Chapter 13: A Break Well Deserved

Chimere’s P.O.V.

“Hurry up girls!” I told them as I waited by the bus. It was going to take us to Florida. From New York to Florida is a long ride so I came prepared. We were staying for a week and competing in a competition. Bethonia was the first to load the bus with her stuff.

“You know us white people always on time!” She joked as she got hit upside the head by Max.

“I don’t know what white people you been talking to because I stay running late,” she laughed as she got a seat. It would be hard to see some of these girls go considering they are all competing in this competition but we only have twelve final spots and nineteen girls left. We’ll do more cuts later in the season. I saw Blake walking to the bus and a smile graced my lips.

“You’re sitting by me?” I asked her when she got closer.

“Sure,” she smiled as she loaded the bus. Nae loaded the bus next and shot me an evil look.

“I don’t know what your problem is but I suggest you drop it because I already said if you bring drama to this team then you’re done,” I threatened her as she smacked her teeth.

“Whatever, I don’t even have a problem,” she walked onto the bus. Nicki and Cassie were the last of the girls to arrive and of course they argued on who could go on the bus first.

“Oh my god!” I snapped as Nicki finally made her way onto the bus. Cassie soon got on after and I finally spotted Drake and Shad. “I swear you guys take longer than girls,” I joked as we all loaded the bus. Of course Drake and Shad sat by each other as I made my way to sit by Blake. I noticed her and Nae were sitting on opposite sides of the bus; furthest away from each other. They must have gotten into a fight when I left.

Drake’s P.O.V.

I had my head glued to my phone the entire time. I was shocked Shad hadn’t noticed but when I looked over, he had his head glued to his phone too. I guess everyone was bored. Nicki and I were talking about last night. We messed around a bit but all I did was please her.

Drizzy: So last night wasn’t too much for you?

Onika: No, I loved last night. It was romantic.

Drizzy: So what you’re saying is we can do that again?

Onika: Definitely ;) You’re tongue works like magic

Drizzy: I got something else that can work like magic

Onika: Lol stop! You know these hoes are back here talking about you.

Drizzy: Naw, what are they saying?

Onika: They’re saying how sexy you are. I’m tempted to smack the life out of them.

Drizzy: Jealousy is sexy on you

Onika: ;)

Drizzy: Is My sleeping?

Onika: Yeah, I think she’s drooling on my shirt -______-

Drizzy: Suck it up mommy

Onika: Whatever you say Papi

Drizzy: We’re done here

Onika: Aww is little Drizzy getting hard?

Drizzy: Ain’t nothing little on me.

Onika: Trust me I know

I feel like we’re in for a long bus ride

Blake’s P.O.V.

“So whose you’re favorite band?” Coach Chimere asked me.

“You probably don’t know them,” I shrugged.

“Try me,” she had a slight smirk on her face.

“The Blake Veil Brides,” I said and looked over at her.

“I love them! In The End is my favorite song!” She exclaimed.

“I love that song!” I laughed as we talked more. It turns out that we have a lot in common.

“Don’t tell the other girls this but you can call me Chimere. I actually hate being called Coach Chimere. It makes me feel old. I just got out of college this summer,” she playfully pouted.

“Wow, you’re really young,” I told her.

“Shad, Drake, and I all are. We just wanted respect so we were extra hard on you guys. Except Shad, he’s a little teddy bear,” she teased.

“So Chimere, why did you decide to coach this dance team?” I locked eyes with her as she playfully giggled.

“Secret?” She looked over at me and I nodded. “Drake practically begged me to help you guys so he could have a girl influence on you guys,” she shrugged.

“Really?” I was shocked because Coach Graham didn’t seem like the type to beg.  She nodded as we went on talking about more things. Time had passed and she fell asleep. I was going to fall asleep but I decided to text Nae.

Blakey: Are you still mad at me?

NaeBear: I’m surprised you noticed. Seems like you’re having a blast with your new BFF

Blakey: You know that’s not true. Is that why you’re mad? You’re scared she’ll replace you?

NaeBear: In a way yeah. I mean look at the position I caught you guys in the other day. It seems like you’re pretty close if you ask me.

Blakey: She was telling me to push off with my hips. That’s the only reasons her hands were there. She was showing me how to do that.

NaeBear: Oh, well now I feel bad

Blakey: Don’t, I would hate it if someone waltz in and seemed like she was trying to steal my best friend away from me.

