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𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐧

𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 -

𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘬𝘶 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘺/𝘯

𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘺𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘦 𝘥𝘳 𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘫𝘳

𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝟽:𝟷𝟻 ᴀᴍ 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘦, 𝟹 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘩

❧ "Keem did Kenny come by yet?" you zipped up your suitcase and moved it off the couch. Hakeem huffed as he sat on top of his full suitcase. Your lips parted after seeing how much clothes he had in his suitcase.

"Hakeem?! We're only staying in Georgia for a week?" your eyes furrowed, baffled that he was really bringing this much clothes. Hakeem grunted as he pulled the zipper to try and close his suitcase.

"Okay? For those seven days, I would have 21 outfits. And for those 21 outfits I would wear three each day, duh!" Hakeem waved his hand in the air before standing up, sighing of relief that he finally managed to zip his suitcase.

You shook your head with a smile on your face, not surprised that Hakeem would do something like this. Since it was the summer time, your mom suggested for the trio to come down to Georgia for a visit. Maybe or maybe not, you and Kendrick decided to bring Chanel and Eren along with y'all.

Hakeem couldn't bring Shawn along since he was a "Broke ass nigga" or whatever he said. Yeah, Shawn? He's gone. He went adios. Vanished. Hakeem was back on his city boy antics and boy was he relieved.

Your head swiftly looked back at the door after hearing a knock. Must be kenny, you thought to yourself. You fixed your crew socks as you twisted the lock and door knob to find Kendrick and Chanel smiling widely at you.

"Hiya!"

"Ayo!"

You chuckled and stood up straight, resting your hands on your hip to look at the two. Chanel fixed her large hoop earrings as her smile never faded away. Kendrick's lines from the corner of his lips appeared as his smile never faded either.

Kendrick had his duffel bag slung over his shoulder as he took off his red fitted cap to flip it backwards on his head, brushing right past you to talk to Hakeem.

"You look so pretty Chanel," you fluffed Chanel's black curls before taking her hand in yours. She giggled and hid her face, pretending to act shy from your compliment.

"Thank you fren, you look pretty too girl," Chanel gently hit your shoulder before fully walking into your apartment, trailing her pink sparkly suitcase behind her. Only person that was needed was Eren since Armin was gonna be the one to drive you all to the airport.

Kendrick took off his red fitted cap and placed it on Chanel's head as he sat on the arm of the couch, wrapping his arms around Chanel's waist to pull her closer to him. His chin rested on her shoulder as he listened to Hakeem rant about how long it took him to pack up his suitcase.

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"Eren's here," you turned off your phone and walked past your friends to grab your suitcase. Hakeem was the only one taking his time, fixing his twists with his hand and fixing the black fanny pack he had on him. He grabbed his bucket hat and placed it on his hand before walking behind the three of you, grabbing his apartment keys to lock the door.

You spun around and walked backwards to the direction of the elevator, smiling widely at your friends in excitement.

"Who's been tickling your toes Y/n?" Hakeem pressed the elevator button as he eyed your smile fading into a straight line.

"My toes?" you narrowed your eyes as you shook your head, watching the doors of the elevator close. Kendrick and Chanel were behind you, giggling at a video that Kendrick saw on his explore page.

"I just wanna take my ass to midtown so I can see my friends," Hakeem spun his suitcase around in front of him before trailing behind you out the elevator.

"So you can bully me with them?" you said jokingly, pressing your lips more firmly into a straight line as you gave Hakeem a side eye. Being friends with Hakeem meant being friends with his other friends. They were cool peeps, a mixture of queers, bisexuals, lesbians, gays, and a whole lot.

"Chile," Hakeem brushed past you and opened the door to leave the building, gasping quietly after seeing Armins car. His surprised expression quickly changed to a bored expression after seeing Eren's head poke out the window.

Eren stepped out the car and opened the trunk, flipping his black fitted cap backwards. You waved at Armin who was sitting in the drivers seat before walking up to Eren to hand him your suitcase.

"Hey!" you smiled and leaned closer to his face, moving your puckered your lips around, signaling for a kiss.

"Mornin," Eren gently but his bottom lip and took your suitcase. You took a quick whiff of his vanilla scented self after he pulled away from kissing your lips. Hakeem walked towards Eren and handed him his suitcase before hurriedly getting into the car.

"Ou you did the side burn thingy," Eren placed Hakeem's luggage in the trunk before pulling onto your side burns, watching in awe as the curl sprung back up.

You smiled, feeling happy that Eren noticed your hair, "Yup," you made a popping noise with your lips as you brushed your hand against your slicked down hair.

"Is that...is that error error error Eren?" Kenny made the dj hand gesture as he stood a distance from Eren, dipping his body a bit to check out his outfit. Eren laughed and crossed his arms agains this chest, later spinning around to show off his outfit.

"Is that...is that K-k-k-k- Kenny?" Eren made the looking around gesture, placing his hand on his forehead as he eyed Kendrick's outfit. Kendrick pointed at his Yeezy slides and pulled onto his sweater with the tip of his fingers, spinning around to show off his outfit too.

You and Chanel watched the two laugh and dap each other up, both of your lips parting after hearing the two being corny as hell. You shook your head and opened the car door to sit next to Hakeem, Chanel shaking her head and giving Kendrick her suitcase before getting in the car.

