chapter 13

Riani Nalani Brown | Riri

10:30am

I was waiting on Kiari ass to take me to get my car as I put some lipgloss on my lips.

I had on a white crop top since it was still hot, my flared sweats and my hellkitty slippers.

(a/n- also what her braids look like)

He texted me saying he was outside so I walk out my house and into his

Opening the door I get in seeing he was on the phone with someone so I try to quietly connect my playlist to his car but then the song starts playing ridiculously loud making me make a yikes face.

Oops...

He gives me a weird look so I quickly try to turn the music down but I turned it the wrong way making the music go up even more.

He then hangs up the phone and turns the music down.

"Yo is you coo?" He glances at me and pulls out the driveway.

"Why was your aux even up so loud anyways? If it wasn't up so loud before I got in then it would have never happened." I shrugged.

"I turned it down before you even got in the car?"

"Exactly so when I connected it again the aux went back up."

"Alright." He ends the conversation.

"Do you got somewhere to be once you get your car?"

"Uh I have a class at 12 sooo."

"Alright let's get food." He makes a turn.

"Food? Food for what? I want my damn car."

"You'll get your car after we get our food."

"Um no."

"I want ihop." He says ignoring me making me just slump back.

"Oh you don't want ihop?" He glances over at me.

"Why you tryna be friends so bad like is you coo?" I glance back over at him.

"You friends with everyone else in the group so why can't we be friends?"

"I mean we can...we just never be having opportunities to talk."

"And now we got one." He turns the music up.

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I was sat across from Kiari as we're currently talking about basketball. He seemed surprised at how much I knew about basketball but when you have a ex basketball couch dad that taught my brother basketball his whole life and a almost nba basketball brother who's now a basketball couch then trust I would know a lot. Sometimes I would even play with them but I definitely wasn't the best or really good at all but aye.

Even now I'm surprised that my brother even decided to be a basketball couch because once he fractured his knee, he wanted nothing to do with basketball but once he turned his life around I guess basketball was still for him, even if he couldn't play professionally.

He smiled wide at me, his dimples showing and all as he looked at me. Something that always catches my attention when it comes to Kiari is his smile. He had some some pretty ass straight white teeth with dimples that made his smile addicting like a drug that just makes you want to tell a joke to him every other second just to see that smile of his. And he rarely ever smiled but I sure wish he did more.

"I like that you actually know stuff about basketball. usually the girls I ever talked to couldn't give a damn about basketball, even my own girlfriend." He shakes his head eating his waffles as he got waffles and bacon and I got pancakes.

Can't believe someone could choose waffles over pancakes.

"How do you know all of this anyways?" He asked.

"My dad and also my brother, my brother was close to being an nba player until he fractured his knee." I say.

"Oh shit. That is actually one of my biggest fears when it comes to basketball." He kisses his teeth.

"It was his too." I chuckle.

"I didn't even know you had a brother." He chuckles.

"Yeah I have a brother and a little sister who's thirteen." I smile.

"Oh so you the middle child." He grins making me flip him off.

"Is Kam your only sister?" I question.

"Yeah. Only me her and my mom." He gives a small smile.

"Ah only man in the house, That should say a lot about a man."

"What you mean?" He asks.

"Usually they're respectful and know how to treat woman."

"Am I not or something?" He raises his brow.

"I mean I would hope so." I glance over at him.

"Duh I am." He says in a duh tone, making me laugh.

"I got class in thirty Kiari, I need my car." I say placing my fork down.

"Alright bra." He says motioning for the waiter to come over.

I looked down going in my purse to pull my money out but just as I looked up Kiari already gave her his card and the waiter walked off.

"Wait you payed for my food?" I ask confused.

"I wouldn't be no real man if I haven't?" He says as the waiter gave him back his card and we got up to leave.

"I mean you really didn't have to but thank you."

"Sum slight." He shrugs as we get in the car.

"I guess you cool and we can be friends." i shrug smiling.

"We been friends the moment you stepped in my car wym?" he says.

"Oh?" i squint my eyes at him.

