"Ugh the worst holiday ever is coming up." Vonte said looking at the all the posters up for Valentine's Day.

"Ion hate it I get pussy everytime." Darion said.

August just walked beside staying quiet.

"What Alijah and you gonna do?" Vonte asked him.

August shrugged his shoulders not really wanting to talk. Him and Alijah got into it again over some bullshit about him not using a condom and her almost having a pregnancy scare.

"Damn man is it that serious that you can't talk to us?" Darion said.

August spotted Alijah at her locker but it wasn't just her. She was standing with some boy he haven't seen in the school before.

"Who is dat?" August said frowning his face.

"Oh that's a new boy his name Bryson he been here for over month." Vonte said.

August walked over to them and basically interrupted their conversation.

"Hey baybeh." August said hugging Alijah.

Alijah's eyes widened in shock. "Ummm hey....baby."

Bryson rolled his eyes and smirked. "Hey wassup I'm Bryson." Bryson said.

"I'm August. Alijah's boyfriend."

"Nice to meet you." Bryson said. "Lijah I'll text you about that session."

Alijah had a tight smile on her face. "Okay."

August finally let Alijah go. "Session? What kind of session?"

"What did you do that for?" Alijah said.

"Shit because we ain't talking don't mean you can just go talk to other niggas." August said.

Alijah instantly got pissed. "I'm tutoring him. Plus you're the one not talking to me hell!"

"You got a fucking abortion without even telling me Lijah that's the most low down shit anybody could ever do." He said.

Alijah looked around noticing people staring. "I can't believe you. You are so selfish. All you do is think about yourself." August said.

Alijah's lip trembled and tears started to fill her eyes. "No I can't believe you just said that to me." She walked off crying.

August looked around seeing people looking at him. August turned around and punched one of the lockers.

"Aye man you good?" Darion asked.

August just walked off.

"This drama in the morning makes my fucking head hurt." Darion said shaking his head walking off.

"Lijah girl calm down." Di'anna said rubbing her back trying to calm her down.

"I...I..I..can't." Alijah said. "He was so dirty for that. I love him to death and that's the shit he does I don't know that August. That's not August."

Alijah was having a small panic attack she didn't know what was wrong with her.

Ming and Laila stood back watching her cry.

"You want us to beat his ass?" Ming said.

Alijah sat up trying the breath correctly. "No you don't have to Ming. I think Him and I just need a break from each other, but for now I need to get to calculus and y'all need to go to class too."

"Okay girl." Ming said leaving with Laila.

Di'anna stayed Alijah redoing her makeup for her.

"Thank you Di." Alijah said applying lipgloss to her lips.

"You're welcome girl. I gotta question." Di'anna said.

"What's up?" Alijah said.

"You remeber Cairo?" She asked.

"That boy you dated at the beginning of high school that ended up getting hit by a car or truck and is in a coma. Yeah I remember him not vividly but I remember." Alijah said. "Why?"

"I saw him yesterday at the apartments I stay in with my dad."

"What!? So he's woke?"

"Yeah he doesn't have twin brother. I don't think he remembers me though because he bumped into me and I dropped some eggs and he told me he had some more but I told him no thank you and we went our separate ways." Di'anna said.

"Well maybe you should ask him." Alijah said.

"Should I?"

"I just said that. Yes ask him if he knows you or remembers you if not I think you should rekindle the flame." She said doing a dance with her shoulders.

"Okay." Di'anna said. "Let's get to class for we get suspended for skipping."

"Yeah you right."

Ming stood their watching Yasir play the game. She came over here to chill not watch him play Fortnite in the middle of the day.

"Aye man go left." Yasir said with his thick British accent.

"Baby imma go home I'm getting tired." Ming said.

"No no baby just three more minutes." He said.

Ming took a deep breath and sat back down.

Three minutes turned into five, five minutes turned into fifteen. Ming was getting pissed off.

Yasir finally lost the damn game and decided to put it up.

"I'm sorry baby." Yasir said trying to kiss Ming but she swerved out of the way. Yasir rolled his eyes. "You mad at me?" He smirked.

Ming squinted her eyes. "What you think?" She said with an attitude.

He chuckled. "I like it when you mad at me."

Ming looked at him like he was crazy. "Whatever Yasir."

He slowly felt up her thigh moving closer to her and started sucking on her neck.

"No Yasir. Wait hold up." Ming said.

"No you still mad at me?" Yasir mumbled still licking and kissing on her neck.

"Yes. No. Maybe." Ming moaned.

"Mm that's what I thought." Yasir said slipping his hand in her joggers rubbing her treasure outside of her panties.

"Whoa what you doing?" Ming said. "You a virgin remember?"

"Who said I don't know how to do oral sex though? Take 'em off." He said licking his lips.

Ming stood up taking her shirt off along with her pants and underwear.

Yasir laid back on the couch. "Come sit on daddy face."

