Chapter Six

Flaire walked into the corner store with the munchies due to her being high as a kite. She picked two bags of Migos dab ranch chips, a swiss roll, grandma peanut butter cookies, a blueberry tea Arizona and a bunch of candy including the two beef patties with cheese.

Walking out the store with her bag in her hand, she looked in it pulling out a sour patch. Looking around at the group of people, which contained girls and boys, she rolled her eyes hoping nobody said anything to her.

She didn't understand how niggas could just stand on a corner all day, everyday. And these dumb ass bitches just be standing here with them like the dumb bitches they are.

"Aye Flaire?!" A voice called making her sigh, she knew that voice too well.

"What Rell?" She asked looking at him briefly seeing everybody look at her.

"Why you ain't hit me back?"

"I didn't want to." She answered honestly.

"Why you give me ya number if you wasn't gon respond?"

"I never wanted you from the get go." She said making the group of people laugh.

"She act like she too good for people." Another boy, Twan, added.

"I am." She said blankly.

In her mind, nobody could top her. Nobody looked better than her, dressed better than her, could beat her or simply was better than her. She had a high self esteem and nobody could tear that down, she was that bitch.

"Says who? You just as average as this bitch." Some boy, she didn't know, said talking about the bitch who he had his arm around. Everyone laughed, including the bitch he just disrespected, making Flaire raise a eyebrow.

"I know I'm not because you would be picking your teeth off the ground as soon as that comment left your mouth."

"It sound good." He waved her off. "Bitches always talking tough like they could back it up."

Before she could even say anything, somebody spoke for her. "Nah, wrong female. Shawty gon knock ya head off ya shoulders, she bout everything she say."

She looked back to see Blaire, Ant, and another boy walking towards her as she smiled happy to see Blaire. Actually happy was an understatement, she was ecstatic.

Blaire was damn near a brother to her and if you saw them together you would assume they were twins. Besides Ezra, Keygen, Tyke and Devin, Blaire was the only other male she trusted. She haven't seen him or spoken in a while because he was in the streets heavy and dropped out of school.

"I missed you so much." She remarked hugging him then Ant.

"I miss you too, what you doing out here this late? You don't even live over here and I know you ain't fucking with nobody from over here yo." He scrunched his face up.

"I just came to the store and they stopped me, you know me better than that."

"Right but what they stopping you for?"

"Blaire chill."

One thing about Blaire was he and Flaire were one of the same. They shared looks, the attitude and personality. They were both always ready to fight, said what's on their mind and overall troublesome, another reason they clicked so well.

"I ain't gon say nothing, stay right here, I'll take you home." He said going to store.

Flaire nodded taking her phone out her back pocket to reply to Ezra text and a few others. She looked up, looking around to be aware of her surroundings stopping to look at Blaire friend caught off guard from how good he looked. She wasn't paying attention to him when he first walked up but now he had all her attention.

As he typed on his phone, she observed him. His jaw was clenched as he licked his plump lips making her lick hers. His smooth chocolate skin had a natural glo making him stand out, he resembled Omar Epps from the 90s but better looking. Fuck looking like a snack, this boy was a full course meal.

Feeling as if someone was staring, he looked up and caught eye contact with Flaire. He smirked liking how bold she was to continue stare even though he caught her, he went to say something but someone beat him to the punch.

"Flaire, why you not tryna fuck with me? I make money, I got a nice car, own apartment and I'll show you off." Rell said making her roll her eyes.

"Because your personality trash and you ugly." She stated honestly making everybody laugh although she wasn't trying to be funny.

Rell resembled Bobby Brown, personality and look wise. All he thought about was his self, he popped pills and he could never be honest. The first time he met her, he started talking about his cars and throwing his money in her face before he even got her name turning her off completely.

"Damn, why you tryna do my manz?" A boy in the group asked laughing.

"Fuck with me then." One smirked.

"You ugly too, actually all y'all ugly." She stated looking at the group of girls and boys. "Just a group of uglyness."

"Who ugly though?" A girl asked raising a eyebrow.

"The bitch who asked."

"You talking as if you hot shit." Another one said.

"I am." She shrugged.

"You not, you decent and ya outfit trash. Bitch you tried your life." The first girl said.

"It's 10 o' clock at night, you think I'm bout to put on my nicest clothes to go to the store? I'm not y'all, stop playing dress up in y'all mother clothes."

"Girl bye, everything I have on I bought." A third girl spoke.

"And you still ugly." Flaire stated calmly making them laugh.

"Bitch I'll drag you." The first one said.

"Right best friend, this bitch booty as hell. Ya name ghetto as hell, her fit trash and her hair not done but got the nerve to talk bout us." The third one said.

"She don't know us." The second one added. They were used to jumping people and they had no problem jumping Flaire.

"Y'all pressed cause y'all ugly? El oh el but who wanna fight cause I feel disrespected." She put her bag of snacks down.

