chapter 10

Riani Nalani Brown | Riri

8:15am

Getting out of the shower I brush my teeth and wash my face and then take my bonnet off brushing my hair out.

I slide on a hoodie then walk over to my bed taking my phone off the charger to text this girl I'm on the way to my appointment.

Checking my phone I see that Kiari followed me making me widen my eyes because I never followed him meaning he saw that I liked his post. Damnn.

I smile a bit then quickly drop that shit remembering he has a girlfriend. I simply follow him back then grab my keys and ipad because yes I sit at all of my hair appointments on this damn ipad like a kid and I never cared.

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"Riani you stay taking the longestttt." Kam drags out.

"Bra all I'm doing is my edges. Like I'm even skipping doing my makeup for yall hush." I say swooping my edges in the fluffy style then grabbing my purse.

"Let's go." I say making them smile and I follow them out.

My hair took a little longer so I didn't have much time to get ready because the game was going to start but I made something work. I had on a cute white over sized shirt with navy blue numbers on the front that's cropped, short light washed shorts, some retro midnight navy jordan 3's with my white nike ankle socks and my white chanel purse. I decided to get boho small- but not to small knotless braids that were long almost to my knees but not quite there yet and the ends were curled.

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When we got to the university it was packedddd.

There's two separate gyms here at my college. One gym that is for there practices and shit like that and then another one in a whole nother building that's big as fuckkk and is only open for when they have home games with a back double door open where it leads to where all the food stands and stuff like that is at.

"Hey guys. When does the game start again?" I question.

"Girl in like twenty minutes so we need to hurry up with this food." She says making us nod as we decide to get nachos.

We order and then Kam stops the worker.

"I have an athlete code I would like to put in." Kam smiles at the worker referring to the codes that only athletes get and specifically basketball and football athletes get the most money off when it comes to game food or any food spots sponsored by our college.

"Um it's only for athletes ma'am." He speaks politely.

"Ok but my brother is an athlete. Star basketball player on that team. I would use amirs but I feel like being petty and using Kiaris" She smiles making me shake my head at her and laughing.

"I don't think I can do that ma'am." He says again.

"Boy if you don't put in Kiari Grey code." She huffs.

"Ok." He looks around before quickly putting the code in and then giving us our food and drinks.

"Seeeee simple work." She shrugs at us as we walk to the bleachers.

"Girll you a messss." I nudge her.

"No cause he was starting to piss me off like gosh." She huffs as we get to the bleachers.

"Well it got us 10$ off all of ours together so I'm not complaining." I shrug because their food is pricey as fuck for no damn reason.

Leaning my head on Rays shoulder, I wait until the game starts.

Soon it finally begins as the players from each door side comes running out.

My eyes find Kiaris face as his bottom lip were tucked in looking completely focused in game mode. His dreads up in a front pony away from his face and in his white uniform with the red lining and his red 24 number in the back.

eating my nachos looking at the players and I also see Isaiah ass looking serious but my mind just can't take Isaiah serious whatsoever. Then I look over at Amir and his ass is just always looking serious.

I look over at Kam and see her just staring at Amir with a smile on her face making me smile.

I could really tell her and Amir loved each other. They have been together since I believe she said

Highschool. At first she couldn't take Amir seriously since she knew him and Isaiah her whole life because they were Kiaris best friends but then she finally did start to see him and they've been together ever since.

She did say Him, Isaiah and Kiari planned on moving in when college started but Kiari did nottt want to ever in million years hear him and Kam in the bed room, so Amir got his own place but as far as I'm concerned Amir is literally always over there with him and Isaiah and even has his own room that is strictly not allowed for him and Kam to be going at it in there and they both respected that.

Seeing the game started I snap back into reality.

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Are school was now in offense. It was 4th quarter and the score was 42-30, with our school having the higher points. Me and girls felt like are school were going to win but then at the same time we couldn't do to much because anything could happen.

I could tell something on the team was happening between the players as someone wasn't trying to give Isaiah or Kiari the ball. Being stingy.

If they have some type of beef they need to leave that off of the court because now the player is stuck as he's getting surrounded by the team members from the other team.

His only option was to throw it to Isaiah as he was a little closer by the net but that person sure wasn't trying to let that happen.

Kiari looked stressed as he ran his hands down his face.

"If that bitch don't just give Isaiah the damn ball like what the fuck." Kam huff's getting annoyed and so was I.

The time was ticking down fast as hell.

The random ass player looked at Isaiah then threw the ball to Kiari making me widen my eyes and so as the crowds as you could hear them gasp. It was a big risk because he was pretty far from Kiari when he could have thrown it to Amir or better yet Isaiah since he was the closet to the net.

Luckily and very surprisedly Kiari caught the ball making the crowd start cheering.

He thought quick as the players started to go towards Kiari and then he was blocked by a player.

Kiari looks at the player dribbling the ball before smirking and quickly doing a drop cross and then throwing it to Isaiah which he quickly throws in the net and makes it just as the time runs out making the crowd start cheering.

I was smiling cause damn was Kiari good as hell at basketball. And then that drop cross was unexpected as hell catching everyone and the player off guard.

"Y'all aren't fucking with my brother like whatttt." Kam yells standing up.

Soon people starts walking off the bleachers as the players were now in the locker room.

