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Compton, California 📍

Vadah Avani Parker | Buddha

"Buddha! Get dressed hurry the hell up!" My oldest sister Lady, screamed from downstairs.

"Omg." I pouted, stood up from my bed and threw a temper tantrum.

"Just tell her you'on wanna go Buddha." My other sister, Trenée, or Nay as we all called her shrugged.

"But Zaza said she ain't wanna be alone so I'm gonna go. Can you come with, please?" I pleaded.

"Zaza always want some damn body to suffer with her. I gotta go get dressed." She stood up and stretched. Zaza was another one of my sisters. I had a total of three sisters making it four of us in all. It went in order: Lady, Zaza, Nay, and me, the youngest.

Nodding, I walked to my closet and bent down to pick up my Nike shoebox. I kept the distressed jeans I was wearing on and slipped on my red and white Uptempo's. Deciding on leaving my red Polo jacket on, I zipped it up and walked to my dresser spraying on some perfume then unplugged my phone.

I cut off my tv and began to make my way out of my room. Nay and I walked out of our rooms at the same time.

"You look pretty." She rubbed some lipgloss on her lips.

"Thanks." I blushed. "Can I have some? I ran out."

After she squeezed some on the tip of my finger, I rubbed it across my lips as we made our way downstairs.

"Bud- oh there you go." She spun around. "You look cute."

"Thank you." I smiled.

"You coming too?"

"What it look like ho?" Nay scrunched her face up playfully.

"Okay bitch cause the slick talk not needed." She laughed. "Buddha, go see what Daddy want and hurry up. I'm ready to go."

"Don't be rushing her. Take yo time baby." She called out. I shook my head and made my way to the den or as my daddy called it, his "man-cave".

"Hey Daddy." I plopped down next to him. He had his headphones on, working on some beats on his computer. My dad was a producer and a damn good one at that.

"Hey baby. You look pretty. Where you going?" He looked back.

why does everyone keep telling me that? i look basic.

"Thanks. Nay, Za, and I were gonna go somewhere with Lady."

"Oh okay that's cool. You need some money?"

"I mean you offering so..."

"Lil money hungry ass." He chuckled and dug in his pocket pulling out a fifty and a five dollar bill. "This good?"

"Yes. Thank you Daddy." I leaned over and kissed his cheek.

"You welcome mama. Call me if anything go down." I nodded and walked back to the front room. I didn't see them nowhere so I assumed they were outside. I wanted to go and get a water from the kitchen but I didn't feel like walking back there so I just grabbed my lanyard off of the wall where it was hanging and made my way outside.

Lady already had music bumping loudly in her white BMW M3. Closing and locking the door, I hurried and made my way to the backseat.

"Oou' this my song! Where we going?" I nodded my head to the Rod Wave song that was playing.

It's always in the wrong hands
I don't think I'll use it again
I would do the faith thing and give it a try
But if it stays it'll take over my mind
I've got a heart for sale I don't need it
I've got a heart for sale and it's bleeding

"Gotta check on the shop real quick. Seatbelt." After strapping myself in, she turned the music up to the max as my favorite song at the moment blasted through the speakers.

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"Where the fuck Zaza at?" Nay patted her head as we sat in the air conditioned shop.

"She said she was already here." I shrugged, strolling through my Instagram.

"I'm bored as hell and the reason we here ain't even here, the fuck? Shoulda stayed my ass home."

"You're actually here for me." I looked up.

"Girl the fuck eva. We gone be here for a lil minute so I'm bout to order some to eat. You hungry?"

"Sure." We were currently at my big sisters hair salon, Filthy Rich Tresses. She claimed she was just checking in but now she had a couple of heads to do so we were sitting in here.

"What you want?"

"Anything you choose is fine really." I shrugged. I'd eat anything as long as it looked edible.

"Buddha, Nay." Lady called out while braiding her clients hair.

"Yeah?"

"Junie say it's a block party at the gas station around the corner. Y'all can go over there if y'all want. I know y'all gone be bored."

Nay looked at me and I shrugged, not minding. "As long as you with me I don't care.

"Okay cool. Let me go get this fold up chair from the back room first and then we can go." She jogged to the back.

I unlocked my phone and kept scrolling down my timeline when the bell on the door sounded off. I looked up seeing my sister waltz through, sweating hard.

"Zaza where the hell you was?" Nay popped back up.

"Around the corner. It's a block party going on over there and I was out there with DaeDae." She referred to her boyfriend.

"Girllllaa! Come in here smelling like outside." Lady mugged her.

"Ho fuck you." She waved her off and looked back at us. "Where the hell you going with that fold up chair?"

"Me and Buddha was finna go to the block party and see what was popping."

"Buddha? Buddha? Bitch I'm surprised you even out the house. All you do is stay cooped up in yo room."

"Chile please I had to make her ass get up and get ready. Told her ass like a good 10 times get dressed." Lady shook her head.

"It was not ten." I rolled my eyes and stood up. "Can we go? I need some fresh air, it smell like spritz in here."

