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“Oh Jesus,” Nala said, placing her head in her hands.
“That’s right, baby girl,” I said, winking at her.
“She may be pregnant now with all the screaming she was doing downstairs,” Pure whispered so only the adults could hear.
“Oh my God! You heard us?”
“Everybody did,” everyone said simultaneously. Bunny covered her face as we all laughed.
“I told you to close the door,” she scolded.
“A’ight, y’all chill.”
“Yeah, I probably won’t be listening to anymore Tank after that,” Latrice jested. I shook my head as we continued to eat breakfast and make small talk.
“Rack ’em up, P!” Saleem yelled across the table to Pure.
I laughed at his impersonation of Jody from Baby Boy. They were in a heated game of dominoes with Ashton and Latrice, while Bunny, Mr. Lionel, me, and my moms were at the other table playing spades. Rabbit, Ms. Charlotte, and my pops were at the next table playing Trouble.
Pure frowned. “So you’re just going to cheat on me like that?”
Saleem laughed. “It’s dominoes, my baby. Mark my points.”
“You only getting ten points.”
“See, this is why you’re not in control of our finances. You can’t count. That’s clearly twenty-five points.”
“I was only joking! You always have to say stupid shit.” Pure stood. “I don’t want to play anymore.” She pushed all the dominoes, making them scatter across the table then stormed away.
Nala playfully slapped his arm. “Saleem, why you making my friend mad?”
“Your friend is real sensitive lately. I was only joking.”
“Hey, man, take it from me. You don’t want to piss off a pregnant woman,” Mr. Lionel said.
“Saleem, we’ve already seen her tear into you when you didn’t get her ice cream. Please go check on her before she be don’ packed her bags and hopped on the jet without you,” my moms told him.
“Three more months, three more months, three more months,” he chanted as he got up and went after her. “P, baby, I was just playing!”
I laughed. “Are you going to be like that?” I asked Bunny.
“I was actually pretty calm during my pregnancy.”
Latrice coughed into her hand. “Liar!”
“What? You know I’m not lying!”
“Please. You freaking cried when we were watching The Princess and the Frog when those people told Tiana she couldn’t get her restaurant.”
“Do you know how hard it was for her to save that money? I cried for the poor girl.”
Latrice laughed. “It’s a freaking Disney movie.”
“It’s life!” Nala defended.
“Okay, girl, justify your actions.”
“Let’s play the next game since those two crazies left the game. What we got?” Ashton asked.
