Chapters Ten & Eleven
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Let's fast forward about a month, shall we? It's now Friday, October 28th, and much has happened since the last time we met. Dany was convicted of attempted homicide and is now incarcerated in the state prison, mostly due in part to Maia, Ty and my testimonies. After that, UM was pretty much a media frenzy, and we were constantly having cameras in our face, and people wanting to interview us. It was crazy. You would think that I would be just the least bit worried about Dany breaking out and having her revenge on me for putting her away indefinitely, but I'm not. Dany's smart, but not that smart. And as for Nikki and Hiram? Well, they have moved in with Dwayne for the time being. Nikki's almost in her second month. We all have been spending more time together too, just the four of us. It gets really interesting sometime. Hiram's just about guaranteed a scholarship, like it was mentioned earlier, and so he should get a scholarship in May. Nikki has her college fund, so her schooling is paid for. Surprisingly enough, her "parents" (remember, they want nothing to do with her since she's with Hiram?) didn't do anything so that she wouldn't have access to it anymore. Maybe they just don't care, I don't know. Every now and again, when I'm over at Dwayne's (which is like, on a daily basis now!) I hear Nikki and Hiram argue. For the past couple weeks they've argued about Hiram getting a job. Nikki doesn't want him to do anything but concentrate on football so that she can work to help support their baby and eventually get them an apartment. There's a UM daycare center right on campus, so they don't have to pay for a baby-sitter every day. But Hiram isn't hearing any of what Nikki's been trying to say to him. Dwayne's thinking about giving them some money so that they can get their own place and help them out, but he doesn't know how they'd feel if he just sprung the idea on them all of the sudden. He knows his nephew Hiram, and like Dwayne, he's stubborn. Once he sticks his heels in about something, that's it. But maybe if he can get through to Nikki, he can get through to Hiram.
Maia has been trying to do her thing with Jay. His attitude has gotten a lot better since the whole BK incident, and he really has worked hard in putting in work to establish a relationship between himself and Maia. She told me that they just had their first kiss yesterday! That is so cute!!! Because of her spending so much time with Jay, and me being so preoccupied with Nikki and Hiram and Dwayne, we only see each other in class and that's about it. AND WE LIVE TOGETHER! That's crazy! Starting today, we're going to spend a lot more time together, though. Me and her and Nikki are all going window shopping (LMAO!) at the mall to look at baby clothes.
And FINALLY.me and Dwayne. We still haven't had sex yet. Now hold on, I know ya'll have to be just a little confused about everything. Remember the time where Maia and me had played with Dwayne some, and she left to go get something to eat, I had Dwayne handcuffed, and he told me to let him go so we could do this right? He carried me over to my bed, and when you guys left, he WAS on top of me, but it ended up just being a thing where we gave each other oral sex, you know. We haven't gone "all the way" yet. BUT ANYWAY. Well, today is not only the day of the UM Pep Rally, but it's my birthday too! I turn 23 today, isn't that great?!!! Up until now, let's see what Dwayne and I have done. We've danced our asses off practicing for this Pep Rally and the competition that's going to be in Orlando next month. I managed to tryout and make the 2002-2003 UM Dance Squad, the Sunsations! Oh yeah, Maia made it too! (She's thinking about trying out for the basketball team too) There's 14 of us dancers total. Now University of Miami's gonna have some ghettofied dancers! LMAO! LMAO! LMAO! They might as well get ready, cause they ain't never SEEN no dancers like the J.Lo Ass-Shakers!!! I STILL can't get over Dwayne saying that to us! LMAO! But anyway, I've been BUSY as you can tell. Today I have to dance with Dwayne with the other 4 couples from the Salsa class, and then I'm gonna have to be on the field later with the other cheerleaders and dancers because we have to introduce the football players. Dwayne and Coach Larry Coker are gonna be out there too, and because it's Pep Rally Day, you KNOW all the athletes are dressed up and looking all cute! Dwayne's coaching duties started sooner than he expected. About a week after the whole drama with Nikki and Hiram's thing, Coach Coker notified Dwayne, telling him he would need to report to the field that Monday afternoon to start. To be exact, he's the defensive coach for the football team. Hey, at least we'll be together on the field today! LMAO!
The bell just rang, and me and Maia are just now making it to class. We had no choice but to dress up in our outfits. As you can imagine, the cat calls begin as soon as we step foot in the door. Maia and I start cracking up as we walk to our seats. Looking down at the front of the class, Dwayne is shaking his head at Maia and me.
"Are ya'll gonna represent us out on that field?" Dwayne asked.
"You know we are, stop playing!" Maia yelled down to him, smiling.
"Us UM players don't NEED no intro, really." Dwayne bragged, smiling afterward.
"What EVER! That is so wrong! Don't hate on us Sunsations just because you know we're gonna work that field later on tonight!" I said, smiling. Just then, Dwayne walked back into his chambers right quick, leaving the class for a moment. "Why don't you just shut the hell UP sometime?!" This guy Scotty (who always gets on my LAST damn nerve!) said, not amused.
"Ooh!" Said the class.
"WHAT?!" I asked.
"Yeah Scotty, she DOES need to shut up for once! Damn! We can't go one day without her ass running her mouth! I think she's REALLY got it bad for Mr. Johnson cause of the way she's always flirting with him!" This guy Kris (who hardly ever talks) said. "I KNOW ya'll are NOT talking to ME!" I said, getting up. "Man, sit your punk ass down! You ain't shit anyway!" This OTHER guy named Josh said. "Ya'll better leave her alone before I fuck every last one of you assholes up in here! And I ain't PLAYIN' either!" Nikki said, raising her voice. "Man, BOTH of ya'll are fucking smuts. But I gotta give Crystal some credit at least. YOU is more of one than Crystal, and that's only cause you went and got yourself knocked up by the star of the damn football team!" Scotty yelled.
"WHAT?!!!" Nikki and I asked, heading down toward the front row to where Scotty and Kris was sitting.
"Look man, if you wanna talk to them like that, we got a problem." Hiram said, getting up and kissing Nikki on the forehead before laying his eyes on Scotty. "You wanna do something about it? Man, you be getting on my nerves TOO! Just cause Mr. J is ya uncle, you think you can get away with shit! Between you, that pregnant smut right there, and that smut who's always all up on Mr. J's balls, I don't know WHO'S worse!" Kris said. "You both are some fucking assholes! You know what, why don't you go suck each other off?!" Nikki asked, starting to cry. "Ooh!" The class said again.
"You son of a BITCH!" Hiram said after seeing Nikki's tears, charging after Kris while I left Nikki and went after Scotty. "Fight! Fight! Fight!" The class started to chant, while banging on their desks.
Dwayne came out of his chambers running toward me and Hiram, who were busy fighting with Scotty and Kris. He was extremely angry, but I didn't care. I didn't do nothing to nobody, and already people have to start shit! "Get over here! Stop this right now!" Dwayne said, separating Hiram and Kris from one another. Meanwhile, I was still on top of the desk hitting Scotty, who wasn't man enough to hit me back. "Crystal! Stop it! Dammit, get off of him!" Dwayne yelled, finally managing to pull me off of Scotty.
"Now I'm pissed! I can't leave ya'll for 2 minutes! 2 MINUTES! And why? Because ya'll wanna act like ya'll are still in high school! Excuse my language, but what the fuck just happened here?!" Dwayne said, looking from me and Hiram to a crying Nikki who was retreating back to her seat to Scotty and Kris. "Them assholes started talking a whole bunch of shit about Nikki and Crystal, and when Nikki and Crystal came down here to confront them, it just got worse. Nikki started to cry, and pretty soon, I had jumped Kris' ass and Crystal had jumped Scotty's." Hiram answered. I was standing next to Hiram, and Dwayne was standing in between us and Scotty and Kris. After Dwayne had lifted me off of Scotty, my skirt had went up just a LITTLE too much, because all the rest of the guys in the class were doing those cat calls again. So, I'm trying to put it down and keep it down. I can see Maia snickering, and I swear when I go back up to my seat, I'm gonna hurt her!
"Scotty, Kris, what the hell is wrong with you two? I haven't had a problem with neither of you up until now." Dwayne said, looking at the two of them. Scotty and Kris said nothing and looked away, like they weren't paying any attention to Dwayne. He doesn't like that one bit, because I can see the blood rushing through his veins. That big vein in his neck is getting big. Uh-oh.
"Do ya'll two not here me TALKING to you?!!! ANSWER me!" Dwayne said, raising his voice.
And still, they refused to say anything to Dwayne. Scotty and Kris looked at one another, looked at Dwayne with a you-can-kiss-my-ass expression on both of their faces, and walked back to their desks, got their stuff, and walked out. "Damn!" Dwayne said, putting his hands on his hips and looking at Hiram and I before sighing. Hiram and I look at one another and then the class, who is all looking at us and Dwayne. All eyes are on us three in the front. "Are you alright?" Dwayne asked, looking at Hiram.
"I'm fine." Hiram said, not breaking his tone. He still sounded mad. "Are you alright?" Dwayne asked, looking at me.
"Couple scratches on my legs, but other than that, I'm cool." I said.
"Alright, go sit the hell down, both of you. I'm pissed. If I hear a word out of ANYONE for the rest of the period, your ass is getting thrown out. That's it." Dwayne said, plopping down in his swivel chair and watching the class and Hiram and I as we walked back to our seats. He was really pissed! All the sudden, a smiling Steve waved his hand and looked from me to Dwayne as I sat down. What the hell did he want? "What?!" Dwayne asked roughly, looking up at Steve.
