"So, you're gonna hit right?" Dante questioned and I damn near choked on my burrito at his blunt ass.
"The hell are you talking about, D?" He shrugged while dipping his fries into the ketchup.
"I mean... she asked for your number and said she want you to show her some moves. That's like an automatic invite to fuck some rich pussy." I shook my head softly and continued to eat, not even attention to his weird ass. "I'm just saying. If you got away with fucking Tati twice, you can fuck Rihanna."
"I aint get away with shit." I sighed and raised my eyes, watching my girlfriend strut across the grass with her other sorors as they practiced for the upcoming game this Friday. They'd be performing during halftime and it was a big deal considering this was the first game of the season. "We broke up for an entire week this time.. I think it's getting serious."
I slowly looked up at him with a smirk, simultaneously we both fell into a laugh. "You a damn fool, you know that girl ain't never leaving you. She too in love." I wrapped up the rest of my burrito with a knowing nod. "You gon have to run through all the Zeta's before she decide to leave you so, what's that leave, two more girls?"
Smacking my lips, I pushed his shoulder as I raised off of the bench. "I ain't sleep with that many Zeta's shut up, just Tati and.. a few others." He hummed sarcastically as I shoved my food into the bag, I flipped him off while walking away. "I'll see you at practice negro."
"Yeah whatever. Tell Ni I said whats up."
After jogging down the steep grass slope where the girls were taking a break, I snuck up behind Aniya and wrapped my arms around her as I picked her up and spun her around. "Y/n." She giggled, cupping my face when I sat her back down. "I thought you had a class."
"It got cancelled so I thought I'd swing by, say whats up." A smile spread across her lips as she leaned up, connecting our lips until a cleared throat sounded. I pulled back and the leader of the Aka's gave me a look, her arms crossed. "Aye, what's up Bre?" She continued to stare at me so I stepped back from Aniyah with my hands raised. "Alright I got it, respect."
"Don't you have your own step to rehearse?"
I smirked and playfully got in my stance as I raised my shaka sign, which was our hand symbol, as I called out. "Alphas, We!" Immediately I heard faint sounds of barking that gradually grew louder, my smirk widening when Brenda rolled her eyes as some of the wandering boys came out of nowhere, including Dante. "We what?" They all fell in line and I eyed each of them before turning forward, holding my arms up in the resting step position. "I said.. we what?!"
The girls all watched, some others stopping as we started to do our step in the middle of the quad while shouting our chant. "We represent the ice cold brothers of A Phi A, we got that ice cold fever all in our body. We represent the.."
As we came to the end, they all started to do the 'who who who' sound that people said resembled a dogs bark. "Who you with?" I called out.
"Ice!" They responded loudly and I smirked, repeating myself as I faced Brenda and the others. "Who you with?- Ice! Godammit, who she with?" Aniya rolled her eyes but bit her lip to hold in her smile as we all sung out 'Iceee' together. "Yeah buddy." I gave each of my brothers a high five before dismissing them, looking at Brenda again with a nod. "We always rehearsed and ready." I then glanced at Niband nodded my head at her. "I'll see you tonight baby."
She nodded quickly with a wide smile but Brenda snapped and pointed at the line so she quickly cleared her throat and got back focused. But, I saw her continuously looking up at me from the corner of her eye. Cute.
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"You coming to the game, Dad?" I asked from the phone as I lifted the weights, biting my lip as I felt my muscles ache from the amount of reps I've done.
"Now why would I miss your last first game huh?" I chuckled softly while adjusting my airpods to hear him better. "Your mother and your siblings are coming too, we're all flying down tonight and we'll see you in the morning."
I set the bar down and set up, wiping my forehead as I looked out at the other players who were all getting ready for tomorrow's game. "Cool cool.. how's everyone?"
"Your mom's good, started going to church every Sunday again so that means we all have been going to church again." I cracked a smile before raising up and moving over to the leg press. "Your sister is starting to act like you mother, Jayden's getting ready for his season as well. USC and UCLA have both sent him letters now."
"He got a big head yet?" I questioned with a chuckle, knowing my ego was off of the damn charts when I was in high school. First female on the football team and a valedictorian? I mean.. not much has changed but I like to say my ego had went down. At least a little bit.
"Oh you know he does. They call him the damn Mack so yeah, he think he's the man." I shook my head softly as I pushed against the leg press for the remainder of the talk. "But yeah, I'll talk to you more before the game."
"For sure, nice talking with you Pops."
I could hear his smile as he replied. "You too, Y/n." After we hung up, I raised off of the bench and walked outside to catch a breather as my music started to play through my airpods and who decided to walk past the weight room just as I walked out?
