"You need a spotter?" Knowledge asked.

Their track team was in the weight room today.

"Umm sure, thank you" Amber nodded and got on the bench.

"So you throwing?" He asked as Amber started lifting.

"Mhm.. I was gonna just do discus but he wants me to do hurdles. I don't know"

"I think you should. I jump, so lemme know if you need help"

Amber nodded and soon felt her arms becoming weak.

"Do one more" he laughed.

Once she finished, he helped her out the weight back then helped her off the bench.

"Spot me?"

"I guesss" she playfully rolled her eyes and switched spots with him.

"Soooo you do every sport?" She watched as he added more weight.

He nodded "Yea I try to do a sport for every season."

"Wow that's tooo much" she laughed.

"It's a lil overwhelming to keep up wit my school work and my job but I enjoy sports" he told her.

"Interesting take"

"Soooo you still coming wit me tomorrow?" Knowledge asked.

"Coming with you?"

He chuckled "To the soup kitchen,"

"Ohhh yea, can you text me the address"

"I will"

The two went around the weight room and did some more strength training before they were done for the day.

"I wanna thank you for being there last weekend, I really appreciate it" Amber said as she slipped some sweats over her compression tights.

"Fasho.. you straight?"

"Mhm, me and Monte talked it out. It was a misunderstanding" she smiled.

Knowledge looked away and scoffed.

"Oh ight, why you putting on them big ass sweats?"

"I'm anemic, it's cold when I step outside" she laughed.

Knowledge smiled at her smile as they walked out of the school.

"What you doing for the rest of the day?" He asked.

"Mmm probably some homework, then imma see what Monte's doing" she smiled

He shook his head as they got closer to their cars.

"That's you?" He asked eyeing her car.

Knowledge loved cars, he drove a 1968 Mustang.

She nodded with a small smile "Yea, I got it for my birthday."

"Ight well I'll see you tomorrow."

"Alrighty" she waved as she got into her car.

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"Wassup baby boy" Asahd, Knowledge's father, beamed as he entered the barbershop.

"Hey pops, you could just line my shit up?"

Asahd nodded as Knowledge sat down in the chair.

"How was practice?"

"It was straight, we just did some weight lifting today"

"You still in contact wit that UCLA coach?" Asahd questioned.

Although, Knowledge played a lot of sports, his main one was basketball and as a junior he already had colleges looking out for him.

"Yea, UNC emailed me the other day. They want me at this camp for spring break."

"I'm proud of you Knowledge, I'm sure ya mama is too." Asahd said giving him a sad smile.

"You talk to her today?" Knowledge asked.

Asahd shook his head "Nah her fine ass ain call yet, you tryna visit on Sunday?"

Knowledge nodded "Eww nigga don't talk about my mama like that, but yea"

"You gon get enough of calling me that." Asahd said as he slapped alcohol onto Knowledge's head.

"Damn pops."

Once Asahd was finished, Knowledge stood to his feet and smiled in the mirror.

im one fine ass nigga.

"You need to get that shit braided asap," Asahd said eyeing his son's three week old braids.

Knowledge had his shoulder length 3C/4A hair in individual braids.

"Nigga worry about that hairline."

Asahd quickly looked in the handheld mirror, then looked up to mug Knowledge.

"Boy I'll knock-"

"Ight man imma fuck witchu" Knowlege said with a laugh as he started walking away.

Once he got in his car, he texted his regular braider for an appointment then sped off after his deposit was sent.

"Heyyyy my baby." Knowledge's mom, Ivory, spoke.

"Hi ma" Knowledge smiled.

"How you been papa?"

"Straight, what about you?"

"Now Knowledge.. bitches know who to fuck wit in here."

"Shiddd my bad Shoota." He said referring to her street name.

"What I tell you 'bout that Najir."

"My bad ma."

"Mhm you coming wit yo daddy on Sunday? Can't wait to see his fine ass."

"Yeaaa I ain seen you in a minute." He sighed

"I know baby, imma be home soon tho."

30 seconds remaining.

"I'll see you mama, I love you."

"I love you so much more Knowledge."

As they hung up, Knowledge pulled into his driveway and banged his fist on the steering wheel.

Ivory had been in jail since Knowledge was three. Her and Asahd ran one of the biggest drug operations when he was a baby, until Asahd's best friend snitched to get his own sentence reduced. This resulted in the couple going to jail, Ivory knew Asahd was the better parent so she took most of the charges leaving her with twenty years and Asahd with five.

Once Asahd got out, he cleaned his life up and opened a barber shop.

"I hate this shit." He mumbled as he got out of his car and headed inside.

As soon as he opened the door, his dog named Rico, came shooting at him.

"Wassup man" he smiled and locked the door behind him.

Before going to jail, Ivory and Asahd had left Knowledge a house along with a lot of their money. Although he was underage, Asahd let his son move into the house last year by himself.

Knowledge loved having the space to himself, but of course he had to fill it a little with Rico.

come over.

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Knowledge bit his lip at the videos of the girl playing with herself. Saying that Knowledge was a freak, was an understatement. Although he enjoyed sex, he made sure to keep his interactions to a minimum, this left his body count at only two which was rare for a lot of his peers.

He took all his practice gear to the laundry room, then headed upstairs so he could shower and handle his hygiene.

played as he got dressed into a some sweats and a white tee.

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the next day

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"What you on?" He spoke as Amber answered his FaceTime call.

"Umm I'm getting ready to go out."

"Holon where you going?" He asked scrunching up his face and finally eyeing her outfit.

"To this food drive." She told him as she grabbed her keys.

He shook his head "Nah yeen tell me about that. "

"Well you've been so busy, I haven't been able to really tell you anything."

"Who you getting an attitude wit? It's cool, imma fuck witchu later."

"Wait I'm sorry-"

Before Amber could say anything else, Monte had hung up. She sighed and headed out the house and got into her car.

"This girl" Knowledge chuckled as Amber pulled into the parking spot beside him.

"You late" he spoke as they got out of their cars.

"Aht only five minutes" she argued.

He shook his head and started towards the building with Amber not too far behind.

"So first every time you enter the kitchen, you gotta wash your hands." He said pointing to a sink.

"Today we'll probably be serving plates, so the ladies in the kitchen gon plate the food and we just bring them to the tables." Knowledge said.

"Okay" she nodded and accepted the hair net from him.

After he got her ready, people began to enter the building and sit down.

"Hmm these go to that man with the babies and this go to that lady"

One of the ladies in the kitchen handed Amber a bag with 3 to-go plates and another with 1 plate.

Once she got over there, she gave a small smile and handed them the bags.

"Y'all doing showers today?" The man asked.

Amber scrunched her face up in confusion and began to speak.

"I don't-"

"We are Larry, it'll be after the food drive if you wanna circle back around." A familiar voice said.

Amber turned to face Ms. Porter.

"Wassup girl" Ms. Porter smiled.

"Heyyy" Amber waved.

"Gladys got some more bags ready." Knowledge said coming over.

Amber nodded and headed back to the kitchen to work.

Soon, she had given out over two hundred plates, and she loved everything about it.

"Bye Ms. Porter" Knowlege and Amber waved as they grabbed their stuff and began to walk out.

She smiled and waved back "I'll have y'all volunteer slips on Monday."

Amber nodded and fully walked out the door with Knowledge behind her.

"I didn't know Ms.Porter ran this."

"Yeaaa she just took over for her moms" he told her.

"Thank you for inviting me, I really enjoyed doing this. Can I come next weekend?"

Knowledge smiled "That's up to you ma."

The two stood in the parking lot talking a little bit longer before they got in their cars and parted ways.