"Kenny stole yo boyfriend again?" Hakeem snickered after noticing your head shaking from side to side. You hit his shoulder and playfully rolled your eyes, trying to keep a straight face.

"Shut up."

The door on Chanel's side opened to reveal Kendrick's head after he poked his head inside, "Yo this is nice," Kendrick nodded his head as he looked around Armin's car while taking his seat beside Chanel.

"Alright let's go," Armin whispered to himself as he adjusted his rear view mirror, pulling away from the curb and onto the road.

"Uh Armin, you sure that you're okay with being here all by yourself?" you spoke out, listening to Armin softly chuckling at your concern.

"A week? Without Eren? Yeah i'll be fine," Armin drummed his fingers against the steering wheel, a smirk appearing on his face after receiving side eyes from Eren.

"I'm right here," Eren glared at Armin.

"I know that," Armin hummed, spinning his steering wheel as he turned left, "Anyways Y/n, i'll be fine, I got Dom keeping me company," he shrugged and eyed you in the rear view mirror with a smile on his face.

"Okay okay," you laughed and crossed your arms together, carefully leaning your head back so you wouldn't mess up your bun.

"So Atlanta is where we're going?" Eren asked as he grabbed his neck pillow from the top of the dashboard. You, Hakeem, and Kendrick all looked at each other before looking back at Eren.

"It's Alahna," you, Hakeem and Kendrick said at the same time. Eren scratched his nose and narrowed his eyes at the way you all said Atlanta. Was that not what he said?

"Ain't it Atlanta?" Chanel butted in, looking at you and Kendrick with her eyebrows knitted down.

"No? Alahna," you blinked, sighing quietly after realizing that neither of them had a clue to what y'all meant, "Where i'm from, it's pronounced Alahna."

"Hm..Makes sense," Eren hummed and rubbed his chin, "Uhlanuh," Eren sad slowly.

"No E-"

"Dammit white boy! Get it right the first time, it's Alahna," Hakeem sucked his teeth and propped his elbow up on the window to rest his face on his hand. Everyone in the car snickered as Eren stayed mute.

。。+゜゜。。+゜゜。。+゜゜。。+゜゜。+゜゜。

𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢, 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝟿:𝟹𝟼 ᴀᴍ

❧ "Where Danielle at?" Hakeem covered his face with his hand from the hot sun that was beaming on his skin. After being in the air for two hours, you finally made it to your home state, Georgia.

You heard Eren inhale and exhale obnoxiously as he fanned his face, "Whew, it is hotter as a witches coochie out here," Eren cleared his throat and rested his hand on his hip, watching people dart past them into or out of cars.

"Pfffffft!" you laughed at his reference, Chanel and Kendrick laughing after hearing what Eren said too, "Ayo!" Kendrick breathed heavily to catch his breath, pressing his forehead against Chanel's arm as they both kept laughing.

"Aight that was funny," Hakeem gave Eren a side eye as he tried to hold in his laugh, puffing up his cheeks. Eren chuckled and watched you repeatedly hit his arm, laughing your ass off. You wiped your tears and took in some breaths after feeling your phone vibrate in your pocket.

You pressed the green button to pick up the phone and brought your phone up to your ear, "Ma, where you at?"

"Home."

"Mama?! You're suppose to be picking us up?" you spreaded your fingers out in front of you as you looked at the street, hoping that your mom was joking and that her car was secretly parked somewhere else.

"Trevon picking y'all up instead."

Trevon, your 24 year old cousin and also a special friend that Hakeem had history with in the past. Trevon was an attractive, tall and brown skin male who knew how to make a girl weak to her knees just by flashing a smile. That's what girls would walk up to you and yap about, Trevon this and Trevon that.

"Fine...is he almost he-"

The loud bass of , "I'm so Groovy" by Future played out as a BMW X1 met the five of y'all at the curb. A male with defined curls poked his head out the window.

"Wassup!"

"Tre- Y/n I thought Danielle was picking us up? You ain't tell me bout no Trevon?" Hakeem whispered aggressively at you as you caught quick glances of Trevon dapping up Kendrick, slowly hanging up your phone call.

"Aye Lamah, what happen to yo bubblegum dreads?" Trevon snickered as he rested his arm on the window, watching Kendrick take off his cap to show off his waves. Your eyes averted from Trevon after seeing small hands pressing against the backseat window.

"EREN EREN EREN!"

You heard a familar kid like voice from the backseat of the car, her hands continued to press against the window, "Tre, you got Brooklyn here?" you walked towards the door and opened it to reveal Brooklyn who was smiling at you.

"Y/N!" Brooklyn waved at you, tugging on the seatbelt to signal that she wanted it off. You smiled at Brooklyn and unbuckled her seatbelts, feeling her arms wrap around your neck as you took her out the car. She squirmed in your arms so you could place her down.

"Ye, Danielle wanted me to bring ha so she can see somebody named Eerin?" Trevon waved his hand around as he watched you place Brooklyn back down so she could stand on her feet.

"Who?" All your friends said. Eren bent down to Brooklyn's level and tickled under her chin with a smile on his face.

"Got my name right huh," Eren whispered to Brooklyn, lifting her up as she gave him a hug, wrapping her arms around his neck. You and everyone hummed after realizing that 'Eerin' was actually Eren.