I watched as she held her track spikes in one hand as she drank out of her water bottle with the other. My eyes shamelessly raked down her body that was clad in a gray Howard tshirt and small ass spandex shorts. Remember? Museum. Looky, no touchy. As she lowered the bottle, she looked over at me and tilted her head. "Hello?" She said sassily and I smirked, raising my hands and holding the the top of the doorframe as I looked her down again.
"Why you acting so rude?" She rolled her and strutted up to me. "You wasn't rude last night.."
"Oh you mean when you told me no for your girlfriend?" I smiled softly as she leaned next to me while giving me a look. "You're one of those huh? Girlfriend gone, you switch up?"
"I ain't switching nothing, Tati. I'm just trying to say hi." She hummed sarcastically before coming in front of me, her hands resting on my ribcage.
"Okay.. hi." I looked over her shoulder and saw no one around so I looked back down, not moving when she leaned up and pressed her lips to mine. "Is this hi?" I dropped one hand and rested it on her waist. I mean.. some museums allow you to interact with the art, right? I spun us around the wall and pressed her against it, my hands now gripping her small waist as she pressed up against me, our tongues intertwining with ease.
"Y/ln." I pulled back with a smack, rubbing my bottom lip when I saw my coach standing at the door with his arms crossed. "You want to start tomorrow's game, correct?"
"Yes sir." I said and backed away from Tatiana, noting his small nod towards the room so, without looking back, I walked into the room again and saw the rest of the players all watching. They then 'oohed' as if I was in trouble like some little kids. "Shut the fuck up." I laughed out before sitting down on the bench and watching coach walked in.
"Alright listen up." He clapped making everyone shut up. "We play Georgia State tomorrow so I need you guys to be ready for that defense. They are like big ass cinder blocks, we all saw the film." I nodded to myself. I truly had to rely on my speed tomorrow because if not, I would end up on my ass a whole lot. "So no partying tonight. Rest up, stay in and relax those muscles." I looked over at Dante as he groaned lowly but coach heard and glanced at him. "Dante one party is not going to end your life."
"It might." He retorted making us all, including coach, laugh at his annoying ass.
"Okay Dante. But really guys, get a good nights sleep, we'll group up at breakfast."
After racking everything back up and shaking Dante's clingy ass, I was soon back in my apartment and getting ready to sleep.
Then, a knock sent me standing back off my bed in nothing but sweats and a sports bra. "Oooh big sexy." I chuckled at Aniya's words as soon as I opened my door. "Damn I'm lucky." I stepped back and let her walk in before I closed the door and accepted her kiss. She flipped her hair over her shoulder, following me into my bedroom.
"Aye I'm actually tired as fuck, so can we skip that movie night?" She nodded and kicked her shoes and jacket off before climbing into the bed with me. "How was your day, though?"
"Good." She said while laying on my chest, her finger trailing the birthmark on my shoulder. "I wish you could see the dance we have planned for halftime.. it's so good."
"Yeah? You on your pretty AKA shit?" She nodded with a giggle before raising her head and giving me a look. "Show me something then, pretty girl."
Instantly, she rolled out of the bed and stood at the foot while I used my hands to prop up my head so I could watch her. "It's to Drip by Cardi B." I nodded softly and she did the cute little hand symbol they did which was a pinky up.
"Skeeee." I said, playfully doing their chant and she laughed before shaking her head to get back serious. "Gimme something, AKA!"
"Don't yell at me, I ain't one of your brothers." She retorted, flipping her hair and starting to do the routine. When she placed her hands on her hips and started to swirl them, I raised my eyebrows and oohed with a nod.
"Aye we do something like that, hold up." I slid out of the bed and placed my hands on my knees while doing our signature shoulder shimmy. Aniya laughed before getting lower than me and doing the same move but a lot more feminine like. "Why you tryna one up me- fine, imma do yall shit." I stood up straight and held one pinky up, swinging my hair overdramatically with my head back until she wrapped her arms around my waist, now laughing loudly.
"Stop it-"
"Skeeee AKA!" She covered my mouth as tears pricked her eyes from how hard she was laughing.
"You're so annoying." I chuckled softly before falling forward, making her drop onto the bed with me settling between her legs. Her hands cupped my cheeks as she smiled up as me, her thumbs rubbing over my cheeks. "I love you." She whispered and my eyes lowered slightly.
Man.. I hated when she said that shit.