"Hey Mr. Johnson, I just thought you would like to know it's Crystal's birthday today." Steve said, still smiling. Dwayne's whole mood changed!!! He's got this ear-to-ear smile on his face, and he's looking right at me. "IS it?" Dwayne asked, smiling at Steve. "Well damn, your whole MOOD has did a complete 360 in 2 minutes!" Nikki said out loud to Dwayne, making the whole class laugh. "Is that true, Counselor?" Dwayne asked, raising his eyebrow at me.
Everyone started making a whole bunch of "oohs" and "aahs" because they knew what was coming. He never does that eyebrow thing unless he's bout to do something real dumb or real crazy. To make matters worse, he's coming up here to me and touching the belt! Oh no!
"You can't answer me now?" Dwayne asked, smiling. "Yes, it is my birthday." I said, afraid of what was about to happen.
"Quick question.Do I have any other Fall babies in here besides Crystal?" Dwayne asked, looking out at the class. "Me!" Yolanda and Maia said, raising their hands. "Two and Four, ya'lls birthdays are in the Fall too?" I asked, starting to look at them in disbelief. "Mine passed, though. Mines was October 11th." Maia said, making a sad face at Dwayne and I. "What about you, J.Lo number 4?" Dwayne asked, pointing at Yo.
"My birthday is next month. November 21st." Yo answered, smiling.
"That's all? Out of all of ya'll, I only have 3 Fall Babies?" Dwayne asked, shocked. "Yeah." The rest of the class said.
"Oh yeah? Just for the record, where are all my Summer babies at?" Dwayne asked, looking around. About half the class raised their hands in the air.
"My Spring babies?" Dwayne asked, and raising his hand . Just about the rest of the class raised their hands.
"I KNOW I gotta have some Winter babies up in here!" Dwayne said, looking to see that only 2 people raised their hands. "Damn!" Dwayne said, making us laugh.
"This seems too coincidental. You mean to tell me that only 3 out of the 6 of you J.Lo's are all Fall? What about the rest of ya'll?" Dwayne asked, looking at Nikki and Cerisa. Jules was absent today. "I'm one of your Spring babies! You didn't see me raise my hand? My birthday is April 29th!" Cerisa said, smiling at Dwayne. "And I'm one of your Summer babies. My birthday is August 7th." Nikki said, smiling too.
"Well damn! Can I start calling ya'll J.Lo's Earth, Wind and Fire now and just call it a day?" Dwayne said, making the class laugh again.
"You's a dumbass!" Nikki said, laughing. "Okay, Birthday Girl and Company, come on down here." Dwayne said, signaling for me, Yolanda and Maia to get up and come down the stairs. "You gon' give 'em a lap dance, Uncle DJ?" Hiram asked, making the whole class laugh.
"Damn, Hiram! Why you gotta put me on front street like that?! I was gonna surprise 'em!" Dwayne said, looking disappointed. The whole class started hysterically laughing. Maia, Yo and me are all trying to stand up against the desk, cause we're laughing so hard that we can hardly stand up. "Where's my radio at?" Dwayne said to himself, walking around behind his desk and looking for his radio to set up. "Oh shit! He's really gonna do it!" Maia and Yo said simultaneously, making me laugh so hard that I started crying. "Here we go!" Dwayne said, a huge grin on his face, as he set his radio on top of his desk and turned on radio. "Hey Birthday Girls.what's he doing?" Steve asked, trying to see what Dwayne was doing.
Yo, Maia and I all shrugged our shoulders and started laughing. Looking back at Dwayne, he was flipping through channels, I guess looking for a good song. He stopped on R. Kelly's song "Sex Me (Part 1)", as it was just starting. As soon as we heard R. Kelly's voice, all of us girls in the room looked at one another and then Dwayne kinda weird-like, making all the guys really start to laugh. "Okay, all 3 of ya'll have to sit down so I can do this right." Dwayne said, looking at us and then the class and grinning. Maia, Yo and I all sit on top of Dwayne's desk, and then Dwayne stands in front of us (I'm in the middle). He starts smiling (what I wanna know is, what the hell is so good that you have to smile like that? He really must be ready to act stupid) at us, and we watch as his hands go up to the third button on his shirt (this first two were unbuttoned). Suddenly, he starts moving his body all seductively and stuff.oh no! This is NOT happening! The class is even starting to clap in rhythm with the music all the while laughing! What the fuck?! "Sex me, baby, baby, sex me." Dwayne sings, unbuttoning the rest of his shirt slowly. Yo's, Maia's and my eyes are all locked on Dwayne. We don't know whether to laugh or gawk or just run out the room altogether. His body's moving up and down, right to left, ALL directions, and he looks like he's done this before. (Hey, I'm not NECESSARILY saying that he's had experience in the stripping biz, I'm just SAYING.lmao!)
"Let me stop this shit right now." Dwayne just said out of the blue, stopping the music and making us all laugh. He was back in his swivel chair, hysterically laughing.
"You should have SEEN ya'lls faces!" Dwayne said, looking at us (Yo, Maia and me) with tears in his eyes from laughing. The class started to laugh too. He put his head back down and started laughing again. Some moments later, after he had finished laughing, Dwayne stood up and started to walk towards the front of the class. Yo, Maia and me was still on his desk watching him. "Oh shit.let me button my shirt back up. If somebody should come in here, all they gotta do is take one look at me with my shirt all out, lookin all Rico Suave, and then looking at them 3 on the desk with their eyes bulging all out they heads and their jaws on the floor, and it'll be all over for me." Dwayne said, shaking his head and making the class laugh yet again. "No you DIDN'T say Rico Suave!" Nikki yelled from the last row, tears coming down her face from laughing. "You think that's funny? Check out my boy Enrique Iglesias over here with the hair slicked back! Nikki, throw me your eye pencil right quick!" Dwayne said, chuckling and walking towards Hiram. "Enrique Iglesias my ASS!" Hiram said, shaking his head.
"I don't know what you wanna use it for, but here you go." Nikki said, tossing her eye pencil to Dwayne. "Aight, Enrique now we gotta complete the entire look." Dwayne said, smiling and moving closer to Hiram.
Hiram sat back in his seat as Dwayne walked to him and grabbed his face. Hiram looks so freaked out right now, it's too funny! Dwayne takes Nikki's eye pencil and makes a little mark on the side of Hiram-excuse me-Enrique's mouth, I guess for that to be his mole. "Ladies and Gentlemen.Enrique Iglesias." Dwayne said, showing Hiram to the class. Hiram was laughing and turning red as usual.
"Oh baby, he's right! You DO look like him!" Nikki said, starting to laugh all over again.
"Sing Hero!" Steve said, laughing.
"Tell your mom to sing Hero!" Hiram said back, making the class laugh at his comeback. "Hey, hey, hey.calm down. Now, if Enrique doesn't wanna sing the song, that's his own right." Dwayne said, looking concerned. "But what the hell.he's gonna do it anyway!" Dwayne quickly added.
"You can't be serious!" Hiram said, laughing.
"Do it!" Dwayne said in a commanding voice.
"Do it for Crystal, Hiram! It's her birthday!" Yo yelled out.
"I can be your hero, baby. I can wash away the pain, oh yeah." Hiram sang in his best Enrique voice, before becoming sheepish and sitting down. Everyone in the class was CRYING! LMAO! They all either had their face buried in their hands or their heads were down on their desks, all of them laughing. The things we have to go through on a daily basis with this guy.I can only help but wonder how he's going to act when mid-terms come around! And to think, I have him again NEXT semester? I tell you, the madness won't end, will it? "Awww! That was so sweet, Enrique! See, I knew you had it in you!" Dwayne said, patting Hiram on the back.
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"Make some noise for the University of Miami Sunsations!"
Maia and I run out to the field with the other 12 dancers, waving our pom- poms in the air and smiling. We're getting ready to put on a little performance for the crowd before we bring out Dwayne, Coach Coker and the team. While the cheerleaders have their little cheers they do, us Sunsations get NASTY with our routine, and display that real Cane attitude! LMAO! I'm just playing, cause really us dancers get along with the cheerleaders really well and vice-versa. The only major difference between us and them, is that we're an all female team. The cheerleaders are a coed team that consist of 7 couples.
Our music is basically of a mixed CD with a whole bunch of different songs on it. Just off the top of my head, I can tell you a few that are involved in our routine. We start off with "So Fresh, So Clean" by Outkast, then I think later on we go to much faster music. Like, "Make It Clap (The Remix)" by Busta Rhymes and Sean Paul, "Jenny From The Block" by J.Lo, (that last one is PURE coincidence, I swear), "Get Busy" by Sean Paul and "Gossip Folks" by Missy Elliot. Those are just some of the couple songs we dance to. And we're supposed to be up here for like 15 minutes, so please God, let this be good. We assume the position, standing in our formation as we watch (off to the side) our coach, Ms. Juanita Bishop, start our music. Maia looks at me from where she's standing, and I look at her back. We smile, and then our music starts. As soon as "So Fresh, So Clean" hits the speakers and we start dancing, everyone gets up on their feet and starts going crazy! These little tops and tight ass pants we have on is adding to the package, I know. About somewhere in the middle of the song, we all start doing the hell toe as the song switches to the chorus of Missy Elliot's "Gossip Folks." We have to rotate in the middle of doing it, and so me and Maia are meanwhile looking at one another and smiling, cause this is just real crazy! I can see Nikki, Yo, Jules, Cerisa, Ty, Jay and Solace all sitting in the first row of seats, and they're cheering for us. You know Nikki's gotta be the loudest out of all of 'em! LMAO! Even while being preggars, Nikki STILL gotta find some way to show out! LMAO! I'm telling you, we up here doing some KINKY ass moves! I told you we was bad down here at UM! LMAO! You know the movie "Drumline" that just came out, and they show how the school's cheerleaders be dancing? That's how we're out here dancing! "Jenny From The Block" is starting, and we're putting our own twist on it, taking a few of her dance moves from her previous videos and doing them out on the field right now. The guys in the stands are going BUCK WILD! I can't believe this! Nikki, Yo, Cerisa and Jules are cheering especially loudly now that they see what song we're doing. 2 of their fellow J.Lo's is representin'! LMAO! Maia is REALLY workin' it out, for real! She's putting a WHOLE lot of attitude into her dancing! I'm laughing at her right now..dammit! I just fucked up one of my moves cause of her ass! Maybe they won't notice.okay, I slipped up but I'm back on track now. The skills, people, the skills. You gotta have skills to fuck up and then make it like it's all part of the act! Don't hate, congratulate!
