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"when the money talks, what is there to say?"

Emori did her best to hold her volumous pink curls up, with bobby pins in her mouth, ignoring the dark brown roots growing out, styling her hair as quick as possible with the help of her heart shaped mirror view.

"FUUUCKK BRO" she groaned in frustration, "hair, dont be a bitch today, you gotta look good for this new years party that i DONT EVEN WANNA GO TO BECAUSE ITLL BE FULL OF SENIORS--"

"—HOW MANY TIMES DID I TELL YOU ITS FUCKING BUSINESS, 'MORI?" oscar, emori's older brother, stormed into her bathroom as soon as she yelled her protest.

"WELL WHY AM I APART OF IT, FUCKK" she yelled back as she forced her feet into her greyish dior x jordans before--

[car loudly hooting]

"ZI, COULD YOU WAIT A SEC" oscar yelled out through emori's bathroom window, his deep voice echoing through the bathroom.

"...Some people we haven't seen in a minute will be there" he reasoned, looking back to his younger sister as she tried to revive the mess of her hair

"Someone my age? maybe?" she mocked, before seeing her brother nod through the reflection.

 "Deadass? Like i'm sick of only seeing grown ass dudes up in this bitch" she said, making him chuckle as he shook his head.

'Mori undid the hairstyle she was testing and just but hair clips on each side of her head.

"Fuck it, who cares" she fixed the position of her denim skirt with heart buttons running down the center, and pulled down her white lace cami top, before grabbing a small blue backpack then running downstairs.

She skipped out the front entrance, to see pitch black outside, surprised at how many stars she could see despite all the bright ass christmas decorations the neighbors didnt bother to remove.

"Its not a little cold for those?" ziar asked his niece, looking through his rearview mirrors

"Nah. i'll be fine, zi" she told him, eyes glued at the sky.
as she heard keys jingling by the door, she speed walked to the other side of the car. "SHOTGUN" she yelled before opening the passenger door.

"Fuck" oscar whispered, "emori-"

"I'll give you the aux! damn" she dramatically turned towards the backseats, giving a teasing smile at him.

[swang by rae sremmurd playing in the background]

They reached the destination, already seeing a bunch of people inside. emori lowkey regretted agreeing to coming here, but it was too late to back down.

"Aight lets fucking do thiiis" oscar excitedly hopped out of the car before--

"Hol' on hol' on." zi turned to emori, who leaned on the passanger door, "You aint taking a mother fucking sight off o'each other, got it? especially you 'scar" he pointed

"Zi!" oscar yelled while mori and ziar laughed at him.

"Alright, zi. we'll see you now" she said, leaning back in to give him a hug. "Not too tight, zi. you're smudging my makeup!"

"'Makeup' says the 10 year old?" he held her shoulders to get a better view on her makeup, seeing blue wing eyes with white inner eyes, furrowing his eyebrows

"Ziar! im like, 14! How many times do i have to tell you?" she got out the car and walked to the sidewalk, where her brother was

"I know i know-- im playing. Be safe" zi raised his eyebrows at them, then put on a pair of shades before driving off

"Goin' through the money like a phase (like a phase)" the song continued in the background

"Shades at night, huh." emori said as they followed the car with their eyes.

"Thats our uncle, and we love him, right?" oscar looked to his sister

They both turned around to get a good view of the house, taking a deep sigh before walking to the entrance of the house. oscar greeted a couple of people before he got in house.

They were unwelcomely greeted by the crowd of dancing people, clogging up the entrance so they had to fight through the crowd, not to mention the loud ass music, at least the dj had good music taste.

"It smells like fucking weed and pee in here" she confessed blocking her nose as they reached the emptier passageways.

"Probably just beer" oscar said, getting a message from his phone, but before emori could peak to read it—

"—YO, OSCAR. EMORI" a voice in the distance yelled, they both turned to see—

"FEZCO" they both greeted, walking towards where he sat, seeing a brunette girl with him

"Wassup wassup" oscar dabbed fez up

"Sorry-- lexi, this is oscar and emori. we go way back." fez smiled at lexi

"Oh!" she said, "im lexi, he already said that, ha"

"Coolest girl in...the whole ass party" fez told oscar and emori, making lexi blush

"'Sup" oscar greeted lexi, doing the classic head lift

"Nice to meet you, lexi" emori greeted, smiling as she admired lexi's beauty

"You too!" lexi warmly told her

"...Been a minute, right?" oscar said, smiling

"Ye, man. what brings you two here, anyways?" fez asked, lying back on the couch

"Lotta fucked up shit, man" oscar summed up, scratching his head as he squinted

"Things aren't looking too good?" fez asked, intruiged

Emori slowly shook her head, before noticing--

"--Where's ash, he not with you?" she ambitously asked fez, subconsciously widening her eyes

"He's around. just don't know where exactly" fex looked around the room

"Well...we got somewhere to be, right now so--" oscar interrupted, putting his hands behind his back

"We do?" 'mori asked, looking up at him

"--Oh oh, no worries, man. great to see yall" fez said,
"bye!" lexi smiled and waved at emori as oscar led the way back to the passageways.

