kk🦋.

"ouu let's get this one" i pointed at the shoes.

"what size he where ?" i added.

"ionk but let's try a 12 lol" juju said & i nodded.

we were picking out a little gift for bronny. lebron convinced bronny to talk to juju so she was gonna go to his house so they could talk about what happened.

but bronny had a heat stroke a few weeks ago and luckily there was no permanent damage so we decided to get him a "get well soon" gift since he wasn't 100% yet.

"i'm just glad he's okay and there was no permanent damage" i spoke and juju nodded.

"exactly, but i been told bronny to stop practicing basketball in almost 100 degree weather but he so stubborn" juju said.

bronny took the chance to practice as much as he could no matter how hot or how cold it was. especially all the critics on the internet he knew deep down he needed more practice.

"okay come on for i overspend" juju said grabbing my hand.

we went to the counter and juju paid for the stuff while i hid my face in her shoulder. ionk what it is but coming in stores makes me nervous.

"baby relax your okay" she said grabbing my hand.

i could feel my hands shake uncontrollably. my anxiety just been bad lately but it's not out of control.

i looked up after i heard the cashier talking to juju. she was about my color who stood at 5'1 and she looked like she like she was younger than us a little to young to be working here..

"omg your so pretty" she said to juju.

"aww thank you. your pretty i love your lashes are they natural ?" juju asked her.

"thank you and yes they are! i'm a beginner lash tech tho in the making" she said.

"well lmk and dm me on insta cus i keep these done" juju said.

"ofc" she said smiling.

juju🌸.

talking to new people is always my best side. especially the ones that are really to themselves. i could tell me and the girl that work here would get along so good, she just look so young.

"how old are you ?" i asked her.

"15" she said.

"aren't you a little to young to be working here ? or at least by yourself ?" i asked.

"yes the age requirement is usually 16 but i begged the owner. my mom is sick and my dad died when i was a baby. i'm the only child so since my mom can't work i do." she said and i nodded.

instantly made me sad.. she's only 15.

"well i'm juju & here's my number text me if you need anything" i smiled at her.

"thank you so much pretty girl. ohh i'm alyssa" she said.

i paid for the stuff and waved bye & so did kk. i walked out to my car and she ran out to me.

"wait no you gave me $800 to much" she said.

"no it's a tip girl, i hope it help at least a little" i said.

she hugged me tightly. i could tell she really appreciate it.

"thank youu" she said.

"ofc" i said hugging her back. we waved goodbye and i headed to bronny's house.

"you okay ?" i asked kk.

"yes it's just hot" she said giggling.

we pulled up to bronny's house and got out heading to the door savannah was already waiting.

"omg i missed you, haven't seen you in so long" she said.

"i missed you ma ik yk your son's very.."

"stubborn yes" she said finding the word i was looking for.

"well he in his room girl good luck" she said and i thanked her and me and kk walked up to his room.

i walked in and saw him in his bed watching tiktok. i turned the light on and he looked over at us and rolled his eyes.

"now why you had to turn the light on ? i can hear you with the light off" he said making me laugh.

"cus it's better like this" i said.

i sat on his bed and handed him the gift. he looked so confused but she happy. after opening his gifts he hugged me and kk.

"thank you guys i really appreciate it. something that cheered me up i feel like i been in a dark spot for so long" he said.

"ofc but we gotta talk" i said and he nodded.

bronny🖤.

talking to juju again makes me happy but also nervous. because i was so quick to dismiss her over a altercation that shouldn't have happened.

"first off.. you know how you told me to delete yo number ?" she asked me and i nodded.

"mhmm"

"well, i never did & you should've known that. i still got all our pictures/videos and allat because why would i just because you felt some type of way in the moment" she said.

"ofc you didn't" i said laughing.

"but i wanna know why.. why were you so quick to dismiss me. after everything that we been through since middle school & you was so quick to say f*** this friendship" she said.

"ian like how you was so quick to take kk's side. and when-

"no that's not what happened you got mad at me because i made a joke and then she told us to stop" kk said.

"first of all, i was not talking to you and neither was she.. this why it happened in the first place you always feel the need to add yo 2 cents." i said.

