"Diva!" Chelle yelled as she walked in the house.
Diva came from upstairs and saw Chelle in her foyer.
"Hey, what's up." Diva said as they walked in the kitchen.
"Nothing." She said. "You two go sit in the den."
"Ma." X groaned.
"Xavier, get the hell away from me." Chelle said as the kids went into the den.
"So what brings you by?" Diva asked.
"Well you know the guys are gone and X is getting on my last nerve." She said.
Diva laughed.
"You caught him sneaking in?" She asked.
"No, Niyah snitched on him." Chelle said.
"Well Izzy decided to sneak in but King was leaving when he was trying to be sneaky." She said.
"What did King do?" Chelle asked.
"Nothing till this morning." She said. "What did Ace do?"
"I don't know but his ribs were bruised this morning. He better be lucky I wrapped him." She said.
"All I know is my children need to get their shit together." Diva said.
They heard the door open and close. Killa came walking in.
"Have y'all seen Sniper?" She asked.
"What? No." Diva said confused.
"He hasn't been answering his phone and I haven't seen him since yesterday morning." She said.
"Don't worry, he's probably fine." Chelle said.
Diva picked up her phone and called Ty.
"Hey, is Sniper with you?" She asked.
Diva nodded her head and passed the phone to Killa.
They talked a little more when Killa got off the phone about the kids and what King and Ace might be doing in New York.
The phone rung and Diva answered it. It was Jazzy's school. Diva hung up shaking her head and laughing.
"I can't catch a break." She said.
"What happened now?" Killa asked.
"I don't know why my youngest child felt the need to show his little dick and tell some girl suck it." She said.
Killa and Chelle were in shock but it was also funny so they started to laugh.
"Why y'all laughing. He's getting his ass beat. I have to go get him." Diva said.
"I know it's wrong and he's old enough to know you don't do that but come on, that shit is funny." Chelle said.
"Oh, whatever." Diva said. "Y'all staying here cause Baby Girl and Izzy are upstairs."
"Yeah, we'll stay till you get back." Killa said.
Diva went upstairs to get her shoes and keys. She popped in on Izzy and he was laying down.
"Killa and Chelle are down stairs I'm going to get your brother." She said.
He nodded and she went to tell Baby Girl the same thing before she left.
****
"What's your mom yelling at you for?" Ty asked Sniper.
"Cause I haven't been answering her calls and she ain't seen me in a day or some shit." He said.
"Where you been at though?" Ty asked.
Sniper looked up and looked around.
"I been with some people." He said. "They got me a few jobs so I been doing that."
Ty started laughing.
"Your mom is gonna kill your ass when she finds out." He said.
"She not gonna find out." Sniper said.
"Yeah, okay." Ty said laughing shaking his head.
"Where Izzy at?" He asked.
"In the house punished for sneaky out." Ty said laughing and so did Sniper.
"You know what happened to him?" Sniper asked.
"Nah, but this morning he was just standing in front of his door for I don't know how long but yesterday ma whoop the shit out of Baby Girl." He said.
"Why?" Sniper asked.
"She was caught kissing some boy or something and she did some other stuff." He said.
"Man, your moms don't play." Sniper said.
"No, my mom never tried to shoot me. Your mom is still at the top." He said.
"Whatever." Sniper said rolling his eyes.
Sniper phone went off and he answered it.
"Hello, what? No, I'm not. No, I'm not lying. No, don't do that! What are you calling her for? Wait! Don't! Hello?" He said.
Ty was looking at him.
"That was my dad. He found out and he's about to call my mom." Sniper said. "Fuck!"
"I told you, I told you." Ty said shaking his head.
"I need to straighten this out." Sniper said.
"How you gonna do that?" He said.
"You gonna come with me to talk to her, she at your house. She won't shoot you." Sniper said.
"Oh hell naw, you must be crazy." He said.
"Just come with me." Sniper said.
"Right now?" He asked.
"Yeah." Sniper said.
"Oh my God." Ty groaned as they left the gym.
****
Diva was at Jazzy's school explaining to the teacher that this will never happen again. Jazzy had to go home for the rest of the day and Diva snatched him up out of his seat. Jazzy shirked until Diva looked at him and he shut up.
"Get in." She said as she opened the door to the truck.
She drove back home.
"Why did you do it Jayshawn?" She asked.
"Because, because." He said crying.
"Shut all that damn crying up." She said.
"That girl called me a pussy." He said still crying.
"So you pull your pants down and told her what?" Diva asked.
"To suck it." He said.
"Okay." Diva said nodding and continued driving.
