All in a Day by Alexis Nicole

Author:Alexis Nicole [Nicole, Alexis]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Urban, Family Life, United States, Domestic Life, African American, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Women's Fiction
Amazon: B00GK4Z1UE
Publisher: Urban Renaissance
Published: 2013-12-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Morgan

My head was pounding like there were twenty little people inside it, beating against my skull with mini hammers. I didn’t remember much from yesterday after I returned from the bar with Beau. Everything was a blur. I just remembered seeing flashes of my parents, food they tried to make me eat, and then me throwing up in the toilet several times. I didn’t think tequila and I needed to be friends anymore because she definitely wasn’t fond of me. I rolled over in my bed and cringed at the sun hitting my face. This was the worst feeling ever, and on the day I was supposed to pick up Ahvi from the airport. I was never letting Beau talk me into drinking like that again.

I glanced over at my nightstand and noticed a bottle of Advil and a glass of water resting. I slowly sat up in bed and nursed my hangover. I looked at the clock on my cell phone and was thankful it was only nine in the morning. That gave me a few hours to get myself together before I had to leave for the airport. The smell of my mother’s cooking in the air compelled me to get up and head toward the kitchen to try to put something on my stomach.

“Well, look who’s alive,” my father said as he took a sip of his coffee.

I kissed him on the forehead and took a seat at the table. “I feel like death.” I laid my head down on the table and the cool plastic placemat felt so good on my cheek.

“That’s what happens when you go out foolin’ with Beau.” My mother set a cup of black coffee in front of me. “Drink it, you’ll feel better.”

I took a sip without thinking and almost burnt my tongue. As much as I hated to admit it, my mama was right. I should have never gone out drinking with Beau.

Nothing I was supposed to do yesterday got accomplished. I hadn’t prepared for Ahvi, I didn’t write my vows, and I still didn’t find out what was in that box I found under my parents’ bed.

“You gon’ have to get it together, baby, because we got a lot to do.”

I watched as my mama hustled back and forth throughout the kitchen. It was making me dizzy all over again.

“When you get Ahvi, we gotta go over to the church and talk to Pastor Riley, we gotta swing by the floral shop to give a final say on your arrangements, and the family is having a gathering tonight so that everyone can meet your fiancé before the big day.”

I quickly sobered myself up at the mention of the agenda that my mom had prepared today. I was just hoping for a calm meeting with just my parents the first night; now Ahvi had to meet my pastor and my entire family straight off the plane. My stomach dropped and I could feel the remainder of whatever was left in my system slowly creeping up.

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