A little bit of sexy time coming up but this is a M rated story... :)
The wind was being bitter today.
Today, two parents are burying their child that unfortunately couldn't overcome her drug addiction which took her away from them.
People stood around the burial crying and holding onto each other for comfort as they listened to the pastor sing as the coffin lowered into the floor.
Ming, Cindy, Royalty, Jazmine and Cotton all stood in a line holding onto each other. Cotton was bawling as she felt as if she had lost a little sister while the other girls had tears in their eyes. It was an emotional time. A funeral was hard for anyone but especially seeing a young, promising woman not being able to stay on the right path was painful to see.
Jazmine felt the tear leave her green eyes and run down her cheek. She debated if she should wipe it away but it slipped off her face before she had time to. Death was especially scary to her. The fear of someone she loved no longer being there with her made her sick. She had a hard relationship with her parents but just the thought of them not being here on this earth with her broke the whole of her spirit. No matter what, she loved them and she knew they were coming from a good place, now that she was back in Chicago, she was going to change her life around. It was time too anyway.
"I will miss her so much." Cotton sniffed as she wiped the tears from her damp cheeks.
"I hear that girl..." Ming mumbled as she rubbed the girl's shoulder in comfort.
Jazmine shook her head as she watched people throw dirt over the glossy, black casket. "She deserved so much better than this. She said she wanted to go back to school and become a accountant. I- I-" Jazmine's emotions caused her to choke and stumble over her words. She couldn't even say what she wanted to say.
"All I know is this is a wakeup call for all of us. I refuse to leave this earth with nothing to my name. I'm doing this shit right from now on." Royalty said with determination dripping from her voice.
"Preach sister." Cindy nodded along.
"I know, that's why we're going to be working hard on us. It's time to let the new girls take our spots, I want to create a new path in my life and being on that pole isn't going to get me to where I want to be." Jazmine added.
Ming moved the strand of hair that got in her face due to the wind. "It's not going to come easy, that's all I know. It's going to be a lot of hard work but it's nothing the Gem's can't handle."
They all smiled as Cotton looked on. "You know, I always admired your friendship. You have stayed strong for one another after all them years being together. I lost one friend but I still have my home girl from 5th grade with me on the outside which I am grateful to have."
"I am glad you have someone to turn to, we all need that one person. If not, things would be a lot harder." Royalty sighed.
"Well with whatever time you have left at The Blue Moon, I will be right next to you and supporting you." Cotton told them truthfully. They all shared a smile and pulled each other into a tight hug. They felt warm in more ways than one and silently said their final goodbyes to their fallen friend.
The girls pulled apart and opened their eyes but as Cindy opened her pretty, sapphire eyes, it widened in shock. "Holy shit."
People looked at her confused, some wondering who this white girl was but Cindy ignored it as her eyes were glued on the new comers.
"What? What is it?" Ming asked her.
"Don't make it obvious... but looked who just walked up behind the woman with the big, red, feather hat." Cindy instructed.
Confused, but intrigued, they all slowly turned to see who Cindy was looking at. For the second time in the past few minutes, Jazmine nearly choked on herself and Royalty nearly did the same. There, stood Caesar and Hiro in all black, the later holding a single rose which he then placed next to the rows of flowers that were being put on top of the grave once it was filed with dirt. That wasn't the shocking part. It was the afro and cornrows that made them freeze in place.
"Holy shit indeed." Jazmine mumbled under her breath. The brother stood side by side in their own all black attire and had shades on. Even with the shades, you could still tell who they were. Royalty and Jazmine didn't know why they were so shocked to see that they looked the same. Nothing drastic could really change on their physical appearance in those few months that had passed.
"I'm mad that the first thing my brain said was 'damn he fine'. Stupid hormones. Making a bitch act outta character." Royalty lectured herself.
"We both know you ain't mad at yourself for that. Plus, that's the first thing I thought when I looked at Caesar."
"So what you gonna do?" Ming asked the girls.
Royalty scratched her head. "I was planning on going to see them after the reception but I don't know now."
"We can still go but once we're finished here, we will just acknowledge each other so we have an understanding that we need to talk." Jazmine explained.
"Sounds good enough to me."
"Who's going up to them first?" Cindy looked at the girls who nervously shifted in their spots.
"Her"
"Her."
The pointed at each other. Once they realised what they were doing, they lightly frowned.
"You couldn't take one for the team?" Royalty asked her.
"No." Jazmine replied back.
With a deep sigh, they ended the conversation and watched Chyna's coffin get covered by dirty curtsey of her emotional family and friends who stood around and watched.
Riley looked around the grave site, he looked everywhere but at the hole in the ground. He didn't like funerals. You would be surprised since his lifestyle was surrounded by death and there was a threat of death everyday but it was something you could just never get used to. Huey said they had to come to pay their respects which is why they were here. She was an employee and it wouldn't be good for business and it was the right thing to do anyway. Raven would have come but she had a family emergency to attend to and having a 5-month-old at a funeral was not something she wanted to do.
"Huey how long we gotta be here?" Riley quietly complained.
Huey looked over at his brother through his shades. "I told you we have to pay our respects. We're leaving after the reception."
"I feel bad man. I wish we could've done more." Caesar told them truthfully.
"Sadly, we can't save everyone. It's just something that we have to keep reminding ourselves." Hiro stuffed his hands in his pockets and slightly rocked back and forth as he watched the people who really knew the dancer, cry.
Riley smacked his lips and decided to look around the grave site but as he did, he unexpectedly did a double take at a group girls. He took off his sunglasses to make sure he saw what he saw.
"Ay yo Hue." Riley slapped his brother in his arm with turning away from where he was looking.
Annoyed, Huey moved his arm away from his brothers slaps and looked at him. "What Riley?"
"Nigga relax your black ass down and look who over there."
Still annoyed, Huey looked over to the direction Riley was telling him to look and that's when he froze. It was Jazmine, Royalty, Ming and Cindy. All standing there in all black.
"Of course they're here. This is their friend." Huey told his brother, doing his best not to sound shocked and nervous.
"She looks good..." Riley mumbled to himself as he watched Royalty flick the long, black, straight hair out her face.
"Why didn't you see them yesterday like we did?" Hiro questioned.
Huey slightly shrugged. "Didn't think she would want to see the person who was the reason she nearly died."
Caesar looked at him weirdly. "You know damn well she wanted to see you. She asked for you last night when me and Hiro went to see Cin and Ming. That was one of the first things they asked and we just said you had to sort something out. Same for you Riley. You just gotta sort your baby mama shit out."
"You think I don't know that nigga? Damn. Give me a break."
