Volume Eight

"Jaelyn, I love you best friend." Jala yelled as Q pulled her making me laugh. 

"I love you more best friend."

"Aye Reem, drop me off to my baby mother shit." Ice said getting in the car.

"Talk all this shit about that girl but bout to be laid up with her." Reem shook his head putting on his turn signal. 

"I told you tax season coming up." He joked making us laugh.

"You good?" Reem asked me as I laid my head on the window. 

"Mhm." I nodded closing my eyes. "Oou, I have to tell you what Dylan confessed today."

"What her stupid ass do?" Ice asked.

"Um, don't call my sis stupid. She just-"

"Stupid." Reem and Ice said in unison making me laugh.

"Anyway, y'all know the whole situation with Keyz in the studio right? She went to Keyz mother and father house and she fucked his father."

"What?" Reem snapped his neck towards me with furrowed eyebrows. 

"Ayo Dylannn!" Ice dragged out rolling. "I love that bitch yo."

"He hit her or sumn?"

"No, he looked like he really wanted to cry like one of them Trey Songz cry. I felt so bad, I was bout to cry with him."

"I really love that bitch like you know girls talk about fucking niggas fathers to be petty but she actually did that shit."

"Oh I forgot, Dylan broke into Nas house and watched him sleep. She took pictures of her standing over his body with a gun and a knife."

"Yo, what is wrong with her?" Reem laughed. 

"I don't know but she had the knife pressed into his temple and she was twisting it, she so psycho."

"She told him this?" 

"Yes, he was bout to get stabbed the fuck up."

"He touched her?"  They asked in unison.

"You should've started off with that, bet." Ice nodded.

"No he didn't touch her, Black and Hendrix didn't let it happen like that."

"He was bout to lose his life for real." Ice said.

"Word, I don't give a fuck who he know or brothers with." Reem said pulling over.

"Here bitch." Ice handed him a $20 for gas. "Love y'all niggas, be safe."

"Love you too." I smiled as we waited into he got into the house.

"I almost forgot to call your mother." Reem said pulling off. 

"Call her for what? I could just text her." I rolled my eyes. 

"Call Shayla." He said to his bluetooth as I looked at him blankly.

"Yeah Reem?" My mother voice came through the car, ohhh so they really be talking.

"Aye Shay, Jaelyn got drunk with Jala and them so I'm letting her spend the night at my crib."

"Okay, tell her to call me in the morning." She yawned.

"Aight, bet."

"I really don't like this bond you have with my mother." I rolled my eyes grabbing his phone. 

"Shayla my girl." He chuckled as I started going through their messages.

"Dylan just texted a groupchat, she said the charger broke."

"What? You sure it say charger?" 

"Yes." I showed him.

"Shit damn." He said speeding up.

"What?" 

"I can't tell you yet but I'm bout to drop you at my shit and I'll be back."

"What does the charger broke mean?"

"I will tell you when I come back."

"Mickey said he got one at Dada house." 

"Text them and tell them I need to use it."

"Drug dealers so extra." I laughed texting it. 

"I'm not a drug dealer." He said as he parked pulling out a single key. "This is the key, you could pick any room. The alarm code is 013e4r, enter it when you go in and set it back, feed my fish please. They probably hungry as hell."

"Okay, be safe please." I leaned over to hug him.

"Just for you." He smiled as I got out the car.

"013e4r, 013e4r." I repeated so I wouldn't forget. 

I opened the door hearing "door open", the alarm system was blinking red making me go towards it quickly as I entered it. I set it again making sure the doors was locked, I looked around wondering where his fish was. I looked in every room but couldn't find no damn fish tank. 

"It would be him to be this fucking extra." I rolled my eyes seeing the fish tank in the table. "This dope as fuck though."

I grabbed the food seeing all the different kinds of fish, I poured what I thought was enough then went towards his room. I looked into the draws finding some clothes so I could take a shower, I was gon be knocked the fuck out after this shower.

~

I heard movement like somebody was going through something making me scared, I hope this wasn't like in the movies where I die because he a drug dealer. I opened my eyes slowly seeing Reem going through his draws mumbling shit, the back of his shirt was bleeding making me sit up.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked as he turned making me see blood dropping from his face. "What the hell?"

"Don't do too much, I'm good." He said holding his hand out so I wouldn't come closer, that was bleeding too.

"These are gashes, you got stabbed?" I asked grabbing his hand just for him to snatch it back. 

