Chapter 24

SONG: FALLING SLOWLY BY JOYNER LUCAS (yall i love this song, its my fave. so let me put yall on)

EXCUSE ANY MISTAKES

JHENE

"After you" Dante said as he opened the door to a diner that was located just outside of philladelphia. I went in and followed him in. He pulled out a seat for me and I sat then he sat opposite me and he wasted no time to direct his stare to me as silence filled the air.

"Aye I wanna apologise bout what played out today," he began "I didn't mean to ruin yo moms cook-"

"No its not your fault" I cut him off looking at him "Jah started his shit.....as usual" I said the last part softly

He sat back and looked at me like he was trying to figure me out "So I'm guessing he's the reason you're so guarded"

I looked down nodding " He was a mistake to be honest" I looked up at him and he looked at me waiting for me to go on "Jah was all I have known because we had basically grew up together so he's always been around and we've always liked  eachother. When I had turned sixteen, I started fuckin with his ass. I was all about him, he was my first everything and in everything he came first. While I was just one of his options." I rolled my eyes as all the memories began to flood back into my mind, all of the sadness that I was trying to mask for the past weeks since me Jah's argument was returning. "He always had some girl hidden and those girls always approaching me about Jah. Every time I was either fightin' hoes for him or fightin' him about hoes. It was never a smooth sailing." I spoke as my finger lightly traced the outline of the pattern of the table cloth.  " I had finally decided to forget about him because he wasn't good for me. I was slowly becoming depressed. I wasn't smiling, i wasn't feelin like myself. I regret ever meeting him."

Dante reached over and swiped the pad of his thumb slowly across my cheeks wiping a tear I didn't know had escaped.

"Hi good evening my name is Liz and I will be your waiter for the evening. Would you like to start off with some drinks?"

Dante nodded " I'll have a sprite and " he looked at me

"Same" I answered looking down trying to wipe away a few more stray tears  as she wrote down

Fuck stop crying Jhene

" Ok ill be back with the drinks. Meanwhile you can look and see what you would like to have"

"Will do" Dante responded and she turned on her heels and left. His gaze went back to me.

"You wanna take out, instead of eating in?" he asked

I sniffed and nodded.

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RASHAD

"That cookout almost went left with Jah hot tempered ass right baby?" I laughed looking at Summer who was laying on my bed on her phone.

"Mhm" she responded coldly with her eyes glued to her phone. Since the cook out Summer been acting cold towards a nigga. I  tried talking to her and she would just shut me out. We cleaned up after the cookout and now we were  up in my room.

"You gon stay the night with me?" I asked looking at her as I took off my shirt

"Nope" she responded popping the 'p' without even putting her attention on me

" The fuck" I scrunched up my face before walking over and  snatching her phone out of her hands.

"What the hell Rah?" She shouted

Rah?! Who the the fuck-

"Who you callin' Rah? You know that shit ain't for you."

She folded her arms across her chest "I can call you any shit I want. Now give me back my phone"

Shawty bold

"You tryna get me fucked up Summer" I said keeping my eyes on her.

"I dont give a fuck what you boutta do, just give me my phone back" she retorted as she attempted to crawl of the bed away from me,but i held her ankles and pulled her to me. I hovered over her and she became quiet as a mouse.

" The hell wrong with you mamas? I'm talking to u and you straight ignoring a nigga. " I asked calmy and  trying not to rock her shit with all that attitude she got.

"Just leave me alone Rah"  she said

SUMMER

It took everything in me not to soak his bed. His hands were on my throat staring me deep in my eyes "You really tryna fuck me up huh" he said. I rolled my eyes and turned my head away from him for him to tightly grip my face and turn it back to him. "I'm  talking to you summer" he said more serious

"Yes I am ignoring you. Just like the way you ignored me today for Kaylen" I responded making his face scrunched up.

"The fuck you talkin bout" he asked as his face held a confused look, making me roll my eyes

Are we really going to play the amnesia card right now?

