hand.
"I just wanna love you bruh" De walked out the kitchen.
"Here" I broke a small piece off for Zhai.
He shook his head no and laid his head on the table. I shrugged and put it in my mouth. Feeling eyes on me, I looked over my shoulder. Maj mugging the fuck outta me right now.
"What? I'm hungry" I put another piece in my mouth.
"You shouldn't even be eating that shit"
"OH SHIT, MAJ SHE GOTTA NIGGA IN HERE"
"If another nigga cuss in my house, god so help me" Tiffany slammed the knife down.
I hope she don't cut herself. Not gone lie, she been cooking for hours. I know she upset cause I said I wouldn't help her, but when I told her why she said she understood. Kemiah only agreed to making the cornbread cause she wanted to go to her boyfriend at some point today. They have yet to leave. He didn't even speak to nobody when he got here, rude right.?
"He sorry" I mumbled, while putting another piece in my mouth.
Maj took that last piece from my hand, "Stop eating it, the fu-"
"I don't think you wanna cuss, right now" I cut his sentence short.
"Then spit that sh- spit it out" he squeezed my cheeks.
"Stop, I already swallowed it"
He sucked his teeth and ate the cake he took from me.
"Thats fucked up" I mumbled.
"Ouu ma she cussed" he pointed at me.
"Semaj, leave her alone" Tiffany said lowly.
"But she can cuss and I can't" he pointed to himself, while looking at her.
I stuck my tongue out at him. He playfully slapped me and put his set up. Rolling my eyes, I reached for the cake to cut another piece.
"The fuck I just tell you" he popped my hand.
"Cuss again, I dare you" Tiffany turned around, towards us.
"And he just hit me" I rubbed my hand.
"Cum outta mi kitchen"
"I'm gone fuck you up" he mouthed.
He walked out the kitchen. I shrugged and went back to cutting another piece. I don't care cause I'm hungry right now. Thats all I'm thinking about, food.
"Leff ih"
"But I-" I started but she cut me off.
"Out and take him with you" she pointed at Zhai.
Poking my bottom lip out, I picked up Zhai. He fell asleep while sitting there. I knew he was tired, but I didn't think he'd fall asleep before he got to eat something.