"She reminds me so much of mom" emori blurted out as soon as they were far enough

"Who? that lexi girl?" oscar asked, looking at his sister, thinking about what she said

She nodded, then looked to her right to see a girl in a short black bodycon and fairy-looking heels, violently knocking on a door. "Damn..." she whispered, "alright if you need me, i'll be outside" she looked back at her brother.

"--Nah nah. you fucking staying here wimme, remember?" oscar smirked at her, which made her furrow her eyebrows

"Wha- uh- DONT TELL ME I GOTTA FUCKING MEET ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR BITCHES, 'SCAR-- I WILL--" she yelled over the music.

"--It's NOT them" oscar told her, watching her fiddle with her heart necklace

"Damn right it ain't them. annoying asses. so who is it?" she asked

Emori and her brother were brought into a dimly lit room, barely seeing what lied in front of them. A short buff man stood behind them, closing the loud door shut.

Suddenly, Emori's head started to hurt. For whatever reason, she must've bumped it whilst fighting through the crowd

"Been a fucking minute. take a seat 'Scar" another man in a raspy voice said, seated on a couch, "you too sweetheart. missed y'all"

Oscar did as told. although 'Mori felt a bit uneasy she still trusted her brothers intentions, whatever they were.

They sat on an old fashioned embroided couch, hearing the distorted music from out the door.

Emori looked to her brother, doing the 'you know him?' face. He lightly nodded, then uttered the words 'bow'

Bow lightly chuckled, taking a sip out of a glass of whiskey, then proceeded to light up a cigarette as he creepily stared emori down

"Your sister old enough for this shit?" Bow pointed at her with his cigarette, the smoke spreading with his movement and diffusing all over the room

"Yessir." oscar replied, rubbing his hands up and down his thighs, turing to his younger sister

"Beautiful. looks just like Sadè, huh. finna make me tear up and shit" bow said, making emori furrow her eyebrows

The short buff man stared emori down as he picked up a black duffel bag, throwing it on the coffee table right next to them.
The man aggresively opened the bag, which emori leaned in to peak into, to her surprise, it was a bunch of pills.

"You got anything for headaches? fuck" emori asked, not expecting anything

Oscar shuffled through the bag, reading all of the names of the pills as the short buff man named the drugs that were supposedly in there.

Bow took out a container of pills and took one out, giving it to emori. she looked up at him then furrowed her eyebrows. bow looked to see oscar occupied, then mouthed 'headaches' at her.

She was in a lot of pain so she couldn't read the label well. she shrugged and quickly popped two pills, with the help of bow's whiskey, which she quietly gagged at while swallowing.

"...What about oxiates? they be the most popular shit here" oscar asked, looking up

"...We've run low on those. our supplier aint answering the phone, cant do shit about it." Bow puffed the cigarette, smirking at emori, seeming to wait for something from her.

Silence followed.

"...Well-- whos your supplier?" 'mori pushed, her speech slurring

"...We goes by the name: Mouse." Bow said while staring at her, before intimidating silence followed.

Oscar forcefully cleared his throat, "Alright, lets fucking do this."
He closed the duffel and took it, then signalled to his sister that he was done with business, not noticing that she took two pills out of one of the packets.

"Come back to me in three weeks, bag: empty, items: sold. got it?" Bow ordered as the siblings stood up and walked to the door.

He nodded.

"Oh-- and uh...emori--is it?" bow asked, fully aware that the pills emori took have kicked in at that very moment

She nodded. now, her eyes felt slightly wider but heavier than usual

"You're welcome to come by anytime. need anything-- i got you. just say the word." he blew the smoke from his mouth

"...Sure thing...bow" she innocently mocked as they opened the door.

The two got out of the room, then stood there for a moment, mostly because oscar was shuffling through the duffel bag.

"What the actual fuck just happened? And how does he know mom?" 'mori asked, before heavily exhaling, then furrowing her eyebrows as she tilted her head

"He's been around" 'scar told her, furrowing his eyebrows at her, "wait-- are you? 'mori are you fucking high?" he grabbed her shoulder and lowered to her height level

"Bow said it was...help for my headache" she slowly said.
her hearing soon distorted as she looked up to see her brother lecturing her, not hearing a thing

"...These impulsive decisions-- like dying your hair pink? it look good but what the fuck? you..." before his speaking became inaudible to her

She just nodded after she saw his mouth stopped moving. oscar did that tongue thing with his mouth while looking around, trying to calm down.

"...Woahh. What the fuck did he give me, bro?" she slowly asked, looking to the ground, seeing it move like navy blue vicious sea waves, this shit aint fucking pain killers.

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