When they got to the house she opened the back door and Jazzy got out. They went in the house.
"Jayshawn, go to your room." She said.
"But mommy I'm sorry." He said whining.
"I accept but it don't matter, go upstairs." She said.
He cried louder as he went upstairs and stomped his feet.
"Don't test me Jayshawn." She said.
She went in the kitchen and Chelle and Killa were smoking. Diva sat down and Chelle passed the blunt to her.
"Everything okay?" Diva asked.
Killa shook her head.
"What? I only been gone for half an hour." Diva said.
"She got a call from Nelly." Chelle said.
"Word?" Diva said. "What he want?"
"Sniper been extra sneaky." Killa said. "He's been working."
"What you mean working?" Diva asked.
"He been going on jobs and Nelly found out." Killa said.
"Oh shit." Diva said. "Don't shoot that boy."
"I'm not." Killa said. "I'm not doing nothing. His father is coming here. He called from the airport."
"Well tell him not to shoot him." Diva said laughing.
"I can't promise you that. Sniper and his father had an agreement that he would stop so whatever happens happens." She said shrugging.
Diva took another hit and got up. She went upstairs. She went in Baby Girls room first.
"You hungry?" She asked.
Baby Girl nodded.
"Go down stairs I'll fix you something." Diva said.
She walked out of Baby Girls room and went in Izzy's room and told him the same thing. She went to her room and into her closet when her phone rang.
"Hello." She answered.
"We landed." King said.
"Okay." She said.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"Your son is in trouble." She said.
"Which one?" He asked.
"Jayshawn." She said.
"What he do?" He asked.
"Pulled his little dick out in class and told some girl to suck it after she called him a pussy." She said.
King immediately laughed and Diva moved the phone from her ear.
"It's not that damn funny." She said.
"It really is." He said.
"Whatever, he knows he's not supposed to do that." She said.
"I know but damn that's funny." He said laughing.
"Bye." Diva said and hung up.
She got a belt and made her way to Jazzy's room. She didn't see him in there but heard him whimpering.
"Get from under the bed Jazzy." Diva said.
"No." He said whining.
"Don't make me pull you from under there." She said.
He crawled from under his bed crying. He stood there.
"Mommy, I'm sorry." He said. "I won't do it no more."
"I know you won't." She said. "Just because you're the youngest I can't treat you any different."
"No." He said running to the side of his bunk bed and climbing to the top.
"Jayshawn, get down. Your testing me." She said.
"No, your gonna whoop me." He said still crying.
Diva groaned inside her head. She went to his door and locked it. Diva grabbed Jazzy, since he was too slow to move back, off the bunk bed.
"Come here!" She yelled.
"Mommy!" He whined.
Outside the door Izzy and Baby Girl listened.
"His first real whopping." Izzy said.
"I feel bad for him." Baby Girl said.
"I don't." Izzy said as they went down the stairs to go wait in the kitchen.
As they were walking to the kitchen the front door opened and in walked Ty and Sniper. They all walked in the kitchen. Izzy and Baby Girl sat down and Sniper stood behind Ty.
"Ma, can we talk." Sniper said when Ty moved.
"There's nothing to talk about." She said.
"But ma-"
"No, you got caught." She said. "Now get in the car."
"But just let me-"
"Christian, get in the car now." She said.
Sniper looked down as he left the house with his mother following. Diva came down stairs and into the kitchen.
"What the hell you been doing?" Chelle asked as she took in Diva's sweaty appearance.
"That lil nigga fast man." She said as she got some water.
Chelle laughed.
"What Jazzy do?" Ty asked as he sat down.
"What you doing here?" Diva asked.
"I was here with Sniper but he left with his mom." He said.
Diva shook her head.
"So what did Jazzy do?" He asked again.
"Pulled his dick out in class and told some girl to suck it." She said.
Ty laughed while Izzy and Baby Girl held it in.
"Y'all want breakfast or lunch?" She asked.
"Breakfast." Ty said and his siblings nodded.
"Chelle, y'all hungry?" Diva asked.
"Yeah, Ty tell X and Niyah to come in here." She said. "I'll help you."
Diva heard the door open and closed.
"Heyyyy." Prince said until he saw everyone face. "Uhm, did something happen?"
"Have you talked to your father?" Diva asked.
"No." He said as he sat down.
"He had to go to New York to handle something." She said.
Prince nodded. Ty came back in with X and Niyah.
"Ma, you want me to get Jazzy?" Ty asked.
"Jazzy's here?" Prince asked.
Diva waved it off.
"He's probably sleep." She said.
Diva and Chelle started cooking. They made the food and everyone ate.