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"Get It Together "

Nayeli
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Clocking out, I let my hair down from the high bun I placed it in during work. I said bye to my co-workers before making my way outside. Earlier I called Armani and told her she didn't have to come and get me so I was taking the bus.

"You gon get in?" I turned around and saw Marcellus parked up.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Are you getting in or what?" He asked ignoring my question. I decided to get in since he made the trip all they way up here.

"Why are you here?" I asked rephrasing my previous question.

"I wanted to talk to you, you've been dipping and dodging me" he said starting the car. I looked out the window as he pulled off onto the road.

"I haven't been dipping and dodging you" I mumbled.

"I usually drop you off at work but you got your friend to do it. I called you and texted you but you ain't reply"

"You texting me and saying 'stop fucking playing with me' doesn't get a reply" I shrugged.

"So we not gon talk about this?"

"You had your chance to talk last night but that stripper you fucked was clearly more important" I shot back. Niggas really annoyed me, they wanted to call you out on shit like they weren't doing their own shit.

"You mad because I fucked a stripper?" He asked with this stupid ass look on his face.

"Oh so you admit it?" I scoffed already over this conversation.

"Why are you mad? We ain't together right?" He smirked.

"I'm not mad that you fucked some hoe. We had the chance to talk and clearly getting your dick wet was more important so there is nothing to talk about."

"Okay Nayeli" he chuckled clenching his jaw.

"Okay" I said relaxing in the seat. I was tired as hell from working so I wanted to take a nap.

"You always have to get the last word right?"

"Yup" I replied crossing my arms.

"Stop being like that" he said placing his hand on my thighs. I pinched him making him draw his hand back.

"Fuck you do that for"

"Don't touch me. I don't know where your nasty hands been" I smiled with my eyes closed.

"Watch when we I pull up to the crib" he nodded making an illegal u-turn. We weren't far from the house but I wasn't worried about Marcellus and his empty threats.

"I'll be watching" said before drifting off to sleep.

I was awaken by water hitting my body so I jolted up and saw Marcellus standing in his drive way with the hose in his hand. I noticed I was laying on the trunk of his car.

"What the fuck!" I shouted feeling for my phone. I was completely drenched in water and I had just gotten my hair straightened.

"I took all your shit out your pockets. I told you stop fucking playing with me, if you would've listened I could've gotten you wet another way" he smirked making me flick him off and go to the front door.

"Nah you gotta go through the garage, you ain't getting my floors messed up"

"Ima kill this nigga" I mumbled walking to the garage. A sharp sting on my ass made me turn around and look at him.

"Marcellus, I swear Ima fuck you up" I said going to the garage. After getting in the house, I took off my shoes and my socks. The laundry room was connected to the garage and I knew a towel had to be in there. Grabbing one of those, I dried off as best I could before heading upstairs.

After going to my room and having a much needed shower. I got dressed and went to Asia room. She was sitting on the floor doing Rhyan makeup, she usually watches Asia when I couldn't. Which wasn't often but she was the only other person Marcellus trusted.

"Hey y'all" I greeted the two of them.

"Neli" Asia shouted running over to me. I picked up and hugged her as she kissed my cheek.

"Hey Rhyan" I smiled giving a small wave. I had no problems with Rhyan, she was a cool chick but we just never hung out.

"Hey Nay, I got a date so I gotta go. Marcellus went outside while you were in the shower" she smiled messing with Asia hair before leaving.

"Just me and you then boo, did you do reading today?" I asked walking over to her bookshelf that was bolted to the ground. Marcellus didn't want anything falling over on her so he got everything bolted to the ground.

"Nope" she replied climbing into her bed.

"Well lets find a book to read" I said scanning over the book shelf. We spent the rest of the day relaxing until it was time for bed. After get her cleaned up and changed, I called it a night for the both of us.

A couple weeks had passed and the living situation was becoming awkward. Reese was back to acting as if I didn't exist and I couldn't be mad because that's what I told him to do. Every time they had meeting and he came over, he just gave me an expressionless face.

"You have to go Neli?" Asia asked kicking her legs while sitting on the edge of my bed.

"I can't stay here forever" I pouted.

"Yuh huh, daddy has space" she nodded her head vigorously.

"Every princess needs her own castle right?" I replied placing some of my clothes in my suitcase. I had found an apartment that was not too far from here but also close to school. I wasn't moving out until the end of the month but I wanted my things to be packed up and easy when the time came around. Marcellus and his boys were willing to help me move some furniture.

