I V Y
When I get to the backyard it looks like more people were there.
"Ivy finally, we're eating now come sit" My mom hands Alex and I plates.
Since when do we eat together at barbecues?
While Alex and I walk through the table of food I notice him putting a little bit of everything on his plate.
"Alex you know you don't have to eat everything" He just ignores me.
"I'm hungry" He mumbles feeling somewhat defensive.
He's being weird, I don't know why.
I don't say anything else, we sit down at the wooden table in the backyard and I have post sex munchies of course but Alex, I just think he's starved, he's practically woofing it down.
"Ivy" I hear my fathers voice and I look up to see him looking right at me.
"Hey dad" I smile awkwardly at him.
"Hi Mr. Davis" Alex also adds but he has mac and cheese crumbs on the side of his face.
I try not to laugh while wiping it off but my dad just looks bothered by it all.
"So I hear Nationals are in a month" he asks and I nod.
"Yep"
"You have lots of fat and carbs on your plate Iv, and since nationals are coming up I just think you should start a diet just until the competition" When he slides my plate away from me and closer to him so he could pick over the food I furrow my brows.
"I don't need to diet I have a nutritionist at practice, I'm healthy" This is exactly why I felt somewhat happy my parents weren't involved in my cheer life.
"Well Iris had a strict diet and that's why she was so great because she was consistent" Iris also had an eating disorder and was obsessed with her body and being perfect but he doesn't even know that.
"I'm not Iris, I'm Ivy" Like I said how my mom started becoming more involved, my dad did as well when he realized I had more potential than he believed.
When I was leaving for college he saw all the medals and trophies I had hidden up in my room and then he started to always add in his two cents but it wasn't to help me. He just wanted another Iris, since she was gone.
"That's the issue" He says under his breath like I couldn't hear him. I know Alex hears him too by the way he chokes on his food.
"Thank you so much for your encouragement" I add sarcastically grabbing my plate back.
"The least you can do is drop the macaroni since it's lots of cheese and fats and also the breads just have some proteins" He offers but I don't even feel hungry anymore, I feel sick.
"Darnell stop trying to tell Ivy what she can or can't eat. She's not your shiny new toy to control. Ivy honey eat whatever you want" My mom steps in and he rolls his eyes.
They've been arguing but what's new.
"You know Iris fell on her tumble that time because she was 3 pounds over her desired weight" She fell on her tumble because she wasn't eating right and got light headed. He's so blinded.
"Okay dad" That's all I can say, you can't teach someone that doesn't want to learn.
"Did you see Micheal?" He asks and I squint.
"Yeah, I actually wanted to know what he was doing here?"
"Oh I invited him, it's been a while since you saw him and I mean he proposed to you in high school and you never answered him and I thought it'd be nice to see him again" What?
"That wasn't your place to decide that though. I'm not a kid anymore you can't go making choices for me and inviting my ex to family events. You knew full and well that I have a boyfriend and you only did that because Alex is white and you have a big problem with me dating outside my race" I didn't want to go back and forth with him but it seems like he can't help but do dumb shit to piss me off.
"Ivy, I was simply inviting over a family friend, you're taking it personal" He really pisses me off.
"How am I taking it personal? He's not even a family friend, you didn't even like him. You only do because he plays basketball and reminds you of the son you'll never have because Isaiah wants to be a surgeon" That hit a sore spot.
"I don't know what living alone at college has done to you but I'm still your father. If you think having a little white boyfriend means you're the shit and you can talk to me any kind of way you're wrong" He stands up ready to walk away when Alex opens his mouth.
"I don't think she was talking to you rudely, she was just sharing how she felt si-" but he cuts Alex off.
"I wasn't speaking to you boy, stay in your place" Deep breaths Ivy, deep breaths.
My dad finally stands up walking away when my mom calls him over.
"Never do that again" I mutter to Alex and he furrows his brows.
"But-"
"But nothing, he's ignorant, don't waste your time" I just stare off no longer wanting to touch my plate anymore.
"Iv eat" Alex snaps me out of my daze.
It's not like I wasn't gonna stop eating, I love food, my dads words wouldn't make me stop it only just made me like him less and also feel bad about myself too but still.
"He's an asshole, I know he's your dad but he's an asshole" Alex adds and I agree, he's a terrible father.
"I always wanted to be like Iris and get the same attention but honestly I feel like being ignored was better. All the pressure she must have felt. It's sick" I tell him and he just holds my hand agreeing.
"Is that Ivanna Davis?" Trinity walks up to us and I'm ready to leave.
"Trinity" I smile but it's not a smile it's a bitch get away.
"How are you? The last time I saw you you had braces no boobs and a sister" Do not get ghetto at a family function. Do not get ghetto at a family function.
"I'm great, how are you?" I smile showing her I'm unbothered.
"I'm good, I'm at the top of my class right now and trying to pick which of the several guys hitting on me I should take out" She loves to share with everyone what she accomplished, just to overshine me.
It's always how are you Ivy, and I say I'm good I won a competition and the. she goes cool I got to skip a grade because I'm so smart. I don't care.
"That's good, I'm here with my boyfriend Alex, he's a D1 athlete along with myself who's going to compete at Nationals with my National Raining Champion cheer team" I run right in her face and see that smile disappear.
"Your boyfriend? I'm surprised" She skipped over everything I said and focused on boyfriend.
"Why?" He asks.
"Because Ivy well, she didn't get the looks of the family, and I mean if you would have saw what she looked lik-" He cuts her off right there.
"I've seen what she looked like through her life, I still love her the same, I'm more surprised there's several guys after you, have they met your shitty personality?" Alex is definitely on a roll today.
She's too stunned to even say anything so she walks away.