"You should've thought of that before you decided to have an orgy on your birthday." Huey lectured his brother.
Riley screwed his eyebrows at him. "Don't act all high and mighty now nigga like you didn't fuck Erica. Yeah I know."
"At least she not pregnant."
"She might be."
"Well on that note, let's just move on." Hiro interrupted them while Huey just shook his head. "Can we at least act civil for a few hours?"
"I guess."
"Whatever."
"Sure."
The hole was filled and it was no time for everyone to go back to the parents' home to pay their last few respects. As the crowd disbursed, the men made a silent agreement to go over to the only other people they knew here. The Freeman brothers were secretly nervous. They have dreamt of the moment if they ever met their special girl again but this was not how the pictured it, at a funeral. They wanted it to be in a much lighter setting where everything was calm and relaxing, seeing them at the strip club would've been better than this but they guessed this would have to do. Also, they knew it was too late to run back to the car because by now they would have defiantly noticed them. Huey's afro was too big to miss.
"Who gon' speak first?" Riley asked as they slowly walked over to the group.
"I will since I already saw them, just be chill." Caesar told him. It didn't take long for the group to be face to face and everything in that moment became frozen. "Hey Cin." Caesar greeted as he pulled her into a hug and kissed her forehead and Hiro did the same to Ming.
Huey, Riley, Royalty and Jazmine all stood their awkwardly. They would look at each other, then away but Royalty and Jazmine wasn't too sure since Riley and Huey still had their sunglasses on. However, the brothers could see their eyes. Huey looked and saw Jazmine had light tears swimming in her eyes as if she wanted to let them drop but refused to. She had a look of relief but also worry as she looked up at him and right then and there, he wanted to wrap her in a hug and tell her everything was going to be alright but then again, was it really?
When Riley looked at Royalty, he saw the confusion and the want and he wanted her just as much as she wanted him. He wanted to run off from here and just be together alone and he wasn't even talking about just to have sex. For once, he just wanted to talk. He wanted to sit down and talk to her and finally tell her how he felt and everything that was going on since she left. He prayed she would still have him once he spilled his gut out to her.
"Jazmine."
Hearing him speak made her stop breathing for a second, especially since the first word he said was her name. It didn't feel real and it was almost like he didn't say it in the first place. "Huey."
Riley decided to follow his brother's lead. "Royalty."
"Riley."
It was awkward again and the two actual couples wanted to slap their foreheads in annoyance.
"I'm guessing we're all going back to the mama's house so we can regroup there, alright?" Hiro stepped in and they all nodded. "Alright, let's go."
With that, they all split up with a lot on their minds. That was defiantly not how they planned any of it to go.
As the girls piled into the car, Jazmine peered out the car to see the boys doing the same. Ming began to drive off and Jazmine let out a heavy sigh.
"What's wrong girl?" Cotton asked. She had missed the interaction as she was on the phone to someone.
"The guy that owns the club, you know how we were kinda together? Well we didn't really leave on a good note you should say, same with this one and his brother." Jazmine pointed to Royalty who had a lost look on her face too. "We just ran into each other but it was just a bit... weird."
"Oh one of them ones." Cotton slightly laughed. "Look, I don't know what note you all left on but by the way you talk about it and how happy you were before you left, it should be worth a shot to talk out your problems together. I don't know the whole story but this sounds like a love story." She smirked making the car fill with light laughter.
Royalty kissed her teeth. "This shit is far from a love story. Where's the kiss in the rain?"
"You know Cotton is right about the first bit. All you need to do is talk to them, that's what happened to me and Hiro last night, now we're back together and looking forward to the time we have together and we're not going to waste any time." Ming told the group.
"But that's easy for you. You were already together when we left." Royalty said from the backseat.
"Didn't mean it was any easier, you know that. All the time away gave us all that time to think and life is too short to over think. You gotta love in the present and go for what you want."
Cotton noticed how silent the car got and understood that their 'trip away' had more behind it but it wasn't her place to pry so she just let them be.
2 Hours had passed and Huey was ready to leave. They had paid their respects and listened to all the talking and prayers and he wanted to leave. He didn't know Chyna like that so being there any longer didn't seem right. He looked across the room to where the strawberry blonde stood with her friends, engaged in conversation. She looked just as beautiful as he remembered. Her curves were all still there, her skin still looked soft and no bruise was present. That's when he noticed two things, her new tattoo and the necklace. He had thought she had thrown the necklace in the suitcase and forgotten about it but it seems as if she really was wearing it everywhere which gave him some hope. It was sign that she still felt some type of way towards him by wearing it around after all this time. It could also mean that he was thinking too much into it and she just liked the simple chain. It was no secret that he was hoping for the first one.
As much as he wanted to talk her, this still wasn't the time to do so and he needed to get out of there. He turned to his friends and brother.
"Look. I think we've been here long enough so I'm leaving." He announced to them.
"You going to talk to Jazmine?" Hiro asked.
"I don't know..."
"I think you should. As I said earlier, she's waiting for you."
Caesar swung his arm around Huey. "Why don't you go up to her and tell her to come to your house?"
"Riley you should do the same. You need to talk to Royalty more than Huey needs to talk to Jazmine. Remember she could be a whole step mom out here." Hiro raised an eyebrow at the youngest.
Riley screwed his eyes together. "I get it nigga. You don't have to keep reminding me."
"I just wanted to know that you're fully aware of how much your life is going to change."
"I guess it's a good thing she decided to do it early because I can't wait any longer. Wait, what am I saying? That baby ain't mine, the mama a hoe." Riley said stubbornly.
Huey shook his head. "Should've thought of that before. Now you're stuck with the consequences."
"When should it be coming?" Caesar asked, referring to the DNA results.
He shrugged. "Any time from today to next week."
"When you hoping for?"
"Ion know. Today maybe? Damn I need to talk to Royalty."
Hiro sighed. "Since none of you look like you're going to go over to them, go to the car and I will tell the girls to meet us at our house. There, we can have whatever talk needs to happen. Sound good?"
Again, Caesar and Hiro were the voice of reason for the Freeman brothers. They didn't understand why they were struggling to approach the girls so much. It was as if they were all north magnets and they just kept repelling each other however, they were very attracted to each other.
"I can deal with that." Riley announced for both of them.
"Good." Hiro sighed and shook his head. "You can both grow some balls now."
"Ay!" Riley shouted to him as he walked away. His raised voice caused a few people to look over at him but he didn't care.
"Come on Riley." Huey told his brother and lightly pushed him out the door.
"Ay that nigga is getting too brave."
"He's just doing what you failed to do." Caesar laughed at Riley's annoyance. "Just man up and do what you have to do, fight for what you love because as these few months have proved, you both have been depressing as fuck. We all have."
