Riley ran up to his room and lay on his bed. He held back his tears. He couldn't believe he saw what he just saw. As his Granddad says, it must have been some crazy sitcom misunderstanding.

Cindy let herself in about 5 minutes later. She saw Robert and Corkey enjoying their dinner, but walked pass them and went up to the boy's room. Riley was a bit startled to see Cindy.

"C-merph? Wat you doin here?" he asked her.

"Well," she said sitting on his bed. "I gotts to know somethin."

She then looked at Riley. He looked back into her eyes. He loved her big, beautiful blue eyes.

"Do you like me? Like more den a friend?"

Riley hid his blush, he wanted to tell her yes so bad, but of course, he would probably be rejected.

"No. We just homies. I ain't care if you date."

"Oh, so even doe I kiss Al."

"Yeah, we still coo."

"Dat's all I wanted ta hear. Well, I gotts ta go, see you tomorrow at da court?"

"I be dare."

"iight."

The next day Riley went over to the courts. Cindy was already there.

"Hey Reezy."

"Hey C-merph."

The two began to play a competitive game, but after a while Riley stopped.

"Wats da matta Reez? Can't stand up to ya homegirl?"

"Nah, maybe I'm just not feelin well."

"Come on, let's play some ball!"

"Naw naw, Imma go home."

"Reezy!" she yelled grabbing his hand, which he was not expecting. He thought that hand felt very soft.

"Can we please play some more?"

Riley let out a big sigh

"I guess so."

The two began to play some more, until Cindy stopped him.

"Yo Reezy, show me how you do dat half court shot."

"iight." He said as they walked to the line.

"Well," He began while putting his hands over hers and putting his body close to Cindy's. He had no idea why he was doing this, it was just his instinct.

"You take the ball, and throw it like dis." He said. This made Cindy do a perfect basket.

"Wow Reezy, you really are da expert." She said which made Riley feel very warm inside.

"Yeah, I guess I am."

"Well, I see ya later?"

"Sure."

Later that night Riley was bored so he took out his easel. He had no idea what to paint, until he kept thinking about Cindy.

Ohhh, she's beautiful. Wit her beautiful, blonde hair, and her blue eyes dat are like a portal to an endless ocean. And dat smile, dat neva fails to enchant me.

He let his thoughts about her sore onto the canvas. He kept painting until he was done, and smiled at his work.

"Riley?"

Riley quickly turned around and was relieved to see it was just Huey.

"You gotta learn not to sneak up on a nigga like dat."

"Uh, I saw you paint Cindy."

"Naw, dis is some other gurl."

"Now Riley, if you like her why don't you tell her?"

"You think it's so easy, why don't you talk ta Jazzy about it?"

"For the last time, I don't love her!"

"Come on Huey, just admit it! I won't tell nobody."

"Maybe I like her a little, but I'm not in love with her!"

"You like her a lot Huey. Now if you want her you gotta step your game up. Maybe you could do something before she goes out with Al."

"I can't just tell her!"

"Yeah, well maybe you could ask her out or something."

"I did that once, and I told her I hated it."

"Did you?"

"….no. I liked spending time with her."

"Why didn't you say dat?"

"I don't know."

"I know! Why don't you ask her out to Al's concert?"

"I hate weird Al."

"But she loves him."

"I'll think about it."

Mean while Jazmine went over to Al's. She knocked on the door, and Al answered it.

"Look, Al. I'm really sorry about what happened. It's just that Cindy and I were fighting, and things got out of hand."

"You two were fighting about me, right?"

"Yeah."

"I guess it's okay. People fight over me all the time."

"Well, I just feel terrible."

"Hey, don't sweat it."

"Listen, do you want to catch a movie later?"

"Uh, sure!"