Riley PoV
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Wasting zero time and practically getting himself killed three times on the drive there, Riley headed for the mall. When he got there he quickly jumped out of the car and stormed inside, wanting to do nothing more than find Cindy's boss and turn him into a feeble pile of shit.
Before Riley could reach his murder target, his ninja-like brother appeared out of nowhere in front of him putting his hand up as Riley ran into it. "AYE! Get da hell out of my way nigga I got some white boys ass to beat!"
Huey shook his head and stared his brother in the eyes. "Riley you've already been to jail once recently, why would you make it twice, and this time possibly a more permanent stay." Huey could see the anger in Riley only building higher but he knew that he couldn't let him get any further.
"Man get da FUCK out of my face! Dat skinny ass white bitch is getting wat deserves from me!" Riley tried to get past Huey but he was way to fast for his younger brother. "Nigga you got three damn seconds to move yo ass before I move it myself!" Riley tried one last time to get past Huey, he managed to fake him out and get around him but not for more than a secnod.
Huey grabbed Riley's hood and yanked him backwards as Riley hit a bench and fell right onto it as Huey stood in front of him. "Riley I don't care what he did, your not going near him." "Dat punk fired my girl! Man dat shit is worth an ass beating!" before Huey could respond the worst possible thing happened, Cindy's ex boss was leaving the store and was about fifteen feet away from the brothers.
Riley's anger was too much for even Huey to stop at this point as he sprang up completely knocking Huey out of his way as he charged him. Seeing Riley coming his eyes grew wide and he made an attempt to run but Riley was on him faster than he could imagine.
Raising his fist high above his head Riley was ready to take this kids head clean off his shoulders with one swing, but half way through the attack Huey tackled Riley off the poor guy and threw him into a tall stone pillar. Riley let out a huff of pain and fell to his knees as he tried to get back up, but he wasn't fast enough before Cindy's boss was long gone.
"FUCK! Fuck you Huey you hatin ass nigga why did you stop me?!" Huey stood up and dusted off his hoodie as he looked at Riley who was just now standing upright holding his back. "Riley if I hadn't stopped you, you were going to murder him, and you in jail isn't what Cindy and the rest of us want for Christmas, despite what I tried to do to you when we were younger.
Riley's mind was filled with memories about senseless beatings he got from Huey, and he would never admit it but he deserved most of them. Huey made sure Riley got outside as Riley began taking his anger out on anything that was breakable. From small fake Christmas trees to trash cans, nothing was left alone until they reached the car.
"Man how da fuck did you even know about dis?" Huey sighed and leaned against the car. "Jasmine told me, she knew what happened to Cindy and that you would without a doubt try to hurt that kid. I was already here getting Jasmine another gift, so two birds, one stone."
Riley wanted to deck Huey every time he talked like that but he realized years ago he wouldn't land a shot unless it was by surprise, which also couldn't happen. "Do me one favor and wait here while I go pay for jasmine's gift, and DON'T go looking for him." Huey walked off leaving a fuming Riley alone in the parking lot with Dorathy.
Mumbling to himself Riley looked up and he suddenly felt like he was part of a Christmas miracle. Two rows down, Cindy's ex boss was walking towards his car, alone, and he had no idea Riley was here. Knowing even his freaky assassin brother couldn't move THAT fast, Riley made his way through the rows like a snake, getting two car lengths away before getting ready.
Changing his voice as much as possible Riley called out. 'Hey man, yo you dropped your wallet!" Closing the gap between them he was ready to attack as soon as he could. "Oh thanks! I didn't ev-" "Merry Christmas you punk ass BITCH!" With every bit of strength he had Riley drove his fist right into Alex's mouth. He shot backwards doing a complete 360 roll and slamming into the bumper of someone's truck and passed out.
Riley immediately took off for Dorathy and got back how he was like nothing had happened at all. A few minutes later Huey came out with a large bag as he looked at his brother. "Can I trust you to drive home without running down these white folk?" Riley just scoffed and flipped Huey the bird as he got into the car and drove home.
When eh got back Cindy had finally come back down out of Riley's room. She wore one of his shirts and a pair of her shorts as she curled up on the couch watching the 20th re-run of A Christmas Story. "Aye babe...im sorry about all dat shit, ya know buggin you and all.." Cindy sighed and reached up offering her hand to Riley. He let out a huge sigh of relief before taking it and leaning against the couch.
"Im sorry I freaked out on you, I just wanted to scream, and you were the closest person." Riley just shrugged and kissed the back of her hand. 'Dont worry about it, shit happens." Cindy squeezed his hand and suddenly Riley felt a searing pain running through it. It took everything he had not to howl in pain. "Yo i'll be right back, I gotta toss my hoodie and shit upstairs."