"But we got a lot of work done." Huey pointed out as the jumped in the car and waiting for Hiro.
"True but we have to learn to do both. Do business and take care of our girls and I know we can do it. Your daddy did it, your uncles did it, we can do."
Huey sighed and looked out the window. He rubbed his hand over his small beard, a new habit he had formed. "For everyone's sake... I hope you're right."
Hiro weaved in and out the mourner as he kept his eyes glued on his one destination. He didn't want to lose them in the crowd. It took him longer than he wanted, but he finally made it.
"Hey guys."
The group of females turned to see the Asian smiling brightly at them which was the brightest smile in the whole room.
"Hey baby you ok?" Ming greeted him with another hug and kiss. The young couple couldn't keep their hands off each other, every time they saw each other, they had to touch each other.
"Yeah... me and the boys were leaving now and um, Royalty and Jazmine." Hiro turned to look at the two who perked up at their names. "Huey and Riley want you to go back to their house so you can talk. They are nervous so they asked me to come over and tell you this so you can actually sit down and talk properly."
Jazmine and Royalty shared a look, both thinking the same thing. They actually wanted to talk to them, they weren't being ignored this whole time. A small amount of weight lifted from their shoulders as they now knew that Huey and Riley wanted to talk just as much as they did. Ming and Cindy got time to talk to their man, it was time that Royalty and Jazmine did. For some reason, they both knew they were going to go through a whole bunch of emotions in this one conversation.
"That's fine. We will leave 10 minutes after you so we can say goodbye." Jazmine nodded nervously.
"Me and Ming will just come along too. You two can fuck and I'll be with Caesar."
Royalty turned to her friend and smirked. "So you two can fuck?"
Cindy smirked back. "Of course baby." She said nonchalantly.
"Wow, didn't expect that answer."
Hiro lightly chuckled. "Alright. I will tell the guys and see you when you come. Bye." Hiro leaned forward and gave Ming kiss on the cheek before walking out the house leaving them all alone again.
The roommates all looked at each other, all thinking about different things but the same subject.
"Um... well I can't wait to go see my man after this as bad as it sounds." Ming admitted. Seeing Hiro dressed up in a simple suit and tie was very attractive even if the circumstances were not the best.
"That makes one of us. I just wanna know why Riley is acting so weird."
"Same with Huey." Jazmine nodded.
"Maybe they're just setting something cute for you at their house?" Ming shrugged. They all turned to her with different types of confusion written on their face. "What...?"
"Nutin. Hiro got you whipped with a capital W, you never say some sappy shit like that. That's Jazmine's job." Royalty pointed to her fellow dancer who lightly frowned.
"Hey."
"You know what I mean."
Ming rolled her eyes. "I'm just saying. Those guys are way too in love with you two to just let you waltz past them."
"Remember what we agreed on when we were in Woodcrest. We going for these men and making it work. If it doesn't, we move on continue being the bad bitches we already are and then some. Get our money right and build a business from the ground up. No one can touch the Gems." Cindy hyped them up. These girls knew that the pole wasn't a permanent thing. Dropping out of college was not an easy decision but they were not going to let that stop them from bettering themselves and ensuring that their children and children after that are set for life.
Despite how much she disliked it during the time, Ming was good when it came to business and had a secret talent of being amazing at interior designing. She knew how to make a traditional, modern or family home just by flipping through a catalogue. She was the one that decorated the home they have stayed in since college days. A past time the girls would do was go through home magazines and point to things they wanted their dream home to look like. It got to the point where Ming had to force them all to make their own dream boards to put down all their ideas, going past it was driving her crazy and she just had to put it down. It was probably still in her room at her parents' house, if she still had one. It would take her a moment to get everything together but she felt as if she could become an interior designer and help new and old business be updated and appetising and she knew if she did start, her biggest projects were right at her finger tips. Jazmine, Cindy and Royalty.
It probably something that everyone hears all the time about people creating their own business but that was the way for some. Cindy loved sports and while staying in Chicago, there was a gym that everyone loved to go to but was sadly closed due to funding. Since then, it has just been collecting dusty and people have found themselves bored on the streets. She planned to buy the place, get it cleaned up and reopened. If all goes well, she even wants to start her own basketball team and coach them, her first team being all girls. Her father gave her the tools to be a great ball player now it was her turn to return the favour. People underestimated her because she had the typical rich, white girl look at first glance but she was mean when it came to the court. No one expected her to be so ruthless which is where she got the nickname McFearsome. She was untouchable at one point and she wanted younger girls to feel the same.
For Jazmine, it has always been a dream for her to dance. She loved to dance ever since she was a child. Her parents would jokingly say that she danced before she could sit up. She did ballet when she was young but drop out once she saw a hip-hop class for kids next door. Tom and Sarah weren't too happy but let her do it just to keep her in an after-school activity but took her out once Sarah's friend became a new gymnastics coach and put her in the class. At first, Jazmine was upset and would tear up every time they drove past the studio but she never gave up and would learn all different dances in her room. When she reached high school and became cheer captain, she turned the team out and added some much-needed flair to it with a lot of help from Royalty once she joined. Sadly, some of the people just couldn't keep up so she had to water it down sometimes but she would still keep the same high energy for the ones that could (her and Royalty mostly carried the whole team). So, she wanted to open her own dance studio and offer all different types of classes to all different types of people. Zumba, cheer, pole dancing, ballet, hip hop, tango. Anything and everything. Jazmine wanted to have a safe space that was also someone else's safe space, that all she wishes could happen. Being a doctor would have been amazing because she loves people and helping them but dance was something she just loved more.
Now Royalty was a girl of many talents and being the youngest, she struggled a bit more on what she wanted to do with her life. Her three older friends have clear views about what they want to do and here she was with man troubles and over $3000 in her account from her ex sugar daddy. She felt a mess. She didn't know what to do with her life and she was the first one the pole. How life would have been different if she just dropped out and left the girls in college but she needed to stop thinking about that. They never once blamed her for anything so she needed to stop doing it to herself. She had no idea if she wanted to get a small restaurant because she loved getting the chance to cook Jamaican food for people who have never tried it, her own clothing brand because she loved fashion or a hairdresser because she could do her own hair, did majority of the wigs Ming, Cindy, Jazmine and herself wore and has done other people's hair in the past.
It was all a big mess when it came down to what she really wanted to do. Being a doctor was just to have a secure job to give money back to her family at home but by the end of it, it didn't feel right to her, so she left and her friends were not far behind her. Royalty just wanted her parents to be proud of her. They weren't too happy about her being on the pole but got over it quickly once they realised this is what she would be doing now... as well as the increase of money they were getting. Jazmine, Cindy and Ming had to keep reassuring the girl that it didn't matter if she couldn't decide on what to do now as she had time to do it and perfect her craft, they all did. They didn't allow themselves to apply pressure on themselves before things even got started. All they knew was they were ready to work hard for what they wanted to achieve.
