𝟗-𝟓.

𝟗-𝟓⁴

   

  𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢 "𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢" 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬
📍𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬
𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠..
ʲᵘˡⁱᵃ, ˢᶻᵃ

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄

   Feeling immensely drowsy after staying up late all last night, Imani slowly got ready for school. Half way through her makeup she realized she was definitely going to be tardy for school. With that information in mind, the girl took her time with her routine whilst mentally preparing herself for the long day ahead.

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   Imani sat practically twiddling her thumbs as her English teacher ranted about a new unit. She felt a few soft buzzes on her thigh, indicating someone had messaged her. When she retrieved her phone she viewed the notification she had gotten from the group chat she shared. Annia or Nini, one of Imani's other long time friends, and Connie had started planning to order Wingstop and ride to the basketball game together.

Imani happily replied to the messages agreeing to meet up before hearing her teachers footsteps approach. She discreetly slid her phone back into her pocket to avoid getting it confiscated, and started to zone out. Soon enough the bell rang and the girl nearly ran out the door in excitement that the school day was over.

  Imani huffed out a breath of relief as she walked through her front door, checking the time on her phone she saw that it was 2:36. "I have a few hours to get ready." Imani quietly muttered to herself. She walked upstairs to her room, set down her things and went straight into her bathroom to take a much needed relaxing shower. She hopped out of the shower and moisturized before she began actually getting ready.

Imani decided to rewatch a few of her favorite episodes from On My Block to pass time. After one or two episodes she heard a loud honking noice from outside her house.  The curly haired girl peered out her window to see Nini and Connie in the car waiting for her.

Imani hurriedly put on her shoes, grabbed her keys, then went down the stairs and out the front door locking it behind her. Hopping in the backseat of Nini's car, she was immediately greeted with the savory scent of wings. "Mani girl, we got your favorite" Nini said, dragging out each word with a chuckle. Connie handed her the bag of wings and they drove off from her home.

Connie sat shotgun next to Nini and was controlling the music playing in the car. Which was clearly a dumb idea considering the long haired boy was notorious for skipping songs after a few seconds of it playing. "Constance hurry up and choose a song, you're making my head hurt" Imani said as she was eating her wings.

"How bout I do my job and you do yours.." He replied sassily, whilst still scrolling through his playlist. He finally landed on Love Yourz by J.Cole, and hit shuffle play after. Before Imani knew it they had reached their school. She shoved the final fries into her mouth before cleaning  herself up. After throwing the trash into the nearest trash can she caught up to Connie and Nini.

As soon as they walked in they skimmed the area in search for an empty spot on the bleachers. Once they found a good spot Connie started to speak. "Imma head to the concessions right quick" Mani nodded and Nini shook her head. "Fucking fatass" she muttered under her breath. "What was that??" Mani started to laugh and Nini instantly took back her words. "Nothing best, can u get me some skittles tho? Thanks" she dragged out sweetly. "Oh aight then" the boy muttered before exiting the gym.

Once Connie returned and the trio got comfortable the players walked out onto the court and started to warm up. Imani observed as each player strode out silently admiring them until she saw an all too familiar face step onto the court, laughing and goofing off with two other guys next to him.

Mani recalled how back when the two were cool Maj would have the girl come over just so they could play basketball. But he'd always make it clear he only played for fun and had no real intention of joining the team. Things change I guess the girl thought, snapping out of her thoughts. As if he could sense someone looking at him, Samaj glanced up into the crowd and made brief eye contact with her before looking away.

Imani brushed off whatever that was and began to observe her surroundings while Connie and Nini bickered beside her. Her ears soon picked up on harsh whispers coming from behind her and started to listen in on what they were saying, she didn't intend to eavesdrop for long but she was nosey and bored so for now she would.

"My man playing tonight bitch" the higher pitched voice dragged. "Girl which one" the other voice replied as she laughed at her own joke. "Bitch not too much" voice number two laughed "Nah but forreal, which number is he?" Imani listened intently for the answer, suddenly curious which played was cuffed. She secretly hoped it wasn't any of the ones she had been eyeing since they walked out.

Connie and Annia approached her with drinks and candy in hand "Mani what did we miss?" Annia said as she handed her a drink and some of the candy. Imani gratefully accepted with a quick thanks "I ain't even know yall asses left." Nini scoffed and Connie shook his head. The brown skinned girl stopped eavesdropping when she realized the game had started and put all her focus onto the court.

A few minutes into the game her school's team scored and a cheer erupted in the stands. A few players dapped up Samaj, since he was the one who scored, as they passed him. Imani's ears perked up as the girls behind her began talking way louder than before about the same subject.

"He just scored the first points of the game he definitely getting it good tonight." The girl said, and Imani could hear the smile on her face as she said that. Imani sighed out of relief that it wasn't any of the fine ones that was cuffed. Still somewhat curious, she cracked her back so she could discreetly see who Maj's girl was. The girl slowly turned back around after making direct eye contact with the same eyes she did all those nights ago. Mouth slightly ajar she huffed out a laugh.

Tapping Nini's thigh to get her attention, mani whispered in her ear. "Bitch guess who samaj is with." Nini, already having been caught up on the fact that the two were speaking again because of the project, was not surprised to hear the girl say his name again. What did surprise her was who she saw when she peaked behind her per Mani's request.

"Bitch is that Nadia?!"

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Also thank u guys sm for 300+ viewssss ily guys <333 im also gonna try to put her outfit at the top again so we'll see how that goes

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