a/n: This story is based on the episode of Different World that Tupac guest stars on but I'm changing the names. Sorry, this took like a year for me to finally post a chapter. I promise I will not be this bad at updating. Also, wow!! 3.1k words! I'm shocked lol. Enjoy!

He Gets Jealous and Tries to Act Hard

You were so exhausted. You couldn't wait to go back to your dorm room and relax. But you were really excited because your two best friends from your hometown were coming to visit you. You haven't seen them in 3 years. You missed them so much. They make anywhere feel at home.

You stopped by the cafe on your campus to see your friends. When you walked in, you saw your boyfriend Michael, with your friends, Sean, Tina, and Jasmine. You went behind his chair and rubbed the back of his head to get his attention. He turned around and smiled at you. "Hey Y/N!" "Hey baby! I just wanted to thank you for letting my friends stay with you in your room." Sean looked at you like you were crazy. "Uh, hello. They will be staying in my room as well. Don't I get some thanks?" You looked at him knowingly, "You're right Sean. Let me go find someone off the street to give you some." Michael chuckles at you. 

"WHAT'SSSSS UPPPPP!!!" Your friends came into the cafe yelling. "AHHHHH!!!!" You screamed and jumped in the arms of your friend Nate first. Then, you hugged your friend Skylar so tight, any tighter, you'd probably break her. "I thought you guys were coming later." "Well, we had to get here as soon we could. We got a little surprise for you," Skylar said and smiled mischievously. "Oooh, where is it?" They stepped out the way, and you saw him. Your smile instantly dropped.

Your ex-boyfriend, Dex smirked at you. "It's me, baby!" He put his arms around you and planted a big kiss on your lips. Michael stood up and scolded at the scene in front of him. You pushed Dex away and wiped your mouth. "Dex, what are you doing here?" you ask, still shocked from what he did. "I came to see you, baby! What else do you think?" You rolled your eyes. 

"Stop calling me baby, alright?" You sighed. "Let me introduce you to my friends. This is Tina, Sean, Jasmine and this is my boyfriend, Michael." You wrapped your arm around Michael's waist. Nate, Skylar, and Dex all laughed. "Is there something funny?" "No, not at all," Dex chuckled. Michael looked down at you and you just shrugged and rolled your eyes.

After you, Nate, and Skylar took some time to catch up, you all decided to go out to the club downtown. You, Skylar, Jasmine, and Tina get ready in your dorm room. Nate, Dex, Sean and Michael get ready in Michael and Sean's room. 

Later that day......

Michael looks in the mirror, fixing his curls and putting on his cologne. Sean comes up next to him, buttoning his shirt. "Yo, Mike, you better be careful. Dex is obviously trying to get Y/N back." "You think I'm blind, bro? I can see what's up, I have a plan of my own." Sean put his hands up in defense. "Okay dude, I'm just letting you know."

Dex and Nate were fixing themselves up, looking in the other mirror in Michael's room. "Homeboy better watch out. He might just lose his girl tonight." Nate looked at Dex worryingly, "Are you sure you wanna do that, man? Y/N seems pretty happy. You try to do that, she'll be mad at you forever, probably more than she already is." Dex chuckled menacingly, "Don't worry about it, bro. You know she still wants me. Watch this." 

Dex made his way to the middle of the room. "You know Michael, you sure are lucky, man. Y/N's got it going on!" "I'm very lucky." Dex smirked at Nate. "You know, I've been in your shoes once. I know my way around that nice body of hers." Michael whipped his head around so fast, you could almost hear the crack in his neck. "Look man, don't talk about Y/N like that! She's a lady, and you're lucky I'm a gentleman." Dex and Michael were face to face. 

If looks could kill, they'd both be dead. 

"Sooooo, how about we go pick up the girls?" Sean questions trying to diffuse the situation the best he can. Michael takes a deep breath and calms down. "Sure let's go," he says, still shooting daggers at Dex.

Meanwhile, in your room...

You and your girls were almost done getting ready. You were already dressed in Michael's favorite black dress. While you were waiting you decided to do some drawing in your sketchbook. 

Tina was putting on her deodorant and lotion while counting out loud, " 1-2-3-4-5-6, 1-2-3-4-5-6!" "Damn, does this girl have an off switch?!" Skylar exclaimed in exasperation. "Uhm excuse me, all I'm doing is my daily routine!" Tina said matter-of-factly. "How do you cope with her?" Skylar asked. You just chuckled and said, " It's alright. She comes with the territory, plus she makes everything interesting."

 "So how good do you think the boys are going to look? Especially Dex?" Jasmine excitedly asked. Tina jabbed Jasmine with her elbow. "What? I wanna know, especially if he's available." "Why don't you ask Y/N?" Skylar offered suggestively. You rolled your eyes. "He's all yours, Jas." Skylar cringed. "You better not let Dex hear you say that. You know he came back here to claim you!" You put your hand on your forehead. "Tell me something I don't already know." "Why don't you give him another chance? Michael's cute and all, but I know he ain't breaking your back like Dex was!" You gave her the evil eye.