Jazmine sighed. "You're right. Let's get this over with so I know where I stand. I need to know if he loves me and wants to make it work or he's just going to leave me high and dry."
The girls nodded in understanding when Cindy suddenly gasped, making them all worried.
"Shit Jazzy, didn't Jayden move back to Chicago? That mean he here too and you gotta break it all the way off with him. Girl you is such a hoe"
The green-eyed girls mouth gaped open. "Oh fuck. How could I forget? No no no. I knew I shouldn't have slept with him." She rubbed her forehead frustratingly. "Do you think they have bumped into each other."
"I doubt it. They don't run in the same crowd." Ming shrugged.
"Yeah. Huey is a drug dealer and Jayden is a teacher, they run in different crowds. The chances of them walking up on each other is very slim." Royalty pointed out.
Jazmine took a deep breath. "Ok, I can live with that."
Oh, if only she knew.
"I think we should get going, it's been over 15 minutes already."
"Let's find Cotton first, we need to tell her where we're going." Royalty reminded them. The four girls walked over to their fellow stripper who was talking to one of Chyna's cousin. "Hey girl lemme steal you real quick."
Cotton smiled at the cousin before walking away with them. "You going now?"
"Yeah we have to, um, get going now." Jazmine answered nervously and she didn't understand why.
"You going to see your mans huh?" Cotton smirked.
Jazmine dramatically gasped. "Meee? Nooo."
"Girl you don't have to lie. Get outta here and get your mans, you too Diamond."
"Oop. She caught you two out." Ming laughed.
"Ok ok fine, yes we are going to see them. We'll see you at the club tomorrow." Jazmine hugged Cotton first and the rest followed suit. They said their last condolences to Chyna's parents before making their to the car.
"You sure you ready for this?" Cindy asked.
Royalty scratched her head. "As ready as I'll ever be bitch."
The four girls stepped out the car and made their way towards the building.
"I feel like imma shit myself." Royalty said nervously.
"Ew that's nasty. Keep them ass cheeks closed unless Reezy is the causing it to clap." Cindy joked.
Royalty's gasped. "Yous a nasty bitch you know that."
"Don't worry about her. She's just horny because she's about to see Caesar." Ming laughed because she knew it was true.
"Girl why are you lying on a bitches name for?"
"Cin you know she's right." Jazmine giggled.
Cindy went and pressed the button to Caesar's home. "Bullies."
"Hypocrite." Royalty mumbled but Cindy still heard and punched her in the arm. "Bitch."
They heard the door buzz open from Caesar seeing them through the camera.
"Just call when you're ready to go." Ming told them as they stepped into the elevator, pressing two buttons. Her and Cindy got off first, leaving Royalty and Jazmine to go up one more floor to the last floor. As they stepped out, Jazmine pulled the girl into a hug.
"Let's hope this all goes well."
Royalty sighed. "I hope so too, I don't need the stress. Bye Jazzy."
Jazmine walked towards Huey's door and knocked at the same time Royalty happened to knock on Riley's. She stood their nervously and began to rub her hands together, she just hoped she didn't sweat. Suddenly, the door swung open and she was met with Huey standing in front of her in an all blue tracksuit and Jazmine had to admit he looked so good in the colour.
"Oh shit Huey!" Jazmine cursed as she grabbed her chest to feel her beating heart, she didn't expect him to open the door so quickly. Usually she could hear a person's footsteps as they came up to the door but she quickly remembered his name was Ghost for a reason. "Um hi Huey." She pulled herself together and softly smiled.
"Jazmine. It's good to see you again." He admitted.
'Ok, this is a good start.' Jazmine thought hopefully.
Huey stepped out the way and opened the door a little, signalling or her to make her way inside. As she stepped in, she looked around the room as if it was the first time her being in there. "You do realise I haven't changed anything."
Jazmine swung around to see his smirking face looking at her, making her blush in embarrassment. "Uh, uh. I knew that, I was just... I got nothing." She took of her jacket and rested it on the couch before turning back to look at him.
Huey saw how high her shoulders were and knew how tense she was, he was too but he didn't want to show just how much he was. "Jazmine, its ok, I'm not going to hurt you relax."
Jazmine looked at him shocked. "I'm not scared of you hurting me Huey. It's just... been a long time since I've seen you. I didn't think I would ever see you again."
"I know how you feel." Huey nodded at her slowly.
Silence.
None of them did nothing, they just looked at each other intensely, wondering what was the other person next move or word was going to be. Huey decided to break it and slowly stepped forward to Jazmine, not moving his maroon eyes away from her emerald one. They stood toe to toe causing Jazmine to lift her head to look him directly into his eyes.
"Jazmine..."
"Huey..."
They repeated the same interaction from earlier but this time it held more weight to it. He slowly reached up and went to touch her soft cheeks but stopped as the image of her bruised cheek popped into his head. His heart broke all over again and he went to drop his hand but was shocked when Jazmine grabbed a hold of it and directed it back to her cheeks.
"I'm alive Huey. I'm no longer hurt." She said what he needed to hear. He needed to hear that because if he didn't, he didn't know if he could do the next move.
He reached down and connected his lips to hers much to her delight. Already, she moaned against his lips as they slowly moved in sync. There was so much baggage and anticipation to this kiss that no one would fully understand the power it held behind it. Jazmine threw her arms around his neck and pulled him even closer if that was even possible. She didn't get the chance to taste his lips as much before but this time around, she was going to savour every single one.
Huey could feel Jazmine on her tip toes trying to pull him down even more so decided to lift her and swing her legs around his waist. Now that they were at the same height, neither of them had to strain their necks.
"I missed you Huey." Jazmine whispered between his lips as she moved back to breath.
He licked his plumped lips. "I missed you too Jazmine."
Jazmine pulled him back into another kiss but this time it was more heated. Huey decided it was time to take them to the bedroom and had one eye barely open to help him walk to his room without causing her to bump against the walls. What felt like forever, Huey finally got to his room and lightly pressed Jazmine on the bed. As sat on his knees and swiftly removed his jumper before attacking her neck with kisses and started to create hickey on her neck.
