Burn This City

Do What You Do

Chapter 21: Do What You Do

Stance on lean,leg up on the wall

My people they chill,why you haters wanna ball

I'm satisfied with a little,why you haters want it all

You waitin for the spring and Im gettin it in the fall

-Drake

 

Miya was growing quick and she still didn't like me. All my mom did was pressure me into telling Aaliyah. Everyday shed ask me,'Did you tell her?' And I'd reply by shaking my head. It was 3 days from prom and Aaliyah and I had se.x everynight. I was truly going to miss this. Right now I was shopping with Loco cuz he was taking Denshia to prom. He was the only one who knew. "Have you told her yet?" He asked. "No...I'm scared." I admitted. "Well when you wait until the last minute you're goin to be petrified. I mean you can't wait until the last minute for something like this." He said. "I know man...but you don't understand Loco. I love her. Like seriously I do. And when I tell her this shi+,I'm not going to be able to live with myself." I said. He laughed. "Nigg@h you don't know what love is." He said. "Yes I do. I'm in love with her. Ever since I've been with her I haven't even looked at a girl the same like I used too. I don't know man...she's....not a regular girl." I said. He

 

Laughed. "Damn you sprung." He said. "So when should I tell her?" I asked. "Well this shi+ going down right before prom right? Man you shouldve told her this type of shi+ last month." He said. "I know! But I didn't think it'd really happen!" I said. "I feel ya. But when it come to a crazy girl like Aaliyah ,you better take care of your shi+ right away. Darnell before you came Aaliyah was a straight up thug. She was a gangster. No joke. Then you came and now the girl has gotten so soft she singing Justin Beiber! Even though his shi+ with Luda is tight! Buuuut that's not the point. The point is

my man,that you've changed her life. You hear me? Her life. You helped her with the shi+ with her mom,and you helped her get through life. The old Aaliyah would beat my ass if I called her a name. Now she just laughs at it. How do you think she's going to feel when you kept this shi+ from her?" He said. Out of all the dumb things Loco has done this has got to be the mos smartest thing he's ever

 

Said. "Damn Loco that's the smartest thing you've ever said! Shi+ you should become a therapist or a physciatrist or something." I joked. "Man shutup! So are you gonna tell her?" He asked. I had no other choice. No matter how bad this was going to hurt me...I had to.

~*Aaliyah Smith*~

Darnell has been acting real strange lately and it's freaking me out. He acts like when Im with him it's the last time he's going to be with me. He won't stop telling me he loves me and we've had se.x 3 days in a row. Not that that's a bad thing just...weird. I don't know. I don't want to ask him cuz I know he'll tell me when he can. Ms. Collins and I are watching a movie and Miya is asleep. I loved that baby. I couldn't wait until my little sister was born! Oh my god I couldn't wait. And Danis little boy! We were watching 'Crash' and Darnell walked in with Loco. When he saw me he lit up and came over to me. "Hey baby." He said giving me a sloppy kiss. "Hey. What'd you find Loco?" I said. "A surprise girlfriend. Can't tell you." He said.

 

I laughed. "Awhh Darnell I gotta go. Wifey wants me at home." He said with a grin. "Okay i'll drop you off then,Aaliyah you coming?" Darnell said. "Nawh I'ma stay." I said. "Okay well when we get back...we gotta uhh we have to talk." He said. As soon as he said that I felt like the world just dropped on my shoulders. "Okay.." I said shakily. He left. Mrs. Collins was staring at me with concern but I pretended I didn't see her. I needed to smoke my nerves were too fuked up. I went outside on the balcony and lit up a cigarette. Honestly I hated smoking,but my nerves were going crazy right now. I was looking at the city of Chicago and I just thought about my life. How much it's changed all because of Darnell. My mother wouldn't be like she is today cuz of Darnell,I wouldn't be like how I am,and no one surely wouldn't have threw me a birthday party. I continued smoking for another 15 minutes I heard Darnell come through the door.I was trembling with fear as I prepared myself for the worst.