Volume two.

"I like this." I touched the pole as the man just got finished installing it in the living room.

"So what if I decided to have company, can I put it down?" Emae asked the man.

"No, it's not that easy since you made a hole for it." He told her.

"Guess ain't no business meetings gon be here." She laughed. "Let me test it out while you here so if I fall, imma sue y'all."

He laughed but I knew she was serious making me laugh. She grabbed the pole then climbed up twirling. She flipped upside down then flipped again then spun real fast and landed in her split. I looked at him while he looked at her with his mouth open making me smirk and laugh.

"Yeah, it's there right." She nodded. "Thank you."

"Yo-you welcome." He stuttered as she walked him out.

"I wanna learn." Dylan said pouting. 

"I can teach you the basics." I told her.

"You know how to pole dance?" She asked in shock.

"I learned when I was like 5." I smiled thinking how my mom used to teach Mae and I. "My mom used to work out on the pole."

"So what's the basics?" 

"Climbing but even that's still a lil hard." Ches said making me agree.

"You have to work your upper body, your arms are the most important part of pole dancing." Brit added.

"I think I could climb up the pole." Dylan said as she started climbing up slowly then stopped once she got half way to the top. "What now?"

"Go up some more and try to spin but don't do it too fast because it will hurt when you fall." I told her putting some pillows around the area.

"I'm doing it." She smiled spinning real slow making me laugh.

"Es, get up there and show them who the best." Mae said making me wave her off.

"I thought you was the best." Chels said.

"Nah, Esme better than me." 

"I have to see her then." Brit said.

"I gotta stretch and do mad stuff so I'll rather not." I said making excuses.

"Please, I wanna see you sister." Dylan pouted making me roll my eyes.

"Okay." I groaned sitting down to stretch my legs.

"You got to do it to music and all." Emae said. "Let me get the heels."

"You dragging it now." I laughed as she rushed out. "Dyl, can you go get me a sports bra? Imma have a nip slip with this bra."

She nodded getting up as I stood up twisting my body then stretching my arms. I already had on some cheeky Victoria Secret shorts so I didn't need anything else. She returned with a PINK push up sports bra making me look at her blankly. 

"It's the first sports bra I saw." She held her hands out in surrender as I took off my bra putting it on.

Just as I put on the sports bra, Emae came in the room with some hot pink stilettos. These had to be at least six inches but it didn't matter, I could dance in them. I stood by the pole waiting for her to pick a song. Dylan had my phone ready to record making me laugh, groupie.

Usher x Can U Handle It began playing making me nod liking her choice. This was the perfect song for what I was about to do.

I walked to the pole slowly then walked around it and bent down. I grabbed the pole swinging my legs so I can spin as I climbed higher, I wrapped my legs around it balling up some then leaned to the side so my legs can be in the air. I put my legs in a V stance and spun around slowly.

I saw Black, Nas, Keyz and Hendrix enter the living room stopping as they saw me. I looked at them but specifically at Black, I was about to play but now I'm definitely about to put on a show.

I grabbed my leg pulling it to my face as my right arm was wrapped around the pole to hold myself up with. I grabbed both of my legs spinning around slowly then flipped upside down still holding my legs making Chels gasp. I got off the pole laying flat on my stomach, I bought my legs up so I can flip doing my split in the air. I crawled back towards the pole and flipped all the way til I made it to the top.

Emae started throwing money at me making me smirk as the rest followed suit. The song was coming to an end so I climbed all the way to the top and dropped quickly scaring everybody and before I could hit the ground I stopped and flipped landing in my split. The song went off as I stayed in my split tired.

"All hail the queen!" Dylan shouted as they clapped making me laugh. 

"And I'm keeping all this money." I laughed picking up all the 1s and 20s. "Oop, shout out the the big balla that threw 50s and 100s."

I stacked the money neatly then put them on the side of my shorts since these didn't have pockets. I went into the kitchen to get something to drink, that really took all my energy, I need to work out more. I watched as Black walked in the kitchen staring at me.

"I got something on my face?" I asked.

"What?" 

"I said do I have anything on my face?" 

"Nah."

"So then it ain't no reason for you to be in my face like that." I mocked him making him lightly chuckle while I continued staring blankly.

"I came to apologize but I see you ain't the type to apologize to, see you around." He walked back out making me squint in confusion. 

He was so difficult it made no sense, I have never met someone like him. He was really on some weird shit.

I walked back in the living room seeing them all talking, I sat on the floor where my phone was plugged up to the charger. I started checking my notifications and email to see if anyone made any appointments and people did making me smile. 

"What we doing today?" I heard making me look up to see Dylan in my face.

"What do you want to do?" I asked.

"I wanted to chill with Chris."

"Which Chris?" 

"Chris with the tattoo on his face."

"You fuck with him?" 