As we get outside Kam gets a call answering before humming and hanging up.

"Amir Kiari and Isaiah got to stay back because couch pulled them along with the other two niggas" she says.

"No because they were actually pissing me clean off with all that being stingy with the ball stuff." Ray says

"Exactly, knowing this the first game and already starting bull shit." I shake my head.

"No cause then nigga gone pass the ball to Kiari like that on purpose knowing damn well he wasn't no where near that nigga and if he would have not caught that couch would of been on his ass." Kam rolls her eyes.

"Just weird." I shake my head sipping out of my sprite.

"What are we doing after this?" I question.

"I don't know, I'm trying to see if they wanted to do something because that's usually what we do but they probably pissed and don't want to do shit. Amir already started to have an attitude talking to me that's why all I did was hum." Kam says making me nod.

We get to the parking lot standing as I pull my phone out scrolling on my phone.

"Oh my godd best. Hairrr." I hear Isaiah's voice making us look up as we see the boys walking towards us.

"Thank you Isaiah." I smile giving him a hug since his affectionate ass had his arms held out.

Isaiah was actually cool people's and I could considered him a friend. He may be flirty but really it was all a joke, he's always like that with literally everyone so everyone is just use to his flirts and jokes. I think he had a funny ass and fun personality which is why I could never take the nigga serious whatsoever.

"Took y'all long ass shit." Kam rolls her eyes as Amir hugs her making Kiari look up from his phone then his eyes immediately met mines and mines met the girl Aaliyah as she was next to him with his arm over her shoulder and her smiling next to him.

She was really pretty though I'll give her that.

"Yo listen, couch ass gone pull us and start yelling at us when clearly the nigga wasn't giving us the damn ball. We didn't give a shit and kept the drama off the court but fucking Draco ass was being petty ass shit." Amir rolls his eyes.

"Bra word. Like why the fuck would he throw that shit to Kiari like his ass was trying to start some shit. I mean I had a little faith Kiari was gone catch it but if he didn't couch would have just gone off." Isaiah says.

"Hope Draco die on his way home." Kiari mutters.

"Ok woah. Maybe injured." Isaiah then says.

"Nah his ass can die. And I hope the airbags don't work either. Straight out the windows."  Amir agrees with Kiari.

"Y'all crazy. But what we doing? Or y'all too mad to even go out." Kam ask.

"I'm hungry." Isaiah says.

"There's a party. Y'all tryna go?" Amir raises his brow.

"Let's eat then maybe a party." Kam says.

"Oh I can't go. I have to babysit my brother." Aaliyah says making all eyes go to hers and they just stare at her.

Damn they all must don't like her...

"Aaliyah, I promise you I don't give a- Kam." Kiari cuts Kam off.

"Aaliyah I don't think you were invited." Isaiah makes a questionable face.

"She wasn't. Why would I want to even sit by you." Kam glares at Aaliyah and Aaliyah glares at her back.

Ohhh something must happened between them.

"Girl bye. Wasn't nobody even talking to you." Aaliyah folds her arms.

"And wasn't nobody even thinking about you." Kam says making me put a hand on her shoulder because we were still on campus.

"Kam." I try to calm her down and then Aaliyah cuts her eyes to me.

"She wasn't even on shit to even be calmed down. Just wanting to be recognized." Aaliyah mumbles the last sentence making my face ball up.

"You just wanted to say something. Trying to start with other people, but unlike her she don't fucking- Ok Kam that's enough." Kiari says cutting the argument.

"Y'all all just weird. Kiari you weird as fuck to cause you never stick up for me. You know all of your friends have secret animosity towards me and you steady don't say shit. Just stand there looking dumb." Aaliyah hits his chest making Kiari quickly grab them and drop them looking irritated at what she just did to him.

"Ain't shit secret. We don't like you. I sure damn don't like you, and you're the last person to talk about secret animosity." Kam says giving her a look before just turning around and getting into my car.

"And look. You steady don't say shit." Aaliyah rolls her eyes at Kiari.

"Man Aaliyah don't- no because shut up. I don't care." She moves away from him.

"She's my sister?" Kiari says like it was obvious.

"That's some weird ass shit to say. Your own fucking girlfriend over her who steady always saying shit to me." She starts to raise her voice.

Everyone starts to look at Kiari seeing his face and it looked like he was about to get pissed the fuck off and go off on her.

"All right. Aaliyah just go home." Amir says.

"And I will. Don't call my phone either Kiari." She walks away.

"You dead be the one calling me like the fuck." His face balled up looking at her.

"Ok and I won't anymore." She shrugs.

I just walk away getting in my car because what the hell just happened...

"Riani, do you mind just taking me home please. I'm not in the mood for anything." She says and I nod.

"Your brother's house or the dorm?" I question pulling off.

"My dorm because even Kiari pisses me off. Knowing that girl weird as fuck but continues to fuck with her?" she rambles making me nod.

"She told him don't call her or something like that." I say so she wouldn't be as mad.

"She always say that but still continues to call his phone, and then soon as he get bored he right back to picking her calls up." She rolls her eyes.

"Oh damn so they on and off." I widen my eyes.

"I don't know what it is but Aaliyah can go to hell." Kam shrugs making me just shake my head.

"This night sure did turn left." I mumble.

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-excuse any mistakes.