Practically jumping three steps at a time Riley went into his room and shut the door, letting out a ferocious yell into his pillow as he looked at his hand. He never felt it because of the adrenaline but his hand and two fingers were almost broken from the amount of force he used on Alex. He got up and went for his door but it swung open before he could. The door caught his hand and he had to suppress the massive pain again as Cindy stood there looking at him.
"Huey told me Riley, about what you did, well tried to do." Riley felt like a deer in the headlights, he didn't have a damn clue what to say. He was waiting for her to beat the hell out of him but instead she just hugged him. "Your a dumb ass Riley, but thanks." Riley suddenly realized Huey didn't know about him face-rolling Alex in the parking lot, just what he had seen in the mall. Smiling he hugged her back. "Dat nigga woulda got what he deserved if my bitch ass brother didn't get in my way, but I did what I could." Cindy sighed again and went downstairs with Riley as they both curled up on the couch.
Rliey's phone went off and he checked it, a text from Huey. "I didn't tell her about Alex, next time, hide him after you knock him out, consider this my gift to you this year."
Setting his phone down he put his attention back on his depressed girlfriend. He started rubbing her back as she eased into him. "Dis is bullshit Reezy, we got barely any time for Christmas and I lose my damn job cuz of some punk ass white boy." Riley sighed and kept rubbing her back. 'Girl dont even worry bout dat shit, after da holidays you'll find another job, hopefully not for another bitch ass white guy."
"Well atleast I could pay for yo present and get it shipped really damn fast, woulda pissed me off if I couldn't give you that extra gift." They both smirked as Riley pulled her closer. "Babe even without dat present you all I need this year." Cindy both laughed and smiled at Riley for how sweet that was.
"Nigga please when you see my gift, you aint gonna remember sayin dat." Laughing they both relaxed for the rest of the day watching bad movies and eating any junk food they could find. Riley thought about the lingerie he had seen all day, he even tried to distract himself but he kepy coming back to the idea of Cindy dressed up like that, all for himself.
"Reezey? Reezey!" Riley snapped out of his day dream as Cindy stared down at him from the back of the couch. "Im makin pizza pockets you want one? "Hell yeah toss me in two pepperoni ones babe." he leaned up to kiss her as she kissed back and walked back into the kitchen. Riley watched her ass the whole time, he did a lot more often than Cindy would ever know or so he thought. "Riley if you gonna stare so much, at least do somthin about it."
Riley blushed bright red and laid back down. "Whateva girl, I aint lookin at nothin." Cindy appeared over him again and smirked, this one more evil. "You mean you aint lookin at my perfect ass?" Riley faked a scoff and turned his head. "I seen better." Riley was trying to make a joke but he could tell that actually made her mad.
"Excuse me, who da hell you think you look in while your with me?" "Hey hey! It was a joke." Cindy narrowed her eyes and turned back around to the kitchen. "yeah you betta be Riley, or else you neva getting dis." Cindy gave herself a smack on the ass as Riley watched her just like before. She started laughing hysterically as Riley growled and laid back down. "Man dat girl fucks wit me so easy, it aint fair."
A few minutes later she came backw ith two steaming hot pizza pockets as Riley grabbed his with both hands and yelped in pain. "DAMN dat shit is fuckin hot!" Cindy just shook her head and cut hers open. "I just got them out of the oven genuis, let dat thing cool down before you go grabbin it up again."
He glared at the pizza pocket and leaned back waiting. After another minute he bit into it and smiled. "Damn these things are good." Cindy agreed with a mouthful as they continued eating. "So what exactly was yo plan once you got down to da mall?"
Riley looked up from his food and swalled a big chunk. 'Well shit I dont know, I was gonan just go at dat punk like a real nigga would. I wasnt gonna kill him or nothin, but I was gonna make his ass limp outta der." Cindy just shook her head and puleld her legs up to her chest and kept eating. "Thats both sweet and really damn stupid Riley, I aint comin to visit yo ass in jail on Christmas."
"Girl please even if I had ended up der you would anyways, you cant resists lookin at me." Cindy just laughed and threw a pillow at his head. "Yeah whateva nigga, would suck for you, no presents in prison. Well except maybe from some big black dude named Molly." Riley shuddered at the thought as he tossed the pillow aside and finished eating.
Riley checked the time and sighed. "Well shit it's getting late, you wanna just go to bed or what?" Cindy rolled her head back to look at the digital clock under the Tv and shrugged. "Yeah why not, between work and you ive had enough shit for today."
Before she could move Riley scooped her up into his arms as she laughed. "Where da hell did dat come from? You aint normally dis nice." "Cuz girl you said it yourself, you already dealin wit all dis shit, least I can do is dis." When they got to his room, he sat her on the bed and shut the door before yawning and flopping down beside her.
