"Dinner is ready!" I heard my mom yell from downstairs.

"Here we come!" King and I yelled in unison with our eyes still glued to the tv. We were playing 2K20 and we had bet $50. There were 2 minutes left on the clock and King was down 6. I was surprised I managed to get ahead. I wasn't really a gamer the only time I play the game is when I'm staying the night here.

"Yo ass is garbage" I said as I shot a 3 pointer.

"Brick" He retorted as the ball bounced off the rim.

"Fuck!" I exclaimed.

"King and Paris come eat!" My mom yelled out again. We both could hear her loud and clear but we were too focused to pause the game. It was only 1 minute left on the clock and I wasn't trying to lose $50.

"That's a foul!" King shouted. There was only a second left in the clock and I was down 2 points.

"Ugh!"

He made both free throws and the buzzer went off before I could even get the ball. "I take cash, quickpay, and cash app " King smiles tossing his remote to the side.

"King and Paris!" My dad yells with some bass in his voice.

"Coming!" We said at the time and walked out of the room. As we walked down the stairs I opened the Chase app on my phone to quickpay him his money.

"You got 5 stacks?" King says looking over my shoulder as we walked down the stairs.

"Boy" I exclaimed quickly turning down my brightness.

"You might as well send me a whole hunnid"

"Stop pocket watching" I laugh as we walked into the kitchen.

"So y'all didn't hear me calling y'all name?" My mom frowns from the dinner table.

"The tv was up too loud my fault" King lies and sits down at the table beside Lyric.

"Mmmh the food looks good ma" I smile to myself as I sat down at the table. My mouth watered as I looked at the plate sitting in front of me.

I grabbed my fork and immediately dug in. It's been a while since I've had one of my mom's home cooked meals. I've been thinking about my next plate of soul food since I ate my last one.

"So how's school been Paris?" My mom asks before taking a sip from her glass.

"It's fine. A lot of work but nothing I can't handle" I replied before stuffing my mouth with cornbread.

"Your scholarships still covering everything?" She followed up.

I nodded my head yes and continued eating my food. Those scholarships I had in the beginning didn't get renewed for my second year in college. I never told them that though. I eventually started paying off my own tuition with my OnlyFans checks.

"You're still covering your half of the rent? I can pay off a couple months for you" My dad states.

"Nah I got it. My refund check just hit and I get paid from FootLocker soon" I was just coming up with lie after lie.

"Who's that boy you were talking to?" My mom smirks at me.

"It's her boyyyy friend" Lyric teases smiling ear to ear.

"Girl no it's not" I rolled my eyes "He's just a friend, he's nobody important"

"Good to see you finally moving on from Andre"

"Can we not?" I scoffed rolling my eyes.

Andre was my ex-boyfriend, we were together on and off for 2 years. The entire relationship was toxic but I still loved him. He was a hood nigga that had no business in a relationship but for some reason, I was the one he decided to cuff. There was so much emotional abuse in that relationship, looking back on it I was really a dumb bitch for putting up with half the shit he put me through. My parents hated his ass with a passion but they knew there was nothing they could say to me to make me leave him. I just had to come to my senses myself.

"She don't need another nigga. She was too young for the first one" My dad says to my mom.

"I am 20 how old I gotta be for a boyfriend?" I laugh

"Whatchu need a nigga for? They ain't gon do nothing but disappoint. Wait until you're 30, they'll still be a disappointment but at least they'll be mature" My dad replies.

I couldn't do anything but laugh and continue to my dinner. "So I can't have a boyfriend at my big age, but King can have a girlfriend?"

"Who said that? King better be focused on them damn books and not no lil girl" My mom interjected "Ain't nobody finna be a grandma. I'm too young for that"

"Paris look what you did. Now I'm involved in this mess" King chuckles.

"Lyric do you have a boyfriend?" I question with a smirk looking at her.

She makes a disgusted look and shakes her head no, "Boys are annoying and they have cooties"

"That's right baby girl" My dad smiles nodding his head approvingly.

***

"Hey if you guys need any help just let me know. I'll be right here" I speak to the customers before picking up the ringing phone.

"Footlocker, this is Paris speaking how may I help you" I greeted as I answered the phone.

"We don't have the Jordan Retro 11 lows in stock anymore sorry" I spoke "Okay, have a good day" I hung up the phone and started to walk out to the floor.

"Excuse me can I get these in a 8.5?" I looked over my shoulder at this guy. He was holding up an all-white air force one. I nod my head yes before heading to the back to get the pair of shoes for him. Once I got them I walked over to him,

"You need to try them on?" I asked starting to take the shoe out the box for him.