Jazmine bit her lip in satisfaction as she felt Huey's lips work on her neck. She already knew that he was skilled but feeling this again was crazy to her. She felt him started to unbutton her shirt so she helped and threw it to the ground, making Huey smirk at her eagerness as he made his way back up to her lips. They began to make out again, with their bare stomachs placed against each other. Huey's large hand travelled down her torso and made its way into her underwear then into her, making her gasp against his lip at the sudden coldness. With no time to waste, he began to move his two fingers inside her.
"Shit."
Huey enjoyed how breathless Jazmine sounded underneath him so decided to slip in another finger and went to work.
Jazmine couldn't help but cross her eyes as Huey did what he needed to do. She felt herself starting to get hot already. She had no idea how he had such an effect on her.
Deciding to treat her even more, he slipped his fingers out, sat up and began to remove her skirt, tights and underwear, throwing it to somewhere in the room. Jazmine was left half naked and Huey smirked at the view before diving his head between her thighs, he didn't even give her time to say anything. He created a line of kisses from the middle of thigh and made his way up.
"Huey, I- oh. Shit." Jazmine had to cut herself off as she felt Huey's lips connect with her... other, lips. She didn't know what she did to deserve such a good treatment but she was happy to receive all the tongue and finger action that Huey was giving to her.
This was the most intimate they have been and it was worth the wait. Jazmine threw her legs on his shoulders and grabbed onto his large hair, making him smirk but he didn't stop once. Her other hand gripped the sheets to stop her from ripping out his hair from how good it felt. It was as if he was working magic on her. Huey felt Jazmine legs start to slight shake and knew she was close. He looked up from his position and locked eyes with her. Her mouth was gape open as soft whimpers was the only sound that left her lips. She wanted to tell her she was reaching her climax but she just couldn't. That was until Huey sent a cheeky wink at her which just threw her over the age.
"Imma - fuucck." Jazmine moaned out her climax which also found itself all over Huey's face and he licked it up without a moment's thought. Jazmine could feel her body tingling and had no idea if it was going to stop.
She watched him remove his face from between her legs and made his way back up to be face to face with her. She was breathing heavy as she just watched him seductively lick his lips, knowing all her juices was all over his face sent a shiver down her spine. He hesitated to kiss her again but she grabbed the back of his neck and used the strength she had left to pull him into a hard kiss. With their bodies pressed against each other, Jazmine could feel how hard Huey was between her legs so she pushed him over so she was on his back. She brushed his waistband when Huey's hand gently grabbed her hand, stopping her. Confused, Jazmine looked up at him.
"Not yet Jazmine. When we do, I want to make sure I fuck the shit outchu but not today." He told her gently as if what he said wasn't a complete turn on for her once again.
"But Huuueeeyy." Jazmine pouted.
Huey smirked and pulled her into a slow and passionate kiss. Sighing, she rolled off him and quickly found her underwear that was at the end of the bed and slipped it on. She crawled back up to Huey and swung a leg around his waist before cuddling into his side.
They sat there for 5 minutes in silence. The silence was needed. Having a comfortable silence between them was their thing, it was more of a Huey thing but Jazmine was fine with it. They knew they had a lot to talk about so this silence gave them time to pull together all their thoughts and emotions. They didn't know how hard it was going to be but it was too late to turn back now.
"How have you been Jazmine?" Huey once again was the first to break the silence.
She shrugged. "I've been good, I've seen better days than today." She began to trace his perfect abs when she stopped once her hand traced over two scars. Confused, she sat up a little to look at it better.
"This one is from the night you got taken." He pointed to the scar the looked the freshest, she didn't even need to ask because he knew she wanted to know about it so saved her the trouble of asking. "This is from the day Cairo was killed. Raven told me she told you guys about what happened."
"Yeah, I'm so sorry about him... she also told me that you dad and uncles killed Cairo's killer."
Huey shook his head slowly making Jazmine look at him confused. "Raven didn't know this but... it was me that killed Nick." He confessed. The colour drained from her face as she thought of a young Huey taking somebodies life. She knew he killed but he started so young, no child should go through that but then again, no child should be shot and see their friend get killed. Huey didn't have a regular childhood like Jazmine did. "I know you're thinking about how old I was then. I know. I snuck into the car when my dad and uncles went to get him then when the time came, I asked them if I could do it and they let me. That's when they knew that I was meant to be Ghost."
Jazmine didn't know what to say. People would call him a stone-cold killer and that she should run far from him but she couldn't bring herself to. She was stuck, for some reason, he was warm to her. She didn't get Ghost, she got Huey Freeman and that's the one she wanted to be with.
"That must have been hard for you."
Huey slightly shrugged. "I guess in the beginning but I eventually got myself to not drain myself with the thought."
"I guess that's good... is that the only scar you have?"
Huey smirked. "You really think I only have two?"
Jazmine crossed her arms, making her chest push out more and the necklace Huey got her to fall between her breast. Huey had to stop himself from licking his lips as they were having a serious conversation here. "Well excuse me for asking. Gosh."
"No it's not the only one." He rolled his eyes, making her nudge him. "I got stabbed here." Huey slightly turned on his side to show the scar going diagonally from his spine and a few inches going towards his kidney. "Got stabbed when I was 19. Riley and I was on our way home when we got jumped. He got stabbed in the stomach and I got stabbed in the back. I got lucky because they missed my spine."
Jazmine's eyes grew wide. "What? And Riley was only what, 17?"
"Yeah. It was just before I took over the gang too. Riley had to fight but he pulled through but when I tell you he was showing countless girls just to get them tripping over him."
"That sounds like Riley alright." Jazmine giggled a little before getting serious again. "You got anymore?"
Huey shook his head. "Not really. The rest have all healed so you can't even see it. Oh, I have a cut on my foot from when Riley tried to hide a glass cup he broke but he didn't do a good job of it. I was 6."
Jazmine gasped softly. "And he didn't cut himself?"
"Oh no he did. He has a scar from when he tried to pick it up."
Jazmine shook her head. "You two are something else." She started to look over his body again and he just watched her. She wanted to get to know Huey more and she wanted to start on the outside. "Tell me about your tattoos."
Huey raised an eyebrow, wondering why she was so interested in it. No one besides his parents have ever asked about his tattoos. "These two are self-explanatory." He pointed to the Panther sitting on his left peck and lifted his left wrist to show the tattoo dedicated to Cairo. "Hiro, Riley, Caesar, Raven and Raven's sister Robyn, all have it somewhere on our bodies. We all got it together as a way to remember him."
"That's so sweet..."
"I guess." Huey sighed before carrying on. He showed her his sleeve that had a very detailed compass surrounded by a rose. "I just saw this and liked it." On the right side of his body was the Eye of Horus which had an Ankh going through this. "The Eye of Horus means health, knowledge, power and protection. You could guess it works. I'm healthy, I knew things beyond my years, I am a leader of a whole gang and I have not died." Huey shrugged and Jazmine was confused at how light hearted he could be about that but she guessed he was used to it since he grew up in the life he was in now. "Then the Ankh means life which ties in with the eye that is why I got them to go together." Huey explained to her. "And that's it. I might get more later on in life if I think of something I like... what about yours?"
