𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 , 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 8𝘵𝘩 🗓

Cy Bridges

That final bell rung and I start packing up immediately.

"Class before y'all go just remember that we go on our trip in two and a half weeks if you don't have the money or permission slip by the end of next week you will not be able to attend. Those not attending will sit in ISS for the time that we are there."

Mrs. Jefferson had told us, ion know how her and Mr. Jefferson was married but I mean whatever floats ya boat.

A bunch of okay's and alright's were said before people start leaving the class. I made sure to put my slip on her desk with the money. The Black History Museum was a trip I wasn't tryna miss and wasn't nobody tryna sit in bum ass in school suspension.

"Aye Cyn imma meet you by your car. I gotta grab something from Gianna."

Noni told me.

"Heard you Best." She ran off in the other direction.

The halls was filled with people tryna get the fuck outta here including me.

"Yo Cyn." Turning around I could see this girl Riki running up to me.

"Wassup?"

"Aye you think you could do my hair on Saturday? I tried to hit you on the gram but I ain't get no response."

I couldn't wait for this punishment shit to be over with. The child labor was getting ridiculous at this point.

Chores on top of chores.

"Oh yeah definitely. I'll come to you though a bitch in trouble right now. You still stay on the Westside right?"

"Yeah, I'm just tryna get my frontal wig installed."

"That ain't no problem, huh write your number down on here cause I ain't even got my phone right now and ion be remembering no numbers."

I ain't wanna pull out this nasty ass Obama phone. It was down right embarrassing and my mom wasn't letting up about my phone.

"Imma see you Saturday." She said while running off and I shouted back see you before walking off towards my locker.

Rodney leaning up against my shit blew me completely. This nigga don't get enough.

Like I know it's other bitches in this school to bother.

"Can you move dude?"

He moved off to the side so I could open it but was still standing in my face.

"So we going out tomorrow?"

I sideyed him quick. " and what gave you that idea?"

"I mean you single and fire... I'm single and fire that shit sound like the perfect idea."

So fucking corny.

"You not single and I'm not interested soooo fuck out my face boy."

Slamming my locker closed I walked off towards the exit. Outside in the parking lot I could see Noni waiting by my car.

She heard me hit the locks causing her to look up.

"Uhn uhn why you looking like that in the face?" She asked me as we got in the car.

"Girl I'm gon have somebody whoop Rodney annoying ass. Plus this punishment shit is so old now.. I learned my lesson the first day."

"The sidekick gon get it too watch, yo mama do not be playing when it comes to teaching a lesson."

She said as I started up the car.

"Girl okay like the lesson is learned."

I hit my horn a couple times so these dumb ass kids can get out the way and pulled out.

"You going home or you gotta go to the shop today?"

"The shop I got three clients today, that's what I was grabbing from Gianna. The bitch dun had my concealer for bout a week like alright now lady."

Mrs. Leslie had a beauty bar downtown and Noni was the youngest makeup artist in there. Them older hoes be hating cause my girl gets to her bag.

A young bitch bringing in more clientele then they old asses. Shitttt I might be a hating ass bitch too.

"Not a whole week and that's exactly why you can't be letting motherfuckas borrow shit. They drag it everytime."

"Every single time." She said agreeing with me.

"and speaking of three clients you better do them homework assignments la-"

"I did them before we even left school cause on a forreal note I can't fuck up my last year. My family get on my nerves too bad and I really need to get away from them."

"And do with they weird asses."

Ten minutes later I was pulling up in front of the shop.

"Text me off that tic-tac of a phone when you get the chance."

"Alright now you ain't have to call it that." She start laughing while I was sitting there with my lips tooted up.

"Let me know when you get home crybaby. I love you and thanks for the ride."

"I love you too doofus goodbye and have a good day." She slammed the door before rushing inside.

Pulling off from the curb I headed over to the hair store real fast before my mom start calling like "where you at? why you not home yet?"

Spoke her ass right up to cause here go Massa calling right now.

"Yeah Ma?"

"You outta school?"

"Yes I'm on my way home right now."

"Alright and hurry up we need to talk about some things."

That made me a little nervous just because of the tone she said it in.

"Okay I'll see you in a minute."

"Heard you." The line clicked and I start cracking up cause lady who do you think you is.

The hair store was packed as per usual but I only needed some more lace tint and that usually be right by the front.

Killing the engine I hopped out quickly and hit the locks. Inside the line was almost at the back of the store. My eyes hit the back of my head so fast cause why the fuck wouldn't y'all open another line?

"Man can y'all open another register ? I mean what the fuck y'all see all these people."

The lady said taking the words right out my head.

"My friend he's coming up here right now... NEXT!"

I start looking around cause hopefully that'll make the line move a little faster. Hair store gets my money everytime cause it seem like you come in for one thing end up leaving with mad shit.

A wig brush, lace tint, and some bundles later I was finally at the front of the line.

"Two hundred dollars and sixty five cents."

I slid my card real quick and snatched my bag up from the counter. Shit I was fake tryna hurry up now, ain't need her calling me twice.

