𝐀/𝐍: 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐬 @EnigmaAngel 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨💕!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠...

"Mama! Up!" I heard Syair, yell in my sleep

Groaning I turned around moving the covers over my head. It seem like just as I got good in my sleep, I'm being woken up by Sy. Don't get me wrong I love my baby so much, but sometimes I just be wanting that extra hour of sleep. I be wishing she was a little bit older to sleep in with me, but for now I gotta wait. I could feel myself become cranky.

Last night, it felt like I didn't get much sleep, cause I've been tossing and turning. So late last night, somebody ranged my doorbell, and me being cautious I grabbed a knife and opened the door, to only see Ms.Apryl, at my door steps with a big suitcase sitting beside her. She claimed she drove all the way here to apologize, cause she didn't like how we got off the phone a few nights ago.

Which made me be grow a little skeptical. Cause like ma'am you could've called me to apologize and we could've talked it out. But me being me I didn't think anything of it.

Well tried to not think anything of it.

So I invited her in and closed the door, on,y for it to be stopped by a foot. So I opened the door wider and seen my fuckin grandmother standing there with her bags!

Now y'all know I ain't see my grandma in two years so I'm hella confused and pissed off that Ms.Apryl, didn't tell me that she invited my grandmother here with her. So I questioned her because I'm confused. My grandma jumped in our conversation, she started talking down on me. I'm being respectfully do ignoring her.

Then she started calling me 'The Devil's Child' and all that stuff, so I kindly asked her to leave my house and next thing you know she slapped me.

I'm never disrespectful to my elders, specially my grandparents so before I laid her old as-I mean before I hit her back I removed myself from the situation and locked myself in my room and fell asleep.

It was honestly the most horrible sleep I had ever gotten cause I really wanted to punch the shit out of her. Deadass.

Feeling a little body roll over me and the covers getting pulled off of my face, I felt Sy's tiny hands touch my face, and little fingers touch my eyelids and lifted them up, making me smack my lips,

"Up, mama! Up!" She yelled again

"Okay booty, I am." I mumbled while wiping crust out of my eyes, "Mommy tired Boo Bear."

"So."

"Oop,not you not caring about my sleep."

I leaned up in my bed and did a long stretch cracking every back bone in my body, I even did that little leg shake which cause the bed to shake and for Syair to laugh. Looking over I began to laugh but that immediately stopped once I seen what Sy had on,

"Who the hell?" I mumbled as I hopped out of bed,

I know I'm not going crazy, cause I for damn sure know I ain't dress Sy up  in my damn sleep. And her hair was done. Just as I was boutta go out in my living room, I heard a bunch of banging in my kitchen.

"Awe, hell naw." I mumbled as I ran into my closet, going to the far left and unlocked my safe, grabbing my matte black pocket knife, I walked back out going slowly out the room, looking back I looked at Sy who was looking just like her daddy as she looked at me crazy while she sat on the bed with her eyebrows raised.

Ignoring her look, I walked out my room and slowly closed my door so she won't get out and see her momma, possibly murdering somebody that had the balls to break into my house. Hearing something else fall in my kitchen I couldn't wait any longer so I screamed

"WHO THE FUCK IS IN MY HOUSE?!"

The person jumped dropping a pan, and screaming at the top of their lungs, "THE BLOOD OF JUSUS! I REBUKE YOU!" Turning around slowly the person, looked at me and I sighed, setting my knife down,

"Sevyn! What in the hell?!"

"Ms.Apryl?!"

"For the love of God! Why do you keep pulling a knife out on me?!"

"I-I." I stuttered while holding my head, "What are you still doing here? I thought y'all left last night."

"We was, but it was way to late to book a room." She spoke, she then let go of her chest, "Why the hell you got all these damn knives? You gone hurt someone with those."

"I didn't know y'all was still here. I thought you was a burglar. How did you unlock my room door?"

"Please, baby. I used to get locked out of the house all the time. I picked the lock with my Bobbie Pin." She laughed while setting the pan that fell down, "C'mere lemme see your face."

I walked over to her and let her exam my face. Once her fingertips touched my face I pulled back lightly, that shit hurts like hell, "It's a little red, but just add ice on it and you'll be fine."

"Is she still here?" I questioned

"I am, is that a problem?" I heard grandma speak from behind me

𝗢𝘂𝗼𝗼, 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲!

I closed my eyes and counted to twenty them about six times to get my thoughts together. I haven't seen or spoken to my grandmother since the whole incident with her grandson's mother and me accidentally hitting her. Now she's in my house, slapped me ,mugging me and cooking breakfast, with my food like we coo!

"Sevyn, you alright baby?" Ms.Apryl asked me as she walked closer to me

𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗺 𝗜

"Yeah, I am. How long y'all gone be in Atlanta?" I questioned

"You don't question an adult, little girl!" Grandma spoke while at the stove, "Now we gone be here for as long as we please."

