Chapter Five
***** "Girl, with the way things have been going, I REALLY won't be going to any classes today," I said to Maia, taking my clothes out of my suitcases.
"If you want, I'll stay here with you and just won't go today either. It don't bother me none. Besides, two heads are better than one." Maia said, smiling.
"Dwayne said he'd be here after his last class, right? We have them Salsa classes in the WC later on tonight, and I hope I'll be done by then." I said, sitting on Maia's bed.
"Don't worry about it, chica! You'll be done by then as long as I have anything to say about it." Maia said, smiling.
"Let me get my stuff off your bed, I'm sorry." I said, starting to pick up the pile of my clothes and tossing them on my bed which was across from Maia's.
How we even managed to get the bed here I still don't know, because it WAS a struggle, let me tell you! If we didn't have a man with us, Maia and I would've never gotten the bed an inch from the apartment! Oh, and my computer was heavy as hell too! Damn! But, just as Maia promised, we did get everything of mine moved out. More than half of the stuff in the apartment was mine, including most of the food, so I know Dany's gotta be catching feelings now!
"You got some cute clothes, girl! Looks like I'mma have to take some of 'em off your hands for a little while!" Maia said, smiling and going through some of my clothes.
"Some of the shit you can have, because I don't even wear it anymore!" I said, throwing some articles of clothing at her.
"I don't even know how you could tear yourself from this shirt, because it's too cute!" Maia said, looking at me in shock as she picks up this purple v-neck shirt.
"We need to get you some UM gear, for real. All that Florida State shit you got has to GO." I said, stopping what I was doing and going in her closet to go through her clothes.
"Are you serious?" Maia asked, plopping down on her bed.
"What'd I just say?" I asked, laughing as I remembered Dwayne saying that to me.
"This gotta go, and so does this, and this, and this." I said, throwing some FSU articles of clothing out the closet.
"You are really mean, you know that?" Maia asked, laughing.
"You don't KNOW, okay? Rule number 1 in attending the University of Miami: NEVER sport any school gear other than UM. ESPECIALLY Florida State University. No offense against you or anything, but you don't know how much school spirit we show on a daily basis. You go out there in something like this lil' FSU sweater and you will get MOBBED." I said, giggling.
"For real?" Maia asked, shocked.
"For real." I said, looking serious.
"Well damn, cut the shit up and burn it then! I got tired of FSU because their rules were just stupid as hell, and the people there were fucking corny! Ugh!" Maia said, looking disgusted.
I took all the FSU clothes I could find and made a big pile which I took and set in the living room. Maia and I didn't know what we were gonna do with them at the moment, but we would figure out much later.
"Ooh girl! This is so cute! Where'd you get this UM cami and panty set from? It's adorable!" Maia said, looking at some more of my stuff.
I walked back into our room and looked at what Maia was looking at. I had gotten the set from ordering online off the UM merchandise site. I swear, I go on the site almost every day to see what I can spend my money on!
"You go online to the UM merchandise site, and they got all kinds of shit! Oh, and we gotta get you a Canes card. With a Canes card, us UM students get the hook up! Let me tell you!" I said, laughing.
"Damn! I still feel like this is the first day for me! I'm still learning all this shit that I had no idea even existed!" Maia said, shocked.
"Okay, who's ass is about to die?!!!!" We hear Dwayne yell from the living room.
Maia and I burst out laughing as we see Dwayne come walking in our room holding one of Maia's FSU sweaters and a pair of her FSU yoga pants and looking disgusted.
"Who's shit is this? Their ass bout to die!" Dwayne said, making us laugh again.
"It's hers!" I said, pointing out Maia.
"How you gonna tell on me like that! I thought we were cool! J.Lo number one ain't supposed to tell on J.Lo number two!" Maia said.
"It don't matter now! Come with me right now, because we gonna take this shit and put it right out in the dumpster." Dwayne said, taking Maia's hand and pulling her off her bed.
"It's a good thing my ass decided to come here during my planning period, because if I didn't.I don't even wanna think about the chaos you would've caused." Dwayne said, shaking his head.
I watched as they left and went back to sorting through my clothes. Those two were a bunch of clowns, for real. Dwayne's only been here for a few short months and even HE knows how sacred UM pride is! Today is Maia's first lesson in it, I guess.
Making room for my things wasn't too much of a problem. Her room (like all of the student rooms here at UM) is equipped with a bed, dresser, desk, chair, bookshelf, trash can, and window coverings. Cable television and local telephone service are also provided. And, each residential college room is wired for internet access, which is pretty obvious. I guess my computer could go right up there next to hers on the desk. Yeah, that's where I'll put it! It's gonna be a bitch hooking it back up though.ugh! Hey, I wonder if she signed a housing-application contract for this place? Dany had been pressuring me to get one signed over the summer, but I just kept forgetting. Too bad, so sad! My ass ain't gonna be locked in no contract with her! I'm so lucky I didn't go ahead and sign that housing contract! Speaking of contracts and things to do.I gotta pay my health insurance fee! I knew I had to pay something! And seeing as I just quit my job 2 weeks ago, I guess my ass better get out there and start looking, cause this insurance ain't gonna pay for itself.
Maybe I should check out that Miami Commitment Program? Nikki told me that they pay you good money if you're qualified. What the Miami Commitment Program is, is a unique student employment program that was started in 1990 by the Office of Student Employment. Unique to the program is the referral process developed to match qualified students with available employment opportunities. Students are carefully selected and screened to ensure that they meet the qualifications requested by the employer. Then, they're selected to participate in the Miami Commitment employment program and are awarded either need-based Federal Work Study funds or non-need based employment funds.
It's weird, because I still feel like I'm imposing on her. She just got here a few days ago, and already I'm moving in with her. And we've only known each other for some 4 days. I know she's the one that brought up me moving in with her, but I can't help but feel guilty because I've been dragging her into my problems and I shouldn't. There are so many things she needs to know, like about this school, and she doesn't need my problems to burden her and be on her mind like that.
To make it up to her, after Dwayne and I go to these Salsa classes, I'm gonna take her up to Coconut Grove on the HurryCane and we're gonna go clubbing. It's as simple as that. Finally the weekend is here, and so that means we're gonna party. Shit, with all that's gone on in my life this week, I need to.
"And we're back! Now get your ass on in there and act like you got some sense!" Dwayne said, smacking Maia on her ass and sending her to her bed. She was cracking up.
"Hey baby." I said, going over to kiss him.
"Hey honey." He said, taking me in his arms and kissing me.
"Get a room, you two!" Maia said, gagging.
"What's the matter Maia? You know you can get in on this too, you know." Dwayne said, raising both his eyebrows and grinning.
"You are so sick! Why you always trying to get someone to fornicate?" I asked, smiling.
"Your ass can't even SPELL fornicate!" Dwayne said, walking over to Maia's bed and plopping down next to her. She was still laughing.
"F-O-R-N-I-C-A-T-E. I CAN spell, so you can kiss my ass." I said, smiling at him.
"Oh yeah? Bend over right where you are and I'll make that happen as soon as possible." Dwayne said, grinning and getting up off Maia's bed.
"Sit the hell down! Ya'll two are sick!" Maia said, pulling Dwayne by his arm and sitting him on the bed.
"You're lucky this girl is holding me back, because.I'd tear that ass up!" Dwayne said, grinning.
"I'm sure you would." I said, rolling my eyes and going to hang up some of my clothes in the closet.
"If ya'll end up being porn stars one day, please don't call me up and invite me to ya'lls movie premiere." Maia said, shaking her head.
"You know, we could get our own little thing started right here and now. I mean, there's me and then there's the two of ya'll." Dwayne said, raising his eyebrows again.