"But doesn't a castle need a queen?" She said making my heart melt. Asia was far wiser and smarter than most kids her age. I went to reply but a loud banging on the door made me drop the clothes that were in my hand.

Not this shit again.

"You stay up here, I'm gonna go get the door" I told her while leaving the room. Going to the front door I looked through the peep hole and saw some girl standing there.

"Marcellus I know you home stop lying" she shouted into her phone making me scrunch up my face. One of his little hoes was always popping up starting drama. I decided to just open the door and send her on her way.

"May I help you?" I asked.

"Where's my daughter?"

"Excuse me" I asked the woman that stood bouncing at the door with a decorative scarf on her head. She had on some house shorts and a cropped tank top.

"You must be one of Marcellus new hoes, I told him not to have y'all trifling asses around my daughter" she said pushing her way into the house.

Oh hell nah.

"First of all I'm not one of Marcellus' trifling hoes, I'm the woman that he hired to babysit his daughter"

I really wanted to say 'since your trifling ass is unfit to do so yourself.'

"Our daughter and he still be fucking me so don't think you got a chance" she said just as Asia came skipping over. Any other child would jump with joy to see their mother but Asia just smiled and waved.

"I don't want him so you can calm all of that down. Marcellus has her during the week and every other weekend so..." I smiled clasping my fingers. I didn't want to drag Asia's mother in from of her so I kept my distance. I had never met this woman before which showed a lot about her character. Any other parent would want to know who their child was around almost everyday.

"Where is Marcellus, I need to talk to him" she asked taking a look around. I made sure I locked the front door before walking over to her.

"I'm certain that you have his number so you should call and ask him" I replied smartly. The front door opened revealing Marcellus.

"Yo who fuck is this nigga you got lurking around my house Najeanni?" He shouted tossing some man to the floor. I quickly went to grab Asia and take her out of the room, I didn't need her hearing or seeing anything.

I walked up the stairs with her gripping onto my hand. I led her to her bedroom and instructed her to play with her toys and watch Paw Patrol until I came back upstairs to get her. 

"Look I'm fighting for full custody of Asia" the Najeanni character said making me laugh silently and shake my head as I came back downstairs.

"You not even working. How you gonna take care of her?" He asked. The man who he dragged in was now standing next to his Najeanni near the front door. The door was opened and I hoped they would see their way out of it soon.

"Child support which you'll be paying" she shouted. I could not stand females like her. She knew good and well that she wasn't fit to watch Asia which is why

"So you don't want me raising her but you want my money to help you raise her?" He asked looking just as confused as I was.

"I don't have time to be talking with you, I'll see you in court Marcellus" she smirked before turning around and leaving. Marcellus slammed the house door shut almost hitting them before locking it.

"I swear on everything I can't stand her ass" Marcellus said as walked into the living room.

"What happened between you two?" I asked taking a seat on the couch next to him.

"She was never my girlfriend, just somebody I messed around with. We were cool, had a no strings attached relationship but then she got pregnant. When I started making my little money here and there, she swore I was some millionaire and shit. She didn't come from a middle class home like I did so the money made her switch up" he explained shaking his head.

"How was her home life?" I asked wanting to know more.

"Her parents loved her but they just didn't have it like that to spend money on too many materialistic things. They were too laid back though, they were the type to let her drink and smoke with them. They figured they'd rather her smoke with them then go smoke with someone else" he shrugged.

"My parents didn't play that, almost got my ass whooped for having the fake cigarette candy" I laughed thinking about that day my mom came in my room and say my pretending to puff in the candy cigarette.

"Yeah my pops ain't play that shit either, but eventually I got full custody of Asia and she's still mad about that"

"What happened for her to lose custody?" I asked.

"Asia was about nine months old, her parents were throwing some party or whatever. They couldn't get her to sleep so they fucking put beer in her bottle. Talking about that's normal. They use to give Najeanni some Tylenol to make her go to sleep. Party got out of control and the cops were called. After they found alcohol in her system, I fought for custody."

"What the hell?"

"All she had to do was call me, I wasn't one of them niggas that didn't want to spend time with they daughter" he shook his head.

"Have you ever sat down and--" I stared before he cut me off.