NaeBear: Besties again?

Blakey: Besties again :)

Cassie’s P.O.V.

Shad: You okay back there?

Casandra: Yeah, I was feeling worse earlier. I think my car sickness has died down

Shad: Well good because I don’t like seeing you sick

Casandra: Aww aren’t you sweet?

Shad: So for Florida, you gonna stay a night in my room?

Casandra: Am I aloud? I mean you are a boy and boys have cooties.

Shad: I’m a man baby and I’m the coach. I can do whatever the hell I want and get away with it but I think you should just have one of your friends cover for you for that night. All I’m asking for is a night alone with you Cass

Casandra: Okay :)

“Cassie!” I heard CeeJay call my name.

“Huh?” I finally looked up from my phone to find my whole crew staring at me.

“What are y’all looking at?” I scrunched my eyebrows up in confusion.

“You were just all up in your phone and smiling like an idiot,” Hale joked.

“Girl, please,” I dismissed her.

“Who were you texting?” Jaycee asked.

“No one,” I shifted my eyes back to my phone. I felt someone staring at me so I looked up. I expected it to be my girls but I looked over and saw Mylan staring at me curiously. Nicki was staring at her phone and My was laying across her lap as she rubbed her back.

“Hi Cassie!” She waved at me. All my girls shot me confusing looks but I ignored them.

“Hi My,” I waved back at her. Nicki’s head snapped over at me as soon as I finished my sentence. We shared a look which wasn’t a mean one. I guess it was both of us remembering the times we’ve spent together. She was my best friend but I don’t think I’ll ever forgive her for what she did.

Nicki’s P.O.V.

We finally stopped for the night and checked into a hotel. I was rooming with Blake and Nae while Nia was rooming with Carmel and Yana. We got up to the rooms and saw only two beds. I sat My on a bed and got her stuff in the room.

“Mommy?” She called out to me.

“Yes baby?” I turned to her.

“I’m hungry,” she rubbed her belly. As soon as she finished her sentence, there was a knock on the door. Blake opened it and called for me. I picked up My and walked to the door. Drake was standing there waiting.

“What are you doing here?” I questioned him as I looked around to make sure no one was around.

“I wanna take you and My out to Dinner,” he explained.

“Won’t someone see us?” I didn’t want to get in trouble.

“I told them I was taking you guys to the store to get My some medicine. She has a cold,” he smirked.

“And that shouldn’t take long,” I was confused.

“Nicki, the nearest store is an hour away from here,” he smiled. I returned his smile and threw a peace sign at my girls. We walked out the hotel and into a rental car.

“Where are we going?” I asked him.

“Just sit back and see,” he pulled off after securing My in the backseat. Driving with Aubrey was relaxing. My fell asleep somewhere along the ride but Drake and I were wide awake. We were going back and forth with questions. “When did you have you first kiss?” He asked me.

“You’re gonna laugh,” I playfully pouted.

“I promise,” he seemed sincere but I knew better.

“I had my first kiss when I was fifteen and it practically didn’t even count,” I mumbled. He started laughing and I hit his arm.

“You’re gonna make me crash this car!” He laughed but was slowly calming down.

“When did you have yours?” I was curious.

“When I was five with my babysitter,” he smirked.

“FIVE!?” I practically yelled but calmed down so I wouldn’t wake My.

“Yep I was a player,” he gloated.

“You’re babysitter was a hoe,” I smacked my lips.

“One of the best kinds,” he joked as we pulled up to a restaurant. We ate and then went on a nice stroll.

“Mommy my feet hurt,” Mylan complained softly.

“Want me to carry you?” Drake offered.

“Yes!” Mylan exclaimed as Drake picked her up and started carrying her.

“My, what do you say?” I looked over at her.

“Thank you Brey!” She smiled as we continued our stroll.

“So what time do we have to get back?” I asked him. He was about to answer but something caught his attention.

“Aubrey?” A woman called out to him.

“Uh hey Nebby,” Drake rubbed the back of his neck. I noticed he did that a lot when he gets nervous.

“Hey, what are you doing in Florida?” She locked eyes with him. She completely ignored Mylan and me.

“My dance team has a competition down here,” he explained.

“Oh I heard that you, Shad, and Chimere were gonna knock the girl’s team into shape,” she joked. I finally had enough and cleared my throat.

