I walked to the VIP with Mya and Shayna on each side of me. I was gonna introduce them to Derrick but he was in his zone grinding with some girl. “Is that Derrick Johnson?” Mya asked. I answered “ Yea, Yea he’s my roommate.” I wonder who that girl is, never seen her around campus before. I would’ve remembered her. The song that was playing ended and I saw her face. Is that Alana? I thought to myself . I ran up to grab her before Josh saw her cause I knew he would flip. She was only a year younger than us but he hated her acting “grown”.
“Alana come with me right now” I whispered in her ear. She looked at me like a had 5 heads.
“Yo what the fuck you doin? Shes mine” Derrick said.
Alana replied “ I’m not yours. I don’t even know you nigga.” She said giving him a stank face. I took her to the hall where the restrooms are.
“ What the hell are you doing here?! How did you even get in?!” I asked.
“Im on a college tour, I told Josh I was coming tomorrow, but there was a change of plans” she answered smiling trying to lighten the mood. I wanted to smile too, but no I had to get her out of here.I handed her my keys
“Here go to my car it’s out in front. I gotta take you home before Josh sees you here.” I walked back to the VIp section.
Derrick mugged me “What the fuck was that J? How you gonna take my bitch like that?” he spat.
“Nigga calm down. You know who the fuck that was? Josh’s little sister and she’s not a bitch” I responded.
“Shit” I heard him mumble.
“Don’t tell him, he’ll beat her,yours, and my ass.” He nodded his head in agreement. “I’m bout to take her to our dorm she was staying here the weekend anyway” Derrick was leaving tomorrow morning for a game. He barely stayed at our dorm anyway since it was basketball season.
“iight “ he said. As soon as I turned around I heard Josh
“ YOOOOOO J where you think you going?”
“To handle some business” I said.
“Oh I get it” He smirked hard as hell. He was tipsy I could tell. I played along
“She bad like a straight 10 nigga and she waiting for me” I said while walking away.
“My nigga” I heard him say.
I walked to the car. Why would Alana come here like she knows she’s in her brothers college city. Wouldn’t she think he would be at a party? Well he did tell her he was sick which he was getting over, so she probably thought he wouldn’t go out. I walked out to the car and hopped in. She was on her phone texting I stared at her.
“what ?” She asked casually
“What you mean what? You sneak into clubs, dance with fuck niggas, and almost sleep with them. You tell me what.” I tried to say this not sounding like Josh or her father but damn.
She sighed. “I wasn’t gonna sleep with him. Im not that fast.”
“You’re not fast at all” I mumbled “Who you texting?” I asked sternly.
“The girls. they still in the club, I had to explain where I am” she replied
“Oh ight…Why you hanging with them anyways?” Those girls were nothing but trouble. I knew she talked to them, but I didn’t think enough to come with them to New York.
“They cool man. I mean I know they got their problems,but I don’t feed into it”
I nodded at her “good….Im taking you to our dorm.”
“What you gonna tell Josh?”
“That your friends wanted to go out and you stayed in cause you’re a good girl and you wanted to surprise him, so I unlocked our dorm for you”
She laughed “Alright Jermaine.”
We pulled off. Silence filled the car. It wasn’t awkward silence just neither of us felt like talking silence. I turned the radio up.
“thank you…” I heard her mumble.
“No problem. Just don’t do no shit like this again.”
When we got to my dorm she took off her heels and went to Josh’s dresser to find shorts and a tshirt to change into. I sat on our couch while she did so.
“Is he coming back tonight?” She asked while coming out of the bathroom.
“Nah I don’t think so he said he got two bad girls who he gonna bang the f-“ I stopped I forgot I was talking to Alana about her brother. “Let’s just say he’s not coming.” I chuckled.
She side eyed me. “Well what are we gonna do?”
“I don’t know you wanna watch a movie or something?”
“Sure what you wanna watch?”
“I don’t know” I pulled up Netflix.
