Aiyana

I

Sunday

"Wake up, baby. It's almost 11 o'clock." Spoke Sisika's soft voice.

Aiyana moaned as her aunt threw open the curtains allowing the sun to shine through.

Donning a long floral pattern sundress and a tribal necklace, Sisika stood at 5'8", with a slender build, and long braided hair that fell to the mid of her back. With the sun behind her, one could barely notice the the freckles, or the soft wrinkles starting to form on the corners of her lips. Nontheless she was a native woman with a fair complexion, and looked so much younger for someone in her late 40's.

"It's kinda stuffy in here." Sisika said as she decided to open the bedroom window.

She watched Aiyana escape from the sunlight underneath her leopard print fleece blanket. Sisika smirked, and shook her head in amusement. She then walked toward the stereo that was located on Aiyana's dresser. She pulled out a paper sleeve containing a Compact Disk from the pocket of her sweater. She then removed the CD from the sleeve, and placed it into the stereo system.

This caught Aiyana's attention.

"What- what are doing?" She groaned groggily.

"You got home kinda late, aye, kiddo?" Sisika said as she skipped through a few tracks on the CD player.

"Mmm. Did I?"

" Yes, you did, little lady. And as your punishment for waking every damn mutt in the neighborhood; You will be taking care of the chores for the next several days for each dog that was barking lastnight."

"Ugh..."

"But, that's not all."

Aiyana lifted her head.

"If you do not get your hungover ass up right now, and go down stairs to eat breakfast, I will be singing a certain song with a certain 4 non blondes." Sisika threatened.

Aiyana's eyes widened. She knew instantly what Sisika was talking about the moment her mouth mentioned the name of that band.

Click

An acoustic guitar played through the speakers with that far too familiar composition.

Aiyana flipped her blanket, rolled off the bed, kicked into her slippers, grabbed her zipped hoodie from the floor, and jammed her favorite red toque onto her head.

By that time, the rest of the band had joined in with the acoustic guitar.

She just had enough time to stumble out the door before the first verse began.

Sisika laughed maniacally and raised the volume after Aiyana slammed the door behind her.

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Muffled behind the door, Aiyana could hear her aunt singing along with Linda Perry.

It would roughly take 5 minutes, she thought, rubbing her eyes. She then continued lazily to the second floor bathroom.

With her eyes closed, Aiyana would sit on the commode before actually peeing. Cradling her head, elbows to knees, and mentally nursing a headache. Then she would wash her hands, chug down a couple cups of water, comb her hair, quickly apply deodorant, zip up her hoodie and specifically tilt her red toque lower to the left, covering half her eyebrow.

When Aiyana finished adjusting everything, that's when she notced a sharp ache in her shoulder.

She popped a couple asperin and drowned it down with more water.