"Keem," Trevon gave Hakeem a quick nod, a smile plastered on his face. Hakeem quickly rose his head up and hummed at the sound of his name being called. He cleared his throat and waved at Trevon, sending him an awkward smile, "Tre..."

"Uh uh," you looked at Hakeem, noticing how quiet and shy he was being all of a sudden. Trevon chuckled and stepped out of his car to stand in front of Hakeem. Trevon's hand brushed against Hakeem's hand as he reached for his suitcase.

"Don't act all shy na," Trevon whispered to Hakeem, looking at him up and down. You leaned back to check if Kendrick was seeing what you were seeing. Kendrick wiggled his eyebrows at you as your eyes kept darting at Hakeem and Trevon.

"Boy move," Hakeem broke the silence with shoving Trevon out the way. Trevon kept his arms spread apart, chuckling as he followed Hakeem to the trunk of his car. The two went back and forth, Trevon flirting with Hakeem tryna cancel him out.

Eren handed Kendrick his duffel bag as he kept Brooklyn in his arms. You and Chanel hurried towards the backseat so y'all can be seated, Eren followed right behind you and placed Brooklyn on his lap since there wasn't much space.

"Front seat Keem," Trevon snapped at Hakeem after he walked towards the backseat. Hakeem huffed and walked to the passenger seat, leaving Kendrick to sit in the backseat with Chanel on his lap to create more space.

"Tune down the music Tre," you tapped Trevon's shoulder as he pulled away from the curb. He sucked his teeth and lowered the volume like you wanted.

"White boa beside you is Eerin right?" Trevon adjusted the rear view mirror as he looked at you and Eren in the mirror, "He yo lil boyfriend?"

"Uh huh," you turned your head and smiled, watching Eren and Brooklyn look out the window, staring at the cars drving past in the highway.

Brooklyn wore a pink fluffy skirt with a Doc McStuffins shirt tucked in. Both of her wrist had loom bracelets, assuming that someone from your neighborhood must've made it for her. Her small fingers wrapped around Eren's finger as she played with his hand.

"Aight wha bout chu Lamah, that's yo girl?" Trevon drummed his fingers against the arm rest as he turned left for an exit to drive through the city of Atlanta.

"Yessir," Kendrick rested the side of his face on Chanel's back as the two looked out the window.

"What's yo name babygirl," Trevon checked his side rear view mirror to check for any cars before making another turn. Chanel turned around to look at Kendrick, narrowing her eyes at him, "He just called me baby girl?" Chanel mouthed at Kendrick.

"It's alright, tell him your name."

Chanel turned back around and cleared her throat, "Yeah my names Chanel." Trevon hummed and nodded, still keeping his eyes on the road.

"Wha bout chu Keem?" Trevon smirked, he knew what he was doing by asking Hakeem this. Hakeem sighed obnoxiously and crossed his arms, keeping his eyes out the window.

"Mind yours Tre," Hakeem mumbled, still pouting after hearing Trevon snicker quietly. The car was silent half of the time until you heard Brooklyn smack her hand against the window, repeatedly saying Eren's name over and over again.

"Look, old man! He's there everyday!" Brooklyn had her lips parted in a smile as she pointed at an old man at a stop sign. Eren squinted his eyes but quickly widened them after seeing the old man grinding on the stop sign.

"Don't look Brook," Eren covered Brooklyn's eyes with his hand and looked at you, whispering to you so you could look out the window. You leaned your head closer to his window, listening to Eren wince from Brooklyn nails clawing into his hand to let her see.

"Issa crackie," you and Hakeem laughed and said at you the same time. Kendrick quickly rose his head up and leaned closer to you so he could see out the window, "Aye crackie got some moves, hol on," Kendrick laughed, watching the cracker dance around the stop sign pole.

As Trevon drove away, Chanel and Eren continued to blink slowly with their mouth gapped open, possibly traumatized from what they just witnessed.

"Deli! I want Deli!" Brooklyn pointed at the American Deli out the window but Trevon already drove past it making her pout sadly. The street was already busy with cars zooming from all different directions of the narrow road.

Pedestrians with hoochie momma outfits, long multicolored waves and nails, long lashes that feel heavy each time you bat your eyes, walked along the sidewalk. They were like duplicates, they were everywhere.

Just like the males on the streets, majority of them wear sagging and having their cheeks out. Even worse, sagging with their belts on, they looked like ducks waddling as they walked. Plain white tees and jeans with hella pockets, rips and holes in them.

"Dekalb County!" you and Kendrick cupped your hands around your mouth as Trevon finally made it to your neighborhood. Trevon and Hakeem smiled at both of y'all excitement, feeling excited as well that they were back home.

Out the window, two story ranch houses was at every block, rusty cars parked either on the curb or in the driveway. Kendrick smiled as he watched a bunch of the neighborhood kids playing basketball out their driveway. You smiled, watching girls riding their bikes and playing jump rope in groups.

As Trevon pulled up to your mint green flat ranch style house, you could hear the song "What you know" by T.I. being blasted from the inside. Kendrick hurriedly pulled the handle, letting Chanel get out first, you following the two out the car.

Everyone got out the car, you and Eren being the only one to grab your luggages since Kendrick and Hakeem were gonna wait till they get to their home first.