“Oh Nebby this is Nicki one of my dancers and this is her sister Mylan,” he introduced us.

“Oh I’m sorry, I barely noticed you. Why are you walking around with one of your dancers?” She raised an eyebrow at him while I fought the urge to roll my eyes.

“Her sister is sick so I’m taking her to the store to find some medicine,” he lied perfectly. She observed My and took noticed that she did look sick but she always looks sick when she’s tired.

“Oh well it was nice seeing you around Aubs. We definitely need to catch up,” she smiled at him.

“Yeah, it was nice seeing you to Nebb,” he returned the smile as she walked away. I rolled my eyes and quickened my walking speed. “Hey Nic, wait up!” He called out to me.

Drake’s P.O.V.

“What’s up with you?” I asked Nicki when I finally caught up to her.

“Nothing,” she huffed as we started to walk back to the car. I placed My in the backseat and closed the door. I turned Nicki around before she could get into the car. She huffed as I had a tight grip on her waist. “What’s wrong?” I whispered and she looked at me almost in shock.

“You honestly can’t tell?” She was blinking back her tears.

“No, I wanna know what I did,” I pulled her closer. She tried to push me away but I wouldn’t let up.

“She was flirting with you right in front of my face and you basically ignored me,” she snapped at me.

“She wasn’t flirting with me at all. I didn’t mean to ignore you but I was in shock from seeing her. I haven’t seen her in years,” I explained.

“Who is she Aubrey?” She demanded to know.

“No one important,” I lied as I tried to calm her down.

“She’s obviously important if she calls you Aubrey. Now I’m going to ask you one more time. Who is she Aubrey?” She asked through clenched teeth.

“She’s my ex. We ended pretty badly but it was one of those young and dumb kinds of things. We weren’t really serious well at least she wasn’t because she ended up cheating on me with one of my best friends. She admitted that she had been cheating the whole time and it practically broke my heart. We met up a couple of years later and started to be friends again. That’s all we are. I promise you baby,” I pecked her lips as I reassured her.

“One more thing we need to make sure that’s clear,” she said.

“What?” I looked at her and she looked sternly at me.

“Mylan is my daughter, not my sister. I don’t care what kind of looks I get because I’m young. I did what I had to do for her and I’m proud of myself. I will not let you or anyone else ever downgrade me to feel like I shouldn’t be proud to call that little girl in this car my daughter,” she went off at me.

“I’m so sorry. I didn’t even think when I said that. You know I would never do something like that intentionally. I love Mylan and I love you. I’m sorry,” I pulled her into a hug and she hugged me back. I pulled back and looked at her. “So are we good?” I cocked an eyebrow playfully.

“Just kiss me you fool,” she giggled as I pulled her into a kiss.

Sorry I'm so late at posting. I just got home because last night I saw Beyoncé and Jay Z. I think that's a pretty good excuse so...

Chapter 12: Go Where Life Takes You

Nicki’s P.O.V.

I held Mylan in my arms as I walked to Aubrey’s house. I knew I had to talk to him about this situation so I got up bright and early. Luckily today was Sunday so we didn’t have practice. I knocked on the door and waited for him to answer. I called him earlier so he knew I was coming. He opened the door and My bounced in my arms. “Brey!” She reached for him and he took her out of my arms.

“Hi beautiful,” he kissed her cheek and opened the door wider for me to enter. He closed the door and wrapped his free arm around me. “Hey,” he said as we released from our embrace.

“Hey,” I smiled as he put My on her feet. She instantly took off her shoes and went over to the TV. Okay, so we’ve been here a couple of times.

“I’ve missed you,” he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me close.

“Is that so?” I smirked as he kissed my neck.

“Yep, ever since our last encounter,” he winked at me as my face went red.

“Hey, I stayed quiet!” I hit him playfully.

“If that’s what you want to think,” we laughed as the memories of our last encounter flooded our minds. “I like your hair like this,” he licked his lips as he eyed me. I forgot he never saw me with my hair down. I usually have it in a ponytail for dance.

“We need to talk,” I told him seriously. His face dropped as I saw slight nervousness flash across his eyes. “I’m not breaking up with you,” I giggled as I saw the worried look on his face go away.

“Oh thank god. You can’t say we need to talk to someone and not have them think that,” he shook his head at me.

“I meant we need to talk about the competition. My doesn’t want me to leave her and I need to go so I thought what if I brought her with me?” I silently begged him with my eyes.

