( you guys kinsley literally said in the first chapter that she seemed to be the only one to think of all of them as family lol. Everybody else just looks at each other as best friends)
Kyran
January 14
12:00 pm
"Y'all just be sitting up here, don't do shit and y'all mommas swear y'all be working hard" my daddy said to me and Jeremiah while I was slouched back in one of the chairs and Jeremiah sat in another one while dribbling his basketball on the ground
"Listen. I came though" I told him and Meechie laughed
"That nigga probably high as fuck and the other one over there emotional"
"Ain nobody emotional" Jeremiah muttered and I looked at him
"That boy probably having female problems" shy tried to defend Jeremiah and Meechie looked at him
"I know you know bout them female problems huh"
"We ain even bout to go there... what wrong witchu lil boy?"
"Ain nothin wrong wimme"
I chuckled, stretching my legs out before sitting forward and my daddy walked over to me, snatching my shades off of my face
"Aye chillllll" I grabbed them back and put em back on
"Told you that boy high"
"Ain nobody high" I squinted my eyes
"You tryina convince yo daddy outta all people that you ain high" Meechie chuckled
"Look, I though y'all was worried bout Jeremiah being emotional" I pointed over at Jeremiah so they could leave me alone and he looked over at me
"Yeah. Back to you.." they started with him "Kaleia must've broke up witchu"
"Kaleia ain break up with nobody" Jeremiah responded
"She must've did some cause that's the only time you get in yo feelings"
"She still mad bout that scholarship?" I asked him and he nodded
"Mad bout a scholarship?" My daddy asked him, making a face "a full ride? And she mad?"
"She basically told me I'm wasting my time with basketball"
"How yo wasting time with basketball? What? She wantchu in the streets doing shit you ain supposed to be doing. Like yo daddy used to do?" My daddy asked him and Meechie made a face
"Nigga fuck you. You can't talk shit bout nobody when yo record worse than mine"
"Nah, she just said basically saying I got my hopes too high for basketball and I see where she coming from but..."
"Playing basketball is yo dream right?" Shy asked him and he nodded
"That boy been dreaming about playing ball since he was little" his daddy said while taking the ball from Jeremiah "he been playing since he was 5 and been practicing, training and all that other shit. Jeremiah you finally getting close to what you want and whatchu been working hard for. Ion give a fuck who it is, don't let nobody ruin yo dreams"
"What yo major gone be while you in school?" My daddy asked him
"Sports management"
"So you gotta back up plan?"
"Yeah. I ain that stupid. I know even if.. I still got something to fall back on"
"So why you so hurt? You gotta plan A and Plan B. Do t let shit stop you lil nigga. Take it as a lesson cause trust me, everybody ain gone alway be happy for you. And sometimes it be the ones you be expecting to go the hardest for you that let you down"
