𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵
𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗵, 𝗚𝗔
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𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐊𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬

"i'm tired." i mumbled and put my paint roller down before cleaning my hands and grabbing my phone since it was ringing.

"yes diamonte." i said while propping my phone up.

"who the fuck pissed in yo cheerios?" he asked mugging me.

"nobody, i'm sleepy." i said and rested my head in my hands.

"i told you ta get somebody ta paint fa you and allat but you wanna be like queen latifah and do it ya damn self." he shrugged.

"and what? all the money is going towards supplies and stuff, painting don't take rocket science." i said.

"you got enough money fa allat and more but okay lil girl." he waved me off.

"da that's mommy?" i smiled at the sound of lijah's voice, i still couldn't get over the fact that he was actually calling me that now.

"mhm wit ha ugly self." wiz said and i flicked him off.

"hi mommy!" lijah said poking his head in the camera.

"hey baby, whatchu doin?" i asked him.

"i eat fruit snacks, see." he put the packet in the camera.

"taste good?" i asked and he nodded, "mhm."

"when you come home?" he asked me.

"in a little bit." i told him.

"okay see you later!" he left and wiz took back over.

"ugh it's you again," i said and dropped my head.

"i'm sick a the disrespect, i want my one when you get hea." he said.

"bet that up play boy." i nodded and heard somebody knock on the window.

"who the fuck." i grabbed my phone and turned to see asani and ryan.

i unlocked the door and let them in.

"hey bitch!" ryan smiled and hugged me.

"you still a nigga get off my lady," wiz said mugging the phone, i forgot we was still on the phone.

"she should worried about me tryna snatch you witcho sexy ass." ryna flirted and wiz straight faced the camera before hanging up.

"he gone hurt you one a these days ry," asani told him.

"and imma like it." he smirked.

"please." i said laughing.

"anyways this is really troy, i get a booth right?" asani asked with a smile.

"yes ma'am." i nodded, "you too ry."

"oh cause i wanna finna say," he said and twisted up his lip.

"fix the lip baby." i squished his cheeks before i started painting again.

"now why you ain't hire nobody ta do that? this ain't beauty shop," asani said.

"you sound like wiz, but i wanna do it myself because this is something of my own and i wanna take my time with it to make it feel more like me." i explained.

"i feel you it's gone look so nice when it's done though, i just know it. everybody real proud a you too t," ryan said as he looked around.

"thank ya'll." i smiled.

"you welcome, oh! we got you this too." asani grabbed something her bag and gave me a picture frame and it was picture from all of us at the salon.

"i remember this day, imma get it blown up to have right at the front." i said and sat it down at one of the booths.

"as you should." ryan said and did the period hand motion.

"right." assni cosigned.

"pick up a damn paint brush." i told them.

"i ain't no slave don't be demandin me." ryan huffed.

"you'd made a nice field slave." asani told him.

"eh he gives off very much house slave, massa slept with his mama." i teased.

"fuck the both a ya'll, okay?"

"too bad you can't, im allergic ta shrimps baby."
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"yeah sam?" i asked answering the phone while i locked up the shop.

"can you come get me please?" she asked.

"where you at?" i asked her and furrowed my eyebrows.

"stacia house, her other friends givin me weird vibes and memaw at her book club." she told me.

"i been told you i didn't like that little cumrag, send me the address i'll be there in like ten minutes." i said getting into my car.

"okay see you inna few." she hung up and sent me her location which was a few blocks away so it wasn't to far.

it only took about five minutes to get there and when i did sent her text message letting her know i was outside, she came outside a few after carrying her tote.

she got in the passenger seat and threw her bag in the back before buckling her seatbelt.

"um whatchu say?" i asked her.

"hi." she mumbled and twisted my lip.

"what they do? cause i fight kids?" i asked and turned in my seat a little.

"they got mad cause i told them i was leavin and they was sayin all kinds a stuff before that which was why i wanted to leave." she muttered.

"everybody ain't your friends, thought you seen that from everything i did. you ain't dumb sam so don't act like it. they touch you?" i questioned.

"nah." she shook her head.

"mhm," i hummed and pulled off heading to wiz's house.

"can we get somethin to eat?" she piped up.

"typa sleepover don't have food? but whatchu want?" i asked her.

"cook out is fine."
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"i need a shower and sleep." i mumbled as we walked into the house, i let sam go in front of me before i locked the door and cash came running to my feet.

"hey boy," i rubbed behind his small ears and he wagged his tails.

once he ran off i went to wash my hands before going to wiz's room seeing him and lijah asleep. i moved as quiet as possible to the bathroom and shut the door before starting up the shower.

i was in there for a good twenty minutes then decided to get out, i wrapped up in my towel and dried my feet and headed back out into the room i grabbed some pajamas and took them to the other bathroom so i wouldn't wake them up while i was doing everything else but the other bathroom was all steamy so ew.

i put on lotion and slipped into a cropped tee and basketball shirts along with some ankle socks before fixing my bonnet and going back downstairs.

i sat on the couch next to sam who laid her head on my shoulder, i hugged her and placed my head on hers while we watched tv.

"you sure they ain't do nothin?" i asked her.

"i'm sure, it's just that's why i was scared to make friends for real. i didn't wanna make the friends and have to go through what you did." she said and i nodded.

"you gone find the right set of friends soon, you can't force and you can't change yourself ta fit in neither well at least you shouldn't. you just gotta wait on it, it'll happen eventually." i said.

"i know." she mumbled and we went silent.

i felt for her and i understood what she was saying because it took me awhile to actually learn how to make friends again too and obviously it came with a lot error but i'm glad it did because i wouldn't be able to relate to her or know what to say.
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authors note📌
i know it's short but i couldn't really think of anything else tbh and i needed something to publish sooo yeah, byeee💕