“I think I can make an exception under one condition,” he smirked.

“And what would that be?” I asked as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

“You and My stay the night with me,” he whispered in my ear. I knew I would love to spend the night with him but I don’t think I’m ready to have sex right now.

“Aubrey,” I guess he noticed the slight fear in my voice.

“We don’t have to do anything. I just want to be able to wake up to you,” he looked me in my eyes.

“Okay,” I smiled as he pecked my lips.

Cassie’s P.O.V.

I opened my eyes and observed my surroundings. I noticed that this wasn’t my room. It wasn’t until I felt an arm tightening its grip around my waist when it dawned on me where I was. I tuned and faced him. “Good morning,” he said without opening his eyes.

“Good morning,” I smiled as he brought me closer to him. Shad took me back to his house yesterday and I spent the night. We didn’t do anything but it felt nice to just lay in his arms. It’s not like my parents will notice I didn’t come home anyway. He opened his eyes and we locked into a stare.

“You’re beautiful,” he pushed some of my hair away from my eyes. I blushed as he leaned down to pecked my lips. “What do you want to do today?” He asked me. A smirk slowly grew on my face.

“Can we go to our secret place,” I playfully pouted at him.

“You know I can’t say no to that face. Alright, let’s get ready,” he agreed as we got out of bed and went in the bathroom. I was in one of Shad’s shirts with no bra on underneath while he was just in his boxers. We brushed our teeth and Shad started the shower. “You gonna shower with me?” He asked as I shyly nodded my head. A smirk appeared on his face as he dropped his boxers. My mouth dropped as he walked over to me and lifted up my shirt and dropped my underwear. He pulled me into a passionate kiss and picked me up. We went into the shower where our day had only begun.

Drake’s P.O.V.

I stared down at Nicki as Mylan rested on the foot of the bed. “I wish it could always be like this,” she mumbled as she drew circles on my chest.

“Like what?” I asked as she looked up.

“Like nothing else in the world matter but you and My,” she smiled slightly.

“I don’t know about the rest of the days but today is all about you and My,” I pecked her lips and told her to get up.

“Where are we going?” She got up and rubbed Mylan’s back gently.

“It’s a surprise,” I smiled.  My stretched and look around at us.

“Get up baby. We’re going somewhere,” she told her.

“Where are we going mommy?” My asked Nicki.

“Aubrey said it’s a surprise,” she smiled as My’s eyes lit up. She jumped up and ran over to me.

“Brey, can you please tell me?” She did a slight pout.

“Sorry baby girl, you’ll just have to wait and see,” I picked her up and kissed her cheek.

“Fine,” she sighed as she poked at my cheeks. Just wait till they see this.

Blake’s P.O.V.

I grabbed my gym bag as I walked out my house. I was heading for the neighborhood gym to work on my dancing. Even though Nicki says I’m fine, I think I have so much room to improve. The gym was only a couple blocks away so I just walked. My phone rung and I saw that Nae was calling. “You’re live,” I answered with my signature style.

“Haha you’re such a dork Blake. Whatcha doing?” She asked.

“I’m walking to the gym. I wanna work on some dance moves,” I explained.

“Ooh can I come?” I could imagine her batting her eyelashes.

“If you can get your butt out of bed,” I laughed.

“Alright, see you in a few,” she said as we hung up. I walked into the gym and went to one of the smaller rooms. No one was in there so I plugged up my IPod and played Mine. I loved dancing by myself because I could get lost in the music. I could feel someone staring at me and I figured it was just Nae so I kept going. When the song finished I finally stopped dancing. I have yet to turn around so when a voice sung out it scared me.

“Not bad, tighten up on you shifts and improve you back positions and you would be incredible,” someone said and I finally turned around. I was shocked to see Coach Chimere standing there.

“Have you been there the whole time?” I asked.

“Naw but I saw enough,” she pushed up off the wall and walked over to me.

“Oh,” I said quietly as she finally got in front of me.

“What are you doing here? Don’t you have the day off?” She questioned me.

“I wanted to practice some and the gym is down the block from my house so it wasn’t far,” I shrugged.

“You live around here?” She scrunched up her eyebrows while looking at me confused.

“Yep,” I said.

“Isn’t this a little far? I live out here and it’s thirty minutes away from your school. Shouldn’t you be going to Jefferson?” She locked eyes with me. I shifted my eyes fast and tuck some hair behind my ear.