Jazmine began to point at her different tattoos. "In Woodcrest, me and the girls had this moment and decided to get four matching tattoos. Ming picked this which says 'My Sisters Keeper', Cindy picked out the rose on my hand, Royalty did the hearts and I choose the infinity one." She then lifted her bra to show him the small Pisces sign that was on her side. "My star sign." She lifted her leg to show the tattoo that was on her hip and thigh. "It says 'Everything will be ok in the end. If it is not okay, it's not the end'. It's from Lion King of course." Hearing this made Huey roll his eyes while she just giggled. "Hey don't judge. I love that film but anyway that's it I guess." She shrugged. Jazmine reached forward and grabbed Huey's hand and began to trace random patterns on it.
"How was Woodcrest? Did you see your parents?"
Jazmine paused for a second but continued what she was doing to act like she wasn't fazed. 'I guess we getting more serious.'
She cleared her throat but didn't look up at Huey. She was going to have to tell him about Jayden. "Woodcrest was... something to say the least. My two old friends, Ed and Rummy just so happen to own a strip club that we joined. They're a couple years older than us and even then, we were barely at the club but they still gave us money every now and then when we didn't work. I think they would get along with Riley just fine." Jazmine laughed to herself as she thought to how the men's crazy personalities would get them into trouble but knew they would like the thrill of it. Her smile dropped when she knew she had to get to the top she was dreading. "And I may or may not have slept in Jayden multiple times for comfort."
Huey sat up with wide eyes as he heard what Jazmine said. She had her hands covering her eyes and she shrunk back in the bed, scared of Huey's reaction.
He scratched his head. "I guess he wasn't lying."
Jazmine's hands instantly fell into her lap. "Nigga say what?"
"I had to pick up Coco and Tay from school and I walked into him. He mentioned you two meeting up again and gloated... then you just so happened to send him a picture about how you were glad to not have a bruised."
She gasped, that was not what she expected to hear. "Oh shit Huey, I am so sorry. I didn't know he would do something like that-"
"Jazmine." Huey cut her off. She looked nervous and Huey didn't really understand why. "It's fine... I slept with someone when you left too."
"But that's not the- wait you did?" Huey nodded. "Ok forget about that but this is different. He gloated to your face and that's not acceptable. That's some dumb nigga shit and I will let him know that. He doesn't get to treat me like some prize even though I know I fucked up by going back to him. I will have to go and tell him we are completely finished." Jazmine was so into being mad at Jayden that she didn't see Huey's shocked face at her effortless cussing. "Can't believe this shit. I'm sorry, I will make sure it won't happen again."
"Don't worry Jazmine. It's fine. He's lucky we were on school grounds because I would've stomped his ass out."
"Please. I can handle him myself, I just need to let go of the past and move on with my life." Jazmine breathed out, trying to calm herself down.
"What you planning to do now?" Huey asked. He wanted to know where he stood in her life as they started to approach the more serious conversation.
"I want to open up my own dance studio." Jazmine admitted to him.
Huey raised an eyebrow. "You do?"
She nodded. "Uhm. I've loved to dance since I was a little girl. I want to have my own dance studio for other people to learn and to just dance like I did for the short time I got. I'm going to use the money I got from dancing and savings to start it up. Hopefully one day, I could create a dance team and travel across the country and world with them. I guess it was always a dream of mine to dance even if I did like the idea of being a doctor in the beginning." Jazmine said hopefully.
Huey smirked. "And I know you can make it happen."
"Yeah... but my dream would be even better with you by my side." Jazmine spoke softly. She was playing with Huey's hand and looking down at it nervously, scared of what his reaction would be. The idea of being rejected and didn't want to see his face when he did. She just wanted to keep her head down and when she got rejected, she could just shimmy out of the door.
"Jazmine..." Huey sighed.
"If you don't want to its fine. I'm sure we can be friends or something since our friends are together, we will be seeing each other a few times. I don't want it to be awkward between us if we're not together-"
Jazmine was cut off by Huey's lips that forced her to stop talking. As he pulled away, he had her lips between his teeth, teasing her. "You know you need to stop being so nervous sometimes." He was about to let a smirk rest on his face but decided against it, it was time to be serious. He looked her deep in the eyes. "Jazmine. Ever since I met you, I had a feeling you were unlike any other woman I have ever come across. You're strong, beautiful, resilient, everything. I wanted to keep you away from me but you always managed to find your way back but when you got... kidnapped, I didn't know what to do with myself. I was going crazy. As soon as I woke up, I jumped out the bed and ran straight to the warehouse to track Raven to get you back. I thought I was going to fucking die if anything happened to you because that would have been on me. Even when I went to talk to my parents, I got pissed which earned me a big ass slap across my face to put me back in my place. Never in my life have I ever raised my voice at them the way I did which is when they realised how much I had feelings for you... and I did too but I don't want to hurt you like I did the last time. I think you can do so much better than me. A man that can be by your side everyday with no threat of death looming on their back. I was unable to protect you the way my father protected my mother in all these years. Not once has my mom ever been kidnapped and my parents have been together for over 26 years. I knew you in less time and you've already been hurt in ways I have to stop myself from thinking about again because if not, I will go on a crazy fucking rampage and that's not good for my people. I don't want you to be dragged down by me. I want you to find a man who will protect you, love you, marry you and give you the children I know you want."
By the end of Huey's little speech, Jazmine had tears running down her face. She has never heard Huey talk to her like that and it was refreshing to hear even though he was trying to get away from her.
"But that's the thing Huey, I already found him." Huey raised an eyebrow at her, making her laugh through the tears. "It's you Huey, don't you see! I would have never come back if I felt as if I didn't want to spend the rest of my life with you. I know you and I know you can protect anyone, what happened wasn't your fault. You got shot twice, you couldn't come after us straight away but even when you did, you had a fresh wound and not once did you let that stop you from getting us. That's what I count as a real man. One that fights for who he loves and doesn't give in easily. You have to remember you're not just Ghost, you're Huey fucking Freeman and that name goes a long way too. I've forgiven you Huey, I told you that the day I left. My parents may think I'm crazy and I know I am but I am ready to fall in love with my killer, drug dealing, gang leader man and have some gangster ass kids."
Huey was shocked to say the least. Hearing Jazmine say all of the reassured him that if he did get into a relationship with her, it will be the best decision he would make it a long time but the fear and guilt that sat in his stomach was making him sick and she saw this.