 "Sky, shut up! Me and Michael's relationship is none of your business, and especially none of Dex's business. He can "claim" me all he wants, but at the end of the day, I got someone special already." Skylar put her hands up in defense. "Sorry, didn't mean to strike a nerve." 

Your dialogue was interrupted by a knock at your door. Jasmine answered it. It was the boys. "Here we are!" Michael said, making eye contact with you, smiling. As he was about to make his way to you, Dex walked in front of him. "Yes, here we are." Dex walks to your desk and leans over you while licking his lips. You gave him a dirty look, then gave Michael an apologetic look. He wasn't pleased at all.

At the club...

 You guys all got drinks and toasted to having a good night. You and Michael made your way to the dancefloor. You were having a great time. You noticed that Michael is being more and more aggressive with his dancing. He starts grinding on you hard. " You turn around at the speed of light. "Michael, what the hell are you doing?" "Just dancing babe, what's wrong?" "You're being aggressive." 

You turn back around and try to get back to dancing. But Michael goes back to grinding on you. You're just confused at this point, he never does this with you.

 But then you realize: he's doing this to make a point to Dex. 

You turn back around to face him. "Look baby, I know what you're doing. It's not necessary. Can't we just have a good time?" Michael takes a step back. "Why don't you just come out and say it? You wanna dance with someone else right?" "What? No! Of course not!" 

As you were trying to convince your man that you only wanted to dance with him, Dex comes up to you and Michael, clearly very amused at the little spat you two were having. 

"May I cut in?" he says looking at you. Michael just walks back to the table. You try to call after him, but Dex stops you. " No, let him go, babe. I want some time with my first love." You groaned. "Dex just leave me alone!" You turn to walk away, but Dex grabs your arm. "One dance?" You look at him. "Fine. ONE dance." Dex smirks and puts his arms around your waist, close to your butt. You forcibly move his hands up, giving him a warning look.

 Dex smiled cheekily. "You know, I've missed you. Remember how we used to dance back in the day?" he started bouncing his body with you in his arms. You rolled your eyes, and smile sarcastically. "Yes, let's not go there, okay?" 

Dex looked at you and smiled sadly. "You know, our dude Chris got smoked in the old neighborhood." You made eye contact with him and slightly nodded. "Yeah, I heard. I wanted to call, but I couldn't find the time."

While you and Dex were talking, Michael is standing towards the back of the club with a clear line of sight to you two. He chews on a toothpick, jealousy burning in his eyes.

"I've changed Y/N. I really have. I'm thinking about moving up here, getting me a job and an apartment. We can finally pick up where we left off." "You threw his arms from around you. "Nope, nope. This is exactly what I thought would happen. You can't just come back for a few days, jump in my life, and act like everything's okay. I got an agenda and plans for my life. And this may shock you, but I got a man." Dex looks around towards Michael, then looks back at you. 

"The hell that gotta do with me?!" You look at Dex dumbfoundedly. This dude hasn't changed at all.

"I know you're just passing time with that soft ass nigga. I know he ain't hitting it like me; if the boy hitting it at all." You were done, You got up in Dex's face, "Check this here. You weren't all that." Dex got back in your face as well and raised his voice, "Oh, so you think you all that now that you BOUGIE huh?" 

Michael saw the situation escalating and made his way over to where you and Dex were. "Is there a problem here?" You looked over at Michael trying to give him a sign that you could handle it. "Dude, can you back off!?!?" "Babe, it's nothing. Nothing's wrong," you assured, terrified of how this was going to go down. "Yeah, why don't you just get lost!" Michael's nostrils flared. He shoved Dex. "What'd you just say, man?" "I said back off, choir boy!!!" 

Then, it happened. Michael punched Dex square in the face. Dex punched back. Next thing you know both guys are on the floor in a violent tussle. You tried to get them to stop, but they just continued. You called Sean and Nate over so they could try to break them up.

You now had the biggest migraine ever. You just wanted this night to be over.

Back at the dorms...

You were standing with your hands on your desk and your head hung low trying to process what happened at the club. " C'mon girl, cheer up! After all, you had two fine ass brothas fighting over you," Jasmine tried to perk you up. 

 "Dex acted like a complete animal. What's wrong with him?" Tina exclaimed. "I don't even know." You lifted your head up to say something else, but out the corner of your eye, you saw Skylar staring at you like she saw a ghost. "The fuck are you looking at?" You asked, wondering why she looks like she has a problem with you. "That's all you have to say for Miss Mouth Tina over there?" You walked over to Skylar. 

"First of all, Dex isn't my man anymore. And two, Tina's right. Dex acted the way he always acts when he doesn't get his way and that's like a typical hood." Skylar chuckled in disbelief. " I can't believe you! First, you leave us to come to college so you can educate yourself, which is cool. Nothing wrong with that. But then you start acting brand new, and palling around with these fake ass females-" "Woah wait a minute, who you callin' fake?" "Don't try that-" 

Soon it was Skylar vs. Tina and Jasmine. You were not in the mood to hear a screaming match right now. 

"STOP!" You held your arms out to stop both sides. Everyone quieted down. 