"You need to stop cutting into my arguments" There's a lot I wanted to say.
"Well you're my girl, I got your back bae" He pulls me closer to him by my waist grabbing me so I'm sitting on his lap.
"Kimani" I shout so she comes over to us.
"How's it going so far?"
"Well my mom loves him she keeps trying to cornrow his hair but he tells her he doesn't want to disrespect the culture you know. My dad, well he is ignoring his existence and acting like I didn't bring a white boy home. However my siblings love him" It's going pretty good then.
"What about you?" She asks.
"Honestly I haven't interacted with much family because Alex wanted to have sex in my bedroom" She only widens her eyes.
"I haven't been in your room in so long, when was the last time you even had sex in there, probably that one time you and I-" But she cuts herself off changing the topic.
"Don't stop now I already know you two were kissing each other at 13" I only roll my eyes and Kimani looks at me completely confused.
"Ingrid's big ass mouth" I tell her and she nods.
"Everyone was having their first kiss and I wanted to have mine so Kimani kissed me and we were each other's first kiss. Then we just started kissing for fun as friends. Then we started experimenting things but that was just because we were curious teenagers who were too scared to do it with an actual guy" I give Alex a brief summary.
"So are you like?" He's lost very lost.
"I mean I don't know, Kimani was the only girl I've ever really done stuff with, I kiss girls for fun yeah but like I don't know what-" But Alex cuts me off with a cough.
"Okay I'm not a lesbian you dumbass, I'm dating a man and I let you stick your dick in me, I literally give you blowjobs, I would be repulsed by that if I was a lesbian" I didn't mean to get so descriptive but he's so dumb.
"I know I know" He laughs and I roll my eyes.
"But like I said my parents were never really emotionally available to me and Iris was always busy so I had no one to ask questions about that to so I went to Kimani and she knew a lot and we experimented around" He only nods in understanding.
"Ivy?" A man walks up to us and it's my uncle Jerry.
Why is everyone acting like I don't look like me. I look the same, I've just had some late in life body changes, it's weird to make it weird.
"Hi" I smile slightly but he hugs me, I hate hugging.
"How you been?" He asks and I just give him what he wants to hear, that I've been fine.
"This is Alex, my boyfriend" I point to him and he shakes Alex's hand.
Most the day I'm speaking to family I've never met but knows me or who I haven't seen in a while.
Alex is next to me being the stand out white boyfriend.
Finally when Cupids Shuffle comes on my heart aches. I remember Alex dancing in my dorm, I'm sick.
"Come on Iv, let's dance" No. No no no.
"I'm goo-" but I'm cut off when he goes to dance alone. My god.
It's basic steps telling you where to go but Alex managed to fuck that up before, I wouldn't put it past him.
I just sit and watch him being the 6'4 white man dancing in the middle of short black men and woman and honestly he fits in well.
He's doing it right and I knew me calling him names helped.
Finally white boy on the beat, I'm so proud.
I could swear I hear people talking about the white boy in the middle and it puts a smile on my face.
There's other songs we dance to and we even play double dutch which for some odd reason Alex and Sasha both know how to jump in and do it which made all the young teenage girls crush on them.
At the end of the day it was well, It wasn't all bad, not as bad as I thought.
I promised to stay and help my mom clean up and Alex of course is helping too.
But I think my moms been getting a little too comfortable with him.
I offered to finish the dishes and she said the exact words "my baby Alex god it" like excuse me? You're baby?
Alex is eating it up too, he's all over my mom practically a mother thief if you ask me.
"Well everything's all clean so Alex and I are gonna head back" I tell her but she's so busy talking to Alex she doesn't hear me.
"Mom"
"Wait let me finish showing Alex how to cornrow" Huh?
Why is she teaching this white man how to cornrow, on Ingrid's head.
"It's really simple honestly, you got the gist you just need to get a better grip" She smiles at him and he eats the shit up.
"Well thanks Ms.Carter, and thank you for the food, it was delicious" Cheeky ass bitch.
"Oh call me Malia, You're family now" She pats his back and I'm just staring at her in shock.
"Well thank you Malia, I'll be back soon" He walks towards the door.
"You better be"
"Okay well it was great seeing you mom" I tell her while holding Alex's hand.
"It was great seeing you too, you're always welcomed home Iv" She smiles and I nod.
"Oh you're leaving?" Sarah comes from the living room and I feel Alex's hold on my hand tighten.
"Yeah, back to school" I tell her.
"Oh well then, Have a safe drive back" She smiles at me and rests her palm of Alex's shoulder.
"Thanks" I feel Alex hold my hand tighter almost like a cry for help.
We turn away and walk out with some leftovers.
Once we get in the car Kimani and Sasha are waiting for us but Alex doesn't speak he just gets in the drivers side and slams the door shut.
He's angry.
The drive is not awkward but it's silent. I watch his facial expressions tryna figure out what went wrong.
I think it's Sarah. That's my first though. I've been hanging around Alex for a while now. I know him like a book front and back.
But what about Sarah. I need to figure that out.
Just then I get an email from his father. The drugging information. Just what I needed. But now I need another thing.
I know what Alex said about favors but this favor is for him. I need to find out every trashy thing about that Sarah woman and figure out what about her bugs Alex so she can be gone from my life.
fwd: what do you know about Sarah Clervine?
I email his father and then turn off my phone hearing music playing in the background. A very familiar song.
N Side by Steve Lacy.
A/N: PURRRRRRR ivyanna is gonna take this bitch sarah down, she knows her man and she gone beat a hoe up, anyways i'm going to the state fair today so i was planning to do a tripple update but since i'm going i can't so, check back for chapter 70-71 tomorrow, there's gonna be drama with the gworls.