"Maia, come here now!" I said, going to grab Maia off the bed and over to where I was.
"You can't trust him looking like that.he may just pounce on you without warning." I said, sitting with Maia on my bed and giggling.
"You think just because you took her away that I still can't do nothing? Ya'll two are TOGETHER now!!!" Dwayne said, getting up and coming towards us.
"See what you done did?" Maia said, hitting me with one of my pillows.
"Oh no you didn't hit me!" I said, grabbing one of my other pillows and hitting her back.
"Ooh shit! I'mma see you two fight? Okay, that's what I'm talking bout!" Dwayne said, grinning like a kid in a candy store and sitting down on Maia's bed.
"Come on, Crissy! You wanna be all big and bad, then come on!" Maia said, taking her hair down and letting it drape over her shoulders.
"Alright, then!" I said, taking my hair down too and taking my long UM shirt off, just leaving my UM lounge pants and sports bra on.
"Oh, so you wanna go to taking the shirt off? Okay, let me make this even." Maia said, taking her Nike shirt off and leaving her Nike lounge pants and sports bra on.
"Hey, if ya'll wanna keep taking stuff off, I just wanted to let you know that it's all cool with me." Dwayne said, giving the thumbs up.
"Man, shut up!" Maia and I said, throwing our shirts at him.
I took the first swing, hitting Maia in the side of the head when she wasn't looking. She retaliated by hitting me in the side, sending me sprawling over to her bed. Dwayne smacked me on my ass and sent me back in to fight Maia. I hit him just for good measure and then we went back to fighting.
"I thought you were better than this, Maia! Miss Florida State is supposed to be able to kick my ass!" I said, hitting Maia in the back of her head.
"I am!" Maia said, swinging and hitting me in my face with the pillow.
"Oh shit!" Dwayne said, starting to laugh hysterically. He took Maia's pillow off her bed and covered his face so that I wouldn't see him laughing so hard.
"No you didn't hit me in the face, bitch!" I said, laughing as I hit Maia really hard in the face.
"That's it, put the pillow down. We going at it now!" Maia said, throwing my pillow on my bed and waiting for me to throw mine too.
"Come on, Florida State!" I said, egging her on.
"Just bring it, UM!" Maia said, challenging me back.
Maia and I locked up, and we were like that for a while. Dwayne had stopped laughing and now was back into our fight. This was fun!
"Give it to her, Crystal!" Dwayne yelled, smiling.
I got Maia in a headlock and soon enough she had gotten out of it and had me on the floor. Suddenly Dwayne had perked up, and he was really getting into things now.
"You ain't so tough now, are you UM?" Maia asked, having me pinned to the ground.
"No.I'm tougher." I said, flipping Maia over and pinning her to the ground now.
"Oh damn! You got PLASTERED to the ground, Maia! She gave it to you hard!" Dwayne said, cracking up.
"That was good." I said, standing up and pulling Maia up too.
"Yeah, but I'll give you a run for your money next time, ho." Maia said, making me laugh along with her.
"Truce for now?" I asked, holding my hand out to Maia.
"Yeah, truce." Maia answered, shaking my hand.
Suddenly Maia whispered something in my ear. Liking the sound of it, I smiled as Maia and I turned to face Dwayne. We didn't say anything, just smiled at him.
"Hold on a second.what ya'll looking at me like that for?" Dwayne asked, getting nervous.
"Oh nothing." Maia and I answered sweetly, walking over to him.
"What are ya'll two getting ready to do to me?! Ya'll two are plotting! I see it in your eyes!" Dwayne asked, still sounding nervous.
"What makes you think we would do something like that?" I asked, kneeling on the bed and pushing Dwayne down to get on top of him.
"Ooh, I think I like this." Dwayne said, laying back as I sat up and looked down at him. I started running my hands up his shirt and playing with his nipples.
Meanwhile, Dwayne had his hands up behind his head. Maia snuck up behind him and started tying one of his hands to her bed post.
"What the hell are ya'll doing?!" Dwayne asked, starting to move.
"We're just playing with you a little bit, Dwayne." I said, leaning down and biting his ear and then kissing his neck.
"And you like to be played with, don't you?" Maia asked, going to tie Dwayne's other hand to the other bed post.
"Yeah, but I mean." Dwayne said, his voice trailing off.
"You may wanna call out for the rest of the day, because you'll be a bit busy." I said, kissing his neck.
"But I can't..I've already taught 2 classes today, and..shit, give me the phone." Dwayne said, coming around as I continued kissing and biting his neck.
I gave Maia the number for the UM office and then she dialed the number, placing the receiver at Dwayne's ear so he could talk.
"Yeah, this is Dwayne Johnson. (cough) You're gonna have to call a substitute for my Criminology classes, because I seemed to have really (cough) come down (cough) with something (cough) and I need to get to my doctor's office as soon as possible to get checked out..I would go to the (cough) Wellness Center, but I already contacted my doctor and he wants to see me as soon as possible. (cough) Okay, thank you. Bye." Dwayne said, looking at me and then Maia and shaking his head.
"You've had a change of heart, I presume?" Maia asked, taking the phone from Dwayne and hanging it up.
"I guess you could say that." Dwayne said, grinning.
"Crissy, come here." Maia says, beckoning for me to come over to her.
Maia whispers something in my ear and then I start to smile. I wave goodbye to Dwayne, and he looks at me like I'm crazy.
"Where you going?!" Dwayne asks, watching me.
"Bye Dwayne." I say, smiling and waving as I walk out the room.
"Baby! Come back!" Dwayne said, before finally laying back down as soon as he saw that I wasn't coming back.
"Relax Dwayne." Maia said, climbing onto the bed and on top of Dwayne, who was oblivious to what was going on.
Okay people! I'm out in the living room, flipping through channels and watching television. Maia and I are going to basically play with Dwayne for a little while, and that was all she had whispered to me about earlier. I'm gonna let her have her time for a little while, and then I'm going to go in there later on. Our whole purpose for doing this is just to mess with Dwayne's mind (as well as some other things too) and see how he reacts to them. Oh damn! Here she comes jetting out to the kitchen!
"What is you doing, girl?" I ask, laughing. Ya'll should've seen her come sliding into the kitchen, almost slipping in her socks and busting her ass!
"Gotta get some ice cubes!" Maia said, rushing.
"How you gon' steal my idea?" I ask, looking at her fill up a bowl with ice cubes.
"That's the advantage of getting to go first!" Maia answered with a smile, quickly rushing back into our room with her bowl of ice cubes.
That girl is not right, I tell you. Now, I know what ya'll may be thinking. How am I gonna let another chick, my best friend for that matter, fool around with my man just in the other room? Well see, like I said, this is all in fun. Nothing's to be taken seriously, at least until I come in there and start my stuff with him. Then, things will get serious. I just don't think Maia would be cool with the possibility that me and him could end up having sex right on her bed.(ya'll won't tell, will ya'll? LOL!)
"Damn Maia.you don't play with them ice cubes, do you?" Dwayne asked, watching Maia take 2 and run them all over his chest.
Maia started to replace the trail of the cold water that had been left behind from the melted ice cubes on Dwayne's chest with her mouth as she started kissing his chest. A small moan escaped the back of his throat as he took to the sensations she was giving him.
"Well hello, people!" I say cheerfully, walking in the room.
"Crystal, you see what your girl's doing right?" Dwayne asked, looking at me and then starting to moan again.
"Yeah, I see it. So?" I say, plopping down on the edge of Maia's bed as I watch her.
"Ain't you gonna do something?" Dwayne asked, still moaning every now and then.
"Hmm.now that you mention it, I think I will. My turn!" I say, smiling and crawling over top of Dwayne as Maia moves.
