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3. Skin- Rayna

The water crashes on my skin and I cup it with my hands. School showers suck but I wait until everyone's done which has it's benefits because the water gets hotter after. I roll my neck to loosen up my muscles a little.

Jamal and Ray I blush silly because damn I never had a boyfriend and the slightest thought of being paired off made my heart bound against my chest.

I wash my shoulders and my back and I look at my forearm and I forgot that I put the cream there this morning. The area is now three shades lighter than my actual skin color. A regular brown is all it is. Do depth just brown. I caress it lightly maybe I could try some more tonight just to see what would happened.

After drying off I slide my clothes from earlier that day back on and head to the counselor's office to meet Jamal who was seated in the waiting area with the a stack of papers in his hands.

"Long year ahead." I comment going to my phone to check for any e-mails from LSU. If they offer me a scholarship then everything will make sense.

I would have went through these four years of aggravation for something.

"You wouldn't know. So look I don't want to go bowling and you don't want to go bowling lets do something else." He opens the main doors for me.

"All I want to do is sleep." I yawn emphasizing how tired I am Coach Vee killed us on our first day back.

"Alright I can sleep anywhere anytime lets go to sleep in my car." He says with all seriousness.

"You want you and I to take a nap in your car." I look at him like he's crazy.

"You're tired we're talking and we could be sleeping." He starts to walk ahead of me and I start to follow him. He opens the back door for me and I get and he gets in on the other side.

"So you can just fall asleep with it being bright out." Nodding his head he leans back into the seat.

"I'm about to be out now put your head back and let all that exhaustion take over you."

Leaning back into his seat smiling a little I do it.

"See just chill." He pats my shoulders and the butterflies in my stomach start having a rave.

I doze off for a second and I lean my head against the window until I'm on the edge of a deep ass sleep. In a fuckin car.

"Man lean this way." I feel my body being jerked into Jamal's chest and my heart pounds. "We already close as hell might as well get closer." He mumbles.

I want to protest for the sake of being bold. But lets be real I'm tired and laying on a fine ass dude's chest what do I really need to argue about.

So what if he's a stranger and that Lena and the group are questioning where we are right now.

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I feel my shoulders being shaken and I sit up opening my eyes and looking where the hell I'm at. I look over and Jamal's rubbing his eyes.

"Slept good. Snoring ass." He comments stretching a little in his small Pontiac.

"Just fine." I comment. "What time is it?" I reach for my phone that was in the cup holder.

Three text from Lena, one from my teammate, and one from my mom. I'm so poppin aren't I?

"It's almost 5 hop in the front before we're late getting home on a school night." He jokes. I climb over his seat earning a glare from him.

"Make that your first and very last time doing that." He comments starting his car.

"First and last time being in the car with you might as well do it with a bang." I retort fixing a few of my stray curls behind my ears.