"Rashad she was all up on you, taking you everywhere away from me. And you was just going with the flow every single time." I expressed

He looked down chuckling then up at me

"Ain't shit funny, or did i miss the joke?" I asked sarcastically with a hint of anger in my tone

"Mamas shit wasn't the way it looked. She's just an old school friend and we was just catching up. Nothing to be worried about." he assured me but I wasn't buying that shit.

"Are you being serious right now Rashad?!  Didnt you see the way she was all on you? Or maybe you probably had liked it"

'Let it out  Summer, from what played out today we both know what he likes and it aint you'

" I wouldnt blame you tho"  I began giving into my insecure thoughts  "because she's obliviously prettier and lighter than me and she even got nicer hair than I do and that's probably what you want. So do us both a favor leave me the fuck alone!!!"  I shouted angrily pushing him off of me roughly.

I got up from the bed ,going to the door and As  i opened the door, it was slammed shut rattling against the frame from the force it was closed with. I turned around coming face to face with Rashad who was glaring at me. "Just let me go man!" i shouted

"Fuck you getting loud with?!" his voice boomed off the walls making me get quiet   " I been tryna talk to yo ass whole evening using the nice way but now you pushing me. You tell me yo problem and I'm tryna reason with you but you wanna be puttin' hands on a nigga and acting up with a badass attitude. You better know that I aint the 'trey' to yo 'trina' so you better change that fucking attitude. "

I just glared at him as he stood 6'2 above my 5'3 frame. "I apologise if I made you feel left out or like ion care bout you because I left you alone at times in the cook out. But If you ain't like something come and tell me, don't sit an catch a fucking attitude about it. If you dont like me fucking with kaylen, ill drop that bitch inna second. If you aint like me doing something, come talk to me and i will try my best to fix it for u because you are more important to me than anyone else or anything else. But don't ever lose yo fucking mind talking about yo self like that again otherwise imma rock yo shit Summer"

He looked me directly into my eyes letting me know that he was not joking. " You so fucking beautiful Summer" his hand reached up and touched my face "and I observe you everyday, the way you try and hide who you are. the way your insecurities come out everytime you talk to someone" he looked down chuckling then looked back up at me "Shit if you could've bailed on me for our first date you would've, because yo hair wasn't straighten" he said as  gently pulled on one of my curls that was pulled up in a side puff.  "Its beautiful baby, all of it. I love it"

(a/n I hope ya'll remeber  the chapter of their first date when she was really gonna bail on him because her hair was not straight)

I felt my eyes beginning to burn  listening to his words "I aint want no one else but you babygirl and get that through yo head. Kaylen ain't even a step close to how you look or how you make me feel because to me you're the best. Yeah she gon try to come at me and it may even have other females tryna fuck with me but i chose you for a reason. I love you girl and i want to always do good by you." he held my face "But the next time you try that attitude shit and pushin a nigga, we gon end up fighting summer." he pointed his finger at me playfully making me laugh a little "Just talk to ma and dead that insecurity shit ight?"

"Yeah" I responded and he pulled me into him. As he held me, i closed my eyes feeling  my insecurities slowly going away.  I could've just spoken to him about how i felt earlier but instead i stayed in my mind and mentally argued with myself.

" Come on mamas" his hand went down to my thighs picking me and i wrapped my legs around his waist "Lets go shower cause you stayin with me tonight" he held me closely  as he made his way to the bathroom.

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TRINA

"Damn why I  always gotta be the bad role model?" I asked trey as I crawled back onto the bed where he was playing video game.  I was hearing the commotion from Rah and summer' s room and my nosey ass tried to eavesdrop. Then I heard Rah tellin Summer that her attitude bad like mine.

My attitude aint bad the fuck he talkin about

"Cause you badass. You really a piece of work you know that?" Trey answered laughing as he sat on the edge of the bed playing game.

I smacked my lips as I crawled up behind him on the bed and wrapped my arms around him from behind " I ain't that bad"

He laughed " Don't worry babygirl, you my badass. I ain't givin' it up for nothing"

"Fasho" i said smiling giving him a kiss on his cheek

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JHENE

I laughed " Dante you wildin' I swear" .After we had gotten our food we had decided to go in the car and eat because I wasn't feeling to be around people after breaking down in the diner. Since we have been here Dante had me laughing non stop with some funny ass stories about him and we were both getting to know eachother on a more personal level. I was laid back on the car door while my feet were propped on his lap.