We're done about 10 minutes later. Sitting here now on the bench, we're watching the cheerleaders come out and do their thing. When they're done, Coach Bishop said that me and Maia are gonna be the ones to introduce Dwayne, Coach Coker and the football team. That should be interesting, huh? LMAO! Oh damn! The cheerleaders are doing basket tosses, and just went to throw this one girl up in the air, and they didn't catch her in time because they dropped her on the ground! DAMN! LMAO! I'm wrong for laughing, but it's funny! You should see her getting up and trying to play it off! LMAO! She does a terrible job at trying to play off her getting broke like that, but what the hell.I gotta support her and the rest of 'em anyways. The guys on the squad are okay, I guess. They're nothing out of this world, but they're okay. But you know what, I don't know if I could be tossed all up in the air by one of 'em like that! Them girls are going really high up there!
"I'll be DAMNED if Jay even think about doing some shit like that and tossing me up in the air!" Maia said, making me laugh. "You must've just read my mind, cause I was just thinking that I couldn't do that shit either!" I said, making her laugh. "Oh, let me ask YOU a quick question why we up here talking." Maia said, giving me this weird look that made me laugh.
"Yes?" I asked, laughing some more.
"You know when we was up there dancing and as soon as Make It Clap started where we all separated and left you and Lisa in the center shaking ya'll asses?" Maia asked, chuckling. "Yeah, why? That's what was SUPPOSED to happen." I said.
"Can I just ask what the HELL you were doing?!" Maia asked, cracking up at remembering my and Lisa's "solo". "I did go a little too far with the ass shaking, huh?" I asked.
"Hell yeah! You were shaking that thang so much I think DWAYNE felt it!" Maia said, starting to laugh hysterically. "Dwayne's in the locker room with the football players though!" I said, not understanding what she was saying. "That's my POINT! Dwayne ain't even out here to see you yet, and ALREADY you bustin' loose!" Maia said. "Shut up! Why you always gotta be starting something with somebody?!" I asked, laughing. "Girls, it's time for you to go up." Our coach said to us. Of course, we were so involved in our little debate that we didn't pay attention. "I can start whatever I WANNA start!" Maia said, laughing.
"GIRLS!!!!!!!!! GET UP! It's time!" Coach Bishop yelled in our faces. "Sorry Coach Bishop!" Maia and I said, rushing onto the field with our microphones all while laughing.
Before we even started to speak, the crowd ERUPTS. Maia and I laughed and looked at each other, a little nervous. I've been here for 2 full years, and with this being my third, I have to say that I'm not used to talking in front of THIS many people! I don't know about Maia though, and how she was at FSU. "Hey!" Maia and I say at the same time, speaking into our mics.
The crowd responds by cheering loudly at us and whatnot. Maia and I start laughing at some of the reactions we're getting from people. I'm telling you, our fellow alumni are crazy! Especially the guys! "How ya'll doing?" I ask loudly, again receiving the same response.
"Did ya'll like our performance?!" Maia asked, receiving the same response as I had before.
"Well, the both of us have been asked to introduce this next group of people, who really don't need no introduction at all. cause they the best team in college football!" Maia said, whipping the crowd up into a frenzy. "That's right, people! Put your hands together, for." I say. "The Miami Hurricanes!!!" Maia and I say simultaneously.
The crowd rushes to their feet in anticipation as the smoke blows across the field, and out running from their tunnel are the Hurricanes. The first out is Hiram, followed by Willis and Kenny. Maia and I walk just stand there in the middle of the field, as we watch the players, along with Larry and Dwayne come over to us. Dwayne is looking SHARP! Damn! He's got these blue baggy jeans on with a green with orange and white lettered UM polo and a matching hat to go with it. He's looking me up and down right quick, and he's mouthing a coupla things to me right now. Thank god Larry's not looking. I hand my mic to Dwayne, and Maia hands hers to Larry. Next, we stand off to the side just a little, because things are about to get serious. "UM, What's up?!" Dwayne asks, grinning.
Even more so then before with me and Maia, the crowd is going even crazier now. And it's understandable, because, not to take away from the other athletics that are apart of our school, but the football team gets people the most riled up. When you think of UM, the first thing that comes to mind is our football team and how much we kick ass. We're the National Champions, and if everything goes the way that we plan, we'll do it again. "Ya'll ready for us to bring another championship home?!" Dwayne asked, again smiling at the crowd's response. "Good, because that's what's gonna happen!" Larry chimed in, and at that, everyone in the stand stands up and gives him a standing ovation. He deserves it anyway, because he's a great coach!
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Can you believe this? I've been on my feet for the most of the day, and I have yet to quit! The Pep Rally is over, and so me and Dwayne are now practicing for the Championship in Orlando for next month. Things are getting frustrating, for real. Thank God Maia and Jay are here, because if I was alone with him, I swear I would go insane! "Crystal, I know what I'm doing!" Dwayne said, looking frustrated. "But I'm trying to tell you something! They're going to be judging us in 5 different dances." I said, looking frustrated at him. "Yeah, I think I know that already." Dwayne said sarcastically.
"Yeah, you may know that, but why don't you tell me which ones they are then?" I asked, waiting for an answer. "How you gonna sit there and say that when you know I don't know." Dwayne said, starting to chuckle. "Exactly. Now you need to listen." I said, not cracking a smile whatsoever. I didn't think anything was funny. "Cris, you need to loosen up, girl!" Maia said from the sideline, sitting with Jay. "Yeah you do! For real! Ya girl is telling the truth about something for once, and it actually makes sense!" Jay said while laughing, only to be smacked on the arm by Maia. "You shut up!" Maia said, not laughing.
"Can we get on with this please? What 5 dances are we being judged in? I know the Cha-Cha is one for sure." Dwayne said, looking at me somewhat intensely. "Right. That's the first. But in order, it's these five: Cha- Cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble, and Jive." I answered. "And you're sure that LaKaye registered us with the USABDA?" Dwayne asked, looking serious.
"Yeah, she did. She had to tell a few white lies on the application to make us out to be amateurs, but we're in." I said, smiling. "Okay. Now that I know what 5 we're going to be judged in, let's begin with the Cha-Cha." Dwayne said. "Music man, you know what to do." I said, pointing at Jay.
"I got you!" Jay said, starting the music and smiling.
Dwayne and I start dancing the cha-cha, and everything seems to be going fine now. We got our basic movements down, we're doing the New York and the Left and Right Spot Turns. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, WHOA! How are you just gonna break into a cross basic yet, D?" I asked, stopping. "Girl, you need to keep up. When we're out there on that floor, we're going to have to do as many different things as possible." Dwayne said, swinging my hands back and forth. "Okay fine. Let's go back to the spot turns." I said, calming down.
We start again, only this time we don't go all the way back to the beginning. We're doing our Left and Right Spot Turns, and then we immediately move into an Open Hip Twist, and a couple of Spiral Turns. After that, we do 3 cha-chas forward, and start doing Cuban Breaks. Those are really hard, for real, cause you gotta keep your feet going the whole time. And really, the whole time you're dancing you have to do that. You can't slack off not once, or else, if you do, you're history. Your body has to be constantly moving at all times. "Do Chase next, Crissy." Dwayne said, instructing me on the next move we were going to do.
So, we do the Chase, and that works out fine. We're both breathing really hard from going so fast (which is cracking Maia and Jay up really bad), but we're still going with it. "Sweetheart?" I ask, looking at Dwayne.
"Huh?" Dwayne asks, looking at me. "Not you, the dance move!" I said, laughing.
"Oh! You wanna know if we can do the Sweetheart next? Yeah!" Dwayne said, laughing some more.
So we do the Sweetheart, and then we do a coupla Foot Changes and then a Runaway Chasse to end it. Suddenly, the music changes to the Rumba, and Dwayne and I get set to start dancing again. "Damn, ya'll ain't done? That was good!" Maia said, clapping with Jay, making us laugh.
"We're not done, not by a long shot, honey." Dwayne said, then quickly starting out with me in some basic Rumba movements. We've been practicing so hard, you wouldn't believe how many hours we spend a day if I told you! You really wouldn't! We already have our outfits for what we're going to wear the night of the competition. Hiram and Jay went with Dwayne to get his outfit. According to them 3, it looks really good. I haven't seen it, though. Maia and Nikki went with me to get mine, because of course, you know it was custom made. It looks so good, too! I'm not going to spoil the surprise though, so don't ask me what it looks like because I won't tell you. You'll just have to wait until November 21st like everyone else! LMAO! Dwayne and I are even keeping this a secret from each other, because we want it to be a surprise!