"Nah I'm good you can just ring me up"

I nod my head and walked over to the register. "Is this all you need?" I asked as I scanned the barcode.

"Nah I need your number too" He smiles at me.

"Boy" I scoffed before laughing "Your total is $101.70" I put the box of shoes in a bag.

"Damn it's like that?" He questions as he hands over his card.

"Sir I am at work. Catch me when I'm off and I got you" I chuckle swiping his card.

"I'm not even from here."

"Welp I guess it wasn't meant to be then. Awnn so sad" I poke out my bottom lip and handed him his car back.

"Wooow that's crazy" He laughs shaking his head. I waited for the receipt to print and then put it in his bag. "Have a nice day" I smile at him and handed him his bag.

Every day there's at least one guy trying to spit game at me. When I first started working here I used to feed into the shenanigans. After a while it got annoying so I keep it professional. Sell them some shoes and get them out of the store so I can help another customer and get all the commission I can get.

My apple watch vibrated on my wrist so I checked to see what it is. Half the time it's just a notification telling me to breathe. It was a text from Michelle

I swiped my finger across the tiny screen spelling out, "Whatever"

Once my shift was over I headed home. I wanted to take a nap but I knew once I sat down and got comfortable I wouldn't want to go out. I took a quick shower before I started on my hair. I wrapped a towel around my body before turning on some music

"I can't fuck a lame nigga put some diamonds on yo teeth so you can give me brain nigga" I rapped along to Asian Doll as I flat ironed my hair.

I grabbed my make up bag and started to do a soft beat. When I was done I moisturized my body and started to get dressed. I decided to just wear biker shorts and a graphic tee. I sat down on my bed and slipped on my obsidians.

"You ready?" I hear Michelle say from outside my door.

"Yeah gimme a sec" I replied spraying some perfume onto my body. I took my phone off the charger and grabbed my purse.

"Ready" I said as I exited my bedroom.

"Ooh okay you look cute girl" Michelle tells me slapping my ass as I walked past.

"Thank you, you too" I replied with a laugh "You driving or I am?"

"You can" She replies with a shrug. I grabbed my keys off the counter and we headed downstairs to the parking garage. I unlocked my car doors and we got inside.

"What's the addy?" I asked unlocking my phone to type it into the GPS.

"It's at Makiya's house" She tells me and I nod my head. I pressed play on The Box and turned up the volume all the way. I took a deep breath and started rapping every word as I pulled out my parking space. This song was my shit. No matter how many times I listen to it, I'm still going to rap every word.

We pulled up to the party and I had to park on the next block down due to all the cars. Michelle pulled out her dab pen and took a pull before handing it to me.

"Oooh I'm finna get higher than some giraffe titties" I laughed pressing it against my lips. I took two long drags before handing it back to her. We hotboxed the car for a minute before going to join the party. When we walked inside it was jam-packed. I could hear and feel every instrument in the music. I was high as fuck.

"I'mma go get some water" I tell Michelle before parting ways with her. I went to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water out the fridge and started chugging it down to stop my cottonmouth. I leaned against the counter and swayed back and forth to the song. I pulled out my phone to record myself on Snapchat. My eyes were low but I still looked fine as fuck.

"Paris?" I hear somebody say, interrupting my Snapchat. I glanced over and it was Tyler entering the kitchen.

"Hey wassup" I smile looking over at him. He walks over and gives me a hug.

"You good?

I nod my head "I'm chillin"

"Yo ass high as hell" He laughs moving me out the way so he could get into the fridge.

"How you been?" I asked looking him up and down. I don't know if it was the marijuana in me but he was looking fine as hell.

"I've been decent. How you been? I haven't seen you in a minute"

"You've been avoiding me, it's cool" I scoffed rolling my eyes at him.

"Nah that's all you. You never even gave me your number"

Twerk by City Girls started blasting and my eyes lit up. "Oooh this my song." I sat my water down on the counter and grabbed his hand pulling him into the party area. I bent over bringing my hands to my knees and started throwing it back against him. He gripped my waist as I winded my hips on him.

"Okay Paris I see you" I heard somebody say as I continued to fuck it up. I barely made it to JT's verse before getting tired. I stood up and took his water from his hand and started to chug it down as I walked away.

"You talk to Tyler?" A girl asked stopping me.

"I'm chillin" I shrugged my shoulders before going to join Michelle on the other side of the house.

***