Caution: this part contains
Minor Child Abuse
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SEVEN | Back on
July 18, 2013
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//Milan\\
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I rushed getting ready so Joe wouldn't come in and see me. Unlike any other summer day, he was actually here.
Putting on my big sweater I finished putting on my shoes when I heard knocks coming from my window, it was Ro telling me that it was time to go downstairs.
I nodded at him then waved him off and finished grabbing my Carmax, running out my room and down the hall.
"And where the fuck you going?" I heard him ask me. I cursed to my self and turned around seeing him looking at me from the couch.
Breathing slowly so I wouldn't stutter, I rubbed my ear gaining that same irritating twitch feeling, "I-Im going to the bodega with Ro."
"With Ro?" He stood up. I gulped and nodded, He chuckled, "You think i'm stupid?" He asked me.
I shook my head, "N-no."
"Because if you think you just gone keep on going with that little nigga everywhere you got me fucked up." He walked closer to me.
"Its not like that-" I shook my head and he smiled chuckling.
"No?"
"No." I shook my head looking down when he was right in my face, he lifted it up with his index finger causing me to shiver,
"You wouldn't lie to me right baby doll?" He began to fix the fly aways from my face.
I didn't feel like doing my hair.
Oh, bitch when do you.
I shook my head feeling tears surface my eyes but I wouldn't dare let them fall, "You don't know how to speak? What I say about that shit!" He yelled causing me to flinch mad hard and the tears to fall.
"IM SORRY!" I protected my face ready for him to hit me. But he didn't. He just laughed and walked back to the couch, I peeked open my eyes to seeing him getting a line ready.
"Bring me back a bacon, egg, and cheese--"
"I don't have no money-"
"Make some." He looked at me with his icy blue eyes, I put my head down, "You lucky ion pimp you out already, yo ass could make us a lot of money." I cringed refraining from showing my attitude or look down knowing something'll be thrown at me.
"Go get my fucking food fuck you still standing here for!" He threw something anyway.
I frantically nodded my head, I grabbed the knob to the door and pulled it open, exiting out of my hell.
I fucking hate him.
"It took you long enough--"
"Shut up Royal." I put my hand up at him as we both walked to Cakes' car. Getting in first I didn't greet her. I didn't feel like it.
"Whats wrong with her?" She asked Ro as he got in the front.
"Beats me, she just told me to shut up."
I sighed looking at them both, "Theres nothing wrong with me." Rubbing my stomach I hissed at the feeling in my back, "My back just hurts."
It's been like that since my nap yesterday.
Maybe it was how I was layin.
"The baby been giving you problems?"
"She moved not too long ago." Ro told her,
She smiled, "She?"
I rolled my eyes, "Thats what Royal thinks it's gonna be. Im riding on a boy though."
"Why a boy?" She asked as I continuously rubbed my stomach.
"Why not? Boys are so much easier to raise."
"And how so?" Royalty asked now looking at me.
I cleared my throat ready to present the statistics, "With girls theres so much you have to worry about. The periods, the mood swings, boys, heart breaks, the growth of your body parts, keeping your self up. Then let's not forget the endless predators females have to face on a daily. All boys have to worry about is getting a girl pregnant, catching something, and the police."
"Totally not true, boys get kidnapped and raped too!" He defended.
"Not more than girls it seems. I rather worry about my son catching a charge or two then my daughter and her lively hood every minute of the day. Boys are in the clear until the hit 15, girls have to watch out from birth."
"Bullshit." He called.
"No shit." I exclaimed before looking at Cakes, "Ain't I right?"
"Cakes tell her she full of shit." I smacked my lips.
Cakes chuckled at both of us, "Y'all are something else."
"No this is an important topic."
"Im sure theres more than the top of the ocean that goes on for boys Milan."
"EXACTLY!"
"Like what?"
"We have to worry about females all the time! Insecurities run as deep in men, just as the do in females."
"Insecurities about what? Y'all peewees?"
"YES and everything that comes with us?!" He exclaimed causing us all to laugh, "Girls stay talking about shit they don't know. We gotta worry if we live up to y'all standards up in the departments that y'all crave oh so badly from us." He said causing Cakes to laugh.