"I need to get in the shower Jae, I can't find my shit."

"Find what? I'll look for it."

"My towel, wash cloth, clothes, everything."

"Okay, just go in the shower. I'll have everything ready." I told him. 

"I could do it myself Jae."

"No you can't, go." I shook my head as he walked in the bathroom.

I sat out his stuff and bought him a new wash cloth, I walked out the bathroom not being able to see all the blood. His phone was ringing making me run towards it but I was too late, I unlocked it seeing it was Q who called.

"Yo? Where the fuck you at brah? You good?" Q asked seeming out of breath.

"He's in the shower."

"Open his door." He said then hung up. 

I went towards his door seeing blood trails making me shake my head, it was on his carpet too. I opened the door then went towards the alarm as Face, Q and Benji walked in looking tore up. I set the alarm then went towards the kitchen to clean the blood.

After cleaning the blood from the floor and the carpet, I put everything back then went in the room to check on him. He was walking out the bathroom naked as hell making me look down first then up, he got dressed as I closed my eyes.

"You could open ya eyes." He said fully dressed now. "Pass me my phone."

"Q and them downstairs." I said making him walk pass me. 

"Stay in here real quick." He said closing the door. 

I was so annoyed so I turned off the light and just went back to sleep, or well attempted to. I eventually fell asleep when a hour passed and he still didn't come in the room.

~ 

When I woke up the sun was shining bright and Kareem was laying next to me, I got up going into the bathroom brushing my teeth with a new toothbrush. I grabbed my phone walking into the kitchen to see nobody was here, I looked in the fridge and it wasn't anything there.

I went to UberEats ordering us food since I was starving, I sat on his couch turning on the t.v laying back watching The Foster's. In the middle of the second episode Reem walked in the living room like he was looking for something. 

"Oh, there you go. Thought you left me."

"I ordered us food."

"Good looking, I feel like I ain't eat in like three days." He sat down next to me. "What's this?" 

"The Fosters."

"This that show about adopting kids, right?" 

"Something like that."

"Stink love this damn show." 

"So you bout to act like you didn't come in bloody and confused yesterday? We not gon talk about that?" 

"You don't waste no damn time." He chuckled. "I was running from the cops and I hopped the fence not knowing it was barb wire on it."

"Barb wire cut you?" I asked wide eyed. "Why aren't you in pain or nothing?" 

"I'm African, that pain ain't nothing." He chuckled as I rolled my eyes. 

"What's the thing about the charger?" 

"When the charger broke it means some nigga tryna take what's ours, they broke into a safehouse, broke into somebody house, just tryna get one over us. The niggas that robbed Terror tried again but with Mickey."

"Oh God, do they not know who he is?" I asked making him laugh.

"When we walked in Mickey house, it was body parts all over his shit. Apparently he got these new knives and these niggas made him test it out." He shook his head. "If niggas ain't know he retarded, they know now."

"So how it go from Mickey house to you jumping over barb wire?" 

"After we cleaned up Mickey shit, we went to those niggas block. Dylan took two of them to the alley like she was bout to top both and we handled them but as we was walking out the alley, some bitch was looking being all nosy so Dylan handled her and we got back in the car. After we dropped off Dylan and Mickey, we went to the Chinese store to get something and some nigga hit Face."

"Y'all knew him?"

"Nah, he just hit him out of no where. So we start fucking him up and more niggas came and now it's a big ass brawl, cops came we all split up and barb wire happened."

"All this at 3 in the morning." I shook my head.

"Crime doesn't wait for no one." His corny ass joked making me look at him blankly as I went outside to get our food.

"Are you okay?" I asked seeing the bandage on his face.

"I'm good Jaelyn, stop looking at me like a new born baby. I'm good." He repeated grabbing the bag out of my hand.

"If you say so." I shrugged opening the container as he turned on a movie. 

~

"You know they won the championship?" Jala asked as the lady painted my toes.

"I know, I seen Jay post. I'm happy for them." I tight lipped smile. 

"Jay called me like Jala, we did it, we won the fucking championship. He was so happy." She chuckled. "I'm so proud."

"I'm proud of Shep too." I nodded. "No matter what we went through, he worked hard and he deserve everything coming towards him."

"Jay wanted us to come to the press conference, they gon make their college decision."

"I don't know about that." I said. "I haven't seen him since our breakup, don't think I want to."

"It's a suggestion, I'm going and if you decide to go, I'll come get you."

