Chapter 47Game night:Syncere’s POV: I’m fucking tired, Jazz got released yesterday and she has been complaining nonstop. She was being extra clingy; every time I leave the room she calls me within five minutes. I was afraid and happy when coach called me and summoned me to his office before the game tonight. I hope he didn’t bench me because Essence dropped me. I went to the closet to pack my bags. “Babe, where are you going, the game doesn’t start for another three hours.” Jazz said trying to sit up and winced. I hurried over, helping her get into a sitting position. “Coach wants to see me before the game tonight. I don’t even know if I will be playing tonight. I’m sure Essence told the president that she no longer wanted to tutor me. I just don’t know what she’s told them. So, coach may be summoning me to tell me I won’t be playing.” I said angrily. My life has turned completely upside down. I thought to myself. “I ‘m so sorry Syn this is all my fault. I should have ne
Chapter 48Syncere’s POV: “WE HAVE TEN MORE SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME. THE VIKINGS HAVE THE BALL, THEY WILL SURELY TRY AND GET THE BALL TO THERE STAR PLAYER SYNCERE JAMISON. HE HASN’T BEEN PLAYING UP TO HIS FULL POTENTIAL HE HAS BEEN OFF FOR MOST OF THE GAME. ONLY SHOWING HIS SKILLS IN THIS FOURTH QUARTER BRINGING HIS TEAM THAT WAS DOWN BY TWENTY, TO ONLY BEING DOWN BY TWO. LET’S HOPE HE CAN PULL THIS OFF, IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO START THE SEASON OFF WITH A LOST.” The sports announcer said, during our final time out. “Jamison, you have to get your head in the game. I need you to bring us this win, right now they think you are off your game. They think we would be a fool to trust you with the game winning shot. But we are going to play the fool tonight. Trent inbound to Syncere; you take it down the court pass back to Trent you pass it off to Shawn who they think will go for two. Shawn you drive the ball in the paint and then pass it off to Syncere for the t
Chapter 49Syncere’s POV: “What the hell is she doing here?” Leah sneered, “Bitch, I am not my friend, she’s the nice one out of the two of us. You got one more time to disrespect me, I promise, I will give your broke arm a twin. So please say something else about me or my friend again and see what happens next. Oh and that goes for wheelchair barbie too. If yall want somebody to care about your injuries, then you better make sure your mouth cares about them first.” Kymoni said trying to step around me, but Shawn grabbed her putting her behind him, grabbing her hand and putting them around his waist. She peeked her head out under his arm so it looked like he had her in a headlock. “Shawn I promise you when you let me go I’m slapping you.” Kymoni said, I didn’t care about none of this petty arguing, I need to find out what the hell Kymoni was talking about. “Kymoni, I swear I don’t know what you’re talking about I didn’t talk to anyone about Essence, especially not about having her
Chapter 50Essence’s POV: I screamed out loud when Syncere hit the game winning shot. I was looking at the game on the college channel. I couldn’t go to the game but I could still watch it from the comfort of my couch without the drama. I wanted to see how good his team was, yes his team and not Syncere. Anyway, I must admit he was a damn good player and can see why he was the number 1 draft pick. I also saw the interview he did with his girlfriend, they looked like the perfect couple. As usual she was doing the most, I swear it was so fucking weird to see a real-life mean girl. You always see girls like this on tv’s and books and you always say how you would have handled it. But to actually be living it right now and understanding that money provided those kind of females the power, to make you either go to jail and lose everything you have worked hard for, or see them get their way, just so you can accomplish your goals. That chick wasn’t worth the bail money a
Chapter 51Syncere’s POV: I sat outside of Essence’s apartment trying to figure out how I would apologize for everything that the Taylors had done. I took a deep breath; I would just apologize and promise to fix everything so she would be allowed back on campus by the end of the week. I can’t get caught up in her again, when I do I lose control we end up doing things we both regret. I made it to her door in record time, the door swung open before I could knock. What I saw was like a punch in the gut, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I don’t even know what I said when she asked me why I was there. My eyes were trained on the dude that was entirely to close to her. I was snapped out of my shock when she pushed him out the door and pass me. I watch the dude walk to the elevator and got on before I turned trying to walk into the apartment, but she held her hand up stopping me from coming in. “I told you I wanted to talk to you about something. Can I come in?” I asked lookin
Chapter 52Monday morningSyncere’s POV: “Did you talk to your mom and dad, have they spoken to President Harris yet?” I asked Jazz, as I handed her, her medication. “Omg Syn, I told you that I talked to them already. It’s only Monday, they will call Mrs. Harris. They have jobs, so they may not get to it for a while. It’s no big deal, it’s not going to kill that girl to go home after every class.” Jazz said, pissing me off. “Are you serious right now? I told you Friday to have it done by today, and you’re still dragging your damn feet. You messed with Essence’s education and her college experience now you’re acting like you could care less. I don’t know when you became this mean girl who uses her parents to hurt other people but I’m telling you now, either you make sure Essence is back on campus by the end of the day, or you can call your parents to have them come pick you up.” I said, as I walked into the Shower to get ready for my first class. “My pare
