Volume Nine

"Imma snatch a rapper chain then blackmail them." Jala dumb ass said making me roll my eyes.

"You just so dumb."

"I'm serious, like I wanna be rich but I don't wanna work for it but I also don't wanna fuck for it."

"So you gon go to jail for it?"

"No cause they not gon know it's me, Imma blackmail them but when they want they chain back I'm sending it through the mail." She tapped her head like she actually made sense.

"Whatever makes sense to you."

"Don't ask me for shit when I make my thousands either."

"I won't bitch, trust." 

"I can't believe we're best friends."

"Leave me alone then."

"No bitch because you're not allowed to get another best friend and if you do both of y'all bitches going to die."

"Girl bye." I chuckled parking. 

"So how I look? Glowing?" She asked spinning once we got out the car.

"You look like Jala."

"Okay but I'm Jala that got cheated on by a nigga I been with for three years. A Jala that's finally getting new dick and happy within her relationship. Am I glowing bitch?" 

"You're glowing." I rolled my eyes.

"You're glowing too, you finally knocked them cob webs out?" 

"No bitch, sex isn't the answer to everything." I said making her dumb ass gasp as her eyes went wide.

"That's just because you aren't getting none." 

"Anyways." I rolled my eyes opening the door hearing a lot of voices and seeing a bunch of cameras.

"Jay said he reserved two seats for us in the front."

"It better not be by those cheerleading bitches." I glared.

"Girl, I will mase these bitches on camera. Yes I will, yes I will." She said making me bust out laughing. 

"Jae, Jae." Shep sister called out making a few people look at us as she waved us over.

"Hey." I said hugging his mom and dad. 

"Glad to see you came." His mom said after hugging me.

"I wasn't but no matter what went down between us, I'm so proud of him." I smiled looking at him. 

"He lost out on a good one man." His mother shook his head making me chuckle.

"Duke, Michigan, DePaul, Kansas, North Carolina, Connecticut, Kentucky, UCLA, Louisville, and Syracuse." I mumbled looking at the hats then looking at Jala. "Those some good ass schools."

"You see Jay choices too?" Jala smiled. "Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, Illinois, UCLA, Kentucky, Alabama and Connecticut."

"They not gon be away from each other so their choices are Duke, UCLA, Kansas, North Carolina, Kentucky or Connecticut."

"Aw, I'm going to cry." Jala said fanning her eyes.

"This boy cheated on you and you crying like this your boyfriend." Jay cousin said making me laugh. 

"So what, I basically build his basketball career and look where he at now." She said wiping her eyes. "I'm so damn proud."

"Seriously." I nodded. "Do y'all know his choice?" 

"No." They both shook his head.

"He wanted to be annoying and make us wait like everybody else." His sister said making me chuckle.

"My makeup look fine? I can't be on live television looking light." His mother said making me chuckle.

"You look fine."

"Jae, ya lips looking a lil ashy, you don't wanna go up there looking like that." Jala said.

"Excuse me?" I furrowed my eyebrows. "I was just coming here to show support, I'm not getting on stage with no one. I'm not his girlfriend, that girl over there is."

"He asked for you to be on stage." His mother said.

"I'm not going up there." I shook my head.

"That's fucked up." Jala laughed making me roll my eyes as Jay started his speech. "I'll be back when this shit done."

Jala and Jay family walked up on the stage as he continued talking, Shep family stood up just as Jay stopped his speech. His mother looked at me like I was supposed to change my mind but I still sat there as they walked off to walk behind him. They introduced him as the cheerleaders started cheering making me roll my eyes.

"Before I start, somebody from my support system missing." Shep said making me glare at him as he stared directly at me. "Jaelyn, can you come up here?"

I was going to stay my ass in the chair but he pointed at me making everybody look so I had no choice but to get up, I rolled my eyes walking to the stage hoping I didn't fall. I sighed standing behind him trying to put on a smile since I was on live T.V as he started his speech.

"My brother and I have decided-" He stopped as him and Jay picked up a blue hat that said KU in red. 