"I want to fuck him." She stated making me laugh.

"So why you want me to come if you plan on getting dick?"

"Because he said Jah gon be there." She smirked.

"What Jah? Jakai?" I asked smiling.

"Yes bitch."

"What time they want us to be there?" 

"He said whenever we was ready, he gon pay for our Uber there."

"His house clean right?"

"Every time I been over there it been clean, I don't think we going to Chris house anyway, I think we going to Jah's." 

"Okay, well I'll get in the shower then we can leave. Do you want to take another one?" 

"Bitch, I just took one a hour ago, no." She laughed.

I got up going through my closet to pick an outfit to kill time, since we were only going from my house to another I wasn't going to look my best. I grabbed white Tommy Hilfiger shirt with ripped jeans and high top air force ones. Nodding at the simple outfit, I got in the shower mumbling to words while the hot water relaxed my body. When I got out I got dressed then started my makeup. 

"You look cute." Brit said making me smile and thank her while everybody looked at me. 

"Where you going?" Mae asked.

"With Dyl to see her lil boyfriendd." I teased making her push me as I laughed. 

"When you coming back? I need you to do my hair over for me." 

"I just did it not even a week ago." I looked at her confused. 

"Hendrix tell her why I need my hair done over." She glared at him making me look up and chuckle. 

"I didn't know she had a wig on." He laughed making us laugh.

"You pulled her wig off cuhz?" Keyz laughed harder.

"That shit was just in my hands." He explained looking at his hands. "Shit, I thought that was her real hair. It looked like it." 

"Nah, that's how good I am." I smiled. 

"You still ain't have to pull her wig off." Chels chuckled.

"Tell her to stop being good at what she do and I won't have to pull her hair." 

"Okay, ew. Too much for my virgin ears." Dylan said making all the girls look at her. 

"So, we just gon go." I spoke laughing. 

We walked outside seeing the uber was outside, I walked started taking selfies because a bitch really looked good. Dyl ugly ass hopped in my selfie making me post it on Instagram as the uber stopping in some apartment complex. 

"Oh, we going to Chris house not Jahs." She spoke making me nod. 

"Is this a dick appointment or we actually chilling? Let me know so I can make some plans after this." 

"I'll let you know after I see how Chris acting, if he acting up it's a dick appointment then we could leave." 

"If Jah getting on my nerves, I'm leaving." I spoke. "With or without you." 

"I won't even be with you so if you leave just text me." She chuckled making me laugh. 

"I love our sistership." I smiled. 

"We work for each other." She matched my smile getting out.

Chris ugly ass opened the door smiling, Dyl really like ugly boys. I laughed giving him a hug then walking in seeing Jah was on the couch, I sat on the couch leaving distance as Dyl sat on Chris lap. 

"Aren't y'all cute?" I smiled making her laugh. 

"Jakai, you know my sister right?" Dyl asked making him look up from his phone then looking back down. 

"Yeah, wassup?" 

"Hey." I mumbled already knowing I was finna leave. 

"Don't forget to text me." Dylan smirked making me laugh, she knew I was finna leave too. 

I watched them walk upstairs as I pulled out my phone texting my sister telling her I'll be home sooner than she think asking can she come pick me up. 

"So wassup?" He spoke making me look up. 

"Hey." I repeated.

"Ya name Emily right?"

"Esme." I corrected. 

"Oh aight, you pretty as hell. Wasn't we in a class together?" 

"Thank you and gym." 

"You never participated." He nodded remembering me making me laugh. 

"Cause they gave me gym in the middle of the day, I wasn't bout to be sweaty then go sit in school for some more hours." 

"Girl stay acting like they too pretty for everything." 

"I am." 

"You aight." He mushed my head making me laugh. "Don't you fuck with that square ass nigga?"

"Who?" I furrowed my eyebrows. 

"That nigga Tony." He spoke making me frown. 

"Hell no." 

"Damn, what my boy do to you?" He laughed. 

"Relax." I told him laughing. "He just not my nigga."

"Who your nigga then." 

"Don't have one." I shrugged. 

"Oh yeah?" He smirked. "That's nice." 

"That's nice." I copied as we both laughed. "Don't you got a bitch though? She be posting you." 

"Yeah, I got a bitch." He said making me laugh. 

"Oh aight, how long y'all been together?" 

"Why you tryna talk about her? I'm here with you." He smiled in my face making me tilt my head. 

"That line actually work with other bitches?" 

"Yeah." He chuckled. "It ain't working for you?"

"Fuck no baby." I laughed. "I been stopped snatching bitches boyfriends." 

"Who said you snatching me?" 

"After I give you a taste, you ain't even gon remember you got a bitch baby." 

"I like the way you talk, let me get a taste." He smirked just as my phone dinged telling me my sister was outside. 

