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Date Posted: 12:37:05 08/05/02 Mon
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Bernice Grandberry
's message, "Re: Diva B Productionz Presents...*Another Black Story*" on 00:26:27 07/24/02 Wed
It’s Saturday and still no word from Epic. What they got against me man? Dang, this is really killing me. Today, we’re doing costumes and I of course can’t wait to see the great work that Roshay has put together. Next week, we’ll put on our first performance and I’m more anxious than nervous.
Lyla arrived first with her little cousin Camilla riding on her back. “She’s so damn heavy. Get down Milla,” She commanded falling down on the couch. They both looked funny. “Lyla, you just weak. I ain’t lettin’ you carry me no more beause you just about let me fall just now,” Camilla whined coming and grabbing onto me like she knew me. I guess she’s easily drawn to people. “Whatever you want Camilla. Yall got something to drink? I’m so tired. I carried her all the way over. She’s four and she didn’t even want to walk. Dang, give a sista back pains and ish,” Lyla complained opening the fridge to pour two glasses of Sunny Delight for her and Camilla.
Mama came out just about to go over across the street to Mrs. Williams. “You wanna go Camilla?” Mama asked picking up Camilla with a shrug. “Yes ma’am. We can go get ice cream? I love ice cream,” Camilla cheesed. Lyla rolled her eyes. I was just laughing. Obviously, Lyla wouldn’t be a parent no time soon.
Nicole came a while after Mama left with Camilla telling us about her new boyfriend Bradley aka “BJ” like he was so special. “Girl, he is so cute! He kind of look like Lil Fizz, but Fizz look better than him. He took me out and girl it was so fun! I think he should change his name to Druex because he acts just like him and everything!” Nicole bragged pulling out a picture they took when they went to Hot Shots in the mall. “See, ain’t he cute?” She handed the picture to me. In fact, he did kind of look like Fizz no doubt, but he had a fade and not braids so that was off. “You picked a good one Nicole. When we get to meet him?” I asked handing the picture to Lyla. She just shrugged.
“Oh, anytime. I don’t know when he’s coming over. He hasn’t even met my mom yet, but I want you guys to meet him first. I think yall opinion means more to me because yall gon’ be in our wedding!” We started laughing.
The doorbell chimes as we sat talking together. We all ran to the door waiting for Roshay. I was sure it was here. “Yall get a bag before the drop!” Roshay yelled out. She had each of our costumes in different bags that she must had just picked up from the cleaners. When went upstairs to my room. I had posters laid all over my floor because I just about to put up my new posters of IMx, B2K and the new ones I got of Ashanti. “Dang, Macy, get this mess up before we hurt ourselves in this joint. Then, we all gon’ be lookin’ tore up for the performance,” Roshay teased tossing her bag on the bed. I had IMx’s “We Got It” cd jammin’. Roshay cleared her throat prepared to give us a speech about how hard she had worked and everything. I know she did, but I wanted to open the bag and she was holding that back from us.
“Alright you guys, I know you knew I busted my BUTT working on these outfits and I really hope yall like them because look. These band aids ain’t no joke. If yall fuck these things up, I got you,” Roshay joked and then we began to unzip the bags. I gasped when I saw it because it was so beautiful and so me to wear something like this. She did exactly what we invisioned it would be.
We had these really cute mini skirts with Dynasty Diva in silver glitter cursive writing in the black skirt. The shirt was a white, v-neck sleeveless and tight fitted above the belly button. She had our names cursived in black and silver on the back of the shirt. I thought that was so cool. What was so cool about it was that she even got accessories and paid for it with the little saving she had aside from working at her mom’s poetry shop. She got bracelets, a silver necklace with a black oval shaped gem on it. I was so excited I couldn’t contain myself. I gave Roshay a hug and Nicole and Lyla joined in. I was amazed.
“Let’s go downstairs and celebrate. Let’s back cookies, LOTS and eat em on behalf of us, our talent, Roshay and of course our babies B2K. We deserve it, shit, I been trying to diet to get ready for this I want some cookies!” I admitted. Roshay wanted us to try on the outfits just in case we needed some alternations. We tried them on and everything was perfect. I sealed them in my treasure chest I use to keep my toys in. I locked it just so Mama wouldn’t get to them. I didn’t want her to see them until we were to perform.
