Chapter 8 The Kickback at Syncere and Shawn's house:Syncere's POV: 9pm "Baby can we please hear anything other than rap. I mean damn females are in here too." Jazz said with a whine as she handed me my Henny and Coke. Me and Shawn were having a kickback at our spot for our teammates and a few friends. It was nothing major just some snacks, drinks, with the music playing, while we hung out, played spade, and Pity Pat for money of course. Right now I was kicking everybody's ass in Pity Pat at five bucks a game, my pockets will be looking right this weekend. "Damn nobody wants to listen to that soft shit, Jazz." Shawn said before I could answer. "Shut up Shawn, I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to Syncere. This is not just your spot, it's his spot too, so shut the fuck up with your nasty ass." Jazz clapped back with her nose turn up in disgust. I Interrupted them before things got out of hand. "Will yall just chill out damn. Jazz, you can change the
Chapter 9The Kickback at Syncere and Shawn's house:Syncere's POV: continued After the miscarriage Jazz was an emotional wreck, so I made sure I was there for her. I didn't want to abandon her when she needed me most. I stayed around to make sure she was good and before I knew it a couple of months, turned into three years had passed by, and we were still together. Shawn had his doubts about the whole baby thing. He thinks she fake the pregnancy and miscarriage to keep me around. But I nipped that in the bud, when I told him I had seen the test myself. But he wouldn't let it go, we actually got into a heated argument about it and didn't speak for a while. A few weeks later, we squashed it because we were teammates with the same dreams of being drafted to the NBA. Shawn apologized and agreed to never bring up the pregnancy situation again. I told him that I knew he was just trying to look out for me because being on the same team makes us brothers and that was t
Chapter 10 Essence's house:POV: Sunday Afternoon "I know you fucking lying?" Kiki yelled after I told her what happened last Thursday. "The fuck if I'm lying. If I'm lying I'm flying and my ass ain't grown wings yet." I replied. "That mother fucka thought I was some flunky that lose their mind when they see him and he show them some attention." I bust that fucking bubble real fast. He was fine but NOT the I'm going to do your homework fine." I said laughing. "Why do everybody think we have low self-esteem I mean we sure don't act like we do. Hell we have been called high maintenance a time or two, Although I don't agree, but I definitely can't claim that low self-esteem bullshit. Because I'm something kinda sexy." Kiki said doing a model walk then bust out with a twerk at the end. laughing out loud I said. "You ratchet as hell boe." "I know you ain't talking with how you be rolling your hips and doing splits and all. So I'm not the only one who's ratchet. B
Chapter 11Syncere POV: “Yooo! This shit is for the birds. The coach was going hard today he had us doing every play he has ever done in his entire life. Now we got to do weight training.” I said wiping the sweat off my face. “I legit thought I wasn’t going to make that last drill I feel like we did it no less than thirty times. I’m going to be doing that play in my sleep.” Shawn said shaking his head walking towards the gym. “It’s going to be an early night for me. I was going to ask Jazz to come through, but hell no I’m going to take a shower then hit the sheets.” I said opening the doors to the gym letting my teammates in first. “Oh shit that’s old girl that was supposed to be my tutor. Yall remember the girl I told you about the other night. I hope she doesn’t see my ass in here.” Trent said with a whisper. We already know who he was talking about, because we had already met the duo before he did.“ Shawn had already made a bee line heading towards the girls.
Chapter 12Essence pov: 6:25pm “You sure you don’t want me to stick around just in case it’s another asshole that you have to deal with?” Kiki asks. “Absolutely not you have work you need to do and I can handle myself, you already know.” I answered. “Okay, but you better call me as soon as you get home.” Kiki said, getting up from our table at the pit. After the gym we decided to head over here for a smoothie, and chill until my session started. “You already know I’m going to call your ass.” I said rolling my eyes at her. “Yeah I know, alright I’ll talk to you later.” Kiki said walking to the exit. It's now six thirty p.m. glancing at my cell, it was starting to look like I had another Trent who will show up late and think I’m supposed to be doing his work while he does nothing. I was getting mad all over again. “What are you doing here?" Syncere asked from behind me. Smiling, I turned to face him, damn if he ain’t fine. Did I tell yall he had dreads, sm
Chapter 13 Syncere POV: Monday 10pm “Damn I still can’t believe Essence is tutoring you. You’re lucky because it could have been somebody that you couldn’t get along with.” Shawn said as he passed me a beer. We were watching a game on TV, when I told him about Essence being my tutor this semester. “She was skeptical at first, she didn’t want to have any run-ins with jazz and Leah, because of how they acted when they met them. Which didn’t end well, but I told her Jazz was cool and she didn’t have to worry about her because she knows my situation. Jazz knows what I need to do to keep my full ride and get drafted, so she won't fuck it up for me.” I said, taking a swag of my beer. “Ha, do you really believe that about jazz? You know damn well Jazz is going to flip the fuck out, when she finds out. Like you said they already had a run-in with them, so she is going to make you find another tutor.” Shawn says seriously. “I’m not doing that, Essie knows what she’s do