I licked my lips before leaning forward and connecting our lips softly to hopefully distract her. Per usual, it worked. Her hands slid in my hair as she wrapped her legs around my waist, pulling me closer as she propped my mouth open with her tongue.
Luckily, I put in enough work to put her to sleep, making her forget what she said before but as she laid on my chest, I couldn't help but feel the guilt creeping in. It always did after we were intimate. Aniya was.. she was something, someone I cared about. I mean, we met when she was a freshman pledging for the AKA's as I was going into my junior year. To me, at the time, she was fresh meat for me to prey one. That's how damn near all of use saw freshman.
But despite me bagging her.. I oddly didn't want to stop getting with her. It was weird but she wasn't like the other girls. She had a sense of humor, she was fun to be around, she wasn't stuck up. So, I made her my girlfriend. As selfish as it was, I made her my girlfriend because I didn't want these other niggas to see what I saw. They would destroy her.. and though I wasn't completely loyal, I still treated her like a queen. My logic didn't make sense but, in my head, it did.
Which is why I steadily begged her to take me back whenever she caught me with my hands dirty. And everytime.. she did.
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Today was the first game of the season. I was a bit nervous but more sad. This would be my last first game.. after that, it would be looking forward to my last. Even sadder shit. But, I tried not to think about that part.
"Hey yall." I said, smiling at my family as I walked into the hotel room they were staying at. "Damn Jay, look at that stubble. You is not eighteen nigga." He smacked his lips when I playfully pulled at his beard."Looking like Cast Away."
"Shut up, man." He laughed out before accepting my hug. Then came my teenage sister who was eyeing me while scrolling on her phone and I had a reason why..
"Why are you here and not Los Angeles?" I raised my eyebrows when she flipped her braids over and gave me a look. "Rihanna asks for your number and you just act like that wasn't the goddamn queen- you been taking too many headshots."
I smacked my lips before draping my arm over her shoulder. "Nigga she just being nice. We danced to her song so she replied, that's how it worked."
She hummed sarcastically and patted my stomach. "Aaliah does not approve."
"Why are you still talking in the third person?" I looked up as my dad walked out of the room while shaking his head. "Hey kiddo."
"Sup pops." I responded with a nod. "Where's mom?"
"Getting food." He responded before sitting and motioning me to follow. "So, run me by the plays."
I nodded and chewed on my gum as he stared at me attentively. "Defense is the main component of Georgia. As long as our quarterback plays smart, our lineman keep their barrier, we'll be fine."
"And what can you do?"
I hummed and rubbed my jaw. "Keep my legs moving and hands open." He nodded with a smile.
"Good-"
"She has the game tonight. Let's talk about something else, yeah?" I smiled, raising up when my mom walked in with a bag of KFC.
"Mamaaa, why you bring that knowing I can't have any." I said with a pout as she gave me a hug.
"Because I wanted it." She replied with a teasing smile.
I waved my hand before sitting down and conversing with my siblings until I had to leave for the stadium to get ready for the game.
At the stadium
"You're starting running back instead of wide, okay?" Coach said to me and I nodded while pulling on my cleats before lacing them up. "Everybody huddle up!" I looked up as I stuck a stick of gum in my mouth while pulling my other airpod to listen in. "Some of you are experiencing your last first pep talk of the season, some of you are getting your first.." As he went into the deep shit, I focused on lacing up my cleats until my name was called. "Would you like to say anything, captain?"
I nodded and stood up before moving to the front, all the players now looking at me. "Each one of you killed it during off season but this isn't off season. This is the real deal. I'm gonna need yall to fucking obliterate these guys, alright? Usually I'm always repping my state but tonight.. tonight we putting them bulldogs down, got that?"
"Hell yeah!" I shook my head and cupped my ear. "Hell Yeah!" They retorted but louder. "Let's go, hands in." I raised my helmet up and nodded as I heard our theme song playing just out of the locker room. "Who are we?"
"Bison's!"
"What do we do?"
"Give em hell!"
"Bison's on three, lets go. One, two, three-"
"Bison's!"
I pulled my helmet on after they all cheered, me leading them out of the locker room and down the corridor where a few fans could see us from the corner seats. I held my hand up and clapped some of the kids hands before resting my hand on the fence that stopped us from going out. Thunderstruck played loudly around the stadium for the intro video and I turned back to the team, raising my hands up before putting them down slowly and they followed, crouching with me.
We swayed to the beat as the crowd started to chant our name and I nodded, feeling the shouts and bass of the music vibrate off of my helmet. Turning back around, the gates open up, a cloud of smoke in front of me as we walked out, still low and swaying. Then, when the beat dropped, the fireworks went off and we shot out quickly running down the field.
