"He got pulled over this morning and the dumb ass had weed in his glove department—"
"That don't make no sense. If he got pulled over for speeding then he should've got a spending ticket. It shouldn't have been a reason for them to search his car unless he had a warrant which he don't." CiCi was big on equal rights and she knew cops didn't play fair. She knew how the system viewed black men and she would try her best to protect her loved ones from it.
"You and I both know how the system go ma. Our color is a warrant, don't matter." Sage grumbled, it was unfortunately the sad truth.
"Yeah unfortunately," She sighs. "Just let me know when dumbo get out. I'm finna drop my little sister off and then be on my way to school." CiCi said as she sprayed perfume over her and Candy. She grabbed a banana from the island before heading outside. Sage waited until she was settled into her car to continue talking.
"School? You not going to Jelly's Crab Cookout?" He furrowed his eyebrows.
"I'm not skipping school to eat crabs Sage," CiCi chuckled. Jelly had a Crab Cookout every year and CiCi never went. She wasn't about to risk her perfect attendance to sit around messy ass people and eat snow crabs.
"You such a good girl, I fuck with it. I'll bring you a plate, okay?"
"If you gone bring me crabs then that mean you gotta bring my sister some too." She wasn't about to eat good while her sister was eating chicken nuggets.
"That's cool with me. Talk to you later ma." He shrugged, waving at Candy who was just staring at him. She blushed in embarrassment but still waved back.
"What I told you bout calling me that?" She mugged him.
"You'll be aight."
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CiCi responded to Sage's story with a like before swiping up to tell him he looked good with his new hairstyle. He replied with appreciation causing CiCi to smile. They had grown closer as friends and she would be lying if she said she didn't see him as anything more. He was visibly handsome, smart, and although he was mean and closed off to everyone else he was nice to her.
Sage had also brought her out of her shell, she was no longer shy or lenient around him. CiCi even flirted with him sometimes, just to show him she seen him the way he wanted her too. It was clear he had his eyes on her and she had hers on him.
"I knew it bitch! Y'all ain't slick!" Jelly exclaiming earning a laugh from CiCi. Jelly had to be peeping in her phone when they came to a halt.
"You need to focus on the rode and not my cellular device." CiCi pointing to the windshield as she laughed.
"Mmh mmh, yea whatever. Spill the tea hoe." Jelly slanted her lips.
"There is no tea. We're friends, I like all my friends story." She says.
"You don't reply to all your friends story though. You must like him?" The older friend caught the girl in her lie.
"He likes me," She muttered, annoyed at how easily Jelly was able to read her based off her actions. She couldn't lie to save her lie.
"That he do. He got your plate and then left, ain't stop to talk to nobody or nothing. I was like well damn, bitch." Jelly informed.
"But from what Trey told me he's always been closed off like that." CiCi unbeknownstly told on herself.
"You was asking Trey about him?" The smirk on Jelly's face causing the now embarrassed girl to shake her head.
"Leave me alone." She muttered, turning her head to look outside the window.
"Aww Ci ain't none wrong with having a lil crush, especially if he crushing on you too."
"You think so?" CiCi looked over at her friend with a concerned expression.
She didn't know how to handle being in a situation like this. She'd been in multiple relationships but they were with white boys. CiCi often found herself trying to read Sage but she couldn't because she wasn't used to his personality on that level. Besides Rod, Trey, and Ron she was a lost soul when it came to understanding a "hood nigga" intentions.
"Yea sis you'll be fine. Just don't overthink it and go with the flow. Sometimes it's good to throw the first punch but don't be too persistent. Let him guide you and you follow his lead while doing your own thing. Sage doesn't give me any bad vibes so I'm pretty sure you'll be okay." Jelly guided her friend.
"Wheww okay," She breathlessly chuckled. "Now what's going on with you and YB?"
"Chii, when I tell you that boy know how to fuck! He nailed me to the cross." She hyped, taking her hands off the stirring wheel briefly to clap.
"Ouu spill the tea." The young woman always found herself interested in other people's sex life although she had never experienced anything close to it.
