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Compton, California 📍

Vadah Avani Parker|Buddha

"Lil nigga you got me fucked up if you think ian nothing to be worried bout." Daddy sized Kamiri up.

It was going on 7 and Kamiri, Kris, Squirrel, and Tonio had just gotten here. Aub and Tiggy had been here since 6:30.

"Got him fucked up!" Chauncey yelled.

"Daddy that's a bad word. Don't say that." Milly looked up at him.

"Ain't shit lil bout me big cuh." He smirked a little making me roll my eyes. He loved knowing he was getting under people's skin.

"Okay that's enough." I pushed through and grabbed Kamiri's arm then looked up at my Dad. "Stop."

"What you talking bout?" He furrowed his eyebrows. "I'm just talking to the lil nigga."

"Aye this nigga Banks messy as hell." Chauncey laughed.

"You wanted to meet him formally. Kamiri this is my father. Father, this is my boyfriend."

"Bitch saying father. She know who she be calling daddy." Aub mumbled making me slant my eyes at her.

i can't stand this girl.

"Wassup big cuh." Kamiri nodded. Im so happy he wasn't high but, the only downfall with that was he didn't give a fuck about what came out of his mouth. At least he had a filter when he was high.

"Don't be calling me that." Daddy mugged him.

"What you prefer? Big homie? Pops?"

"Aye!" Los started doing that ugly ass laugh.

"Ion like him." Daddy looked at me.

"Ion ca—"

"Ahhtttt!" I cut Kamiri off.

"Man Buddha yo lil ass trippin I was getting ready to record. KB you known for knocking niggas out, you know they used to call Banks lil Ali back inna day?" Chauncey snickered.

"And I thought I was an instigator." Kris bust out laughing.

"Who you?" Daddy scrunched his face up before looking at Kamiri. "You just gone bring the whole hood to my shit?"

"Kristopher Wallace sir." He got serious real quick. "This is Carlos Jaxon."

"This a ole 6ix9ine ass nigga. Y'all need to watch him." He twisted his lip at him making Chauncey and Los bust out laughing.

"Woahhhh stop playing on my top. That's out." He shook his head.

"Called yo ass 6ix9ine!" Los screamed.

"Twinnn! My main squeeze!" Chauncey yelled to Squirrel.

"Wassup twin." He nodded making him pipe down.

"What's wrong with him?" He frowned. "What's wrong with you?"

"None." He shook his head. "I'm chilling."

"Oh well. Guess I'm chilling too." He shrugged, replacing his previous facial expression with a nonchalant one.

"Okay can y'all move from in front of the door? Y'all letting all the A/C out." Zaza looked at us.

"Damn Zaza you kinda baldhead." Kris jerked his head back. Her natural hair was in a small afro.

"Stop playing with me boy. I cut my hair."

"She always using that lame ass excuse." Daddy rolled his eyes. I see he had an attitude today.

"Banks you at neckssss!" Chauncey hollered.

"Come on." I grabbed Kamiri's hand leading him to the living room.

"This you?" He picked up my 9th grade school picture that my Dad had framed.

"Omg give me that." I bust out laughing, reaching for it.

"No." He moved it up some. "This big ass smile on your face. Happy ass. You got a unibrow? I'm finna fie yo ass up on cripppp!"

"Stop playing with me." I laughed a little, feeling hit. My Dad was big on embracing being natural so when I first came to live with him, he didn't really want me to get my eyebrows done.

I wasn't bout to be walking around looking like no Neanderthal though so I changed his mind real quick.

He a give me the world if I asked for it foreal.

"Now you mad?" He laughed.

"Ain't nobody mad. You're just playing on my top."

"I'm playing on your top?" He mocked me and laughed some more. "You so proper."

"The It bitch has arrived!" Nay came through the door with Daja behind her.

"The itch bitch." Kris joked.

"Kris stop fucking playing wit me." She bust out laughing.

"My favorite pregnant bitch! How you doing?!" She ran and hugged Zaza like she hadn't seen her in forever.

"Hey girl." She spoke irritability. Her contractions had been killing her so she was not in the mood. "Wassup Daja."

Kamiri and I were sitting down while they all stood, crowding around.

"Aub? Girl what you doing here? What any of y'all doin here? I thought this was a family dinner."

"Yeah and we family now love." Aub nodded. She wasn't feeling my sister's after I gave her the backstory on them.

"Period." I chuckled.

"Oh hey Buddha bitch! Ian even see you!" Daja came over to hug me.

"Wasssuppppp sissy Pooh?!" Nay exclaimed. "Feel like Ian see you in forever."

