chapter 21

Riani Nalani Brown | Riri

September 21st.

Walking out of the salon as I now had my nails, lashes and hair done. I had a jet black middle part buss down with crimpss. And my nails were just simple, medium length white french tips.

Because today is my birthdayyy.

Getting in the car I get yet another call from Kiari. He's been calling me ever since I told him I got my hair done but I had to get my nails done right after.

Setting my phone in my phone holder thing so it showed my whole face while I was still driving I finally answered his call.

"Your ass acting like you can't pick up the phone and shit." I hear him but it sounded like he was far away.

"I had to get my nails done right after so I couldn't answer." I say and then he puts his face in the camera looking like he was at practice.

"Ouuu you look good as hell." He picks his phone up and takes a factime photo of me making me straight face him.

"Stop taking pictures of me while I'm not ready. I'll send you some when I take some." I say.

"My bad you just so beautiful. Happy birthday." He says and I hide my little smile.

"Thank youu. Are you at practice or are you just at the gym shooting hoops?"

"Practice."

"So why you not practicing right now?"

"Because I took a break to get water and to call you. start acting like you know."

"Ok cause now you being smart, bye." I hang up on him since I was pulling up at Kams dorm anyways.

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"You need a dress like this." Kam nods her head at the dress I had on as I was looking at myself in the mirror, and it was cute just really short.

"Kam, when I walk the bottom of my ass shows a little." I laugh.

"Exactly. It's giving birthday night out."

"Yeah but I'm trying to shake my ass on my birthday and get drunk while not having to worry about my dress." I take it off and grab the skirt.

"But thisss is cute." I smile at the leather short skirt.

"Riani. The skirt is just as short as the fucking dress." Kam straight faces me.

"I know it is. I just wanted to wear the skirt." I innocently smile.

"Mhmm." Kam says and grabs the dress she is going to wear.

Finishing recrimping my hair as I had on a light beat. I stand up rubbing cocabutter body oil all over my body then putting on my outfit which was a black leather skin tight tube top and a matching mini-skirt.

I put my jewelry and lip combo on than look in my full body the mirror smiling than taking some pictures.

"Ouuuuu you look so goodddd." Kam walks in the room smiling hyping me up making me laugh.

"This actually looks better than the dress too." Kam nods.

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Getting inside the club, I sigh in relief because this was my first time and I was scared they weren't going to let me in even though Kam gave me a fake id.

"Seee, and you stressing for what." Kam laughs.

It was very big in here and had a lot going on to.

We walk over to our friends and they smiled seeing me.

"Happy birthday. You look so beautiful." Ray gives me a big smile and hugs me.

"Thank you." I smile back kissing her cheek.

"Anyways move." Isaiah pushes Ray away then puts his arm over my shoulder.

"It's my bestie birthday and yall better turn up tonight or it's gone be a problem." Isaiah looks at everyone as I didn't recognize some of them but I was really just looking for Kiari.

"Where's Kiari?" I ask looking at everyone.

"He should be here but I don't know." Isaiah says and I nod and before I know it they already had me taking shot after shot.

But I slowed down after I already felt my lightweight ass starting to kick in.

I walk a little away from the group and pull my phone out about to text Kiari, when I felt arms come around my shoulder but still was at a respectable distance from behind me.

"I'm right here. You were already missing me?" Kiari says making me smile turning to hug him and he hugs me back.

"I thought you weren't coming. You a whole twenty minutes late." I frown backing away from the hug.

"That's my fault, I had shit to handle but I'm here now. You been drinking?" He questions and I happily nod.

"Here." I hand him a shot but he declines it.

"I can't drink. Basketball remember?" He says.

"Ohh. So you Isaiah and Amari can't drink?" I furrow my brows.

"They drinking cause you can give coach a fake drug test or clean it out your system but Ian trying to risk anything." He says and I nod understanding that.

"My man." One of the guys from the group came up to Kiari smiling.

"It's this bad as bitch that wants you and she asked for you." He says to him but Kiari shakes his head.

"Nah I'm cool." He says.

"Man come on she got a fat ass." He pulls Kiari away and I just roll my eyes.

I just take the shot that Kiari declined and walked back over to Kam and Ray cause i was trying to get turnt, not bummed.

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"You done had to many drinks." Kiari pulls me from getting ready to twerk.

"Didn't I tell you I was getting turnt? I been twerking this whole night but you were wayyy to busy over there with whoever the fuck." I shrug.

"Why you twerking knowing you have on this mini ass skirt."

"I don't know."

"Well pull it down." He mumbles pulling it down for me but I pop his hand.

"Stop it." I move away from him.

"You don't need to be wearing a skirt like that if it keeps coming up." He straight faced me.

"I'm single so I can do what I want. Mind yours." I point a finger at him to which he pushes away.

"Where's Kam." He sighs.

"Over there." I point to her twerking on Amari and he just shakes his head.

"Y'all stressing me." He rubs his forehead.

"Stop worrying so much." I laugh.

"I'm trying to look at for yall cause it be some...niggas up in here lurking and shit." He says looking around.

"Like I said, stop worrying so much." I say and he looks at me and nods.

I heard a slow song start playing making me smile and look over at Kiari.

I felt like teasing him tonight.

"I want to dance. Can we dance?" I ask him but pull him to where everyone else was dancing anyways.

"Dance? Dance to this?" He furrows his brows.

"Yesss." I drag out and he hums slowly nodding.

"You look good by the way. Real good." He says spinning me around and then securing a hand around my waist as I was now pressed against his back.

"Thank you." I smile starting to move with the music.