"Kenny! Iced tea!" you shouted as you pointed at your lawn where Kendrick and Hakeem fought on. Kendrick sucked his teeth while Hakeem laughed, still remembering how much he dragged Kendrick to the ground.

"He ain't that pretty, look I fucked up his face," Hakeem pointed at Kendrick while re-enacting what he told you after you yelled at the both of them to stop fighting and bickering on your lawn.

You laughed and even more and turned around to sprint towards the steps, Eren following behind you while holding Brooklyn's hand to help her walk up the steps. You eagerly pressed the doorbell, waiting for your mom to open the door.

Kendrick hopped up the steps with Chanel following behind him with her hands behind her back. A curvy woman with a red bonnet opened the door with a laundry basket by her hip.

"Hey y'all!" your mom squealed, fully opening the door and waving to gesture for y'all to come in. She set the laundry basket on the couch that was near the door. She gave Eren a big hug, swaying him from side to side before giving a kiss on your forehead, patting your back so you can walk in.

"Hey Danielle," Kendrick hugged your mom before walking in.

"Chanel, how you doin baby," your mom gave her a hug. Chanel giggled, feeling your mom rub her hand on her back in circles.

"I'm doing great ma'am," Chanel smiled at your mom before walking in as well. Your mom crossed her arms and smirked at Hakeem who was the last person to come inside, besides Trevon.

"Danielle," Hakeem opened her arms up for a hug.

"Keem," your mom smiled and gave Hakeem a hug, patting his back before letting him inside. Trevon only got a flick on the forehead before he was let inside.

"Danny you got any food up in hea?" Kendrick walked into the kitchen and lifted up covers of pots, opening the refrigerator, and even the oven to check for any food.

"No bae, I was gon bring y'all to Waffle house," your mom picked up the laundry basket and walked down the hall to open the closet to where the laundry machines were at.

"Yes!" you, Hakeem and Kendrick all clapped and cheered happily. Even Brooklyn was jumping up and down in excitement for going to Waffle house. Chanel and Eren looked at each other before looking at everyone else who was their lil dancey dance.

You turned back around and tapped Eren's shoulder so he could follow you, "Lemme show you my room." Eren hummed and followed behind you, still having Brooklyn holding his hand. Hakeem and Kendrick noticed you walking to the direction of your room and decided to follow you, Chanel trailing right behind them.

"Wow," Eren murmured as he looked around your room. It was chaotic and crowded with lights, but you liked lights a lot. You also enjoyed drawing and stuck some of your clothing sketches on the wall because of it.

"It's not uh organized so don't mind that," you fixed your pillow that was on your small couch as you placed your suitcase near your closet. Brooklyn plopped on her stomach on your bed, rolling around on it. Eren placed his duffel bag on your bed and lifted Brooklyn up, pretending that she was an airplane before sitting on the edge of your bed.

"Aye?! Where the bean bag go?!" Hakeem barged in your room with Chanel and Kendrick right behind him.

"Ma gave me a couch remember? Oh never mind, you ain't know cus you and Kenny left already," you sat beside Eren on your bed with your arms resting on your knees.

"Wow," Chanel smiled as she looked around your room, touching your drawings with the tip of her fingers.

"You think you and Eren finna fit on that bed?" Hakeem sat on the couch, his eyes wandering from you and Eren.

"Nah ion think so," Kendrick shook his head as he sat beside Hakeem on the couch. Hakeem and Kendrick whispered to one another about how the two of you would sleep on your bed.

"His long ass legs finna go past the end of the bed fool," Hakeem hit Kendrick's shoulder, causing him to wince and rub his shoulder.

"The boogie man gon nibble on his toes," Kendrick giggled at his joke. Hakeem gave Kendrick a side eye as he puffed his cheeks before letting out a loud cackle.

"Stop, leave him alone," you hovered your hand in front of your mouth to hide your smile so you wouldn't laugh. Eren shook his head as he listened to the two boys laugh and chuckle.

"Eren! Wanna see my woom," Brooklyn jumped off Eren's lap and rubbed her hands together.

"Woom? It's room Brook," Hakeem looked at the little girl, trying not to laugh even more at Brooklyn.

"It's Woom now," Brooklyn tugged Eren's finger and started to waddle out of your room so she can bring Eren to hers.

"Aight who's place we going to next, mine or Hakeem's?" Kendrick pointed at his chest before pointing his thumb at Hakeem.

"Yours."

"Kenny's."

"Aight lemme go tell Eren we bouta leave," you slowly rose from your bed but noticed Chanel picking up a mini photo album.

"Oh shit, I forgot about that," you laughed as you walked up to Chanel who had the album opened to a picture of you shooting a basketball. She flipped it again and there you were holding up a dress you sewed in your freshman year.

"Hol on, lemme see," Kendrick sprung up from the couch with Hakeem following right behind him. Meanwhile, Brooklyn hopped down the hall and reached for the door knob to twist open her door.

"Tada!" Brooklyn jumped into her room and spun around, her fluffy skirt flowing. It was pink, her whole room was pink. Bed sheets, furniture, her wall, decorations, everything, "You like it?"