"Kansas State University." They both said in unison as everybody started clapping and cheering.

"I'm so proud of you." I hugged him smiling him.

"Mean a lot coming from you." He smiled.

"I'll always be proud of you."

"Thank you for not being petty."

"You're welcome." I nodded getting off of him as he started hugging other people.

"Imma need a copy of this video so like who I talk to about that? Cause I'm fine as hell." I heard Jala say to the camera man making me roll my eyes, this dumb bitch was so annoying.

"Congratulations." I smiled hugging Jay.

"Thanks sis." He smiled wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

"Uh uh, we not together no more so she not ya sis." Jala interrupted making me roll my eyes as I laughed.

"Y'all coming out with us, right?" He ignored her.

"You paying for my food?"

"You know I always got you."

"You ain't have me when you cheated on me but I get your drift." She said making me bust out laughing as he just looked at her blankly.

"So y'all coming or not?" 

"Jae?" Jala looked at me.

"Sure." I shrugged, ain't nothing like food that's free.

"Aight bet, Imma text you where we going." Jay got off me as some men waved him down.

"You know we don't got to go? Like we could go be hoodrats with Face and them, you know they ghetto asses gon feed us."

"We could go." I chuckled as we walked out the building.

"Ooh bitch lemme find out you want Shep back."

"How did you get that out of that?" 

"Cause I know you."

"You don't then because I don't want him back." I shrugged honestly. "I just want some steak or something." 

"Hmm." Her annoying ass said getting in the car.

~

"No cause Jae really stay hating on a nigga." Shep said as we all laughed.

"Will y'all tell him that was a bad idea too?" I laughed.

"It was though son." Jay chuckled. "Shit was ugly as hell."

"I liked ya mohawk." Nia smiled looking at him.

"Sad we don't care." Jala mocked her smile making me laugh.

"Cut it out." I told her.

"I really just don't like this bitch."

"You acting like I snatched your nigga like relax." She smirked then glanced at me. "I only took hers."

"You ain't snatch shit from me bitch." I mocked Youngboy making Jala throw her head back laughing. "You need to snatch them edges."

"She need to put them down, flip em and reverse it." Jala said making me yell.

"I hate youu." I dragged out rolling. "She need to stop putting that white shit up there."

"She need to-"

"Cut it out." Shep chuckled cutting Jala off as my phone started ringing. 

"I'll be right back." I stated standing up to walk outside. 

"Fuck you at?" Reem asked moving his head around like he was tryna figure it out. 

"I'm out to eat with Jala, Shep family and more." I told him.

"I'm seeing you today?" 

"I don't know, where you at? What you doing?" 

"You already know." He flipped the camera. "Cooling where them killers be."

"I really do kill niggas." Mickey said.

"You recording?" Ice asked.

"Free the opps, fuck the gang, feel me?" Benji said as I busted out laughing.

"I'm on Facetime, move bitch." Reem laughed.

"That's that bitch Hannah?" Face asked making me tilt my head to the side. 

"You funny bitch."

"Who's Hannah?" I asked.

"I don't know no bitch name Hannah."

"Oh her name wasn't Hannah?" Face asked.

"I think it was Ari." Kee added.

"Y'all blowing my shit." Reem laughed.

"Tell Ari I said wassup, you gotta bring that bitch back around." Face said.

"So?"

"I don't know no bitch named Ari either."

"Stop playing with her for she stab somebody." Terror chuckled.

"Am I seeing you today?" Reem repeated.

"I don't know, I just ate all this food. I'm kind of tired."

"So I'm not seeing you today?" 

"Doubt it."

"Aight bet." He nodded. "You and that nigga looked pretty comfortable on t.v too."

"Oh please." I rolled my eyes.

"Have fun though, talk to you when I see you."

"So that mean you not finna talk-"

"Aye Reem airtight." I heard Mickey say as he looked up.

"Fuck? I gotta go Jae." He hung up before I could say anything else making me roll my eyes.

"Boy troubles?" I heard from behind me making me turn around.

"Nah." 

"That nigga ya boyfriend?" 

"That bitch ya girl?"