When I finally pulled into the driveway my mom and Moo was sitting on the porch swing with a big blanket covering them. October was when it got cold so the blanket was essential.

"Teeteeeee!!" I couldn't even get the door open good before she was running to my car.

"Hey boo how was your day today? You had a good time with Nana?"

"Yesss and guess what I did?" I had her in my arms tryna lock the car doors at the same time.

"What?"

"I count to twenty today."

"Whattttt? Did you? You a genius I told you." She pointed at her temple shaking her head and that right there made me buss out laughing.

So grown dude.

"Hey Ma, what's going on? What we talking bout you know you be making me nervo-"

"Girl shut yo ass up and sit down. All that damn rambling."

I sat down next to her on the swing and she told Moo to go in the house real quick. Which she did.

"Something wrong?"

"No but I do wanna apologize."

My face was definitely giving that confused ass look. My mom?

Apologizing?

"You alright Ma?" I grabbed her hand holding it cause oh na she really had me concerned now.

"Yeah baby I'm fine, I think I was a little too hard on you with the punishment. You was late by what ten minutes and you made it in the house safely. So yes I do apologize for that, don't make being late a habit though. I trust that I've raised you well enough to continue doing the right thing. I'm letting you off punishment early but don't drag it no-"

I cut her off immediately giving her a hug and kiss. My mama rarely admitted when she was wrong and in this case I ain't think she was wrong.

Dragging it yeah but wrong na. I've always respected my mom on a different level so I just took it to the chin.

"Okay now enough of the lovey dovey shit Cyn. All that damn slob." She said while wiping my kisses off her cheek.

"Don't be acting like that Ma. You know you loves my kisses. Na forreal though thank you for the apology and everything. I appreciate it."

"Mhm, now you got any homework?"

"Just some research today for this little group project that's all. Where Treasure at?"

"Running the fucking streets as per usual."

That made me roll my eyes. "She such a bum. I ain't never met a person that be outside every second of the day without they kid."

"Give her a chance Cyn she tryna figure life out with her having a kid now it's probably har-"

That was my cue to get up before it was argument. "Mommy be forreal. Mylani is three years old the lady dun had three years to get right, she just stuck in her own ways. Ain't nothing nobody can do to change that cause if your own child can't change you I mean who can?"

and since I ate the statement up so well I took my ass right in the house.

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"Ma! You don't work tonight right?"

"No Cyn." I slid on my crocs and snatched my car keys off the dresser.

"Alright I'm going to Saint build."

"Okay now be back before yo curfew it's a school night."

"Alright. I love you!!" I shouted behind me as I ran down the steps.

"I love you too loud mouth!"

As she screaming with her even bigger mouth.

It was going on seven and since I finally had my phone back the whole gang was blowing my shit up.

But Saint last couple texts had me fake concerned.

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Something had to be wrong cause he wasn't tryna say what it was.

I put my car in reverse and backed out our driveway. Traffic was eating my ass up right now, it seemed like everybody and they mama was out.

Saint stayed down the way so he wasn't that far from me. Some time later I was pulling up outside his crib I called em letting him know I was out here.

This nigga was taking all day to come out like was you in there tryna get cute? My head was down in my phone so like five minutes later the passenger door swung open.

Scaring the fuck outta me.

"Man look who they freed." He was recording me so y'all know I threw the gang up.

With my fake gang banging ass.

"Nigga get in the car letting all my heat out." I told him playfully.

"Yo mom let you off punishment?"

"Yeah and surprisingly she actually apologized which I wasn't expecting at all."

He looked just as shocked as me.

"Who? Yo mom? Man the world gotta be ending."

"Right that's the same exact face I made."

"That's real though."

"Definitely. Now what's going on that you couldn't text it to me." I said before drinking some of my water.

"Man no funny shit I think Sadai cheating on me." Almost choked on this shit.

"Wait huh?"

"Let me tell you why bruh." Now my whole body was turned towards this nigga. Cause whatttt not Sadai, I fucked with her and they had been together for mad long at this point.

Hope she not cheating on my brother, imma do her ass just like I did Faith.

Gon be calling that bitch Patch.

"Man she always accusing me of shit but she know I'm not out here wildin. All this going through my phone knowing she not gon find nothing is mad suspicious. Like she tryna make me guilty of something cause she doing some weird shit."

I made that yikes face cause that did kinda sound like some fu shit.

"You look through her phone ? That would be my next step cause fuck all the wondering. That phone gon tell you everything you need to know. She just recently start acting like that ?"

Motherfuckas be like everything gon come to light.... well call me sunshine cause I'm going through that phone fuck outta here.

I am the light.

Lmao.

"I ain't peep until the day after the party...but she been on that accusing shit."

Suspicioussss

"My best advice is to come at her with it straight up. Don't beat around the bush neither y'all communicate about everything else this should be no problem. but if she turn the shit into a unnecessary ass argument she guilty ion care."

He rubbed his hands down his face clearly frustrated. Shit I would be too especially when he been faithful the whole time and I do mean the whole time. Nigga Saint won't even like a bitch picture on the gram. Sadai got his ass in a chokehold and it wasn't nothing bad about that but it definitely hurts when you that in love with a person.