"Yeah I do, it's pretty," Eren crossed his arms as he followed Brooklyn to a spot in her room that had shelves of all her dolls. Bratz, Barbies, Monster High and Disney princess dolls all had their own shelf. She had a pink box with all her barbie merchandise in it.

Brooklyn grabbed a tiara that was from her small disney princess table that she played tea time on, "Sit sit," Brooklyn patted the small chair, waiting for Eren to sit down.

"Um I might break the chair if I do sit Brooklyn," Eren rubbed the back of his neck as moved the chair around.

"Uh uh, my magic wand can fix it," Brooklyn grabbed her wand from a cup holder and waved it around at the chair, "bibbity bobbity boo!" Brooklyn exclaimed and jumped but quieted down after Eren still wouldn't sit down. Brooklyn sighed and walked towards her bed to sit on it, slowly kicking her feet.

You crept towards Brooklyn's room and rested your hand on the door frame as you watched Eren bend down to face Brooklyn. You poked your bottom lip, feeling soft as Brooklyn placed a tiara on Eren's head.

"Now, you're a princess!" Brooklyn clapped her hands together and squealed after Eren picked her up and lowly growled at her.

"Or maybe, I'm a princess who's actually a lion in disguise," Eren raised Brooklyn in the air and spun around, chuckling as Brooklyn giggled and squealed even more.

"Ahem," you cleared your throat and smiled with your head slightly tilted to the side, your hand now wrapped around the door knob as you leaned in the room a bit. Eren made an 'O' shape with his mouth as he slowly lowered Brooklyn a bit, slowly taking the tiara off his head.

"We're about to head to Kenny's unless you wanna stay back and play princess with Brook," you giggled as Eren's cheeks flushed in pink. Eren scratched his nose and placed Brooklyn on the ground.

"Uh yeah, i'll come along...but who's staying with Brooklyn?" Eren tossed the tiara onto her bed and stuffed his hand inside his pocket.

"Brooklyn got a friend comin ova, she'll be fine," you waved and beckoned him so he could walk out already, "Brook, Taylor is gonna come play with you okay? So Eren'll be back." Brooklyn only hummed and waved bye to Eren before hopping towards her dolls.

"Danielle, we headin to Kenny's," Hakeem told your mom after she walked past the five of you in the hall.

"Alright, be careful," your mom pointed at Hakeem before walking into her room to put on some new clothes to go out later. Kendrick, Chanel and Hakeem grabbed their luggages before making their way to the direction of their street. Kendrick and Hakeem only lived down a block from your house and the two only lived across from one another.

As the five of you walked down the street to the direction of Kendrick's house, a bunch of kids and teenagers that were playing basketball stopped their game and ran up to you and Kendrick.

"Aye Lamah is that chu?!" a boy ran up to Kendrick with a widen smile on his face.

"Wassup lil man," Kendrick flicked the boy's forehead, "How old you is na Kayden?"

"Fifteen and I ain't no lil man," Kayden pouted as he rubbed his forehead. Another teenager that was the same height as Eren bounced the basketball, standing in front of you.

"Damn JT," you looked at the tall boy in front of you as a smirk appeared in his face, "Last time I saw you, you was up here," you placed your hand at your hip to gesture how short he was before.

"Uh huh...Y/n you still up for that rematch?" JT spun the ball on his finger as he rose an eyebrow at you. You waved him off and shook your head.

"Nah, i'm too old to play ball."

"You're only nineteen Y/n, go play ball fore' I send White boy to play instead," Hakeem whipped his head back to look at you, leaning his body back just enough to see your face.

"Aht- one round, 2v2," you stuck up two fingers before snatching the ball from JT. You pulled your phone out of your pocket and handed it to Eren, "Record this, I wanna show JT how Kenny and I bodied him on this."

JT scoffed and gave Kayden a high five as the two stood beside each other, ready to guard you and Kendrick. You and Kendrick nodded at each other as you started to dribble towards the hoop. You smirked at JT and did a fake pass causing him to fall right into your trap.

"Alley oop!" you shouted at Kendrick after throwing the ball near the basket for Kendrick to catch it and dunk the ball into the hoop.

"HEY!" Kendrick and all the other boys shouted after he dunked. Kendrick pointed at Chanel and brush the imaginary dust off his shoulders before walking back to the group.

"Five dollars, pay up," you made the gimme hand gesture while resting your hand on your hip, waiting for JT to give you money.

"Dollah? You ain't say none bout no dollah?" JT bounced the ball again before dunking with both hands. You pressed your lips together and still had your hand out, waiting for JT to pay up. He sucked his teeth and pulled out a dollar, placing it on your hand.

"This a dollar, I asked for five."

"Take it or leave it," JT shrugged and bounced the basketball as he backed away from you.

"I'll take it if you ain't want it," Hakeem walked over you and snatched the dollar from your hand and shoved it in his fanny pack. Eren handed your phone back to you and wrapped his arms around you as everyone continued to walk to a flat white house.

Kendrick held Chanel's hand as they both walked up the stairs before Kendrick rang the doorbell to reveal a short dark skin lady in front of the door. Her gray hair was pulled into a low bun with a handkerchief wrapped around her head.

"Kenny!" Kendrick's grandma, Lisa, clasped her hands together before cupping her grandson's cheeks. Lisa was real energetic and flexible for a 60 year old. She didn't even look like her age, had a few wrinkles but hardly was noticeable. Her bony cheeks were visible when her smile was shown, her teeth just as white and straight like Kendrick's.

