chapter 7

Kiari Xavier Grey | Ki

4:20am

I groaned as my alarm had went off for workouts. Today was our first day of basketball workouts for the new school year.

I got up and went to the bathroom connected to my room. I turn on the shower waiting for it to get hot then getting in.

I dried myself off and put my clothes on than use this palmers cocoa butter lotion than stood in the mirror briefly washing my face and moisturizing my face than brushing my teeth.

I checked the time seeing it was now 4:55 and workouts was at 5:30. I sat on my bed putting my shoes on as I glanced at my phone seeing that Aaliyah sent me 3 attachments late last night.

I already know what that is.

Aaliyah is well I guess my girlfriend but I don't know how I feel about that now because honestly I didn't like being in a relationship with her anymore.

I mean she pretty and all but she be around to many niggas for me and people be telling me to much stuff about her and it's not like I can say she's cheating cause I don't know, but she would get mad whenever I talked to a female or when a female talks to me and would just start accusing me of cheating and shit and that is just too damn much for me not to mention how toxic she has gotten, the jealousy and just everything.

I made sure everything in my bag was packed then made my way downstairs where I grabbed a protein bar, a water bottle and my keys then walked out and locked the door.

I'm guessing Isaiah is already there. Isaiah main sport isn't really basketball like he's on the team and he's good but football is just his thing so whenever the season of basketball comes around he'll still play, just as when the football season comes around I'll play but basketball is just where my heart is at.

Walking out the house and to my garage where it revealed my all blacked out Audi rs7, I just got it about a week ago and I already got the windows tinted with fresh rims.

Walking into the locker rooms I smiled. I loved basketball. I loved basketball since I was a jit and been playing ever since. "Wassup Kiari." I hear Isaiah and Amir say as I was now in the room where the rest of all my teammates were.

I have many friends but I just really can't be around niggas for to long cause they really just be straight bums and lames so I really just hang around Isaiah and Amir who I've known since forever.

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I was now walking to class. Workouts got done at 7 so I was tired asab, but I just decided to go home and take a shower before I went to this 8am ass class.

Fuck were they thinking giving me a damn 8am class?

"Hey Baby." I hear Aaliyah's voice as she hugs me and I give her a hug back.

"Wassup." I kiss the side of her forehead.

"Where are you headed to?" She asked me. "Class." I shrug.

"Oh ok. How was workouts?" She added. "It was straight. Just tired." I told her putting my arm over her shoulder as she nodded.

"Did you get my videos last night? You never said anything back." She says. "Yeah I did. I was sleep when you sent them and just saw the message earlier my bad."

"But did you look at them?" She adds again.

"It was 4am and I was just waking up Aaliyah, so no I didn't look at them." I say already starting to get frustrated as I see she had a mug on her face.

"Oh ok cool, bye." She kisses my lips then walks away.

"Come over to my place later." I say to her making her nod and continue to walk.

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"Are you even listening Kiari." Aaliyah smacks her lips removing the blunt from my mouth making me instantly snap my eyes open.

Aaliyah got here about an hour ago and now she's sitting up as I'm laying between her legs listening to the music that played lowly from my tv while she's holding a blunt in my mouth but than she started talking fucking the mood up and shit.

"Huh?" I question.

"I literally just said I think we should go to that new restaurant that just opened later on this week, as a date since we haven't been on one in a while." She says.

"Sure" I take the blunt from her hand putting it back in my mouth.

"Why haven't you took me on a date though. You be taking other girls on dates or something?" She asks.

"No...I asked you a few days ago and you said no because your busy then I saw you not even an hour later at the mall with your friends." I sigh.

"Yeah that's an hour later. What was you doing at the mall anyways. You was probably out buying other girls shit." She mumbles the last sentence and I just ignore her because she already trying to argue.

"Oh you quiet now huh? So you are out buying other girls shit." She aggressively moves my head from her lap.

"Nigga what?" I raise my eyebrow cause don't just be moving my head hard as fuck like that for no reason.

"Nigga? You don't call your girl a fucking nigga what is wrong with you. You out cheating and now calling me out my name?" She says starting to get frustrated and so am I.

"Because you fucking moved my head aggressively as fuck just because you think I'm 'cheating' like when I have I ever gave you idea of me cheating? You just be tripping." I roll my eyes.

"You know what imma just leave cause now you trying to call me delusional and shit like I don't have a reason for the way I act. Maybe if you start acting like you done cheat then I would believe you. Bet if I asked for your phone right now you wouldn't give it." She says putting my tee shirt on and grabbing her clothes.