"Get rid of ya girlfriend then we could talk." I blew a kiss getting up. 

"Where you going?" He chuckled following after me. 

"Home, I got money to make." I smiled. "Tell Dyl I'll text her."

"You gon text me too?" He asked making me laugh as I walked out the door, I saw Black truck making me smirk. 

"Yeah, let me see your phone." I spoke giving him my phone. We exchanged numbers then I gave him a hug holding on to him longer while looking at Black looking directly at me. 

"I'll text you." He smirked as I walked towards the car. I don't know what he texting me for, I wasn't gon respond. 

"I thought my sister was picking me up?" I asked putting on my stuff. 

"I was out and she asked me to." 

"Thank you." I smiled.

"What you thanking me for? I ain't do it for you." He said making my smile drop. 

"You're a dickhead for no reason, I just don't get it." I shook my head. 

"Nah, you like dishing it out but can't take it." 

"Okay." I cut the conversation short, not caring for it. 

"I hurt the baby feelings?" He chuckled. "Better get that lil nigga to make you feel better."

"Oh, you was watching me? Cute." I chuckled. 

"Nah, I wasn't." He shook his head. "He ain't the nigga for you though, stop messing with niggas below you." 

"So who for me?" I asked as he pulled into Wendys.

"You want something?" He ignored my question.

"Spicy chicken sandwich and a strawberry lemonade." I said as he repeated. 

"That's it?" 

"Fries and nuggets with honey mustard and barbecue." 

"Fat ass." He mumbled repeating it as I laughed.  He pulled up to a window paying then waited. 

I pulled out my phone telling Dylan I left, even though I doubt she'll respond right away. I also texted my sister telling her to get everything ready because I wanted to do her hair then eat so I could lay down. I looked up seeing Black just looking at me. 

"Why you looking at me?" 

He chuckled then licked his lips. "I can't look at you?" 

"I'm not playing with you today." I rolled my eyes making him laugh as the girl handed him our food. 

"Damn, how you know if she wasn't my girl?" He asked the girl looking at her number on the receipt. "I hope I'm the only nigga you attempted this with." 

"You're really mean as hell." I spoke shocked as he threw the receipt out the window pulling off, I thought he was just mean to me, nice to know it's not just me. 

"I ain't say what I really wanted to."

"How old are you?" 

"Why you asking me questions? Don't think we cool now." 

I looked at him blankly. "Take me home, thank you." 

"I'm 24." 

"I don't care anymore, we don't have to talk." I said pulling out my phone. 

"What happened to stick and stones-"

"Don't care." I cut him off making him laugh. 

"I hurt your feelings? I'm sorry." He chuckled. "Imma stop playing with you." 

"That's not playing, you're really mean as hell." 

"You really be letting me get to you? I don't be meaning to hurt ya feelings, I be playing with you." 

"Like you was playing with the Wendy's girl?" 

"Nah, I said I be playing with you, I don't give a fuck about nobody else feelings. Fuck them." He spoke making me laugh.

His phone rung making him glance down, he looked up then glanced down. "It's Hendrix." 

"Answer that for me." 

"Black's phone." I answered making him chuckle.

"Fuck this nigga get a personal assistant? Where he at? Tell his bitch ass to come on." 

"We're on our way back now." 

"Oh this Mae? Tell him to hurry the fuck up."

"Okay." I chuckled. "He says hurry your bitch ass up." 

"Them niggas annoying." He huffed. "Text Nas and tell him to bust that move." 

"I don't like him." I shook my head. "What's your password?" 

"032017, why you don't like my brudda?" 

"Your brother a rapist in training." I spoke making him look at me weirdly.

"That boy get too much pussy to be raping bitches." 

"I don't wanna hear that, I was in the comfort of my home not knowing anyone was coming over and he told me I had to want him flaunting around in my shorts."

"That day he was grabbing on you?" 

"Yeah." 

"He aggressive, it work for some bitches then it don't. Don't mean he a rapist."

"Did you hear what I just said? Just because a female wear revealing stuff doesn't mean they deserve to be harassed or told to dress down. Men should know self control and understand when someone says no it's a no."

"You preaching to me like I grabbed you, I ain't say I agree with what he said I'm saying I never heard of him raping someone."

"I said a rapist in the making, don't mean it happened yet." I spoke making him laugh. 

"That's not funny but it is cause my boy ain't no rapist girl." 

"As long as he stay far away from me then we won't have no problem."

"It'll be a bad time to tell you he told me to put him on right?" 

"Ew, what did you say?" 

"I told him nah." 

"Why?" 

"Like I told you before, stop messing with niggas below you." 

"And like I asked you before, who the nigga for me?" 

"Find out." He shrugged making me smirk. 

"I'm here for the challenge." I spoke making him glance at me then back at the road. 

Maybe I needed to see more of him.
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