😗sorry for any mistakes

Monday

"A date? You wanna take me on a date?" Sarai asked incredulously, looking into the camera, looking confused while they were on facetime as he brushed out his hair in his bathroom mirror.

Semaj softly chuckled, looking down at his phone, seeing her all up in the camera. "Yes, is that okay wit' you?" He asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Yes!" She instantly spoke, making him laugh a little.

"I just never been on a date and you caught me off guard. Where are we going? What should I wear? How much money should I bring?" She rambled on with questions with a big smile on her face, showing her silver color braces. At times he forgets she has braces because she just eats whatever she wants to and doesn't care what her orthodontist says.

He watched her stir whatever was in the blue plastic blow she was using. She had on her chef apron that she always wears when she is cooking. She always looked so adorable in it to him, he honestly loved watching her cook.

They were currently on Thanksgiving break. Today everyone was going over to Sarai's house for their Friendsgiving. They aren't able to spend thanksgiving day together because Rell was going to Ohio to visit his family on Wednesday. Everyone else was going to be with their family. Sarai was cooking the main entrances but not most of the things you would eat on Thanksgiving since she has to cook them for Thursday.

Everyone else was bringing some sides, desserts, and plastic utensils.

"Sunshine, I'm taking you on a date. You not payin' for anything'' He chuckled and shook his head "And jus' wear something nice, I can't tell you where." He said, looking at his hair first before putting his brush down.

"Oop, okayy big baller shot caller!" She stuck her tongue out, very hyped and moving her shoulders up and down"I can get a desert too wherever we go too?" She smirked, creepily wiggling her eyebrows.

Semaj laughed, turning the light off inside the bathroom and walking towards his bedroom "Yeah, under six dollars tho" He joked, walking inside his room.

Sarai gasped before laughing at him "I'll just bring my own dessert if that's the case Pooda" She giggled causing his heart to flutter at the sound. He was really in love, he didn't know if he should run or... run. It was scary but a good scary because it was with her.

"Okay, let me get back to cookin' because you're distracting me sir" She smiled and he put his phone on his bed then grabbed the graphic tee off his bed.

He mugged the phone "I'm a distraction? You mustn't love me nomo?" He questioned, taking the white beater he had on off. The line went silent, he looked down at the phone to see if the call disconnected.

He wouldn't be surprised if it did since they had been on the phone since last night when they fell asleep.

He saw Sarai's jaw drop, with her face all in camera, staring at him with no shirt on. Semaj snickered at her being stuck "You like what you see?" He smirked then flexed his muscles.

Sarai's eyes widened seeing she was caught "I-I. You–Uhh." She struggled to get her words out. She sighed "Something is wrong with my kitty again, I have to go. I love you, byee" She hung up the phone before he could even speak.

Semaj busted out laughing, he never noticed how funny she was. She just says whatever is in her head without thinking about it. She always had him cracking up every time she referred to her pussy as her "Kitty". He's never heard of that, he also noticed how innocent and clueless she was about a lot of sexual things.

He tried to explain what she feels in her 'kitty' was completely normal but he thinks he just confused her even more.

Semaj finished getting dressed, putting his graphic tee on. He already had on his fitted black Amiri jeans. He went to his closet, grabbing the clear box with his university blue dunk low. Instead of having different shoe boxes, he had all his shoes in clear shoe boxes and stacked color coded.

After putting his shoes on, he fixed the silver chain around his neck and sprayed his Dior cologne in his favorite spots. He grabbed his keys and phone from his bed and walked out of his room, closing it down behind him. He walked down the dark hall to his dad's room, knocked three times on the door, he waited for a reply.

"Come in!"

Semaj twisted the silver metal doorknob, walking inside the room. He saw Terrance sitting on the left side of his bed with a book in his hands "I'm about ta' head to Ray's house, I'll bring you a plate back" He informed him.

Terrance nodded then furrowed his eyebrows "Aight but why is Leelee not goin'?" He asked confused "What yall do to her, she ain' been hanging out wit' yall in a while," He said, putting his bookmark in his book and then closing it

Semaj sucked his teeth "That's her. Ask her why she cut Rell and JB off" He said.

It's been three weeks since Carmen stupidity cut off JB and Rell for her boyfriend. Semaj thought she would come to her senses by now and apologize but she hasn't. Instead, she just distances herself from the group and does not chill with them anymore. She still hung out with Sarai and Maddison but when it came to them hanging out as a group, she didn't come.

Semaj tried to talk some sense into her but that only led to them arguing. Now she wasn't currently talking to him unless she had to.

Semaj didn't care, he thought she was being very stupid. She tried to use the excuse of knowing her boyfriend before she knew Rell and JB. It wasn't true in Semaj's opinion, even though she, JB, and Rell all weren't close as kids, she still knew them. And even if she knew her boyfriend first, she let him control her and make her lose good friendships that are strictly platonic.

Terrance jerked his head back some with his face scrunched up "Cut them off? LEELEE! Come here!" He shouted out. Semaj walked fully into the bedroom and sat at the bottom of the bed. He wanted to hear this.

