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15. Question Leading Down- Rayna

"Why are your nails so long." I groaned as Nassir worked his hands into my shoulders.

I went overboard with the weights today and my shoulders felt like bricks sitting on top of them. I want to be in my best shape no matter what. If I spend up with a full scholarship anywhere and they try to do me dirty by having to try out I'll be prepared.

"Uhm beggars can't be choosers." He responded continuously kneading the knots in my shoulders.

"I didn't beg I said my shoulders hurt and you obliged." I told grabbing my firestick to find something else to watch.

Outside of Lina I never invited anyone to my house. So when Nassir asked to come by me I was shocked to say the least and so was my mom. I feel a little bad that I'm not as outgoing socially because I'm sure most parents don't want a daughter who's either running her life away or hiding out in her bedroom.

"I never asked you and you don't have to answer if it's personal, but what do you do all day." I asked going through the drama section. I know Netflix added Hustle & Flow I swear I saw it. I kept scrolling through unluckily.

"Nothing right now. I just got out of some serious ass trouble not too long ago." He responded hesitantly.

I felt him massage a certain spot and I let it a deep sigh.

"You may have just done something." I groaned feeling the pressure being released from shoulders.

Noticing he may not want to talk about why he was in trouble or even his past I decided to change the subject. If there's one thing I know about people it's that they will tell you stuff when their ready if they aren't ready then I won't force it.

"Am I tripping or is Hustle& Flow gone from Netflix magically." I squinted my eyebrows going through the list for the the thousandth time.

"Hulu Ray." He chuckled. He stopped massaging my shoulders and was lightly rubbing them.

"Welp. I'm outta look with that because I'm not paying 8 dollars a month for ads.

"You're not like other broads." He commented.

"That's supposed be a compliment?" I questioned standing up stretching lightly.

"Compared to the chicken heads I know yes. I'll rephrase that shit. You ain't like other people. You don't ask a bunch a questions. Not all nosy and shit. I like that." He laid back on my bed looking up at the ceiling. My full sized bed looks tiny with his tall frame laying across it.

"You never told me this is though how do you know Jamal?" I sit next to him on my bed with my iPad in hand.

"We grew up together and I'm sure you know Mal wasn't a Cosby kid or nothing but we did some shit together."  I ponder that for a moment Jamal never said about bad things just how he acted out in school. Come to think of it I barely knew Jamal we developed a small friendship and now it's gone.

It seems like he wants me now but where was this energy when I had no friends at school. I wasn't jockin to hang out with Lina and Keegan but damn they cut me off like it was nothing.

Like I was nothing. But I was stupid to hang out with them for as long as I did anyway. What did that say about myself if I was constantly surrounded by people my who continuously made me feel less than myself. I love my cousin  but even her choice of friends says something about her.

Besides Lina is way to close to home and with the sight of my arm I'm not risking getting caught.

Nas touched a piece of my hair lightly.

"What's on your mind?" He asked with his phone still in his and.

"It's crazy how you know someone your whole life with out really knowing them. I can't think of the last time I actually hung out with just Lina." It was all Keegan and Lina or Lina and Devin or Lina and Joe.