Cindy did the same as a wave of exhaustion smacked them both in the face. "Damn I cant keep my eyes open, all dis shit today is just crap." Curling up into a ball and sliding her way onto his chest, Cindy yawned in agreement as he threw the basketball beside his bed, hitting the light as it went off. Pulling off his shirt he went to throw it but Cindy snatched it replacing the one she was wearing.
Before he could ask Cindy beat him to it. "It's warmer, and it smells better." Riley just chuckled and shut his eyes. While waiting to fall asleep he thought about Christmas being in about two days, tommorow would be Friday so Riley was sure Cindy's gift would be there pretty damn fast. Man how much did dat girl spend to get it here so fast?
The last thing Riley remembered was thinking about his gift to Cindy then he passed out. His alarm went off at Eight and he slammed it to turn it off. Sitting up he immediately noticed Cindy wasn't there and he heard the front door shut. He shot out of bed excited because he knew what that meant. His hopes were confirmed when he saw Cindy stuffing a box udner the couch then standing back up.
"Damn babe nice view, you wanna play under da couch for like another minute?" Cindy laughed and punched him in the arm. 'Nigga hush, why is yo ass up so early?" "Cuz I aint sleepin unless im witchu." Cindy shook her head and punched him again. "Damn Reezey either you getting drunk when I aint lookin or Christmas is finally getting under yo skin."
Riley could barely hide it, the thought of Cindy being dressed up so damn good was making him act pretty weird, he had never thought about any woman like that before. Sometimes it actually pissed him off that it effected him so much, even before he found out about the lingerie, just thinking about Cindy made him like this.
He followed her back upstairs as they got back into the still warm bed and turned on his TV, watching yet another crappy Christmas movie, they both knew not matter what channel they tried they were all full of them. They gave up on movies and started making instead. Riley and Cindy explored each other slower than they usually did.
Imagining how she would be come Christmas night made Riley want her even more and he hoped she felt the same. Before they could get much further they heard the front door slam shut as Jasmine called from downstairs. "Riley! Cindy! Where are you?" Riley growled and looked at the door. "man why da fuck do they always gotta cock-block me.' Cindy laughed and pushed off of him. "Don't fool yo self Riley, you aint getting dat far until at least tomorrow night."
Grabbing a pair of basketball shorts Cindy pulled them on before heading downstairs, Riley following behind her, his eyes on the usual spot. When they reached the bottom Jasmine smiled and hugged them both tightly. "Hi guys! Im so excited! Christmas is tomorrow!." "yeah yeah we get ti damn! Can you lower yo damn voice its eight in da morning."
Huey smacked his brother upside the head before sitting down with Jasmine in the living room as Cindy and Riley did the same. "So when is Grandad getting back? It was his idea for us all to be here tonight and for Christmas." Riley shrugged and laid across Cindy's lap. "Man I don't know, grandad dont tell me anything unless he's screamin at or yellin about somthin."
Huey sighed at Riley's ignorance and leaned back into the smaller couch. "Well until then what should we do?" Jasmine was the first to speak, which didn't surprise Riley at all. "Let's make some cookies or something! I love baking this time of year, and you both know you cant resist my cookies." Riley had to admit she was right, for whatever reason Jasmine made the best cookies. Riley figured it had something to do with her being half white.
They all got up and headed for the kitchen as Jasmine started directing them like a small military squad on what to do and how to do it. This was the only time Riley would do what Jasmine said simply to get his hands on whatever ti was she was baking, even Huey gave in which everyone thought was next to impossible. Several hours later they were starign at fifteen different plates of cookies.
Riley started to drool as Huey kissed Jasmine. "They look perfect sweetheart." Jasmine smiled and gave one to Huey as Riley practically attacked three different plates at once. "Aye nigga! Save some for da rest of us!" Cindy did the same as the other couple watched, amused at the show going on in front of them.
After most of the plates had been cleared, Riley was sitting on the couch with Cindy in his lap, both of them regretting horribly eating all those cookies. Huey sighed and fed Jasmine a cookie as he watched them. "Didnt you idiots think once about what eating all of those so fast would do."
Riley responded with a middle finger at Huey and a very loud burp, Cindy did the same minus the burp. Jasmine frowned and threw half of the cookie at them which made both of them cringe at the sight of it. "Hey come on, its Christmas eve can we not be like this?" This time Riley offered a thumbs up and burped again as he sighed. "Damn dem cookies were good, shit I hope my hatin ass brother hurries up and gives you dat ring so we can have dem cookies every year."
Huey's eyes opened wide as Riley realized what he had just said. Last night Huey had gone back into the mall to get a ring for Jasmine that was custom made for her, he planned to give it to her on Christmas. Jasmine turned to Huey looking both very hopeful and very confused. "Huey? You got...you got me a ring?" Huey sighed and in one swift motion made ti across the living room to kick Riley in the stomach which made him double over.