"And just like females gotta worry about them stinking, we have to do the same, we have to worry about people coming at us for no reason, and we fight for our lives everyday Mi, it ain't like everyday a black or brown man can go somewhere and not get pulled over. That 15 year old bullshit you just said was dumb because Ive seen kids die half our age for nothing,"
"Yeah well-"
"Yeah well nothing. Girls may have to fear about everything that comes with life in itself, but boys face just as much, if not equal to it." He defended his species.
I still stood for what I was saying, females have to worry about everything.
Im putting my life in danger right now going through my pregnancy. Some moms don't even make it after giving birth to their child.
"Whatever Ro."
"Yeah cause you know i'm right."
"Y'all both have very good claims, and I agree with both them." Cakes nodded as she turned into the clinic, "Now y'all be civil in this place." She turned the car off and we unbuckled our seat belts.
Getting out the car I asked, "After this can we get something to eat?"
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"Milan Jones?!" They called my fake name.
Standing up we all followed the nurse into the room. I sat in the chair that was assigned to me for the next thirty-thirty five minutes while Royal and Cakes sat in the chairs that was next to this one.
The reason I had this fake name issue was because I didn't want people to know that I was pregnant and Cakes decided it would be best if we went through with this in a different way. She got fake papers done for me and everything, thats how we're here now.
"Wow, mommy you've grown since last i've seen you. Hows baby doing?" The doctor asked coming in. I smiled at her and shrugged rubbing my belly.
"He's been doing good I guess."
"He?" She rose her eye brow as she started to prep at the computer. I laughed when I seen Ro side eye me.
"Thats what she hopes for." He spoke rolling his eyes.
"And what do you want?"
"I want a girl." He smiled and his eyes lit up. They always did that when the baby was brought up. He self named himself the father and hell I see nothing wrong with it. "Just thinking about it gives me chills."
"Well today's the day we get to find out what little pea is."
"Oh thank god." I chuckled.
"This will be cold."
"Like always." She placed the jelly on my stomach as I paid attention to the black and white tv. Once she placed the wand on my stomach and moved it around a little bit we began to see my little baby.
"Well it looks to be very healthy, steady heart beat." She nodded as we listened. It brought tears to my eyes. I was really having a little me in there. "Y'all ready?" She asked.
We nodded eagerly, Cakes put her phone down for the third time to tune in to what was happening, Royalty grabbed my hand, his was sweatier then a bitch.
"Well looks like mommy was right. See there goes the extra limb." From her choice of words it made me laugh and then the face on Ro's face was extremely priceless. "I'll be back with the sonograms shortly." She told us with a smile getting up.
I laughed in his face, "So what." He hissed at me causing me to laugh harder, "Shit what ever, it's still a baby."
"Yeah." I rubbed my stomach just as Ro kissed him. "Shit should we start thinking about names and stuff?"
"Lets take it a day at a time." He said causing me to laugh.
"Yeah maybe youre right."
Then the door opened and the doctor came in the room, "Now Milan entering the last month of your second trimester, its very important to keep your stress levels at a very low stance. Here's your photos and you're vitamins, make sure to take them as the bottle provides."
"Thank you Doc."
"Its my job. Have a blessed month mommy, see you on the 12th."
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We all sat in IHOP talking and eating, when all of a sudden Ro said, "Cakes can you drop me some where when we're done? It's important."
Before this he'd gotten a call so who knows what the case may be and Cakes didn't seem to care, "Sure just tell me where."
I tuned out on him telling her the addy to where he needed to go, I was just thinking about what I'ma do when the baby actually comes. I'ma have to runaway before that. That good I get off probation in two days.
"Milan I've been meaning to ask you, what happened four days ago?"
Me and Cakes hadn't talked since then, I've been locked up in the room so wasn't a cause to.
I just shrugged, "You know Kengi."
"Yes that I do. You know him too don't you?"
"I used to know him." Looking at her I squinted my eyes at her, "Why you asking me questions about him now?"
"Because I mean-"
"Hi Milan." Smacking my lips I looked up and turned to see Kengi standing there with some flowers. He didn't have on no mink this time but he did have on a Cuban link and Rolex watch on. He always was decked out though so it made since.