"Girl, I'mma go get something to eat in the Hurricane Food Court, you want?" Maia asked, going to get up.
"You are ALWAYS hungry! Damn! You just love to eat, don't you? Look, just hook me and D up with something, and I'll pay you when you get back. That's IF I get done with this guy by then." I said, smiling.
"Okay cool. I don't know how long I'll be, but knowing me I'll probably leave there and go check out the scenery round here. But don't worry, I'll be back with ya'lls food, and I won't be gone too long. An hour or so is the max I'll be gone." Maia said, going to leave the room. Suddenly she comes back in, peeking her head in the doorway and looking at us suspiciously.
"I'm just telling you now.the sheets and pillowcases and shit are in the hall closet. If ya'll do what I think ya'll is gonna do, and in MY bed, ya'll better wash them damn sheets and put some new ones on! I ain't playin with ya'lls sick behinds!" Maia said, glaring at us one last time before leaving for good.
"It sounds to me like J.Lo number 2 just gave J.Lo number one permission to get buck wild in her bed!" Dwayne said, grinning.
"Uh-huh." I said, starting to lick his chest.
"Look, now you gotta untie me from these bed posts. We gotta do this right." Dwayne said, giving me a sexy look.
How can I resist that face? LOL! I'm untying his hands from the two bed posts, and why did I do that? Now he's quickly getting up and picking me up in his arms, only to drop me on my bed.
"Well damn! Haven't I gotten manhandled enough?" I ask, laughing.
"Not even close." Dwayne answers with a smile as he gets on top of me.
"I'm the queen of basketball, honey. You ain't gon' beat me. I know you ain't trying to start nothing you can't finish." Maia said, smiling and dribbling the ball.
"Let's go then!" Ty said, as the two friends started playing some basketball amongst themselves.
"Looka here, looka here, looka here! These two babes think they doing something! Everybody knows girls can't do shit when it comes to basketball! Basketball is a real MAN'S game!" This tall, light skinned brother named Solace said to his friend Jay as they approached Maia and Ty.
"WHAT?!" Maia and Ty ask, going to get in Jay and Solace's faces.
"Girl, show him how it's done." Maia said, shooting the ball to Ty who shoots a perfect 3 point shot into the basket.
"Shit.that was a lucky shot. Ya'll couldn't do nothing if it was an actual game." Jay said, rolling his eyes and then slapping hands with his boy Solace.
"Really?" The two girls ask, looking at the two guys. Maia and Ty take their Nike jackets off and throw them to the side, only to see Jay and Solace whispering in each other's ears. Now both the guys have huge grins on their faces.
"Oh, so I see both the baby girls must be serious, playa!" Solace said, slapping hands with Jay.
"That's right, me and my girl against you." Maia said, smiling and pointing to her good friend Ty who was standing next to her.
"Okay, baby. You wanna go, we can go." Solace said, as Jay and him went to shake Maia and Ty's hands.
"Hold up a second, man. What are the stipulations?" Ty asks, glaring at Solace.
"If we win, ya'll go out with us tonight.and we goin' clubbing too." Solace said.
"If we win, ya'll gotta strip down to ya bare asses and go run around the campus screaming ya'll are Maia's and Ty's bitches." Maia said, making Ty crack up.
"That's dirty!" Jay said.
"If you don't wanna agree to the terms, I guess we don't gave ourselves a game then." Ty said, waiting for an answer.
"Okay, you wanna play with the big boys?" Solace asked, smiling.
"Yeah, we wanna play." Maia and Ty said, both giving cheeky smiles to Jay and Solace.
"Let's get it on!!!" Solace said, grinning.
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"You two.you two come here." LaKaye, the dance instructor said ushering Dwayne and I up front.
"1-2-3 go!" LaKaye said, directing for us to start dancing.
"People, this is how you're supposed to dance the Salsa!" LaKaye said, as Dwayne and I started dancing.
"Look how the two of them are both in sync with each other. See how he's leading and her body is following him perfectly.it's as simple as that!" LaKaye said, observing my and Dwayne's movements.
"Now.get in your places." LaKaye said, looking out at the dance couples in the room.
"Begin!" LaKaye said, starting the music.
LaKaye walked over to Dwayne and I and said that we could go back to our spots on the dance floor and continue dancing, that she wanted to use us as an example for the class.
"I was so scared when she called us up there." I said, giggling.
"I thought we were in trouble. I mean, with the way she was looking, I was for sure that she was getting ready to embarrass the hell out of us." Dwayne said, laughing.
"There you go!!! Much better!" LaKaye said, walking around the room and observing the different couples and how they were dancing.
"There you go, Dwayne!" I said, mocking LaKaye.
"Shut up!" Dwayne whispered, chuckling.
"Oh shit, here she comes!" I said, laughing and then shutting up.
"Good, you two. Very good." LaKaye said, nodding her head and walking on to the next couple.
"You still got it, Dwayne. I have to say, I'm surprised." I said, smiling.
"Oh yeah? You know what it's time for?" Dwayne asked, grinning.
"No, what? I'm afraid to ask." I said, smiling as we kept dancing.
"It's time for us to turn this place out." Dwayne said, pulling me close.
"You don't mean." I said, lifting an eyebrow.
"Yes. I wanna test you and see how you good you can mix it up. You ready to turn this place out?" Dwayne asked, smiling.
"Go for it." I said, giving the go ahead.
"Follow my lead." Dwayne said in my ear.
Dwayne and I started dancing, and started to ad-lib. We did the salsa, but threw some of the tango and the merengue in there too. A crowd of people is starting to circle us.we're doing just what we said we were gonna do. We're turning the class OUT! Things are getting hot in here, for real. Dwayne and I are only dancing, but because of us using a lot of improvisations here and there, it made things interesting. So far he's run his hand up my thigh, dipped me and ran his hand down my chest.hey, I haven't been so innocent either. But we're not talkin bout me! LOL! We're talkin bout him!
Oh shit! There's this one part in this song that we're dancing to where we decided that, in the spirit of ad-lib, we would make things a little kinky. Dwayne is standing in the back of me, and he's holding me up close to him (the bulge in his pants is feelin' kinda nice, trust me!). Now I'm dropping to the ground and getting back up, but being sure to rub my ass up against that nice bulge of his, just for good measure. And, to be smart, shaking that ass while he runs his hands up the sides of my thighs! Ooh, that got a nice reaction out of people! Damnit, I'm good!
"That was hot!!! Ya'll two done shown the rest of us how it's truly done! As a matter of fact, I don't even know if I should be teaching, cause you two are better than me!" LaKaye said, smiling.
Dwayne and I laugh, and then look at each other. I know Dwayne was feeling salty because I answered his challenge, and not only that but answered it with a big BANG! He's looking at me like he really didn't expect for me to go all out like that, but hey.he wanted to ad-lib, so that's what I did!
"Could ya'll do that again?" A woman asked, making the class laugh.
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Maia and Ty sat on the bleachers laughing so much that they couldn't believe it, but they were crying. The two of them had won, and so that meant that Jay and Solace would have to strip and run around campus screaming that they belonged to Maia and Ty. The girls watched them run about half way around the school and then had to come back to the WC, because they could hardly stand up straight from laughing. This was too much! Oh wait, here comes Jay and Solace!
"That was grimy what ya'll two made us do." Solace said, as he and Jay got their clothes back on.
"Awww! Hey, since we feel so bad for the two of ya'll, we'll go out tonight with you guys anyway. How's that?" Maia asked, as her and Ty sat and smiled at the two guys.
"Aight, but we ain't done with ya'll yet." Jay said, shooting the ball to Maia and smiling.