"Hey grandmama," Kendrick kissed his grandma on her head, wrapping his arms around her and resting his chin on the top of her head, "I missed you."

"Missed you too baby," Lisa murmured as she rubbed Kendrick's back, pulling away to hold Chanel's hand, "And who might you be?"

"I'm Chanel, Kendrick's girlfriend," Chanel smiled at Lisa, gently biting her bottom lip. Lisa quickly covered her mouth with both of her hands as she looked at Chanel and Kendrick.

"Kenny, you had no business bringing this fine young lady into my house, come in here baby, get comfortable," Lisa opened the door more widely to allow Chanel and Kendrick to walk inside.

"Hakeem, how you doin baby," Lisa patted Hakeem's arm as Hakeem told her how well he was. As Lisa let Hakeem inside, she almost had a heart attack from seeing how grown you've gotten.

"Y/n! I know you ain't get all big on me na," Lisa patted her chest as she held her balance, breathing in and out as if she was trying to catch her breath. You laughed and gave her a hug, the both of you swaying back and forth.

"We got anotha guest huh," Lisa smiled at Eren as she pointed at him, "What's ya name sugah," Lisa waved for the two of you to come inside. Eren smiled and chuckled softly, "I'm Eren."

"Call me Lisa baby, Y/n this yo love?"

"Yeah this my love, my boyfriend Lisa," you intertwined your fingers with Eren's as you smiled at him before looking back at Lisa who had her clasped hands covering her mouth.

"My my my, I remember the old times when you and Ke-"

"Granny, don't," Kendrick interrupted Lisa's sentence before she even got the chance to finish talking about you and Kendrick and back when y'all was together. Lisa made an oop noise and raised her hands in the air to signal that she was done talking.

"Aight lemme show y'all my room," Kendrick walked down the hall towards his room and reached for the door knob, but quickly pointed at everyone's shoes, "Uh shoes off first."

"Nigga your shoes are still on," Hakeem sucked his teeth and pointed at Kendrick's slides.

"Okay? What the fuck that gotta do wimme? Shoes off," Kendrick snapped, watching the four of you take your shoes off. Kendrick nodded and opened his door to reveal his bedroom. Kendrick made dazzle fingers after tossing his duffel bag onto the ground.

"Still got them tacky ass show boxes," Hakeem walked into Kendrick's room and stared at the shoe boxes that were hung up on his wall. He had so many shoes that he still had some in other boxes and racks on the other side of his room.

"A total sneaker freak bruh," you stood beside Hakeem and picked up a pair of Kendrick's old customized Nike Air Forces.

"Aye! Don't touch that," Kendrick took his shoe from your hand and carefully placed it back on the shoe box. Chanel smiled at Kendrick's bed and plopped face front onto his bed after placing her suitcase near the door. Kendrick walked back to his bed and grabbed the box of Reese's puffs and shook the box.

"Ha, there's still more," Kendrick started to open the box but you quickly raised your hand up at him.

"Ain't it expired?"

Kendrick looked at the expiration date on the box and looked back at you, "Yeah..."

"Don't eat it," you took the box from his hand and tossed it in the trash that was near his door. Kendrick sighed and opened the drawer of his small table that was beside his bed, his eyes lighting up after seeing packs of candy still inside.

"Yo!" Kendrick held up two packs of skittles and smiled at Eren, waving the packs in the air.

"Oh shit," Eren walked up to Kendrick and taking the candy after Kendrick handed it to him, "Is that a playstation," Eren tossed a skittle into his mouth as he pointed at Kendrick's tv and playstation console.

"Yeah, wanna play something?" Kendrick grabbed the two controllers. Eren nodded his head and took the controller from his hand.

"Uh uh what about my place? We not going?" Hakeem spreaded his arms apart and looked at the two boys who were sitting on the end of Kendrick's bed, eating skittles.

"Go on without us, Chanel you stayin?" Kendrick looked back at Chanel who was lying on her back, scrolling on her phone.

"Uh huh."

"Yeah just let us know when Danielle bringing us to Waffle house," Kendrick bobbed his head as he reached for his bluetooth to put on some music. Hakeem sucked his teeth and walked out of Kendrick's room, grabbing his suitcase on the way out.

You brushed away a strand of Eren's hair before trailing behind Hakeem to the front door, "We gone Lisa, we just down the street," you told Lisa before closing the door behind you. You listened to Hakeem's suitcase make a loud 'thump' noise each time he walked down a step.

Hakeem's house was a turquoise two story ranch house, way bigger than you and Kendrick's. You crossed your arms as you watched Hakeem knock his front door loudly and shouting his mom and dad's name for them to open the door.

A long bald man with square glasses swung the door and rolled his eyes after seeing Hakeem, "Wha yo black ass want Keem," Hakeem's dad opened the door and stared at his son, "Hey there Y/n."

"Hey Mr White," you gave Hakeem's dad a quick wave before crossing your arms again.

"Just call me Rakeem," Rakeem raised his hand in the air before rolling his newspaper up, smacking the back of Hakeem's head as he walked inside his home.

"Ni- I mean pops, where mama at?" Hakeem rubbed the back of his head and looked around to see his mom.

