by Diamond DIor
"No ... not at all," I said. Thank God I wasn't a white girl because the way am blushing, he would surely see it.
After waiting patiently for him to take her inside, He came back dressed differently. Black shorts sagging with a white wife beater and his red polo shirt over his shoulders with his black and red Jordans he jumped in the car.
"Where do you live ma?" he asked started the truck.
"17 Winter Street over in Richmonville."
"Oh okay, that's not to for from here," he said while pulling out his drive way. He turned on the radio and Bed Peace by Jhene Aiko and Childish Gambino started playing. I sang along with Jhene.
“The love is ours to make so we should make it, everything else can wait, the time is ours to take so we should take,” I sang staring out the window. I felt his eyes staring at me but I wasn’t for sure and I damn sure wasn’t going to look over and be made a fool of.
“Dang, we got a Beyonce over there huh” Cameron said smiling at me.
“No,” I laughed, truth be told I wanted to blush so bad.
“Which house is yours?” he asked.
"This one here," I said making him stop.
"Aight."
"Thank you," I said getting my bag off the floor.
"No prob," he said smiling.
Omg. I love it when he smiles I thought trying to open the door.
The more I paid attention to his smile, the less I paid attention to the door. I was so caught up I didn't see him leaning over. I closed my eyes and felt it, I just knew we would kiss. He kept going though, to open the door.
“Uhhh, Thanks again,” I blushed as I was embarrassed. , I got out and closed the door
I was about to turn around but my face was greeted with the back of his car fading as it sped down the road. I sighed and headed inside.
Jerk, I said out loud, locking the door behind me. He could have at least checked to see if I was ok. I went to the kitchen to get a bottle of water but I saw a note on the counter
“Lasagna Is In The Oven” -Mom
She must be coming home late. She has been coming home late for a-while now. I wonder what she’s doing that would make her come home late. She always closed her restaurant at 9 p.m, but she is been coming home at 11 or 12 at night.
I went to my room to gather my things and prepare for my shower. After taking my shower, I put on a t-shirt and a pair of basketball shorts and started my homework.
“Babe!" a voice shouted waking me up.
“Babe!!!” I got out the bed and started to follow were the sound was coming from
Walking pass a standing mirror, I took a quick glance at myself and I look different. I touch my cheeks to see if the mirror is lying
“Babe!!!” the voice said softly behind me. I slowly turn around and my eyes made four with his as he walked up to me
“Didn’t you hear me calling you?” he said softly as he caress my cheeks
“Ah... um” I didn’t know what to say because here he was calling me his babe.
“Now you know I don’t like it when I call you and you don’t answer me,” he said as he got closer to me.
I was scared because of the look on his face. I started to back up. The next thing I know he flung me on the bed and hovered over me.
Then he attacked me with, Tickles! I was mesmerized by his smile as I looked at his lips. I still cant believe its –
“Kareem!” Now that’s voice I know.
“Kareem!” my mom shouted while shaking the hell out of me.
“Mom ... stop please,” I groan trying to pull out of her grip.
“WAH WRONG WID YUH” (What’s Wrong) she shouted with a worried look on her face
“What do you mean? And please stop shouting” I said confused as hell
“Yuh did a back up pon di bed head like yuh see duppy den yuh start to laugh” (You were backing up on your head board like you saw a ghost, then you started to giggle)” she said with the same look on her face
“Oh... it was just a dream,” I told her as she head to the door.
“Yuh sure?” she asked one last time.
“Yes,” I assured her.
"Alright." She eased up off my bed and left through the door.
"Why are you in my dreams?” I huffed as I went to the bathroom.
I took a 20 minute bath, changed in my pajamas, and went to bed.
***
“Girl I can’t stand Cameron stupid ass for sending me to my room whenever Jase comes over to the house,” Monique blabbed on about her brother.
“Mhmm,” I said still playing with my food.
“Ok what’s your problem? You have been acting different today,” she said while eating her box of pizza. I swear she eats like a pregnant woman.