Jay, Solace, Maia and Ty started to play some more basketball. They seemed to be having a good time, just some friendly competition among UM alumni. Suddenly, a girl came walking up to Solace as he stood on the sidelines and took a drink from his water bottle.
"Hey sexy." The girl said, starting to flirt with Solace.
He started to really look annoyed, giving the this-girl-can't-be-serious look. Maia and Ty started cracking up and laughing hysterically loud. They had to stop playing and run off to the side because Solace really looked irritated by this girl!
"I was on the other side of the room and I saw the way you was moving, and you looked damn good. I was thinking maybe you and I could go out sometime and maybe make somethin' happen if you know what I mean." The girl said, smiling.
"Hell naw!" Solace said, backing up from the girl.
Once again, Maia and Ty got the giggles. Maia was the one who was being all loud and wrong, though. The way Solace had straight out dissed that girl was hilarious! And apparently she didn't like being made a fool of, because she was making her way over to Maia and Ty right away, along with her friend..Dany.
"Who the hell is YOU laughing at? Do you know who I am? I'm Danielle Covington! The star player on the Virginia Tech girls basketball team! I know I better get some respect up in here, especially from some low UM ho's like ya'll. See, VT don't have no trash ho's that go to our school, cause we have only the best and don't expect anything less. So I think you better check ya'll selves right now." Danielle said, glaring at Ty and especially Maia.
"Ty.please tell me she ain't called us no ho's because I thought I heard her say that, and I hope I'm just hearing shit." Maia said, turning to Ty.
"Oh no honey, you heard correct! You ain't got no kinda hearing problem! But, ya'lls school got one big problem that ya'll should be aware of before it gets out. I know all about ya little friend sleeping around with her teacher, and that's just sick. But, at UM that's what you gotta do if you wanna pass, right? You just hop in bed with ya teacher or blow 'em in their office, and everything's cool! You got your "A" for the semester!" Danielle said, starting to crack up.
Maia goes to slap Danielle, only to be pulled back by Jay. Solace comes in between the 2 women to break up a fight that's about to erupt.
"Bitch." Danielle says, and then flips her hair and starts walking away from Maia and Ty.
"You should know all about hanging with bitches since you got one right next to you to teach you how to be the perfect one!" Maia yelled after Danielle and Dany, then giving both of them a mean look. Dany turns around and walks back toward Maia and gets in her face.
"Look ho, let me tell your ass something right now. You don't know me. You don't know a goddamn thing about me. You think you're hot shit ever since you transferred here from Florida State, and you've done nothing but show the fuck off ever since getting here. I'm tired of your attitude, because you walk around here like you're the baddest bitch that ever walked the damn earth. Well, I'm sorry to tell you but you've just MET the baddest bitch, and your ass is gonna pay for taking Crystal from me." Dany said, giving an evil look at Maia.
"Man.what the hell are you talking about?!" Maia asked.
"You know damn well what the hell I'm talking about! You stole Crystal away from me, and you know it!" Dany yelled.
"What are you talking about, I act like I'm the baddest bitch? Nobody ever said any kinda shit like that lately! No, that's you, remember? And for your information, I didn't STEAL Crystal from you. You drove her ass away with your stuck-up attitude. To be real wit you, your ass wasn't even a real friend to her, and that's all she ever wanted from you." Maia said, glaring back at Dany.
Maia's really fired up, and is tempted to hit Dany any minute. Ty can see it in her friend's eyes, and so she holds her back just as Jay did earlier so that she won't do anything.
"She ain't worth ya time, Maia." Ty says, trying to calm Maia down.
"I BETTA not hear any damn thing about your ass giving Crystal any kinda grief, or else you WILL see me again." Maia said as she looks Dany up and down one last time then rolls her eyes, before finally walking off with Jay, Solace and Ty.
(Bang!)
A shot had fired, and had hit Maia in her back. Slumping to the ground, Maia started to cry from the pain. Ty held her, trying to put pressure on the gun shot wound. Jay and Solace went to call an ambulance, leaving the girls. Dany walked over to the two girls, standing over them and smirking, not saying a word.
Dany started to speak but stopped as the sound of sirens seemed to be getting closer. Maia was drifting in and out of consciousness little by little, and didn't know that the police and an ambulance had been called by Jay and Solace. Ty couldn't bring herself to look at Dany, since she was so scared for Maia. She kept looking out for the police and the ambulance, hoping they would come any minute.
"If you two say a WORD about this, not only will both of you be dead, but Crissy and her boyfriend are getting it too." Dany said, pointing the gun at Maia and then Ty one last time, and then rushing off.
"Hold on, Maia. Hold on." Ty said, holding Maia close to her and rocking her back and forth as tears streamed down her face.
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"Why so speechless? Surprised that I actually answered your challenge?" I asked, smirking at Dwayne as we walked out of the WC.
"See, you were showing out. And you took the spotlight and ran with it. I had my planned attack that I was gonna use to answer your little response to my challenge, but you stopped." Dwayne said.
"Whatever.you just mad because I got lil' Dwayne excited and there was nothing you could do about it." I said, grinning.
"By the way, I just wanna let you know that shit was grimy too. How you gon' tease him like that? He's got feelings, girl!" Dwayne said, making me laugh.
"You know you liked it, shut up." I said, purposely stopping in front of Dwayne so that he would bump into me. I rubbed up against him, and then started walking on with a huge grin on my face.
"I'mma give your ass a detention if you keep playin!" Dwayne said, smacking my ass.
"What the hell is it with you and my ass?!" I ask, turning to face him.
"With you wearing them low rise jeans, what can I say? Like I said in class today, as to quote Ja again, it MUST be the ass!" Dwayne said, putting his hands up in defeat and laughing.
"You are so dumb." I said, laughing.
"It be calling me, girl!" Dwayne said, smiling.
"I'm sure it does." I said, rolling my eyes.
"Is that an ambulance, or am I seeing shit?" Dwayne asked, walking closer to me.
"It is! Oh my gosh, come on!" I said, running towards the ambulance to see who was hurt and in trouble.
The paramedics were only a few feet from the WC and they were rolling someone in a stretcher over to the ambulance, about ready to put them in the back. Dwayne and I just made it over before they put the person in, and we quickly recognized the person.
"Maia!!!" Dwayne and I said, shocked.
"Are you Crystal?" This girl asked, who looked as if she had been crying for a while.
"Yes, what happened to her?" I said, not being able to keep my eyes off of Maia, who was laid out on the stretcher with her eyes shut.
"She was shot in the back. By the way, I'm her friend Ty." She said, introducing herself all the while tears were running down her face.
Dwayne took Ty and me and held us in his arms as we just stood there silent, not knowing what to do or say.
"Hey, you take care of her." Dwayne said to the paramedics.
"Oh my god, I don't believe this." I said, starting to cry.
A large crowd of UM students had started forming around the ambulance. They wanted to know who was going off to the hospital. I can't believe this actually happened! I mean, Dwayne and I were right upstairs while she was downstairs on the court.we were in the same fucking building!
Ty said her goodbyes to Dwayne and I and then climbed into the back of the ambulance after the paramedics had loaded Maia in. I wanted to go, and as far as I was concerned, I WAS going.
"I have to go with her." I said, going to get in the back of the ambulance, only to have Dwayne stop me.
"Ty is riding with Maia. We can take my car and follow them if you want." Dwayne said, holding me close.
"I don't know who could possibly have been behind this. I mean, she hardly knew anyone here and had was just getting around to meeting and associating with people.this doesn't make any sense. It's not fair! Why did it have to be one of my friends? Why couldn't it have been someone else?" I said, starting to cry hard on Dwayne's shoulder.
"Come on, let's go." Dwayne said, putting his arm around my shoulder and turning me in the opposite direction as we walked away.