"Nah, chill yo." Ant stepped up knowing Flaire and also knowing she would still fight even with being outnumbered.

"Nah, in my head it's stamped so who wants to fight?" Just as she asked that Blaire walked out the store with a platter of fries and wings. He raised a eyebrow closing his platter walking to Flaire.

"Who you tryna fight?"

"Any one of these three bitches."

"For what?"

"They mad I called them ugly, they should of never be in their feelings over something someone thinks about them. I just want to fight." She shrugged.

"Nah." He shook his head.

"She said she gon drag me anyway so fight me." She looked at all three of the girls.

"Nah." Blaire said again grabbing her bag off the floor. "Come on."

"Catch me lacking if y'all like that." She stated following Blaire to the car.

"I see you still ain't change." He laughed shaking his head as she got in the back seat with the unknown boy.

"I'm not going to never change either, nobody put fear in me."

"They was gon jump you if I wasn't there."

"I was born alone so I was gon fight alone, bet you that would of been the last time they jumped somebody."

"Yeah yeah, aye Ra that's my crazy ass lil sis I be telling you about. Flaire this my older cousin Ra."

Flaire looked up from her phone to look to the left of her seeing he was already looking at her. He nodded at her and she did the same then went back to her phone.

"Aye sis, you still got the same number?" Ant asked.

"Nah, I had to change it cause niggas wouldn't leave me alone. Gimme your phone, both of y'all actually." She stated as both Blaire and Ant handed it to her.

After saving her number in both she saw they were entering her neighborhood so she grabbed her bag, handing them both their phone then gathered her stuff. Blaire pulled in front of her house as she sighed, she didn't even wanna go home.

"You good? You need something?" Blaire asked as she shook her head.

"I'm good." She opened the door.

"Say sis, go put this in your savings or something." He counted out money before she got out handing it to her.

"Thanks B, I love y'all, be safe and text me when you get in."

"We love you more sis." Ant answered as he closed the door.

They watched her walk in the house then pulled off going to their next destination. She walked in her room counting out the money Blaire gave her, it was a total of $320. She shook her head then immediately began eating her food, she was starving.

~

"So if you could choose between flying or being invisible, which would you choose?" Ezra asked Haven looking in her face.

"I'm already invisible to most people so why not try something different and fly?" She asked.

"Who you invisible to? Trust me everybody see you, they may not say nothing but they definitely looking." He smirked making her playfully roll her eyes.

Ezra and Haven were currently sitting in the courtyard since this was both their free period. They have been talking nonstop for a week now and Haven still was a little sketchy about it, she was waiting for something to go wrong.

"If I didn't wanna be a football player, what would you think would be a good career for me after high school?" He asked catching her off guard as she thought about it.

"Honestly?" She asked making him nod. "I think you would something like an counselor or teacher."

"Why you say that?" He asked not expecting that.

"Because you have a big heart. If you could help people for the rest of your life, I feel as though you would take it."

"I like that answer." He nodded. "I wanna apologize to you too."

"What for?"

"When we first bumped into each other I was being unnecessary."

"That was almost a month ago." She waved him off. "Water under the bridge."

"Are you going to come to my game Friday?" He asked.

"I have a competition."

"Isn't it in the afternoon before my game?"

"It's around 5."

"The game start at 8, so how about I come support you and you support me? Please? It's senior night." He suggested as she thought about it.

"I guess I could come watch you throw a football around." She rolled her eyes playfully making him bust out in laughter.

"Baby girl, I do more than throw a football around."

"Oh yeah run around in dirt for fun too , right?" She smirked throwing shade  as he furrowed his eyebrows honestly offended.

"Lemme tell them the bullshit you said just now." He pulled out his phone as she snatched it laughing.

"No, I'm sorry." She continued laughing.

"My feelings hurt so I know they feelings gon be hurt, I just can't deal." He shook his head.

"Can you stoppp?" She whined.

"Mhm." He nodded adjusting his hat just as the bell rung for lunch. "Come on."

He stood up holding his hand so he can help her up, she was expecting him to let her go but he put his arm around her shoulder pulling her in closer. They walked out in the courtyard into the busy hallways, getting the attention of damn near everybody. Haven tensed up used to being a fly on the wall.

"Relax." He whispered in her ear making her nod.

They walked in the cafeteria as it seemed like everything really stopped, she removed her self from Ezra and sat at her normal table as he chuckled, he was going to get her used to attention. She sat waiting for her friends, Maicee was finally coming back after her suspension. Maicee walked into the cafe looking around spotting Haven then sat down.

"What's wrong?" Haven asked noticing something was a little off with her.

"I'm just not happy at the moment but I'll be alright."

"That's always your answer."

Which was true, Maicee could be heartbroken about something and nobody would know. She hid her feelings very well and she hated talking about them. She didn't care who you were, she didn't openly open up to anyone and she wanted to remain that way.

"Because at the end of the day, I'll be alright."

"Just tell me why you're upset."

