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Compton, California 📍

Vadah Avani Parker | Buddha

"Don't want it literally! So over it mentally! So tired physically! It distracts and hinders me! So it's for sale! The best offer gets the bo-" My headphone was snatched out of my ear as I sung loudly along to my music.

"Girl bring yo ass." Nay mugged me. "Singing all loud in front of these damn people."

"Quit cursing at me." I frowned. "Where are we going?"

"We gonna meet Za at that food place, Auntie Emma's around the corner, so come on."

School had just been let out and I was exhausted. After a long day at work I just wanted to lay down in my damn bed and sleep. Nay got into a fight today with some girl because she shoved me. She was suspended for three days and it made me upset because if I wasn't mad about it, why were you? Now you're missing out on your education over something so stupid.

"I gotta start standing up for myself." I mumbled, scratching my head.

"Girl you is not no damn fighter. Them bitches just need leave you alone cause you don't do nothing to them. Damn bullies."

"Daddy's gonna kick your ass." I shook my head making her laugh.

"You so proper. Daddy's gonna kick your ass." She mocked.

"Fuck you." I rolled my eyes and laughed. We were at the stop light waiting for it to turn green so we could cross the street."

"Oh my gosh Buddha. You remember Sincere?"

"Tall, brownskin, waves. Look like Larenz Tate a little bit?" I asked for confirmation.

"Yes. He dm'd me talking bout ion fuck with him no more. Like boy you got a whole bitch."

"He was cute. Why'd y'all stopped talking again?" We crossed once the light turned green. My book bag was starting to hurt my back so I let one strap hang.

"Cause I had a boyfriend and I started to feel guilty."

"Wait so you was cheating on your boyfriend with Sincere? But Sincere can't cheat on his girlfriend with you? How that even work Trenee?"

"Cause that's just how it the fuck work. I ain't coming second to no nigga."

"You're ass backwards." I laughed, shaking my head.

"Girl! What are you doing?" I scrunched my face up at her.

"Crossing the street come on."

"That's called jaywalking." I shook my head.

"Girl bring yo ass." She snapped just as a car honked. "Hit me! Hit me bitch!"

it was her fault anyways, stupid ass.

I waited patiently for the light to turn green and when it did, I crossed.

"I see you got sense. Unlike the rest of your sisters." Marv spoke when I made it across the street.

"Hey Marv." I smiled. The day of the block party we really clicked. We were talking and laughing and he was just really funny. I think he was my favorite.

"Wassup lil baby." And on top of that, he never failed to call me 'lil baby'.

"Damn he the only one you see?" Freaky smirked. He was the flirt.

"Hey Freaky. Hey y'all." I waved at the rest of them. They all spoke with the exception of Tonio and KB who were engaged in a conversation amongst themselves. They were the really mean ones.

"Yo lil ass just coming from school? That big ass book bag I know yo back hurt." Marv scrunched his face up.

"Yeah it does can you hold it for me for a little bit?" I took it off and he put it on his back.

my fav.

"I heard Nay fought some bitch cause she pushed you." Los laughed.

"That's not funny. I didn't do anything to her." I frowned.

"Why they always messing with you?" Pj asked.

"And why you never say none? If you gone be my girl you gone have to stand up for yourself." Freaky nudged me making me look at him crazy.

"Who said anything about me being your girl?" I asked making them bust out laughing.

"Ahhhh Freaky she straight ho'd yo ass!" Jerm laughed.

"Why you do my man's like that Buddha?" Kris laughed.

"That's alright, she know she my lil baby." He nodded at me, rolling up a blunt.

"Nigga now you know that's what Marv call her." Los side-eyed him.

"Ian trippin." Marv waved him off sparking his own blunt.

"Why do you call me that?" I asked looking up at him.

"Cause you a lil baby." He laughed making me smile.

he is so cute.

"Can I get my book bag?"

"Hm." He handed it to me along with a lighter. "Go give that to KB for me."

Nodding, I made my way to KB who was leaning on the hood of his car, engaged in his phone.

"Excuse me, Marv told me to give this to you." I held it out and he looked up at me mugging. He said nothing, only snatched the lighter out of my hand causing the wheel on the side to leave my finger with a stinging sensation.

"There's no need to snatch." I mumbled.

"What?" He asked irritably.

"I said there's no need to snatch. You almost cut me with that thing." I mugged him.

"Yeah ight. Move around."

Rolling my eyes at his stank ass attitude, I got ready to walk back over to Marv and them.

"No Arondae cause you got me fucked up cuhs on my uncle!" Zaza yelled making me snap my head her way.

"You is causing a scene." He dragged, slapping his forehead. "Nay come get yo damn sister!"

"That don't got nothing to do with me." She shook her head and turned around talking to the boy who was in front of her.

I sighed, walked over to her, and grabbed her hand pulling her away from all of them to a picnic table outside the restaurant. "Breathe Zyir. You red in the face."

"Man he just make me so damn mad all the time. With his DUMB ASS!" She yelled out the last part so he could hear her.

"The fuck eva homegirl." He waved her off.

"He ain't neva just call her homegirl." Los bust out laughing making the rest of them laugh.

"I just want slap his ponk ass." She rolled her eyes hard.

"Calm down." I shrugged the other strap of my book bag off of my shoulder and retrieved the Fiji water I didn't finish. It wasn't completely cold but it wasn't completely hot either. "Hm. Drink this."

"Thanks baby sis. Ion know what I'd do without you."