"Thank you." I smiled paying the lady her money.

"You feel like going to the mall?"

"I ain't even bring enough money for allat but I'll ride because I feel like I haven't seen you in years."

"Seriously, I miss you." She hugged me making me chuckle. 

"Who at the mall?" I asked.

"Ya man and them." 

"That's not my man." I chuckled. "We not talking anyway."

"Why?"

"Yesterday we supposed to spend the whole day together, he was supposed to sit with me while I got my nails and stuff done but he gon leave me for Face and them as usual."

"You get used to it, as soon as Q phone ring nigga be having his keys in his hand. "I'll be back bae." "I just gotta bust this move real quick" "Bae, it'll take no more than thirty minutes"." She rolled her eyes.

"He gon have the nerve to tell me, he'll pick me back up in a hour like nigga no take me home. Then on the way home he gon try to throw in "What you want to eat?" Boy bye, I'll eat at home."

"They really think food or dick gon make everything better." Jala chuckled. "I will ride ya dick then still ignore you afterwards."

"Better not moan." I chuckled. "That'll hurt a nigga heart if you not moaning while he fucking you."

"I wanna be that petty but I just can't." She shook her head. "Especially when-"

"Jala, I do not want to hear about you and Q sexcapades." I shook my head turning. 

"Fine." She chuckled. "You used to love my sex stories."

"That's when I was getting some too, I got spider webs down there, I don't wanna hear about shit." We laughed.

"Reem could knock it out the box."

"Reem can't do shit." I rolled my eyes trying to find a park.

Finding one, we went into the mall going to footlocker since Jala wanted the new Jordans that came out. She was sad as hell, they was sold out so she just started looking around while I did the same. I was really taking back my word and was about to spend money.

"I want them shoes I be seeing on Instagram, I think they Airmax." Jala frowned.

"Umm." I said taking out my phone to go to my saved Instagram post. "These?" 

"Yes." She squealed. "They so dope, I want them."

"Let's go to the Nike Factory and see if they in there cause they not in here." I said making her nod as we went towards the escalator. 

"I'll take the stairs." Jala scary ass said walking off making me roll my eyes, who the fuck scared of escalators? 

We walked into Nike as she went towards the back while I went towards the hoodies, it was love at first sight. I picked a few then went towards the leggings and sweatpants, I walked towards Jala seeing she had two shoe boxes. We shook our heads at each other, this why we don't go to the mall. 

"I want some Wendy's." Jala said as we walked towards the food court.

"Me too, Dylan got me on they nuggets since that's all she ever eat." I chuckled.

"I swear to God, she gon turn into a damn nugget." 

"I need to be high, I'm too sober." I rolled my eyes. 

"Jaelyn, I think we should leave." Jala said making me furrow my eyebrows. "We could get Wendy's on the way, come on."

"Lala stop, why you wanna leave?" I asked looking around until I spotted Shep, he was laughing and just looking fine as hell. 

"Come on." She said.

"I'm not about to leave because he's here, he broke my heart, he should be the one ducking when he see me not the other way around." I rolled my eyes. 

"A mood." 

"We hang around Dylan too much." I chuckled. "Eating like her, talking like her, what's next?" 

"Fucking like her." She said making us bust out laughing as I ordered my food. 

"Wassup Jae and Jala?" I heard making me sigh lowly. 

"Hey Jay." Jala hugged him.

"I could get a hug or you hate me too?" He chuckled. 

"I don't hate anyone." I said hugging him as Shep walked up.

"Wassup y'all?" He asked looking directly at me. 

"Hey." Jala said looking at me then at him.

"Babe, I decided on Subway." Some girl said walking up to Jay as Nia and three more girls walked up. 

"Y'all know Jae and Jala." Jay said. 

"Jala as in your ex girlfriend?" The girl asked. "I'm Liv."

"Hey." Jala smiled.

"And you're Shep girlfriend, right?" 

"No." I answered.

"Ex." Nia said at the same time.

"Oh, I didn't know. You're real pretty though, I love your hair." 

"My sister Esme does it." I told her. 

"EsStyles.com? I have a appointment in two days, oh okay." She smiled.

"Let me get some." Dylan appeared.

"No." I furrowed my eyebrows moving my nuggets.

"Y'all bitches ain't even start eating nuggets until me, biting ass bitches." She rolled her eyes. 

"You bumped me, you not gon say excuse me?" The girl asked Dylan. 