She looked in Haven face wanting to talk but she didn't want to put her problems on anyone else.

"My mom missing another competition, Tyke annoying and I'm going to punch Mac in her face." She said after taking a minute to respond.

"You know she works a lot to make sure you never have to want anything, do you remember when she didn't have a job and y'all had to go days without food? She's trying to make sure y'all won't ever go through that again Mace, every time you get sad about it just think about the days y'all went hungry."

"You right Ven." She nodded feeling type selfish now.

"What did Tyke do?"

"He keeps talking about this nonexistent ass relationship, yeah Ven I love him but I don't trust him, how could I? Everything he put me through these five years I overlooked it, I pushed my feelings away and continued to have him in my life but I'm far from dumb. I know he still mess with other people even when he say he don't."

"You keep throwing his past mistakes in his face, if y'all gon be together you need to have a talk with him about everything first. I seen with my very own eyes Tyke dubbing females, maybe he is ready and it's you holding y'all back. He did his dirt and you did yours so don't just put the blame on him Mace."

"I ain't never cheat though."

"Neither did he, everything he did was when y'all was over. I mean he could of waited before he started messing with people but when y'all were officially together he didn't do anything."

"You supposed to be on my side." She rolled her eyes.

"And I am, always but I have to be honest instead of telling you what you want to hear." Haven smiled at her making her smirk. "Now what Mac did this time?"

"She just think she so tough like I won't knock her frontal back. I know I got a smart mouth but she get smart for no reason, twin or not I'll beat her up."

"Oh God, y'all always arguing. I can't give advice about that one."

"I wouldn't take it anyway, ain't no advice when it come to her annoying ass."

"After the competition, I was thinking about going to the game." Haven said making her raise an eyebrow.

"You never wanted to go to a game before, it's because of Ezra?"

"Yeah." Haven answered honestly smiling. "You know I always liked him but now he's giving me a chance and I'll be dumb to pass on my dream guy."

"First of all, he should be happy to have a chance with you. You not none of these bitches in here, you're Haven. A nigga passing a chance to be yo dude gotta be one dumb ass nigga."

"I know that but you know how it is."

"I'm just going to tell you to be careful, this can either be a great or a horrible thing, I'm hoping it's a great thing because you deserve nothing but happiness."

"Me too."

"But It's senior night so I know the game gon be lit, I had to go anyway because Tyke wants me to walk out with him and his family." Maicee rolled her eyes smiling.

"Yes best friend." Haven snapped her fingers making them both bust out in laughter.

Ezra and Tyke walked to their table as they continued laughing. "What's so funny?" Tyke asked sitting next to Mace.

"Haven funny ass, this mine?" Maicee asked seeing the food Tyke put on the table.

"Yeah." He said pulling her food out the Chick-Fil-A bag.

"Where is Sasa and Mac?" Haven asked looking around.

"Word, what the hell they doing?"

"So after the game, you wanna go grab something to eat? I mean we both gon be hungry and-"

"Aw, he's nervous." Maicee cut Ezra off cooing.

"Never thought I'll see the day." Tyke laughed.

"Chill." He laughed then looked at Haven for an answer.

"Yeah, we could go get something to eat."

"Okay good." He smiled rubbing his sweaty hands on his jeans, he didn't even know why he was so nervous but he was and he knew Friday he would have to give his all for this game cause they couldn't take an L, especially not with her there.

~

Indigo pushed Sevyn head laughing as he came right back, he held her hands with one hand as she tried to get out his grip. They were always play fighting no matter where they were, making other people laugh. They were currently waiting for Haven, Sasa and Mai trio dance at the completion.

They sat next to Genesis, Devin and Flaire while Maicee and Mackenzie mother sat in front of them with Tyke and their two brothers Marcus and Mitchell. Keygen, Ezra, Nate and a few others from school showed support almost getting kicked out with how loud they were being.

Ezra checked the time seeing it was going 7:05, he needed them to hurry up or he and every other football player here would be late to warm ups meaning they would have to sit out the game. Just as he was about to whisper in Keygen ear, the music started playing as Haven, Maicee and Sapphire began dancing.

Trey Songz x Na Na started playing as everybody talking ceased. Ezra stopped breathing at the sight of Haven and pulled out his phone recording her every move. She looked so beautiful to him, seeing her in her element made him see her differently in a good way. He saw her passion for dance through her facial expressions and her imperfections. He was reconsidering it all for Haven.

The music stopped and everyone was still speechless, it was so silent that you could hear a pencil drop. They stayed in position while everyone was still in their daze until Indigo yelled out.

"That's my fucking sister! You did that shit bitch!" She yelled making everybody look at her for a brief moment then cheer.

"Really? Watch ya mouth." Genesis rolled her eyes glaring at her as she threw her hands in surrender.

"They need to announce winners so we could go, I can't sit out this game." Nate said making them agree.

"I'm going to text coach and tell him we're on our way but we stuck in traffic to buy us some time." E said hoping it'll work.