"Hazel's somewhere around here, ion know," Rakeem closed the door after you walked in and followed behind Hakeem.

Then, a tall woman with the skin color of caramel with dark freckles all over her face approached Hakeem with her arms wide open. She wore a long white polka dotted skirt with a white blouse and golden bangles. Her long brown curly hair that was pulled back with a headband, bounced at every step she took.

"Keemie, how's life," She whispered softly as she held a rosary in between her fingers, cupping his cheeks to plant a kiss on his forehead, "Have you been praying babe."

"Lying is a sin," Hakeem closed his eyes and murmured lowly under his breath, "No I haven't, sorry ma," Hakeem peaked one of his eyes open to see his mom's reaction.

"Baby, praying is healthy for you," Hazel kept her hands cupping Hakeem's cheeks as she looked at him directly in the eyes.

"Yeah I know, you told me that since I was two," Hakeem slowly moved his mother's hands away from his face and holding her hands right after.

"Y/n, hello my dear," Hazel pushed up her rounded glasses as she opened her arms up to give you a hug, "Have you been praying dear?"

"Uh...I forget sometimes," you rubbed your lips together as you gave her half a smile. Hazel slowly nodded, not knowing how to feel about the kids she cared for not sticking to their prayers.

"Oh okay...Hakeem I bought you something, just wait right here," Hazel beamed at Hakeem before walking down a doorway and coming back with a small box, "Open!" Hazel whisper shouted as she handed Hakeem the box.

Hakeem slowly opened the box and chuckled while shaking his head, "Pride bracelets?" Hakeem held three rainbow bracelets that had the words printed:

𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆

𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕

𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈

"Aww," you looked at the bracelets and poked out your bottom lip at how cute the bracelets were. Hazel giggled and hugged Hakeem, burying her face in the crook of Hakeem's neck, "Thank you mama."

"You're welcome," Hazel pulled back and patted Hakeem's shoulder, "Alright, hurry up and do whatever you was doing, Danielle told me about you going to Wafflehouse."

Hakeem nodded and gestured for you to walk up the stairs to head towards his room. Hakeem was an only child growing up so him being spoiled and always asking for money wasn't much of a surprise to you. Hakeem stood in front of a door and exhaled quietly before turning the door knob to reveal his bedroom.

"Ah shit still looks the same," Hakeem walked into his room and spun around to fall back on his bed. You turned on the rainbow lamp that was on his small nightstand.

"Your room is so cute Hakeem," you smiled in awe as you looked around his room. You walked towards his dresser and noticed the fish tank that was set on it.

"Them fishes prolly dead, I gave pops one job and he ain't do it," Hakeem stared at the ceiling, keeping his folded hands on his stomach.

"You neva fed the fishes anyways," you tapped Hakeem repeatedly after walking up to him, "Speaking of being fed, let's go to Waffle house now."

Hakeem slowly rose from his bed and followed you out his room but quickly stopped to turn back to his suitcase, "Wait I gotta change my outfit."

"Hakeemuh!"

"I told yo ass my plan about my outfits!"

❑ ❑ ❑

❧ "Y'all good back there?" your mom asked after noticing everyone squeezed together in the backseat. Brooklyn ended up sitting in the middle seat when you had to sit on Eren's lap and Chanel had to sit on Kendrick's.

"Yeah, y'all good back there?" Hakeem sent y'all a smug smirk as he looked behind his seat.

"Ma why does Hakeem have to sit in the front?" you moved around on Eren's lap to feel more comfortable. You and Eren held hands as he kept his arms wrapped around your waist.

"Cus he called shot gun, gotta keep things fair," your mom drummed her fingers on the steering wheel after stopping under a traffic light. You and Kendrick groaned while Hakeem snickered mischievously.

Hakeem quickly stopped his snickers after hearing a knock on his window, "Ah hell nah," Hakeem shook his head and grumbled.

"Aye we the water boas, the water boas!" a boy that looked around the age of fourteen repeatedly knocked Hakeem's window. Another boy that looked the same age knocked on your window, waving two water bottles in his hand.

You sucked your teeth and pressed the button to put the windows down, "Wha you want lil nigga," you said, looking at the boy up and down.

"Money," the boy kept waving the water bottle in his hand. Eren bit his inner cheek after the little boy eyed Eren closely, "Aye lil white boa, I know you got money, run dat," the little boy made the gimme hand gesture, still waving the water bottles.

"Uh do I actually have to give him money?" Eren whispered to you as he made small glances at the boy near the window, "Just give it to him for the one time," you shrugged. Eren hummed and rose up a bit, your ass rubbing against his crotch as he pulled out his wallet.

"Here," Eren handed five dollars to the boy while closing his wallet.

"Yezzirrrrr," the little boy handed Eren a water bottle before running off to the other boys across the street. Meanwhile, at Hakeem's window...

"Nigga back the fuck up 'fore I hop out this vehicle, yo ass finna be a blood boa after I body slam yo ass and kick yo body to the cur-"

"Hakeem! This is a little boy, quit with the threats!" your mom shoved Hakeem's shoulder so he could quit yapping. Hakeem was running his mouth so fast that the boy at his window couldn't catch one thing that he said.

