Treasure and Suge.
“Bright, Cordell left after you told him not to,” Ryonna said once Bright made it back inside the house.
“Where did he go? It's eight o'clock at night!” Bright said angrily.
“I don't know, but Ramon wouldn't let me use the phone to call you, he kept taking it from me,” Ryonna told.
“No I didn't,” Ramon yelled hoping he wouldn't get in any trouble.
“Yes you did, and I told you that I was gonna tell, Bright when she got back,” she said honestly.
“Quit arguing you two!” Bright yelled frustrated. “Soon as I give his little butt an inch, he decides to take the whole fucking mile! I'll be back don't open the door for nobody, and Ramon, you better not pick on, Ray either, are I'ma tear yo butt up when I get back home. You understand me?” She asked pointing at him. Ramon nodded his head yes.
Bright went out looking for her brother, cussing and fussing the whole time until she saw him running out of the liquor store with a few of his bad ass friends.
“Cordell, get yo ass over here and in the damn house!” Bright yelled out to him from across the street. “I told Mama on you too, and she coming home to kick yo ass!” she lied hoping to scare him.
“Well, I'm telling on you too, then!” Cordell said, parting ways with his friends and making his way across the street to his sister.
“Tell, I don't give a damn, I'm damn near grown anyways!” Fussing the whole way back home, Bright told Cordell if he said one more word that she was gonna beat the black off of him. Knowing that he couldn't handle Bright, he shut up and ran inside the apartment steaming. If Bright thinks she's the only one that can break all the rules around here, then she has another thing coming, Cordell thought to himself. Inside Bright snatched, Cordell up by his collar. “If you disobey me again and I catch you outside, I'm fucking yo ass up on sight! Do I make myself clear?”
“Yeah, Bright, dang! I said okay already,” he said, trying to remove himself from his sister's grip. When Bright released him from her hold she pushed him to the floor.
“And that goes for all of y'all too!” she said, directing her attention to Ryonna and Ramon who were peeking from behind the couch. After they both agreed, Bright ran some bath water, and she called Treasure and told her that she was in desperate need of a good bath and to walk Suge over to her house.
Treasure laughed. “Aight funky cock, we'll be there in a few.”
“Thanks deep throat.” Then Bright climbed into a nice hot bubble bath. “Damn bad ass kids,” she said as she lit her blunt, inhaled, and then relaxed her head on the bathtub cushion.
**********
Suge had been over at Bright's for over three days without her mother finding her, and since Suge loved hanging out with Bright’s siblings, it allowed Bright the time she needed to step out at night without worrying about them getting into any trouble.
“How you feeling, Young?” Bright asked after ste pping out of the shower and into her room where Suge was resting in her bed.
“I'm alright, just thinking about being in a foster home, with strange people and shit. I'd rather stay here with you and your family. Your mother likes me...maybe she'll let me stay a little longer,” Suge said, sitting up in bed.
Happy that Suge was comfortable, Bright smiled. “I know she wouldn't mind if you stayed the rest of the summer, but once school starts she'll want to meet your mother and everything, and you know that won't work. And if she found out she was harboring a runaway, she'd go crazy and be on my head...tough!” Bright said, throwing on a pair of cotton boxer shorts and a white tank top.
“Yeah, you’re right, Bright, and I guess a foster home can’t be any worse than where I've been all these years either, right?”
“Right,” Bright said, moisturizing her skin. “Well, Larry's coming through with movies and a bottle, I'm about to roll a blunt up to smoke, so if you wanna get faded, we'll be
“Bright, Cordell left after you told him not to,” Ryonna said once Bright made it back inside the house.
“Where did he go? It's eight o'clock at night!” Bright said angrily.
“I don't know, but Ramon wouldn't let me use the phone to call you, he kept taking it from me,” Ryonna told.
“No I didn't,” Ramon yelled hoping he wouldn't get in any trouble.
“Yes you did, and I told you that I was gonna tell, Bright when she got back,” she said honestly.
“Quit arguing you two!” Bright yelled frustrated. “Soon as I give his little butt an inch, he decides to take the whole fucking mile! I'll be back don't open the door for nobody, and Ramon, you better not pick on, Ray either, are I'ma tear yo butt up when I get back home. You understand me?” She asked pointing at him. Ramon nodded his head yes.
Bright went out looking for her brother, cussing and fussing the whole time until she saw him running out of the liquor store with a few of his bad ass friends.
“Cordell, get yo ass over here and in the damn house!” Bright yelled out to him from across the street. “I told Mama on you too, and she coming home to kick yo ass!” she lied hoping to scare him.
“Well, I'm telling on you too, then!” Cordell said, parting ways with his friends and making his way across the street to his sister.
“Tell, I don't give a damn, I'm damn near grown anyways!” Fussing the whole way back home, Bright told Cordell if he said one more word that she was gonna beat the black off of him. Knowing that he couldn't handle Bright, he shut up and ran inside the apartment steaming. If Bright thinks she's the only one that can break all the rules around here, then she has another thing coming, Cordell thought to himself. Inside Bright snatched, Cordell up by his collar. “If you disobey me again and I catch you outside, I'm fucking yo ass up on sight! Do I make myself clear?”
“Yeah, Bright, dang! I said okay already,” he said, trying to remove himself from his sister's grip. When Bright released him from her hold she pushed him to the floor.
“And that goes for all of y'all too!” she said, directing her attention to Ryonna and Ramon who were peeking from behind the couch. After they both agreed, Bright ran some bath water, and she called Treasure and told her that she was in desperate need of a good bath and to walk Suge over to her house.
Treasure laughed. “Aight funky cock, we'll be there in a few.”
“Thanks deep throat.” Then Bright climbed into a nice hot bubble bath. “Damn bad ass kids,” she said as she lit her blunt, inhaled, and then relaxed her head on the bathtub cushion.
**********
Suge had been over at Bright's for over three days without her mother finding her, and since Suge loved hanging out with Bright’s siblings, it allowed Bright the time she needed to step out at night without worrying about them getting into any trouble.
“How you feeling, Young?” Bright asked after ste pping out of the shower and into her room where Suge was resting in her bed.
“I'm alright, just thinking about being in a foster home, with strange people and shit. I'd rather stay here with you and your family. Your mother likes me...maybe she'll let me stay a little longer,” Suge said, sitting up in bed.
Happy that Suge was comfortable, Bright smiled. “I know she wouldn't mind if you stayed the rest of the summer, but once school starts she'll want to meet your mother and everything, and you know that won't work. And if she found out she was harboring a runaway, she'd go crazy and be on my head...tough!” Bright said, throwing on a pair of cotton boxer shorts and a white tank top.
“Yeah, you’re right, Bright, and I guess a foster home can’t be any worse than where I've been all these years either, right?”
“Right,” Bright said, moisturizing her skin. “Well, Larry's coming through with movies and a bottle, I'm about to roll a blunt up to smoke, so if you wanna get faded, we'll be
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