Waffle House

{ Dee'Leah }
We definitely got in on time . Tink make sure after you eat you take your medicine , okay .

{ Tink }
For show , thank you for reminding me .

Trouble looked at me kissing my cheek . J'Leah stopped eating her food looking out the window .

I peeped jada nudge her , she smiled grabbing her orange juice.

{ dee'Leah }
You're welcome , Mari . Your mom working today or what ?

{ Mari }
No she actually took today and tomorrow off . I actually told her too meet us here .

Mari looked at me eating . I kept eating looking at jleah . Something was wrong a little off about her .

She would normally make a joke about trouble kissing me but she didn't she seemed a little distance .

I looked at jada , putting my folk down . Trouble , Jayce , Mari and dee'Leah was talking amongst each other.

{ Tink }
Jada could I talk to you for a minute outside .

I said getting up , she nodded getting up . I grabbed trouble attention letting her know that i was heading outside .

Jada held the door for me , When I got outside she looked at the window at jleah .

I followed her eyes pushing her out sight behind a random stranger car .

{ jada }
Wassup everything good ?

I crossed my arms looking at her , she chuckled nervously putting her hands inside her pocket .

{ Tink }
What's going on jada ?

{ jada }
T what are you talking about . I mean we are all out at breakfast eating having a good time .

{ tink }
You know damn well that's not what I'm talking about what's going on between you and jleah .

Her face lit up like she saw a ghost . She stepped a little closer to me pushing me farther away from the window.

{ jada }
What don't say that out loud . Me and her don't have nothing going on . Why - why would you say something like that tink .

{ tink }
Why you so nervous then , if y'all ain't got nothing going on do dee'Leah know?

She huffed touching her forehead like she was contemplating on saying some touching her head .

{ jada }
Look we are not dating. Last night ..

She looked around the car to see , if anybody had left the table . I watched her confused putting my arms in my jacket.

{ jada }
Last night I walked in on jleah cutting herself .

I cleared my throat looking at jada .

{ tink }
Excuse me what do you mean cutting herself?

{ jada }
Yes tink like with a razor blade on her thighs . I think it's starting again.

Jada said looking at me . Hold her eyes to keep herself from crying. I removed my hands from my jacket hugging her she hugged me back .

{ tink }
Listen don't cry I'll talk to he-

She let me go looking at me .

{ jada }
Bro tink no you cannot talk to jleah about this , nobody doesn't know she started back . I'm the only person that knows .

{jada }
Dee'Leah can't find out .

I didn't see dee'Leah or hear walk up followed by Mari , Jayce , trouble and jleah .

{ dee'Leah }
Find out what jada ?

Jleah froze in her footsteps jada jumped turning around looking at dee'Leah .

Everybody was holding bags in there hand . Trouble walked up beside me looking at jada .

{ jada }
I uh ...

Jada looked at j'Leah , who was starting to panic she looked at me .

{ Tink }
She doesn't want you too know, she stole your belt .

Dee'Leah laughed looking at jada . Who let out a fake laugh , j'Leah walked right passed her getting in the car .

{ dee'Leah}
Bro you can keep that belt , I honestly thought you was finna say some off the wall shit . Like you like me or something.

I laughed following behind troubled .

On the way back to my place . Trouble made me eat then take my medicine . I wasn't ready to take it yet but she wasn't going for it . So we definitely was beefing about it .

Then 30 minutes later was right back cool with each other.

Everybody got out Jayce opened the front door . She was the first one inside .

Mari told everybody to put their food in the kitchen . They did like they was told heading back into the living room sitting down .

I sat down in troubles lap looking at my phone . Trouble kissed the side of my face grabbing my phone putting it in her pocket .

{ trouble }
Get off your phone this is a family meeting . You need to pay attention Mari mom is coming over . Since she couldn't make it to Waffle House .

{ tink }
Oh yeah , what's she coming over for ?

{ trouble }
Pay attention you about to find out .

I leaned back on her smacking my lips . She placed her hand underneath my jacket rubbing on my stomach.

{Mari }
Alright is everybody in here ?

She said looking around , I looked around I didn't see jleah and jada . But when I leaned forward turning around jleah was coming from the back so was jada .

Jada face was red , she didn't say anything . She walked infront of me and trouble sitting down beside us grabbing a pillow putting it in her lap looking straight at Mari .

{ Jayce }
Now that's everybody.

There was a knock on the door Mari looked at the door walking around the couch around the corner opening the door.

Her mom walked in smiling holding flowers.

{ Mari mom }
Hey everybody.

Mari smiled grabbing the flowers from her mom hugging her . She walked over seating down infront of the chair that Mari placed in front of the room . Where she had been standing at Mari handed me the flowers .

{ Mari mom }
Those are for you baby . I'm sorry about your mom and sister .

I grabbed them looking at trouble . Who was smiling rubbing my stomach , I smelled them looking at her .

{ Tink }
Thank you Mrs. Ryan .

{ Mari mom }
You're welcome baby . Did they tell you why I was here , cause if not Mari girl .

She said point at Mari , who looked at Jayce who was smiling trying not to laugh . I put the flowers on the table .

{ Tink }
Nope , they actually said it was a family meeting . That's it that's all I know just about .

Mari mom side eye Mari , who was hiding her face with the pillow laying on dee'Leah .