Roshay and Lyla got it started as Nicole and me pulled out my B2K tapes to watch them. I went in the kitchen to go help Roshay as Lyla went to sit on the couch with Nicole. Mama walked in with Camilla sleeping on her shoulder. She just shook her head and went upstairs to lay her down. We started cracking up watching the tapes. Mama came back downstairs just staring at the television. “I can’t believe the tiem yall devote to watching these boys. That Omarion, J Boog, Razzy B and Lil-Lil-”
“Lil Fizz!” We yelled in unison laughing.
“Oh please. Yall need to see some real men like Keith Sweat, Luther Vandross and Teddy Pendergrass back in the day. Oww, those are real men! Yall don’t know nothing about that,” Mama teased trying to dance. “Mama, go to sleep. Go play your “oldies” or something because, uh, that dance ain’t workin’”
“And I should whoop Ashanti butt dancing with that thug boy. What’s his name?”
“Ja Rule. He tight”
“And fine too!” Lyla jumped in on Roshay’s comment. The “Gots Ta Be” video was on.
“Mama, you see him right there? Ain’t he just so fine! That’s gon’ be my husband Mario and we on’ make you proud. We gon’ be successful entertainers and the cutest couple,” I said wrapping my arms around Mama. “Oh, Reggie content with that?” Mama asked.
“Reggie? Reggie ain’t gotta know. He know I love me some Mario, so he can’t help that,” I replied.
“Oh goodness. Omari is so sexy ain’t he? Ugh, Mrs. Woods, you see my baby? He is s-e-x-y fa real! Who wouldn’t love him? I’d kill him if he had a girlfriend,” Roshay said.
“Oh goodness Shay, I’m gon’ tell yo’ Mama. You crucial,” Mama said laughing going back upstairs.
“Man, I know my boyfriend is just awesome and everything, but I would do anything to be with Druex. He’s so much like me. I’d love him to death. Oh goodness, anything for Druex. He’s a real cutie and I would do anything for that nigga. He fine!”
“Ow!” We said together looking at Nicole. We’d never seen her get hype before.
“Calm down girl. Dang, Fizz got something on you!” Roshay said laughing.
“He sho do! Sho, anything for Fizzle”
“But O, oh my, that’s tha’ nigga for me. When we get married, yall, I’m gon’ invite yall to my wedding and everything. It would just be a moment of a lifetime. He’d be looking all good and everything and I’d be just so happy to be with him,” Roshay dazed.
“Girl, I don’t know what I would do if I met him. I’d probably faint or something. I don’t know. I just would not be able to control myself. He’s too fine. He’s just…I don’t know,” Nicole said staring at the television.
“I hear you girl. It’d be me and you both. We not even trippin’ on that one,” Roshay gave Nicole a high five. I just love having get togethers. It reminds me so much when we were like in the seventh grade and everything. Lyla was just sitting there smiling.
“What’s that smirk on your face for? You thinking about somebody special? Lyla got quiet on us,” Roshay teased.
“Yall so gullible. I know I love Jarell, but dang, yall know yall ain’t gon’ ever meet them. It ain’t never gon’ happen in a million years. I met Jarell before and-”
“Ow, when?” We yelled at the same time. Lyla started laughing. “Um, it was before they was famous. My brother know his sister and Jarell and me was going to hook up. That was like…I don’t know messed up. Jarell is a trip. I don’t know why yall so down for them because it ain’t even that crucial.”
“Why you ain’t never tell us? Dang, you just hid that from us. You serious?” I asked.
“Ummhmm…he’s just real cool though. He’s really funny that’s one reason why I wanted to hook up. I was even gon’ GIVE HIM some, but oh well. He had better things to do and I wasn’t gon’ wait around for him. He slow”
“Well duh he don’t want to date no hoooeee,” Roshay teased rubbing Lyla on the head. We started lauging. Roshay apologized even though she was playing, but I know she was serious. We know what Lyla is and she ain’t got to hide it.
“Well, they still ain’t all that. They all right. They got good music and stuff, but physically it could be better. That’s all I got to say,” Lyla said staring at the tv. We got quiet.
“Umph, speak for yourself Mama, I know I love them, physically, sexually, genuinely, everything!” Roshay said laughing. We all started laughing. At least we had some optimism.
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