"Yeah hurry up and finish rolling that bruh you need it I could see it all in yo face."

"Na cause this shit got me hot I ain't gon lie to you."

I couldn't do shit but shake my head cause I'm already knowing that he was sick about this shit.

"You talk to my cousin? Cause the nigga won't stop asking bout you."

I gave him that dumb look. "Nigga I just got my phone back today so no."

"Oh yeah." He immediately start laughing, that blunt was eating his brain cells already.

"Shit I told him you was on punishment, you gon hit him?"

"Probably not I'm embarrassed as fuck."

"Fuck you got to be embarrassed about?" He asked me after inhaling the smoke.

"Night of the party my drunk ass kissed him just doing too much."

"Bruh grow up-" he said that shit with the straightest face ever which made me buss out laughing.

"I know my cousin and the way he keep bringing you up he ain't worried bout no kiss."

"I know he probably not but you know how I am."

"Cyn you got one body you act like kissing gon make it seem like you going. Live a little and hit bro up."

I just shook my head indicating that I was listening to him. Niggas in the town was the most foul, last thing I needed was a reputation. I was real cautious on who I gave my body too. Only person I ever fucked or even kissed was Pop. The men population was too wishy washy for me one minute they want you next minute it's weird ass energy.

A slap on my arm snapped me out my thoughts.

"Damn Saint come on with the hitting shit."

"Stop overthinking. I see the shit all in yo face."

Knew me too well.

"I was no-" My phone ringing cut me off and seeing Noni name flash across the screen made me immediately pick up.

"Wassup best?"

"Hey boo, you think can come scoop me?"

"Duh , you done at the shop?"

"Yeah I'm just cleaning up real quick."

"Ight bet, we on the way." Her face scrunched up.

"We who?"

Saint popped his head in the camera smiling hard as shit making her laugh.

"Happy his goofy ass in the car I need somebody to laugh at. I had a bad day."

That's when I bussed out laughing cause not you basically calling the nigga a joke.

"What happened?" I asked while starting the car up.

"Imma tell you when y'all pull up."

"Ight bet." Hanging up I threw my phone in the cup holder.

"Yo you heard from the nigga Louie? I been hitting em for days." Saint asked me.

"Na that's the only person that ain't text me but you know how his pops be going. We can pull up over there after we grab Noni."

"Man I hope he straight." He said referring to Louie dad. Nigga was a drunk and I do mean A DRUNK.

Real bad. Louie was always disappearing days at a time. He was either out looking for this nigga or tryna take care of him. Which sometimes required him to distance himself from everybody.

"Yeah me too."

Passing the library I drove down a little farther before I was outside the beauty bar. The bitch Noni wasn't playing, my girl was waiting at the door.

"Y'all this bitch gon be the death of me like they gon lock me the fuck up."

She said soon as she got in the car.

"Who?" I asked.

"Faith dumb dirty ass , do y'all know this bitch called the beauty bar all day! She's deadass dragging it now. Like she called so much it was blocking potential clients."

"What's wrong with that bitch?" Saint asked as he passed her the wood.

"Man ion know but she really blowing it now, like she really think we gon get back together and I'm telling y'all all the shit I been going through with my family ion need no extra stress."

"No deadass cause not only is the raggedy bitch bringing you drama that's fucking up yo money."

Never met a bitch who go so hard but was the one who got caught cheating.

Fuck outta here.

"Man I'm telling you if the bitch make me lose my job y'all , I'm on her ass so bad. Like beating her the fuck up so bad the bitch gon be unrecognizable."

"I'm already knowing, cause bruh on some real shit that shit she pulled at the party. It should've been curtains for her....you want me to kill her?"

My eyes bucked out my head cause this who take it too far everytime.

Noni smacked his shoulder playfully.

"No you fucking looney tune, who just says shit like that like it's normal."

"Me you know ion give a fuck." He pulled his shirt up flashing his glock immediately pissing me off.

"Now ion know how many times I dun told you don't bring that shit in my car . Yo ass be doing too much."

Guns made me very uncomfortable.

"My bad Cy but you know I can't be out here naked."

I waved him off and fifteen minutes later we was pulling up to Louie crib.

"Y'all see his car out here?" He asked us.

"Hell na. Saint go knock real quick." I told em.

"Ight I'll be back."

Soon as he hopped out Noni start talking her shit.

"I know damn well Louie ain't go ghost again, I hate that his dad really be doing that weird shit to him. It's like damn he do got a life too fuck outta here."

I shook my head agreeing with her.

"The shit is ridiculous honestly. Like I understand alcohol is a addiction but you literally draining your son. He don't see that too worried bout that bottle."

"And that's a fact."

"He ain't there man." Saint said as he shut the car door behind em and I pulled off towards his house.

"I honestly wouldn't worry he does this shit too often." Noni said.

In all reality we all couldn't help but worry his dad was always getting him into bullshit situations. I just hoped he hit us up sooner than later.