"This is why?" I sucked my teeth, "Just bogus."
"Can I talk to you for a minute?" He asked me.
I shook my head, "I'm eating."
"It'll only take a second." He told me, "I promise-"
"You know you said the same thing to me 2 years ago." I smiled at him fakely before dropping it, "No."
"Please. Ight? Three minutes thats all I want."
"Just go Mi. See what he got to say." Ro jumped in with his two scents like anybody asked for em.
I smacked my lips and got up, "Three minutes start now."
I can't believe she told him where we were, piece of shit.
"I asked her. Mi I'm sorry for how things left off ight. Ian mean to not see you for 2 years."
"Yeah so where were you?" I folded my arms, "I waited for you like a dumb ass and you never came. You left me just like Michael did and I thought you were different." Tears branched my eyes.
He shook his head, "I am Mi. I am, I was coming to get you but I got booked the same day."
"And I should believe you why?"
"Because I've never lied to you Lani. Why would I lie? To you especially you know thats not in my character."
"So if that's really the case why didn't you write me?"
"Who checks the mail in yo place. You or Joe?" He had a point, "Look there's not a day that goes by that I don't think about how much I've hurt you. But Mi word to my dead I didn't mean it."
He wiped the stray tear that fell from my eye, "I'm sorry." Once he brought me into his arms, shit it was like a wave of emotions just came seeping out my eyes.
I'm such a fucking crybaby.
Letting go I wiped my eyes, "A lot changed when you left including me Kengi."
"Yeah I see." He scanned me up and down. I rolled my eyes, "We'on gotta speak on it right now. We cool?" He held his hand up for me to shake in truce.
Me
I looked at it suspiciously, "You not gone leave me again will you?"
"Only by Death." He swore.
Going against the bitch in my head I shook his hand and he pulled me into a hug, "I won't let you down."
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//Royalty\\
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I was happy Milan finally got another piece of her life back. Now she was a little less sad than she was before and it made my job easier: it being to keeping her happy.
I smiled out the window to seeing them hugging, "It's a beautiful site. Told you it'll work." I told Cakes. She shook her head at me.
"You were right." She handed me the Twenty we better on, I laughed. "So what you really need me to drop you off for?"
"This girl I talk to said we needed to talk about what I have no idea."
"Well hopefully she ain't breaking up with you."
"Please that would be the best news ever." I shook my head.
"Mm mm, you ain't shit Ro." She shook her head.
"Nah cause if she let me go, I won't feel bad for messing with her cousin."
"Oh my God. Ro how old are you?"
"I'll be 14 in October."
"Libra or Scorpio."
"Scorpio, my birthday the day before Halloween."
"Ehm, mines the 14th."
"Well cheers to that." We smashed cups before drinking. "Thank you Cakes."
"For what?"
"For being there for Mi, when her moms not."
"You knew her mother?" She ate some of her pancake.
I nodded, "I met her once or twice, real pretty Dominican lady, looks just like Mi. Tragic how they got her though."
"Yeah well your welcome. It's my pleasure." She said as they walked in, "And thanks for being there for her when I can't."
"It's my pleasure."
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Knocking on the door, I rang the door bell and waited.
I was in front of Dya's house waiting for her to come. I should've stood with my first instinct and dumped her ass In the first week of knowing her.
Now niggas done caught feelings.
And it's not me.
"Royal!" Her mother said hugging me, "Dya's in her room." She said letting me in. I nodded before I hugged her.
"How you doing moms?"
"I'm doing just fine. Thanks for asking."
"No problem." If there's one thing Shelia did teach me was to be respectful where ever I go. That's how people gain respect for you.
Thats what she told me. Ain't never steered me wrong though I'll tell you that much.
Going into her room I seen her singing and dancing to Big time rush's theme song like a dumb ass, " Damn allat ass in em shorts." I smacked her butt seeming to scare her. She looked at me and smiled pulling me in for a hug.
"I missed you." She told me.
I hugged her back for a short second and let her go kissing her neck, "I missed you too." Taking off my shoes I sat on her bed, "What you wanted to tell me?"
She stopped dancing and sat on the bed as well, "Welllll....You know how I was gonna go the appointment? Well I went--"
"And?"