"You funny." He chuckled.

"Is she though?"

"Something like." He shrugged. "You?" 

"Just friends."

"You sure?" He chuckled. "That nigga seemed like you was his."

"Nope, I'm my own person but I'm about to leave so congratulations again."

"Where you going?"

"To my friend house." I smiled.

~

"Jae? Ohh shit, it is you." I heard making me open my eyes. "How you get in here?" 

"You gave me the house key and I forgot to give it back, why are you so loud?" I rolled my eyes. "And you stink."

"What I smell like?"

"Not soap."

"You tryna say I stink cause Imma African?"

"What?" I squinted my eyes as he laughed. "You smell like you somebody drunk ass uncle."

"You still ain't tell me how you get here." He said then snapped. "Yes you did."

"You're really making me mad." I rolled my eyes turning the other way so he could stop talking to me.

"That's supposed to make me go away?" He asked laughing as he plopped down on me.

"You're heavy and you stink, stop."

"How you mad at me in my humble abode?" He chuckled. "What are you even mad at me for?" 

"Because you so loud and you smell like outside so move before you make me smell like that."

"I don't smell like allat, maybe my clothes do." He said as his heavy ass started moving around me. "How I smell now?" 

"You still fucking stink Kareem."

"Ohhh you said the name, you big mad." He chuckled. "Imma go take a shower, don't go back to sleep cause you gon be mad once I wake you up again."

I didn't say anything cause he was annoying me, I hate being around him when he was off anything but weed. I decided to just turn on the t.v to watch the Breakfast Club since I haven't seen it in a while, I laid down seeing it was 2 in the morning. Kareem phone started ringing making me get up to see who was calling.

"Hello?" I answered Ice call.

"This nigga don't fucking listen, told his musty ass to let niggas know when he in the house."

"Well he here."

"Obviously Jaelyn." He said hanging up as I laughed, I can't stand Ice.

I put his phone on the charger then laid back down getting into my movie, Jala called me but I ignored it texting her instead. I was talking to her also checking any messages and my social media pages, I was on ESPN making me smirk I looked good on T.V. I'mma get a rich boyfriend so I could be on T.V.

"What nigga you talking to at 3 in the morning?" Reem asked coming out the bathroom.

"ESPN."

"You just be blowing my shit." He chuckled dropping his towel.

"Damn, you couldn't warn me?" I asked.

"You still looking at me so it don't matter."

"You're mad annoying." I rolled my eyes.

"Every time you come over here, you put on my clothes then you be wearing my favorite shit."

"So?"

"Bring ya own shit."

"Then I wouldn't have shit to take home."

"Why you ain't tell me you was coming ? I would've came earlier. Nah I'm lying, shit was jumping, money was being made, the drugs was lit-"

"That's y'all problem now, y'all a bunch of crackheads and shit is annoying." 

"Who a crackhead?"

"What you off?" 

"Adderall, some weed, took a few shots of Henny, uhh-"

"Adderall? You don't even have ADHD and you not supposed to drink liquor with pills you fucking weirdo. Move." 

"Oh you mad." He chuckled turning off the light. "You could go make me some food?"

"No, I'm going back to sleep."

"You really not." He laughed. "You gon be mad as hell if you try cause Imma keep waking you up."

"And you're going to get stabbed."

~

"Wake the fuck up!" I yelled making him jump as he opened his eyes.

"Jaelyn, get the fuck out my face." He turned the other way.

"Wake upppp! It's time to get the fuck up!" I clapped laughing.

He said something I couldn't understand making me furrow my eyebrows, I just knew it was something smart, something he gon get stabbed for. I pulled the cover off just for him to say something again.

"What the fuck are you speaking?"

"Swahili." He answered. "Move."

"No, wake up. It's 12 in the afternoon, I made us food and it's going to get cold."

"What you make?" He turned around making me laugh.

"Come and see for once." 

"Just be blowing my shit."

I walked out the room going back to the kitchen to eat my spaghetti, I been craving this for a long ass time and I'm finally getting it. I sat at the couch watching him lazily walk in the kitchen to fix him some, he put a lot of shredded cheese in his then put it in the microwave.

