After seeing her own face on another body, Aaliyah began to think about what else did she not know about her life.
She was sitting down and drinking her orange juice. Her twin wanted to meet here there.
The waitress comes up. "You ready to order", she asked.
"Not yet I'm waiting for somebody", she said.
"Okay", she said as she walked away.
Aaliyah let out a sigh until she saw Carmen walk through the door. It was so weird looking at herself. Her sister sat in front of her. "Hey", she said
"Hey", Aaliyah replied.
"Did you already order?", Carmen asked
"No i was waiting for you", Aaliyah said.
Carmen nods. "umm my name is Carmen by the way", she said.
"Aaliyah", Aaliyah replied. "I didnt know I had a twin"
"Yea... my grandma.. our grandma told me", Carmen said.
"grandma?", Aaliyah asked.
"Yea.. she passed away a few years ago", Carmen said.
Aaliyah looked down.
Carmen looks down for a moment then at Aaliyah. "...she agreed to take care of me when mom left with you. She told me it, it was because she couldn't take care of the both of us but now I guess she just didnt want me", she said.
"... I guess we have two things in common", Aaliyah said.
"What do you mean?", Carmen asked.
"Mom wasnt the best mom", Aaliyah said. "She wasnt good at all actually"
"How was she?", Carmen asked.
"Lost... listen I've been raising myself since I can remember. Before she got killed, i didn't even see her for like 8 years, since I was 16"
"She got killed", Carmen asked.
"...Yea. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time... It was my fault", Aaliyah said as she looked down. "I've been getting into shit since my teens. All I know is how to hustle for money and make it."
"I guess we got another thing in common", Carmen said.
"What you mean?", Aaliyah asked as she looked at her.
"Let's just say in order to get respect around here, you gotta earn it", Carmen said. "I have always been in trouble... now I'm chill", she said with a smile.
"Aaliyah smiled.
"But that's fucked up what happened to mom", she said.
"Yea...it is", she said.
"... What about dad?", she asked.
"I actually just met him", Aaliyah said.
"wait... where are you from?", Carmen asked.
"ATL", Aaliyah said. "I mean of course I was born here though"
"How is it there? You ever see some rappers?", she asked.
"Yea, from time to time when I go to the mall", Aaliyah said.
"Oooh girl you must got money then", Carmen said.
"I got a little something-something", Aaliyah said with a smile.
The waitress comes back to the table and looks at Carmen then at her notepad.
"what can I get yall to eat", she asked.
Aaliyah and Carmen ordered their food and the waitress walked away.
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Hustla (BOOK ONE)
General Fiction***WARNING: THIS STORY INCLUDES MATURE CONTENT AND VIOLENCE**** Aaliyah don't wanna hear about nothing unless it involves money. She was on her own since she was a teenager so when it comes to hustling that's her expertise. One day Aaliyah met this...