After a few minutes, Carmen came into his room. She pinched her eyebrows downwards, looking between her uncle and cousin "Sir?" She asked, walking into the room and standing at the bottom of the bed.

"Why you stop being friends wit' Rell and JB?" He asked confusedly.

Carmen sent a hard glare at Semaj "Why you tellin' my business?" She rolled her eyes.

"I didn't have to tell him foreal. He noticed your stupidity on his own" He shrugged his shoulders carelessly.

"Don't start arguing and shi' in hea'," Terrance warned them, eyeing the both of them. "Now, why did you cut them off? What did they do?" He questioned.

Carmen lowly huffed "Because my boyfriend is uncomfortable wit' me being around them all the time. And I told him if I had to cut them off then he had to cut his female friends off and he did. So I did the same," She explained, shrugging her shoulders carelessly. Semaj just shook his head while Terrance started laughing.

"Nah, what's the real reason? That can't be it " Terrance chuckled "You talkin' about the same boyfriend you are arguing with over the phone every other day?" He asked, still laughing a little.

"Yep, jus' dumb" Semaj shook his head in disappointment.

"She ain' dumb. She is lyin' tho," Terrance stated, shaking his head, and making Semaj frown. He looked back at his dad in confusion then looked at Carmen who was frowning at Terrance as well.

"I'm not lying," She said.

"Yes, you are. I don't kno' how many times I have to tell y'all, you don't have to lie to me and you can't lie to me." Terrance shook his head "Now tell the truth, why did you really do it? It's not because he asked you to. You smarter than that, you would've told him you did just like he lied to you and continued yalls friendship" He raised his eyebrow.

Semaj looked at Carmen, waiting for an answer. He wondered why she didn't just lie. It wasn't like he would know because they were in different states.

Carmen's eyes started watering "I–I jus' trying to protect you and Maj " Her voice cracked, confusing Semaj. "Protect us from what?" He asked, watching the tear slip from her eye.

"M-My mom is looking for me back in Alabama. He told me he didn't like me talking to them but I said I don't care. He said if I didn't stop being friends with them and if he heard me hanging out wit' them then he would tell her. I couldn't lie because he calls me all the time now. I'm still seventeen, she still has legal rights over me and yall could get in trouble if she takes it to the police like we know she will" She broke down in tears. Semaj sighed and hugged her.

"You could've told me, Lee, '' Semaj stressed. He honestly forgot about her mom. She definitely would tell the police they kidnapped her or something.

"I'm sorry, I jus' didn't want y'all to get in trouble for having me here" She cried in his chest, Semaj rubbed her back to calm her down. "I–I was jus' goin' to wait until my birthday so he couldn't blackmail me anymore, I didn't mean to hurt Jb and Rell's feelings, I was jus scared. '' She explained to him.

He nodded, understanding. He knew Rell and JB would understand too.

"Nothin' is goin' to happen to us, Lee. I dont want you worrying about yo' mom or that bitch ass nigga. Ima handle it" Terrance spoke seriously and Semaj looked about at his dad. He could see him fuming at the moment, something he hasn't seen in years. He wondered how he was going to handle it but chose not to ask any questions yet.

"You go makeup wit' your friends, I got this, your mom can't take you back either but don't worry about it" He added and opened his arms out. Carmen moved from Semaj's chest and walked up to the top of the bed "It's gonna be aight" he assured her as they hugged.

"Jus' go make it right wit' your friends"

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"Damn, how old is this nigga? Is he still blackmailing people to be his girlfriend at his big ole age?" Lorenzo–Maddison's boyfriend blurted after Carmen explained what have been going on with her.

Semaj sucked his teeth "Who invited this nigga?" He joked, jerking his thumb over to Lorenzo. This was the first time coming to something for the group, everyone already knew him because he played on the basketball team last year. He was on break so they thought why not invite him and he was going to be hanging with the group once they got to NCAT.

"You still mad I crossed you up, that was a year ago man. Let it go" Renzo teased, Semaj sucked his teeth again. "You ain' cross shit up nigga" Semaj laughed. They were also the best on the team so they always were very competitive when they were around each other.

"Can yall both hush? We're havin' a moment" Sarai rolled her eyes at the two.

They both mugged her "You shut up " They both said.

"Yall both can get up outta my house, how about that" She raised her eyebrow with her head tilted to the side. They both went quiet, they had not eaten yet so they were going to shut up.

"We sorry" Semaj chuckled, wrapping his arms around her waist since she was sitting all the way in his lap. She did it one time, now it's her favorite place to sit when they are together. She hummed in response and they tuned back into the conversation.

"I'm really sorry, I thought I was protecting my uncle and cousin" Carmen hugged Rell who was sitting next to her. "You could've told us Leelee, we would have taken a trip to beat his ass" He chuckled.

"I kno'. Are we cool tho?" She asked, giving him puppy eyes. He laughed and nodded "Yeah we straight. Let's just not let it happen again."

Everyone looked at JB, waiting for him to say something since he hasn't. Which shocked everyone that he hasn't spoken yet since the conversation started. "Come on bro, she was being blackmailed and protecting her family" Rell reasoned with him.

