Chapter 3 #3
“Whatever.” I spat. I was still tight about the entire situation and he was laughing.
“You really fucked up my clothes. Let us run into Burlington’s Coat Factory so that I can find a fit to wear to the movies. Then we’ll go back to the mall and find Lero and that bitch Shell.” he said as if everything was everything.
“I aint going nowhere with you.” I bickered.
“Girl, stop tripping.” He waved, as he tried to grab me.
“No! I’m tired of you.” I lashed, as I yanked away from him. “You have all of these girlfriends, but you want to fuck me all the time. I aint crazy. You can’t use me!” I screamed, as the onlookers stared at us.
Jahrein took a deep breath. “I don’t wanna use you, Raven.
This is just difficult for me. You are young and your daddy would kill me if he knew what we were doing.
You know that shit. I knew Melissa before you moved with us.
I have not seen her since school let out for the summer.
I like her, I can’t front, but that aint got nothing to do with you.
You my lil mama. All my homies know that. I aint trying to play you. I love you.”
“But you like her, though?”
“I like a lot of people, but I love you.”
My mama always said that boys would say anything to get in my panties, but what about when they have been in them a million times?
“I love you too.” I admitted, and gave him a hug. I didn’t know if he meant it, but I knew that I loved him since the first day I laid eyes on him.
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Things between Jah and me just became weirder and weirder. We even had to make up this huge lie as to how my lip got busted. My daddy bought that bull too. He was acting as if anything that came out of Jahrein’s mouth was the Holy Gospel.
“Right here, nigga!” Jahrein shouted. He was playing basketball at Sunny Side Park. He and three of his boys were working up a sweat, as they played hard. They had all taken off their shirts, while a few other girls stood around drooling.
I was right there on the sidelines with Shell. She was lusting after all the dudes, including Jahrein. I was trying my best to ignore her as she talked about how Jah’s dick was moving around underneath his basketball shorts. “Got damn. That dick is big even when it’s soft.” she blabbed.
I just stood looking everywhere but at her.
I didn’t want her to see my eyes, because then she would know that I was seriously thinking about murdering her.
Besides, it was a pretty summer day, and I was not about to let her fuck it up.
I was feeling good, while I had the tomboy look going on.
My hair was pulled up into a long ponytail.
I had on some brand spanking new Jordans that Jahrein had bought me with a long tee.
The shirt stopped right at my hips, and completely covered my short shorts.
My legs and thighs were fully exposed, because it was hot as hell outside.
I saw Jahrein’s friend Tony dunk on him. “Aw, Jahrein. You need to tighten your game up. How you let that nigga shake you?” I teased from the sidelines.
“What?” he snapped as he looked over at me. “You just stay on the sideline, looking cute. You don’t know shit about ball.”
I stood laughing, because there were a few things that he hadn't learned about me yet. I knew that he was the captain of his varsity basketball team at his school, but he didn’t know that I was the team captain back at my middle school. “Nigga, you can’t see me.”
“Aw, Jah. She’s saying that she can beat you, dog.” Tony laughed.
“Yeah, right. I know you aint saying that, Raven.” Jahrein said as he made a basket.
“Yeah, I am.” I sassed with my hands on my hips.
Tony stopped playing for a second to give me his full attention. “Look at you. You think you bad, huh?” he asked, as his eyes looked me up and down.
“Play nigga!” Jahrein snapped. “That’s why you losing now.”
Tony focused back on the game. “Fuck you. I’ma kick your ass today, nigga. You can’t win ‘em all.”
I sucked my teeth. “Jahrein can’t win; period. He know he a bench warmer over there at Worthing.” I teased.
Jahrein nodded as he made another basket, while Tony missed another block. “Okay, you get on the court next. Cause this game is over.”
That was game point and Tony and his boy Shun were pissed about their lost. “Fuck man! If your ass wouldn’t have been over there flirting we could have won.” Shun snapped at Tony.
“Nigga, fuck you. If your ass was playing better we would have won.” Tony laughed.
“Anyway. So, what’s up, Raven? You was talking all that shit. Let me see what you got.” Jahrein challenged, as he bounced the ball on the pavement, and crossed it between his legs.
“Shit, you aint said nothing but a word.” I smiled, as I stepped onto the court, while I caught a few glares from the other girls.
“A’ight.” Jahrein nodded as he tossed me the ball. “Let’s got to twenty-one.”