"DAMN! Come on nigga dat shit aint fair!" Cindy was so full of cookies she couldn't even laugh as she tried to help Riley get back up and Huey turned to Jasmine. "Yes, I bought you a ring, I was planning to propose tomorrow in front of my family but now my idiot of a brother ruined it." Riley watched as Jasmine looked about ready to cry, coming to terms with what Huey was really going to do as he reached into his pocket pulling out the ring box.
Riley couldn't believe for a second what he was seeing as Huey knelt down and opened the box to reveal a stunning diamond ring with a solid gold band. Jasmine could barely contain herself as they all waited for Huey to speak. "Jasmine im sorry Riley is so stupid he had to ruin this moment, but your the only woman i've ever felt love for, and I want to not only make you mine, but to protect you, care for you, and have you in my life forever. Jasmine Dubois, will you marry me?" Riley's jaw hit the floor at hearing his brother talk like this, he didn't even know Huey had emotion.
Huey didn't even get to finish his sentence before Jasmine tackled him to the ground weeping and saying yes over and over again. Riley and Cindy helped Huey get to his feet with Jasmine clinging to him, staring at her new beautiful ring.
"Aye man, I just lost twenty bucks to C, I didn't know you had emotions and shit." Riley braced for impact but Huey didn't even move, he just stood there holding his new fiance, with what Riley would swear to for the rest for their lives, was a smile. "But shit, congrats nigga, sorry about ya know ruinin da whole thing."
Huey shook his head. "it's fine, but if you do anything at our wedding, Cindy will be feeding you through a tube for as long as I let you live." Riley put up his hands defensively as Jasmine showed Cindy the ring. "Girl dats awesome! Huey how much did you drop on dis thing anyways?" Huey watched them both stare at it. "If I told you, id have to kill you."
Normally they would laugh but Huey was the one person on earth who would probably take that to action. Jasmine spent the next hour texting and calling all her friends and especially her parents, who to the surprise of the Freeman brothers were very happy and excited. "Hey Huey, Riley your Grandad is on the phone, he wants to talk to you real quick."
Riley took the phone as his Grandad's voice came up. "Hey boy, give my congratulations to Huey and Jasmine, Tom Sarah and I are pretty much stuck where we are cuz of this damn snow, so were not gonna make it back for Christmas." Riley repeated what he heard which made the others frown.
'Dont worry though all your presents are at Jasmine's house just go get em and don't open them until tomorrow, especially your Riley!" Riley scoffed and handed the phone back as Jasmine said good bye to her parents and hung up.
Riley looked at Huey. "So bad news, Grandad and Jasmines parents aint gonna be home tomorrow, but good news is we got dis whole damn house to ourselves for at least another couple days." The others nodded but they all felt pretty bummed they wouldn't have the entire family for Christmas day. Riley grabbed a bottle of Scotch from Grandad's cabinet and popped it open. "Aye I say we toast da holiday with a drink, they gonna be home in a few days den we can celebrate da rest of da holidays with them."
Cindy smiled and kissed Riley before stealing the bottle and pouring out 4 glasses. "hell im wit Reezy, it sucks yo Grandad and parents aint here yet but dat doesn't meant we cant have a good time." Huey and Jasmine nodded as Jasmine took a glass and made a face. "Ive never drank before..." Huey took her hand and kissed the back of it. "You don't have to if you don't want to."
Riley chuckled and drank his down in a quick second. "Aye come on it aint dat bad, just do it like me and C, one big gulp." Jasmine tried Riley's advice but just spat it out the next second as Riley and Cindy both started laughing. "Girl come on it's just one glass!" Huey narrowed his eyes and whipped the empty glass at Riley who ducked out of the way. "Nigga you need some new tricks."
They all spent the rest of the day having fun at the Freeman house, by about six the bottle was completely empty but none of them were really that buzzed. "Damn Jasmine how dah ell can you hold yo alcohol so good?" Jasmine shrugged and curled up with Huey in Grandad's chair. Riley sat back as Cindy coped Jasmine and found her way into Riley's lap. "Reezey dat shit was good, no wonder yo Grandad keeps it locked up."
Riley laughed and leaned back as he started to run his hand through Cindy's hair. "Yeah, shoot dat snowstorm is just da thing we needed to make dis year fun." Huey and Jasmine fell asleep in the chair as Cindy tugged on Riley's arm "Aye Riley go up to yo room I got somthin for you, since Huey gave his present early, i'll do da same."
Not even planning to argue Riley headed upstairs and into his room, falling onto the bed waiting for his present. A few minutes later Riley heard the door open and Cindy stepped inside wrapped in a large black robe. Riley got more excited by the second as she cross the room and straddled his waist making him lay down.
Cindy smirked and untied the robe. "I hope you been bad dis year Reezy, cuz I sure as hell aint after no good boy." Cindy let the robe fall off of her and what Riley saw was even better than he could have imagined.