i yawned waiting for the order to go through
"im sorry but your card declined" i lowered my voice and told the costumer
"oh my god" the middle-aged man said
as bad as i wanted to laugh i didn't i knew what it felt like unfortunately and it's embarrassing
"if you want i could put these on hold" i said
"would you?" i nodded asking the man for his name putting a sticker on the shoes
he walked out and i yawned drinking some of my water
"hi welcome" i greeted the group of girls
"y'all need help with anything?"
"damn we just got in here can i look before you breath down my neck shit" one of the girls mugged me making her lil friends laugh except one
i mugged her back fixing my face shaking my head
ion get paid enough to deal with these rude ass people all day
she was cute too but her attitude would make me smack the shit outta her
"excuse me can you help me?" one of the girls that was wit the rude ass girl said
"yeah whatcha need?"
"these in a size six" she pointed to the shoe
"lemme go check in the back real quick"
i walked to the back grabbing the size bringing it back to her
"you ready to checkout?" i asked
"uh yes" we walked to the cash register
"i wanna apologize for my cousins behavior she like to show out for her dingy ass friends" i chuckled bagging the shoes
"you good you ain't gotta explain that to me"
"$98.00"
she handed me the cash grabbing the bag
"you want your receipt in the bag?"
"you can just give it to me" i handed her the receipt
"have a nice day"
"you too" she smiled
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"omar where ya at" i walked into the house yawning
"hey jermaine" my stepmom becca waved
"hey" i waved back
it's crazy to think they been together for so long with all they arguing and shit but he's happy so am i.
"how was work?"
"ehhh it was okay" i shrugged walking to the kitchen
"whatcha making?" i asked looking at the different pots covered
"smothered pork chops, cornbread, collard greens, macaroni and cheese" she told me
i licked my lips smiling. becca knew how to throw down when it came to cooking she was a cool lady and she didn't over step her boundaries but i still looked at her as a mom because she helped raise me.
"sounds good" i nodded grabbing a water bottle
Miah🤞🏾we up at the courts come thru
i changed out of my work clothes leaving on my wife beater putting on a pair of black basketball shorts putting my shoes on
"im going to the courts with miah and heem becc"
"be careful love you"
"love you too" i grabbed my house-key walking out the house
since the courts was only a good five minutes away i walked down there seeing ko and angel sitting on the bleachers
"wassup y'all" i gave them both hugs
"hey"
"nigga come on!" heem shouted
i nodded jogging over there
"wassup wassup" i dapped them up
we stayed at the courts playing two on two sometimes just messing around it kept us and some of the other boys our age occupied. it was a stress reliever whatever tension between us three we we t through the courts and player it out or put on the gloves and boxed it out, these very courts is the reason why we so close now it helped form our brotherhood
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"tell auntie i said hey" i told miah
"you stay safe" he told me back walking off
"stay safe kid" heem told me
"yeah you too" i walked off stopping by the corner store
"wassup hob" i greeted the owner walking to the drink isle getting a glacier freeze gatorade
"$1.90" he told me i handed him two dollars telling him to keep the change
"usually you never stop just go straight home no matter how thirsty or hungry you get" ms.masani told me, miah, and heem
she made sure to teach us our rights and what to do for stop and frisks you know the stuff school didn't teach you. she was our personal professor who made sure we were always protected and knew our worth, handsome black kings she often referred to us as, she was another mother figure in my life that i was great full for.
"jermaine the foods done!" becca told me
"im finna take a shower!" i shouted walking towards the bathroom with my towel
i started the shower up leaning against the counter opening twitter waiting for the shower water to heat up
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all you could her was the football game playing in the background as we silently ate, yes the food was that fucking good, nut worthy if you ask me.
"you gotta girlfriend"
"these hoes ain't loyal" i looked up smiling
"my boy" omar peanut ass slapped hands with me
"don't make me punch you" becca popped him
"im just playin" he made a face rubbing his neck
"yeah whatever you know better"
"yeah quit playin wit big becca" i instigated
"boy shut up"
"well my damn bad" i mumbled
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byeeee<3
-modadon