~TO BE CONTINUED~
***** "Girl, with the way things have been going, I REALLY won't be going to any classes today," I said to Maia, taking my clothes out of my suitcases.
"If you want, I'll stay here with you and just won't go today either. It don't bother me none. Besides, two heads are better than one." Maia said, smiling.
"Dwayne said he'd be here after his last class, right? We have them Salsa classes in the WC later on tonight, and I hope I'll be done by then." I said, sitting on Maia's bed.
"Don't worry about it, chica! You'll be done by then as long as I have anything to say about it." Maia said, smiling.
"Let me get my stuff off your bed, I'm sorry." I said, starting to pick up the pile of my clothes and tossing them on my bed which was across from Maia's.
How we even managed to get the bed here I still don't know, because it WAS a struggle, let me tell you! If we didn't have a man with us, Maia and I would've never gotten the bed an inch from the apartment! Oh, and my computer was heavy as hell too! Damn! But, just as Maia promised, we did get everything of mine moved out. More than half of the stuff in the apartment was mine, including most of the food, so I know Dany's gotta be catching feelings now!
"You got some cute clothes, girl! Looks like I'mma have to take some of 'em off your hands for a little while!" Maia said, smiling and going through some of my clothes.
"Some of the shit you can have, because I don't even wear it anymore!" I said, throwing some articles of clothing at her.
"I don't even know how you could tear yourself from this shirt, because it's too cute!" Maia said, looking at me in shock as she picks up this purple v-neck shirt.
"We need to get you some UM gear, for real. All that Florida State shit you got has to GO." I said, stopping what I was doing and going in her closet to go through her clothes.
"Are you serious?" Maia asked, plopping down on her bed.
"What'd I just say?" I asked, laughing as I remembered Dwayne saying that to me.
"This gotta go, and so does this, and this, and this." I said, throwing some FSU articles of clothing out the closet.
"You are really mean, you know that?" Maia asked, laughing.
"You don't KNOW, okay? Rule number 1 in attending the University of Miami: NEVER sport any school gear other than UM. ESPECIALLY Florida State University. No offense against you or anything, but you don't know how much school spirit we show on a daily basis. You go out there in something like this lil' FSU sweater and you will get MOBBED." I said, giggling.
"For real?" Maia asked, shocked.
"For real." I said, looking serious.
"Well damn, cut the shit up and burn it then! I got tired of FSU because their rules were just stupid as hell, and the people there were fucking corny! Ugh!" Maia said, looking disgusted.
I took all the FSU clothes I could find and made a big pile which I took and set in the living room. Maia and I didn't know what we were gonna do with them at the moment, but we would figure out much later.
"Ooh girl! This is so cute! Where'd you get this UM cami and panty set from? It's adorable!" Maia said, looking at some more of my stuff.
I walked back into our room and looked at what Maia was looking at. I had gotten the set from ordering online off the UM merchandise site. I swear, I go on the site almost every day to see what I can spend my money on!
"You go online to the UM merchandise site, and they got all kinds of shit! Oh, and we gotta get you a Canes card. With a Canes card, us UM students get the hook up! Let me tell you!" I said, laughing.
"Damn! I still feel like this is the first day for me! I'm still learning all this shit that I had no idea even existed!" Maia said, shocked.
"Okay, who's ass is about to die?!!!!" We hear Dwayne yell from the living room.
Maia and I burst out laughing as we see Dwayne come walking in our room holding one of Maia's FSU sweaters and a pair of her FSU yoga pants and looking disgusted.
"Who's shit is this? Their ass bout to die!" Dwayne said, making us laugh again.
"It's hers!" I said, pointing out Maia.
"How you gonna tell on me like that! I thought we were cool! J.Lo number one ain't supposed to tell on J.Lo number two!" Maia said.
"It don't matter now! Come with me right now, because we gonna take this shit and put it right out in the dumpster." Dwayne said, taking Maia's hand and pulling her off her bed.
"It's a good thing my ass decided to come here during my planning period, because if I didn't.I don't even wanna think about the chaos you would've caused." Dwayne said, shaking his head.
I watched as they left and went back to sorting through my clothes. Those two were a bunch of clowns, for real. Dwayne's only been here for a few short months and even HE knows how sacred UM pride is! Today is Maia's first lesson in it, I guess.
Making room for my things wasn't too much of a problem. Her room (like all of the student rooms here at UM) is equipped with a bed, dresser, desk, chair, bookshelf, trash can, and window coverings. Cable television and local telephone service are also provided. And, each residential college room is wired for internet access, which is pretty obvious. I guess my computer could go right up there next to hers on the desk. Yeah, that's where I'll put it! It's gonna be a bitch hooking it back up though.ugh! Hey, I wonder if she signed a housing-application contract for this place? Dany had been pressuring me to get one signed over the summer, but I just kept forgetting. Too bad, so sad! My ass ain't gonna be locked in no contract with her! I'm so lucky I didn't go ahead and sign that housing contract! Speaking of contracts and things to do.I gotta pay my health insurance fee! I knew I had to pay something! And seeing as I just quit my job 2 weeks ago, I guess my ass better get out there and start looking, cause this insurance ain't gonna pay for itself.
Maybe I should check out that Miami Commitment Program? Nikki told me that they pay you good money if you're qualified. What the Miami Commitment Program is, is a unique student employment program that was started in 1990 by the Office of Student Employment. Unique to the program is the referral process developed to match qualified students with available employment opportunities. Students are carefully selected and screened to ensure that they meet the qualifications requested by the employer. Then, they're selected to participate in the Miami Commitment employment program and are awarded either need-based Federal Work Study funds or non-need based employment funds.
It's weird, because I still feel like I'm imposing on her. She just got here a few days ago, and already I'm moving in with her. And we've only known each other for some 4 days. I know she's the one that brought up me moving in with her, but I can't help but feel guilty because I've been dragging her into my problems and I shouldn't. There are so many things she needs to know, like about this school, and she doesn't need my problems to burden her and be on her mind like that.
To make it up to her, after Dwayne and I go to these Salsa classes, I'm gonna take her up to Coconut Grove on the HurryCane and we're gonna go clubbing. It's as simple as that. Finally the weekend is here, and so that means we're gonna party. Shit, with all that's gone on in my life this week, I need to.
"And we're back! Now get your ass on in there and act like you got some sense!" Dwayne said, smacking Maia on her ass and sending her to her bed. She was cracking up.
"Hey baby." I said, going over to kiss him.
"Hey honey." He said, taking me in his arms and kissing me.
"Get a room, you two!" Maia said, gagging.
"What's the matter Maia? You know you can get in on this too, you know." Dwayne said, raising both his eyebrows and grinning.
"You are so sick! Why you always trying to get someone to fornicate?" I asked, smiling.
"Your ass can't even SPELL fornicate!" Dwayne said, walking over to Maia's bed and plopping down next to her. She was still laughing.
"F-O-R-N-I-C-A-T-E. I CAN spell, so you can kiss my ass." I said, smiling at him.
"Oh yeah? Bend over right where you are and I'll make that happen as soon as possible." Dwayne said, grinning and getting up off Maia's bed.
"Sit the hell down! Ya'll two are sick!" Maia said, pulling Dwayne by his arm and sitting him on the bed.
"You're lucky this girl is holding me back, because.I'd tear that ass up!" Dwayne said, grinning.
"I'm sure you would." I said, rolling my eyes and going to hang up some of my clothes in the closet.
"If ya'll end up being porn stars one day, please don't call me up and invite me to ya'lls movie premiere." Maia said, shaking her head.
"You know, we could get our own little thing started right here and now. I mean, there's me and then there's the two of ya'll." Dwayne said, raising his eyebrows again.