We're doing our Progressive Walks, forward and back. Everything is going great so far. The movements are on time, and we haven't messed up once while doing the Rumba. From there, we go onto doing side steps, and then Cuban Rocks, which are pretty easy. Now, we're getting ready to do some Spiral Turns again, only they're going to be a series of turns. First, you have your spiral, then your curl, then your rope spin one. For the longest time, I kept fucking up on these spirals, and it was funny, because Dwayne would like, spin me out and I'd go flying across the room. (Okay, I'm exaggerating, but I was really horrible with the spirals in the beginning) "You ready to do the Sliding Doors?" Dwayne asked, grinning. "I'mma try!" I said, grinning back at him.
So, we do the Sliding Doors, and then we go onto the Fencing move, followed by the Three Threes, the Three Alemenas, and finally, the Hip Twists. And there you have it, the Rumba is finished. "Stop the music, Jay! Damn.me and my girl GOT to take a break. Running right into dances like that going from one to the next.damn! That's gonna fuck me up! I GOT to breathe!" Dwayne said, making me laugh.
(Ring-Ring!)
Dwayne and I go to reach for our cell phones at the same time, also both of us saying Hello to whoever may be on the phone. "Damn!" Dwayne said, shutting the flap on his cell phone. It wasn't his phone after all. "You're such a baby." I say to Dwayne, smacking him playfully on his arm.
"Coach fucking Coker needed Hiram, so I'm here by myself." Nikki said, crying. "Honey, it's okay. Don't get upset, you wanted him to concentrate on his football, remember?" I said, trying to calm her down.
"I know.I just don't like being by myself. Do you think you and Maia could come back to Dwayne's and spend some time with me for a little while?" Nikki asked, sniffling. "You don't want Dwayne and Jay to come?" I asked, looking at Jay and Dwayne trying to box. Them two are some FOOLS!
"No offense, but I just want it to be us girls. I'm really depressed right now, and I need ya'll here with me." Nikki said, sniffling again. "Okay, say no more. Me and Maia are coming right now. Hey, do you want us to pick up anything from the store for you?" I asked, standing up. "I want some chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. Oh, can you pick up some cookies too? I ate up all of Dwayne's, and I know he's gonna be pissed when he sees he don't got no more." Nikki said, starting to chuckle. "Don't worry about him, I'll HANDLE his ass." I said, looking at Dwayne and smirking. "What you say bout me girl?!" Dwayne asked, in a tough voice.
"Why don't you just stay over there and mind ya BUSINESS, boy!" I said, getting smart. "You know he's not gonna let you get away with that, Cris." Nikki said, laughing. "I know!" I said, laughing with her. "You better hurry up and get outta there before he makes an example outta you and starts giving Jay and Maia ideas!" Nikki said. "I'm leaving RIGHT now, as a matter of fact! For real though, let me get off this phone. Maia and me will be there in a lil' bit." I said, walking away from Dwayne, who was following me. "Okay, see ya." Nikki said, hanging up.
(End Call)
"Jay, you better GET ya boy over here!" I said, pointing to Dwayne. "Why? You started some shit with him, not me!" Jay said, chuckling.
"Yeah, why you trying to get other people involved?" Dwayne asked, smacking me on my ass. "Oh, you wanna go to hitting now?" I asked, stopping and giving him a look like he better back the fuck up. "Hey, I'm sorry okay? You giving me a look now like you wanna hurt Lil' DJ, and you can't be doing that." Dwayne said, stopping and putting his hands over his dick as to guard it. "ANYWAY, Maia let's go." I said, signaling for Maia to come over to where I was. "Why, where we going?" Maia asked, walking toward me.
"To spend some female bonding time with Nikki." I said, taking her car keys. "She upset?" Maia asked, snatching her keys back. "Yeah." I said, narrowing my eyes and snatching her keys back.
"Uh-uh, you better gimme my damn KEYS, girl!" Maia said, lightly pushing me and snatching them back. "Who you pushing?!" I asked, pushing her back.
"Ooh! Jay, get over here, man!" Dwayne yelled to Jay.
"What's up?!" Jay asked.
"Our girls is bout to get in a chick fight!" Dwayne said, smiling from ear- to-ear.
"Word?" Jay asked, smiling.
"Word!" Dwayne said, grabbing Jay and running over to where me and Maia were standing.
"C'mon Maia, let me drive!" I said, pushing her and taking her keys. "No, now get off my damn keys!" She said, grabbing a handful of my hair. (Ya'll know we just playin, right?)
"Bitch, no you didn't go there and pull my hair!" I said, grabbing her hair too. "Get off my hair." She said, pulling mine. "No, you get off MY hair." I said, pulling hers.
(Smack!)
"Owww!" Maia and I say at the same time, letting go of one another's hair and turning around to see who smacked us on our asses. "What ya'll looking at us for?" Dwayne and Jay asked, smiling.
"Ya'll 2 bastards smacked us on our asses!" Maia said, pointing at Dwayne and Jay.
"Hey, there was a conflict going on between you two ladies, and someone HAD to stop it." Jay said, smiling. "Yeah, whatever happened to making love and not war?" Dwayne asked, smiling and raising his eyebrows at both of us. "Man, ya'll 2 are some sick sumbitches, I'll tell you that right now. Me and Maia are LEAVING now, so hopefully ya'll can do something productive while we're gone." I said, going to turn around to walk to the parking lot. "Yeah, and stay outta trouble!" Maia said, leaving with me.
"Why would WE get into any trouble?" Jay and Dwayne asked.
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"You're a liar!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you are!"
"No I'm not! "Both of you shut up! Maia, she's NOT lying!"
Maia and I are in a tiny argument at the moment, because she doesn't believe that Dwayne and I haven't had sex, with all the time I've spent at his apartment. I'll spend days, sometimes even weeks at a time over here. It makes me feel guilty every now and again, but she don't complain because I know when I'm not there she's got Jay over there with her. Anyway, Nikki's tired of us arguing, and she's looking at us right now like if we don't shut the hell up, she's bout to pop both of us one in the face. "Look at you, having the nerve to get a lil' belly already!" Maia said, smiling at Nikki.
"With as much as I've been eating, I'm surprised it's not any bigger." Nikki said, digging into a carton of ice cream. "Girl, you look fine. Don't worry about it." I said, smiling and rubbing her stomach.
"Do you think Hiram will leave me once I have this baby, like if I don't lose the baby fat?" Nikki asked, looking at me and Maia. "Hiram ain't going a damn place, honey. You just remember that." Maia said, going to get up and go to the kitchen. "Well, I'll be all big and fat and stuff, and of course he won't want me then. And then I'll be all alone, raising this baby by myself, and I'll just end up like my parents told me I would." Nikki said, slamming her carton of ice cream on the table and starting to cry. "Nikki, stop it. Don't talk like that." I said, grabbing a couple tissues and wiping the tears from her eyes. "I don't wanna hold him back from his dream of being a football player, really I don't. And then he won't let me work either, so I can try and at least feel like I'm doing something for our family." Nikki said in between sobs. "Maia, I could use some help out here!!!" I yelled. "What?! What is it? What'd I do?" Maia asked frantically, running out of the kitchen.
I silently nodded toward Nikki, as I held her in my arms to try and calm her down. I'm telling you, I don't even have a child of my own, and with Nikki and Hiram, I feel like a damn mother already. And I'm not saying that in a bad way. It's just that.I don't know, it's sad because I put everyone else before me, and I know I shouldn't do that. But it's something I can't help doing. I just want everything to be okay, and if it's not, I feel like it's my responsibility to do something to make it be that way. "Girl, what you crying for?" Maia asks, sitting down on the other side of Nikki.
"Can you tell her that Hiram is still gonna want her even after the baby's born? She's already having doubts." I said, shaking my head. "You better stop talking like that, girl. I'mma tell Dwayne and you know what he's gonna do then. You gon' earn yourself a ass whupping from him, and then where will you be? I know you don't wanna have a piece of that belt!" Maia said, making Nikki laugh. "She's laughing! There is a God!" I said, sighing.
"You're so wrong, Crissy." Maia said, slapping me playfully on my leg.
"So, when's the wedding? Have you guys decided yet?" I asked, bringing a huge smile to Nikki's face.
"Aww.Momma's face is glowing!" Maia said, making me laugh.
"We want to get married May 2, 2004." Nikki said, smiling.
"That's Dwayne's birthday, though." I said, confused.
"After all that he's done for us, we decided we wanted to do it that way. AND, while you two are here, I wanted to ask you something." Nikki said, looking at both Maia and I. "Okay." Maia and I said, chuckling. "Now, if you don't want to do it, it's alright." Nikki started.
"Will you come on, chica?" I asked, playfully smacking her on her arm and laughing.
"I love both of ya'll, and I couldn't tear myself from picking just one person to do the job, so.will you two be Godmother to me and Hiram's baby?" Nikki asked, smiling sheepishly. "Oh my God!!!" Maia and I said, simultaneously.
I have my hands over my face, and I can't believe this, but I'm about to cry. Oh my goodness, I'm crying!
"Stop crying, girl! Now you making me cry!" Maia said, slapping me on my leg.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you two cry!" Nikki said, starting to get upset.
"No, it's okay! You already know my answer, girl. Of COURSE I'll be the baby's Godmother!" I said, hugging Nikki. "And so will I! Let me get on in here too!" Maia said, hugging me and Nikki. Now we're all hugging and crying! LMAO!