Where the hell you at? You went with that fine lightskin? Go head girl give it to him good. We going to a after-party at the frat house.
This girl is crazy. I am not a hoe and did she not recognize it was Jermaine?
Nah Im at my brothers dorm. Ima stay here. I’ll get my stuff tomorrow. Have fun J
Jermaine found a movie .He chose to watch Juice. I liked this movie, so I had no problem watching. I mean all the boys were sexy as hell except the fat one. My thought caused me to laugh out loud.
“The hell you laughing at?” He asked
“Nothing, I thought of something funny” I smiled shyly
“Suuuuure. Why you acting so shy?” He asked sincerely
I was acting kind of shy. I didn’t even know why. Well I did, but I didn’t want him to know
“I think I’m tired I don’t know.” I replied “You worked on any new music lately?” trying to change the subject
My eyes widened “Jermaine Cole not working on music. Is this real life?” I asked semi-serious.
“Yea I’m getting caught up with this college shit.”
“Aw man you gotta get back on it. You’re great.”
He smiled “Thanks”
After Raheem’s death and funeral, I started dozing off. I heard Jermaine on the phone with someone. I’m assuming it was a female because he was speaking pretty soft. It had to be like 2 in the morning.
Alana was sleeping at the other end of the couch. I checked my phone for the time. 1:38. I saw I had a missed call from Katrina. She was one of the many hoes on campus, but I didn’t care she’s fine as hell.
“Wassup baby” I said to her whispering so I wouldn’t wake Alana.
She was moaning and telling me she was playing with herself. I grew harder. I tried to contain myself cause I mean Alana is here.
“Why baby? I just got started.”
“I have company, I’ll hit you up tomorrow. “
“Who was that?” I heard Alana ask.
“No one important” I replied
“Mmm. Mainey done got a girlfriend” she said smiling
“Chill.” I said calmly laughing.
“Whatever” she said still smirking. “I’m not tired anymore you ruined my sleep”
“Aww I’m sorry, you not a real nigga cause real niggas don’t sleep just take cat naps” I said
I was thinking, I don’t really know anything about her. Like sure we would hang out, but Josh was always there. And this was one of the first nights we were alone together without the chance of Josh randomly popping up. Josh was very protective over his sister. I was the only one in our crew he allowed to be around her.
“So what you wanna do?” She asked
“ Why you always wanna do something?” I asked to mess with her
“I’m just playing baby girl calm down.” I said while laughing
She threw a pillow at me.
“Oh nah. I know you not in my dorm throwing my pillows.” I said while throwing it back at her.
“Shut up” she said while giggling.
“Them fighting words” I told her.
“Whatever you not bout it.”She said
I tickled her side. I knew that was her spot cause Josh always used to tickle her there.
“Stop” She said while gasping for air.
“You bout it bout it” She said while laughing. I stopped tickling her.
I needed a girls point of view on something so I decided to ask her about what I should do with Katrina.
“Can I ask you something?”
“Shoot” she said giving me a curious look.
“You think I’m ready to be in a relationship?”
“I don’t know. I aint you” she said laughing. She stopped when she saw I was serious. “I don’t know. You talking about the girl you was on the phone with?” I nodded “Well a lot of boys aren’t like you. I mean she seems like a booty call, and she’s probably used to being just that”
“what you mean a lot of boys not like me?” I asked
“I mean you’re sweet, and genuinely care. Like tonight I’m pretty sure any other of Josh’s friends woulda been like welp, but nah you helped me before I got my ass beaten by Josh” She said laughing but she was sincere.
I smiled. “She is just a booty call, but I want more than that someone I could talk to you know? All she ever wanna do is fuck. I mean I’m fine with that, but not all the time”
She nodded. “Let me meet her and I’ll tell you if she’s Mrs. Cole worthy” she said smiling.
“Aight, I’ll tell her to stop by the court where me and Josh ball tomorrow”
I yawned. “I’m getting tired. I’ma knock out.”