Were they really gonna act like they didn't ignore me for damn near three weeks? And then come in here like shit was cool? What the fuck?

"Sup." I dryly nodded as we awkwardly hugged.

They went to walk away making me scrunch my face up. "Don't walk away like you don't see my nigga sitting right here."

"Huh?" Daja turned around.

"Oop." Chauncey, Squirrel, and Kris spoke at the same time.

"... Girl what? We literally didn't see him. Why you acting like that?" Nay chuckled furrowing her brows.

"Wassup KB." They spoke in unison.

"Sup." He nodded before looking over at me. "You ain't have to do that."

"No, ain't nobody bout to disrespect you in front of me. You sitting right next to me and we're holding hands ain't no way in hell she ain't see you. Fuck outta here." I rolled my eyes over this whole thing already.

"Gah lee, the dick got you ready to turn on yo family?" He joked making me bust out laughing.

"Move you irritating." I pushed him.

"I'm ready to go. You wanna go?" I rubbed his face. I don't know why I just liked touching on him.

"Girl I just got here. Let a nigga get a plate first, shit." He chuckled.

"I just don't feel like being around nobody right now. Everybody irking me." I rolled my eyes, feeling on his ear.

"Girl why the hell you always touching me?" He grabbed my hand.

"I don't know." I laughed.

"Hey family!" Chocolate walked in the house.

"Girl get yo ass out. You know better." Daddy slanted his eyes at her.

"Yo ol boy at necks." Kamiri laughed.

"He's annoying."

"What you got against me?" She jerked her head back.

Kris and Chauncey started coughing dramatically.

"Derrick stop playing and let that girl sit in this fucking house." My grandma cut the corner and told him. "It's hot out there."

"Grandmaaa!" Milly ran over to her.

"Grandmaaa?" Kris, Squirrel, and Los leaned back. 

Kris looked over at me. "Yo grandma fine as hell."

"She don't look like no grandma." He added.

It was true my grandma looked young as hell. Black don't crack babyyyy.

"Hey my baby." She hugged her.

"Do you have candy?" Milly looked up at her making her dig in her purse and pull out a peppermint.

"Hm." She handed it to her.

"That is not no damn candy." Chauncey mugged her. "Gon give my baby a damn peppermint."

"Y'all don't see y'all grandma?" She cut her eyes at Nay and Daja. Zaza had walked off somewhere.

"Hey chile." They laughed, hugging her.

"Buddha I see yo lil ass sitting on this couch. Get up." We shared a long hug before she pulled away and looked over my face. "How you been?"

"Pretty amazing." I smiled.

"That's good." She nodded. "You know your mother called me?"

"What she say? When? Is she—"

"Calm down chile. She—" She sighed. "We'll talk."

My curiosity was getting the best of me as I nodded and sat back down next to Kamiri.

my mama?

"And who is this fine piece of chocolate?" She rested her hand on her hip.

"My boyfriend, Kamiri." I gestured as he stood up and rubbed his hands on his jeans making me stifle my laughter.

he really was nervous.

"How you doing ma'am?"

"I'm just fine thank you." She rested her hand on her wide ass hip making her keys fall.

Kamiri bent down to pick it up for her making her gasp.

"Awh shit my grandbaby done went out and got her a MAN!" She held her chest dramatically.

"Grandma, please." I held my hand up. 

"I'm just saying sis. 35 years ago, you woulda had to watch yo back." She pointed.

"Woaaahhhh, grandma wylin!" Kris bust out laughing.

"I'm tired of her old ass." Chauncey mugged her. "You just don't say shit like that. Just embarrassing me."

"Lydia, come get yo ass in this kitchen and make these greens!" Daddy shouted from the kitchen.

"Yo grandma fine as hell." Kamiri raised his eyebrows.

"You would think so. Ms. Jackson." I rolled my eyes. I still can't believe he fucked that old ass lady.

it's true, niggas a fuck anything.

"Woahhhhh." He bust out laughing. "Chill."

"You always fucking lying Arondae! Get on my nerves."

"Zyir calm down for you run yo pressure up." DaeDae walked behind Zaza who had a mug on her face.

"Just get out my face Damn. Everybody blowing me." She huffed.

"DaeDaeeee!" Kris, Los, and Tonio dragged.

Tonio who was sitting next to Aub smiled. "Nigga ain't seen you in forever feel like."

"I be with my wife." He chuckled. "Wassup."

"That nigga a father, on crip." Kamiri laughed.

i swear he has the cutest laugh.

"Aye Tonio what's that shit you say? One thing's forsure, two things for certain?"

"We take care of them kidssss." They dragged before busting out laughing.

