A/n: i never really gave a timeline. the setting started in the end of May, Aiza's bday is the middle of June, school started in August, it's now September.

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Skai's POV

Today my dad's side was having a cookout and my dad asked me to come. He promised my mom wouldn't be there, which was probably because my brother was gonna be there too, so I decided to come.

I sat on my granny's couch waiting for them to finish the food.

"Wassup sis" I heard causing me to look up and smile.

"Amirrrrr" I said walking towards him, he pulled me into a hug and kissed my cheek.

We hugged for a minute until he let go and walked with me back to the couch. "I missed you" he said laying his head on my shoulder.

"I missed you too, what you been up to?" I asked.

He shrugged "I'm in school and I cut hair, what bout you?"

I nodded "I do photography now and I just started school. What you studying?"

"Architecture" he told me.

We sat there for like a hour talking until they finally said we could go eat.

"Damn they really tryna starve us" my cousin Rashawn said mugging my aunt as she tried to serve little portions. "ONLY YOU NEED TO WATCH WHAT YOU EAT" he yelled.

"Gon put another wing on there" Amir said eyeing her.

When I came up she already knew and put enough of everything on my plate.

After I got my food and drink I sat at a table with my brother and other cousins.

"Her fat ass always doing the most, acting like y'all daddy ain pay for all the food" my cousin Rylee (Rashawn's sister) said to me.

I laughed "I don't really fuck wit this side, except for yall and Uncle Ron" I said.

It's something about everyone's daddy side.

"You gotta boyfriend or anything?" Rylee asked causing Rashawn and Amir to look up and mug me.

"I do" I answered.

"Who the fuck?" Amir scrunched up his face.

"Daddy already met him Amir" I said mugging him back.

"I ain ask allat, who is he?" I huffed and pulled out my phone to show him a picture.

"Mtcht you not allowed to have no boyfriend" he told me

I laughed and took the next wing off his plate. "You stay doing that, 'member I used to tell daddy and he'd whoop both of us" Amir said mugging me.

I smiled and nodded "you shouldn't have snitched, should've got up and got more food"

We laughed about other things until my dad came over.

"Wassup y'all" he said dapping Amir & Rashawn up and kissing Rylee and I's cheek.

"How come I ain get a kiss unc?" Rashawn asked causing us all to just look at him.

I laid my head on Amir's shoulder as they talked and recorded us then posted it.

We sat there and chilled for a while until we heard yelling. Amir and my dad got up with their guns, Rashawn sat with his food.

"Boy go over there" Rylee said mugging Rashawn, he scrunched up his face.

"Uht uh they got it" he said sitting back until we heard gunshots.

He huffed then stood up "This why I only go to functions on mama side, they so ghetto" he said stomping away with his gun.

I laughed and nosily followed with Rylee behind.

"I DONT CARE ALIJAH YOU S-SHOULDVE MADE HER ABORT HIM" I saw my mom yelling with a gun in her hand.

I stood by Rylee and watched her point the gun to Amir.

"Okay Cassandra, don't blame him. That was all me, I knew I had a lady and I cheated. Put the gun down" He said watching her move the gun from Amir.

But she didn't lower it.

She turned and looked to me "O-oh so you can shack up wit that boy and come see this funky ass family but not come and apologize to me?"

She then pointed the gun at me causing my heart to start racing. "Cassandra that's your daughter" my aunt said.

"I know that and she knows that, but she doesn't treat me like her mother" she cried.

"Because you never acted like one, I always treated you with respect but y-you never were a mother" I said.

"I SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR YOU" she screamed waving the gun.

"Ight Cassandra, put the fucking gun down. You gon hurt someone" my dad said grabbing her arm.

After that shots went off and I saw my dad hit the ground right before I did.

Shots from another gun went off then everyone started yelling.

"You're okay Aiza" Amir said looking at me with a concern filled face.

"I-it hurts Mirry, ugh I just got my hair done too" I said feeling more and more pain in my stomach.

"I know babygirl, keep your eyes open though." he said wiping his eyes.

"Is daddy okay?" I asked trying to lift myself up.

Amir looked back and more tears fell "Yea baby, lay back tho the ambulance is coming"

I nodded "Imma nap until they get here okay?"

He shook his head "Talk to me about Kareem"

I instantly smiled "Amir I love him so so much, he does so much for m-me"

I tried to keep talking but sleep was hitting me.

"No Aiza, we still talking" Amir said shaking me.

Slowly sleep started to take over my body and I heard ambulance sirens.

.............

I finished editing my clothing website when Aiza called me.

"Wassup ba-"

"This Kareem?" A dude said causing me to scrunch up my face.

"Yea who this on my girl phone?"

"Her brother Amir, aye man you need to come to Emory. She got shot"