the blankets off of the bed and laid them neatly on the floor. He then gathered a fluffy pillow and placed it on the floor with the blankets. “What are you doing?” I asked, curious to know why he wanted to sleep on the floor instead of the bed. He stopped dead in his tracks. “I guess I’m just used to sleeping on the floor. Creature of habit you know? I usually gotta’ sleep on the floor where ever we end up; so it’s no big deal. She says I am young and I can handle it. Plus, I don’t wanna’ sleep with her. She always makes noises in her sleep.” He laughed. I couldn’t believe some of the stuff Neko and I talked about. My brother was forced to take care of my mother’s strung out ass! I couldn’t tell who the parent was and who the off spring was. Based on the conversation we had, it seemed like he did more taking care of Christa than she did of taking care of him. Neko and I talked until he fell asleep. I stared at him and promised myself that I would take care of him. I made up my mind that Christa would pay dearly for whatever she had forced my brother to live through; because I was certain that he had endured a lot.
Chapter 5 The Awaking National Harbor Fort Washington, MD
Two months had gone by and Christa still wasn’t straight. NiQue and I were out shopping at the mall. It was Friday; better yet, it was Memorial Day Weekend. Everyone knew the spot to be at was Anacostia Park for the three major summer holidays: Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. The niggas would be out and you had to be fly to catch the bait. “Girl, you think Tonio gonna be at the park?” NiQue asked with excitement while looking at a pair of sandals. We were in Tyson’s Corner where you had to go if you wanted that fly shit. We loved shopping at Tyson’s Corner because it was in a predominately white area. There was nothing but rich white people there, and they stayed the fuck out of your way because you looked like you were up to no good if you were black. We used to love the attention we got when we would cop some of the most expensive shit and pay cash for it. Those dumb broads would be picking their faces up off the floor when we would hit up Bloomies (Bloomingdales). “Girl, damn if I know. You know how these niggas be acting’. He and Twan say one thing and mean another.” I said, looking through a rack of blouses. Twan and Tonio were twins who still believed in dressing identically. I thought the shit was just for show until I realized those bamma niggas were dressing alike all the time. They were twenty seven and I couldn’t figure out why they were still dressing alike I wasn’t feeling it. The twins hustled and lived around Lincoln Heights, one of the most notorious projects in DC. Twan was the better looking twin, but he wasn’t shit in the bedroom. He had a dick the size of a toddler’s. He couldn’t eat pussy and he would almost always bust a nut after three strokes – give or take a stroke. Shit, fucking him was so bad that I would just lay there and wonder how the hell I could let him slither his trifling ass on top of me, pump three times, and then roll over snoring like he just put in that work. That shit had gone on long enough! “I hope Tonio bring his fine ass on girl. I want some of that!” NiQue said, winding her body like she was a stripper. NiQue was sprung for Tonio. He only wanted to see her after dark and behind closed doors. She was so clueless it was almost comical. He just dicked her down and went on about his business. NiQue was convinced that they were in a relationship. My girl needed to open her eyes about that nigga instead of her legs. She got like that when she was dating someone new. “Who cares about either one of those ratchet niggas? We are supposed to be trying to find some new goodies. I ain’t wasting an outfit to be hanging around Twan. Girl, all the niggas that’s going to be up at Ana with their bikes…I’m trying to go for a ride