"You keep watching this dumb ass movie, you making me mad." He smacked his teeth.

"You never even watched the Breakfast Club to determine if it's dumb." I rolled my eyes.

"It's dumb." He said sitting next to me. "You saw my phone?" 

"Yeah."

"So where it's at?" 

"Turned off and hidden."

"Jae, you can't do that. I gotta bust some moves-"

"I already told them to not call you unless somebody dying because we're going to stay in the house today and you gon be sober."

"You really be acting like a nigga a addict or something like I can't be sober." He chuckled. "Let me just-"

"No, you're not getting your phone." I said looking at the t.v.

"You really think you running shit." He mugged me. 

"I am."

"Yeah aight." He snatched the remote turning making me roll my eyes.

"I'm so tired of you."

"Go take a nap." He chuckled.

"Watch I leave and don't tell you where ya shit at." 

"I got your car keys." He chuckled.

"Can you rub my feet?" I smiled making him look at me while I placed my legs in his lap. "They're clean and soft and they're done."

"Jaelyn."

"Thank you." I smiled laying my head on the arm rest.

~

"Aight, it's bout 9. I need to at least check on niggas, let me see my phone Jae." He said after we woke up from our nap.  

"Fine." I rolled my eyes digging under the fish tank to get it. 

"My shit been right here this whole time?" He smacked his teeth turning on his phone. 

"That's your fault, you didn't check." I chuckled laying my head back on his shoulder.

"Always on me, move." He moved his body making my head fall. 

"Stooop." I whined putting it back as he laugh.

"My shit blowing up." He mumbled as I heard all his notifications coming through making me want to check my phone, I knew mine wasn't going to be like his though. "Hold on, damn damn." 

"What?" I asked confused as he stood up going in the back.

"Hello? Bro the fuck happened?" 

"Nigga burned down son, Kee, Dyl, Face, Ice and Benji just got bagged." Q explained.

"Bro, why the fuck didn't niggas let me- where the fuck they at? Why they not bailed? Son, the fuck?" He asked throwing his phone down as he started getting dress. 

"We in the station now, I don't know what the fuck going on." Mickey said.

"Man, I'm coming now." He hung up as I started getting dress. "Where you going?" 

"With you, you look like you too stressed to drive so I will. Just meet me in the car." I mumbled putting on his slides as I rushed to the car.

I went to my car starting it so it can warm up, I texted Jala seeing if she knew about any of this but she knew just as much as I did. Reem got in the car telling me where to go as I did, when we got to the station Terror, Q and Mickey was talking to the officers.

"Wassup?" Reem asked.

"Bail set at 1,700 for each." Q said. 

"That's 8,500 altogether, I bought 4." Reem said.

"I got $350 on my card." I added grabbing my wallet.

"Nah, you good lil sis this our responsibility." Q said.

"Um, Dylan locked up too. She my responsibility." 

"Fuck it, that's 4,350. Meaning we need 4,150." Terror said. "I got two on me."

"On me right now I got 1500." Q said. 

"We need 650 more, damn." Reem said.

"I got that." Mickey said.

"We got bail ready." Terror said. 

"No cash." The man said.

"Man what? Money is money, take this shit for I be-"

"Mick, you not helping." Q said.

"I have my card, I can go to my bank around the corner and add it before it close." I held my hand out. "Hurry up, it close at 9:30."

They handed me the money as Terror came with me in case something happened since I was carrying a lot of money on me, we made it to the bank as I ran in. I added the money to my card after like ten minutes cause this dumb ass teller, we hauled ass back in the precinct and went through the process of bailing them out.

"Dylan West, Saheed Parker, Keohn Mill, Benahjm Carter and Ishmill Thomas." I repeated for the seventh time.

"Yo, I'm getting mad." Mickey said making us agree.

"Can you sign?" The man asked after handing me five different documents to sign.

We waited for like twenty minutes until we seen Ice walk out in handcuffs, he rubbed his wrist once they took them off. I stood up as he walked towards us, they all dabbed him up as he hugged me. 

