Manny☆ & Keya♡ POV
The ☆ represents Manny's POV as the♡ represents Keya's POV, please enjoy!
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Keya, her sister and her two youngest brothers drove in my car. Her other two brothers were in Grammys' little white Corsica. "Your Grammy's real cool, Keya." She beamed hearing this saying, "Yeah, I love her sooo much for taking us in three years ago. They were gonna split us up you know; 2 of us were going to Texas, 2 to South Dakota and 2 were gonna be here somewhere in Illinois. I might've never been able to see them again!" I was sad remembering what I had overheard the judge saying 3 years ago. "Why were y'all taking away from your mom again?"
Manny asks curiously and I sigh heavily as all the memories of my abusive, neglectful mother rush into the front of my brain. All the times that she left us home alone, with no food or money to buy any food. Sometimes the lights were off and I lit candles or had to use flashlights to see our surroundings. But what really irritated me the most, was how she ignored us and only took care of herself and her man. Like you have six kids, how do you just not care for us? I never understood it even to this day I don't. Thanks be to the Creator above that HE blessed me with wisdom to know what to do. I've always taken care of my siblings; they're literally like my kids! I have done everything for them from changing diapers, cooking, cleaning, to teaching them to walk, talk, write, read, and count. Protecting them from bullies, taking ass whippings for them because I believed that they were falsely accused. I've had to miss several days out of school to stay home with them; because she wasn't at home when I woke up in the morning.
"Where do I even start.. um when my baby brother, Qwan was a year old and had just started to walk around on his own. She had turned on the hot water in the tub. And the hot water in the Cabrini Green Projects comes from a huge boiler or furnace. It's extremely hot, it has to be because it has to run to all the apartments on all 16 floors of the building. Well Qwan went and stepped inside of the tub. And the water was so hot that the skin burned right off of his feet!" I turned to look at Qwan in the back seat he was playing with some army men toys. I turned back to Manny who looked horrified at this info.
Holy shit! "His skin burned off!" she nods looking sad. "Damn, Mami so how is he now?" I ask quietly, she has a hopeful smile, "Much better now, I've been taking him to a shrink and physical therapy. And he talks more he was so quiet afterwards. I think it was from shock. But I love that he's more vocal now, the toys help out a lot." She turns smiling at him, damn she does so much for them. She will definitely make an awesome mom! "Hey do y'all want some ice cream?" I look at them through the rear view mirror.
They all looked really excited screaming, "YEAH!" But Keya looks surprised, "Wait, what, ice cream? You want them to eat it in here?" I nod, "Yeah why not?" Is he insane? "Because it'll get sticky and dirty back there that's why!" Hmm true, "But we can clean it up just like we did earlier. And worst things have been done on that seat.." he licks and bites his bottom lip causing me to shiver and blush. "Ain't it, Mami?" The intense look he's giving me is making me squirm in my seat until I hear.
"What's your name?" my brother Quatez asks, "Ya'll can call him, Mr. Manny." They all said, "Hi, Mr. Manny!" he grinned and pulls into the Wendy's on Division Ave near Ashland. "Papi, this is my sister, LeVonnga but we all call her Fatt because of her chubby high cheekbones, and she's 8. Deeqwan or just Qwan is 4 and Quatez or Tez is 5." I see the other cars follow us into the parking lot and my family asks us, "What's going on?" Manny gets out and tells them that we are stopping to get some food before heading home. And that it's his treat. He comes and opens up my door and Grammy says, "A generous gentlemen, Keya gurl you've got yourself a winner!"
We all go inside and he tells them that they can order whatever they want. They are all excited as things like this never really happen to us. I tell my siblings, "What do you say to Mr. Manny guys?" they all reply, "Thank you Mr. Manny!" Papi comes and picks me up and carries me to the car once we all got our food. His nose caressing my neck saying, "Damn, I can't wait until we have kids because are going to make an amazing mother, Princess." I smile, I felt appreciated, flattered, aroused and nervous all at the same time. This guy was truly something else but, "Kids can wait awhile but thanks for the compliment."
We all get in and leave, Manny lives in the Noble Square Neighborhood of Chicago. We all park and me and Manny proceed with giving them a tour of 'Our Home' as he puts it firmly. My family really likes it and Grammy is in love with our Jacuzzi tub in our bathroom. I haven't even been in there yet, maybe tonight I'll hop in. After the tour one of my aunts ask Manny, "How can we be sure that you really love our niece; and you're not just some young sugar daddy that wants to use her and toss her away like trash?!" she says eyeing him with a serious glare and her hands on her hips. I was standing in front of him and decided to show them his tattoo of my name. I grab a fistful of his shirt and lift it up my fingertips teasing the smooth hard flesh of his lick-able abdomen. He groans, his eyes close and his abs flex as he inhales sharply. He looks down at me with dark grey eyes filled with lust and bites his lip then says quietly, "You'll pay for that later, Mate!" I gulped hard that sounds like Kane! I quickly step to the side so that they can see the tattoo. To which they ogle at awestruck and one of my aunts even try to touch it. But I wasn't having that crap! I frowned and smacked her hand exclaiming, "Hey, hands off he's mine!" I nearly growled at her but caught myself reminding myself that she's my aunt. They asked him about his last girl and why it didn't work out. To which I didn't care about because it's past crap and it doesn't matter. But he surprisingly answers them saying,
"My only girlfriend, Angie was in my high school years and we were together all four years. But she just went out with me for status. Not because she actually cared for me. And I was just excited to finally have a girlfriend, as most females were scared of me. To her I was the hottest, most popular and trendiest guy in school. She was very materialistic and I Always wore the newest brand name clothes. My mom always made sure that I had the best of everything. I never wanted for anything, if I wanted it I got it. I even started buying her expensive things, I didn't mind because she was my girl. I never pressured her into anything or forced her to do anything against her will."
He shrugs then frowns saddened. "I've always craved for.. a family of my own. But she didn't want the things that I wanted. She didn't want to settle down nor have kids." He closed his honey brown eyes like it hurt him remembering what happened, he took some deep breaths before continuing. "When I found that out, I just let her go, it was the night of our Prom. I felt used and didn't want to be in a relationship like that anymore. So then I graduated less than a month later and went to the Marines. I haven't been with anyone since her," he smiles at me, "and then I met My Keya a month after I returned home. And now that I have her, I don't want or need anyone else, she's perfect and she's all Mines!"
He softly caresses my face, neck and collarbone with his rough right index finger. He looks down at me with such intense admiration and possession, that I feel those butterflies in my tummy and a delicious chill down my spine. I had laid my palms flat on his massive chest, he was sooo warm. "Thanks, Papi and I am yours as you are mine!" I say slowly my head tilting slightly to the side, my eyebrow raised and with the same intensity as him. But the moment was broken up by a long loud whistle from my uncle, ugh mood killer! I glare at him as he just chuckles walking away.
"I'm hungry do you wanna go out on the patio to eat, Mami?" I nod, "Yeah that's cool." He carries me outside with all my little cousins and siblings running pass us when my brother Kinte (Tey), 7 asks, "Keya what's this?" Manny put me down and I walk over to where Tey, is looking at something in the grass. And I see four huge paw prints smashed in the grass where Manny turned into Kane! I gasp my mind started racing, how do I explain this?! Then to my complete surprise, shock and horror Manny says quite calmly with a serious look on his face, "I'm a werewolf and those are the paw prints of my wolf." 'GASPS!' WHAT THE HELL?!