It All Started With Hello [Book One In The Hello Series]

Chapter 44- Mother's Day

"Left left turn around pick it up slide. Down back up kick to the right. What's the matter? Can't keep it up. But she would say nothing on ya. If you still got time, it's tonight 8-9. By the time it's over, I bet you be saying I'm the one"

Jacob stumbled on the left, left turn part so I took advance and danced my butt off. Did all kinds of moves-- some I didn't know I could do. I got all in the boys' faces. I did some of Jacob's moves and a lot of MB's moves. I did some flips and spins as the girls cheered me on. When the song ended, I dusted my shoulder in their direction then walked over to the girls. Jari and I flipped to the boys, stopped right in front of them, then blew kisses. We walked back to the girls and laughed in their faces as everyone watching cheered for us.

"I think you ain't nothing on me." I smirked.

The laughed and came to hug us in our victory.

"That was amazing." Everyone under the car port said. Everyone that was inside came outside to see what was going on.

"Did you see the way Artemis killed that? That's my little sister." Christan said.

"Now she claims me." I joked as I hit a spin. Prince joined me and we kept going to see who could go the longest. We both stopped at the same time.

"You can't be like me." Prince joked.

"Oh but I can try." I said then turned to everyone. "What's up? It's yours truly, Princeton. I just wanna say I love you and spread the peace."

"She sounds just like you." Babydoll said.

"She just doesn't have her bush." Diggy said.

"Y'all call it a bush? I say she looks like a troll doll." Wendy laughed. I just rolled my eyes.

Everyone started going inside as it got darker and the mosquitos started coming out.

"We have to leave soon." Prince whispered in my ear. I turned from the conversation I was having with Miss Teresa, Miss Tisha, Miss Wanda, and Miss Justine.

"What?" I pouted.

"I know. I know. Come here." Prince pulled me into my room so we could talk alone.

"I hate this." I sighed as we sat down and I laid my head in his shoulder. He placed his on top of mine and held me to him.

"I know. I do too. But you'll be out of school soon so we can start seeing each other more. But you know you can't leave New Orleans until after June eighth. We've said it too many times." Prince sighed.

"Yeah, but the eighth feels so far away." I pouted. Prince moved his head off of mine.

"Don't pout. We can still call and text and Oovoo and Skype. Like each other Instagram and Twitter posts, retweet and quote. We can do everything we always do." Prince smiled then kissed me softly.

When he tired to pull away, I grabbed his face and pulled it back to mine. I couldn't have him pulling away so fast. I needed a real kiss, not just a peck on the lips. I felt his hands grip my waist as my hands went around his neck and into his hair.

"Please don't pull my hair." He grunted against my lips.

"I'll pull it all I want." I muttered as I pressed my lips back to his and pulled on his hair. His mouth opened when I pulled his hair and I slipped my tongue in.

We only French kissed once, which was yesterday, so it was a little awkward with each other's tongue down each other tongue. And to thunk about his tongue in mine and mine on his. He was even more awkward than me at that point.

"Yo, Prince, Everyone is ready to-- Whoa!"

We broke apart to see Roc standing there in my bedroom doorway with his eyes wide open. Prince had moved me into his lap during our make out session.

I gave a nervous giggle as I got off Prince's lap wiping my mouth.

"Yeah. Cool. I'll be there in a minute, man." Prince said as he stood up. Roc nodded, still shocked, and left.

Prince and I stared at each other and gave soft laughs.

"I'll call you later. Okay?" He said as he played with my straighten hair. Kayla made my hair into a bow at some point in the day.

"Okay." I pouted, asking for a quick kiss.

"Always wanting more." Prince chuckled before giving me a quick, yet meaningful kiss. "I love your bowx by the way."

"Thank you. Kayla did it." I smiled as we walked out of my room hand in hand.

"I know. I saw." Prince smiled and kissed my hand.

"There you two are!" Miss Teresa exclaimed. Everyone turned to look at Prince and I.

"Stay outta that damn room with Prince, Artemis. Unless you people in there with the both of you, stay outta that damn room with alone Prince." Wendy snapped. I just rolled my eyes.

"Yeah. Cuz we were thinking about doing something like that with a house full of people and our mothers here." I said sarcastically.

"Girl, you just so disrespectful. I don't know where you got that from." Wendy said. I almost laughed.

"Ha! You don't know where I got it from?" I laughed humorlessly. "You know? Forget it. It's Mother's Day. A day where you're supposed to admire your mother. So just forget I even said anything."

I crossed my arms over my chest and tapped my foot on the ground as I rolled my eyes.

Wendy just shook her head and went into the kitchen. I showed the boys, Babydoll, and their mothers out.

"Really, Princess, you are kinda disrespectful. I mean it's Mother's Day." Diggy said.

"She started it." I shrugged.

"But she was only telling you right. You shouldn't have a boyfriend, who's three years older, in your room alone." Babydoll adviced.

"We were just talking." I rolled my eyes.

"Just talking?" Roc asked.

"Roc, shut up. You and Isis can do much worse in a room by yourselves in five seconds than Artemis and I can do in a room by ourselves in thirty minutes." Prince snapped. Isis and Roc glared at him.

"We're just saying Artemis, she's your mother. You need to appreciate her while you have her. You don't really miss something until it's dead and gone." Jacob said.

"As soon as she starts to appreciate me then I'll do the same." I said.

"Artemis, is right, though. Miss Wendy can be a little hard on her." Prod said.

"Yeah. Miss Wendy do be trippin' a little too much." Brittany nodded.

"Y'all just ain't gonna talk about her like that with her children standing here. Not too much on that one." I snapped and rolled my eyes.

"So you don't appreciate her, but you'll defend her?" Ray smirked.

"You know, all you niggas gotta go. You ain't gotta go home, but you gotta get the fuck away from here." I said.

"Aww man!" They sighed as I shooed them out.

"It was so nice to meet you, Artemis." Miss Justine kissed my cheek.

"You too." I smiled. Miss Tisha, Mama Wanda, Mama Keisha, and Mama Tameka did the same.

"So great to see you again. Please visit me soon." Miss Teresa smiled and kissed my forehead.

"Of course, my Mexican Mama." I smiled as I gave her a hug.

Isis, Brittany, Jari, Juno, and I hugged Twist, Jacob, Diggy, and Babydoll then Prod, Roc, Ray, and Prince. I gave Prince a quick kiss before they all got in different vans and left.

Soon everyone, but Wendy, Darian, Juno, and I were gone so we cleaned up and went to sleep.