Jazmine leaned forward on her knees and grabbed his face, making sure their eyes were locked together. "Stop other thinking this Huey. I want you just as much as you want me. I want us to work. I want to show my parents that I am more than just the daughter that does dumb shit. I need you Huey, no one else."
"Ar- are you sure Jazmine?" He stuttered, by now, his mouth and brain were no longer connected and he had no idea what he saw saying.
Rolling her eyes, she crashed her lips against his, engaging in a long, feverish kiss. "Does that answer your question?"
Huey smirked, confidence Jazmine was something he always liked. "I don't know, I think I need more convincing."
"Don't have to tell me twice." Jazmine jumped in his lap, giggling her head off and locked lips with Huey, enjoying every moment. "So does that mean I'm your girl now?"
"You were always my girl Jazmine."
"Hm, I like the sound of that."
After a 5 minute make out session, Huey pulled away and sighed.
"What's wrong?" Jazmine asked confused.
"I just... it's crazy how much has changed in these last few months and how much is going to change as the months go by. I will have you but I always got to make sure I stay on top of the gang to make sure they don't catch me slipping again because we all know what happened last time." Huey hated to admit.
"I know you will be able to do it, even if I have to remind your ass to get back to work." Jazmine laughed. "Plus, I'm technically going to be helping you by being at the club and selling you stuff."
Huey raised an eyebrow at her. "How you know that?"
"Cotton told me of course. Had to get us updated on everything that was happening and I think it's a good idea. Extra cash flowing through the club."
"Well once you get your business up and running, you won't have to worry about that anymore." Huey reminded her.
Jazmine sighed. "Yeah I know, it's going to be crazy. I'm going to have pole dancing classes though and I know Royalty will be more than happy to help out with some classes too or even do some herself. She loves to dance just as much as me."
"That's good and if you need anything, I'm here to help you. I want to see you become successful." He reached onto his bed side table and placed a roll of cash in Jazmine's hand who looked at it with wide eyes.
"Woah, that was not what I expect buuuuttt, I want to do this with my own money. I got a couple thousand that I can use to buy property and to start designing inside. I will still work some nights at the club just to get my last few scrapes of working there but overall, I'm good. Remember, I have two lawyer parents that had set up money for me before I came out the womb." She told him as she placed the cash back where it was.
"Privilege and bouji. You are far out of your element." Huey snorted, making her slap his bare chest.
"I'm sorry if I like some adventure in my life."
"Well with me, that's all you're going to get."
Jazmine smirked. "I think I can handle it." She went to scratch her neck and remembered the necklace. "You know I have never taken this off since you put it on me."
Huey raised an eyebrow. "Even when you were with you know who?"
"Yes even with him." She rolled her eyes. "It was the only thing you have given me so I wanted to keep it close."
"Well I have to tell you something about it." Jazmine looked at him confused but let him continue. "I asked one of my guys to put a tracker in it but I never looked at where you went. Riley just happened to tell me where you were by insta-stalker Royalty. I only checked the location once which was yesterday to just confirm that the people in the house was you, since I kept watch of it while you were gone." Huey confessed.
"Aww that's so sweet."
"It is?"
Jazmine nodded. "Yeah, you just wanted to make sure I was safe like how you are with Raven because she told us about the one she has implanted which was how you found us. I'm guessing you have one too."
"Yeah, right here." Huey showed her.
"It's cute that you still wanted to look out for me even after I left."
"Well I knew you was safe so I didn't feel as if I was stalking you."
"And now I am right back in your arms, my new favourite location." Jazmine grinned before moving to lie down on Huey's chest, no making their bare stomachs to rest on each other. "I could get used to this."
Huey smirked. "I could too."
She sighed. As she went to close her eyes, she remembered her friends. "Ming and Cindy are defiantly fucking Hiro and Caesar right now, they were touching themselves up before they got here. I wonder if Royalty and Riley are as relaxed as we are."
"Trust me, if I think what he's telling her, she would be far from relaxed."
Jazmine looked at him confused so Huey went on to explain what she had missed the past few months and she was in for some stories.
Royalty knocked on the door the same time Jazmine did and waited.
She turned slightly and saw Jazmine was already making her way inside while she could hear a lot of rushed shuffling behind the door. She guested he was trying to clean up or something. A few seconds later, an out of breath Riley swung open the door.
"Sup Royalty... come in." He opened the door wider to let the dancer step in so she did. "Lemme take your coat." He offered.
"Thank you." She told him. He has never been so courteous before so this was surprising to see. "How you been?"
Riley shrugged. "A nigga getting through. You?"
Royalty shrugged. "A bitch is getting through."
Riley let a small smile rest on his face. "I missed your sexy ass."
"I missed you too Reezy. Been a minute since we've last talked huh."
"I know that's right. Shit got crazy here in the streets."
"Yeah, me and the girls have been keeping up with the news. They tried to make you look like the bad guys when it was really the other motherfuckers." Royalty cursed.
Riley crossed his arm as he walked towards the kitchen area, Royalty following behind him. "Girl you know we be doing some dangerous shit too. That shit is also on us."
"But you're not the one killing people's sons, daughters, mothers, fathers with that bomboclaut drug dem a put pon di street dem."
He knew what she was saying was serious but he didn't think anyone understood the degree of how much he missed hearing that accent. It made him feel warm but also a little turned on but that was going to have to be put on hold.
"I would say we're just as bad. We sell drugs too."
Royalty raised an eyebrow at him. "You sell weed not cocaine. Do I have to remind you that I come from the beautiful island of Jamaica which is also known as the country of ganga smoking people? I have been around weed since I was little and every person I know today is fine. Cocaine managed to kill people in such a short time, including our friend Chyna whose funeral we just left."
"I guess you got me there." Riley scratched the back of his cornrowed hair, making her look up at it.
"I should redo your hair, it's starting to fizz." Royalty stepped forward to touch his hair. As she reached up, Riley was engulfed by her sweet smell which made his body warm up. It has been so long since he had felt her touch that it was something he longed for. In one swift move, Riley pulled her waist forward and held her in a hug. At first, she was caught off guard but eventually melted into his arms.
"I don't remember you giving such good hugs." Royalty mumbled in his hard chest. Her eyes were even closed.
Riley rested his head on her head, taking in all the different hair products in her hair. "How you forget Reezy give them good cuddles?"
"Maybe because it's been a while since I've been hugged like this... no one did in Woodcrest. When I went back to Jamaica I did. I needed to go back home for a while."
"You going to take me there one day?"
Royalty lifted her head to look at him and laughed. "Yeah sure but we're staying in a hotel because I know your ass can't handle my life."