Chapter 14Essence POV: 6:20 p.m. Looking at the time I still had ten to fifteen minutes before Syncere got here, he may be late just like he was yesterday. I thought to myself smiling at the memory on us debating, on whether he was late or not. Luckily I found a parking spot that was close to the entrance, “it must be my lucky day, boom!” I said to myself. Now if I can order me a quick bite without having to stand in line than that would be awesome. Walking into the Pit looking around there were only like three people waiting so that wasn’t so bad I would just get a cold cut hoagie and a drink. Placing my order I turn around trying to see if the table in the back was empty, because it was less noisy in the back. “Damnit,” I whispered, rolling my eyes. Well, so much for my lucky day, that shit didn't even last twenty minutes. I swear lady luck, be iffy as hell. She gives you luck, then crushes your dreams, all in less than fifteen minutes . I said to myself, beca
Chapter 15Syncere POV: 6:58pm Damn I know Essence is Big mad, but I couldn’t help it, my car wouldn’t start. I must have left my lights on last night, and me neither Shawn had booster cables. Shawn couldn’t drop me off because he had a date. So, I finally get my neighbor to give me a boost and now I’m twenty-five minutes late. Opening the door to The Pit, I looked at the table we were at yesterday to see if she was still at the same table, but she wasn't. I frowned, looking around, and realized that she wasn’t there. Still looking around thinking I must have just looked over her because she was super short, but she wasn’t at any of the tables. Why would she leave? I know I was late, but I think she would have at least waited, maybe something similar had happened to her. Pulling out my cell, I scroll until I find her number, but before I could hit the dial button. Jazz came over to me and jumped in my arms wrapping herself around me. I looked at her wondering why she was ev
Chapter 134The Dormitory: “Listen I don't know what the hell yall got going on, but I will advise you to put your arm back in your sling, before I remind you why it was in one in there first place.” Essence said looking at Jazz breathing so hard it looked like she was having an asthma attack. More people came out of their dorm rooms trying to see what all the yelling was about, and of course Jazz would have most her squad on the same hall as her. Seeing their captain crying in distressed caused them to rush to her to see what was wrong. “Jazz what's wrong with you, why are you crying?” One of the girls said, putting her arms around Jazz as she cried. “I found out Syn is cheating on me with that fat ass hoe, he made it seem like I was being insecure. I knew she and her friend were trying to get with Syn and Shawn the first day I met those bitches. They are the reason Shawn pushed Leah away when they were trying to get their relationship on track. Now that s
The Pitt: Syncere, Shawn, Jazz, and Leah “Hey how about we go find a table, there is no need to start something that will get all of us kicked off our teams. Unique, we came here to grab a bite to eat so let's do that.” Anthony said putting his hands on Unique's chest a little to intimately, pushing him back. “Yea alright, I wasn't trying to start nothing I was just letting him know that Essence is off limits. Jazz handle your boy, I know you're not going to let him try and get with another girl right in your face.” Unique said as he let Anthony push him away. As soon as the boys sat down Jazz rounded on Syncere like she was about to hit him. “Are you fucking kidding me Syn? You're doing all this because of that whore. You have seen her with Unique around campus while she has been doing nothing but causing problems in our relationship to the point that you broke up with me. Now you have a dude tell you to your face that he was with her, and you still get
Chapter 132The Pitt: Continued:Syncere, Shawn, Jazz, and Leah: “It's that thinking that because you think being that size means you're slow and can't complete the challenge is the reason we are going to lose it. So if you want to win you better bring you’re a game.” Shawn said shaking his head. “Ok, is that all, we can talk about the other competitions later on in the wee…” Syncere was saying, but stopped when Unique walked up to their booth. “What's up yall, nice game earlier, everybody is still talking about our game. It seems like everyone is now going to make sure they are at all the games we have against yall. Oh and Syn I hope there is no hard feelings about me kissing your old lady earlier. I promise it was nothing, everybody was talking about us too.” Unique said, not mentioning that they were talking about Essence and Syncere's kiss too. He almost punched a few dudes in the face when they were talking about how they thought that Syncere and Essen
