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 16Syncere's POV: Continued “Jazz, I told you how important this was to me. But all you can think about is yourself, not to mention not liking a girl that has done nothing to you. I have to go and fix this shit, before it gets back to the coach that I dropped a tutor that he helped me get. You better hope I can fix this Jazz, you were out of line. Look I’ll hit you up later.” I said, getting up to leave. Jazz grabbed me by the arm. “I’m sorry I just don’t trust that girl, I didn’t think it would matter who tutored you as long as you had one. As for the money, I would have helped you cover it. Why don’t you just call your coach and tell him you got somebody who is better and smarter than that girl, Tracy has a three point five gpa.” Jazz said, trying to get me to see things her way. “Jazz I’m not going to do that. I will not be paying somebody one hundred seventy-five a week when I have a tutor that I pay zero dollars to. You have no excuse, Jazz;
Chapter 17Essence POV: “What the hell is going on? Why is Syncere in my apartment.” I said to myself. I will be calling Kiki as soon as Syncere leaves. I had some fresh cuss words just for her ass. She called me right before Syncere knocked on my door, so I didn't have time to cuss her ass out, but I will make sure I call her ass when Syncere leaves. But somehow, he talked his way into my apartment, wanting to talk so here we are. "So, what's up? Like I said you got five minutes and it started when you walked in. I'm still not understanding the pop-up. I already said I wasn't mad, we’re cool. So, I'm not sure what else we need to talk about. I hope like hell your crazy girlfriend and her sidekick didn't follow you, because I promise it will not end well if they came to my door." I said, shaking my head, because I didn't feel like going to the Florida jail house tonight. Hell, I didn’t want to go to no jail house for that matter. But that's where I would end up
Chapter 18Essence's POV: Continued "Well, I will let you get back to whatever you were doing when I came. Again, I'm sorry about earlier and I will see you tomorrow at the pit at six thirty sharp." He said finishing the rest of his water. "I told you we're cool I wasn't upset, I felt like you didn't take me seriously about that no drama, but we will see how this plays out." "Okay so I'll see you tomorrow. He said opening the door, he turned around and smile. "Can I get a hug I want to make sure you're not mad and I promise I will make sure we can work in peace." "Seriously, you’re gonna need more than a hug to perform that miracle." I said with a laugh. "Whatever, come here and hug me girl." Syncere said pulling me into a bear hug that lasted longer than the average. "You can let me go anytime now" I said getting a little light-headed because his smell was hypnotic and enticing. He had his head buried in my neck; he waited another few long ass seconds bef
Chapter 19 Syncere’s POV: continued. After my shower I was still in deep thought about everything Shawn said. He headed to the kitchen to get a bottle of water. I didn’t even notice Shawn was sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal. “I see you’re still thinking about what I said, about your girl’s future plans after graduation? Don’t even hurt yourself. How about the next time yall talk just bring it up. When we first met them they wanted to be paralegals at a law firm in New York. So just find out if she has been trying to at least start interning or anything. We already know she didn't intern this summer because she wanted to be with you.” Shawn said as matter of fact. I have been so focus on getting better stats this season, that I didn’t think anything of the fact that Jazz only went home for a week this summer. I pop the cap of my water and down it quickly before grabbing another one. I walked to my room not even responding to what Shawn was saying. I will
Chapter 20 Essence’s POV:Wednesday 6:05pm “Kiki, I hate you so much right now . That last set of planks right after doing six inches damn near had my legs and stomach planning to kill me in my sleep. I’m going to be so stiff in the morning I’m so tired I want to go to sleep, but I have to tutor Syncere then afterwards I am going to hit that bed so hard it might be a crime.” I told Kymoni as we finished up changing out of our workout clothes. “Hey, you don’t think I’m hurting my damn self but we just got to keep doing it keep grinding.” Kiki said, as we both laughed. “Yea I know but I still hate your guts. I know I’m going to be walking like somebody grandma tomorrow.” I said, still laughing as we walked out of the changing room. I smiled because ever since he left my housed last night he has been texting me some random ass silly text that he thought was funny. I knew he was making sure I hadn’t changed my mind again about tutoring him. “What the hell are you
Chapter 21Essence's POV: Continued Our laughter died quickly; I could see Syncere’s easy demeanor fade, when he saw his girl. “Hey bae how are you? I was on my way to my room, are you just finishing practice?” Jazz asked Syncere. “Yea we’re on our way in now, to start our tutoring session.” Syncere answered easily. Cutting her eyes my way, I could tell it was eating her soul not saying anything nasty to me. Taking a deep breath giving me a forced smile. She said, “Hey.” I could hear her face cracking trying to hold in the pettiness. But me I don’t give a fuck about being petty and I just couldn’t resist. “Hey girl how you doing? You looking so cute today.” I said, waving and smiling so hard you would have thought that shit was real. Jazz rolled her eyes. “So, bae are you coming to my room after you’re done? I want to see you tonight.” Jazz said grabbing Syncere’s hand, pulling him closer to the car. I guess Syncere knew what she wanted because he stepped c
Chapter 22Syncere POV:9:45pm ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS THE PIT WILL BE CLOSING IN FIFTEEN MINUTES!” The person said over the intercom. Me and essence were still working on my assignments even though she only had to stay until SEVEN THIRTY. She said she wanted to make sure I finished my assignments before they were due. So, we have been working on my assignment nonstop. She hadn’t even started her assignment yet. “Hey, I know we’re not finished yet, but you only had a few more essay questions. Once that's done you’ll be finished, so you can work on it when you get home or we can finish it tomorrow.” Essence said putting her things back in her backpack. “Yea I’ll try to finish it on my own and send my answers to you and you can tell me what changes I may need to make.” I said closing my laptop and putting my stuff up as well. “Ok cool, then we can get started on your other assignments that you missed.” Essence said as we got up and headed to the exit. “Do you nee
