"Okay, well give me your phone." He's cheesin right now, I wonder why.. He puts his number in my phone and I take my phone back and look at the contact. "🤭I look up and smile at him..."

As I look up and smile at him, he looks up and has his hand out with my Iphone in them. I grab it back and say..

"Thanks Jordan." I say while cheesin my face off.

"You're welcome Renee." Not surprisingly, he's also smilin. Our smilin contest ends as Professor Sanderlin walks in and introduces himself. Then he decides to do 'ice - breakers' which we allll know every teacher made us do when we came back from summer break. A few people go and it's finally Jordan's turn.

"Hi, I'm Jordan Poole and I play shooting guard for the school's mens basketball team." He says proudly. I nod my head at this. 'Oh he's a athlete?' 😋 It's suddenly my turn.

"Hi.. I'm Renee Powers and I plan to become a model by the end of my sophomore year." I say happily.

"Well that's interesting. Good luck on that." Professor Sanderlin says with a little bit of an attitude.

"Bitch..." I mumble under my breath as I roll my eyes.

We finally are almost done with the day ! I'm headin to last period with Jordan. Yes, we have every class together. So far, we've talked about how he got into basketball and his journey so far. We've also talked about how I got into modeling and what inspires me to keep going. So, so far has been great.

I love talkin to Jordan. He definitely makes me happy. I just met him today though. I think if we keep talking and get to know eachother I think maybe we can have something special. But the thing is, he a athlete and you know what they be saying about them.. Anyways, we've made it and I walk in first. We walk to seats in the back/middle so we can see better but also be in the back. You know?

Class starts and everyone is talking, like the earlier part of the day. Me and Jordan are just on our phones right now as I suddenly see a notification that Aaija texted me.

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girl imy wya ?🤨

🫶🏽😍i'm in last period with jordan. you at home alr ?

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yea i am. ooh you and jordan havin fun huh ? 😏

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omg. no we just chillin on our phones rn.

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oh really ? i thought y'all would be doin ice - breakers like you said you did in your recent period.

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nah this nigga on his phone too lol.

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ight then. well see you later lovebug.

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okay. see you later.

I finally hear that the bell ring. I say bye to Jordan and I head out to me and Aaija's car and I get in the passenger seat. I greet Aaija with a big smile on my face.

"Hey bestie !" I give her a hug across the center console.

"Hey pookie !" She hugs me back.

"How was YOUR day at school?" I ask her.

"Girl it was okay. Other than that I met this fine nigga named Justin. How was yours though ?"

"Oohhhh Aaija gotta boothangggg. It was good. Me and Jordan have the same classes together."

"I already know that nigga like you. Just by the way he was lookin at you when you was introducing me." She admits to me.

"OH YEAHHH.. I forgot to tell you that I got his number." I tell her happily.

"Girl WHAT? You pulling niggas in like 'Tug - O - War'." She says surprised.

"Girl I'm surprised he even gave it to me." I say.

"Mannn you got pull I'm not cappin forreal."

"Hmm I guess." I shrug.

So yeah I'm back. That story was a handfulllll. I'll definitely give you the actual juicy stuff tomorrow. As of right now, I'm headin to Woodlands Market to get groceries because I'm cooking Lamb Tacos. Yes, it might sounds gross. But trust me, this shit eats. Just like I do. 😋 Anyways.. I make it to the store and find an empty parking spot. I back in close to the store because I have hella stuff to get.

I go to the produce section and grab lettuce, green and red bell peppers, and cucumbers. I think a Chef Salad would go good with tacos. I walk to the meat section and grab a pack of lamb that I think would be good. I go to the cereal section and grab Fruit Loops and Lucky Charms. GOAT of cereals !! Argue with a wall, nasty ass Cheerios. I go grab some seasoning and boxes of Welch's Fruit Snacks. The reason I'm buyin all of this food is because Aaija lives with me !

Yes, she has a job in which she's on the cheer team for the Warriors. So we technically work together. We really stuck together for life ! I really needed to restock our fridge and pantry. We left Michigan and moved to San Fran because we got these job offers at the same time. I head to the register and put my items on the velcro belt. I decide to get my money ready for when the registar tells me the price.

"$30.78 is your total ma'am." He tells me respectfully.

"Thank you, have a good day !" I say once I pay.

"You too !" I push my cart to my car and start to put my bags in my car. As soon as I close the trunk someone calls my name out of nowhere.

"Aye Renee !!" It's a guy's voice. I turned around just to see my ex best friend/ex Jordan Anthony Poole walking towards me. I tried to act like I didn't hear him but it was no use. He was right in front of me by the time I thought about leaving.

"Hi..." I stutter out. He looks so much different. He has waves that look like they've been there for a month or 2. He's taller than before. He also looks WAYYY finer then the last time I've see him.

"Hey Renee.. How are you ?" He says like the last time we saw eachother was on good terms.

"Why are you talkin to me like I'm your best friend ? It's not 2018 Jordan, it's 2022" I say with a stank face.

"Oh I'm sorry, I recognized you and I thought that I could come up to you without any problems." He says sarcastically.

"Oh we have plenty of problems and you know that big head." I say about to leave.

"First of all, Ion have a big head thank you very much. Second of all, we don't even have that many problems. Chill." He says like he runs the place.

"How many problems do we have ?? Yeah crickets. Hella is the correct answer. You better get from behind my car before you won't have a basketball career anymore Anthony." I said with hella attitude. Why the hell he be thinking that Ima just listen to him and get down on my knees. Like what are you thinking in that big ass head of yours ? I look in my rearview mirror and see that he's gone. I take a deep breath and I back out the parking spot. I drive home and put everything away and just plop down on my bed thinking about what just occurred 15 minutes ago.

"Man I can never catch a break." I say while sighing. I undress and get my night clothes out. I turn on the water and wait until it's hot enough. I take a shower and just relax under the spout. I get out and dry off. Ima wait to brush my teeth because I'm finna cook. I walk to the kitchen and get my ingredients. I already know how to cook so I don't need the recipe. Just cook tacos just with lamb.

I finish the tacos and call Aaija to come eat. We fix our plates and say Grace then dig in. I suddenly just blurt out what happened at the grocery store.

"I saw Jordan at the grocery store.." I blurt out quick as hell.

"What?" She asks with a confused expression.

"I saw Jordan Poole at the grocery store like a hour ago." I say slowly.

"You serious ?"

"Yes."

"Damn.. What he say ?"

"He basically yelled out my name but I didn't know it was him. So I turned around and it was him in front of me."

"That's wilddd....." She said covering her mouth.

"That's what I said.." I mumble mid chew.

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jay's notes !

d y'all enjoyed this. i kno it's long, next chapter will be a bit short. i love y'all and stay safe !! 🫶🏾🫶🏾