Tuesday
8:15am

"How was school yesterday without me?" I ask no one in particular but got no response in return.

Oooookayy. . .

"What's wrong?" My smile drops into a frown.

"There's something I didn't tell you over the phone Sunday night" serenity says.

She looks pale.

Why does she look so pale.

"Apparently my brother and his friends has some sort of code they live by which is they cannot date each other's siblings or close cousins" she shares but I'm still confused.

What's the gist?

"I've been dating his bestfriend but this was before I knew about the code" she tries to downplay her role in hopes of lowering my dumbfounded expression.

"Okay so what's the consequences?" I choose to ask.

Asmara sighs "I don't like talking about it but let's just say he'd wish he was dead".

"Oh" my mind whirls with crazy thoughts.

"Rass!" Mara exclaims.

"A wah?" Serenity asks.

"This is the girl that slapped you across the face?" Mara turns her phone for seren and I to see.

"Yes that's her but what happened to her face" I gasp.

Serenity laughs.

"Ask you man" she jokes but I really think she's serious.

Who's my man?

"Pardon, my man?" I ask curiously.

"You know the saying my man my man my man?" She asks me.

"Kinda but I don't have a man" I'm honestly confused.

"Well it's nine a.m Tuesday, you ain't got no nigga but a nigga sure do got you" she sings.

Mara laughs out loud "yow you fool enuh serenity".

The only social media platform I have is TikTok so I'm familiar with certain trending topics and songs.

Seren is just being silly, I don't have a boyfriend.

"Who did you told about it?" Mara asks me.

"My mother, sister, you guys and Amir" I poke out a finger as I list out the names.

Mara starts to laugh.

"Aiight well the boss take care of that for you" she shakes her head in disbelief.

"Yeah me can't believe it either, you had sex with my brother and we don't know about it?" These questions are starting to get a tad bit absurd.

"I'm still a virgin and why do you guys have that weird expression on your faces" mara and seren looks at each other.

"Anyways my brother is having a house warming party friday night, you should come with us" seren tells me.

Angela not gonna like this.

Pushing my hand through the loop of my bag, I say "I can't".

English Lit is about to begin even though it's been a weeks since I've started at this school I'm starting to get a sense of each teacher's personality and I've come to the conclusion that Ms. Wilson needs to get laid.

Muma miserable yf

Thanks for your conspicuous observation Ms. Subrella.

Serenity and asmara follows closely behind me. All three of us take almost the same classes together well mostly just me and serenity because mara is more in the medical field.

"It's a Friday night, not like it's a school night so what's the big deal?" Mara asks after catching up to me.

"Uhm let me see, drugs, boys and alcohol" I name a few.

Seren scoffs.

"It's not like you weren't attending a mixed school back in England" she retorts.

I know she's annoyed and that's one of the many reasons why I didn't want to make any friends at this school. It would have made my final semester easier and much smoother.

"What time will she get home today?" Seren asks. What is she thinking about.

"She should be leaving for work at approximately five-thirty, why do you ask?" I share with a following question.

"We're going to ask her together that's all" Seren grabs my hand and swings like a kid would do when they're overly excited.

I giggle.

A part of me wants them to forget about me and move on with their lives because of the imprisonment of a home my mother built for us while the other part of me likes the idea of a friendship and people willing to fight for it.

I'll wait until a month has passed before I tell them about my impending crisis.

Today we're moving in all the furniture and appliances into my very first home.

I wasn't aiming for a big party, just a little get together with close friends and family but my boys had other ideas instead and winded up inviting outsiders.

I'm paranoid especially when it comes to people I don't associate with being inside of my personal space so I moved the party outside to my back yard turning it into a pool/house-warming party.

My mother liked the idea when I ran it by her earlier.

It's a win for everyone, now I don't have to worry about killing anyone for my furniture or personal items.

Luckily for me I had a vision of what I wanted for myself. Installing an outside bathroom was one of my best decisions.

There would be no need for anyone to step foot inside of my house.

De Gawd prepared for any obstacles.

Call mi bob the builder.

Technically I'm an uprising architect, my house isn't.

I smirk sheepishly at my antics.

"Where do you want the chairs to be positioned?" My mother keeps looking at different angles of the living room to find the perfect place to set down the sofas.

All I care about is seeing the television properly while I play my games.

"Wherever you think is best; I'm going upstairs to layer out my bedroom. You can deal with decorating the other three bedrooms but no one will coordinate my bedroom for me" I disclosed, my mother chuckles and shakes her head.

Following my steps to the second floor and into my bedroom where workers are setting down bed, chest of drawers, nightstands.

Decorating has always been my weakest point, that's why I need a woman with taste; someone loves to do interior designs for fun even if it's not the job occupation they want for themselves.

"Where do want the bed sir?" One of the workers asks.

"Centered vertically with both nightstands at the headboard of each side. Mount the television in the middle" I suggest, the tv mount can be turned in any direction or angle to provide better view which is why I'm not worried about where it's situated.

Even though I have large walk in closet, you can't go wrong with owning a chest of drawers for simple clothing like underwear, vests and socks.

Raising my wrist into my line of sight and my Apple Watch lights up for me to view the time.

It's quarter pass two. I won't be done in time to pick her up from school, seeing her face is the highlight of my afternoons.

The Gawd fall and buss he face to rassclaat

None a dat, mi just rate her a lot that's all.