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 126Homecoming 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
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
Chapter 125Homecoming week: TuesdayPart 4: continued The partitions lit up again, with Essence and Kymoni praying that their booth didn't light up, even knowing that they will have to go at some point in the game. Because Leah had taken her turn already her partition won't light up again until the second round. The next two times Kymoni and Essence were spared their turn, but the next time Kymoni’s partition lit up. “Shit!” Kymoni said under her breath and Essence laughed knowing it was her friend. Kymoni stepped up and scowled at Essence who was laughing, she immediately tried to straighten her face to make it look like she wasn't laughing but failed horribly. Kymoni pulled down her blindfold slowly, scowling at Essence forcing her to try to hold in her laugh the entire time. Essence almost died trying to hold her laugh in. Kymoni spun the wheel, and was escorted to the booth of none other than Unique. Essence couldn't wait until the game was over because she
Chapter 124Homecoming week: Tuesday Part 4 “ALRIGHT I KNOW EVERYONE IS WONDERING WHAT THE BLINDFOLD AND HANDCUFFS ARE FOR. DURING THIS GAME EACH PERSON ON A TEAM CAN EARN POINTS FOR THEIR TEAM. THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF TEST WHERE YOU WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE OBJECT IS OR WHO THE PERSON IS. FOR EVERY ONE YOU GET RIGHT YOU WILL GET A POINT! THE FIRST PART OF THE COMPETITION IS CALLED THE KISSING BOOTH!” “OH HELL FUCK NO!” Essence and Kymoni both said at the same time. “Hey hold on now, what kinda bullshiii, I mean what the hel… damnit. Who is kissing these people. I don't know who these people are or where their mouth been, when was the last time they even had a physical? Because, who is doing that?” Kymoni said looking at the people on the stage with them. “Let me explain how the game is going to go and then you can decide if you want to participate. It is totally up to you. It will just mean you will have to make sure you win all the other competitions
Chapter 123Homecoming Week! Tuesday part 3Campus Yard: “Hey, where did yall go they are about to start the first game. We need to make sure Leah can get up those sta….” Jazz was saying pushing Leah, she stopped in her tracks when she saw Essence and Kymoni. Before she could say something to them, she spotted Nyasia and Maya behind them. Jazz decided to use them to take out her anger from seeing Essence and Syncere standing entirely too close for her liking. “What are yall doing here, shouldn't yall be somewhere practicing the routine. I saw yall at practice earlier and yall are going to embarrass the entire squad. I refuse to let yall make us look sloppy and messing up the entire show.” Jazz said, as she walked up to Nyasia and Maya who was looking like Jazz was about to slap them in the face. “First off, they are not your kids and if your other cheerleaders aren't practicing than you don't tell them they need to practice. Secondly, I can tell you right now the c
Chapter 121Homecoming Week: Tuesday part 2Campus Yard: “Hey, we were hoping to see you guys out here, but we didn't think we would because of so many people out running around .” Nyasia said, her and Maya walking towards the group. “Hey what's up yall I was going to call you guys once we got done here. We went to the mall yesterday and I think we found some outfits we could use, we think you are going to love them. Are you guys participating in this competition?” Essence asked walking towards the girls. “Uh, no we aren't trying to make a fool of ourselves. We know we could never win any of these games.” Maya said, shyly looking around at everybody getting ready to compete. “I done told yall to stop worrying about what everybody thinks. None of these people got you where you are in life, nor are they supplying you with anything you need in this life to live, so why do yall care about people that don't do shit for you. No body is going to accept you until you accept y
Chapter 120Homecoming week: TuesdayCampus Yard: 2:30 p.m. “WELCOME TO THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL HOMECOMING COMPETITION THAT WILL BE GOING ON EVERYDAY OF HOMECOMING WEEK! IN EACH EVENT THERE WILL BE COUPLES COMPETING AGAINST OTHER COUPLES! WE WILL HAVE SINGLES COMPETING AGAINST OTHER SINGLES! IN EACH GAME WILL GIVE MEDALS TO THE WINNERS, THEN AT THE END OF ALL THE COMPETITIONS THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE HOMECOMING BASKETBALL GAME! THE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE AN ALL EXPENSE PAID TRIP TO THE BAHAMAS DURING SPRING BREAK! IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO WIN WE HAVE CANCELED ALL AFTERNOON CLASSES, BUT YOU MUST GET YOUR PACKETS FROM YOUR PROFESSORS AND THEY WILL BE DUE ONE WEEK AFTER HOMECOMING!” The president said and the entire campus yelled in excitement for the upcoming events. “Damn, why nobody told me how big this shit is I would have signed our asses up the first damn day we got here. I was kinda pissed that Anthony and
Chapter 119 Homecoming week! Part 4The Mall: “Hey what's up Jazz and Leah, I was just thanking your boyfriends for saving my girls and friend. I am glad that they were there to help, I got to admit yall have found some good dudes.” Unique said, breaking the tense silence that had us all in a chokehold. “Yea, they are, they have always been that way even when some people act recklessly. It could have ended badly, unfortunately the people who had nothing to do with it are the ones who got hurt. But me and Leah trying to get pass it.” Jazz said looking at Unique, but they all knew who she was talking about. “You are absolutely right, I am sure you know a lot about reckless behavior. Correct me if I'm wrong friend, but didn't both of them ended up in slings and wheelchairs for talking and being reckless, right?” Essence asked looking at Kymoni. “Yea friend I think it was Leah who acted without thinking the first time. Then they put themselves in a situation that