"Chile please." I waved her off not paying her no mind. Her and DaeDae went through this all the time which is why Nay brushed it off. Her and Lady never payed attention when they argued but I was always the one tryna cool her down. I was the peace for all the sisters actually. I was more on the calm and collected side like my father while they were all more loud, and irritable like my mother.

"Bae you hungry?" DaeDae came over to us with a tray of hot wings and french fries and a cup in his hand.

She mugged him and snatched the tray of food from him. "Dumb ass."

"Love you too." He sat down, pulled her on his lap, and kissed her cheek.

"Awnnnnn." I gushed. You could say I was a sucker for love. Although I'd never been in it, I had always wanted to be. I always thought about marriage and kids.

Standing there smelling the food she had made me hungry. My stomach growled making her look up at me. "You want some?"

"No, I don't eat hot stuff."

"Here. Go in there and get you something to eat." DaeDae pulled a twenty out of his pocket.

"Thanks." I smiled, and started happily making my way to the restaurant entrance.

"Shit it smell good in here." I groaned, looking at the long ass line in front of me.

"Hey Vadah!" I looked up, scrunching up my face at someone calling me by my first name. No one ever really called me that. It was always Buddha.

"Oh hey Hazel." I waved at a girl from my school. She never spoke to me I don't know why she was speaking now. I ain't never really had friends. I only hung around my sisters. They was really all the friends I needed.

"What you been up to? And what you doing over here? You never be round this way." She scrunched her face up.

I lived in a middle class neighborhood. It wasn't the suburbs but it wasn't the hood either. Lady, Nay, and Zaza grew up in the hood. They had to struggle. Especially Lady since she was the oldest but I never had to encounter that lifestyle. When I came around my dad had already surpassed the "hood life" and was going to school for musical engineering so middle class was all I knew. I still went to school in the projects since it was the closest public school to our house but I never came around this side often.

"I'm just here with my sisters." I shrugged.

"Oh okay that's cool. It was nice seeing you."

"You too." I smiled showcasing my braces.

It eventually was my turn in line and I stepped up already knowing what I wanted. KB was in the line next to me making me roll my eyes.

"Welcome to Auntie Emma's how may- hold up. You one of Banks kids?" The cashier asked referring to my daddy. My daddy used to push weight on this side cause this where he grew up but he's a producer now. Either way, he was well known and everybody knew my sisters and I as "Banks's kids".

"Yes." I smiled politely.

"Girl yo lil pretty self the spitting image of yo daddy. What will you be having today?"

"Thank you. Can I have the lemon pepper meal with extra lemon pepper, the jumbo cajun shrimp, mozzarella sticks, and a large pink lemonade."

"Alrighty, your total will be 21.02." I fetched my wallet out of my book bag and grabbed a dollar and and two pennies out. I gave her the 20 that DaeDae gave me.

"Okay you're order number 323, your food will be with you shortly love. Tell your daddy Tasha said hello."

"I will." I lied, and grabbed my receipt. I wasn't telling my daddy nothing. I walked away with my head down in my phone walking towards an empty booth. My phone blinked making me text my sister back.

ladybug🐞: Girl daddy gone beat Nay ass 😭

Buddha👵🏽: what he say? 😂

ladybug🐞: He sick of Nay baldhead ass always getting in fights behind you 😂😂😂😂

Buddha👵🏽: hey! she fought that girl on her own! i didn't tell her to do that!

ladybug🐞: Yeah but you know we don't play bout yo lil ass. You gotta start standing up for yourself or people gone always run over you Buddha

Buddha👵🏽: i just don't like confrontation. i can't wait to graduate im so sick of them no life bullies. ☹️

ladybug🐞: I am too. I be wanting to beat the world up for messing with you

ladybug🐞: Y'all coming to my house this weekend right?

Buddha👵🏽: i am. nay probably gone be on punishment

ladybug🐞: I doubt he gone stop her from coming to my house thou

I looked up hearing someone plop down in the booth I was sitting in. KB was looking down at his phone. I had a real life staring problem because I knew I was looking hard but I couldn't bring myself to look away.

"It ain't polite to stare." He looked up at me.

fine ass shittttttt.

"It ain't polite to sit in someones booth uninvited." I snapped back.

"Oh you real mouthy huh?." He looked taken back.

"I am not. You're just being disrespectful for no reason."

"Oh." He licked over his bottom lip and stared at me, admiring my features. "Put yo shit in my phone."

He slid his phone cross the table but I slid it back.

"No. What are you gonna do with my number?" I mugged him.

"Text you, duh." He squinted his eyes. He looked high as fuck.

boy you just wanna fuck me.

"No thanks, I'm not running low on people to text." I shrugged, unlocking my phone. Abruptly, it was snatched out of my hand.

"What the hell are you doing?" I don't know what I said that was so funny but he threw his head back in laughter.

"You so proper." He was laughing hard. "What the hell are yo- cuhhhh!"

He was being extra for no reason. "Okay can you give me my phone please?" I asked agitated.

He typed something before handing it to me and mugging me. "You better text me too." It was like his whole mood had switched on some bipolar shit.

"I just told you I wasn't running low on people to text..." I said slowly.

He shrugged keeping that blank look he always wore plastered on his face. He looked me in my eyes, keeping eye contact. Kinda like he was looking for something. He licked over his bottom lip again making my eyes unintentionally drop to his mouth. It was like when I looked, his frown turned into a smirk.

"You better text me man." He chuckled and got up.

or what?

I watched him walk away with his bowlegged walk and waited patiently for my order number to be called. I looked down at my phone and stared at the contact name.

KB🎱

I went to type something but decided against it. I only had one father, the hell? He don't run me.

fuck his ole rude fine ass.

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4/8/19

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