"Excuse me? Can we have your attention?" The announcer said making everyone go quiet. "Everyone here was so amazing tonight, makes me wish I wasn't as old as I am. Although there can only be one winner, everyone was amazing."

A woman handed the announcer an envelope and he called every dance team to the stage, once everyone was accounted for he looked around building suspense. The first category was Jazz and Haven and the rest of them hold onto each other crossing their fingers.

"Coming in number three, Clarke's Divas!" He announced. Haven and them smiled but if you knew the girls you saw right through it as they grabbed their small trophy.

"It's okay baby!" Devin yelled as they called out the other two winners.

"Now for the Hip Hop category, coming in number three The Flaming Hot Pink Flamingos." Some girls ran to get their trophy as he called second place.

"Coming in first place Clarke's-"

"Let's fucking gooo!" Tyke yelled cutting the announcer off as Haven and them jumped to get the big ass trophy.

"That's still my sister, you better you better!" Indigo yelled making people laugh.

"The last category for the all around trio dance came to a runner up but there could only be one winner here tonight!!" He yelled. "And that winner is Clarke's Divas!"

They all stood up yelling as they went to get their trophy all smiles, putting their trophies on the floor so they can take a picture in front of them they cheered then got off the stage going to their family. Ezra laughed at how hard they were smiling, it was like they just won a million dollars but to them it felt like it.

"Ma? You came!" Maicee smiled seeing her mother standing with her brothers and Tyke. She hugged her tight along with her brothers.

"Congrats beautiful." Tyke kissed her cheek handing her the bouquet of Daises since they were her favorite flowers.

"Thank you." She grabbed his face.

"Take this picture of us bro." He said handing Adonis his phone as he took multiple pictures of them.

"I see you ain't that bad after all." Ezra teased Haven as she turned around all smiles.

"I do a little sum sum." She smiled.

"Congrats." He handed her multicolored tulips as she gasped taking them.

"Aw, thank you. You did not have to do this."

"I wanted to."

"Yo, we gotta go like now or we gon be sitting out." Nate said making Ezra look at the time to see it was 7:35.

"Shit." He cursed under his breath. "I'll see you later baby girl."

He left without another word as all the football players followed him out, they were only twenty minutes away but it seemed like five minutes the way Ezra was speeding. They pulled in grabbing their duffle bags and running to the field, when coach didn't say anything to them they knew they were in the clear. They immediately begin suiting up so they could go warm up with everybody else.

~

Score was 7-20 as it had a minute left until it was halftime, Flaire phone vibrated to let her know Blaire texted her. She got up so she could meet him at the gate, once she got there she saw him, Ant and Ra standing there looking for her. Heading towards them with her candy in her hand she caught their attention, more like Ra as he stared at her like she was the only girl in the world. She saw him staring but chose to ignore it although he was looking good too.

"Hey y'all." She smiled hugging Ant and Blaire.

"Oh, I don't get a hug?" Ra asked making her chuckle.

"I didn't know whether I should or not." She spoke honestly, she didn't even know him. She hugged him then backed up.

"I have to go on the field for Ezra but can you go get me some nachos and a soda please?" She asked digging in her pocket for money.

"I got you." Blaire and them walked away without even taking her money as she rolled her eyes going towards the field looking for Ezra, once spotting him she walked to him smiling.

~

Ezra was looking for Flaire as his mother, father, little sister and brother was standing next to him. He wasn't going to walk without his best friend so he hoped she hurried up and find him, right after he thought that she was standing next to him eating her twizzlers. She put one in his mouth as she laughed.

"Hey babies." Flaire smiled hugging Ezra littler sister and brother, Nyke and Yasir, they hugged her back smiling.

"Wassup Flaire?" His dad, Nygel, spoke.

"Hey ma, dad." She spoke hugging them both. "You see my shirt?" She asked doing a 360 turn for him as Ezra analyzed her shirt.

The shirt was black and purple, their school colors. The black shirt with purple words read "#18 owns the field but I own his heart." with a picture of the ESPN picture of Ezra. On the back it said Simmons with an 18 under it and plenty of their pictures. He smiled asking his mother to take a picture of the shirt back and front.

"That shit dope, when you make it?"

"Last week, I come to all your games so why the fuck not claim your ugly ass?" She asked making him laugh.

"You know I ain't ugly, I see you holding two posters. Who the other one for?"

"Keygen." She rolled her eyes.

"You starting?"

"Not at all. I always supported y'all, why stop now? Because he has a girlfriend? Yeah okay." She scoffed. "I got his number on the shirt too, it's just not really noticeable and Tyke's."

She pointed to the football shaped heart on her shoulder that had the number 21 in it then another one on her right shoulder with 35 in it, unless you looked hard you wouldn't notice it but it was very noticeable. Ezra laughed knowing Flaire was going to start something even though she didn't mean to, he would just have to step in since he hated her fighting or arguing with anybody.

