Jonah, Jojo and Jondo's Mom Levetta R. Paine Above
JONAH
I walk inna house and honestly I can't say I'm not surprised by what I'm seein. Jojo jumping up and down with nothin on but some polo boxers and arm floaters on with a bowl of popcorn in one hand and a beer in the other rappin 5 Star Chick. "Gotti here go 12 bars. Gucci Mane got 9 cars. We don't call em dimes no more '09 we call 'em 5 stars" He hollers rapping guccis verse still jumping up and down. I look over at Jondo, who's laying across the couch with his earbuds in on his phone. I shake my head and walk back to my room.
I take my clothes off and throw some grey sweat shorts on. I get a fresh pair of white Nike socks and slide on my gucci slides. I go to my bathroom and wash my face and brush my teeth. I lay across my bed and close my eyes. All of a sudden my door flings open and it's Jojo. "You want some popcorn big bro?" He asks bumping his head to the loud music he playin in the front room. "Nah I'm good" I say. "It's extra butter on this muthafucka" he says throwing a handful in his mouth. "Nigga get out" I say. "Just taste it" he says throwing some on my bed. I suck my teeth. "Nigga" I say. He sucks his teeth. I gather the pieces off my bed and throw the popcorn in my mouth. "Yea pop me some" I say changing my mind. "Told yo stubborn ass" he says leaving.
I lay back down. "Aye J, somebody at the door for you" Jondo says. "Who?" I ask. He shrugs his shoulders. I walk to my closet and grab my AK. I put a fresh clip in and walk to the door. I open in and aim my gun ready to blast somebody head open. She covers her mouth in fear. It's Yvette, my homegirl. "Wassup?" I say putting my gun down looking around. She looks like she just seen a damn ghost. I gently pull her in and close the door behind her.
"Yvette?" Jondo says getting off the couch smiling. "Hey" she says waving. "Wassup girl" he says hugging her. "Hey- ouch" she says. I look at her in confusion. I take her hand and lead her back to my room. I close the door and sit on my bed. She takes her shoes off and does the same. "Wassup?" I ask. "Jonah he's..he's been hitting me" she says referring to her bumb ass boyfriend. She takes her shirt off revealing purple and black bruises all over her chest and arms. I breath in heavy getting angrier by the second lookin at the bruises.
"Why ain't you tell me sooner" I say rubbing my temples. She starts crying. "J I couldn't do it anymore" she says breaking down. I sigh and gently pull her in my arms. Yvette been my home girl since high school of freshmen year.
She's a good girl and when she loves, she loves hard. "Your safe now. You not goin back" I say comforting her. "He'll come looking for me" she cries. "And Ima put this hundred round clip in his ass." I say. "I have nothing..no money, no clothes..I got fired from my job by constantly being late because he would beat me most mornings..I don't know what to do. I'm nothing without him." She says.
"Don't worry bout none of dat. Ima take care of you and that's on my mama" I say. She puts back on her shirt. She looks me in my eyes. "I missed you" she says. "I missed you too" I admit. Yvette and I used to be dummy close. I'm talkin shit like talking on the phone everyday all night, hanging out, hittin the books together...she was my dawg foreal. We lost touch. Every since she got with ol boy, we fell off. One time I tried calling but the line was canceled.
"Here J" Jojo says opening the door with my popcorn. He stops and smiles at the sight of Yvette. She smiles and waves. "Daaaamn..it's been a minute" he says putting emphasis on minute. She nods her head in agreement.
"JOJO YO PIZZA BURNIN!" Jondo yells. "Gotta blast" He says handing me my the bowl of popcorn. "NO NEED TO FEAR, JOJO IS NEAR!" He yells dashing out. Yvette laughs. "Same ol Jojo" she says. "Same ol Jojo, same ol me, same ol Jondo, same ol everything. I never left nor switched up on you, so why would you do me like that?" I ask. "I had to. He said if he finds out I talk to you, I'll regret it more than anything..so I had to change my number" she says. Honestly I can't even eat my popcorn after hearing about all that's happened to her. I have no typa appetite now.