"You saw me coming and didn't move so you should be the one saying excuse me cause it damn sure ain't gon be me."

"You always arguing with some damn bitch." Mickey came up as I looked seeing the rest of them coming. 

"Who them?" Q asked pointing to everybody.

"Jay, Shep, and Liv. These other bitches don't matter." Jala said making me laugh. 

"I'm going to get me some food." Dylan said.

"Buy me a-"

"You better walk ya black ass with me cause I'm not carrying shit." Dylan cut Benji off making him look at her blankly but he started walking.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked Reem.

"Cause you haven't been talking to me since yesterday but I see you got ya nails and shit done anyway."

"You didn't wanna spend time with me so I went with somebody who would."

"I had shit to handle, I was gon come right back."

"Don't tell me we gon spend the day together with no distractions then try to leave me, it doesn't work like that."

"You right, I apologize."

"It might be accepted if you buy me some more hoodies." 

"I got hella hoodies in my closet I don't wear."

"Like that black Lonzo Ball hoodie?" I smiled.

"Yeah, you could have it." 

"We're back cool." I hugged him making him chuckle.

"Aye y'all niggas won the championship, right?" Ice called out as they was bout to walk past us. 

"Yeah." Jay and Shep answered in unison. 

"Congrats, I watched the last five minutes. Y'all niggas nice, I hope y'all make it out." Face nodded.

"Good looking, thanks for the support." Jay dabbed him up. 

"Aye, Jae I could talk to you sometime?" Shep asked.

"For what?" I asked.

"Just to talk, I uh, every time I come through you ain't there or just don't wanna see me I guess but-"

"We have nothing to talk about but you can come get your stuff."

"Keep it." He shook his head. "I'm having a press conference-"

"Let me get some." Reem cut him off putting his arm over my shoulder as I handed him my juice.

"I was talking to her." Shep looked at him. 

"I heard you." Reem said.

"We got a problem or something? Like, you know me?" 

"Nah, I know you a coward bitch ass boy though." Reem looked at him unwrapping his arm from around me. "I don't wanna know you cause if I did, I would of knocked you the fuck out."

"I'm confusion, we congratulating this nigga or knocking him out?" Face asked. 

"I'm guessing it's both." Ice concluded.

"Ohh, this her ex right? Knock em out Reem." Mickey laughed.

"Ain't no nigga knocking me out, what happened is between me and Jae and it's gon stay that way. I don't give a fuck what y'all niggas talm bout." 

"You with the bitches who jumped ya girl, you a bitch so I ain't worried about shit you talking bout." Reem said.

"Watch your mouth cause I'm not a bitch." One of them said.

"Aye Dylan!" Mickey yelled making her and a few other people look towards us. "This bitch just spit on me!"

"Mickey." Jala laughed as Dylan roughly gave her food to Benji. 

"No she didn't Dyl, no she didn't." Kee repeated as she walked towards them.

"Sike na Dyl, chill." Mickey laughed putting his arm around her. "I just wanted to get em scared."

"Give me my nuggets, y'all play too much." She rolled her eyes grabbing her food from Benji. 

"Jae, I'll hit you up." Shep said.

"You won't." Reem said. "She ain't allowed around or to talk to no bitch ass niggas."

"But she allowed around clown ass niggas." He chuckled.

"He talking bout us or?" Ice asked making Dylan laugh.

"I'm not bout to go tit for tat with you." Reem chuckled. "The only reason you ain't on ya ass right now is because I don't wanna do it in front of her."

"I'm around, I ain't hiding."

"I don't take them words lightly." He smirked. 

"Boy losing his life now." Face chuckled.

"I could do it?" Mickey asked making all of us look at him.

"Can y'all stop?" I asked.

"We gone." Reem chuckled.

"Issa bullet there, issa bullet here. Oh shit look it's a bullet in my ear, now I'm really wishing I stuck to my basketball career." Ice laughed. "Cause now I'm watching my family cry real tears because I got caught in the headlights like a deer but don't worry, we got you, we gon roll you up and smoke you like a square."

"A fucking yooooo!" Face yelled as they all started dying. 

"We leaving now because no." Jala laughed as I put my head down trying not to laugh.

"Y'all niggas play too much." Kee chuckled as we walked away from them.

"You're not going to really kill him, right?" I asked looking at Reem.

"Nah, I wouldn't hurt you like that." He chuckled. "I'm gon whoop his ass though."

I rolled my eyes and continued walking, these niggas annoying.
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