"What the signs say? They say the same thing?"

"No, yours say "I like the game but I love the player."" She showed him the black cardboard poster with gold and silver glitter with his number in a football with a bunch of their pictures into a collage.

"Ma, you see her poster and shirt? You need to get on her level." Ezra spoke holding the poster up making them laugh as she waved him off.

"Keygen poster just say "Shine Bright on Senior Night."" She showed him the poster with three pictures of Keygen and her glued to the poster and his number on it.

"Yeah, this dope too. He gon like it, Sapphire might not though."

"When have you ever known me to care about how another bitch feel about me?" She asked making him laugh.

"Shnever!" He yelled laughing.

The loud speaker shrieked before someone spoke, Ezra was the last in the lineup to get called for senior night so he was chilling. It was only a handful of seniors on the football team so this wouldn't take long. The senior line up was Ezra, Tyke, Sevyn, Keygen, Bison, Adonis, Trey and Nate along with some senior cheerleaders. Adonis was first then it was Bison, Nate and Trey.

Sevyn grabbed Indigo hand as she fixed her cheer leading bow, she had his number on her face in glitter smiling extra wide as they stepped onto the field with his mother, father and Sevyn older brother, Deuce. Everybody cheered and took pictures as his number got called, once they got towards the middle of the field the photographer took pictures of them. Indigo handed her phone to Deuce so he could take pictures as Sevyn wrapped his arms around his girlfriend posing for many different pictures.

Tyke went out after Sevyn with his arm wrapped around Maicee as he showed her off. Tyke had his mother, stepfather, Maicee, Mackenzie, her brothers and their mom walk out with him since they were all considered his family. He held up the hammer making the crowd yell since it was his signature, he kissed Maicee temple continuing to walk with her to the middle of the field. Once they got in the middle MacKenzie along with the photographer took multiple pictures of him and Maicee as they both was all smiles.

Second to last was Keygen, he and Sapphire were on bad terms right now but she was still walking out with him along with Haven, his dad, stepmom and older sister and brothers. Sapphire sported one of his old jerseys while walking next to him. They were distanced but he was still grateful she walked with him.

Ezra was the last to walk but definitely the crowd favorite as everyone stood up stomping on the bleachers and yelling. He held his hands up jumping up and down with the crowd then grabbed Flaire allowing everybody to see the posters and shirt making her laugh. He stopped before he could get in the middle and started dancing making everybody laugh as he made his way to everybody else. He picked up Flaire putting her on his shoulder as she laughed at his extra ass, all she knew was he better had not dropped her. Everybody took pictures of them thinking it was something more when this was just how Flaire and Ezra friendship worked.

Sapphire squinted her eyes spotting the #21 on Flaire shirt then her poster and caught an attitude, what the fuck she claiming her boyfriend for? She was going to ask Keygen later since she didn't wanna piss him off while he was in the middle of the game. She was going to check Keygen then check Flaire.

"Keygen, Flaire, and Ezra take a picture." Keygen mom called out as all three of them made their way to each other.

Flaire stood in the middle as the both put their arm over her taking multiple pictures as she made sure both of their posters showed. Key looked at E then they both bent down and put Flaire on their shoulder lifting her in the air as she covered her face laughing. She didn't like being in the air, she was scared of heights. After they mini photo shoot, they put Flaire down and Ezra smiled at them. Tyke then joined them and all four of them started their photo shoot running up people storage.

"Key, you see ya poster she made?" Ezra smirked.

"Nah, I ain't even read it, lemme see." He told her as she held it up so he could see. "Ezra shit better but I fucks with it, shit dope."

"That's cause I ain't wanna be arguing with nobody, I don't got time tonight but you know it ain't no need to thank me." She waved him off.

"Baby, the photographer want us to take some more pictures." Sapphire interrupted them.

"Aight hold on, lemme take a picture with Flaire." He said as Flaire handed her phone to Ezra so he could take pictures of them. "Send me those."

"Nice shirt." Sasa scoffed walking away with Key as Flaire smiled.

"See? I ain't start nothing." She smirked making Ezra laugh as he put his arm around her shaking his head as he walked away.

~

"Never change on my gang, yeah I'm stuck with my niggas. We untouchable!" Tyke yelled as they entered a diner as everybody cheered.

They had won the game 7-44, everybody was cheering entering the empty diner as all the workers stood up ready to take orders. Every time they won a game, they would come to Tyke uncle urban diner. They had the best burgers, milkshake, fries, shit really whatever you wanted. Everything was good with affordable prices.

Ezra walked in with his arm over Haven with Maicee, Mackenzie, Nate, Sevyn, Indigo, Key and Sa behind them. They all sat at a booth watching people cheer and loudly talk among each other, people came to congratulate them on the game as they smiled and said thank you.

"Oh yeah, let me tell y'all what Ven said." Ezra said making her look up from the menu and cover his mouth as he laughed trying to move his head.

