Yatti blushed, as she stroked her hair. I looked her up and down, peeping her SpongeBob short pajamas set, and the way the shorts were displaying her camel toe. Just nasty. “What you mean by that, cousin?”
Trinity leaned in. “I’m talking about you and Sin J.”
Yatti busted out laughing. “We can’t be cousins and in-laws, huh?”
“Hell, no. At least not while y’all are under this roof.”
“What about outside?” Yatti sneakily snickered.
“Girl,” Trinity gasped, probably blown away by her freaked-out cousin’s blatant honesty.
“What?” Yatti opened her arms. “I’m legal, Trinity. And things happen.”
Biting the interior of my jaw, I felt like exploding, as my hands were literally shaking.
“Lil’ girl, are you trying to tell me something?” Trinity quizzed.
“Nah. There’s nothing to tell. Yet. Sunny said that Sin J got a girlfriend or whatever. But that aint stopping nothing. I’m tryna size her up. You know what’s her Insta?”
“Nah.” Trinity shook her head. “I figured that he had a lil’ girlfriend with the way he likes to stay cooped up in that room, talking on the phone. But she’s never been here for whatever reason. I guess that he probably goes over to her house.”
“What about you, Riah?” Yatti’s eyes traveled to me. “You know who his girlfriend is?”
Twisting my lips, I thought about my response for a second. “Yeah. I know her.”
Trinity’s eyes brightened in surprise. “Oh, really?”
“Yeah.” I nodded, while parting Serenity’s hair. “She’s crazy. Be beating girls up. Getting active or whatever. So, I wouldn’t go there, if I was you. She might pop out, and go upside your head.”
“Say what?” Yatti sassily twisted her neck. “I wish a trick would. I’ll A-Town stomp a bish.” She danced for demonstration.
Trinity snickered. “Girl, you are so damn silly. Sin J, come here.” She waved him over.
Hopping off the couch, he sauntered over to us, clad in a muscle shirt and basketball shorts that was doing very little to conceal that massive print. “Hmm?” His grey orbs brightened.
“Who is this girlfriend Riah just told us about?”
His eyes traveled to mine. “What did you tell them?”
“That your girlfriend was crazy and be punching on somethin’.”
Shaking his head, he chuckled. “Yo, you funny. But how did this conversation come about, anyway?”
“Because Yatti likes you,” I blurted, before anybody else could respond.
“Huh?” Sin uncomfortably scratched the back of his ear.
“Nigga, you heard her,” Trinity quipped.
“Oh, well.” He turned to look at Yatti, as she was already gazing up at him with eager eyes. “We can’t be liking each other. We family.”
“But we aint blood,” Yatti pouted.
Sighing, he shook his head. “Yo, you buggin, shorty.”
Trinity cut her eyes at him. “Nigga, don’t try to be slick. Acting like there’s no way that you’d entertain her, so that I can walk away thinking that nothing is gonna happen.”
“Nah. There’s no reverse psychology here. We cousins, Yatti.” He insisted.
