He’s a Thug, but He’s My Thug

Chapter 17: Meet My Cousin Shawntee

It was time for me to go back to the house. I had kissed Caine bye and told him I loved him before leaving. The second I got into the house I said hi to everybody. Howard and Nevaeh hugged me and asked how I been. I told them well. Momma said hello but she just walked away. She was still mad at the fact that I was pregnant by a thug more than the fact that I was pregnant at all. Oh well though. I went into my room and sat my stuff down before group texting Molly and Deonna and setting up the mission. Oh you thought I was playing about that? We must have not been properly introduced. My name is Annah as in Annah "Don't Give Two f***s!" If I need information on you trust and believe I'ma go get it one way or another.

After I sent out the text I had layed back in my bed. "Finally, some time to relax" I said to myself as I sighed in relief. "Well get up b***h, cause I'm in town!" I heard a voice say through my door. I looked up and saw it was my cousin Shawntee. "Shawntee?" I asked shocked. Shawntee replied "In the flesh, now give me some love cousin!" I jumped up and hugged her. What was Shawntee doing all the way down here? She lived back in St. Louis. Reading my mind she explained to me that her Momma found out she was affiliated with this gang B.B.E Bad b***h Entertainment and sent her out here to live with us. "Yeah, Auntie Sharron don't play! She Fresh Prince Of Bell-air'd yo' ass" I joked with her. We laughed as I took her stuff into the guest room and helped her unpack.

Shawntee was one of my favorite cousins when we were kids. She was a dark milk chocolate color and she was thick. She had ass, breasts, and thighs for weeks but at the same time she was so small. She stood at about 5'5" and had black box braids tied into a bow on the top of her head. She had small brown lips and big brown eyes. Shawntee was beautiful, no doubt just like everyone else in our family. She also had a good head on her shoulders but unfortunately, she did grow up in a neighborhood called Walnut Park in St. Louis and hung out with a bad crowd. She was only 16 but she was hanging out with kids that were 17 through the ages of 24 or 25. She also had some "hoe like" ways. She started having s*x at the age of 12 with older men and when I say older I mean men old enough to be married and have families. That's probably another reason why Tee Tee Sharron decided to send her down here. Guess she was tired of dealing with Shawntee's bull s**t!

"So what's been going on with you, Anne?" She asked me. I got her hip on Da'Vontae to the cheating to me being with Caine and getting pregnant and having a miscarriage to the hoes calling my phone claiming what's mine. The other private calls from some dude and Montana and how he knew Caine. "Damn, cousin, that's cray!" She said to me. I nodded my head and told her I'm good though. "Yeah you better be!" She said and we laughed. "So how Tee Tee Sharron find out B. B. E?" I asked her as I sat on her bed. She smacked her lips and rolled her eyes. "Girl, ok, look. So the squad and I was beefing with these hoes from A. D. A. About Dat Action. I don't know why we were at they head I just knew that if one fight we all fought and if we saw one we weren't on no one on one s**t, we jumping s**t! So one day it was 7 of us and we saw this A. D. A. hoe named Tasha by herself so we jumped her. Scary hoe decided to call 5.0 instead of her rounds so we ran and I guess I ended up running the wrong way cause I got caught. My bail was $393 and after Momma posted that bail she called Tee Tee Tracey and told her she was done with my s**t and that I would be on the first flight to L. A. So here I am!"

"Damn. That's some deep s**t, cousin!" I told her. "I know right?" She replied slamming the drawer in the dresser after putting her last piece of clothing in it. She stood in front of me complaining about being down here. "I can't believe that lady would just up and kick me out the house over some petty s**t! I mean no doubt cousin, I love you and the rest of y'all down here but she just took me away from my team! I don't care! I'm still A B. B. E. head 'till the day I die!" She threw their gang sign up at the end of her sentence to let me know she was still certified. All I could do was shake my head at her. She was being petty but I knew that she was just being her immature self as always. "Well come in the kitchen when your B. B. E Certified ass settled. I'm taking you to go see the hood." I told her. Caine decided to give me the car today since he bought it from his homeboy and he was on his way to buy another one today, so why not take my cousin out? She nodded and said "That's what's up, cousin. I'll be done soon." I nodded and walked out.

I went in my room and looked through my closet to see what I was going to change into. I decided to throw on a pair of purple floral leggings, a purple bandeau, a dark blue, almost black jean jacket, and some black combat boots with gold studs on the back. I curled my hair and had it sit on my shoulders and threw on a plain purple beanie then threw on a gold dookie roll chain and some purple and gold clip on earrings. For my makeup I put on a matte purple lipstick and did a purple smokey eyeshadow. I walled into the kitchen and was happy that my cousin had the same mentality as I did when she decided to get dressed. She changed her braids from a bow to a big bun, she had on a white bralette with gold studs on the chest, a pair of green high waisted jean shorts that were cut up in different ways on the pockets, a pair of all white shell toe Adidas with a pair of white and green Huff Plant Life Socks, a gold chain somewhat like mine but smaller and pearl earrings.

"Damn Shawntee, you must be family for real cause you sure do got swag like my family!" I said to her. We laughed at my compliment that I gave her. "You clean up nicely too, Annah!" She replied returning the compliment. "You ready?" I asked her as I got the keys to the car out my clutch. She nodded and said "Yeah let's shake!" We walked outside and I saw Caine walking out the house so I gave Shawntee the keys to the car. "I'll be back." I told her. She looked confused and asked "Where you going?" I pointed towards Caine as I walked across the street. "Hey babe." I said as I walked over to him and hugged him. "Where you finna go?" He asked me. I told him my cousin's situation and how I was about to take her out for her first night in L. A. "Aw, I understand, Ma!" I nodded my head. "What you finna go do?" I asked him. "To make this connect that my nigga Floyd put me on this morning after you left." I got a little uneasy when he said "Floyd's" name. I just nodded my head and said "Ok." He gave me a peck on the lips and said "I love you." "I love you too, Kendrick." He smiled and said "Okay babe, have fun!" He yelled after me as I walked to the car. "I will. Go make that money!" I yelled back. He smiled and nodded his head at me before he started walking to the car.

I got in the driver's seat and strapped myself in when I noticed Shawntee was sitting in the passenger's seat pouting and her arms crossed at her chest. I looked at her and said "What's wrong with you?" She looked at me and said "Who was that?" I looked at her like she was stupid. "Um, obviously, Caine!" She rolled her eyes and looked ahead of her. "Hmm. I guess." She said pouting. I drove off and we hit this one part of the neighborhood we called "The Set" and walked around. I saw a few people from school and they asked how I was and I told them I was fine and introduced Shawntee to them since she would start going to school with us next week. A couple of friends asked about the miscarriage and how Caine and I was dealing with it. I told them it was rough but we're doing just fine. For some reason every time somebody brought up Caine and I, Shawntee would either roll her eyes and pout or walk away. The f**k was wrong with her? I'm not so sure but I'm pretty sure I'll find out soon.