"This won't work if no one talks." Huey says, and Ayasha rolls her eyes.

"Why don't you start then Huey." She says bitterly, trying to ignore the stares of Riley. He had to walk in the house moments after Caesar had settled into the uncomfortable silence and was thrown into the mix. "Break the ice for us."

"He's only trying to help." Jazmine mutters, and Ayasha looks at her, her eyes narrowed.

"Of course you would." She says, placing her legs down. "You've been clinging to him like a newborn all your life haven't you?"

"Well, you could say the same for you and Riley. From what I've heard, you had been all over Riley for a while now." Jazmine says, crossing her arms.

"Well, my biggest mistake." Ayasha says. "I regret every moment of it."

"Ayasha." Riley sternly says, and she turns to face him.

"How was your play date with Kalani?" She asks, crossing her arms. "Did you have fun with your family?"

"Ayasha, do not go there." He says. "I tried to be there for you, and tried to make everything work."

"Yeah, isn't that the truth." Caesar sarcastically says. "You've totally been a great boyfriend. How will she ever find someone as great as you, Riley?"

"Don't fucking gang up on me." Riley says, looking at the two. They were sitting side by side, Ayasha putting more distance between the two than usual, and Riley noticed that.

"We wouldn't have to if you weren't such an idiot." Ayasha says, looking to the side. "None of this would be happening if you hadn't cheated on me."

Riley's silent and Ayasha places her legs back up. She wanted to shut everyone out.

"Me and Ayasha kissed." Caesar says, and Ayasha's head shoots up, her eyes wide.

"What are you saying, Caesar." She says, her face red and she pinches his cheek, looking at everyone, a nervous smile on her face. "What a jokester." She says, and he swats her hand.

"Ayasha." He says, looking at her. "Cut the bullshit. Riley isn't your boyfriend anymore." He says, and Riley grits his teeth.

She kissed someone else? So fucking soon? "You kissed this nigga already?" Riley asks, and she snaps out of her shocked trance. "It hasn't even been a month since…"

"Technically he… Wait, why am I trying to defend myself." Ayasha says, glaring at him. "If we kissed, so what? Me and you aren't together, so shut up."

"We just got out a relationship."

"And you were in a relationship when you fucked Kalani." Ayasha says, silencing Riley. She knew he was mad, but she was mad too. "We aren't together, so everything I do isn't any of your business."

"But you're kissing other niggas! You know how mad that makes me?" He asks, and she closes her eyes, balling up her fists.

"Riley, you're being stupid." Jazmine says.

Ayasha was so angry right now. How dare he! How dare he say something like that.

"How am I being stupid? I still love her! I'm not gonna stop, and her kissing dudes just to get me jealous is working!"

"I didn't kiss him to make you jealous!" Ayasha says, trying to calm down. "I didn't even kiss him! He kissed me!" She says, and Caesar places a hand on her shoulder, trying to calm her. "Don't touch me!" She says, moving away from him. "I'm mad at you too!" She says, facing him.

"Why? Because I said something about it?"

"You're only trying to front because we are in front of Jazmine!" Ayasha says, and he looks away. She hit it right on the nose. "If she wasn't here, you wouldn't have said shit, and you're mad because she isn't jealous."

"Oh, I'm jealous." Jazmine says, crossing her arms. "I just have no right to be."

Ayasha looks at her. "You know what, I'm so done right now. I'm going home." She says, getting up. Riley and Caesar get up also, Riley beating Caesar and grabbing Ayasha's hand, pulling her into a tight embrace and forcing a kiss upon her lips.

Ayasha's eyes widen, and she struggles against him, trying to pull away. What is wrong with him? She would start slapping him, but her arms were trapped in between her chest and his.

Riley let go once she stopped struggling, her eyes fluttering close. She couldn't deny the small amount of tingles when he kissed her, or the butterflies flying around in her stomach. He pulls away, letting her go, causing her to take a few steps back. She licks her lips slightly, and slaps him.

"Don't ever touch me again." She says, quickly walking out of the house. Riley huffs, rubbing his cheek and turns to face the rest of them.

"She's mine, ok?" He says to Caesar. "Don't fucking touch her."

"She isn't property, Ri-"

"I don't care what the fuck you say nigga." Riley says, crossing his arms. "You ain't taking her away from me. That shit isn't gonna happen."

"Riley, maybe she wants to be with Caesar." Jazmine says, and he turns to face her.

"Then we'll take a fucking break, just like we are right now. But he isn't taking my Ayasha away from me for good. No nigga can, I don't give a fuck who you are. I will fight all y'all niggas for her."

"Calm down." Huey says, flipping through his book.

"Fuck you nigga." Riley says. "You called this stupid meeting and you contributing to the drama, making shit worse." He says. "I thought you would have known better than that." He says, storming up the stairs.

"He's got a point." Caesar says, calming down. "Dumb ass nigga." He shakes his head, sitting down. "He's stupid for thinking Ayasha is gonna stay with his dumb ass. Especially when he's fucking up like this. He's just driving her closer to another nigga."

"Do you truly care about her?" Jazmine asks, turning slightly to look at him.

"That's a stupid question." He says, feeling defensive and cornered. Here he was, with his ex and the nigga who ruined his relationship. Just like old times. "Of course I do."

Jazmine looks down, unsure if she should say something. "More than me?" She mutters, and Caesar looks away.

What an awkward question. How was he going to answer that? What was the right answer to something like that without hurting someone's feelings. "No." He spits out. Better to be honest.

"Oh." Jazmine says, almost forgetting Huey was there. She wanted to ask more, to see if he'd ever take her back, but she couldn't say that in front of Huey. She didn't know why, but she didn't want even more drama, and she didn't want to break the thin ice Caesar and Huey's friendship rested on.

"Should we hang out sometime?" She asks, slightly hopeful. This was the first time she's seen Caesar in a while, and although she did what she did with Huey, she deeply cared for Caesar. She was just confused. She was like… a better and female version of Riley.

"It'd be best if we didn't." He says, and she looks away. He sounded a bit like Huey at that moment, his voice cold and detached. He never wanted to see her again. "Bye." Caesar mutters, exiting the house, leaving just Huey and Jazmine.

"That went pretty well." Huey says, flipping a page.

"What do you mean? That went horribly."

"Honestly, I planned for the worse. That was the most civil meeting you are going to get out of that group. Thank God I didn't invite the pregnant chick or Ayasha would have had a fit."

"How do you guys know Ayasha anyway?" Jazmine asks. "I've never seen her around."

"She was mostly home schooled, and saw Riley whenever he went to train for basketball and started following him around like a puppy. She joined public school during his high school years, and we weren't really talking to him then." Hueys says, and she nods.

"Never seen her around though."

"Yeah, well, we never saw Riley around school either." He says, and she nods understanding. "During her freshman year, she really got into Riley's crowd before she stopped coming to school, for a while, coming back a new and improved girl."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, before the changed, she was the bitter, mean girl you saw, always drinking something and being overly emotional. She kept the over emotional part, even becoming very insecure, but she stopped cussing, she stopped drinking and smoking, she stopped partying. Riley said it was because she was almost attacked by some guys during one of the parties."

"That's scary…"

Huey nods, turning back to his book. "It's a good thing she changed though." Jazmine continues. "She understood her mistakes and didn't want to really get hurt."