“Okay.” I shrugged. “You ready?” I asked as I bounced the ball between my legs.
“For some reason, I don’t think that this is her first time playing.” Tony laughed as he watched how I handled the ball.
“It don’t matter. I’m still about to shut her shit-talking ass up.” Jahrein said seriously.
“I’d like to see you try.” I laughed, as I whizzed past him and made a lay-up. “That’s two.”
“Aw, shit, Jah. She got a little something.” Shun teased.
“She was just lucky.” Jahrein yawned, as his tall ass guarded me. I knew that it was impossible for me to shoot over him, so I shook him.
“That’s four.” I boasted. “What’s up, Jahrein? I thought that you was about to take me to school?”
“Okay, you got jokes, huh?”
“Pretty much.” I laughed, as I bounced the ball. All that moving around had me sweating, so I slightly lifted my shirt to wipe the sweat off my face.
“Damn, Jah. I think that she even got more packs than you.” Tony teased, as he got a glimpse of my stomach.
I kind of had a complex about my belly. I personally thought that I was a bit manly.
Although, I had thick thighs and sharp hips it was all solid.
Nothing ever jiggled, and I thought that my butt was too big, but I had recently found that boys loved that.
The only thing soft on me was my butt and breasts.
And speaking of butt, I think that I gave people a peek of my ass cheeks when I lifted my shirt.
“Man, why the fuck you lifting your shirt up and shit?” Jahrein snapped.
“The sweat was getting in my eyes.” I explained with an attitude.
“What the fuck you got on under this shirt? This shit look like drawers.” he seethed, as he lifted my shirt for a second. He then pulled it back down and was stretching the shirt, while trying to pull it further over my ass. “You need to go home and change.”
“Aint nothing wrong with what I got on.” I rolled my eyes.
“Yeah, it is. I said go home and change.” he gritted.
“I know what this is.” I nodded. “You just want to make me go home before I embarrass you. You just mad cause you’re losing this game.”
“What? Girl, you gotta be outta your damn mind. You couldn’t beat me with both my hands tied behind my back.”
I looked up into his eyes. “I can’t tell.” I backed away and shot another basket. “What!”
“Okay, I got your little ass.” he picked me up.
“Put me down!” I screamed.
He playfully swung my body around, while I held on tightly to his neck. “Yeah, talk that shit, now.”
“Jahrein, stop!” I was scared that he was going to drop me.
“Let her go, Jahrein.” Shell laughed, as she called herself joining in on our fun. She was grabbing his arms, while jumping all over his back.
“Man, get the fuck off of me.” he snapped as he jerked his shoulder away from her. “You better stop playing with me girl.” he told me. “You better go home and change.”
“Put me down.” I demanded, trying to play hard.
“Okay.” he nodded, as he pretended that he was about to drop me on that hard ass concrete.
“Jah, Jah. Stop it!” I shouted, as I gripped his neck even tighter.
Finally, he placed me back on my feet. “I aint playing with you, girl. Your ass is changing.” he ordered, as he pulled me off the court.
“Jah, you coming back?” Shun asked as Jahrein pulled me away.
“Yeah, I’ll be back.” Jahrein lied.
“Man, that nigga aint coming back out until tomorrow. Watch and see.” Tony shook his head.
As soon as we were out of earshot, Jahrein started. “Man, why you came out here in these short ass shorts?”
“Cause it’s hot.”
“Then you should have stayed your ass in the house. The AC work now.”
“So. I like hanging outside too. You think you’re the only one that needs a little fresh air from time to time?”
“Man, fuck that. When you lifted that shirt, I could see your ass. So, I know all those other niggas did too.”
“Well, I didn’t do it on purpose.”
“Whatever. Don’t come back outside like that tomorrow, Raven.
I’m letting you know right now.” he said softly as he unconsciously held my hand as we walked down the street.
I thought about pulling my hand away, but changed my mind.
I didn’t see any of our parents’ friends around, so I said fuck it.
I let him hold my hand, while he gazed down at me making my stomach feel funny.
Yeah, I was cool, until his words dawned on me.
“What do you mean about tomorrow? I’m coming back outside in a few minutes.”
“No, you’re not. I’m tired. I aint coming back out today.”
“What that got to do with me?”
“What? Man, don’t play with me. I need you to ride this dick. You can hang with those sluts tomorrow. And how did you learn how to play basketball like that? Shit, you made me realize that I got to work out a little more.”
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