“Oh its nothing.”
“Girl I aint gone stop till you tell me,” she said chugging down her large cup of juice.
“Its just that I have been having some weird dreams lately,” I sighed looking around at our surroundings.
“About?” she asked giving me her full attention.
“Well me and this boy.”
“Oh, I have those dreams a lot,” she waved me off as she began drinking her juice.
“Well my dreams are of me and Cameron,” I said saying the last part as low I could. I guess It wasn’t low enough because all the juice flew out her mouth and onto the floor as she choked, then she started laughing real loud like she was crazy.
“Stop!! , you’re causing a scene!” I said as everyone looked at me.
“Wait, girl whet? Cameron? Really? Couldn’t it be Chris Brown or Tyga or better yet Trey Songz?” She asked calming down.
“Well—”
“I should have seen this coming, well not the dreams, but the way you were looking at him yesterday. Cameron though? Ugh...Well I have no problem with you two dat-”
“Wow! No, We aren’t gonna date. We don’t even talk, I don’t even like him like that,” I said cutting her off and lying. I hope she didn’t catch on.
“Girl, if you dreaming bout’ him, then you like him,” she said eating some skittles.
Where the hell did she find space in my stomach to eat that? I wondered and then snapped back to the matter at hand.
“Hey Punky,” Cameron said after he snuck up on Monique and covered her eyes, which made me smile. He has a nick-name for her, aww that was so adorable.
“Cameron,” she cooed as she remove his hands “What did I tell you about calling me that in public?” she added.
“What? You don’t like that name?” he asked pouting.
Awe, like come on, how could you deny that face? I thought to myself.
“Yeah how can you?” Cameron said smirking and winking at me.
Did I just say that out loud? I need to stop thinking around him.
“Its not even like that... Cameron” her voice trailed off as she stared at Jase, Cameron’s best friend. Next thing I heard her shouting.
“Cameron why did you do that,” she shouted at him.
“Do what?” he shouted back in a more of a question.
Her stare trailed off.
Slowly Cameron and me noticed what she was saying. He was embarrassing her by calling her “Punky” while the Jase was in her presence.
Wait, she was talking about this Jase. He’s cute though, not Cameron cute but he’s all right.
“Da fuck man I told you about-” he didn’t get to finish because she grabbed her bag and screamed, “Fuck Off and leave me the fuck alone!”
“Why the fuck you still here?” he spat at Jase, who later shook his head and walked out the cafeteria.
“She must hate me now,” he said sighing at he sat at the table.
“Umm.. y-your her big b-brother. I don’t think she will be mad at you for long because you have to take her home.” due to my nervousness, I look down in my lap.
Then the bell rang. I grabbed my bag and left the table, not that he would notice because Gabriella was in his lap sucking his face off.
Monique
“Babe” I moaned as he kissed me while squeezing my ass. Stopping him I felt a feeling that I hated to feel. It never felt right when we did this shit. Never!
“I hate that we have to hide our love,” I said staring in his brown eyes.
“Me too, but Cam would kill me.”
“Uggh I can’t stand Cameron. He always gotta interfere with my love life”
“ I know baby. He is just overprotective at times”
“It’s alright, but guess what?”
“What??” I asked still staring in his eyes
“I love you,” he planted soft kisses on my lips
“Awe Jase I love you too” I said kissing him
I really love Jase. We have been dating since I was in the 7th grade, and Cameron still don’t know about it. Basically, we have been hiding our love for three and a half years and I am tired of hiding. He is everything a girl wants. He treats me like a lady and he cares for me,that’s why I told my parents I wanted to transfer. Well not really, I didn’t tell them that because Jase works for them and my dad and brother would have killed him. I didn’t really tell Kareem about him yet but she the only real friend I had so far and I trust her. Imma tell her soon.
Jase is in the drug game with my dad and brother. Ever since I have known him, my overprotective ass brother wouldn’t let me go near Jase. When he comes around, he always send me to my room.