"What she say?" Key laughed watching them.

"She said- she said-" He couldn't get out his sentence cause she kept covering his mouth making him laugh harder.

"Shut up Ezra!" She squealed laughing.

"She said we throw around footballs and roll around in the dirt like pigs." He finally got out as she glared at him.

"You compared us to pigs?" Tyke squinted his eyes.

"You just hit a soft spot bestfriend." Maicee looked at Ven laughing.

"I didn't even say that." She lied laughing.

"You calling me a liar?"

"I ain't calling you a truther!" She mocked making all them laugh.

"So what you say?" Ezra smacked his teeth.

"I don't remember what I said but it wasn't that."

"Yeah whatever, you did say that."

"Blah." He laughed as a waitress came taking their orders.

Flaire walked in the diner with Blaire, Ra, and Ant behind her. She stopped at the table with Ezra and them and grabbed a hot wing off Keygen plate making him smack his teeth glaring at her.

"Brah, what is you doing?" He asked reaching to get his hot wing back making her lick it.

"It's mine now."

"No it's not." He snatched it out her hand eating it despise her licking it making everybody scrunch their face in disgust except Flaire, Tyke and Ezra, they knew he didn't play with his food.

"You disgust me." She laughed taking a sip from Ezra strawberry milkshake as he let her.

"Good game, y'all grinding." Blaire said nodding at him.

"Preciate that bro, we missing you on the field." Nate said making them agree.

"Miss that shit too but shit happens." He shook his head, he walked to the table Ra and Ant was at leaving Flaire.

"Who made ya shirt for you? That shit dope, I need one made." Maicee said looking at her shirt peeping the #21 and #35 on her shoulder along with everybody else.

"I ain't even peep that #21 when I first saw it, thanks Flaire." Key said nodding pulling out his phone to take a picture of it As Sa rolled her eyes.

"Oh shit, that's a #35? Yeah lil sis! I mean I ain't get no poster like they did but whatever." He said making her laugh.

"I make my own shirts and I told you to stop thanking me. Tyke I couldn't hold three posters, I got you next game."

"For real?" Mai asked.

"Yeah, she be making all the shirts I have for Sevyn or she sometimes make y'all dance shirts that y'all be wearing." Indigo said.

"You wanna make one for me? I'll even pay you." Maicee said.

"You could get my number from Haven, girl just text me."

"Most def will."

"E, before you leave let me know so I won't be looking for you." Flaire said before she walked to the other table which happened to be two booths away from Ezra and them.

"Where Blaire and Ant go?" She asked Ra who was the only one seated there.

"To talk to some girls."

"Why you didn't go? You got a girlfriend?"

"I'm too old for the girls in here."

"How old are you?"

"22."

"Oh, that's not bad." She shrugged. "You said it like you was 30, you could talk to some girls in here, the ones 18 and over."

"How old are you?"

"18."

"I am talking to a girl in here then." He smirked as she laughed since he caught her off guard.

"You a cornball Jamal ass nigga for that." She said making him join in her laughter.

"So the nigga on ya shirt ya nigga?" He asked.

"The nigga, whose name is Ezra, is my best friend, he's my everything." She smiled.

"So what about the other niggas on ya shoulder or poster?"

"This one is Tyke, he's the brother I always wanted." She pointed to her left then right. "That one name is Keygen, that's my first but now he's just a friend."

"When you say first you mean?"

"First love, first kiss, first sexual experience, first heartbreak." She nodded.

"A lot of first, how long was y'all together?"

"From second grade until last year, our junior year." She said making his eyes widen.

"That's merely ten years, why y'all break up? If you don't mind me asking."

"It was just a lost of bond." She shrugged. "Neither cheated or did some scandalous shit, we just fell out of love. We'll always love each other, just not in that way."

"Do y'all still talk?"

"Of course." She nodded. "We were friends before anything so we remained friends after everything."

"I respect it, you mature I like it."

"Don't let this talk fool you, I'm very immature and childish." She laughed making him laugh.

"I believe it and you mean as hell."

"I can't help that, I be trying to be nice but people are so damn stupid it make my brain hurt and next thing you know I'm cursing everybody out."

"I feel you, I hate people.

"Seriously though." She shook her head as they went from topic to topic, not having a awkward silence no where in the conversation.

~

"You were amazing." Ezra said facing Haven as she drank her milkshake.

"Really? Thank you, so were you. My heart dropped when #60 tackled you and you stayed on the ground."

"I could take a hit." He smirked.

"I could tell, I would of played dead if I got hit that hard." She said making him choke on his shake laughing.

"What yo?" He asked laughing.

"Seriously, it looked like it hurt." She shook head dipping her fry in her milkshake then eating it.

"Y'all weird as shit."

"Why you say that?"

"You and your sisters the only people I know who do that." He said referring to her dipping her fry in her shake.

"Taste it." She said dipping her fry in her shake then feeding it as he nodded his head.