~TO BE CONTINUED~
*****
Let's fast forward about a month, shall we? It's now Friday, October 28th, and much has happened since the last time we met. Dany was convicted of attempted homicide and is now incarcerated in the state prison, mostly due in part to Maia, Ty and my testimonies. After that, UM was pretty much a media frenzy, and we were constantly having cameras in our face, and people wanting to interview us. It was crazy. You would think that I would be just the least bit worried about Dany breaking out and having her revenge on me for putting her away indefinitely, but I'm not. Dany's smart, but not that smart. And as for Nikki and Hiram? Well, they have moved in with Dwayne for the time being. Nikki's almost in her second month. We all have been spending more time together too, just the four of us. It gets really interesting sometime. Hiram's just about guaranteed a scholarship, like it was mentioned earlier, and so he should get a scholarship in May. Nikki has her college fund, so her schooling is paid for. Surprisingly enough, her "parents" (remember, they want nothing to do with her since she's with Hiram?) didn't do anything so that she wouldn't have access to it anymore. Maybe they just don't care, I don't know. Every now and again, when I'm over at Dwayne's (which is like, on a daily basis now!) I hear Nikki and Hiram argue. For the past couple weeks they've argued about Hiram getting a job. Nikki doesn't want him to do anything but concentrate on football so that she can work to help support their baby and eventually get them an apartment. There's a UM daycare center right on campus, so they don't have to pay for a baby-sitter every day. But Hiram isn't hearing any of what Nikki's been trying to say to him. Dwayne's thinking about giving them some money so that they can get their own place and help them out, but he doesn't know how they'd feel if he just sprung the idea on them all of the sudden. He knows his nephew Hiram, and like Dwayne, he's stubborn. Once he sticks his heels in about something, that's it. But maybe if he can get through to Nikki, he can get through to Hiram.
Maia has been trying to do her thing with Jay. His attitude has gotten a lot better since the whole BK incident, and he really has worked hard in putting in work to establish a relationship between himself and Maia. She told me that they just had their first kiss yesterday! That is so cute!!! Because of her spending so much time with Jay, and me being so preoccupied with Nikki and Hiram and Dwayne, we only see each other in class and that's about it. AND WE LIVE TOGETHER! That's crazy! Starting today, we're going to spend a lot more time together, though. Me and her and Nikki are all going window shopping (LMAO!) at the mall to look at baby clothes.
And FINALLY.me and Dwayne. We still haven't had sex yet. Now hold on, I know ya'll have to be just a little confused about everything. Remember the time where Maia and me had played with Dwayne some, and she left to go get something to eat, I had Dwayne handcuffed, and he told me to let him go so we could do this right? He carried me over to my bed, and when you guys left, he WAS on top of me, but it ended up just being a thing where we gave each other oral sex, you know. We haven't gone "all the way" yet. BUT ANYWAY. Well, today is not only the day of the UM Pep Rally, but it's my birthday too! I turn 23 today, isn't that great?!!! Up until now, let's see what Dwayne and I have done. We've danced our asses off practicing for this Pep Rally and the competition that's going to be in Orlando next month. I managed to tryout and make the 2002-2003 UM Dance Squad, the Sunsations! Oh yeah, Maia made it too! (She's thinking about trying out for the basketball team too) There's 14 of us dancers total. Now University of Miami's gonna have some ghettofied dancers! LMAO! LMAO! LMAO! They might as well get ready, cause they ain't never SEEN no dancers like the J.Lo Ass-Shakers!!! I STILL can't get over Dwayne saying that to us! LMAO! But anyway, I've been BUSY as you can tell. Today I have to dance with Dwayne with the other 4 couples from the Salsa class, and then I'm gonna have to be on the field later with the other cheerleaders and dancers because we have to introduce the football players. Dwayne and Coach Larry Coker are gonna be out there too, and because it's Pep Rally Day, you KNOW all the athletes are dressed up and looking all cute! Dwayne's coaching duties started sooner than he expected. About a week after the whole drama with Nikki and Hiram's thing, Coach Coker notified Dwayne, telling him he would need to report to the field that Monday afternoon to start. To be exact, he's the defensive coach for the football team. Hey, at least we'll be together on the field today! LMAO!
The bell just rang, and me and Maia are just now making it to class. We had no choice but to dress up in our outfits. As you can imagine, the cat calls begin as soon as we step foot in the door. Maia and I start cracking up as we walk to our seats. Looking down at the front of the class, Dwayne is shaking his head at Maia and me.
"Are ya'll gonna represent us out on that field?" Dwayne asked.
"You know we are, stop playing!" Maia yelled down to him, smiling.
"Us UM players don't NEED no intro, really." Dwayne bragged, smiling afterward.
"What EVER! That is so wrong! Don't hate on us Sunsations just because you know we're gonna work that field later on tonight!" I said, smiling. Just then, Dwayne walked back into his chambers right quick, leaving the class for a moment. "Why don't you just shut the hell UP sometime?!" This guy Scotty (who always gets on my LAST damn nerve!) said, not amused.
"Ooh!" Said the class.
"WHAT?!" I asked.
"Yeah Scotty, she DOES need to shut up for once! Damn! We can't go one day without her ass running her mouth! I think she's REALLY got it bad for Mr. Johnson cause of the way she's always flirting with him!" This guy Kris (who hardly ever talks) said. "I KNOW ya'll are NOT talking to ME!" I said, getting up. "Man, sit your punk ass down! You ain't shit anyway!" This OTHER guy named Josh said. "Ya'll better leave her alone before I fuck every last one of you assholes up in here! And I ain't PLAYIN' either!" Nikki said, raising her voice. "Man, BOTH of ya'll are fucking smuts. But I gotta give Crystal some credit at least. YOU is more of one than Crystal, and that's only cause you went and got yourself knocked up by the star of the damn football team!" Scotty yelled.
"WHAT?!!!" Nikki and I asked, heading down toward the front row to where Scotty and Kris was sitting.
"Look man, if you wanna talk to them like that, we got a problem." Hiram said, getting up and kissing Nikki on the forehead before laying his eyes on Scotty. "You wanna do something about it? Man, you be getting on my nerves TOO! Just cause Mr. J is ya uncle, you think you can get away with shit! Between you, that pregnant smut right there, and that smut who's always all up on Mr. J's balls, I don't know WHO'S worse!" Kris said. "You both are some fucking assholes! You know what, why don't you go suck each other off?!" Nikki asked, starting to cry. "Ooh!" The class said again.
"You son of a BITCH!" Hiram said after seeing Nikki's tears, charging after Kris while I left Nikki and went after Scotty. "Fight! Fight! Fight!" The class started to chant, while banging on their desks.
Dwayne came out of his chambers running toward me and Hiram, who were busy fighting with Scotty and Kris. He was extremely angry, but I didn't care. I didn't do nothing to nobody, and already people have to start shit! "Get over here! Stop this right now!" Dwayne said, separating Hiram and Kris from one another. Meanwhile, I was still on top of the desk hitting Scotty, who wasn't man enough to hit me back. "Crystal! Stop it! Dammit, get off of him!" Dwayne yelled, finally managing to pull me off of Scotty.
"Now I'm pissed! I can't leave ya'll for 2 minutes! 2 MINUTES! And why? Because ya'll wanna act like ya'll are still in high school! Excuse my language, but what the fuck just happened here?!" Dwayne said, looking from me and Hiram to a crying Nikki who was retreating back to her seat to Scotty and Kris. "Them assholes started talking a whole bunch of shit about Nikki and Crystal, and when Nikki and Crystal came down here to confront them, it just got worse. Nikki started to cry, and pretty soon, I had jumped Kris' ass and Crystal had jumped Scotty's." Hiram answered. I was standing next to Hiram, and Dwayne was standing in between us and Scotty and Kris. After Dwayne had lifted me off of Scotty, my skirt had went up just a LITTLE too much, because all the rest of the guys in the class were doing those cat calls again. So, I'm trying to put it down and keep it down. I can see Maia snickering, and I swear when I go back up to my seat, I'm gonna hurt her!
"Scotty, Kris, what the hell is wrong with you two? I haven't had a problem with neither of you up until now." Dwayne said, looking at the two of them. Scotty and Kris said nothing and looked away, like they weren't paying any attention to Dwayne. He doesn't like that one bit, because I can see the blood rushing through his veins. That big vein in his neck is getting big. Uh-oh.
"Do ya'll two not here me TALKING to you?!!! ANSWER me!" Dwayne said, raising his voice.
And still, they refused to say anything to Dwayne. Scotty and Kris looked at one another, looked at Dwayne with a you-can-kiss-my-ass expression on both of their faces, and walked back to their desks, got their stuff, and walked out. "Damn!" Dwayne said, putting his hands on his hips and looking at Hiram and I before sighing. Hiram and I look at one another and then the class, who is all looking at us and Dwayne. All eyes are on us three in the front. "Are you alright?" Dwayne asked, looking at Hiram.
"I'm fine." Hiram said, not breaking his tone. He still sounded mad. "Are you alright?" Dwayne asked, looking at me.
"Couple scratches on my legs, but other than that, I'm cool." I said.
"Alright, go sit the hell down, both of you. I'm pissed. If I hear a word out of ANYONE for the rest of the period, your ass is getting thrown out. That's it." Dwayne said, plopping down in his swivel chair and watching the class and Hiram and I as we walked back to our seats. He was really pissed! All the sudden, a smiling Steve waved his hand and looked from me to Dwayne as I sat down. What the hell did he want? "What?!" Dwayne asked roughly, looking up at Steve.
