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Chapter 4:

Ziggy
February 10
12:00 pm

"My uncle just paid my application fee for my application for University of Southern California. All in waiting for us that acceptance letter now" I told Tia as I texted Christian back.

"Why you wanna go all the way to California? You see all these colleges around Georgia?"

"If you wanna stay around Georgia and go to school then you do that. I just don't want to. And why not go? I love the school and I've got the grades and scores to get in"

"I'm just saying but if that's Whatchu wanna do then do that"

"Do you even know what school you wanna go to?"

Tia shook her head "fuck college. I'm tryina get a job ASAP and get out that house with my momma and sister. Morgan can live with momma all she want but I'm getting out"

"Living on your own ain easy, you know that right?"

"You doing it and you still in high school"

"No. I'm not. My uncle works, that's the only reason he's gone. And I'm not paying bills. All I do is eat, sleep and go to school. If I need money he'll send it to me and he gives me whatever I need. So no I don't call that living on my own. I'm just fortunate enough to have more freedom"

"Same Damn thing" she waved me off and I just went back to texting Christian

"You must be texting your older boo"

"That's not my boo. We just getting to know each other" I rolled my eyes and put my phone down seeing keem walk over to the table we were sitting at

"Wassup"  he greeted me as he sat down in the empty seat on one side of me "I text you earlier and you ain ever text me back"

"My bad. I been busy all day for some reason"

"Keem whatchu getting my friend for Valentine's Day?" Tia asked him and he glanced at me before shaking his head

"I can't tell you that"

Just as soon as she was about to say something else I heard yelling and everybody started standing up so I looked to see what was going on

Two girls were fighting and it looked like one of the teacher's tried to break it up but she was too small cause the girls were beating her ass too

"Oh shit" I laughed as Tia stood up and walked off to get closer

"We still on for Saturday right?" Keem asked me as he grasped onto my thigh, leaning in closer to my ear since it was now so loud

"Of course. I ain got shit else to do"

My phone vibrated on the table so I picked it up and saw it was Christian however I didn't open it. I just sat my phone down and looked at keem seeing he was now on his phone typing away

"Who you texting?"

"Eli weird ass talkin bout some party next week"

"A party?"

Keem nodded as he kept texting, his other hand continued to stay on my thigh. I grabbed his face turning his attention away from his phone

"You supposed to be paying attention to me"

"I am"

"Not if you texting"

"Look" he put his phone down laughing "you got my full attention right now"

"And ima beatcho ass EVERYTIME I see you bitch!" One of the girls yelled as she was picked up and carried out of the cafeteria. I shook my head as I watched them being taken out and made eye contact with Geo who was originally laughing at the fight but stopped when he saw I was with keem. When I saw him walk over to where we were I sighed

"What?" Keem asked as he turned around to look

"Look at yall, lookin like a happy couple" Geo smiled as he sat across from us where Tia was originally sitting. Just as he sat down Tia came back and frowned

"How you steal my seat"

"Find a new one" Geo rudely told her so she sat beside him and smiled at me

"Y'all so cute.. y'all better take some cute pictures for Valentine's Day"

I eyed Tia before glancing at Geo

"Don't nobody do that corny Instagram shit but you tia" geo told her and she sucked her teeth

"shut up. Where your date at? Like I thought"

"Ion do dates. But I am dickin somebody daughter down so mind yo lonely business"

Keem laughed at Geo while I just looked at his stupid ass

"You always tryina dick somebody daughter. You better chill out before you catch something"

"I ALWAYS use protection"

"What that mouth probably do.. I'm sure you caught some orally" Tia told Geo

"My mouth don't be one none of these hoes so try that with somebody else. You gotta be special for some like that from a nigga like me. Why you worried bout my sex life anyways? What? You wanna fuck or some?" He bluntly asked making me choke on my water I was just starting to drink while keem laughed again

"It sound like she do" keem told Geo and I hit his arm

"Don't be encouraging that"

"The nigga funny as hell" keem threw up his hands and I sat my water on the table as Geo swiftly picked it up and I guess neither of them noticed he had it, now opening it

"Geo always tryina play me. Nigga trust and believe if I really wanted to fuck you I would" Tia said with an attitude and Geo side eyed her while he drunk from my bottle as keem looked at his phone again

"You think so?"

"Alright y'all two.. it's getting weird" I finally spoke up and stood up causing keem to look up

"Where you going?"

" to the vending machines. I'll be right back. Come on Tia" I picked my phone up and walked off with Tia following behind me. As we went to the room where the vending machines were I opened Christian's message

20 somethings
I fwu forreal mama

"No you do not have his number saved as 20 somethings" Tia laughed

"Yes I do"

"How old is he?"

"Just 20. That's the first thing I thought of instead of his real name being saved"

"Whatchu gone do with a 20 year old. He probably still live with his momma"

"Just cause you like them types don't mean I do. And no boo. He got his own place, car and he got a job"

"And what he want witcho young ass?"

I stopped in the middle of pulling money out of my pocket to look at her then finished pulling it out

"We only two years apart. And besides, Why you hating?"

"I'm not. I'm just saying Ziggy. You already got keem and keem a good ass nigga. Why would you fuck that up when he really like you"

"Me and keem know what we got going on. What we do and how we do it really ain't y'all business" I shrugged as I put the dollars into the machine "besides, you act like I'm fuckin Christian. We only getting to know each other. Who says we'll be messing around. Who says we won't be just friends?"

"Cause I know you zakia" Tia said to me as I got a bottled sprite. I bent down and picked it up then looked at her

"Why you so invested in me and keem?"

"Why you gotta say it so rude?"

"I'm not being rude. Just blunt. That's why I don't have friends"

"Well I wanna see you happy"

"And the fact that you think a nigga is what makes me happy shows you don't know me. I'm just having fun like everybody else" I told her before I walked past her, looking at my phone again while I headed back to the table.