Chapter 53 Essence's POV: Continued “Damn, what do you think it could be this time? I promise you Essi if that bitch has done something else to you. I’m fucking her and her friend up I don’t give a flying fuck about being kicked out. I’ll go to a local college for sports medicine I already have a job no matter where I get my degree from.” Kiki said, angry. “Stop it you’re not about to get kicked out because of those females, I’ll call you when I’m done.” I said, turning to leave. “Wait, I’m coming with you.” Kiki said, looking scared. “No, you got class in a few and I am just going to see what the President wants and then I’m going home until my next class. I’ll talk to you later.” I said stopping Kiki and waving bye to Shawn, as I walked to the President’s office. When I got to the building just like before everyone got quiet and the secretary just pointed for me to go on into the office. I half expected to see The Taylors in her office again, but nope when I w
Chapter 54Syncere and Essence: “President Harris, this is all on me, I’m the reason Essence had to qu….” “I’LL DO IT! I’ll resume tutoring him. I apologize for lying to you about my grades. I had a lot of stuff going on and thought that because he was doing so well he could pull and keep his grades up. I honestly didn’t think that it was going to be such a huge deal.” Essence said lying through her teeth. Why the hell did she do that? I was going to tell President Harris the truth. At first I was begging her to save my career, but I remembered what she said the other night how she seems to always be the one to compromise. How she always put her life and education at risk to help and save him and Jazz so we could have a successful life; while she has to deal with the bull shit Jazz and her friends seem to always have Essence as their target. “What?! What are you doing?” Syncere asked Essence, confused at what she was doing. But Essence ignored him, straighten he
Jazz's Dorm: ContinuedSyncere and Jazz: Jazz smiled and snuggled into him, she hoped that once he forgave her about earlier, maybe she could convince him to stay or take her to his place. She had loved living with him while she recovered from her accident, it felt like they were already married. She knew she had to do damage control, it would be best if she spoke first. Syncere sat at her desk chair and not next to her, that made her frown and become even more nervous. “Baby, I want to apologize for telling everyone about our engagement. I know we promised that we would only tell everyone once we graduated, but with the shooting it was like my life flashed before my eyes. Either one of us could have died and no one would know that we were engage. No one would know that we loved each other so much that we had taken the steps towards solidifying our relationship, by getting engaged. We knew we were it, for each other, that we were soulmates.” “Jazz, please just stop, I came
Outside Jazz's Dorm:Syncere: Syncere sat in his truck as he tried to gather his thoughts on everything he wanted to say to Jazz. He knew that what he was about to do will hurt her, which is the last thing he wanted to do to her. They had been through hell and back and stuck together, he would be lying if he said he didn't love her. But the truth is, it wasn't the kind of love that went with being in love with someone. He had to face the truth that he and Jazz formed a trauma bond because of the loss of their baby. He was going to try and do this with as much patience and understanding that she will be hurt and grieving all over again. He also admitted to himself that she wouldn't be the only one feeling the pain of their breakup. He knew Essence was right that he would need time to get himself mentally together before he could step to her. A knock on his truck window scared the shit out of him. “Damn Shawn what the hell man, I almost had a heart attack, w
Leah's RoomShawn and Leah: `` Shawn stormed into Leah's room, it was completely dark, he felt around for the light switch. When he finally found it, he spotted Leah laying on the floor flat on her back. Her night gown was up around her waist, blood was seeping through the top of her shirt. “I'm so sorry Shawn, I didn't want to call the ambulance because they would call my parents. I just need to get to the bathroom and check my wound. Then you can go back to whatever you were doing.” Leah said as she cried. “Damn it Leah, why the hell are you trying to do this shit by yourself. You're going to mess around and end up in the hospital with some kind of infection.” Shawn said picking her up, taking her to the bed, he ran to the bathroom and got a wet cloth and a fresh towel. When he got back to the room, he stopped in his tracks seeing Leah with her shirt lifted revealing her breast. He was just now noticing that she was completely naked underneath her gown. Alt