Mhmm... you soon sing like Rastaman. Sing for me babyyyyyy.

Jump on me boat ley me take you down a bungalowwwwwww🎶

My inner voice laughs out loud like a mad man.

I roll my eyes at my subconscious escapades, he just doesn't know when to quit and I won't indulge to prolong it.

After I've finished setting up my room just the way I envisioned it, I head downstairs to see how my mother is progressing.

"Jh'amir this house is so beautiful" my mother squeals, she's the only person that I allow to call me by my full government name.

Smiling at my accomplishment, I boastfully say "This is my best project to date, I had to make sure mine is extraordinary than the others and I succeeded" .

She nods with the proudest smile on her face.

"At first I couldn't comprehend why you wanted to be an architect instead of a lawyer but now I've seen the benefits and you've also, been offered a job to be a property developer for a major corporation that's amazing!" She says.

The pay seems feasible given the fact that I'll be owning fifty percent shares of each home that will be built.

Only problem is I'm not sure if I want the job.

"Yeah well you raised me right" I praise, my mum blushes.

"I'm going to finish decorating the half bathroom downstairs and the other bedrooms. You can handle your own office space" she tells me before leaving my line of sight.

One hour later. . .

Everything is finally coming together nicely. I must admit this was the best decision I've ever made and I did it before I turned twenty years old.

Talk about overachiever.

My phone starts to ring from my sweatpants pocket, I take it out to see Alicia calling.

"Hello . . . Amir?" She asks as soon as the line is open.

"What do you want Ali?" I'm already feeling annoyed.

"I sent you a message hours ago to come and pick me up after school. School is over, you haven't read my message and you're not here" she whines.

"I'm busy" I prompt.

Ali scoffs.

"What could be more important than me these days? Ever since Miss goody too shoes started coming to this school you've been keeping your distance from me" Ali argues, frustratedly.

I groan.

Swear on my life seh ali torment.

"Look ali, me no got no time for the argument thing. My hands are tied up right now I'll call you later and we can go out for a drive or something" I say as a way to resolve the situation.

"Okay , fine!" She says bitterly and ends the call.

At first I wanted to share this happy moment with Alicia, allowing her to be the first woman in my life other than my mother to see the home I've built for myself but my prospectives has changed and I'm starting to think she's not the one for me anymore.

Serenity called her favourite taxi driver to come pick us up from school.

I called my mother earlier to give her a heads up about my friends coming over after school. Usually I don't lie but I told her we had a group assignment to complete.

Little did she know my friends are coming to ambush her and ask for permission to let me attend a party in three days.

This won't go well at all.

I'm so nervous.

What a condition, my subrella jokes.

I roll my eyes and sigh.

Within twenty minutes we're at my house with only fifteen minutes to spare before my mom leaves for work.

Right now she's probably getting ready to leave.

Seren pays the taxi fee and we exit making our way to my house. I open the gate and allow them to enter before I do.

"Good afternoon mommy" I greet and my friends follow "Good afternoon Ms. Peterson".

"Good afternoon girls, how was school today" she replies, not stopping what she's doing.

"School was very informative today and we have an assignment that would go towards our CXC grades because it's an SBA" serenity explains.

What a lie.

Sis out lie you tpc

Hush!

Mara fights back her laughter.

"Okay lovely. . . Food is on the stove if you ladies are hungry I'll be leaving for work in a bit" my mother announces.

"Thanks Ms. P" both my friends say in unison.

"Actually it's Mrs" I whisper to them.

Their facial expressions are hilarious.

"You never say that" mara mutters to me.

Shrugging my shoulders at her response "honestly it doesn't really matter my dad is as good as dead to her, trust me".

Seren nods "okay".

Mara joins in "okay".

My mother comes back down the hall "Soo Mrs. Peterson, my brother is having a housewarming party on Friday night our parents will be there. Can kay come with us?" Seren asks.

My mother turns and looks at us suspiciously. "I've heard that excuse before quote on quote parents will be there, pffh".

I knew she wouldn't believe them.

After unlocking my phone and opening the group chat I typed:

Me: Nice try guys.

Mara: We're not giving up yet.

Seren: Right!

Seren starts dialing a number and after the second ring the person answers and she place it on loud speaker.

"Hey sweetheart" a female voice comes through.

It's her mother.

"Hey mommy are you busy?" She asks Simone.

"No honey, did you girls reach to kaylani's house already?" She replies.

"Yes we're here telling her about the invite on the party Friday but she doesn't believe that you and dad will be present with us" serenity tells her mother.

"Okay honey is she close? Let me speak to her please" she asks.

"She's right here and you're on speaker" she explains to her mother.

"Good afternoon Simone" my mother greets.

"Good afternoon Angela, the girls wanted to invite kaylani out with them on Friday night. My husband and I will be there to ensure their safety" Simone explains.

My mother looks at me for a few seconds then sighs.

"Okay she can go" my mother says.

Must of taken everything in her to say that.

Serenity squeals with joy.

"Great, thanks Angela" Simone says, then adds.

"Bye girls" the call ends right after.

Surprisingly it didn't take much convincing.

"I gotta go too girls and don't forget to eat something, bye" she says before leaving through the door.

Serenity squeals again "I'm so glad she said yes".

"Me too" I replied with a forced smile.

This won't be the end of it.

___________

Angela might be cutting kaylani some slack.

Hope you guys enjoyed, until next time ❤️✌🏾