"Shit I would say I was too" He laughed along with me. As our laugh subsided He began playing with my freshly manicured toes that was on his lap. " You know since the first day I saw u, I felt you and when we actually spoke I knew that you had that type of energy that I always wanna be around."  he said looking up at me " I wanted you to be my girl"

I frowned "Wanted?" I asked " As in past tense? Meaning that you don't want me no more?" I asked  starting to feel disappointment coming back once again.

He chuckle and licked his lips " Nah I'm still crazy as fuck about you. But I want you to love yourself before you could care for ah nigga ya feel me" he held my eye contact as he spoke  "I want you to know that your happiness lays in yo hands and not mine."his hand touched his chest as he referred to himself "I  want that if we were to ever separate that you will be fine without me because as much as you love a nigga you don't need a nigga. Right now I'm all about fixin' you babygirl and watchin you grow. And if I'm still the nigga who you wanna choose to fuck with after everything, then I'm yours ma. But yourself love means more to me than just making you my girl right now. "

All of his words rolled of his tongue so sweetly as I stared at him speechless. His hand gently massage my feet as he looked forward through the windshield. I was lost for words.

"I think that I should get you home Jay, I know yo people probably worried about you" he spoke when he realise that I was still quiet. He leaned forward and started the engine. " You can keep yo feet on my lap tho if you're comfortable like that"

I nodded smiling. He smiled back before pulling out of the parking lot and began driving. I couldnt take my eyes away from him, and every word he said kept playing around in my head. Loving myself was more important to him, my needs mattered more to him than his. First time someone was actually putting me first. His free hand rubbed my feet once in a while as he drove and I wanted to keep this memory so I took out my phone and tried to secretly take a picture of my feet on his lap but my flash came on.

Way to go Jhene

He looked at me " oh that what you on Ma" he smiled showing his dimples making my cheeks burn in embaressment.

"It still came out good tho" I said as I showed him the picture I took on my phone.

He looked at it and laughed "Yeah yo feet and my legs look gucci ma" he  joked and i laughed and posted it on snapchat and instagram.

As I said before, I dont know if it was love, but I felt something for Dante, Something deep.

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JAH

I sat on my couch taking a long pull from my blunt, my head was on one hunnid. That nigga had me fucked up and Jhene ran off with him punk ass. I love her and she just put an end to us. I took up my phone and went to instagram and began scrolling until i came across Jhene's status. I opened it and I felt my anger fuming.

She was with that nigga.

I got up and threw my phone across the room. I couldnt handle it, I couldnt handle seeing her with another nigga because

She belonged to me

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SOOOOO I GAVE YALL ANOTHER UPDATE SO I HOPE YOU GUYS DID ENJOY IT.

SO BOTH RASHAD AND DANTE CAME THROUGH WITH SOME BOMB ASS SPEECHES . WHICH ONE DID YA'LL LIKE MORE THO? RASHAD'S OR DANTE'S

YA'LL JHENE AND DANTE IS SO CAAUUTE TO ME, I LOVE THEM.

TELL ME YALL THOUGHTS ON THE STORY, I KNOW IT AINT THE USUAL HOOD LOVE STORY CAUSE IT GOT TIME TRAVELLIN  N  SHIT BUT DO YA'LL LIKE IT.

ONE MORE THING: i ASKED IF YALL WANTED A Q&A WITH THE CAST OF MY BOOK. BUT NO ONE SENDING ME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YA'LL WOULD LIKE TO ASK. SOOOO FEEL FREE TO INBOX ME THE QUESTIONS THAT YA'LL WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CAST  AND I'LL PUT IT IN. I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN I WOULD BE UPLOADING THE Q &A SO UNTIL THEN ASK AS MUCH QUESTIONS AS YALL WOULD LIKE. DONT BE AFRAID IM COOL ASF

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