"Aight, it ain't bad." He nodded.

"I just put you on, give me my creds."

"You got it." He smirked.

"Been knew that." She matched his smirked then looked around seeing a girl walking up to their table looking directly at Ezra.

"Hey E, good game." She smiled.

"Preciate that Ken." He returned her smile.

"I was thinking after this do you wanna come by me? My parents won't be home, it could be like last time."

"Nah, I'm good Ken."

"When have you ever turned me down?" She scrunched her face up.

"I'm just not interested no more Kennedy."

"It's because you got a little girl now? The bitch who you was on the field with lifting her up and shit?"

"Kennedy relax yo and watch your mouth when you talking about her."

"Bitch bitch, bitch, bitch, I don't have to watch shit when it comes to that bitch."

"Yo you doing too much, he said he not interested. Relax, you making yourself look bad." Keygen spoke up since she was spitting when she talk.

"Boy mind ya business, I'm not talking to you."

"Bitch and you heard what I said, you tryna throw ya pussy and he don't want it. You look retarded and sound even more dumber."

"I'll smack you, it's that simple. Mind ya business."

"You not smacking shit, as soon as you smack me watch you get more embarrassed than you already are."

"Embarrassed by who? Ain't no bitch beat my ass yet and I'm waiting on the day."

"Word? Aight, say that!" He looked around spotting the person he was looking for. "Aye Flaire, come here!"

"I advise you to walk away girl." Indigo laughed watching Flaire get out the seat.

"Bitch, shut up."

"Girl, I'll smack you myself."

"Wassup?" Flaire asked walking up with a bunch of fries in her hand.

"Smack this bitch." Keygen said calmly.

Flaire didn't ask no questions as she smacked the girl with her left hand since fries was in her right hand. The slap echoed around the whole diner and she wasn't even left handed, Kennedy recovered swinging on Flaire but she dipped it backing up. She placed her fries on Ezra plate and stood ready which was pointless because security came breaking everything up as Flaire calmly stood there eating her fries from Ezra plate while they escorted her out.

"Why I had to smack her? She was cute."

"She wanna get smart and shit talking bout she ain't never been beat."

"Bitches always never been beat until my name get called." She scoffed.

This wasn't the first time she had to smack a girl for Key and it probably wouldn't be the last. Ezra, Tyke and Keygen, even Blaire, always had her beating somebody up for them since they knew she would do it with no question but it was vice versa. Just like they knew they could depend on her, she could depend on them.

"I was right here, why didn't you ask me to smack her?" Sasa furrowed her eyebrows making Key look at her.

"She was standing right here and you didn't do nothing so I called someone who I knew would do it, no questions asked."

"Wow." She shook head head.

"What?" He asked. Flaire would have walked away but she wanted to hear them argue, she watched in amusement eating her fries.

"I'm just saying, this bitch got ya number on posters and shit then you didn't even bother saying bae, smack her for me like what?"

"The fuck you tryna pick arguments for?"

"Because something a little out of order like if she a ex why you even talking to her? I should be the first person you call but yet you wanna yell across the diner like I'm not next to you."

"I'll be wrong is I say something right?" Flaire asked Ezra looking down.

"Nah, this bitch talking out the side of her mouth, do you." Ezra answered not liking how she keep calling his best friend out her name.

"You mad dramatic yo, she not even across the diner, she two tables down." He laughed making Tyke laugh.

"You only gon answer to that part like I wasn't saying other shit. Like what you still want her? You was just telling me you ain't never had nobody like me but wanna be in this bitch face? If I'm your girl then I come first period, she can't do shit for you."

"That's your problem, you too worried about a bitch who don't even spare a glance at you." Flaire laughed deciding to say something. "You think your little four months y'all been together beat our ten plus years? Stop trying to compete where you don't compare, nothing you do for him will ever amount to everything I did and still do."

"Chill cause y'all not bout to argue." Key said.

"You know me better than that." Flaire smirked getting ready to walk back to her table.

"Those years don't mean shit, it's all about the love."

"And he obviously ain't feeling the love if he called me girl." She rolled her eyes. "The minute some bitch would have said some disrespectful shit to my boyfriend then I would of split her shit, you had enough time to do something, shit you could of at least said something to the bitch."

Maicee and Mackenzie looked at each other then shook they head, they agreed with Flaire and felt like Sapphire was doing too much over nothing. She allowed another bitch to say they was going to smack her boyfriend and didn't do nothing but now she wanna be mad. She didn't have no real argument, she just wanted to start with Flaire.

"I'm not even tryna argue with you, you my little sister best friend so I'm having enough respect to walk away. I don't want Key and Key don't want me, he's never going to cut me off for you or for anyone else in that matter. He's my friend, my best friend, and you or nobody else can take my spot, vice versa."

"You talking about ain't nobody taking your spot, I'm not trying to take your spot but I come before you, that I do know. You right though, no argument necessary."