"Hey Mr. Johnson, I just thought you would like to know it's Crystal's birthday today." Steve said, still smiling. Dwayne's whole mood changed!!! He's got this ear-to-ear smile on his face, and he's looking right at me. "IS it?" Dwayne asked, smiling at Steve. "Well damn, your whole MOOD has did a complete 360 in 2 minutes!" Nikki said out loud to Dwayne, making the whole class laugh. "Is that true, Counselor?" Dwayne asked, raising his eyebrow at me.
Everyone started making a whole bunch of "oohs" and "aahs" because they knew what was coming. He never does that eyebrow thing unless he's bout to do something real dumb or real crazy. To make matters worse, he's coming up here to me and touching the belt! Oh no!
"You can't answer me now?" Dwayne asked, smiling. "Yes, it is my birthday." I said, afraid of what was about to happen.
"Quick question.Do I have any other Fall babies in here besides Crystal?" Dwayne asked, looking out at the class. "Me!" Yolanda and Maia said, raising their hands. "Two and Four, ya'lls birthdays are in the Fall too?" I asked, starting to look at them in disbelief. "Mine passed, though. Mines was October 11th." Maia said, making a sad face at Dwayne and I. "What about you, J.Lo number 4?" Dwayne asked, pointing at Yo.
"My birthday is next month. November 21st." Yo answered, smiling.
"That's all? Out of all of ya'll, I only have 3 Fall Babies?" Dwayne asked, shocked. "Yeah." The rest of the class said.
"Oh yeah? Just for the record, where are all my Summer babies at?" Dwayne asked, looking around. About half the class raised their hands in the air.
"My Spring babies?" Dwayne asked, and raising his hand . Just about the rest of the class raised their hands.
"I KNOW I gotta have some Winter babies up in here!" Dwayne said, looking to see that only 2 people raised their hands. "Damn!" Dwayne said, making us laugh.
"This seems too coincidental. You mean to tell me that only 3 out of the 6 of you J.Lo's are all Fall? What about the rest of ya'll?" Dwayne asked, looking at Nikki and Cerisa. Jules was absent today. "I'm one of your Spring babies! You didn't see me raise my hand? My birthday is April 29th!" Cerisa said, smiling at Dwayne. "And I'm one of your Summer babies. My birthday is August 7th." Nikki said, smiling too.
"Well damn! Can I start calling ya'll J.Lo's Earth, Wind and Fire now and just call it a day?" Dwayne said, making the class laugh again.
"You's a dumbass!" Nikki said, laughing. "Okay, Birthday Girl and Company, come on down here." Dwayne said, signaling for me, Yolanda and Maia to get up and come down the stairs. "You gon' give 'em a lap dance, Uncle DJ?" Hiram asked, making the whole class laugh.
"Damn, Hiram! Why you gotta put me on front street like that?! I was gonna surprise 'em!" Dwayne said, looking disappointed. The whole class started hysterically laughing. Maia, Yo and me are all trying to stand up against the desk, cause we're laughing so hard that we can hardly stand up. "Where's my radio at?" Dwayne said to himself, walking around behind his desk and looking for his radio to set up. "Oh shit! He's really gonna do it!" Maia and Yo said simultaneously, making me laugh so hard that I started crying. "Here we go!" Dwayne said, a huge grin on his face, as he set his radio on top of his desk and turned on radio. "Hey Birthday Girls.what's he doing?" Steve asked, trying to see what Dwayne was doing.
Yo, Maia and I all shrugged our shoulders and started laughing. Looking back at Dwayne, he was flipping through channels, I guess looking for a good song. He stopped on R. Kelly's song "Sex Me (Part 1)", as it was just starting. As soon as we heard R. Kelly's voice, all of us girls in the room looked at one another and then Dwayne kinda weird-like, making all the guys really start to laugh. "Okay, all 3 of ya'll have to sit down so I can do this right." Dwayne said, looking at us and then the class and grinning. Maia, Yo and I all sit on top of Dwayne's desk, and then Dwayne stands in front of us (I'm in the middle). He starts smiling (what I wanna know is, what the hell is so good that you have to smile like that? He really must be ready to act stupid) at us, and we watch as his hands go up to the third button on his shirt (this first two were unbuttoned). Suddenly, he starts moving his body all seductively and stuff.oh no! This is NOT happening! The class is even starting to clap in rhythm with the music all the while laughing! What the fuck?! "Sex me, baby, baby, sex me." Dwayne sings, unbuttoning the rest of his shirt slowly. Yo's, Maia's and my eyes are all locked on Dwayne. We don't know whether to laugh or gawk or just run out the room altogether. His body's moving up and down, right to left, ALL directions, and he looks like he's done this before. (Hey, I'm not NECESSARILY saying that he's had experience in the stripping biz, I'm just SAYING.lmao!)
"Let me stop this shit right now." Dwayne just said out of the blue, stopping the music and making us all laugh. He was back in his swivel chair, hysterically laughing.
"You should have SEEN ya'lls faces!" Dwayne said, looking at us (Yo, Maia and me) with tears in his eyes from laughing. The class started to laugh too. He put his head back down and started laughing again. Some moments later, after he had finished laughing, Dwayne stood up and started to walk towards the front of the class. Yo, Maia and me was still on his desk watching him. "Oh shit.let me button my shirt back up. If somebody should come in here, all they gotta do is take one look at me with my shirt all out, lookin all Rico Suave, and then looking at them 3 on the desk with their eyes bulging all out they heads and their jaws on the floor, and it'll be all over for me." Dwayne said, shaking his head and making the class laugh yet again. "No you DIDN'T say Rico Suave!" Nikki yelled from the last row, tears coming down her face from laughing. "You think that's funny? Check out my boy Enrique Iglesias over here with the hair slicked back! Nikki, throw me your eye pencil right quick!" Dwayne said, chuckling and walking towards Hiram. "Enrique Iglesias my ASS!" Hiram said, shaking his head.
"I don't know what you wanna use it for, but here you go." Nikki said, tossing her eye pencil to Dwayne. "Aight, Enrique now we gotta complete the entire look." Dwayne said, smiling and moving closer to Hiram.
Hiram sat back in his seat as Dwayne walked to him and grabbed his face. Hiram looks so freaked out right now, it's too funny! Dwayne takes Nikki's eye pencil and makes a little mark on the side of Hiram-excuse me-Enrique's mouth, I guess for that to be his mole. "Ladies and Gentlemen.Enrique Iglesias." Dwayne said, showing Hiram to the class. Hiram was laughing and turning red as usual.
"Oh baby, he's right! You DO look like him!" Nikki said, starting to laugh all over again.
"Sing Hero!" Steve said, laughing.
"Tell your mom to sing Hero!" Hiram said back, making the class laugh at his comeback. "Hey, hey, hey.calm down. Now, if Enrique doesn't wanna sing the song, that's his own right." Dwayne said, looking concerned. "But what the hell.he's gonna do it anyway!" Dwayne quickly added.
"You can't be serious!" Hiram said, laughing.
"Do it!" Dwayne said in a commanding voice.
"Do it for Crystal, Hiram! It's her birthday!" Yo yelled out.
"I can be your hero, baby. I can wash away the pain, oh yeah." Hiram sang in his best Enrique voice, before becoming sheepish and sitting down. Everyone in the class was CRYING! LMAO! They all either had their face buried in their hands or their heads were down on their desks, all of them laughing. The things we have to go through on a daily basis with this guy.I can only help but wonder how he's going to act when mid-terms come around! And to think, I have him again NEXT semester? I tell you, the madness won't end, will it? "Awww! That was so sweet, Enrique! See, I knew you had it in you!" Dwayne said, patting Hiram on the back.
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"Make some noise for the University of Miami Sunsations!"
Maia and I run out to the field with the other 12 dancers, waving our pom- poms in the air and smiling. We're getting ready to put on a little performance for the crowd before we bring out Dwayne, Coach Coker and the team. While the cheerleaders have their little cheers they do, us Sunsations get NASTY with our routine, and display that real Cane attitude! LMAO! I'm just playing, cause really us dancers get along with the cheerleaders really well and vice-versa. The only major difference between us and them, is that we're an all female team. The cheerleaders are a coed team that consist of 7 couples.
Our music is basically of a mixed CD with a whole bunch of different songs on it. Just off the top of my head, I can tell you a few that are involved in our routine. We start off with "So Fresh, So Clean" by Outkast, then I think later on we go to much faster music. Like, "Make It Clap (The Remix)" by Busta Rhymes and Sean Paul, "Jenny From The Block" by J.Lo, (that last one is PURE coincidence, I swear), "Get Busy" by Sean Paul and "Gossip Folks" by Missy Elliot. Those are just some of the couple songs we dance to. And we're supposed to be up here for like 15 minutes, so please God, let this be good. We assume the position, standing in our formation as we watch (off to the side) our coach, Ms. Juanita Bishop, start our music. Maia looks at me from where she's standing, and I look at her back. We smile, and then our music starts. As soon as "So Fresh, So Clean" hits the speakers and we start dancing, everyone gets up on their feet and starts going crazy! These little tops and tight ass pants we have on is adding to the package, I know. About somewhere in the middle of the song, we all start doing the hell toe as the song switches to the chorus of Missy Elliot's "Gossip Folks." We have to rotate in the middle of doing it, and so me and Maia are meanwhile looking at one another and smiling, cause this is just real crazy! I can see Nikki, Yo, Jules, Cerisa, Ty, Jay and Solace all sitting in the first row of seats, and they're cheering for us. You know Nikki's gotta be the loudest out of all of 'em! LMAO! Even while being preggars, Nikki STILL gotta find some way to show out! LMAO! I'm telling you, we up here doing some KINKY ass moves! I told you we was bad down here at UM! LMAO! You know the movie "Drumline" that just came out, and they show how the school's cheerleaders be dancing? That's how we're out here dancing! "Jenny From The Block" is starting, and we're putting our own twist on it, taking a few of her dance moves from her previous videos and doing them out on the field right now. The guys in the stands are going BUCK WILD! I can't believe this! Nikki, Yo, Cerisa and Jules are cheering especially loudly now that they see what song we're doing. 2 of their fellow J.Lo's is representin'! LMAO! Maia is REALLY workin' it out, for real! She's putting a WHOLE lot of attitude into her dancing! I'm laughing at her right now..dammit! I just fucked up one of my moves cause of her ass! Maybe they won't notice.okay, I slipped up but I'm back on track now. The skills, people, the skills. You gotta have skills to fuck up and then make it like it's all part of the act! Don't hate, congratulate!
