The Brothers

The next morning, CJ's up before Colin. "Dad." He says tapping his shoulder.

"Mmm." Colin mumbles.

"Get up." Colin slowly opens his eyes to see his son staring at him. Colin then looks at his phone. "Jr, it's 7 in the morning."

"Okay..."

"Okay, so sleep in like normal kids."

"Dad come on."

"Give me thirty minutes bubba." Colin says closing his eyes. Clearly not understanding how this kid is up so early after playing video games all night.

"Can I at least go finish call of duty?"

"Do whatever you want, just let your dad get some sleep, k?"

"K." He gets out of bed and goes to the livingroom. After playing the game for about ten minutes, his stomach starts growling. He walks back to the room. "Dad, I'm hungry." He says standing by the door.

"You've gotta be kidding me." Colin mumbles to himself. He turns over to face the door. "There's food in the freezer. Just throw it in the microwave."

"Mom cooks me food."

"Yeah well I'm not mom...there are snacks in one of the drawers too."

CJ walks out and goes to the kitchen. He opens the freezer door, and there's not much in there, but he saw some toaster strudel, and he knows how to make those. He takes them out, puts them in the toaster and waits. Colin told him there were snacks in one of the drawers so he figured he'd grab whatever's in there too. What Colin didn't realize was that he keeps a gun in one of the drawers and it was the first one CJ had went to.

His eyes widen once he sees the gun. Colin jumps out of his sleep once he realizes what he told him, and realized he never took the gun out of the drawer. Colin walks into the kitchen to see CJ staring at it.

"Jr..." Colin says, causing him to jump. Colin walks towards him and he backs away. "Son." CJ shakes his head then walks back to the couch. "Damnit." Colin says to himself.

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Kai wakes up the next morning with huge a headache. Kai looks to her right, Aaliyah's still asleep. She looks to her left and Kash isn't there.

"Aaliyah..."

"Mmm."

"Wake up."

"What time is it?" She asks with her eyes still closed.

Kai looks at her phone to see a couple texts and a missed call from Cam. "9:36"

Aaliyah groans. "It's still early." She says pulling the cover over her head. Aaliyah goes back to sleep, and Kai returns Cam's call.

"Hello." He answers in a groggy tone.

"Hey babe. You still sleep?"

"I was. Wishing you were next to me."

"I wish I was too. I have the biggest hangover right now. I need you to take care of me."

Cam chuckles. "Had a little too much fun last night."

"Yeaaaah. Aaliyah had Colin's credit card, so drinks were on him." Aaliyah quickly comes from under the covers. Kai looks over at her and laughs.

"Well come home and I'll take care of you. You good enough to drive?"

"Yeah, I'll be home soon."

"Good. I'll be waiting. I love you."

"I love you too." They hang up. Kai looks over and hits Aaliyah with a pillow.

"Bitch." Aaliyah mumbles.

"You love me though."

"Sometimes. You leavin me boo."

"Yeah, I got a man to get back to. If you stop being stubborn, you'd have one to get back to as well."

"I'm going back to that man...when I go pick up CJ."

"Oh good. You're both up." Kash says walking into the room.

"Good morning to you too Akasha." Aaliyah says then smiles.

"Sooooo, Odell's gonna be over in the next like 40 minutes.."

"And you want us to leave?" Aaliyah asks.

"I wouldn't you know, say it that bluntly...but."

"Well, I'm about to leave anyway. Gotta get back to Cam."

Aaliyah sits up. "And you drunkie?" Kash asks.

"Ugh, I think I'm gonna be sick." She says then gags. "Hold up." Aaliyah runs to the bathroom and goes straight for the toilet. "Why y'all let me drink that much?" She asks hovering over the toilet.

"I tried to tell you to chill. You don't listen." Kash says walking in and starts gently rubbing her back. "Flush the toilet already. That shit stinks.

After getting themselves together, Aaliyah and Kai leave. Kash goes home, and Aaliyah goes to Colin's to pick up CJ.

CJ hasn't said anything to Colin all morning, and doesn't plan to. Seeing that gun shook him a little and all he can think about is his dad actually using it to kill someone.

"Mom just text me...she said she's on her way. Go get your bag from the room." CJ continues to play the video game. "I know you hear me. Go get your bag, now." Colin says with more conviction.

CJ goes to get his backpack then goes back to his game. Aaliyah finally gets to the penthouse.

"Hi baby boy."

"Hey mom." CJ says flatly.

"Let me talk to you." Colin says. He takes her hand and leads her to the bedroom, shutting the door behind them. Aaliyah sits on the bed with one leg crossed over the other.
"So how long you gone stay mad at me, huh?"

Aaliyah smiles and shrugs her shoulders. "See now you playin."

"Come here." She says motioning her index finger in the come here motion.

"Mhhm. I knew you couldn't stay mad at daddy forever." He says before planting a kiss on her lips. She lays on her back as he gets on top of her. Before Colin could get fully settled between her legs, the door opens. Colin quickly gets up.

"Mom, can we go now."

"In a second papa."

"I'm ready to go now mom."

"Okay, in a little bit." He stands there and waits.

"He's not gonna leave is he?" Colin asks.

"Nope. How bout I come over tonight and we finish this then." He says in a quiet tone.

Aaliyah nods. "I'd like that please."

"Alright. Come on, I'll walk y'all to the door."

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The entire day, CJ was quiet and Aaliyah wasn't understanding why. Something clearly had to go on for him to be this quiet. She figured she'd take him out to do something fun before its time to get ready for school later.

She takes him to Fly High, an indoor trampoline park. She watches as he plays and interacts with the other kids. She even jumps for a few minutes herself. Afterwards she takes him out for pizza, and is determined to get to the bottom of whatever's going on. She doesn't get much out of him until she tries one last time as they pull into the drive way.

"Come climb to the front seat." She says. He climbs over and looks at her. "What's going on papa. Talk to me sweetie."

He takes a deep breath. "I found a gun in dad's kitchen."

She looks away and shakes her head. Thinking how stupid and careless Colin could actually be to leave a damn gun laying around his penthouse.

"Does he kill people? Is that why I never got to see him?"

"No baby, he doesn't." She says gently wiping his tears away. "I don't want you to be mad at him, okay?" He nods.

"Okay." He says quietly.

Later that night, Colin rolls through. CJ is already has showered and is in bed for the night. Colin opens the door with the key he was given and walks to the bedroom. Aaliyah walks out of the bathroom in her robe once she hears someone enter the room.

"You already ready for me huh?" He smirks.

"No. I'm not."

"Alright, what I do now?" Colin says picking up on her attitude.

"How the hell did you leave your damn gun laying around."

"He told you."

"It was practically the only thing he said all damn day Colin. Are you really that stupid. Huh?"

"It wasn't just lying around. It was in a drawer."

"You knew he was coming. That shit should have been in the safe that's in your closet."

"If it's in the safe, how the fuck am I suppose to get it out when something happens."

"Anything could have happened! He could have shot himself Colin. Has that not ran through the small ass brain you have."

"Alright, it was stupid and careless. I get that and I'm sorry. You know I keep one at my place, one at the club and one in my truck."

"I know that and that's not the problem. The problem is it being within reach of my son."

"Our son." He corrects her.

"He's in your life more than he's ever been. You can't be this careless around him, Colin."

"I know, and I won't anymore."

"Good." Aaliyah takes off her robe, exposing her matching bra and panty set. She gets underneath the covers.

"So we gone get busy or what?"

"Nah not tonight. I'm a little tired."

"Fuck man."

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Just a filler. More to come soon.