Grandma came back out the kitchen with a sweet potato pie and sat it on the table and Chauncey sped walked to the table making her pop his hand.

"Don't nobody touch this pie till after dinner, hear?"

"Then why would you bring it out here?" He stale faced her making her pick it back up.

"You better get out my face. You steady acting like cause you grown I won't still whoop yo ass." She slanted her eyes at him.

"Nay come move this vase. I know this ain't where it belong."  She directed.

Nay huffed and stood up, moving the vase.

"Damn, this thing dirty. When the last time y'all dusted this damn thing?"  She raked a finger over the spot.

"Watch she tell me to go clean it." I whispered to Kamiri. I loved my Grandma with all my heart but I hated when she came over because she swore it was her house.

Clean this. Clean that. Move this. Pick up yo that. Like girl take yo ass home.

"Buddha come clean this up." Kamiri chuckled a little making me roll my eyes.

"Stop being disobedient. Go clean that up like she said." He teased.

I stood up and went to the hallway closet where the cleaning products were.

"Grandma ughh! You come here bossin us around! How you know we don't like the way we live?" I heard Nay say.

"Y'all like living in filth?" She scrunched her face up just as I cut the corner to wipe the table down.

"It's not filthy." Zaza mugged her. Grandma looked down on Zaza ever since she got pregnant so they were not too fond of eachother. "I just cleaned this whole entire house before you got here just for you to come here and mess up MY floor! Come in here with these big ass rain boots bringing in dirt and dog ass and wanna say the house dirty. YOU made it dirty! Fuck?"

"You ain't finna be cursing at me that's what you not finna do. You think cause you having babies you grown?"

"Girl I'll mix your pills together. Get out my face." Zaza waved her off which made Chauncey holler.

"I love this family oh my God."

"Disrespectful ass lil girl." Grandma waltzed out the living room and I turned around to put the wood cleaner back where I got it from.

"I knew I came here for a reason." Kris was dead as hell.

"Man I'm just waiting for Lady to get here!" Chauncey dragged making them laugh.

"Chauncey you messy as fuck on crip."

"Lady just got from the airport last night. She on her way over here." Nay snickered.

"Wait so what was the special occasion? Why's dad cooking?" Daja asked when I walked back out.

"Well it's Sunday so he decided to make a big meal but he wanted to meet KB too so." Zaza explained.

"Ohhh, that's why everybody over here." Nay nodded in realization.

"Shit Nay, KB meeting dad. When you gone bring Marv over here?" They smirked.

"Daddy already met Marvin." She laughed.

"Foreal? He like him?"

"Girl who don't like his nice ass?" She laughed. "It was on accident really. I was coming over here to get extra clothes for my trip and he brought me. Marvin was sitting in the car and Daddy went out there being nosy."

"He aggy." They laughed.

I just sat there. I've come to the point with them that if nobody spoke to me, I wouldn't speak to them. We didn't have to talk. It was that simple.

"Mommy I hungwy." Tiggy rubbed his stomach looking up at Aub.

"We gone eat soon baby."

"Chauncey come move yo fucking car yo!" I heard Lady's voice.

"Nevermind. I can't stand this demanding ass bitch." He grumbled patting his pockets. "Milly you gonna come with me?"

"No I wanna stay." She twisted her leg, looking over at KB and I.

He shrugged and walked out making her come and sit by us. She looked up at KB making me chuckle and bunch my eyebrows together. "How may I help you Milly?"

"Oh." She giggled. "Nothing I was just gonna ask KB a question."

"What yo question is shorty?" He looked down at her.

"Where is Marv?" She whispered before looking at Nay making me bust out laughing, throwing my head back.

"Milly you shadyyy." I dragged while Kamiri laughed beside me.

"Ion know where he at Milly." He chuckled. "You want me to call him?"

"Yes please." She smiled sweetly.

"Your dad's gonna whoop your ass." I shook my head.

"Boy okay cause why you walking so slow? You finna blow me, damn." Lady walked in the house, rolling her eyes.

"Why you think I'm scared of you? I'll walk even slower. Ugly ass." He slowed down his steps.

"Chauncey move damn." She pushed him and walked past everybody, straight to the kitchen.

"That bitch don't see nobody?" Daja asked.

"Y'all good? I know y'all fought." Chauncey snickered.

"Yeah we good." She rolled her eyes and snaked her neck at him.

"That's what sisters do Chauncey. They fight and get back right." Nay spoke.

"This bitch is not family." Chauncey mugged Daja. I swear they were fucking on the low.

"Boy fuck you." She rolled her eyes.