You turned toward Skylar. "Skylar, these girls are my friends. They aren't some random, stuck-up bitches. Don't you ever in your life disrespect them. Sky, you know you're my girl too. I'm just to get an education and have a good time. I'd rather be here, than back home doing absolutely nothing with my life." You took a deep breath. "If you can't handle that then, I don't know what to tell you."

Skylar stared at Y/N. They both didn't know what to say. Y/N didn't know what this would mean for her friendship. Skylar rolled her eyes and grabbed her bag. "Whatever girl. You changed. When the Y/N that I know comes back, tell her to give me a call." 

Skylar slammed the door as she left the room. Y/N went to sit on her bed and put her head in her hands. "Thanks for defending us Y/N." Tina and Jasmine comforted her. "It's alright. I meant what I said. Y'all are my best friends. I'll always defend you, even if it means I lose another friend." They all smiled sadly at each other and just sat in silence. 

The next day...

You just got done with your only lecture of the day. You made your way to the cafe to clear your mind and think about the events of last night. You were still hurt by the fact that you may have lost Skylar as your friend.

When you got to the cafe, you saw your favorite teacher Mr. Cole sitting at another table eating his lunch. You walked over to his table to see if he could give you any advice.  "Hey, Mr. Cole!" You smiled. He returned your smile. "Hey Y/N, how ya doing?" 

"Could I ask you a question?" "Sure Y/N! Have a seat." You sat down in the chair opposite of him. "Do you think I'm bougie?" "Y/N, have you seen my wife? I'm the last person to you should be asking that question." You both chuckled. "Now, if you mean, 'do I think you've changed?', then yeah you have."

You put your hands over your head, hearing exactly what you didn't want to hear. "Damn." You sighed. "C'mon Y/N, you sound like me when I was your age! Changing isn't a bad thing." "It can't be such a good thing either. I'm losing all my friends." "Something happened between you, Jasmine and Tina?" You shook your head. 

"Nah, between me and my friends from my hometown." "Ah, I see. I know how that feels. I had this friend Eric, who I've known since we were babies. He had approached one time and tried to get me to go into business with him. But I straight up told him, I was focused on getting my degree. He called me a sell-out, and I haven't spoken to him since." Mr. Cole shrugged indifferently. 

"But y'all were homies! You knew each other since you were kids-" Mr. Cole put his hands up to stop you. "Y/N, it's just like that sometimes. Sometimes friends just grow apart. But then you meet new friends and things get better. Look at you now. Not only do you have a group of good friends, but you also have someone who loves you." You smiled at the thought of Michael. "Thanks, Mr. Cole. You made me feel a whole lot better." "Anytime, Y/N, anytime."

You said your goodbyes and you got up to leave. As you opened the door, you saw Dex sitting at one of the outside tables, waiting for you. You looked at him with no expression. 

"You still mad at me for punching your boy out?" 

You said nothing. 

"C'mon Y/N, you know that's how we used to get down." "That's how we used to do things Dex. Today, it's about school, and studying." "And that damn choir boy! Don't tell me you're born-again now?" You rolled your eyes and sat down at the table. "What's all this born-again mess? Dex, listen. Things have changed. Granted, things never stay the same. But regardless, I don't think I'm less down now than I was back then." Dex looked down. 

"Only less down with me." "Dex, you and I both know that being with you is no good. It would be all about you. Tell me it wasn't like that before." "It wasn't like that before!!" You chuckled and looked at him knowingly. "Dex?" Dex nodded. "I guess I got some growing to do still. You do what you gotta do. I won't stand in your way. Just make sure that choir bo-, Michael does the right thing. I mean, treat you good and all." You smiled. "You know I will."

You got up to leave, kissing Dex's cheek before walking to Michael's dorm.

Once you got there, you knocked on his door lightly, opening the door to peek your head through. "Can I come in?" You asked sweetly. Knowing it was you, he answered, "Yeah, just don't tell any boxing jokes please." 

You laughed and walked in, closing the door behind you. "That's what you get for trying to play hard." You walked over to his desk, seeing that he was holding an ice pack over his eye, where Dex punched him. You replaced his hand with yours.

 "How are you feeling?" You asked sincerely. "Other than like a complete idiot. I'm doing okay." "Hey, look at me." You leaned down to his level. "There ain't no gangsta, mac daddy, whatever, that could take me away from you. I love you, Michael Jackson. With everything in me.  Only you. I hope you know that." Michael smiled, his stomach filled with butterflies while you were singing his praises. "I love you, Y/F/N Y/L/N. With everything in me. Only you. I hope YOU know that." You smiled back at him. It warmed your heart knowing it was, again, you and Michael against the world.

 Michael grabbed your waist sneakily and brought his lips to yours. You smiled into the kiss and placed your hand on his cheek. 

You then pulled away for air. "Do you have any lectures to go to today?" You asked Michael while playing with his curls. "No, why?" "I want to properly thank you for everything these past few days." You smirked, taking his hands in yours and leading him to his bed. Michael smirked back, excited for you to show him just how grateful you were.