para what?

I froze where I was standing and Melo was snickering at me as Kyle looked at me for an explanation.

"Um, Well I was going to tell you but he only asked me out yesterday so technically I couldn't even tell you yet and, ugh it's not even my fault-" He cuts me off.

"Whoa, slow down Maya. I was just wondering. It's okay I understand. You guys are good for each other. I respect it." Kyle looks at the both of us then back at Melo.

"Break her heart, I'll do a drive by on yo ass." Kyle smiles before getting a call and walking away. Melo puts his hands up in defense.

Phew, that went better than I expected.

Kinda weird.. right?-

"So what are doing anyway?"

Lavar rounded us all up and brung us down to the beach without explaining anything.

It was our last day here in Maui and honestly, I was a little upset. Maui is an island in the Central Pacific, part of the Hawaiian archipelago. It was so beautiful here and I didn't want to leave. Every time I woke up, Maui gave me a pretty sunrise to see.

Maui would definitely be a trip to remember.

"Today we gone get on that boat over there, and go parasailing." Lavar had a big cheesy grin on.

"Oh nah, Imma stay on that boat then." Melo shook his head. He head been leaning me with his chin resting on my head.

"Wait what is parasailing?" I had never heard of a such thing. I genuinely confused. In Flint, my family and I would never to the beach. We had a pool in our backyard what was the point?

Jaden chimes in, "Oh dude parasailing is so freaking fun its like when the boat is attached to a specially designed canopy wing that resembles a parachute and you go in sky above the water. You'll love it."

"That's bout the whitest shit I ever heard." Melo retorts kissing his teeth.

"And you half white nigga?" Gelo cuts in, defending his girl.

"Shut up, Gelo that's why you look like a beef jerky." Melo argues.

"Says the string bean lookin ass bitch."

I started laughing, because I couldn't help self.

"Oh you want the smoke, shawty?" Melo looks down at me.

"Uh, yes?"

Before Melo could come for my ass, Lavar interrupts us.

"Alright the boat ready let's go guys."

Lonzo, Kuz, Zoey, and Tina were already on the boat.

I could hear the ocean water below and the seagulls above. It was very calming.

Very little people were on the beach, it was only 9:00 in the morning but the sun was still yet blazing down in us.

The camera crew followed behind us. I keep forgetting that the Ball's have a tv show. I didn't mind the cameras but I just hope they don't listen to everything..

Gelo and Jaden got on the boat before us because Melo was taking forever, dragging his feet across the sand.

I turned back around to grab his hand, "Come on, baby." The baby slipped out. He just groaned in response.

"Can we just go back to house and watch a movie? Just me and you." He tried to negotiate.

"No Melo we can do that when we get back home. This is our last day here. Weren't you the one who said we gotta make the most of it?" He obviously did not want to go parasailing.

"Cmon, you've done it before. Are you scared?" I teased him. Melo told me he went parasailing but it was a while ago.

"Hell nah. I'm just trynna spend time with my girl." He shrugged his shoulders. He made my heart feel all tingly.

I was his girl.

_

"Can you put some sunscreen on my back?"

We were out. Far out. We had been going for about twenty minutes but we seemed so far away from the coast of the beach.

We were just chilling in the middle of the the ocean and I couldn't afford to burn. My blue and white swimsuit showed most of my skin and I just wanted to be safe.

"Yeah, I got you." Melo nodded his head.

Gelo brung a bluetooth waterproof speaker out here so we were set music wise.

Left, Right by lil tecca started to play.

"Awh this my shit." Melo said getting up before grabbing the sun screen.

"Left, right, left, rightI'm the reason why yo' nigga left right, he left, right" I tried not to laugh as Melo danced.

"Maya, you better know the part." I roll my eyes.

"What part, Melo?"

"Come on, don't play with me. It's finna come up."

I facepalm. This whole trip, Melo and I had been listening to lil tecca's new song on repeat. He wanted me to memorize this one part..

"Yeah she goin', she goin', she goin' for it allI don't ask her what she wanna' do, I know she with it allBitch I'm feelin' like LaMelo, all I wanna do is ballAnd you wanna talk to me, all you gotta' do is call, yeah." He recorded me on his snap.

"Yeah, shawty. This for real going on the snap."

"Whatever Melo, just put the sunscreen on me before I get burnt." I chuckle before laying down the cushion.

"Yeah, yeah aight."

He lathered up the sunscreen in his hands and started rubbing it on my shoulders, down to my back, then my ass.

He took his time rubbing the spf 50 on my butt.

"Okay I think my ass has enough sunscreen, Melo."

He smacked my ass.