“What?” I asked him with a smirk as he looks at me weird
“I am trying not to think dirty with you sitting on my lap right now” he said seriously
I was sitting on his lap with my legs around his waist on a bench in the boys locker room. Risky I know, but I will do anything for him,
“Aww babe, you can kiss me ...” and with that he leaned in closer to my lips and in a matter of seconds our lips meet and I felt like the only girl in the world ...
Kareem
As the bell rang to notify us that we have 20 minutes left for lunch, I went to the library to visit Ms Rose. She said I can call her Asia, but I think it’s a form of disrespect. She is the Liberian and is the only person I use to talk to before I met Monique. She is very nice to talk to and she is young, only 24 I think.
“Hey Asia” I said taking seat beside her
“Hey Gurl, I see it took ya years to come look for ya gyal”she stated in her strong mixture of American and Jamaican accents.
“I’m sorry. I was just so caught up with my new friend and all so –“
“A new friend?! Oh my gosh finally. Girl you needed a friend so bad” she said cutting me off
I gave her a straight face “seriously”
“Girl I was just playing with ya, but I am happy you have a friend”
“Yeah her name is Monique and guess who's her brother”
“Who?"
"Cameron Rodriques" I smiled
"Lawd, he is one fine boy" she fanned herself
'I know right" I gushed
“Talk about another hottie, Jaye wants his lunch but I cant go because my break gone be up in two minutes” she said reffering to her boyfriend, who is our gym teacher. Mr Ja-shaun Taye but he allows us to call him Mr Jaye
“Hmm, well I got 15 minutes left. You want me to bring it to him for you?” I volunteered
“Oh my gosh girl thanks so much” she said giving me the brown paper bag
“Ok imma go now ... later” I said putting my bag on my back. Afterwards heading to the gym.
I pushed the gym doors and went to the locker room, which is where his office was . I turned the corner just in time to witness Monique and Jase kissing. I was so shocked that I almost pissed my pants. I was standing there for a good two minutes before I flew out the doors just to run in to Mr Jaye ..
“Wow !! Hey where you flying to?” he asked as help me regain my balance
“I uuh w-was just coming to g-give y-you this” I manage to say still shocked as hell
“Oh thank you” he said taking the bag from me
“O-ok” and with that he left for the staff room I guess.
I still can’t believe what I just saw. Right as I was about to head to my class, I saw Cameron coming towards the gym and quickly turned back in the gym.
Standing next to the door questions sprint through my mind
‘What if he comes and they are sill kissing?’
‘Would he kill him?’
‘I hope he is not coming to the gym’
“Hey, did you see Nique?” a voice said from behind, knocking me out my thoughts
“Huh?” I turn around acting dumbfounded.
“Do you know where Monique is?”
“Monique?” I gulped.
“Yes” he said.
“I don’t k-know,” I stammered.
“Ok thanks” he said after heading to the locker room.
SHIT!
“Da fuck?!” I heard Cameron’s loud voice boom in the gym
Uh oh
Cameron
I was not thinking. My brain shut down. The first thing that popped in my empty skull was to pull my nine out and shoot. This is the shit I was fucking running from, my lil’ sister sitting on this nigga lap with his tongue all down her throat. This was not just any nigga, but my best fucking friend. I told this nigga that my sister was off-limit, but he wouldn’t listen. I didn’t clear my throat for them to notice me. All I did was to check to see if my gun was loaded.
Kareem
'What should I do?'
'Should I go back?'
'Girl are you crazy?'
'Do you want to die?'
'But Monique is my best friend and she would never leave me to die'
'Yeah, but Monique obviously don’t love her life'
'And Jaseone is a brave mothafucka because he knows his best friend will kill him'
I slowly went back to the gym to see Monique on the floor unconscious. Cameron and Jase were pointing their guns at each other. I suddenly started to feel my chest tightening because I have asthma, but damn I forgot to bring my pump.
