she picked her head up and made quick eye contact with kentrell, jahmier, and jamell. instantly once they saw the watery eyes that stared back at them their faces softened.
this hard act they put up was just so that she didn't end up like them. but in reality everytime she got hurt those three were the first ones racing to see what was wrong. even if it was just a sprain you better believe her feet wouldn't touch the ground for three days. they've never admitted it to anyone but each other, but everytime they've seen her cry they got a little chocked up. but not jahmier, once he got to a private space he cried his eyes out wishing he could've saved her and taken her fear and pain away.
"im...sorry." she said in the strongest voice she could muster but it still slightly faultered.
"are you okay?" isaiah asked in a soft voice
"yeah im good." she said
"nah vro you finna tell us whats up." jahseh and stokeley said at the same time
"stop stealing my words you fa- nevermind you lost weight. so you regular built bitch!" jahseh said elbowing stokeley in the stomach
"whatever you doorstop built faceass nigga." stokeley mumbled
"y'all we got a bigger problem than who's built like what!" micheal said
"mbn to know your shape." jarad said sighing.
"i love you but if you say that again im gonna fuck you up." micheal growled
"yall can we focus back on solaná?" jordan asked quietly
"laná... what happened?" symere asked while untangling his baby hands from his curls.
"i- i uh... got accepted to a camp." she said slowly
"and you cryin? baby das great!" her aunt megan spoke excitedly
"in germany..." she spoke lowly but everyone heard it
the room went completely still. they could barely deal with going without her for more than a few days but letting her go to a whole different country would be so much more.
the silence remained for about 20 seconds. until jahmier broke it.
" i mean... do you wanna go?" he asked nervously
"my coach said the wnba is already looking at me and if i get that on my resume ill for sure get drafted my first year of college. so yeah." laná said quietly
it was quiet again. anyone who knew solaná knew that she was determined to become a part of the WNBA. the couples all knew solaná was gonna go to college but since she was only a junior everyone thought they had time to savor. plus, they always thought she'd never be more than a couple hours away.
"we can always call you" kimetrius said trying to lighten the mood
"they ont allow electronics. and they 'ont got dat many phones there so we couldn' talk much." she said softly
"then we'd come see you." jah said
that night they went through all the pros and cons. of course there were outbursts and more tears but finally it was decided...