"Maia, come here now!" I said, going to grab Maia off the bed and over to where I was.
"You can't trust him looking like that.he may just pounce on you without warning." I said, sitting with Maia on my bed and giggling.
"You think just because you took her away that I still can't do nothing? Ya'll two are TOGETHER now!!!" Dwayne said, getting up and coming towards us.
"See what you done did?" Maia said, hitting me with one of my pillows.
"Oh no you didn't hit me!" I said, grabbing one of my other pillows and hitting her back.
"Ooh shit! I'mma see you two fight? Okay, that's what I'm talking bout!" Dwayne said, grinning like a kid in a candy store and sitting down on Maia's bed.
"Come on, Crissy! You wanna be all big and bad, then come on!" Maia said, taking her hair down and letting it drape over her shoulders.
"Alright, then!" I said, taking my hair down too and taking my long UM shirt off, just leaving my UM lounge pants and sports bra on.
"Oh, so you wanna go to taking the shirt off? Okay, let me make this even." Maia said, taking her Nike shirt off and leaving her Nike lounge pants and sports bra on.
"Hey, if ya'll wanna keep taking stuff off, I just wanted to let you know that it's all cool with me." Dwayne said, giving the thumbs up.
"Man, shut up!" Maia and I said, throwing our shirts at him.
I took the first swing, hitting Maia in the side of the head when she wasn't looking. She retaliated by hitting me in the side, sending me sprawling over to her bed. Dwayne smacked me on my ass and sent me back in to fight Maia. I hit him just for good measure and then we went back to fighting.
"I thought you were better than this, Maia! Miss Florida State is supposed to be able to kick my ass!" I said, hitting Maia in the back of her head.
"I am!" Maia said, swinging and hitting me in my face with the pillow.
"Oh shit!" Dwayne said, starting to laugh hysterically. He took Maia's pillow off her bed and covered his face so that I wouldn't see him laughing so hard.
"No you didn't hit me in the face, bitch!" I said, laughing as I hit Maia really hard in the face.
"That's it, put the pillow down. We going at it now!" Maia said, throwing my pillow on my bed and waiting for me to throw mine too.
"Come on, Florida State!" I said, egging her on.
"Just bring it, UM!" Maia said, challenging me back.
Maia and I locked up, and we were like that for a while. Dwayne had stopped laughing and now was back into our fight. This was fun!
"Give it to her, Crystal!" Dwayne yelled, smiling.
I got Maia in a headlock and soon enough she had gotten out of it and had me on the floor. Suddenly Dwayne had perked up, and he was really getting into things now.
"You ain't so tough now, are you UM?" Maia asked, having me pinned to the ground.
"No.I'm tougher." I said, flipping Maia over and pinning her to the ground now.
"Oh damn! You got PLASTERED to the ground, Maia! She gave it to you hard!" Dwayne said, cracking up.
"That was good." I said, standing up and pulling Maia up too.
"Yeah, but I'll give you a run for your money next time, ho." Maia said, making me laugh along with her.
"Truce for now?" I asked, holding my hand out to Maia.
"Yeah, truce." Maia answered, shaking my hand.
Suddenly Maia whispered something in my ear. Liking the sound of it, I smiled as Maia and I turned to face Dwayne. We didn't say anything, just smiled at him.
"Hold on a second.what ya'll looking at me like that for?" Dwayne asked, getting nervous.
"Oh nothing." Maia and I answered sweetly, walking over to him.
"What are ya'll two getting ready to do to me?! Ya'll two are plotting! I see it in your eyes!" Dwayne asked, still sounding nervous.
"What makes you think we would do something like that?" I asked, kneeling on the bed and pushing Dwayne down to get on top of him.
"Ooh, I think I like this." Dwayne said, laying back as I sat up and looked down at him. I started running my hands up his shirt and playing with his nipples.
Meanwhile, Dwayne had his hands up behind his head. Maia snuck up behind him and started tying one of his hands to her bed post.
"What the hell are ya'll doing?!" Dwayne asked, starting to move.
"We're just playing with you a little bit, Dwayne." I said, leaning down and biting his ear and then kissing his neck.
"And you like to be played with, don't you?" Maia asked, going to tie Dwayne's other hand to the other bed post.
"Yeah, but I mean." Dwayne said, his voice trailing off.
"You may wanna call out for the rest of the day, because you'll be a bit busy." I said, kissing his neck.
"But I can't..I've already taught 2 classes today, and..shit, give me the phone." Dwayne said, coming around as I continued kissing and biting his neck.
I gave Maia the number for the UM office and then she dialed the number, placing the receiver at Dwayne's ear so he could talk.
"Yeah, this is Dwayne Johnson. (cough) You're gonna have to call a substitute for my Criminology classes, because I seemed to have really (cough) come down (cough) with something (cough) and I need to get to my doctor's office as soon as possible to get checked out..I would go to the (cough) Wellness Center, but I already contacted my doctor and he wants to see me as soon as possible. (cough) Okay, thank you. Bye." Dwayne said, looking at me and then Maia and shaking his head.
"You've had a change of heart, I presume?" Maia asked, taking the phone from Dwayne and hanging it up.
"I guess you could say that." Dwayne said, grinning.
"Crissy, come here." Maia says, beckoning for me to come over to her.
Maia whispers something in my ear and then I start to smile. I wave goodbye to Dwayne, and he looks at me like I'm crazy.
"Where you going?!" Dwayne asks, watching me.
"Bye Dwayne." I say, smiling and waving as I walk out the room.
"Baby! Come back!" Dwayne said, before finally laying back down as soon as he saw that I wasn't coming back.
"Relax Dwayne." Maia said, climbing onto the bed and on top of Dwayne, who was oblivious to what was going on.
Okay people! I'm out in the living room, flipping through channels and watching television. Maia and I are going to basically play with Dwayne for a little while, and that was all she had whispered to me about earlier. I'm gonna let her have her time for a little while, and then I'm going to go in there later on. Our whole purpose for doing this is just to mess with Dwayne's mind (as well as some other things too) and see how he reacts to them. Oh damn! Here she comes jetting out to the kitchen!
"What is you doing, girl?" I ask, laughing. Ya'll should've seen her come sliding into the kitchen, almost slipping in her socks and busting her ass!
"Gotta get some ice cubes!" Maia said, rushing.
"How you gon' steal my idea?" I ask, looking at her fill up a bowl with ice cubes.
"That's the advantage of getting to go first!" Maia answered with a smile, quickly rushing back into our room with her bowl of ice cubes.
That girl is not right, I tell you. Now, I know what ya'll may be thinking. How am I gonna let another chick, my best friend for that matter, fool around with my man just in the other room? Well see, like I said, this is all in fun. Nothing's to be taken seriously, at least until I come in there and start my stuff with him. Then, things will get serious. I just don't think Maia would be cool with the possibility that me and him could end up having sex right on her bed.(ya'll won't tell, will ya'll? LOL!)
"Damn Maia.you don't play with them ice cubes, do you?" Dwayne asked, watching Maia take 2 and run them all over his chest.
Maia started to replace the trail of the cold water that had been left behind from the melted ice cubes on Dwayne's chest with her mouth as she started kissing his chest. A small moan escaped the back of his throat as he took to the sensations she was giving him.
"Well hello, people!" I say cheerfully, walking in the room.
"Crystal, you see what your girl's doing right?" Dwayne asked, looking at me and then starting to moan again.
"Yeah, I see it. So?" I say, plopping down on the edge of Maia's bed as I watch her.
"Ain't you gonna do something?" Dwayne asked, still moaning every now and then.
"Hmm.now that you mention it, I think I will. My turn!" I say, smiling and crawling over top of Dwayne as Maia moves.