"Ms.Apryl." I spoke at to her with a warning tone

"We only gonna be here for two days. I just came to see you, Zonnique and my grand babies and we will be out your hair, and don't worry, I booked an Hotel so we will be gone after breakfast."

I just nodded, "I'm gonna go and get dressed."

"Okay, take an aspirin for me. You look a little sick, breakfast will be ready in any about thirty minutes. I already fed Guppie, and he's outside using the bathroom. So he's fine."

"Okay."

Walking out the kitchen and into my room, I went straight into my closet and put my knife back into my safe. Going into my bathroom, I pulled my shorts down and sat on the toilet with both hands on my cheeks while trying to keep my composure with my grandma in the house.

I sighed and looked down getting scared as fuck seeing Sy sitting dead in front of me with her hands on her cheeks copying me.

Not even getting mad, I laughed while grabbing some tissue, "Your so beautiful baby." I squealed while making her clap, "Can you clap while going in the room, so I can get ready, please?" Flushing the toilets pulled my shorts back up and went to my sink to wash my hands

"No!"

"Yes."

"No, momma!"

"Yes, daughter."

She got up off the floor, and hugged my legs tightly. This is her everyday thing, every morning when I get dressed she come in my bathroom and watch me use the restroom and get dressed. It's the cutest thing ever, and once I get ready to kick her out, she hugs my legs for me to fold. I try to thug it out and try to kick her out, but I'm a simp. She got me wrapped around her thumb, like crazy.

"Okay, you can stay." I mumbled while grabbing my toothbrush and toothpaste.

After sometime of brushing my teeth and washing my face, Syair left to go with her grandmother while I was back in my room, throwing on a simple, blue NIKE spandex shorts, with a plain white crop top shirt that showed my matching blue sports bra that had the word NIKE written on the rim of it.

My hair was in a bun and I wore my gold accessories and Apple Watch, looking at the time, I sighed seeing I was a little late to prepare for this photoshoot I had in a hour. Imma just have to skip, breakfast cause I still have a lot to do before Queen gets here

I slipped in my all white, Crocs and closed the door behind me while walking the hallway into my in home studio. Everything was already prepared and set, all I just needed to do was turn on my lights and take some practice shots so my camera can be warmed up and ready.

During me practicing, I heard some movement behind me. Turning around I seen Ms.Apryl leaned up by the door watching me. She gave me a slight smile, and not being rude I gave her one back.

"What are you doing?" She asked as she walked fully in

I shrugged checking out my practice photos, "Nothing, just preparing for this photoshoot I have to do in a few."

She just hummed while looking around my studio, I looked back down at the pictures I took, "Ms.Apryl, can I ask again why you are here? Like no offense or anything." I hesitantly spoke

"Well, I hated how we ended our phone call the other day, and I just came here to apologize."

Closing my eyes, I did a slight laugh, "Ms.Apryl. Our conversation was never that deep for you to drive all the way to Atlanta to come and apologize to me."

"I know, but I wanted to see my babies." She nervously laughed, "I missed you all, and I just wanted to do a surprise visit."

"So why is my grandma here?"

"She missed you too Sevyn, and she haven't met her great-grandchild yet, so I thought this would be a double surprise."

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲

"She don't miss me. She just wanna be nosy and see what I'm doing."

"How you know?"

"Cause, I do Ms.Apryl. Did you see how she looked at me when she walked in the kitchen? Like she hated my guts."

"She don't hate you Sevyn."

"Hmm, well the slap in the face feels like it." I mumbled while looking back down at my camera

Ms.Apryl sighed, "Sevyn, just please be nice."

You see?! You see how people expect me to act nice or be the bigger person or expect me to turn the other cheek and forget how people do me? I began to grow annoyed at what people want me to do. Like no, I should be mad and I should be evil like people do me too! I can't always be the nice person. They have to be treated how they treated me.

I'm just tired of being the nice person all the time, you know?

Ignoring Ms.Apryl's comment I continued to look at my camera.

"Well, breakfast is done. Why don't you come and eat something before you work."

"Here I come."

Hearing her walk out the door, I hurried and wiped a stray tear that escaped my left eye. I know some of you think I'm crying for no reason. But it's just so frustrating being a nice person and people taking my kindness for weakness, and when I treat them how they treat me, I'm overreacting or I need to grow up. It's like I can't win for lose, and it's aggravating.

Getting up from off the floor, I dusted my shorts off and walked into my kitchen, getting hit with the smell of bacon, and sausage. Looking over I seen Syair, sitting in her high chair eating some banana's and berries with some eggs, bacon and chopped up pancakes with syrup.