Riley smacked his lips. "You don't see my life? I can handle whatever you throw at me."
"Sure you can baby... sure you can."
Baby. The word instantly made Riley's smile drop and Royalty noticed it. He had to tell her, she deserved to know. If they were going to work on having a relationship, he needed to open and she had to know there was a possibility she was going to become a step mother.
"What's wrong?" She asked concerningly.
"I gotta tell you something and I don't think you're going to like it." He started off.
She slowly detached herself from him and they both felt a shiver run through their bodies from the lack of body heat.
"What do you have to tell me Riley?" She had to say it but she didn't want to.
He took a deep breath, knowing this whole conversation was about to go left.
"As you know, my birthday just past and I went out for it." He started out. She nodded slowly in understanding but her heart was attacking her rib cage from how scared she was. Riley never sounded so serious before. "Well, I brought some girls back and we... had sex. Now, one of the girls is saying she's pregnant and she thinks I'm the father. I'm waiting on the DNA test to come back to see if it's true or not." Riley confessed. His chest felt tight just saying those words but it hurt even more when he looked at the woman standing in front of him.
She was mute. Frozen. Nothing. She barely blinked. It made him uneasy. Just like how Royalty has never heard him sound so serious, he has never seen her so still. All of this was about to become crazy.
"Royalty... say something." He looked at her desperately. When he said that, he saw the light flicker back into her face as if she finally registered what he said.
"Weh ya wah mi fi seh? You fuck gyal when mi did garn and now she pregnant. You nah understand whatta condom is? You fi get how fi put it pon ya cocky? Now what? Mi a step mudda because you breed one dutty gyal?" She couldn't stop herself from saying. Riley knew she was upset because she was speaking in full patois and it was coming at him in rapid fire.
"Look, baby, I didn't know if or when you were going to come back so I did what I do best, I fuck around but this time it came to kick a nigga in his ass. I didn't mean for any of this to happen and I regret this shit so much. I was feeling lonely and I have never felt like that before and I know that's no excuse. I wasn't thinking straight. I should have been man enough and taken care of myself but I didn't."
Royalty was shocked internally that he managed to understand most of what she was saying but had no time to dwell on it.
"Riley. Ya 'ave pickney pon di way, mi neva want baby mama drama because of next man."
"I know I know. No girl would want that but I need you to see that I'm sorry that all this happened. I wish you didn't have to come back to more of my bullshit mess but I can't help it. Everywhere I step, I leave trouble."
Royalty sighed and rubbed her forehead before letting her hands drop to her sides. "Mi wah fi be wid you but mi need fi know if you want dis too."
Riley walked forward and grabbed a hold of her hands, not taking his eyes off hers.
"Baby this is all I want. I want you. No other girl. Only you and I'm serious... I never thought I would say this before but I see myself with you and only you. I see you being my wife and walking down the aisle in one of them white dresses crying as you think if you should back out or not. Everyone thinking you're crazy for marrying a nigga like me. I see you giving birth to my sons who are about to raise hell everywhere running around like their father and sweet daughters with a spicy attitude like their mother which is undefeated. You're the only one I want Royalty and this time around, I will make sure it's only you." Riley said with every word dripping with sincerity that no one has ever heard before.
Royalty started to feel emotional. Like all the other girls, they have never been talked to the way these gang members have talked to them. Their business may be dirty but they had the biggest hearts anyone has ever seen. It was unreal to them. They were all between the ages of 23 and 26 and were ready to start getting their lives on track. They were thinking long term, marriage and kids. They had no time to mess about and in their line of work, it was uncertain if they would survive every time they walked out the door so having a family was to also show that they did more than just cause pain. They had their own extension of their family to grow from them.
She removed one hand from his and rubbed her head. "I... Riley... why you gotta make shit so hard?"
He shrugged. "I've been trouble since the day I was born but I promise I will do everything to make it up to you."
Royalty could see the desperation and the fear in his eyes, he was scared to lose her. She knew this was his first serious relationship and to be fair, it was hers too. They were new to all this and the youngest out of their group of friends. They still had a lot to figure out and space to grow.
"I can't believe I have to go through some dumb shit like this." She shook her head and sighed. "We fucked within the first few days of knowing each other and never expected to catch feelings as hard as we did. Now look at our dumb asses getting all emotional and shit."
Riley smirked. "You saying it like you didn't enjoy the dick."
"I wasn't the only one." She deadpanned, making the smirk drop. "I got your ass there didn't I." She let out a short laugh but decided to finally reply to him pouring his heart out. "Ah shit. The ting crazy my yute. I do want to work this out Riley. For us to have a proper relationship, maybe take it slow. We're young, we got so much to look to. I'm trying to get my shit together so let's work on getting our shit together. With your possible baby situation... we will deal with that. I'm still conflicted but I want you and I guess you and that could-be-your-baby come together. I love kids. Didn't expect my first 'child' to be a step child but it is what it is. I just want you to know that I want some babies too just so you know."
Riley smiled when he saw her smile. "I hear you girl. I promise to take care of everything and you. I never want you to be hurt and I dare a nigga to lay his fucking hands on you and see if I won't cut their fucking hands off."
"Trust me when I say I am not going to be caught slipping again."
"You know how to use a gun?" He questioned. At first, she was confused but then understood where he was going with it.
"I know a little bit about it."
He nodded his head, thinking. "Ite. I know gay ass nigga Huey will want y'all to know what the fuck to do with a gun. I will get you a piece for you to hold."
"I ain't too big on guns..." She admitted.
"That's cool. I can get you a taser or one of them girlie shits." Riley teased, earning him a punch in the arm. "Ow! Damn girl your ass got stronger."
"But your ass stayed being crazy."
"My ass is only crazy for you, bring your ass over here." Riley pulled on Royalty's arm to bring her closer, making her shriek and giggle with excitement.
"Reezy!"
They all knew they still had a lot to discuss because their life was never easy. There were so many layers they had to unpeel and they had just about ripped off the first one. It would be irresponsible of them to just think everything was going to be fine, they just had to find ways to work and it was going to be interesting to see how it was going to work.
All they knew was Chicago needed to prepare themselves because this group of people was about to cause some racket up in this bitch.
Its about time I managed to put out this chapter out. You would think being at home everyday would give me enough time to write but I remembered the amount of work I had to do at the same time, which I still haven't finished but I finished this.
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Guest: I know how you feel. Her parents are right but we love a bit of rebellious children sometimes.
Don't forget to drop your reviews about what you think about their discussion & what you think will happen next.
I hope everyone is staying safe during these times, we going to get through it.
Until next time
-TBG