"Man, Imma beat that fucking cop up. He lucky as hell I gotta live for my daughter." He smacked his teeth.

"Fuck happened?" Reem asked.

"They had undercovers all over, walking in regular clothes and shit but Dylan peeped before any of us so we get in the car to get out of there. Around five minutes later, we get pulled over they like they smell marijuana so they gotta search the car. So I told em like I got illegal shit in my car but it was only one glock in there and like a quarter of weed cause we dumped the shit at the safehouse knowing shit was too hot."

"Kee on fucking probation son." Q said.

"It's any bodies on that gun brah?" Reem asked.

"I'm not that stupid son, hell no." Ice said as Face walked towards us.

"I'm hungry as hell."

"The fuck they sending y'all out one by one for?" Mickey smacked his teeth.

"Suck my fucking dick, this whole precinct could suck my whole fucking dick." We heard Benji yelling. "That bitch fine but she a opp so she could suck my dick too!"

"Here this nigga go." Ice laughed.

"This ain't a threat since I can't legally threat y'all but Imma-"

"Shut the fuck up." Reem cut him off.

"Man, these cuffs tight as hell." Kee said as they walked him out.

"Y'all are sad." I shook my head. "Watch y'all be on the block tomorrow too." 

"Anybody told my girl I was here?" Kee asked.

"Nah." They answered.

"Thank y'all brah, I'm still on probation until tomorrow I don't need to hear shit." He said.

"You gon get right back on or get locked up dumb ass, y'all gotta court date in two weeks." Reem glared at them. 

"How much was bail?" Face asked.

"It don't matter but next time I ain't bailing nobody out, y'all do some stupid ass shit. The fuck y'all dump everything but keep one gun and some weed for? Y'all knew it was under covers all over but still moving dumb. Y'all got me pissed the fuck off acting like y'all new to this shit."

"Brah, we gon pay y'all back we ain't just letting-"

"It ain't about the money." Q said.

"Niggas don't give a fuck about the money, it's about y'all moving dumb. Now shit gon especially be hot and we all ain't gon make no money for the next few days over some avoidable ass shit."

"Aight Reem." Ice said.

"Where my shit? I need to call my baby mother and son, I know they going crazy." Kee said to the man. "You looking at me like I'm dumb, can I have my shit? Damn." 

"Talking to them like that ain't gon do shit but make them move slower." Q said.

"They gon be moving real slow when I-"

"Benji, bail for threatening a police officer is 3000. Every single one of us is broke right now, meaning ain't shit on us. You'll be sitting here brah." Reem said.

"Aight father damn, calm the fuck down." Benji looked at him blankly.

"Yo, where is Dyl?" Kee asked. "It shouldn't be this long, she should've been the first out."

"Word." Q agreed.

"Excuse me, when is Dylan West going to be released?" I asked as he started typing. 

"She's in holding, it's no bail for her."

"I have the paper, I just bailed her out." I showed him as he read it through. 

"You're going to get a refund then because she is getting booked right now."

"Fuck you mean?" Ice asked. "Brah, we all got bagged together and we all just got bailed. Y'all system glitched or something cause-"

"She took the charges." Kee sighed.

"No she didn't do that stupid shit." Benji said.

"Can I know the chargers sir?" I asked the man. 

"Illegal handgun possession and possession of cds." He read from the computer.

"Bro Dylan." Face sighed irritated.

"Tell em they mine." Mickey said. 

"You wasn't even in the car." Reem said.

"Aight, that shit mine then." Ice said.

"The weed mine." Benji said. 

"Dylan what the fuck you just do?!" Kee yelled as she walked out in handcuffs with two cops leading her. "Why would you do this dumb shit?!"

"That's my gun and weed." Ice told them as they continued walking her. "Y'all not listening brah, that's my shit the fuck?"

"It's nothing y'all could do now." Reem shook his head as she wasn't visible no more. "They got it in writing, she took the charges."

"Man Esme bout to kill us." Face put his hands on his head shaking it.
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