"Yeah oh." he says pulling off.

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Kiari Grey pov.

"Sorry I'm late Kiari. My friends had me staying back with them." I hear Aaliyah's voice as she rounded the table sitting next to me.

We were in the cafeteria with the rest of my friends but I was just in my phone not really paying attention much to them.

Really I don't find myself talking too much in cafeterias, like I'll say a few words then that's it and it's really because of how loud it be and I don't know why but it messes with my mind when I'm talking and then my brain signals every other voice in the cafeteria talking while I am. It sounds dumb but that's just how my mind works for some reason.

"It's coo. What was yall doing?" I ask giving her a kiss.

Me and Aaliyah relationship has been going really good lately. we havent been in no arguments and i just feel like we're really progressing now than before.

"Just work and stuff." She shrugs.

"You was doing work?" I laugh a little cause that's rarely.

"Yeah? Im not passing for no reason." She says making me hum and she lays her head on my shoulder and we just watch my phone.

"Girl just no. Your never riding my car again with allat fast driving." I hear a laugh making me look up to see Kam and Riani walking towards are table.

"That was me driving on a good day though." Kam shakes her head making Riani wave her off as she sits at the table.

"Hi Isaiah, Amir, Kiari, and the rest of yall." Riani smiles waving at me and I couldn't just help to stare. Not that I meant to but she did say hey so of course my eyes gone look her way anyways.

"Hey." I smile back at her as the rest of them do as well except Aaliyah.

I look over at her to see she's just giving her a nasty look before looking back at me.

"What's wrong?" I furrow my brows.

"Nothing." She mumbles so I just shrug it off.

"Kiari your sister drives fast as hell for reason just like you." Riani says making me chuckle.

"Kam always been driving fast. That's why she failed her driver license." I shrug making Riani widen her eyes at Kam.

"Bitch you said you passed." She nudges Kam.

"I mean in my heart I passed." She laughs making Riani playfully roll her eyes.

"Just know you won't see yourself in my driver's seat again." She says.

"Kiari." Aaliyah pulls my arm making me look at her.

"Yes?"

"Can we talk outside." She grabs her bag and stands up.

"Sure." I say confusedly but follow her out the cafeteria anyways.

"What's up." I ask as we get somewhere quieter.

"Who's that girl that had walked in?" She questions.

"Riani?"

"I guess so." She shrugs.

"Oh that's my sisters friend."

"Oh so she must be all of there friends to cause I saw her at the game as well." She says making me hum confused on what Aaliyah is on right now.

"So she your friend to?" She then says making me sigh at where this was going.

"I mean I'm just asking cause you sure was staring at her soon as you noticed she was there." She folds her arms and I was honestly still confused cause I was not staring at that girl like how Aaliyah is making it seem, like yeah she was talking to me so of course imma look at her.

"I was not staring at Riani like that bra. I thought we got over all this and now you back on it."

"No cause she must be real pretty for you to be staring like that. Do you think she's pretty or something Kiari?" She says looking up at me making me roll my eyes.

"Aaliyah, I'm not doing this with you. You made it seem like we were all good and we were, and now you want to ruin it all because I looked at her when she talked to me?"

"You didn't look though, You stared."

"Didn't nobody stare at her. Why you on this again forreal. You insecure or something?" I raise my eyebrow.

"Don't you dare say I'm insecure. Are you fucking insecure because you sure always trying to get with and talk to all these different girls like some insecure ass man who only finds himself in fucking other girls." She looks me up in down clearly mad at me.

"I didn't even accuse you of being insecure, all I did was ask and now you saying I'm talking and fucking other girls? alright." I nod kissing my teeth because im so over this shit.

"Ok fine that was rude of me but you as my boyfriend shouldn't be looking at other girls at all." She unfolds her arms.

I take a second to think and be real I probably was staring but definitely not how she's making it seem so I could see her being mad at me for that.

"Aaliyah I'll give you this one because you right, me as a boyfriend shouldn't stare at other girls so I apologize for that."

"Ok Kiari, I'm sorry too." She hugs and kisses me.