"Hm." He jerked his head back giving her a look.

"You seen that?" I raised my eyebrows looking at Kamiri. Everybody else was talking amongst themselves but him and I were sitting back watching.

"Mhm." He hummed smirking.

"Aye who studio that is back there?!" Squirrel walked from the back of the house, pointing his finger backwards. I didn't even realize he disappeared.

"My Dad's. He's a producer."

He gasped so loud and his eyes got real big. "Adopt me?"

We all bust out laughing but he kept the same facial expression. "I'm serious. What's funny?"

"Tombout adopt you. What you wanna be a producer now?" Los laughed.

"What's wrong with that?" Chauncey and Kamiri spoke at the same time.

"Awh shit." Kamiri was gone speak up and talk his shit regardless of who you were but, when Chauncey said something, I knew it was serious.

"It's good y'all chill." Squirrel waved them off looking sad.

"Yeah chill I'm just playing." Los chuckled. "Everybody let's just calm down."

"Ain't no chill. Ion know if that's something you feel strongly about but if it is, I'll support you. Fuck what anybody else talking bout." Chauncey shrugged.

"On crip." Kamiri agreed. 

"Squirrel I can talk to my dad for you if that's something you'd like." I offered.

"Yeah, I'd like that." He nodded looking a little happy. "Preciate it."

"Of course." I smiled. 

"On God Chauncey imma kick yo ass." Lady came out the kitchen and looked at Chauncey.

"What you talking bout now?" He sighed.

"Look at my pictures." She pointed her phone to his face. "They came out so dumb I cannot stand you. I don't take your pictures like that."

"Girl bitch bye. You don't take my pictures."

"Chauncey be using that same one ass picture for a whole year." Nay joked making them bust out laughing.

"That picture look nice fuck y'all. It's hard to get another good one." He laughed.

"She ain't gone say nothing to you?" Kamiri asked in my ear.

"I don't know and I don't care." I shrugged speaking honestly. I didn't do her nothing. Why the fuck I'm apologizing for something I didn't do? That's dead.

"Chill y'all sisters. You forgave me ain't it?"

"That's differ—"

"It's not P. Don't let me be the reason you fall out wit yo family. That's yo sister."

"We didn't fall out cause of you, we fell out cause she too prideful and she think she know every damn thing." I started to get loud making them look over here.

"Aight chill firecracker. You think you can beat the world huh?" He chuckled, wrapping his arm around my waist.

"Hell naw. But I'll damn sure try." I scoffed.

"Period pooh." I bust out laughing. I don't know where he got that from but it killed me every time he said it.

"Hey Aub. Ian know you was here." Lady smiled a little.

"Girl, I couldn't careless if you ain't say a word to me." She laughed humorlessly. "You ain't say nothing to your own sister." 

"It's. About. To go. Down." Kris said.

Lady's smile instantly dropped. "She seen me. She ain't say nothing to me. That's on her if she over there hurt."

"Chile please ain't nobody hurt bout shit. We don't have to talk. I don't care." I shrugged.

"Okay then we won't. The fuck?"

"She been acting weird." I heard Nay whisper.

"Lady you being childish as fuck to be 21. You was the same one asking me if I heard from her and if she was okay. Now you tryna act like you'on give a fuck about the girl." Zaza rolled her eyes.

"Giving the crips very much two faced." Kamiri shook his head.

"Aye this nigga KB get on my nerves." They bust out laughing.

"She still my sister so Imma be worried but if she don't say nothing, what you want me to do?" She spoke as if she was saying the smartest shit in the world.

"Be the bigger person. You older. Dimwit." Daddy cut the corner. "Y'all come eat."

"Shit you ain't gotta tell me twice." Chauncey, Milly, and Squirrel jumped up at the same time.

"Untun Chauncey you know that's my seat!" Zaza dragged, stomping her feet like a child. "Arondae tell him get up!"

"Girl what DaeDae gone do to me?" Chauncey swore he was invincible.

"Get up out my girl seat." He stood in front of him.

"Aye Squirrel!" Chauncey hollered, obviously taking DaeDae for a joke. "Who this nigga think he is? 'You want yo cornbread?' neck ass. Boy you better get yo slinky ass on for I have to do something to you."

"This nigga think he hold weight." Squirrel co-signed. "Boy you a IN-LAWWW!" 

"Leave my man alone!" Zaza stomped.

"And who you think you is? The family don't even know you." Dae bust out laughing, pointing at Squirrel.

"Bitch they finna adopt me. I'm finna be yo baby lil brother." We all bust out laughing.

"Period pooh!"

"Cuh just get up out my