We're done about 10 minutes later. Sitting here now on the bench, we're watching the cheerleaders come out and do their thing. When they're done, Coach Bishop said that me and Maia are gonna be the ones to introduce Dwayne, Coach Coker and the football team. That should be interesting, huh? LMAO! Oh damn! The cheerleaders are doing basket tosses, and just went to throw this one girl up in the air, and they didn't catch her in time because they dropped her on the ground! DAMN! LMAO! I'm wrong for laughing, but it's funny! You should see her getting up and trying to play it off! LMAO! She does a terrible job at trying to play off her getting broke like that, but what the hell.I gotta support her and the rest of 'em anyways. The guys on the squad are okay, I guess. They're nothing out of this world, but they're okay. But you know what, I don't know if I could be tossed all up in the air by one of 'em like that! Them girls are going really high up there!
"I'll be DAMNED if Jay even think about doing some shit like that and tossing me up in the air!" Maia said, making me laugh. "You must've just read my mind, cause I was just thinking that I couldn't do that shit either!" I said, making her laugh. "Oh, let me ask YOU a quick question why we up here talking." Maia said, giving me this weird look that made me laugh.
"Yes?" I asked, laughing some more.
"You know when we was up there dancing and as soon as Make It Clap started where we all separated and left you and Lisa in the center shaking ya'll asses?" Maia asked, chuckling. "Yeah, why? That's what was SUPPOSED to happen." I said.
"Can I just ask what the HELL you were doing?!" Maia asked, cracking up at remembering my and Lisa's "solo". "I did go a little too far with the ass shaking, huh?" I asked.
"Hell yeah! You were shaking that thang so much I think DWAYNE felt it!" Maia said, starting to laugh hysterically. "Dwayne's in the locker room with the football players though!" I said, not understanding what she was saying. "That's my POINT! Dwayne ain't even out here to see you yet, and ALREADY you bustin' loose!" Maia said. "Shut up! Why you always gotta be starting something with somebody?!" I asked, laughing. "Girls, it's time for you to go up." Our coach said to us. Of course, we were so involved in our little debate that we didn't pay attention. "I can start whatever I WANNA start!" Maia said, laughing.
"GIRLS!!!!!!!!! GET UP! It's time!" Coach Bishop yelled in our faces. "Sorry Coach Bishop!" Maia and I said, rushing onto the field with our microphones all while laughing.
Before we even started to speak, the crowd ERUPTS. Maia and I laughed and looked at each other, a little nervous. I've been here for 2 full years, and with this being my third, I have to say that I'm not used to talking in front of THIS many people! I don't know about Maia though, and how she was at FSU. "Hey!" Maia and I say at the same time, speaking into our mics.
The crowd responds by cheering loudly at us and whatnot. Maia and I start laughing at some of the reactions we're getting from people. I'm telling you, our fellow alumni are crazy! Especially the guys! "How ya'll doing?" I ask loudly, again receiving the same response.
"Did ya'll like our performance?!" Maia asked, receiving the same response as I had before.
"Well, the both of us have been asked to introduce this next group of people, who really don't need no introduction at all. cause they the best team in college football!" Maia said, whipping the crowd up into a frenzy. "That's right, people! Put your hands together, for." I say. "The Miami Hurricanes!!!" Maia and I say simultaneously.
The crowd rushes to their feet in anticipation as the smoke blows across the field, and out running from their tunnel are the Hurricanes. The first out is Hiram, followed by Willis and Kenny. Maia and I walk just stand there in the middle of the field, as we watch the players, along with Larry and Dwayne come over to us. Dwayne is looking SHARP! Damn! He's got these blue baggy jeans on with a green with orange and white lettered UM polo and a matching hat to go with it. He's looking me up and down right quick, and he's mouthing a coupla things to me right now. Thank god Larry's not looking. I hand my mic to Dwayne, and Maia hands hers to Larry. Next, we stand off to the side just a little, because things are about to get serious. "UM, What's up?!" Dwayne asks, grinning.
Even more so then before with me and Maia, the crowd is going even crazier now. And it's understandable, because, not to take away from the other athletics that are apart of our school, but the football team gets people the most riled up. When you think of UM, the first thing that comes to mind is our football team and how much we kick ass. We're the National Champions, and if everything goes the way that we plan, we'll do it again. "Ya'll ready for us to bring another championship home?!" Dwayne asked, again smiling at the crowd's response. "Good, because that's what's gonna happen!" Larry chimed in, and at that, everyone in the stand stands up and gives him a standing ovation. He deserves it anyway, because he's a great coach!
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Can you believe this? I've been on my feet for the most of the day, and I have yet to quit! The Pep Rally is over, and so me and Dwayne are now practicing for the Championship in Orlando for next month. Things are getting frustrating, for real. Thank God Maia and Jay are here, because if I was alone with him, I swear I would go insane! "Crystal, I know what I'm doing!" Dwayne said, looking frustrated. "But I'm trying to tell you something! They're going to be judging us in 5 different dances." I said, looking frustrated at him. "Yeah, I think I know that already." Dwayne said sarcastically.
"Yeah, you may know that, but why don't you tell me which ones they are then?" I asked, waiting for an answer. "How you gonna sit there and say that when you know I don't know." Dwayne said, starting to chuckle. "Exactly. Now you need to listen." I said, not cracking a smile whatsoever. I didn't think anything was funny. "Cris, you need to loosen up, girl!" Maia said from the sideline, sitting with Jay. "Yeah you do! For real! Ya girl is telling the truth about something for once, and it actually makes sense!" Jay said while laughing, only to be smacked on the arm by Maia. "You shut up!" Maia said, not laughing.
"Can we get on with this please? What 5 dances are we being judged in? I know the Cha-Cha is one for sure." Dwayne said, looking at me somewhat intensely. "Right. That's the first. But in order, it's these five: Cha- Cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble, and Jive." I answered. "And you're sure that LaKaye registered us with the USABDA?" Dwayne asked, looking serious.
"Yeah, she did. She had to tell a few white lies on the application to make us out to be amateurs, but we're in." I said, smiling. "Okay. Now that I know what 5 we're going to be judged in, let's begin with the Cha-Cha." Dwayne said. "Music man, you know what to do." I said, pointing at Jay.
"I got you!" Jay said, starting the music and smiling.
Dwayne and I start dancing the cha-cha, and everything seems to be going fine now. We got our basic movements down, we're doing the New York and the Left and Right Spot Turns. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, WHOA! How are you just gonna break into a cross basic yet, D?" I asked, stopping. "Girl, you need to keep up. When we're out there on that floor, we're going to have to do as many different things as possible." Dwayne said, swinging my hands back and forth. "Okay fine. Let's go back to the spot turns." I said, calming down.
We start again, only this time we don't go all the way back to the beginning. We're doing our Left and Right Spot Turns, and then we immediately move into an Open Hip Twist, and a couple of Spiral Turns. After that, we do 3 cha-chas forward, and start doing Cuban Breaks. Those are really hard, for real, cause you gotta keep your feet going the whole time. And really, the whole time you're dancing you have to do that. You can't slack off not once, or else, if you do, you're history. Your body has to be constantly moving at all times. "Do Chase next, Crissy." Dwayne said, instructing me on the next move we were going to do.
So, we do the Chase, and that works out fine. We're both breathing really hard from going so fast (which is cracking Maia and Jay up really bad), but we're still going with it. "Sweetheart?" I ask, looking at Dwayne.
"Huh?" Dwayne asks, looking at me. "Not you, the dance move!" I said, laughing.
"Oh! You wanna know if we can do the Sweetheart next? Yeah!" Dwayne said, laughing some more.
So we do the Sweetheart, and then we do a coupla Foot Changes and then a Runaway Chasse to end it. Suddenly, the music changes to the Rumba, and Dwayne and I get set to start dancing again. "Damn, ya'll ain't done? That was good!" Maia said, clapping with Jay, making us laugh.
"We're not done, not by a long shot, honey." Dwayne said, then quickly starting out with me in some basic Rumba movements. We've been practicing so hard, you wouldn't believe how many hours we spend a day if I told you! You really wouldn't! We already have our outfits for what we're going to wear the night of the competition. Hiram and Jay went with Dwayne to get his outfit. According to them 3, it looks really good. I haven't seen it, though. Maia and Nikki went with me to get mine, because of course, you know it was custom made. It looks so good, too! I'm not going to spoil the surprise though, so don't ask me what it looks like because I won't tell you. You'll just have to wait until November 21st like everyone else! LMAO! Dwayne and I are even keeping this a secret from each other, because we want it to be a surprise!