"Girl, I'mma go get something to eat in the Hurricane Food Court, you want?" Maia asked, going to get up.
"You are ALWAYS hungry! Damn! You just love to eat, don't you? Look, just hook me and D up with something, and I'll pay you when you get back. That's IF I get done with this guy by then." I said, smiling.
"Okay cool. I don't know how long I'll be, but knowing me I'll probably leave there and go check out the scenery round here. But don't worry, I'll be back with ya'lls food, and I won't be gone too long. An hour or so is the max I'll be gone." Maia said, going to leave the room. Suddenly she comes back in, peeking her head in the doorway and looking at us suspiciously.
"I'm just telling you now.the sheets and pillowcases and shit are in the hall closet. If ya'll do what I think ya'll is gonna do, and in MY bed, ya'll better wash them damn sheets and put some new ones on! I ain't playin with ya'lls sick behinds!" Maia said, glaring at us one last time before leaving for good.
"It sounds to me like J.Lo number 2 just gave J.Lo number one permission to get buck wild in her bed!" Dwayne said, grinning.
"Uh-huh." I said, starting to lick his chest.
"Look, now you gotta untie me from these bed posts. We gotta do this right." Dwayne said, giving me a sexy look.
How can I resist that face? LOL! I'm untying his hands from the two bed posts, and why did I do that? Now he's quickly getting up and picking me up in his arms, only to drop me on my bed.
"Well damn! Haven't I gotten manhandled enough?" I ask, laughing.
"Not even close." Dwayne answers with a smile as he gets on top of me.
"I'm the queen of basketball, honey. You ain't gon' beat me. I know you ain't trying to start nothing you can't finish." Maia said, smiling and dribbling the ball.
"Let's go then!" Ty said, as the two friends started playing some basketball amongst themselves.
"Looka here, looka here, looka here! These two babes think they doing something! Everybody knows girls can't do shit when it comes to basketball! Basketball is a real MAN'S game!" This tall, light skinned brother named Solace said to his friend Jay as they approached Maia and Ty.
"WHAT?!" Maia and Ty ask, going to get in Jay and Solace's faces.
"Girl, show him how it's done." Maia said, shooting the ball to Ty who shoots a perfect 3 point shot into the basket.
"Shit.that was a lucky shot. Ya'll couldn't do nothing if it was an actual game." Jay said, rolling his eyes and then slapping hands with his boy Solace.
"Really?" The two girls ask, looking at the two guys. Maia and Ty take their Nike jackets off and throw them to the side, only to see Jay and Solace whispering in each other's ears. Now both the guys have huge grins on their faces.
"Oh, so I see both the baby girls must be serious, playa!" Solace said, slapping hands with Jay.
"That's right, me and my girl against you." Maia said, smiling and pointing to her good friend Ty who was standing next to her.
"Okay, baby. You wanna go, we can go." Solace said, as Jay and him went to shake Maia and Ty's hands.
"Hold up a second, man. What are the stipulations?" Ty asks, glaring at Solace.
"If we win, ya'll go out with us tonight.and we goin' clubbing too." Solace said.
"If we win, ya'll gotta strip down to ya bare asses and go run around the campus screaming ya'll are Maia's and Ty's bitches." Maia said, making Ty crack up.
"That's dirty!" Jay said.
"If you don't wanna agree to the terms, I guess we don't gave ourselves a game then." Ty said, waiting for an answer.
"Okay, you wanna play with the big boys?" Solace asked, smiling.
"Yeah, we wanna play." Maia and Ty said, both giving cheeky smiles to Jay and Solace.
"Let's get it on!!!" Solace said, grinning.
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"You two.you two come here." LaKaye, the dance instructor said ushering Dwayne and I up front.
"1-2-3 go!" LaKaye said, directing for us to start dancing.
"People, this is how you're supposed to dance the Salsa!" LaKaye said, as Dwayne and I started dancing.
"Look how the two of them are both in sync with each other. See how he's leading and her body is following him perfectly.it's as simple as that!" LaKaye said, observing my and Dwayne's movements.
"Now.get in your places." LaKaye said, looking out at the dance couples in the room.
"Begin!" LaKaye said, starting the music.
LaKaye walked over to Dwayne and I and said that we could go back to our spots on the dance floor and continue dancing, that she wanted to use us as an example for the class.
"I was so scared when she called us up there." I said, giggling.
"I thought we were in trouble. I mean, with the way she was looking, I was for sure that she was getting ready to embarrass the hell out of us." Dwayne said, laughing.
"There you go!!! Much better!" LaKaye said, walking around the room and observing the different couples and how they were dancing.
"There you go, Dwayne!" I said, mocking LaKaye.
"Shut up!" Dwayne whispered, chuckling.
"Oh shit, here she comes!" I said, laughing and then shutting up.
"Good, you two. Very good." LaKaye said, nodding her head and walking on to the next couple.
"You still got it, Dwayne. I have to say, I'm surprised." I said, smiling.
"Oh yeah? You know what it's time for?" Dwayne asked, grinning.
"No, what? I'm afraid to ask." I said, smiling as we kept dancing.
"It's time for us to turn this place out." Dwayne said, pulling me close.
"You don't mean." I said, lifting an eyebrow.
"Yes. I wanna test you and see how you good you can mix it up. You ready to turn this place out?" Dwayne asked, smiling.
"Go for it." I said, giving the go ahead.
"Follow my lead." Dwayne said in my ear.
Dwayne and I started dancing, and started to ad-lib. We did the salsa, but threw some of the tango and the merengue in there too. A crowd of people is starting to circle us.we're doing just what we said we were gonna do. We're turning the class OUT! Things are getting hot in here, for real. Dwayne and I are only dancing, but because of us using a lot of improvisations here and there, it made things interesting. So far he's run his hand up my thigh, dipped me and ran his hand down my chest.hey, I haven't been so innocent either. But we're not talkin bout me! LOL! We're talkin bout him!
Oh shit! There's this one part in this song that we're dancing to where we decided that, in the spirit of ad-lib, we would make things a little kinky. Dwayne is standing in the back of me, and he's holding me up close to him (the bulge in his pants is feelin' kinda nice, trust me!). Now I'm dropping to the ground and getting back up, but being sure to rub my ass up against that nice bulge of his, just for good measure. And, to be smart, shaking that ass while he runs his hands up the sides of my thighs! Ooh, that got a nice reaction out of people! Damnit, I'm good!
"That was hot!!! Ya'll two done shown the rest of us how it's truly done! As a matter of fact, I don't even know if I should be teaching, cause you two are better than me!" LaKaye said, smiling.
Dwayne and I laugh, and then look at each other. I know Dwayne was feeling salty because I answered his challenge, and not only that but answered it with a big BANG! He's looking at me like he really didn't expect for me to go all out like that, but hey.he wanted to ad-lib, so that's what I did!
"Could ya'll do that again?" A woman asked, making the class laugh.
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Maia and Ty sat on the bleachers laughing so much that they couldn't believe it, but they were crying. The two of them had won, and so that meant that Jay and Solace would have to strip and run around campus screaming that they belonged to Maia and Ty. The girls watched them run about half way around the school and then had to come back to the WC, because they could hardly stand up straight from laughing. This was too much! Oh wait, here comes Jay and Solace!
"That was grimy what ya'll two made us do." Solace said, as he and Jay got their clothes back on.
"Awww! Hey, since we feel so bad for the two of ya'll, we'll go out tonight with you guys anyway. How's that?" Maia asked, as her and Ty sat and smiled at the two guys.
"Aight, but we ain't done with ya'll yet." Jay said, shooting the ball to Maia and smiling.