Chapter 131The Pitt: Syncere, Shawn, Jazz, and Leah: Syncere was still pissed when he made it to The Pitt, he had sat in his truck for a while before he got out. He saw when Shawn, Jazz, and Leah walked into The Pitt, he was still pissed at the stunt Jazz pulled. He wanted to see Essence before she left campus, so he needed to get this over with. He wanted to be civil with Jazz, because he didn't want to hurt her because of their shared history. But he needed to create boundaries or she will find every opportunity to pull stunts like what she pulled earlier. Once he made it into The Pitt, Jazz spotted him before he spotted them. She yelled his name and got up to meet him like they just hadn't seen each other a little while ago. When she went to jump into his arms, he stopped her before she could get close. Syncere saw the hurt and embarrassment in her eyes, but she turned and made her way back to the table. “Where the hell have you been, we’ve been
Chapter 13back at the Dormitory:Syncere and Jazz: “I can't believe they took first place, then you embarrassed me in front of everyone.” Jazz said as they walked into her dorm room. They were going to The Pitt to grab a bite to eat, but they had to come to the dorms first so Jazz and Leah could take their medication. “How did I embarrass you? I was supposed to get as many points as I could, you're just mad that I was able to pick Essence out of seven girls.” “I was talking about you letting Shawn talk about my breath and you not having my back, when I said you could vouch that my breath doesn't stink. And since you want to bring those bitches up, you were real sure, that it was Essence that you kissed. You still want to tell me that you and her didn't cross the line while we were together? You told me that you and her have never crossed the line. If that was true, then you wouldn't have damn near fucked her in front of the entire school. One of my cheer mates is say
Chapter 129 Homecoming week: Tuesday part 6Who will be in first place!: “Ok, now that that's settled let's find out if each one of you were able to figure out who you kissed during each round.” The announcer said and the crowd went wild with anticipation. “NOW I HAVE THE CORRECT NUMBERS HERE ON MY DIGITAL COMPUTER! FOR THE REGULAR ROUND YOU CAN GET UP TO SIX POINTS! THEN THE BONUS ROUND FOR THE GUYS, IF YOU GET THE CORRECT ANSWER, YOU CAN EARN YOUR TEAM TWO EXTRA POINTS! EACH COUPLE WILL STEP UP AND REVEAL YOUR NUMBERS. I WILL PUT YOUR CORRECT NUMBER UP ON THE DIGITAL BOARD BEHIND YOU! WE HAVE SEVEN COUPLES SO OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBERS ARE FROM ONE TO SEVEN, AND WE WILL GO IN THAT ORDER! FOR THE GUYS BONUS ROUND THE NUMBERS ARE EIGHT THROUGH FOURTEEN! NOW WILL COUPLE NUMBER ONE, STEP FORWARD!” The announcer said. The first couple stepped up and revealed their numbers. Out of the six points they could have gotten They managed to only earn four points from the regular rounds.
Chapter 128Homecoming week: Tuesday Part 5.3 Final Round: Round 3 “Ok, that ends round two, ladies just like last time I need you to write the number of the man you think you kissed. We have one more round left before we see which team collected the most points, to win this challenge.” The announcer said, smiling at how much the crowd was enjoying the new game. Syncere and Shawn were both fuming because they were both hoping that they would have gotten the chance to kiss Essence and Kymoni. The didn't know how the hell out of both rounds and three spins that they didn't land on them once. They both knew that they would have known if they had kissed Essence and Kymoni. Syncere was starting to think it was rigged. “Ok, now that the ladies have finished writing down their answers let's move on. The hostess has written down new numbers for this round. We have already used one through seven, now we use eight to fifteen, she is going to randomly place the
Chapter 127Homecoming week: Tuesday Part 5.1Round 2: “Ok folks that round was ….something else. Ladies what we're going to do is get you to go ahead and write down the number of who it is you think you kiss.” The announcer said, stumbling over his words. “Now while they are doing that, we will move on to round two. We have a special surprise for our audience, this round will be a little different. This round ladies you will have a chance to spin two times, and then the audience will pick whether you will go with the first or second spin.” The announcer said, smiling when the crowd went wild, to the point it was deafening. Essence and Kymoni shook their heads, they knew this was about to be some bull shit. Now again the same rules will apply you will have five second to find the guy's lips and five seconds to kiss. The faster you find his face the longer you have to kiss to try and figure out who it is you have kissed. I see that all you ladies have put y
Chapter 126Homecoming week: Tuesday Part 5Final Rounds: The loud cheers let Essence know that the wheel had stopped spinning. She tried her best to mute all other sounds trying to see if she could hear Kymoni. She had to laugh at herself, because who the fuck she thought she was? Superwoman! The hostess grabbed her arm kinda rough. “Hey, don't let this blindfold fool you into thinking I don't know who you are. Imma to need you to not grab my fucking arm like that again. Now if you want to have matching arms and hands like your friends, then go ahead and see how this ends for you.” Essence said snatching her arm away from the girl so she could rethink her actions before this game ends really quick. “I wasn't trying to be aggressive, I lost my balance and grabbed you, I apologize.” The hostess said quickly when she looked back at Jazz and Leah who looked like they were hit by a car. Essence nodded and let the girl escort her to the person she had to kis