"You can check my phone. Here." I try giving her it but she just throws it on the bed.

"No fuck you Kiari." She walks out my door clearly mad at me for nothing?

I quickly put my sweats on and follow her out. when we get the living room Amari and Isaiah is there playing the game while glancing and side eyeing us.

When I look back at Aaliyah she had already slammed the front door.

"I swear something is off with that girl like I just get bad vibes from her like she'll do some sneaky ass shit. You need to watch out." Amari says putting his head set back on.

"I just don't like ha in general." Isaiah shrugs.

"Isaiah you don't like anyone and she's mad at me again." I run a hand down my face sitting next to Isaiah.

"Damn what happened now." Amari says.

"Got mad cause she started to start some stuff about cheating again so this time I tried to stay silent instead of arguing about it but she took that as she was correct or some shit."

"Oh wow." He chuckles.

They obviously don't like Aaliyah especially Isaiah and he makes it very clear to her because she just try's to boss everyone around but Isaiah just don't be going for the shit.

I talk with them for a bit before going back in my room and taking a shower then laying in my bed getting ready to take a nap.

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Waking up I grab my phone peaking and seeing it's 7 something making me throw on a shirt and walk downstairs stairs because I don't know why but I was in the mood for a bowl of cereal.

Nearing the kitchen I hear a soft laugh making me turn on the lights to see Riani leaning over the kitchen island on her phone.

She jumps a little seeing me as I must have scared her.

"Whatcu doing here." I question grabbing my bowl out the cabinet.

"I was with Kam in her room and we just unexpectedly feel asleep." She shrugs.

Really Kam ass don't even live here. She wanted to live in them dirty ass dorm and she got just that but being the best nice brother I am I let her pick a room that sometimes she'll be at but really I started to regret it when Kamryn started bringing her friends over but it wasn't even the fact that she brought them it was just who she brought around over here.

First of all of her friends were funny looking and were straight snakes to her and I didn't like that shit.

She'll bring them here and when they see me it's like they're always trying to be all over me and I just didn't like that. Finally she cut them off and didn't really bring anyone over other Sa'rayah and she some cool shit and is real to my sister and now I guess she best friends with ole riani girl since they always together but so far she seem cool towards my little sister, but still I don't know.

Humming at Riani I just grab my box of cereal, frosty flakes of course while trying not to look at her but my eyes somehow traveled to her yet again.

Which I ain't even gonna lie, Riani looked good as fuck. Her natural curls out as it was in a bun that was now a little messy from when I guess she was sleeping.

She had brownskin, a cute nose where two small studs sat on each side of her nose followed by a visible belly piercing she had showing from her crop and these really beautiful eyes, They were light brown with specks of dark hazel that her dyed hair color matched her eyes a little which I found cute.

"Is it something on my face or...?" She questions making me snap out my trance and I just smile shrugging cause ion care if she caught me staring or not. Bet it wasn't the first time she caught me.

Aaliyah hasn't met Riani yet and I honestly don't just be staring at girls like what Aaliyah says so I actually don't know what she be on. I don't know why my eyes keep unexpectedly going to Riani's but I swear I am not like this.

"Yes actually. looks like dried up spit on the side of your mouth from that sleep you had." I squint my eyes at her putting the cereal back making her quickly take her phone out to see.

Chuckling at her face as she notices I was just joking she rolls her eyes. "I don't think you're funny." She says putting her phone in her back pocket.

"I think I'm hilarious." I shrug eating my cereal.

"Eating cereal at 7:30 is hilarious." She mumbles back.

"Ah it's good though. You're the one standing over there looking hungry though?" I shoot back liking to tease her cause it's really just funny to me.

"I'm good. Worry about you and that bowl of cereal." She says back.

"Me and my cereal good though. You sure you're good?" I question.

"I'm good." She shrugs.

"Ok then." I shrug back continuing to eat my cereal.

"You know where Isaiah at cause I know he ain't here if he ain't bothering you." I say.

"He went to pick me and Kams food up actually." She says making me nod.

Turning on my shower I check my phone since I haven't been on it since I woke up cause I really just been chit chatting with ole girl downstairs.

Seeing it's a message from Aaliyah with a video attachment and a "I'm sorry, come over" text she just sent I decide to click on the video seeing it's indeed what I thought it would be. She does this every damn time.

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-Aaliyah Marr