"Andddd--umm... Im pregnant."
"Oh my god," I groaned almost tiredly. She smacked her lips hard, "If you don't wanna be in its life, I can do it my damn self-"
"What you doin sit down," I began to laugh at her.
"No cause if you just gon leave me here to raise yo spawn you got me fucked up."
"Ain't nobody even thinking like that can you just sit down and chill for a minute." I grabbed her by her arms and sat her down wrapping my arms around her she began to cry.
"I didn't do this by myself Royal." She cried into me, I smacked my lips.
I should've been smarter.
"I know, I know." Rubbing her back I kissed her forehead, "Ima handle it."
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Ive been here for no longer then three hours just cuddling with her, consoling her. She was still crying but only a bit. I shook my head, "I gotta go."
"Where you going?"
"I gotta make a move. " I began putting on my shoes, "I'ma stop by tomorrow and we gone talk about the whole thing, to Quinshauna that is."
"You don't think it's too early I mean, what if she kick me out."
"You can room with me." I smiled, hopefully.
"Yo momma wont care?"
I shrugged, "She's a drunk, she prolly wont even notice you being there, but I doubt yo momma gone do you like that. She nice."
"Please she only nice when you here." She rolled her eyes, "Fake ass bitch."
"Ima be here tomorrow Ight."
"Can I get a kiss before you leave?" She asked me with this sad look on her face. I walked up to her and she wrapped her arms around my neck and I kissed her, fully. I couldn't not say that I didn't have feelings for her but I know the feelings she hold for me are way deeper then my love for her. "I love you Royalty." She kissed me once more, "Fo real."
"I love you too Dya." I got up kissing her forehead, "Ima chat with you tomorrow."
"Okay, get home safely and text me when you do please."
"I got chu." Leaving out her room, I left and said byes to her moms and fam.
Next was Cheif. And I was on my way to the train station to go to him.
Unfortunately I had to wait so I took a seat on the bench.
After five mutes voices became present. I didn't pay em any mind, "Yo son, when you socked that nigga blood, that shit went crazy." I heard followed by laughing, "Straight comedy."
"Man that nigga deserved it-yo yo, you see him?"
Think they talking to me. Hell its only me and them, "Well, well, well. Isn't big man Royalty?" Standing up I seen Rush. Getting up I fixed my self.
"And insecure Rush. Hows Milan doing? Oh wait, you wouldn't know. She gave you to the bird." Seeing the snarl on his face, made me laugh.
"Get him." He told his friends and they came running straight at me. My eyes grew wide at the blade in Rush's friends hand. So I ran away as well. "GET HIM!?"
I ran, jumping over everything that stood in my way, hell in the middle I could've been fired at.
"Ah!" I yelled feeling the blade hit my leg. I stopped running falling to the floor. I felt the blade be pulled from my leg and seen the face of Jayon. He was in my second period, weird ass nigga.
"You run fast Royal." Devon said coming up to me. "Not fast enough though."
"UH," feeling multiple kicks coming from my body made me groan. I couldn't do nothing it was way to many being five of them against me. In my opinion these niggas are weird as fuck and they gone get whats coming to them.
Devon stopped them and gripped me up by my collar. "This is for stealing my girl."
BOOM
"This is for being gay."
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"This is for being alive period."
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I groaned holding my stomach and coughed up blood. Shrieking I turned over on my stomach. Feeling him grip my hair back he said, "You might as well get up, go home, grab a gun and put it to yo head. Pull the trigger."
I spit at Jayon feet. "Fuck you nigga." He punch me in my face, I held my head down.
He forcefully yanked my head forward causing it to hit the concrete, "Every time I see you, ima fuck you up and I see you more than three times, ima kill you. You got me?"
I just looked at him and he laughed before spitting on me then kicking me in my stomach, "Have a nice cold night nigga. I better not see you soon."
As he walked away tears fell from my eyes as I got up tiredly. It took all of me but when I got up, I managed to walk home.
When I closed the door, I leaned back on it. Shelia looked at me in shock, "Ro Ro what happened."
"He-Help me." My head ached like a bitch and it wasn't long before I passed out right then and there. It's okay, ima get them niggas.
Real soon.
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ENDING OF CHAPTER VII
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