Although JB was always goofing around, he had a very nonchalant side to him. It only came out when his feelings were hurt about something. He only calls everyone in their circle his family since he didn't have the best relationship with his blood relatives.

JB stared at Carmen for a second "We gotta fight it out first pookie. You hurt my feelings real bad" He dramatically rolled his eyes, making everybody laugh.

"You're so sassy, I'll beat yo' ass anyways" She playfully bucked at him but he jumped.

"I cannot stand you water bugs, always think someone scared of yall fishy smelling ass." He grumbled and like old times, they were arguing again.

"Well...I'm about to roll up while yall do that" Rell shook his head, grabbing the book bag that was on the floor next to his feet. "Are you still seein' your girlfriend when you go Ohio?" Maddison asked Rell as he pulled out his weed tray.

"Nah, we broke up. You late" He chuckled, catching the small zipped bag of weed that Lorenzo tossed to him. Sarai and Maddison both frowned "Broke up? Since when?" Sarai asked, last she heard, he and Neveah were good. She thought he was happy to go visit his family in Ohio because she lived there too.

"Like a month or two ago. I didn't want the relationship anymore but we are still cool. Long distance jus' ain' fa' me." He shrugged carelessly, opening the bag of weed. Sarai turned around to look at Semaj who was just chuckling under his breath.

He felt like Rell was lying about long-distance not being for him. He and his ex were together for a year and doing fine. He thinks Rell probably just wanted to be a hoe now and just used the excuse of long-distance not working.

He wondered what was going to happen between them once they got to college because Neveah was still coming to NCAT.

"Can you help me set the table please?" Sarai asked as she stood up from his lap. Nodding his head, Semaj stood up from the chair. He followed her out of the room, he took small glances at her butt. He never noticed before but she had a little something in the back, it was showing more in the light brown catsuit she had on.

Semaj frowned when he saw the table already set up with plates and utensils "What did you–" He was cut off by Sarai standing on her tippy toes, wrapping her arms around his neck and pressing their lips together. It caught him off guard but he wasted no time falling into the slow kiss.

Her nail softly scratched the back of his neck, causing goosebumps to grow on his skin. Nibbling on her bottom lip a bit, Sarai gave him access to her mouth. They haven't tongue kissed yet so he wanted to see how it would go now. He took the lead since he could tell she didn't know what she was doing.

He moved his hands from her hips, down to her ass cheeks. He gave them both a firm grip and squeeze, and Sarai softly moaned into the kiss. They continued before Semaj pulled away, knowing he would take it further than he needed to.

"Wheew" She giggles, wiping the lip gloss from his lip.

Semaj stared down at her, she glanced up, catching his intense stare down. Her face started to turn red from blushing so hard. "What are you being shy for? Actin' like you ain' ask me to come in here just to kiss on me" He teased, gripping her booty again. He liked this.

"Something wrong wit' your kitty?" He questioned with a fake pout on his face. Sarai sighed, lifting her head from his chest "Yes, it feels like it has a heartbeat or something" She shrugged, then smiled looking up at him still with her arms wrapped around his neck.

His eyes widened before he busted out laughing at how transparent she was. He knew for a fact if she understood what she was saying or what it meant, she would be so embarrassed.

"I missed you, and I didn't want to kiss you in front of Rell or JB anymore or they were goin' to start throwing up again" She chuckled and he did the same. "No more going 24 hours without seeing me again. " She frowned.

"I jus' saw you on Friday Ray" He looked at her funnily.

"My point exactly. It's Monday. That's a problem sir" She mugged him and then rolled her eyes at him.

He just chuckled, he didn't know how not seeing each other this weekend is his fault when she's been the one at work since Friday from open to close. And the day they could see each other, he had gone to his dad's dealership to work for a few hours. When he had free time he would work, he was saving up his money for college so he could have something because apparently, you needed money in college.

Semaj hummed and leaned down to her neck. His hands moved in a circle on her ass while he softly kissed her neck. "Oh, t-this feels nice" Sarai spoke lowly after she started gently sucking on her neck, leaving a little hickey.

"OH MY GOD! EWWW! Stop it please, not my baby sister" The heard, Sarai immediately pushed him away from her. Semaj blew a breath of frustration out through his nose, mugging JB who looked as if he was about to cry.

"I'm gonna be sick" Rell shook his head in disgust, walking past JB who was sobbing to Carmen who was just shaking her head at him.

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Tuesday

🎶 You bitches thought it was over

It ain't never over, ho🎶

"I hate the bitch, everytime I see her I'ma shank that bitch, AH–AH!" Sarai sang along to Bedtime by Flo Milli which played from her tv in her room. She stood in her bathroom in front of her mirror, flat ironing her hair.

This was probably the second time she flat ironed her hair. Today was her date with Semaj and she was very nervous. She had her outfit already picked out along with the heels, she hoped it was cute enough. She spends hours on the phone with Maddison and Carmen, trying to pick it out.

This was her first ever date and she was happy about it. She still didn't know what they were doing or where they were going.