The little boy wandered his eyes left to right before opening his mouth again, "So can I-"

"Mothafu- go to the white boy in the backseat, he got cash fo' yo kiddie size self," Hakeem shoo'd the boy away and pulled up his window, crossing his arms right after.

"No more money! Where the hell are y'all coming from?!" you moved your head at the sight of more boys coming to your side of the window, asking for money from Eren specifically.

"Front seat talm bout some white boa havin some cash," one kid point at Hakeem. Hakeem puckered his lips and slowly slouched in his seat after the boy done exposed him.

"He don't got cash for y'all, now scaddadle," you waved the boys off as you pulled the windows up. Your mom shook her head and finally began driving to the Waffle house that was only a U turn away.

"Finally," Hakeem clapped his hands and unbuckled his seatbelts after your mom turned off the ignition. As Eren opened the door for you to get out first, Kendrick and Chanel already sprinted and raced towards the entrance of Waffle House.

Brooklyn walked in between you and Eren, reaching her hand out so the both of you could hold her hand. Brooklyn skipped and jumped up and down while the both of you laughed and smile at each other.

The sound of the grill sizzling grew louder as you entered the restaurant, Waffle House. It wasn't as crowded neither was it much empty. There was few staff at the kitchen area or cleaning up a spot on the table.

"I'll be right here, run along," your mom waved you and the others to the booth seats as she spun the single chairs around for her to sit on.

"Back there, I call window," Kendrick speed walked towards a booth that was all the way in the back, Chanel walking right behind him. Hakeem sat across from Kendrick, you sat across Chanel and Eren sat across from Brooklyn.

"I remember the menu from the back of my head," Kendrick beamed as he tapped his temple with his finger, "I'm getting the All Star Special."

Hakeem pointed his fingers against the menu that was flattened in the glass that was on the table to read the menu, "I'm getting the Texas cheese steak melt."

You nodded and turned to look at Eren, smiling widely at him as you rested your chin on his shoulder while he read the menu in front of him.

"Whatchu bouta get," you whispered into his ear before placed your hand on his shoulder, looking at the menu with him.

"Chocolate Chip Waffle and Bacon."

You leaned closer to the order he pointed at and squinted your eyes before looking at him, "Eren that's the kid's meal."

"I know," Eren tucked his lips in as he held back his smile. Eren leaned back in his seat, slouching a bit to get comfortable as he placed his hand on top of the booth seat, "What're you gonna get?"

"Hm Waffles with Hash Browns," you puckered your lips as you rested your head against his chest while drumming your nails against the table to get Brooklyn's attention, "What do you wanna eat Brook?"

"I want Eren's food," Brooklyn patted both of her hands on the table as she danced around in her seat, singing horribly as always. Eren slowly bobbed his head and chuckled, listening to Brooklyn sing itsy bitsy spider and doing the choreography with her hands.

"I'm getting the cheese hash browns," Chanel told Kendrick as she pointed at the order. Everyone whipped their heads to the direction of a someone's voice, a waiter's voice.

"Y'all ready for an order?" the girl flipped open her notepad and pressed the top of her pen. Everyone hummed and waited for someone to speak out first. As everyone finished telling their order, the girl already turned around to head to the kitchen to give the slipped paper to the staff in the kitchen.

Chanel tapped her nails against the table and cleared her throat to get your attention, "I heard about a Lenox Mall, can we go-"

"NO!" you, Hakeem and Kendrick all raised your hands up to stop Chanel from speaking any further, "Never...go to the Lenox Mall," Hakeem broke the silence, pointing his index finger at Chanel.

"Why?" Chanel had a puzzled facial expression as she waved her hand in the air, "Yeah why?" Eren asked, wanting to know the reason as well.

"Go there and you're walking out with a hole in your chest," you pointed your acrylic nail against your chest as you looked at Chanel and Eren who was looking at the three of you worriedly.

"Nah hole right now," Kendrick pointed at his forehead and then making the head explosion gesture. Chanel covered her mouth with her fingers as she slowly slouched in her seat.

"Okay but I wanna go somewhere!" Chanel groaned as she slowly rose back up, propping her elbows on the table and placing her hands on her cheeks. You watched Hakeem pull out a folded piece of paper from his fanny pack then slamming it onto the table.

"Boom," Hakeem pushed the folded piece of paper to the middle of the table, pointing at it so someone can unfold the paper. You took the opportunity and grabbed the paper, slowly unfolding it to reveal a flyer instead.

"A Fair? Where'd you get this flyer from Keem," you handed the paper to Eren so he could read the paper.

"Ion know, some crackie was handing them out on our way to Danielle's car so I snatched one from him," Hakeem shrugged and snatched the flyer from Eren's hand to give it to Kendrick.

"Omg?! What time is the fair?" Chanel leaned towards Kendrick to read off the start and end time of the event.

4 pm - 11 pm

"Ayo? It starts in 5 hours," Kendrick waved the flyer before setting it down on the table, "So we goin' or?" Kendrick looked at you and Hakeem, waiting for an answer from either of you.

"Sure."

"Ye I'm down, you goin' Chanel and Eren?" you looked at the two, their eyes shimmering in excitement, "Uh duh?" Chanel squealed and drummed her hands against the table. Just by Eren's smile, you could tell that he wanted to go too.

a/n: 😣🦋💘