Ming looked at him in shock. "Okay."

Di'anna sat on the couch watching reruns of Love and Hip Hop New York.

"Remy ma is cute but ugly at the same time." She said to herself before stuffing her mouth with cheesecake she bought from the store.

There was a knock at the door before the doorbell rung.

"Who is it?" Di'anna yelled turning the tv off. She got up and looked out the peephole and saw Cairo. "Oh my god what is he doing here?"

She took a deep breath and unlocked the door opening it.

He looked at her up and down before licking his lips. "Um I'm sorry for interrupting if you was doing something, but I bought you some more eggs."

"Oh thank you." Di'anna said taking the grocery bag from him.

"You welcome." He said turning around to go to his apartment.

"Hey!" She yelled.

"Yeah?"

"Can I talk to you?"

He flashed a smile before nodding his head and walking towards Di'anna.

"You can come in." She said.

He walked inside and she closed the door. He stood there waiting for her to say something, but instead she went to the kitchen putting the eggs in the fridge.

"So you what you want to talk about?" He asked. "Wait Ion even know ya' name."

"Oh I'm sorry. My name is Di'anna and yours is?"

"Cairo." He said.

Di'anna nodded head before biting on her bottom lip. "Well did you graduate from Inglewood High School?"

"No I finished high school online, because I missed like 2 years of it. I was involved in a car wreck when I was in 10th grade I think. I don't remember. Why?"

"Do you know me?"

Cairo looked at her. "No I don't. I just met you." He said.

"I'm Di'anna you dated me in high school for like a few months to a year I think." She said.

"Nah I'm sorry I didn't remember anything when I woke up." He said.

Di'anna's face saddened. "Okay I'm sorry for all the trouble."

"Yeah it's okay."

Di'anna opened the door. He was about to walk out but he stopped at the door. "Even though I don't remember you doesn't mean we can be friends. You fine as hell too."

Di'anna smiled putting one of her braids behind her ear. "Thank you."

He licked his lips. "You welcome. I live in number 19 if you ever want to come over."

"Okay."

He walked out the door and Di'anna closed the door locking it. She walked back over to the couch and sat down.

"I wonder if I can make him remember me." Di'anna said to herself.

"

Okay okay stop." Alijah laughed. "Gimme my food."

"Nah man stop playing me like that. I'll give it to you when you say I'm cute."

Alijah rolled her eyes. "Okay you cute now gimme my food." She said taking the bag from Bryson.

"Aye no snatching that's rude. I'm convinced your parents didn't teach you manners." He said taking a chicken wing out of his plate.

"They did. I wonder what you got me?" Alijah said opening the plate. "Damn!"

Bryson laughed. "I got you some honey barbecue chicken tenders, bacon cheeseburger, seasoned cheese fries, and the roll and ranch come with it anyway."

"You are an angel." Alijah said before getting up grabbing some paper towels.

"I know that." Bryson said. Her phone vibrated on the coffee table and see had text messages from August. Bryson chuckled shaking his head turning the phone over.

"I'm back also had to get me some water."

"You don't drink soda?" Bryson asked her.

"No not really it's nasty to me plus it's bad for you." Alijah said.

Bryson looked at her up and down. Alijah thought it was kinda awkard so she turned around.

"Okay um let's start with this SAT prep thing because we have to take in another two weeks or so." She said. Her phone started ringing and she turned it over seeing Baby which was August. She silenced her phone turning it back over.

"Who was that?" Bryson asked.

"My boyfriend. Which I think is not gonna be my boyfriend anymore." She said.

"Why not?" He asked being nosey.

"He said some meanful and I mean rude and nasty things to me today after you left and it hurt me. Even though I know what I did was wrong, but if you love somebody you wouldn't say those things to them." She said. "But do you know the answer to question 2?"

Bryson looked at her noticing her eyes was filling up with tears. "Aye don't cry. He ain't worth it."

"No it's just...I don't know." Alijah said. "Boyfriends are just so ugh especially him. I've been there for him through everything...I just don't understand. I wished I had another boyfriend sometimes then again I still love him."

Bryson chuckled. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Wassup?" Alijah said.

"Can I be boyfriend number 2?"

Alijah eyes widened and her mouth dropped open. She didn't know what to do nor say.

"Um...um...I-

Bryson looked at her before moving over closer to her anf softly placing his lips on hers. He kissed her but she didn't kiss back. She didn't kiss back before she was still stuck on what he said. Why her? Why choose her? What was she gonna tell August?"

She quickly pushed Bryson off of her. "You got to go." She said.

"What I do?! My breath stink?" Bryson said blowing his breath in his hand before smelling it.

Alijah shook her head. "Just go please get your things and leave."

Bryson huffed. "Okay I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"Mhmm bye." Alijah said.

Bryson opened the front door and left.

"Oh my god!" Alijah screamed. "What in hell was that?"