"don't start you two.. continue bronny" juju said.

"anyways, after me and kk got into you was so quick to get in my face & take her side"

"not only that, when you said that i should be worried about basketball cus i'm not even good to be in the draft kinda pushed me to the edge" he said.

i could see juju's facial expression change & just by that look i could tell she never really realized she said it or maybe she just ain't mean to say it to me.

"bronny i-

"no i'm well aware that im not good enough hints why i have been putting in so much work. i had a heat stroke tryna better myself so i know that its true"

"it didn't hurt because it was true it hurt because you said it to hurt my feelings in front of all of our friends" i said.

"okay first I just wanna say i didn't get in your face taking up for kk. you two were in each others faces so i stepped in between yall & i was trying to calm you down."

"but as far as what i said.. i'm so sorry. just because i said that doesn't mean your not capable of getting to the NBA & i shouldn't have said it."

"and juju yk i always want you to tell me the truth so you saying that gave me a piece of mind that i can better myself. i just wish you hadn't said it the way you did. i wish you would've told me with just me and you" i said and she nodded.

"i agree, and i was wrong & i am sorry. yk your good in basketball & yk later on your gonna be great. i want you to know that i do believe in you and ik that your gonna make it even if it don't happen now. i hope that you can forgive me cus i do miss our friendship" she said and i nodded.

"i forgive you been did that, i just had to much pride to text you back. cus even tho i forgave you in my head that sh** still hurt. but being on the court and putting in that work gave me hope" i said.

"i miss our friendship, and i do wanna try again cus we should've never let this misunderstanding come between it" i said and she nodded.

she hugged me tightly and i hugged back.

"i missed you" she said.

"i missed you too, especially you bringing me food" i said and she smacked her lips.

"you better be lucky i can't hit you. cus i would smack you so hard right now." she said.

"no more ignoring.. we gotta talk to each other about how we feel no matter how upset we are with each other" juju said holding out her pinky.

"promise" he said locking his pinky with hers.

i watched as bryce, savannah, rayah, & lebron walked in. they so nosey.

"yall nosey as h*ll" i said and my dad laughed.

"good to have yall back. now don't ever let no lil mess come between yall again" lebron said.

"we won't, right bronny ?" juju asked me.

"right" i said.

kk🦋.

i was happy that juju got her best friend back because she was so depressed without him. it took her a couple of weeks to cope with it.

but deep down me and bronny never made up and ion want that to come between them again.

"aht aht we're not done" juju said after we was getting up to leave.

"bronny kk you two gotta make up i cannot have my gf and best friend hating each other" juju said.

bronny smacked his lips and huffed.

"well fine f*** you too lebron james jr" i said in tears.

never understood why he was so mean to me. it was just a misunderstanding. i grabbed my phone and walked out i could hear juju calling me.

"baby wait" juju said grabbing my waist.

"stop it.. yk bronny is stubborn he ain't mean that. please just try to talk to him. if he give you a hard time i will leave it alone" she said.

i sighed and walked back upstairs wiping my tears. i sat down on his bed.

"bronny, we can't keep fighting" i said.

"well if i'm not mistaking, it's your fault all this even happened if you forgot" he said.

"i know but i wanna make it right" i said.

"i'm sorry about what i said. i didn't think a joke would hurt your feelings but ian think about your feelings so i apologize and i hope you can forgive me" i said.

"i forgive you, and i'm sorry too. ik i acted out of retaliation and i should've just told you how i felt" he said and i nodded.

we hugged and after a few seconds i tickled his neck with my fingers.

"aye chill out" he said laughing touching his neck.

we got up and walked to the living room since his mom ordered pizza. it felt good to be back to normal cus our friend group was kind of dry after the altercation.

i sat down beside by juju and bronny said on the other side of her with rayah & bryce on the ends. i watched as zhuri sat beside rayah with her camera and we vlogged with her.

it was nice to just be around everyone again chilling and having a good time. i laid my head on juju's shoulder and she kissed my forehead.

chapter 57🥹! we almost done! i love this book with my whole heart omg. but juju & bronny made up and bronny and kk did too! but should i do a flashback of the altercation and how it happened ? lmk! vote and comment🙃!