He was holding one of my hands up so I start slowly grinding on him while singing the song that was playing.

"Tonight I'm gonna dance for you." I start singing to the lyrics to Beyoncé.

Kiari starts moving his hands over my body which started sending chills down my body but I was still standing strong.

Oh I'm the one that's supposed to be teasing him but over here getting nervous? Oh nah.

I start slowly grinding onto him more, moving to the rhythm of the song.

I heard a sound came from his mouth so I turn back around facing him and he looks down at me licking the bottom of his lip.

"Lovinggg you is really all that's on my mindddd. And I can't help but to think about it day and nighttt. I wanna make that body rock, sit back and watch." I sing to him.

"You playing in my face right now." He chuckles shaking his head and looking away from me.

"I was just singing." I shrug putting my arms over his shoulders and he looks back down at me, putting his hands back on my waist.

"You was grinding like fuck on me." He grins.

I look back up at him smiling, really trying to hold my laugh in cause I did that shit on purpose.

"You smiling and shit and I ain't." He shakes his head at me.

"You'll be ok." I kiss his cheek and that must of really pissed him off cause he smacked his lips at me.

"Yeah you fucking with me tonight." He pulls away from me making me laugh.

"I'm going to the bathroom now, I'll be back." I say and he furrows his brows but I walk up the stairs and into the bathroom, locking the door.

I fix my self up and spray my perfume and than I walk out seeing it wasn't as many people as it was when I first came up here.

I felt arms around me making me smile.

"I told you I'll be back Kiari." I laugh turning around but once I saw Zeno with a smirk on his face I immediately got out of his hold.

"You look good and I've been missing you. it's been what a week now?" Zeno says and I fold my arms over my chest.

"Yeah a week since you called me easy." I say trying to hide that I wasn't sober cause I don't trust him at all.

"You know ian mean that." He smacks his teeth looking over me making me a little uncomfortable.

"I don't know...but imma go." I say walking away and he just closely watched me before grabbing my wrist and pulling me back to him.

"You been drinking? You aren't sober?" He asks.

"I am sober." I purse my lips.

"You walking like you aren't though." He grins.

"You being really weird like forreal. How did you even know I was here."

"Just wanted to show you something for your birthday." He smirks grabbing both my wrist but when I try to let go of his hold but he just holds tighter.

"Zeno let my fucking wrist go." I feel myself starting to get frustrated because what the fuck are you doing.

"Or what?" He laughs coming closer to me.

"Zeno." I close my eyes taking a deep breath then opening them again.

"I don't know what type of joke this is but I'm not in the mood for jokes no more." I look at him seriously.

"Joke? Oh cause I'm laughing you think I'm joking huh." His smile drops.

I was about to say something but just then I turned seeing Kiari walk up the steps and when he saw us I seen his face expression completely change.

"Man what the fuck." Kiari harshly pushes Zeno back and my hand immediately went to my wrist as I felt them feeling sore.

"Are you ok?" Kiari inspects my wrist but I saw the more he looked at them the madder he got so I put them behind me.

"Zeno I swear to- Kiari no. Let's go." I cut him off, pulling his hand because I was completely pissed. I was having a good ass time before Zeno started fucking with me and I didn't want Kiari to get involved because he already looked mad.

"I got something for you tomorrow." Kiari starts slowly nodding to him then we get downstairs.

"Your not doing anything Kiari." I stress.

"What he do to you." Kiari asks.

"Nothing Kiari. Can you just take me home?" I say.

"Do your wrist hurt?" He asks.

"Just a little, but it's fine Kiari."

"Blowing his shit out tomorrow." Kiari mumbles making me hit his chest and turn to him.

"Don't say stuff like that Kiari. You don't do them types of things so don't try just because of me. Especially if it isn't nothing serious." I say before walking again.

"Tuh." I hear him say behind my back but I just ignore it.

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Once we got to my house and i took a shower change and did allat, i walked in my room seeing he was sitting on my bed stilllllll mad.

I been stopped caring after my shower because I didn't want it to ruin my birthday thinking about it.

So I try to lighten the mood.

"Sooo what did you get me for my birthday." I smile sitting next to him, I saw everybody's else's gift earlier but ian seen him all day till the club.

"Ian get you shit." He says with a straight face looking at me making my face drop.

"Ok." I was about to get off the bed now pissed at his attitude and maybe just a little because he didn't get me anything, but he pulls me back.

"I'm joking." He says, his face looking a little more happier.

"You looked so serious to." I hit his chest smiling.

"Its in my car. Do you want me to get it?" He says and I nod.

He came back making me smile.

"I didnt know what to get you, but then I did cause everything kept reminding me of you but they were expensive so I knew you would do the most, but I got it anyway." He puts them infront of me.

"Expensive? How expensive?" I turn to him.

"It wasn't that expensive. I just got you a few things my sister says you been looking at online." He says making me raise my brow but I start with the smallest bag first.

I seen it was a small box in there so I open them smiling seeing they were two cartier gold bracelets.

"Awnnnn." I put them on. I knew these were expensive and I wasn't trying to waste my money buying them either but they were always so cute to me.

"Open the other one." He says so I do.

Inside were some chestnut tasman ugg slides with the cheatnut ugg x telfar bag to match with it. "I was trying to get you them tory burch slides and the bag but I figured it was getting cold so you wouldn't even be able to wear them." He says.

"Kiari this is so nice of you. Thank you so much, I really appreciate all of this." I hug him tightly kissing his cheek making him smile.

"It's nothing forreal." He waves me off.

"This is a lot to me." I lean back to look at his face