"Hi mama!" She yelled while waving at me

"Hi, baby love."

"Kiss, peas!"

I chuckled and bent down giveing her a kiss in the lips, making sure to make a sound, cause if not, she would throw a huge fit if she didn't hear it.

Going over to the counter, I seen the variety of breakfast food that was cooked by Ms.Apryl and grandma. Eggs, bacon, sausage, grits and pancakes was laid on my counter along with blue berry muffins and cinnamon buns, fruit and orange juice.

As I'm making my plate, my grandma comes next to me and purposely bump into me making me drop a few eggs on the ground. Looking back to see if Ms.Apryl seen what she did, she wasn't paying attention she was to busy getting fed by Syair.

Not even giving her the time of day, I grabbed what I wanted and sat at the table. A while later she came in with her food and sat down next to Ms.Apryl, and started speaking to her. Ignoring their conversation I began to pick with my food, a little because I'm becoming drained already.

I barely slept last night. My face fucking hurts and on top of that grandma is getting on my last nerve. I'm feeling unwanted in my own damn house and it's fucking with my mental!

Hearing knocking at my door, I looked up from my food and scrunched my face up . I was not expecting Queen for another hour or so.

"Oop! I'll get it!" Ms.Apryl cheerfully said while hopping up out of her seat and sprinting towards the door

"Mmm, mama good!" Syair stated while rubbing her tummy and eating a piece of pancake

I gave a slight smile, "It is good baby."

"You barely even ate anything, so how do you know it's good?" Grandma spoke from across of me

Once again, ignoring her I smiled at Sy who was enjoying her meal. Hearing Ms.Apryl's light chatter coming further into the kitchen along with another voice, I looked up from Sy seeing her walk in with Zion right behind her. I just chuckled.

"As if my morning can get any weirder." I mumbled, that explains the fourth glass of orange juice on the counter

"Hey everyone!" He greeted

"Oh, my! I know this ain't Zion strolling up in here!" Grandma yelled while getting up out of her seat to give him a hug, they hugged one another and let go, she then looked up at him and touched his arms, "Boy you know you fine. Lookin how you lookin."

I rolled my eyes at her exaggeration and sipped my juice. Yeah he was fine but he ain't, FINE fine.

𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗺

Mmcht, he straight.

Zion glanced at me for a split second. He then walked over to Sy, who had her arm raised for him to pick her up, "Up, Dada! Up!"

"Awn, precious!" Grandma coo'd making me roll my eyes once again

Zion smiled while picking her up in his arms,"Wassup, lil momma."

"Hi, Dada! Kiss, peas!" She spoke while poking her lips out

I smiled as I watched them give one another a kiss. It was honestly a beautiful sight to see. I kid you not, Sy been babbling about her dad, since she first met him. It may sound weird since she's one and barely could talk but in all honesty I be understanding what she be saying. No lie it's the cutest thing to listen to.

Zion sat down next to me with Sy in his arms, she was playing with his gold necklace that was wrapped around his neck, he looked over at me and gave me a side hug, "Wassup Sev."

"Hey, Zion." I mumbled with a slight smile, "I thought you had a show?"

"It got canceled last minute. So I decided to come and surprise y'all and see Sy."

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆.

I only nodded, understanding

"Awwn, look at the beautiful family." Ms.Apryl, coo'd, "Lemme take a picture."

"Ma, please don't." Zion chuckled nervously

"What? One picture won't hurt. Ain't that right, Sevyn?"

I nodded,"Yeah, actually it will hurt."

"C'mon let me take one picture."

"Ms.Apryl, not right now." I laughed and looked at the time, "If you all will excuse me, but I have to start getting ready."

My grandma hummed while eating a piece of her bacon, "Mmm, where you going?"

"Work."

Ms.Apryl looked between us and nodded, "Well okay. Oh, Sevyn before I forget. We have a dinner reservation tonight. Do you think you will be done by, what? Let's say six-ish?"

"Yeah, I should be done."

"What exactly are you doing?" Grandma questioned

"What do you mean?"

"For work? What are you actually doing for work?

"I'm a photographer."

"A photographer?" She questioned, "I didn't know photographers dance all on the floor like they got no home training."

"I'm also a dance choreographer, and that's not what we always do."

"More like a stripper to me but hey."

"Momma Mae, that was very unnecessary to say." Zion spoke

"What? Child, she might as well say she's a stripper. All on the floor, showing her tail like she wasn't raised to have respect for her body and for herself. You should be a shame of yourself. Showing your child to dance in a provocative way! What you gone teach her next? How to be a whore?!" She questioned, "You only following in ya momma's footsteps and gone teach that baby next. To be a hoe."

All I remember next was jumping up out of my seat, and hearing my name being called

"SEVYN!"

Then I blacked out.

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