"Alright come on."

"Y'all be safe out there! Let me know if anything happens y'all know I'll be out there with my tazer!"

"Yeah we know crazy ass." Zaza led the way. I heard the loud music booming from around the corner.

"It's a lot of people out there Za?" I asked as we walked. She looked back at me and sized me up and down.

"You look cute. And hell yeah, Ms. Antisocial. It's a block party."

"I am not antisocial." I mumbled, feeling self conscious as we made it and walked past crowds of people. It felt like everyone was staring.

"I'm starving." Nay frowned.

"You didn't order anything?" I asked.

"No cause we ended up coming out here."

"Za! Fuck you went?!" Chocolate, Zaza's best friend shouted making me cringe. Chocolate was a really pretty girl but she was loud and she got around. I personally wasn't too fond of her because my sister was always in mess because of her. Chocolate was definitely drama-filled.

"I told you I had to go see my sisters."

"Oh shit hey Buddha. Hey Nay." She spoke and we responded.

"Y'all these my sisters. Well y'all know Nay, but this Buddha." I waved politely but frowned seeing them all mugging me. I realized that I wasn't tripping and that everybody was staring at me. Here I was in crip territory with red on.

"Man y'all chill on lil sis she ain't with all that gang shit. She just wearing what she wear." Arondae, or DaeDae, Zaza's boyfriend waved them off.

"I apologize. I didn't even know." I quickly apologized.

"You good sweetheart." One of the many boys said. "Why we ain't never see you before?"

"Cause she don't come outside. Any more questions?"

"Damn Za I'm just tryna make conversation."

"Untun, ion play bout that one. Try the other sister." She waved him off.

"Move around Pj don't try shit." Nay quicky dismissed him.

"Lil sis you really caught me off guard. You must've liked the weather or some. Cause you stay in yo room." DaeDae spoke to me.

"Foreal! You such a homebody." Chocolate said to me.

"I was at Lady's shop and she told Nay and I about this block party so we decided to come out here." I shrugged.

"Hold on!" A boy yelled startling me. "You gotta be the innocent sister. Freaky you hear this? She proper as fuck." They laughed at me.

"She damn show is the innocent one." Chocolate nodded. "She so sweet and I hate when people mess with her cause she don't bother nobody."

hm, i changed my mind. i guess she cool.

"You know some! Bitches always tryna mess with my sister cause she quiet." Nay shook her head while opening her folding chair.

"This girl did not bring no damn fold up chair to no block party." One of the dudes laughed. I literally knew no one out here with the exception of my sisters, DaeDae, and Chocolate.

"I did! It don't be no where to sit out here."

"You coulda sat on the bricks or even one of these lil crates."

"And risk getting my white pants dirty? No thanks."

I looked around, just checking my surroundings and my eyes landed on some fine ass boy. He was brownskin and he had a blue bandana tied around his neck. His side features were really intriguing, especially the face tattoos.

"Did those hurt?" I asked unintentionally making everyone snap their heads towards me. "Sorry I was thinking out loud."

"Did what hurt?" He mugged me making me frown. The hell I did to everybody?

"Your face tattoos." I said slowly.

His face dropped. "Fuck you think? Lemme put a needle to yo face."

Everybody bust out laughing but I didn't find it funny. My feelings were actually a little hurt.

"KB funny as hell." They laughed.

"KB watch how you talking to my sister nigga!"

"Exactly, she ain't tell you go out and get that shit on yo face." Nay scrunched her face up.

"Man tell yo sister be logical and don't ask no dumb ass questions." He waved her off.

"Sorry." I mumbled.

"Awh. Now I feel bad for laughing. KB you hurt lil baby feelings." One of them said. All he did was look over my face, like he was admiring my features, then looked away.

meanie.

"Man don't mind him, that's just how he is."

"Nawl foreal, KB mean as fuck. Anyways ion think we told you our names. I'm Marv, this Jerm, Tonio, Kris, Freaky, Los, Pj, and that's KB."

"Marv, Jerm, Tonio, Kris, Freaky, Los, Pj, KB. Got it." I pointed and nodded.

"How old you is?" Freaky asked.

"Seventeen."

"Awllll, you a babyyyyy." They gassed.

"You look young though." Jerm nodded.

"Nawl, you a lil baby foreal. Thought you was older." Marv looked at me.

"Seventeen isn't even that young." I scrunched my face up.

"Everybody over here either 18, 19, or 20. You is a childdddd."

"Whatever." I laughed.

"Oh man let me tell y'all!" Marv said, starting up their own little conversation. "I was over Terrika house and I fucked around and fell asleep."

"Naaaaa. You spent the night over there?"

"The hell you doing over there anyway? That bitch dirty." Kris scrunched his face up.

"Man she was taking the bullet out my arm and she wound up sucking my dick, talm bout it was gone relieve the pain." They bust out laughing.

"No she did not!" Nay and Za was dead as hell.