"And what? Talk with her? I did everything I could to make sure Asia was good and that she was good, regardless if we were together or not. Then she turned around a stole from me. Only reason why I deal with her is because I want Asia to know her mother"

"Now shes fighting for custody" I stated in disbelief more to myself. I understood people made mistakes but she was doing this just to be spiteful to Marcellus.

"She might win it too" he groaned leaning forward and putting his head in his hands.

"What do you mean? Asia is in a good environment here and she clearly loves being with you, she didn't even pay her any mind when she came over here"

"Yeah but I got custody of Asia when I was still living with my pops, if they investigate now they might give her more days with Asia. That's more time for her to put shit in her head"

"Asia would never turn against you, she loves you. If she had a say, she would choose you over anyone" I reassured him.

"I don't want Asia to be like that towards her moms though" he said making me nod. A girls relationship with both her parents was important. Some may argue that they turned out fine with being raised by just their mother or their father but still.

"And whose fault is that? Not yours" I frowned.

"I don't want her growing up with a chip on her shoulder like some of these females out here. She already being raised by parents who aren't together and don't like each other"

"I get where your coming from, Im close with my parents but my mom is still acting funny. I'm going by the house today so hopefully that goes well"

"Yeah hopefully, you need your moms"

"I do and you need to stop worrying about everything. Keep treating Asia like you have been and ignore your baby mothers threats. Start documenting things and build a case so if she does take your to court, you have ammo to shoot back at her" I advised.

"I knew there was a reason why I liked your ass" he smiled as he rose from the couch. He pushed my head back and I swung after him before laying back.

Soon I got up and made my way back upstairs to check on Asia and saw that she fell asleep on my bed. Half her body was hanging off the body, I don't know how she hadn't fallen off yet.

My phone pinged as I picked Asia up and carried her to her room. After tucking her in, I pulled my phone out of my pocket and saw a new message from Joie. I knew that was her reminding me about our movie night set for tonight.

I had already let Marcellus know what I was doing tonight so either he was watching her or Rhyan was coming over again. Going into my bedroom, I tossed a few last minute items into my duffel back which was already packed. After telling Marcellus I was ready I noticed that Rhyan was here. I greeted her as I followed Marcellus out the front door.

I had a question that had been picking at me for a while but I didn't feel comfortable asking. As I got in the car, I decided to just ask.

"So how long y'all knew Rhyan"

"We go way back with Rhyan, knew he since Elementary."

"Y'all ever..."

"What fucked? Nah that's all Reese, they always mess around once in a while"

"Oh" was I managed to say as we made our way to my parents place. Before I knew it the drive was over and we had arrived.

"You need to get a car" he said as I got out.

"I'm in the process of doing that, I'm waiting to get my apartment first" I rolled my eyes playfully.

"Bye beautiful" he smirked pulling back into the street. I couldn't fight the blush that appeared on my face as I made my way into the building. They were located in the second floor so I just took the steps.

After taking a few minutes to collect myself, I raised my hand to knock on the door.

"Nayeli" my answers with a surprised expression.

"Hey mom, Joie and I were going to have our movie nights tonight. How have you been?" I spoke feeling awkward as she let me in.

"Good, I went to pay my rent today.." she began and I instantly knew what she was talking about.

"What happened?" I asked.

"The next three months are completely paid for" she said covering her face. I could tell she was close to tears.

"Mom I--" I began.

"We don't need your money Nayeli, put it towards your tuition"

"You and dad have broke your backs to make sure we were okay. I just want to make sure that y'all are too" I could feel the tears surfacing.

"Nayeli" she sighed pulling me into a hug.

"I'm sorry if I disappointed by trying to do so" I cried. I had never gone this long without speaking to my mother and it was tearing me up inside.

"I'm not disappointed in you, I'm just worried. I don't want you getting involved with guys who could put you in danger. A bullet has no name Nayeli"

"Mom it's just a babysitting job, I'm not even involved in anything he does and he doesn't even do anything. He really co-owns businesses"

"We're still telling that lie?" she raised her eyebrows.

"Mom I'm 21" I stated.

"What does that mean?" She asked crossing her arms.

"It means that you can't control every move I make anymore, I'm gonna mess up sometimes but I'll be okay." I said looking at her uneasily awaiting her reaction.

"I know baby I know" she smile hugging me again before the door opened and Joie walked in with her clothes looking disheveled. My smile instantly dropped as I took in her appearance.

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