Atlanta, Georgia
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The time was now eleven-thirty and Mai had just finished getting ready in the basement of her mother's house. She packed a small bag of clothes since Meech told her she was going over his Mother's house, who she's never met before. She decided on a black ribbed, long sleeve jumpsuit and paired it with some with a skinny heel boots from Nine west. Mai decided to carry her new black Balenciaga bag that Meech bought her from Christmas.
"You must be trying to impress his mama." Malaysia joked as she walked out of the bathroom with a white towel wrapped around her along with her purple bonnet. She had just taken a shower.
"Girl," Mai laughed as she put in her Diamond studded earrings from Meech and clipped on her Diamond name necklace from him as well. Her phone vibrates on the coffee table and she strutted over to it seeing it was Meech stating that he was outside, "I'm about to leave. Do I look good?"
"You always look good." Malaysia complimented, smiling at her sister.
"Alright, I'll be back a little later. Thanks." After spraying her Black Opium YSL perfume on, she headed up the stairs and walked into the kitchen, "I'll be back a little later, mom."
"Nope, where are you going? It's Christmas, Mai." Racquel said as she sat at the kitchen table on her phone as she sipped her coffee out of her Santa mug she found from the Dollar store.
"Just going out with a friend. I promise I'll be back later." Mai assured. Racquel nodded her head and Mai left out of the house after grabbing the coat Meech bought her. She was feeling overdressed since she wasn't used to designer.
Heading over to his Camaro, she hopped into the passenger seat and closed the door behind her. Mai was already freezing after being outside for less than five seconds.
"Wassup, baby." Meech smiled as he took in the smell of her perfume that filled the car.
"Hey Demetrius..." Mai smiled small, "My sister said thank you for the gifts."
"Ain't nun'." Meech pulled off, heading towards the direction of his Mother's house. The two sat in comfortable silence being that she was still referring to him as Demetrius so he figured she was still mad.
After about forty-five minutes of driving, Meech parked in front of his mother's house and hopped out to open Mai's door. She stepped out and thanked him. Meech then locked the car after closing the door and they headed to the front door where he knocked.
The door swung open to Jada who was dressed in a maxi long-sleeve black dress and her hair was in a slick back extended braid.
"Ooh, Meechie, I didn't think you was bringing a pretty girl over." Jada cheesed a bit as she looked over Mai. Meech informed Jada and Alicia that he was bringing someone over but he left it at that. He didn't go into detail so it was a surprise to Jada.
"Thank you, I'm Mai." Mai introduced herself before walking in along with Meech. She took in the nice home.
"I'm Jada, Meechie's sister." She smiled as she closed and locked the door behind her, "Follow me, Moms in the kitchen." Jada lead the way to the kitchen with Mai and Meech following close behind.
Alicia turned around from the sink, drying her hands and seeing Meech along with the pretty unfamiliar girl. She was shocked because she was expecting Deedra.
"Hey Demetrius." Alicia took her eyes off of Mai and hugged her son. Breaking the hug, she then returned her attention back to Mai, "Hello, who might you be?"
"Hi, I'm Mai." She smiled as she looked over the woman. Her and Meech had very similar features.
"I'm Alicia, Demetrius mother." Alicia smiled at the girl, "How long have you guys known each other?" Alicia was ready to interview the girl because she wanted Deedra out of the picture completely. Deedra was gorgeous but too ghetto for Alicia's liking. Meech sucked his teeth knowing that his mother was about to interview Mai.
"Not too long, we're real close friends." Mai decided to take a seat at the kitchen table as Alicia did the same. She frowned a little at the friend title.
"Meech, go in the living room with your sister and open up the gifts we got you." Alicia shooed him off as Jada walked out of the kitchen along with Meech, "Friends huh? How did y'all meet?"
Mai and Alicia continued to chat for about twenty minutes while Meech and Jada were opening up gifts in the living room. Meech didn't know what the conversation was about.
