"Are you seriously going to give me the cold shoulder?" Della said softly at her son who stood not far from her with a scrawl on his face, he looked so cute; she just wanted to laugh at his attempt to make an angry big boy face. Leo was dressed in his black spider man shirt and cute shorts, he dramatically folded his arms not talking to his mom.
"Leo my baby?" Della cooed at the blonde little angel who didn't flinch a bit. Leo turned around stomping his feet on the carpeted floor of his room. Della stood by his door, yes he did this all the time.
"Leondre-" She yelled when Leo ran and locked himself in the bathroom. "Leondre open this door right now?" She said softly and heard no response.
"LEONDRE MCCARTHY I SAID OPEN THIS DOOR THIS MINUTE!!!" She banged on the door losing her calmness.
"IT'S LEONDRE LEVETTé." He yelled back. She was taken back, she couldn't believe her little sweet boy had just talked back at her. She knew this day would come when he became a teenager with all the hormones but not so soon, he was only six years old.
"Baby, open the door? You can have your video games." She said softly feeling defeated. After a few minutes, the door clicked open... a little blonde haired boy with ocean blue eyes made his way out. Della knelt down to his level and whispered "Are you still mad at me?"
"My x-box is off-limits, mom." The little boy mumbled.
"I will not let you talk to me like that Leo, you should apologize, right now otherwise you won't play video games for the rest of your life." Della raised her voice clearly tired of spoon feeding him. If he wanted to act old, she would treat him like he is old.
"Fine, dad was going to buy me the latest one anyways." Leo said walking away from his mom.
"LEO, COME BACK HERE?" She said following him to the dining as he put up the volume of teen titans cartoons.
"When?I?look at you, i see the story in your eyes
I see the story in your eyes
When we're dancing
The night begins to shine
Night begins to shine
The night begins to shine
Night begins to shine
When we're dancing
The night begins to shine" the cartoon played.
Della went to the TV and pressed the main switch. Leo groaned. Della couldn't believe it, her worst fear was coming true. Her little angel was slowly becoming a spoiled brat, this was all because of Andre. Leondre had always been respectful and appreciated everything his mom did for him. Della's suddenly became blurry, her son was slowly becoming like his father-
She wanted to tell at him when she switched off the TV but she didn't, she was just too overwhelmed so she walked away to her bedroom and closing the door behind her. Her son was becoming a Levetté, the epitome of a Levetté. They looked down upon poor people, they spent money on things they didn't need, they bought extravagant worldly pleasures but most of all they weren't humble, they belittle anyone below them and that's what her son was slowly becoming. Ever since he started getting used to the life his father was offering to him on a silver platter, he suddenly thought everything his mother did for him was so little. She sobbed softly into her pillow, she loved her son so much anything he did affected her in so many way most of all it made her very emotional. She didn't care about anything but her son-
"Mommy-" She heard the door softly open. She didn't turn back, she quickly wiped her tears and put on a soft smile.
"Mommy, I'm sorry." Leo said walking slowly towards her, her lips couldn't help but curve into a smile.
"It's okay baby." She said patting on the bed so he could have a seat next to her, which he did.
"I didn't mean to make you cry mommy-" He said sadly.
"You didn't make me cry." Della sniffed.
"I don't want to make you cry like daddy-"
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