Jay, Solace, Maia and Ty started to play some more basketball. They seemed to be having a good time, just some friendly competition among UM alumni. Suddenly, a girl came walking up to Solace as he stood on the sidelines and took a drink from his water bottle.
"Hey sexy." The girl said, starting to flirt with Solace.
He started to really look annoyed, giving the this-girl-can't-be-serious look. Maia and Ty started cracking up and laughing hysterically loud. They had to stop playing and run off to the side because Solace really looked irritated by this girl!
"I was on the other side of the room and I saw the way you was moving, and you looked damn good. I was thinking maybe you and I could go out sometime and maybe make somethin' happen if you know what I mean." The girl said, smiling.
"Hell naw!" Solace said, backing up from the girl.
Once again, Maia and Ty got the giggles. Maia was the one who was being all loud and wrong, though. The way Solace had straight out dissed that girl was hilarious! And apparently she didn't like being made a fool of, because she was making her way over to Maia and Ty right away, along with her friend..Dany.
"Who the hell is YOU laughing at? Do you know who I am? I'm Danielle Covington! The star player on the Virginia Tech girls basketball team! I know I better get some respect up in here, especially from some low UM ho's like ya'll. See, VT don't have no trash ho's that go to our school, cause we have only the best and don't expect anything less. So I think you better check ya'll selves right now." Danielle said, glaring at Ty and especially Maia.
"Ty.please tell me she ain't called us no ho's because I thought I heard her say that, and I hope I'm just hearing shit." Maia said, turning to Ty.
"Oh no honey, you heard correct! You ain't got no kinda hearing problem! But, ya'lls school got one big problem that ya'll should be aware of before it gets out. I know all about ya little friend sleeping around with her teacher, and that's just sick. But, at UM that's what you gotta do if you wanna pass, right? You just hop in bed with ya teacher or blow 'em in their office, and everything's cool! You got your "A" for the semester!" Danielle said, starting to crack up.
Maia goes to slap Danielle, only to be pulled back by Jay. Solace comes in between the 2 women to break up a fight that's about to erupt.
"Bitch." Danielle says, and then flips her hair and starts walking away from Maia and Ty.
"You should know all about hanging with bitches since you got one right next to you to teach you how to be the perfect one!" Maia yelled after Danielle and Dany, then giving both of them a mean look. Dany turns around and walks back toward Maia and gets in her face.
"Look ho, let me tell your ass something right now. You don't know me. You don't know a goddamn thing about me. You think you're hot shit ever since you transferred here from Florida State, and you've done nothing but show the fuck off ever since getting here. I'm tired of your attitude, because you walk around here like you're the baddest bitch that ever walked the damn earth. Well, I'm sorry to tell you but you've just MET the baddest bitch, and your ass is gonna pay for taking Crystal from me." Dany said, giving an evil look at Maia.
"Man.what the hell are you talking about?!" Maia asked.
"You know damn well what the hell I'm talking about! You stole Crystal away from me, and you know it!" Dany yelled.
"What are you talking about, I act like I'm the baddest bitch? Nobody ever said any kinda shit like that lately! No, that's you, remember? And for your information, I didn't STEAL Crystal from you. You drove her ass away with your stuck-up attitude. To be real wit you, your ass wasn't even a real friend to her, and that's all she ever wanted from you." Maia said, glaring back at Dany.
Maia's really fired up, and is tempted to hit Dany any minute. Ty can see it in her friend's eyes, and so she holds her back just as Jay did earlier so that she won't do anything.
"She ain't worth ya time, Maia." Ty says, trying to calm Maia down.
"I BETTA not hear any damn thing about your ass giving Crystal any kinda grief, or else you WILL see me again." Maia said as she looks Dany up and down one last time then rolls her eyes, before finally walking off with Jay, Solace and Ty.
(Bang!)
A shot had fired, and had hit Maia in her back. Slumping to the ground, Maia started to cry from the pain. Ty held her, trying to put pressure on the gun shot wound. Jay and Solace went to call an ambulance, leaving the girls. Dany walked over to the two girls, standing over them and smirking, not saying a word.
Dany started to speak but stopped as the sound of sirens seemed to be getting closer. Maia was drifting in and out of consciousness little by little, and didn't know that the police and an ambulance had been called by Jay and Solace. Ty couldn't bring herself to look at Dany, since she was so scared for Maia. She kept looking out for the police and the ambulance, hoping they would come any minute.
"If you two say a WORD about this, not only will both of you be dead, but Crissy and her boyfriend are getting it too." Dany said, pointing the gun at Maia and then Ty one last time, and then rushing off.
"Hold on, Maia. Hold on." Ty said, holding Maia close to her and rocking her back and forth as tears streamed down her face.
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"Why so speechless? Surprised that I actually answered your challenge?" I asked, smirking at Dwayne as we walked out of the WC.
"See, you were showing out. And you took the spotlight and ran with it. I had my planned attack that I was gonna use to answer your little response to my challenge, but you stopped." Dwayne said.
"Whatever.you just mad because I got lil' Dwayne excited and there was nothing you could do about it." I said, grinning.
"By the way, I just wanna let you know that shit was grimy too. How you gon' tease him like that? He's got feelings, girl!" Dwayne said, making me laugh.
"You know you liked it, shut up." I said, purposely stopping in front of Dwayne so that he would bump into me. I rubbed up against him, and then started walking on with a huge grin on my face.
"I'mma give your ass a detention if you keep playin!" Dwayne said, smacking my ass.
"What the hell is it with you and my ass?!" I ask, turning to face him.
"With you wearing them low rise jeans, what can I say? Like I said in class today, as to quote Ja again, it MUST be the ass!" Dwayne said, putting his hands up in defeat and laughing.
"You are so dumb." I said, laughing.
"It be calling me, girl!" Dwayne said, smiling.
"I'm sure it does." I said, rolling my eyes.
"Is that an ambulance, or am I seeing shit?" Dwayne asked, walking closer to me.
"It is! Oh my gosh, come on!" I said, running towards the ambulance to see who was hurt and in trouble.
The paramedics were only a few feet from the WC and they were rolling someone in a stretcher over to the ambulance, about ready to put them in the back. Dwayne and I just made it over before they put the person in, and we quickly recognized the person.
"Maia!!!" Dwayne and I said, shocked.
"Are you Crystal?" This girl asked, who looked as if she had been crying for a while.
"Yes, what happened to her?" I said, not being able to keep my eyes off of Maia, who was laid out on the stretcher with her eyes shut.
"She was shot in the back. By the way, I'm her friend Ty." She said, introducing herself all the while tears were running down her face.
Dwayne took Ty and me and held us in his arms as we just stood there silent, not knowing what to do or say.
"Hey, you take care of her." Dwayne said to the paramedics.
"Oh my god, I don't believe this." I said, starting to cry.
A large crowd of UM students had started forming around the ambulance. They wanted to know who was going off to the hospital. I can't believe this actually happened! I mean, Dwayne and I were right upstairs while she was downstairs on the court.we were in the same fucking building!
Ty said her goodbyes to Dwayne and I and then climbed into the back of the ambulance after the paramedics had loaded Maia in. I wanted to go, and as far as I was concerned, I WAS going.
"I have to go with her." I said, going to get in the back of the ambulance, only to have Dwayne stop me.
"Ty is riding with Maia. We can take my car and follow them if you want." Dwayne said, holding me close.
"I don't know who could possibly have been behind this. I mean, she hardly knew anyone here and had was just getting around to meeting and associating with people.this doesn't make any sense. It's not fair! Why did it have to be one of my friends? Why couldn't it have been someone else?" I said, starting to cry hard on Dwayne's shoulder.
"Come on, let's go." Dwayne said, putting his arm around my shoulder and turning me in the opposite direction as we walked away.
~TO BE CONTINUED~