"I swear. I'm sitting on the couch and she just drop to her knees, I can't make this shit up." He held his hands out.

"We been knew Terrika was like that though. Since grade school." They laughed.

"I wish I didn't though. I woke up and she wasn't there, and all my money was gone out my damn pockets." He ran his hand down his face.

"No she ain't finesse you!" They started doing the most laughing.

"That's why you was up bright and early tryna make bread?" KB raised his eyebrow.

"Nigga tryna make that money back!" Jerm joked.

"Man fuck y'all. Imma make Choc handle that." He nodded at Chocolate.

"You know I gotchu just let me know." She smiled.

chileee, i cannot.

"I hate spending the night to people house. I'll stay my ass home if anything." Nay shook her head.

"I know that's right, people don't be having simple hospitality. I remember one time I spent the night and this bitch ain't give me nothing to cover up with." Tonio frowned.

"Na I hate when a bitch give you a cover and it stank! Like bitch you know you dead ass wrong!" Los got loud.

"Naaaaa foreal Los!" Marv laughed. "Cover be smelling like moth balls and the last motherfucker who spent the night!"

I laughed and shook my head. They were really funny.

"Hey y'all." Some girl walked up. She was a really pretty girl with some nice smooth chocolate skin and big doe eyes. "KB you on yo phone but can't text back?! Why you ain't text me back?!"

He looked up from his phone and mugged her. "Amiah why you getting all loud man? You couldn't pull me to the side? Gone have everybody in my damn business."

"Boy fuck these people! China told me she seen you out here with some bitch kekeing in her face! Don't play with me!" She started causing a scene.

Although she was being loud, she was gorgeous as hell. Her thick hair was pulled back into a slickback ponytail and she had on a white camisole, light distressed jeans, and some white and pink Air Max 97's. She was a little on the thick side too. You ever seen someone so pretty you couldn't look away? Yeah that was her.

"You causing a scene. Move around." He shook his head looking annoyed.

"Kamiri I don't give a fuck about nobody out here, the fuck! And girl who the fuck is you?! Staring all in my damn face!" She started yelling at me causing Nay to get up quick and Zaza to get in her face.

"Bitch ion know what the fuck you got going on but don't be talking to my sister crazy." Za checked her.

"Really got the game fucked up cuhs. Not that one." Nay wagged her finger in her face. I've never been in a fight so to say I was scared right now was an understatement. My heart was beating out of my chest.

She got ready to say something but KB grabbed her up and pulled her to the side.

"I didn't mean to upset her, I was just looking because she's pretty. I don't have a problem with her, I don't even know her."

"Sis fuck her. She wasn't gone touch you." DaeDae confirmed.

"Na foreal, don't even mind her lil baby. Amiah all bark and no bite." Marv said.

"Well sus needa watch who the hell she barking at. And Buddha you ain't finna just sit there and let nobody ho you. You should said something to that bitch. Fuck she thought she was?"

I looked from the corner or my eye and seem Amiah storm off and KB walked back over here leaning on his car. "My bad about that." He nodded at me.

"It's cool." I shrugged it off. "Nay, can you come in here with me? I'm hungry."

Chocolate, Za, Nay, and I all made our way in the 7/11 to get some snacks to eat. There were catering trucks out but I didn't have a taste for any of that.

When we walked in, I went straight to the back and grabbed a bag of nachos, busting open the pack and laying them on the tray. Then, I squirted the cheese in it's rightful place and also added a little bit of salsa.

Putting the top on my nachos, I walked to the Slurpee machine and grabbed a large cup and filled it up halfway with the Coca-Cola flavor and the rest with Wild Cherry. I grabbed a straw and took my things to the counter.

"Ahh Buddha. What yo lil pretty self doing out here?" An employee, Red, asked me with a smile. She was sweeping.

"Whatttt. And a block party at that." The cashier, Riley, rung up my stuff.

"I do come outside, you know." I sassed.

"Girl please, when? You always be in the house. School and home, school and home. That's yo schedule." Red lived in the neighborhood and she was a friend of my Dad's. Riley was too.

"That's the way it should be. Stay in them books girl. Your total will be 7.09."

"Oou' put this on there too." I picked up a brownie and took the fifty out of my back pocket.

"9.09." He gave me my change and I picked up my stuff.

"Alright Mr.Riley, Red."

"Alright baby, be safe. Tell yo Daddy I said hey."

"I will." I lied and seen my sisters standing around outside.

"Took you long enough. Hungry ass."

"I didn't eat all day." I pouted. When we made it back, I frowned when it dawned on me that I had no where to sit.

"Damn, you was hungry foreal huh?" Marv scrunched his face up.

I didn't even understand why they were saying that because I didn't even have a lot of stuff. "This is not even a lot."

"I'm just playing lil baby." I unintentionally blushed at the name he kept calling me since he met me.

"Nay can I sit on your lap? I wanna eat my nachos."

"Of course sis." I popped a squat on her lap and opened my nachos.

finna buss downnn.

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4/7/2019

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