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A low groan passes Ciro's lips as she just watches in both annoyance and just abit of amusement while Jayden and Jaylen argued over which cereal was the best.

"Put them both in the damn trolley," she states bluntly causing the arguement to end instantly as the twins did as they're told. Thankfully she ate both and so do they, which is why she didn't know why they wanted to be so dramatic and talk about which is the best.

Knowing damn well they'll fuck up both them cereals.

Ciro shook her head slightly as she and the boys continued with their shopping, ignoring the looks that they got as both kids had called Ciro mom/momma. And they said it loudly too, especially if they were a mere few feet from her.

They were used to being judged anyway and so they didn't even care.

"Momma, can we get some cookies? Or can we make some?" Jayden asks as he clings to one of Ciro's arms while Jaylen clung to the other one. "Let's make em," Ciro replies as a woman gave her a look that she ignored once again.

Damn these judgey people, she thinks as she glances they went over towards the milk. "Grab a chocolate milk and one of those regular ones," she tells the twins. As they did what she asked, she leaned against the trolley as a woman eyed her.

Of coure then teen didn't notice as she's too busy keeping an eye on her kids but the woman grew closer and closer.

Soon she felt a tap on her shoulder and she glances to the side, seeing a woman that seemed to be in her late 20's. "Can I help you?" Ciro asks nicely as her twins placed the two milks in the trolley and made their way back to her side.

"I couldn't help but notice that these um boys called you 'momma'," the woman says sweetly but Ciro, Jayden and Jaylen knew that it was fake.

It's always easy to tell when someone is being fake.

Well, most of the time.

"They did," Ciro states bluntly causing the woman to blink in surprise before she lets out a chuckle. "You're no more than 18 or 19," she says and Ciro nealy rolls her eyes.

The amount of times she has to deal with this shit is too much. This was one of the reasons she hated going shopping as the damn people can not seem to mind their own business.

What was so hard about doing that? It's like they believed they had a right to just know and to judge as if they themsleves were perfect when they were far from it.

"I'm 18," Ciro states before she started walking away with the twins who gave the woman looks of disgust before they looked away. They hated anyone that'd judge their momma. "Hey! I'm not done with you!" The woman called out and Ciro, Jayden and Jaylen continued on their way, all sticking up their middle finger at the woman who let out some noise of anger or annoyance.

Whichever one, they didn't care.

As they continued with their shopping, the twins spotted a familar male not too far up ahead.

"Dre!" The boy yelled out causing Andre to look back almost instantly as only two people called him by that name.

His eyes fell onto the two 12 year olds who were clinging to Ciro's arms. His eyes trailed over towards the teen and for the millionth time he was mentally thankful for his melanin.

He couldn't help but glup as Ciro pushes up her glasses more onto her face as her eyes landed on him. Andre's heart skips a beat as he waved at her and the twins who waved back at the male before he walked over, basket in hand.

"Hey," he says softly with a smile. "Hey, Dre. Shopping or stalking our momma? Just admit your feelings dude," Jayden states causing Jaylen to smirk as Andre's eyes widen in a panick.

Now wasn't the best time to confess.

Right?

They were in the middle of a store. Ciro lets out a sigh and started walking which caused the twins to move with her. "See ya later, faceplant." She calls out and the male stuttered out a response while he watched them leave.

"Damnit," he sighs out to himself while Ciro was trying to calm her hammering heart.

Does she actually like him?

In the romantic way?

No, no, no, she thinks to herself as she focused on shopping, not noticing the way her kids were eying her.

Maybe if he knew the full extent of my past and shit, he'd distance himself, she thinks as that did happen before many times. But the thought of him doing that even if it's what she kind of wants, hurts. But whatever happens, happens.

Right?

It was silent as both Andre and Ciro just stared at their phones.

They were on a call, probably their third or fourth one so far and Ciro has told the male everything about her past. She told him more about herself as well. Well all that she was able too.

Was she expecting the worse? Maybe.

But she did find it sweet how he didn't interrupt her, saving his questions until the end. It was nice to be listened to by someone that wasn't her kids, her best friend or her father figure. They were the only ones she had in this big world to be honest.

And for awhile, unknowingly she had Andre too but does she still have him?

Meanwhile the male silently wiping his tears away, heart aching at the pain and abuse she went put through. She'd done her utter best to protect both Jayden and Jaylen from their parents abuse but she had no one to protect her.

Instead she just took it, she took the pain and made sure that she was the only one that had to deal with it.

She's been on her own for so long until she got a father figure and got her first friend whom became her best friend.

"Am I suppose to run away after hearing all of that?" He muttered softly into his phone as he leans against the headboard of his bed. Ciro stayed silent as she had thought he would. "Because it makes me what to take care of you more." He adds and she felt her heart skip a beat.

She lets out a soft breath as she turned onto her side, wiping the stray tears off her cheeks that fell when she was telling him about her past. She didn't get liking someone romantically nor loving them in that way as well, she never believed she'd even find someone that she would like. Let alone someond that her kids too liked.

And then Andre came in.

Why? Why did he make her smile and feel weird emotions that she wanted to go away yet also wanted to never let go off?

Ciro's not sure if she regrets changing schools or not.

On one hand, she feels as if she can just finally breathe and relax and feel but on the other hand, she's scared to feel.

Oddly, she's not entirely sure why.

"Well, I don't need to be taken care of." She grumbles stubbornly as her grip on her phone tightens.

Yes she did.

"Yes, you do." Andre replies instantly as she pursed her lips, playing with one of the rings that are still on her finger. "For once, you deserve it. You deserve to have a good rest, to have someone make sure that you've ate and that you're okay, to have someone cook for you instead for a change." He continued softly.

"To have someone hold you and tell you that everything would be okay," he adds and she blinked away tears. "Mm." Was all she could let out, unable to from any words.

Hell, what could she say? She's not sure. What do you say when someone says all that to you?

Cry? She's holding back tears because she does not want to cry over a damn call. So that's a no.

"We s-should sleep," she mutters out as she licked her lips. "I guess you're right," Andre replies back softly as he glances at the time, seeing that it was nearly 3 in the morning. He knows that Ciro's going to make cooking tomorrow- well today, as she says that she always cooked a big meal on Sundays.

Or she tries too.

"Goodnight, poptart," he says and Ciro's unable to stop the smile that appeared on her lips. "Goodnight, faceplant," she replies back before they hung up.

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Not at all what I had in mind.

I'm gonna be so lost for the next chpater cause I'm sure what I want to write.
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PLEASE READ: some books are deleted because they aren't doing it for me. i've decided that i'll just write books that I WANT too instead of writing books just because people want me too.

I don't get paid for this, this is suppose to be just fun so I'll like to contiune having fun if possible.

Thank you to those that understand. ❤️
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Comment and vote, not proofread.
There are spelling mistakes, I KNOW.
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