We're doing our Progressive Walks, forward and back. Everything is going great so far. The movements are on time, and we haven't messed up once while doing the Rumba. From there, we go onto doing side steps, and then Cuban Rocks, which are pretty easy. Now, we're getting ready to do some Spiral Turns again, only they're going to be a series of turns. First, you have your spiral, then your curl, then your rope spin one. For the longest time, I kept fucking up on these spirals, and it was funny, because Dwayne would like, spin me out and I'd go flying across the room. (Okay, I'm exaggerating, but I was really horrible with the spirals in the beginning) "You ready to do the Sliding Doors?" Dwayne asked, grinning. "I'mma try!" I said, grinning back at him.
So, we do the Sliding Doors, and then we go onto the Fencing move, followed by the Three Threes, the Three Alemenas, and finally, the Hip Twists. And there you have it, the Rumba is finished. "Stop the music, Jay! Damn.me and my girl GOT to take a break. Running right into dances like that going from one to the next.damn! That's gonna fuck me up! I GOT to breathe!" Dwayne said, making me laugh.
(Ring-Ring!)
Dwayne and I go to reach for our cell phones at the same time, also both of us saying Hello to whoever may be on the phone. "Damn!" Dwayne said, shutting the flap on his cell phone. It wasn't his phone after all. "You're such a baby." I say to Dwayne, smacking him playfully on his arm.
"Coach fucking Coker needed Hiram, so I'm here by myself." Nikki said, crying. "Honey, it's okay. Don't get upset, you wanted him to concentrate on his football, remember?" I said, trying to calm her down.
"I know.I just don't like being by myself. Do you think you and Maia could come back to Dwayne's and spend some time with me for a little while?" Nikki asked, sniffling. "You don't want Dwayne and Jay to come?" I asked, looking at Jay and Dwayne trying to box. Them two are some FOOLS!
"No offense, but I just want it to be us girls. I'm really depressed right now, and I need ya'll here with me." Nikki said, sniffling again. "Okay, say no more. Me and Maia are coming right now. Hey, do you want us to pick up anything from the store for you?" I asked, standing up. "I want some chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. Oh, can you pick up some cookies too? I ate up all of Dwayne's, and I know he's gonna be pissed when he sees he don't got no more." Nikki said, starting to chuckle. "Don't worry about him, I'll HANDLE his ass." I said, looking at Dwayne and smirking. "What you say bout me girl?!" Dwayne asked, in a tough voice.
"Why don't you just stay over there and mind ya BUSINESS, boy!" I said, getting smart. "You know he's not gonna let you get away with that, Cris." Nikki said, laughing. "I know!" I said, laughing with her. "You better hurry up and get outta there before he makes an example outta you and starts giving Jay and Maia ideas!" Nikki said. "I'm leaving RIGHT now, as a matter of fact! For real though, let me get off this phone. Maia and me will be there in a lil' bit." I said, walking away from Dwayne, who was following me. "Okay, see ya." Nikki said, hanging up.
(End Call)
"Jay, you better GET ya boy over here!" I said, pointing to Dwayne. "Why? You started some shit with him, not me!" Jay said, chuckling.
"Yeah, why you trying to get other people involved?" Dwayne asked, smacking me on my ass. "Oh, you wanna go to hitting now?" I asked, stopping and giving him a look like he better back the fuck up. "Hey, I'm sorry okay? You giving me a look now like you wanna hurt Lil' DJ, and you can't be doing that." Dwayne said, stopping and putting his hands over his dick as to guard it. "ANYWAY, Maia let's go." I said, signaling for Maia to come over to where I was. "Why, where we going?" Maia asked, walking toward me.
"To spend some female bonding time with Nikki." I said, taking her car keys. "She upset?" Maia asked, snatching her keys back. "Yeah." I said, narrowing my eyes and snatching her keys back.
"Uh-uh, you better gimme my damn KEYS, girl!" Maia said, lightly pushing me and snatching them back. "Who you pushing?!" I asked, pushing her back.
"Ooh! Jay, get over here, man!" Dwayne yelled to Jay.
"What's up?!" Jay asked.
"Our girls is bout to get in a chick fight!" Dwayne said, smiling from ear- to-ear.
"Word?" Jay asked, smiling.
"Word!" Dwayne said, grabbing Jay and running over to where me and Maia were standing.
"C'mon Maia, let me drive!" I said, pushing her and taking her keys. "No, now get off my damn keys!" She said, grabbing a handful of my hair. (Ya'll know we just playin, right?)
"Bitch, no you didn't go there and pull my hair!" I said, grabbing her hair too. "Get off my hair." She said, pulling mine. "No, you get off MY hair." I said, pulling hers.
(Smack!)
"Owww!" Maia and I say at the same time, letting go of one another's hair and turning around to see who smacked us on our asses. "What ya'll looking at us for?" Dwayne and Jay asked, smiling.
"Ya'll 2 bastards smacked us on our asses!" Maia said, pointing at Dwayne and Jay.
"Hey, there was a conflict going on between you two ladies, and someone HAD to stop it." Jay said, smiling. "Yeah, whatever happened to making love and not war?" Dwayne asked, smiling and raising his eyebrows at both of us. "Man, ya'll 2 are some sick sumbitches, I'll tell you that right now. Me and Maia are LEAVING now, so hopefully ya'll can do something productive while we're gone." I said, going to turn around to walk to the parking lot. "Yeah, and stay outta trouble!" Maia said, leaving with me.
"Why would WE get into any trouble?" Jay and Dwayne asked.
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"You're a liar!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes you are!"
"No I'm not! "Both of you shut up! Maia, she's NOT lying!"
Maia and I are in a tiny argument at the moment, because she doesn't believe that Dwayne and I haven't had sex, with all the time I've spent at his apartment. I'll spend days, sometimes even weeks at a time over here. It makes me feel guilty every now and again, but she don't complain because I know when I'm not there she's got Jay over there with her. Anyway, Nikki's tired of us arguing, and she's looking at us right now like if we don't shut the hell up, she's bout to pop both of us one in the face. "Look at you, having the nerve to get a lil' belly already!" Maia said, smiling at Nikki.
"With as much as I've been eating, I'm surprised it's not any bigger." Nikki said, digging into a carton of ice cream. "Girl, you look fine. Don't worry about it." I said, smiling and rubbing her stomach.
"Do you think Hiram will leave me once I have this baby, like if I don't lose the baby fat?" Nikki asked, looking at me and Maia. "Hiram ain't going a damn place, honey. You just remember that." Maia said, going to get up and go to the kitchen. "Well, I'll be all big and fat and stuff, and of course he won't want me then. And then I'll be all alone, raising this baby by myself, and I'll just end up like my parents told me I would." Nikki said, slamming her carton of ice cream on the table and starting to cry. "Nikki, stop it. Don't talk like that." I said, grabbing a couple tissues and wiping the tears from her eyes. "I don't wanna hold him back from his dream of being a football player, really I don't. And then he won't let me work either, so I can try and at least feel like I'm doing something for our family." Nikki said in between sobs. "Maia, I could use some help out here!!!" I yelled. "What?! What is it? What'd I do?" Maia asked frantically, running out of the kitchen.
I silently nodded toward Nikki, as I held her in my arms to try and calm her down. I'm telling you, I don't even have a child of my own, and with Nikki and Hiram, I feel like a damn mother already. And I'm not saying that in a bad way. It's just that.I don't know, it's sad because I put everyone else before me, and I know I shouldn't do that. But it's something I can't help doing. I just want everything to be okay, and if it's not, I feel like it's my responsibility to do something to make it be that way. "Girl, what you crying for?" Maia asks, sitting down on the other side of Nikki.
"Can you tell her that Hiram is still gonna want her even after the baby's born? She's already having doubts." I said, shaking my head. "You better stop talking like that, girl. I'mma tell Dwayne and you know what he's gonna do then. You gon' earn yourself a ass whupping from him, and then where will you be? I know you don't wanna have a piece of that belt!" Maia said, making Nikki laugh. "She's laughing! There is a God!" I said, sighing.
"You're so wrong, Crissy." Maia said, slapping me playfully on my leg.
"So, when's the wedding? Have you guys decided yet?" I asked, bringing a huge smile to Nikki's face.
"Aww.Momma's face is glowing!" Maia said, making me laugh.
"We want to get married May 2, 2004." Nikki said, smiling.
"That's Dwayne's birthday, though." I said, confused.
"After all that he's done for us, we decided we wanted to do it that way. AND, while you two are here, I wanted to ask you something." Nikki said, looking at both Maia and I. "Okay." Maia and I said, chuckling. "Now, if you don't want to do it, it's alright." Nikki started.
"Will you come on, chica?" I asked, playfully smacking her on her arm and laughing.
"I love both of ya'll, and I couldn't tear myself from picking just one person to do the job, so.will you two be Godmother to me and Hiram's baby?" Nikki asked, smiling sheepishly. "Oh my God!!!" Maia and I said, simultaneously.
I have my hands over my face, and I can't believe this, but I'm about to cry. Oh my goodness, I'm crying!
"Stop crying, girl! Now you making me cry!" Maia said, slapping me on my leg.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you two cry!" Nikki said, starting to get upset.
"No, it's okay! You already know my answer, girl. Of COURSE I'll be the baby's Godmother!" I said, hugging Nikki. "And so will I! Let me get on in here too!" Maia said, hugging me and Nikki. Now we're all hugging and crying! LMAO!
~TO BE CONTINUED~