“Guys stop, we need to get her to the nurse” I wheezed
They were still staring in each other’s eyes, and Cameron looked like he would kill Jase in a heartbeat. I did the dumbest thing and jumped in front of Cameron as tears ran down my face and my chest heaving up and down.
“Please guys, she’s unconscious,” I shouted the last word in Cameron face.
Cameron had yet to move, but slowly I saw tears flowing down his face. I hugged him and his body tensed then relaxed as I kept hugging him. He hugged back and began to cry on my head due to the fact that he is taller than me.
I took Cameron outside for some air because he was really upset at them.
“D-do you want to talk about it now?” I said playing with my hands as we sat at the back of the school. I was skipping class to make sure he was okay
Nique, on the other hand, is at the nurse offices getting checked out. As much as I wanted to, I could not shake the image of Monique being passed out from shocked out of my mind. That’s the reason that I didn’t want Cameron to catch her with Jase.
“I trusted him, and he betrayed me,” Cameron shouted.
“Why are you even talking to me!?” he yelled in my face. I held back the tears because being yelled at was my weakness. I decide just then that I would not allow him to get away with this one.
“YOU KNOW WHAT?! FUCK YOU CAMERON. I SKIP CLASS JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE OKAY. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE FUCKING NURSE’S STATION MAKING SURE MY BESTFRIEND IS FUCKING OK, BUT HERE I AM TRYING TO CALM YOU DOWN AND YOU’RE SHOUTING AT ME LIKE I AM ONE OF YOUR HOES. NO I AM NOT GONNA TAKE THAT. YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK AND SHOVE THAT SHIT BACK UP YA ASS. ALL THE TIME I HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE, I SEE YOU TELL GIRLS SHIT. WELL I AM DIFFERENT, DON’T TALK TO ME LIKE I AM A HOE OR SLUT! ..WHO THE FUCK I LOOK LIKE? Gabriella!?!” I shouted with tears flowing from my face. With that, I grabbed my bag and headed back to school.
I don’t curse, but he brought th
at shit out of me. Sure as shit stank, just as I turn the corner I see Gabriella with her tongue down Andre throat.
Like what the fuck?! Can my day get any worse? Everybody knew that Andre and Cameron were enemies because if them repping different sides. Although I wanted to, I was about to run back to where Cameron was but I didn’t move an inch further. I turned to hide in Cameron’s locker, but bumped straight into him.
“Umm...I-I –“ I stuttered
“No its ok. I actually came to say so-“ he said as his stare trailed off behind me
He was now fuming. His light brown skin was now red and his eyes were dark
“NOW I KNOW IMMA FUCKING KILL THIS NIGGA,” as he grabbed for his gun.
I started to breathe heavily again.
Do Something Kareem, was all that was going through my head.
“No!!!’ I shouted then I grabbed him gentle by his neck and kissed him.
First, he didn’t kiss back, but a couple seconds after he started to kiss me back. I nibbled on his lips until he opened his lips and let my tongue enter.
Oh my! This was my first kiss, and it felt good. In fact it felt so good that I didn’t want it to end. As we kissed, he wrapped his arms under my ass lifting me up to meet his face. I automatically wrapped my legs around his waist while his hands massaged my ass.
I heard Gabriella clear her throat.
“Fuck you bitch” I heard Gabriella shout, but I gave her my middle finger.
Pulling away, Cameron moaned “Let’s go to my car” against my lips with me around his waist. We kissed on the way to the car. I can’t believe this is happening.
Kareem
“Are you ok?”
“Yes, for the 100th time I am ok” Monique’s voice giggled through the phone.
I was laying in bed on my back with my head hanging out the foot of my bed on the phone with Monique.
“I want to know something,” her mischievous voice squeaked in my ear.
“What?" I asked kind of already knowing what the question was.
“What happen between you and Cam today?”
“Why ... what happen?”
“I don’t know, I asked him where you were and he got mad instantly.”
“Oh... I’ll tell you tomorrow I guess.”