Khia

Santiago and I have been the talk around school. It's no secret that everyone knows about our relationship I felt like this was high school all over again. At least I'm getting some recognition around the school since Santiago was apparently so popular around here. I went from being the girl no one knows to the girl everybody knows. There was some pros and cons to that and one of the cons was drama. I didn't need it in my life at all and I often steer away from it.

"You see that girl over there in the red dress?",ebony said to me while we sat at the cafeteria eating breakfast.

"Yeah",i said.

"That's his ex. Her name's marisol", and the drama begins.

"Ok and your telling me this because."

"She's walking around here telling people that y'all aren't gonna last. Apparently Santiago isn't comfortable dating people outside of his race."

"He never voiced that concern to me",I said taking a bite out of my yogurt parfait.

"How well do you know Santiago?"

"Obviously not well enough if he's going around telling people that."

"I don't think he's going around saying that to people. I just think it's something Marisol is spreading around."

"She doesn't know me. So she should keep my name out of her mouth to be honest. This isn't high school. I just came here to get a education and that's it",I said finishing up my parfait. I saw Santiago walk in with his boys in the cafeteria. He made his way to me and kissed me on the cheek.

"Hey",he said to us.

"Hey yourself",ebony said eyeing him and leaving us at the cafeteria table.

"Wasup with her?",he asked.

"She's expressing what I should be expressing. Do you have a issue with dating outside of your race? I never took the time out to ask you that",I said looking at him in his black shirt.

"It's new to me but I don't have a problem with it. Is it a problem to you?"

"No. I've never had that issue. It was just a concern with you because either you told one of your boys that or your ex is spreading lies."

"If I didn't have a problem with it I couldn't have talked about it to my homies. Don't feed into my ex's rumors. She's all about lies babygirl. Let's get out of here",he said grabbing my hand and leading me outside.

"Why did you not tell me about your ex? I didn't even know she went here."

"There's a lot of things we still don't know about each other yet but that's okay. We're taking small steps."

"So you didn't think me knowing about your ex going here should've been the first thing you mention to me?"

"Nah cause I sure as hell wasnt gonna get you doing that",he said with a smirk.

"How are you so sure you got me now? I could easily make this a break up and walk away",I said crossing my arms.

"Cmon I know you don't want to do that Khia. I should've told you about her I'm sorry."

"It's okay. But I'm just gonna let you know now that I'm not with the drama. If your ex doesn't have the balls to step to me and talk me to my face about what she thinks about me or our relationship, then she can keep my name out of her mouth. Comprende?"

Santiago

"Comprende mami cita",i said giving her s kiss on her lips. I love it when she sneaks in a Spanish word here and there for me. It makes me like her even more. Everything about Khia was so perfect even when she was mad. I walked her to her last class and assured her that I'll be outside waiting when she comes out of class. But in the meantime, I went to see if I could find Marisol anywhere around campus. Of course she was in the cafeteria still with her friends. I guess they were having a study session because there was books all around the table.

As soon as she saw me she stood up and had her hands on her hips. Marisol was not an ugly girl. She resembled jlo a lot But she was Puerto Rican.

"Hey let me talk to you for a second?",I asked her.

"No I don't want to have a quickie with you tiago."

"I didn't ask you for that. What's your problem?",I said grabbing her by the arm so we could have privacy.

"Then what do you want?",she said crossing her arms.

"I want you to stop spreading these rumors about Khia and I."

"We can't always have what we want now can we",she said giving me a sly look.

"What's your issue?",I asked her.

"Y'all not gonna last. I know you Santiago. Your gonna force yourself to love her but you can't."

"Just like how I forced myself to love you right? Keep Khia's name out of your mouth. She's done nothing to you. I'm not gonna have you or anyone else sabotage our relationship."

"Your incompatible with that girl and you know it. She's out of your league you should've just dated a Latino and call it a day. You can fool everyone around here but you can't fool me. I wish you the best on your charity case",she said flipping her hair in my face and going back to her friends. Marisol was such a sour taste in my mouth. I can't believe I had the sense to date her she was beautiful but had a ugly attitude.