I smiled at the energy and I waved my arms up and down. Man, I love game day.
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"Let's go!" I shouted, tossing my helmet into the cubbie as we ran into the locker room after completely obliterating Georgia. "That's what I'm talking about- gimme some Dan." Dante and I did our handshake, ending with a salute and a jumping shoulder bump. "Had them niggas laid out, boy. That's that shit."
"You already know how I do." I chuckled and started to pull off my shoulder pads and jersey, which was actually a lot harder than it looked.
"You all did great, perfect way to start off the season. Go celebrate, enjoy tonight. We meet tomorrow for film review." Coach said and I started to change into my Howard hoodie and sweats, deciding to shower at home since I knew my family was waiting for me outside. "Y/n." I looked up at coach with a nod. "A guy in a suit is asking for you outside."
"Oh shit.. look coach, I swear I only smoked one joint alright? It was like two weeks ago though." His eyebrows furrowed and I felt his confusion. "It's.. not someone from NCAA?"
"No Y/n." I pursed my lips and slowly stood up, pulling my duffel bag over my shoulder. "You smoked-"
"Nope, gotcha. Later coach." I quickly jumped up and damn near sprinted out of the lockers room and outside where some families waited but I knew mine would be in the parking lot so I kept walking.
"Y/n?" I raised my eyebrows at the man who stood professionally, arms crossed behind his back. "Hi, I'm Lewis." I nodded slowly and he looked to his right so I followed his gaze and saw a black SUV with someone standing in front of it in a pink fur coat with a hood. "Robyn would like to speak with you."
"That's.. cool, tell Robyn I said hello and I'm not getting kidnapped, not today." He laughed softly as I continued to the parking lot, keeping my eye on the girl to make sure she wouldn't attack me or some shit. Arizona man.. it ain't Atlanta. These niggas are more sneaky.
"Hey.. you played good today." I smirked at Tati as she leaned against a car with two girls, both dressed in Zeta jackets, next to her.
I approached her and shrugged. "I'm always good, what you mean?" Once I stopped in front of her, she gave the girls a nod and they both laughed to themselves before walking away. "Oh you got authority huh?"
She shrugged and slid her arms around my shoulders, pulling me into her. "Something like that.. you coming out tonight? Zeta's throwing a party, I'll save a dance for you." I hummed, trapping my bottom lip between my teeth as she pushed her hips against mine, leaving me to trail my hands down her waist and cup her ass.
"I'm suppose to hang out with the fam tonight.. what you doing tomorrow though?" She shrugged again and I rolled my eyes when she leaned back against the car. "Don't be like that, what you doing?"
"Getting ready for the fall showcase, probably go to another party, I don't know. What if you-" We both gasped when I felt something cold splash over us and I quickly pulled back in time to see Dante holding his Gatorade. I was ready to snap that boys neck until I saw who rounded the corner...
Aniya looked at us in confusion. "Why are you wet?" I blinked slowly as she then looked at Tati but she was already sliding into her car. "Y/n?"
"Uh.."
"I wet her. Duh." Dante saved, nonchalantly drinking his Gatorade. "It's what you do when you win a game." She rolled her eyes before grabbing my hand while I gave Dante thankful eyes and he gave me a thumbs up.
"You played great tonight babe." I draped my arm over her shoulder and walked with her to her car. "You staying with your family tonight?" I nodded softly, holding the door open for her. My mind was so clouded that I couldn't even mutter a word. That shit was close.. too close. She never literally caught me in the act so who knows how far that would've sent her. I needed to be more careful... or simply stopped cheating. But that shit was easier said than done. Especially for someone like me. "Hey, you okay?"
I focused back on Aniya and nodded softly. "Yeah I'm good. Call me when you get home." She accepted my kiss before getting into the car and driving off after I closed the door.
"You one sneaky bitch." My head popped up and I saw the pink fur jacket girl walking to me before she pulled the hood down and.. well damn. "But I don't care about your sleazy ass personal life, I just want to know if you wanna dance for me."
I stared in confusion as she stared me down with unwavering eyes but I mean, she's beautiful and all, but I wasn't easily intimidated. So, I stared back with the same eyes. "Dance for you? I got school and shit."
She smirked and held up a card before handing to me. "You got a smart mouth.. call me. I wanna take Alpha Phi Alpha to Made In America." I looked down at the card and saw 'Rihanna' scrawled on the back but by the time I raised my head, she was climbing back into her car and driving off. After all of that, there was one thing on my mind.
What the fuck was Made in American?
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