The Sideline Story (Urban) Book 1

One

Sincere

I wiped the beads of sweat off of my face and rolled off of Antoine's eight inches of pure ecstasy. I laid next to him on his bed completely naked as he lit the blunt that was between his fingers. It seems like this is all we did. When we ain't have nothing to do we slept together. When his fiancee wasn't around we slept together and when my boyfriend wasn't around we definitely slept together.

He passed me the blunt and I took a long drag of it as we sat in silence, thinking about what just went down. Antoine's fiancee was away on a three day business trip and while she was gone Antoine turned into Harlem and was out most nights pushing rocks alongside Effrin.

Effrin and I have been together for about a year and a half now and things were great at first but the day he introduced me to Antoine I knew I had to have him. I remember the day I dropped Effrin off on the corner of Mac & Burch to make a few drops with Antoine, like it were yesterday.

I whipped my car around and parallel parked into the parking space right on the corner, where some guy was standing. "There go my lil' nigga Harlem on the corner," Effrin pointed out the window of the all black, matte Range Rover he bought me for my birthday this year.

I stopped the car right on the corner and unlocked the doors for him. "How long are you gonna be gone tonight babe?" I asked him.

He shrugged his shoulders and checked to make sure the gun he had stuffed in his pants was loaded. He stuffed it back in the front of his pants and pulled his shirt over it.

"I don't know, probably late though ma, what's up?" He asked.

"Nothing," I replied.

He grabbed the handle on the door about to get out but stopped and turned back around to me. "Why you always sweating me like Ion do good by you?" He asked, letting his anger take over him like always. His medium brown skin tone began turning red as his blood began boiling, just over a few simple words.

"I'm not."

He sucked his teeth. "Man whatever, I don't have time for your BS today. Just don't wait up on me tonight and make sure you lock the doors 'cause you know you always forget to do that," He stated.

"You don't need to talk to me like I'm some kid, Effrin," I rolled my eyes.

I knew he meant well but I hated when he talked to me like I was an incompetent child. I knew we didn't live in a great area, so I knew better than to keep the doors unlocked at night.

"Caine," He corrected me.

I rolled my eyes. "Don't start this Caine shit again. You looking to get yourself killed just like Caine or something 'cause that's right where you're headed Effrin," I said, referring to the character 'Caine' in Menace to Society.

I didn't mind Effrin being in the profession he was in because I loved all of the perks it gave to the both of us but I just hated how he always used the 'Caine' card when ever we'd argue. He'd turn into a completely different person with a completely different attitude that I always hated.

"Aye man come on! We got shit to do!" The guy Effrin was waiting on yelled as he tapped the tinted black windows of my truck.

I sighed and clutched the wheel tighter as I gritted my teeth together.

"Just get out my car, who ever you are," I responded, beyond irritated by Effrin's antics.

He looked at me and smacked his lips. "Come on, don't be like that ma."