Leah's Dorm Room:Leah and Shawn: “I'm sorry Shawn I told my roommate not to call you, I am trying to do this on my own. My parents would make me leave school if they found out that you had to come all the way over here because I fell in the bathroom. I don't know what happened I was trying by best not to wet my wound, that I didn't see my body wash was leaking on the floor, and the next thing I know I slipped. I didn't think it would be this hard, then I have this ugly scar from the operation, everything is just so messed up.” Leah said crying as Shawn stepped into the shower, getting wet as he turned the shower off and picked Leah up off the floor. his hair and clothes were now wet from the shower and Leah’s wet body. He quickly grabbed her towel and wrapped it around her and walked out of the community bathroom. “You got shot a few days ago and had major surgery, and you left the hospital against the doctor's orders. He told you that you can't do this
Chapter 108The Cleanup:Essence's apartment: “What type of cockamamie stuff was that? I have never seen such shameless young ladies like that before. The fact that their mothers just stood there and allowed their daughters to come into this house and disrespect the owner, that's the devils work right there. I'm glad I live in a town where we know better than to disrespect a person in their home, because that's the fastest way to get a buck shot to the ass.” Momma Nelson said putting her jacket on as Kiki's dad carried their luggage to the rental car, they had to catch their flight back to South Carolina. After everyone left, they put the food in the freezer and clean the house. Unique had stayed around trying to get some alone time with Essence, but Momma Nelson always found something for him to do. After about an hour, Anthony said they had to leave because Sundays were early nights for the football team. “Momma, ever since I been here, I have seen and hea
Chapter 107If what could possibly go wrong was a person: Syncere was pissed, what the fuck was Jazz thinking. He couldn't believe that she would bring that shit up without talking to him first and what would possess her to do this shit at Essence's house. “Baby, I know it's a surprise, but I couldn't hold it in any longer. This is a new start for me; getting shot really made me put everything in perspective for me. I don't want to keep secrets from our family anymore. I hope you're not upset with me.” Jazz said crying when she saw Syncere was staring at Essence. “Hold on, I don't care about none of the crap you just said, who the hell gave you, my address? I didn't invite you and yes me and you don't get along so you knowing my address is a problem especially if it was given without my permission. Sorry for cussing momma.” Essence said interrupting the congratulations party. Her momma looked at her and saw her feelings were threatening to come out so s
Chapter 106Sunday Dinner: ContinuedThe Living room: “Jazz, Leah, what the hell are you doing out of the hospital?” Syncere said, with Shawn right behind him. “The real question is how the hel.. I mean how they found out where I live?” Essence said coming to the door also. “Can we please come inside it is a little chilly out here and we can explain why we're here.” Jazz's mother said as she covered her daughter with a blanket. Momma Nelson looked at the weak girls and decided she wouldn't let those girls’ actions send her to hell. She was a caring person by nature and their actions wouldn't change or stop her from doing what's right even, if she isn't fond of them. “You can come in and say what you have to say and leave, and I will tell you the first disrespectful thing that comes out of your mouth will have my foot in your mouths and a belt across your asses even with bullet wounds. You don't believe me try me and find out.” Momma Nelson said as she stepped
Chapter 105Sunday Dinner: The Living room: “Before we eat, I want to welcome all our guest, I am so glad to have met everyone of yall even though it started off on the wrong foot for some of us. Mr. Jamison, I heard it is your birthday and this feast is in honor of you and the fact that you have never had Southern food before, which is a crying shame. But we are about to fix your problem, I must tell you that I am not responsible for any addiction that my food may cause you.” Momma Nelson said with a smile that made Syncere’s mother frown and had Kiki and Essence looking at each other oddly. “Please call me Thomas, and I would like to thank you for this wonderful meal. This is by far the best gift I have ever gotten, and I will walk into this addiction happily with no regrets.” Mr. Jamison said smiling like a fool. “Uh, how about let's say grace so we can eat because I don't know what is happening.” Essence said as Kiki's father said a prayer. Essence and her mother
Chapter 104Sunday Dinner:Essence's Bedroom:Syncere and Essence: He had only seen the bruises on her face when they were at the hospital. “I didn't say anything because I didn't want my mother and brothers to worry, and it's none of your business. You made it clear where your concerns lie, so stick with that and leave me alone.” Essence said, knocking Syncere's hand away from her, his touch made her skin burn and her body crave him. Syncere looked at Essence as she headed back into her closet. If she thought she would get away with what she said just now, she made a big fucking mistake. He thought as he went to her door and locked it, before storming into the closet to confront Essence. Syncere stormed into the closet as Essence was on her tip toes trying to reach the top shelf. She hissed again when she tried to do a little jump to reach it. Syncere reached above her easily and grabbed the tablecloth, and walked out of the closet. Essence followed with an atti