"Damn, nigga!" I squeal and I sit up.

We were at the front of the boat and everyone one else was in the shade, relaxing. Even baby Zoey seemed chill as hell in Tina's arms.

The dudes that were setting up the parasailing equipment looked to be almost finished.

"Your turn. Give me the sunscreen."

"I'm not done yet. Turn around."

"No Melo I already did this side myself. You just wanna touch my boobs." I sigh, shaking my head.

He hands me the sunscreen in defeat.

I start to apply sunscreen on his chest. He covered his face with his hands because of how hot it was. His muscles were very defined.

Lavar had the boys working out on this trip it didn't matter that it was a vacation. They would work out downstairs and run on the beach.

I didn't even know the house we were staying in had a gym downstairs.

"Okay turn around."

He lays on his back

I once again apply the sunscreen, can't have my nigga burning.

"Done." I close the sunscreen.

He turned back around still laying down. He pulls me onto him so that I could straddle him.

"Did I tell you that you look so damn fine today?" He asks.

"Only a couple of times but it's okay." I beam down at him.

He lifts his hands to hold my face and pulls me down.

Our lips connect and just like that the butterflies in my stomach appear.

His hands make their way to my waist and mine to his hair. His hair was curly and soft and I could play with it all day.

He deepened the kiss slipping his tongue into my mouth, I try not moan, seeing as people were around. They couldn't see us but they could sure as hell hear us.

I grab more of his curly ass hair, wanting to be closer than we already were which wasn't really possible.

"Okay it's done. You guys can start parasailing." I faintly hear the workers tell Lavar. I pull back.

"What's wrong, Maya?" Melo looks at me, confused.

"We gotta go parasail." I say excitedly.

"Nah you can't get up right now." He holds my hips down to him.

"What you mean I can't get up-" I felt something below me.

"Oh. You got too excited my guy?" I started laughing. He gives me a goofy grin.

"What can I say? You just so exciting, shawty."

-

"Okay who going first?" Lavar asks, clapping his hands together.

"Us!" I yell and Melo groans.

The workers buckle us up and get everything ready to make sure everything was working correctly.

Melo looked as if he was gonna barf.

"Hey, it's gonna be fun."

"Man if I die it's on you." He pointed at me.

They finished strapping us up. The white guy gave the other one a big thumbs up.

"Oh they finna let them go." Gelo tapped Jaden.

"Look at Melo." Jaden laughed.

"That boy look like be finna pass out." Kyle added and Lonzo started cracking up.

"Oh, Melo." Even Tina tried to keep in a laugh.

"Okay we're gonna let you kids go now." The guy said and I nodded.

"Hol up, I ain't ready." Melo shook his head.

"Go, go, go!" I didn't want to think about it, I just wanted it to happen.

"Oh shit!" Melo yelled next to me.

With that they lifted us into the air.

We were actually in the sky. I had a go pro in my hand. Courtney had asked me to record for the show.

"Oh wow! It's so pretty." and it was. You could see everything from up here. The sky was so blue and from afar, I think I saw a dolphin come out of the water.

"Oh hell nah they got sharks up in this ocean?" He asked looking down. We were so high up.

"Melo, chill that was a dolphin."

"Same thing."

From below I saw Gelo do a hand signal pointing down.Oh he so not right for that.

Slowly, we got closer and closer to the ocean.

"What they doing? Take us back up!" Melo wasn't having it.

We got dipped in the water. I squealed, the water was so cold.

"Gelo!" I yell from afar hoping he would hear me. I flip him off and he starts laughing.

"He ain't gone be laughing when I beat his ass."

-

"You should've seen his face! It was priceless."

We were eating our last meal in Maui. Lavar had hired a special chef tonight and we were all sitting at the table eating chicken tacos.

Melo was too excited, it was his favorite food.

"When Gelo told them to dip y'all I already knew it was a bad  idea." Jaden laughed with me as we were talking about what previously took place a couple of hours ago.

"Yaw still on that? That happened forever ago." Melo waves us off.

"Yeah right." I counter.

Lavar stands up from the dinner table.

"Yaw finna give me your attention real quick."

We all settle down.

"I would like to make a toast to everyone who's at this dinner table, to the Kuzma's and Jaden for coming along with us and being great friends, to my children, Lonzo, LiAngelo, and LaMelo for being not only great ass basketball players but great sons too, and my adorable granddaughter can't forget her. But last but not least, my wife. The love of my life and my other half. We been through a lot together and I don't know what I would do without you. I love you. And I love you guys!" He holds his glass up.

"To family." He says.

We all raise our glasses.

"To family!"