Flaire laughed then looked at Ezra. "I won't even put ya heart or relationship on the line asking him to confirm that."

"Who come first? Me or her?" She asked looking at Key.

"Chill Sapphire, this argument pointless as hell. Y'all dishing out y'all relationship in front of people who don't need to be in y'all business, you tripping wait til y'all alone." Ezra jumped in trying to save Key.

"Nobody talking to you, just mind your business." She snapped.

"Oop, bitch you'll dead get knocked out talking to my best friend like that, get smart with him again bitch I dare you."

Flaire was taking this little discussion as a joke until now, one thing you don't do is disrespect someone she love in her face. She felt like Sapphire didn't love her life because she was really testing her patience right now and she was going to knock her teeth down her throat.

"Girl best friend my ass, everybody know you fucking him." She laughed making Haven scrunch her face up. "You probably allowed them to run a train on you, we all know you a hoe."

"Damn, best friend we fucking?"

"I ain't know." Ezra shrugged. "I live up to the rumors?"

"I don't know, since you and Key running trains on me I don't know who I fucked first."

"I was there when they ran that train." Tyke snapped. "I was too sick to join but I believe Ezra was first."

"Word, I was the second one to slide in that." Key laughed.

"Damn best friend, Key got better strokes than you then."

"It's cool, my dick bigger." He shrugged as all four of them laughed.

"You see how stupid you look and how we all taking you as a joke? You talking bout I'm a hoe but don't know shit about me, show me my hoe fax."

"I'm done arguing with you, Keygen answer my question."

"Don't ask no question, you don't want the answer to." Flaire laughed.

"Answer the question!"

"Like she said Sa, she come first." He answered honestly shrugging. "You my girl and no doubt that I love you this my family. I don't come before Mac, Mai or Ven right? So why you expect to come before her?"

"I tried to avoid that hurting sensation in ya heart right now." Flaire laughed finding it funny. "This is embarrassing, yikes."

"Bitch, you keep tryna be funny like wassup?" Sa stood up.

"You tryna fight? Wassshuuup? Imma smack your discombobulated ass."

"I look better than you."

"You wanna ask Key that too?" Flaire laughed.

"Yo relax and sit down." Key said not wanting them to fight, he didn't know if Sa knew how to fight and if she lost he wouldn't know what to say to her.

"You acting as if you don't know where I lay my head or where I get my education at, we'll bump heads and if you really wanna fight, you wouldn't let me walk past you Monday."

With that Flaire walked off going to the table Ra, Blaire and Ant was at, they saw her smack the girl and heard most of the argument but they didn't care about the childish shit. They was laughing about something and she sat down doing her fake laugh so they could stop laughing.

"Why we laughing?" She asked noticing they was still laughing.

"Why you smack that girl like that?" Ant asked making them bust out laughing.

"I didn't even know why I smacked her, I was just told to. I don't ask no questions." She shrugged.

"Your little ass a demon."

"I'll change one day."

She said not even believing herself, she liked who she was now and didn't plan on changing any time soon. She loved that people knew she could fight, she loved knowing people knew not to fuck with her and she loved fighting even more. She couldn't wait until she got beat up, she wanted to know would it change her or would she still stay the same. She was hoping she met her match real soon.

~

"Our lil date was ruined." Ezra shook his head as he walked her to the door.

"Besides Sapphire and Key drama, I really enjoyed your company and had a fun time."

"Me too, you think we could do this again? Just us two though?"

"Yeah, as long as food involved then I'll agree to anything."

"Okay, I'll let you know when I plan on taking you out."

"Okay." She smiled nodding.

"So I'll see you Monday?"

"Yeah." She nodded.

"Good, aight bye."

"Bye." She awkwardly waved turning around.

"Aye Hay?"

She walked back towards him. "Yes?"

Instead of saying anything he grabbed her chin and placed his lips on hers. She was caught off guard so she just stood there awkwardly but came to her senses gripping the end of his shirt kissing him back. Her lips was so soft, he didn't wanna pull back but he did and looked into her eyes as they both simultaneously smiled at each other.

"Um, Goodnight Ezra." She smiled.

"Goodnight Hay." He smiled watching her walk in the house.

She closed the house door leaning on it as she thought about the kissed that happened not even a minute ago, she had the biggest smile on her face that her face started to hurt. She couldn't believe she kissed Ezra, that Ezra kissed her. Ezra stood in the driveway still smiling, he touched his lip feeling her lip gloss and that made him laugh.

"Damn, I like her." He mumbled to his self going to his car, he was rushing to get in the house to take a well needed shower.

As he pulled up, he saw a crying Regina sitting on his porch. He hopped out the car about to ask why she popped up unannounced until he saw the black eye, busted lip and the hanging skin from her cheek that you can tell someone sliced. He held his arms out as she ran into them crying harder, he felt his self getting watery eyed with her, he hated she went through this.

"Come on baby girl." He spoke bringing her in the house.
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