"A family of five, huh?" Alicia smiled, getting to know the girl, "We used to be a family of four." Alicia sighed a little, knowing that she shouldn't have brought up the topic but she felt comfortable. Holiday's were always hard for her.
"What do you mean?" Mai looked at her with sympathy held in her eyes.
"Well..." Alicia trailed off a little, "My oldest son, Darius was shot and killed years ago." Mai was shocked that Meech never brought it up to her. She didn't know that he had another sibling. He only told her about Jada.
"I'm sorry to hear that, Ms. Alicia." Mai sighed a little at the thought. She couldn't imagine losing any one of her siblings. Mai was extremely overprotective of all three.
"It's okay, he's resting up in Heaven." Alicia smiled small before Meech and Jada entered the kitchen, "Mai, would you like something to drink?" She quickly changed the topic knowing Meech would be upset with her if he knew.
"Yeah, I'll just take a water." Mai was a bit confused but quickly brushed it off.
"I can't believe you're walking around with this big-headed man." Jada joked as she sat in the empty kitchen chair. Alicia grabbed a Fiji water bottle from the refrigerator and placed it in front of Mai. Alicia then went on to start Christmas dinner.
"Watch yo' mouth, Jada." Meech mugged her playfully.
"Uh uh, take that bickering into the living room. Y'all know I don't want to hear it while I'm cooking." Alicia waved her wooden spoon at her two children. Jada laughed as her and Mai stood up and made their way to the living room along with Meech.
"Meech and I are only friends." Mai laughed a little, "I'm sure he's occupied with others at the moment." She quickly side-eyed Meech who sucked his teeth. The last thing he wanted to talk about was Deedra.
"I'm finna use the bathroom." Meech mugged the two girls and headed off to the bathroom which was around the corner.
"I know you ain't referring to Deedra. To be honest, I hate her. She's raggedy and only using my brother for money." Jada shrugged before taking a seat on the couch.
"You've met Deedra?" Mai raised a brow as she took a seat next to her.
"Mhm, I don't like her. She barely spoke to me and my mom." Jada rolled her eyes, "She was up under Meechie the entire time."
Jada and Alicia met Deedra a few times before Alicia told Meech to stop bringing her to her house. She didn't agree with his decision to mess with her but she wasn't going to tell a grown ass man who to mess with. Alicia knew Meech was going to continue to make his own decisions.
"Sad to hear." Mai shook her head and decided to switch the topic, "How old are you?"
"Sixteen, I go to North Atlanta High school." Jada sighed, "I can't wait to graduate. I want to go to Spelman and major in Dance." Jada had been in contemporary modern dance since she turned three. She started loving it once she turned six. Since then, she always starred in major dance competitions in and out of school.
"Oh, my sister goes to Spelman." Mai smiled as Meech walked back from the bathroom and decided to head into the kitchen while Jada and Mai bonded. He enjoyed seeing them talk since Deedra didn't do too much of it the few times she came over.
"Really?"
"Yeah, she's a freshman." Mai nodded her head, "If you decide to go, I'll let her know."
"That's sweet, thank you." Jada smiled a little.
"Do you have any videos of you dancing? I would love to see if you don't mind."
"Girl, I got so many!" Jada laughed a little as she got up and headed over to the stack of CDs sitting on the TV standing. She put one into the DVD player which she still kept just to watch her dance routines. Jada grabbed the remote and turned on the TV and the screen filled with Jada doing a duet with her former dance partner, Anna.
The two continued to watch dance routine after dance routine. Mai was completely amazed by how good Jada was at her passion. After about three more hours of being at Alicia's house and eating a nice cooked meal, Meech and Mai left the house around five so she could get back home and spend the rest of her evening with her family.
Mai was more than happy that Meech invited her over and she got to meet his mother and little sister. She enjoyed talking to each of them. Mai was glad she didn't have to talk to Meech as much because she still didn't know how to feel about him.