“Yeah but Nicki drives and she went to Lenore so when I moved here, I just joined her,” I told her.

“Get back in position,” she ordered me as she put the song back on. I danced to the song again but at points in the song she would be behind me and support my back or make me tighten up on some movements. At one point she held my waist firmly in her grasp ad made me look in the mirror. The song was still playing softly in the background as she tilted my head up.

“You need to look confident. If you seem confident in what you do then you automatically pass. Confidence is pure bullshit and you need to know how to bullshit your way through this. You’re a great dancer but you lack confidence. Also move from your hips. You have hips so use them and with your head tilted slightly up, you look confident,” she explained as I viewed all the things she was talking about. A throat was cleared from behind us and I saw Nae standing there looking at us. Coach Chimere’s hands were still on my waist and the music was still playing in the background. From the looks of things Nae didn’t look amused at all.

Nicki’s P.O.V.

“Where are you taking us Aubrey?” I asked him as he tightened my blindfold.

“Shh you see baby girl ain’t asking no questions,” he chuckled as he held My who also had a blindfold on. He walked us for what felt like miles but we finally reached our destination. “Alright, take off your blindfolds,” he instructed us. I hurried up and took mine off while he helped My take hers off.

“Oh my,” I put my hand over my mouth as I looked around. He walked us to a beach that had the perfect view of the city. There were candles lit up and a picnic basket lying on the grass.

“Cool!” My jumped out of Aubrey’s arms and went straight for the sand. I turned to him trying to blink back my tears.

“Come here,” he opened his arms and I walked into them. I held onto him as he kissed my forehead. “Why you crying?” He asked when he pulled back slightly.

“It’s just that no one has ever done something so nice for me,” I wiped my tears.

“Well get use to it. My mom raised a king who knows how to treat his queen,” he smiled as I stood on my toes and kissed him. He kissed me back and then pulled away. “Come on,” he grabbed my hand and brought me to the blanket on the sand.

“Come here My,” I called out to her as she walked over to us.

“What’s in here Brey?” She asked him.

“Your favorite,” he smirked as her eyes got big.

“Japanese food?” She started to get excited. He nodded and gave her a plate. My and I have had the weirdest obsession with Japanese food for the longest. I stared at Aubrey and imagined how lucky I was to have a guy like him in my life.

“I love you,” I just blurted it out randomly. He looked at me shocked.

“You what?” He seemed unsure if he heard me right.

“I said I love you Aubrey,” I smiled as more tears filled my eyes. Great, he was turning me into a cry baby.

“You do?” He questioned as he scooted closer to me. I nodded as he kissed me. Good thing My was too focused on her food to pay attention. I put my hand on his cheek and kissed him back. He deepened the kiss as we got lost in each other. I pulled away and wiped my lipstick off of his lips. “Say it again,” he smirked.

“I love you so much Aubrey,” I giggled.

“I love you too Onika,” he pecked my lips as we went back to eating.

Nae’s P.O.V.

Coach Chimere’s hands flew off of Blake as Blake walked over to turn the music off. “Oh don’t let me interrupt,” I said smartly. Coach Chimere cut her eyes at me as she turned to Blake.

“I’ll see you at practice and remember what I taught you,” she wiggled her finger at Blake.

“I promise,” she smiled as Coach Chimere left. I walked over to her to make my presence known.

“You know when you said that I could come, you didn’t mention there would be someone else,” I crossed my arms and raised an eyebrow at her.

“It really wasn’t what it looked like. She saw me dancing and decided to give me a few pointers. I didn’t know she would be here,” she quickly explained.

“Whatever,” I snapped as I dropped my dance bag down.

“Why do you even care so much?” She pressed me.

“I don’t,” I rolled my eyes as she put some more music on. I don’t even know why it angered me so much to see them together. Maybe I just don’t want her to get tired of me and find a new best friend.

Drake’s P.O.V.

We put Mylan in a room I had at my house for my nieces. She claimed she was a big girl and could sleep by herself but Nicki bets she’ll make her way into my room by the end of the night. We got in bed and laid down. She rubbed her hand up and down my arms as my body relaxed under her touch. “Drake?” She called out to me through the darkness.

“Yeah?” I responded with my eyes closed.

“Thank you,” was all she said.

“What are you thanking me for?” I asked as I looked over at her.

“For loving me,” she smiled as she rubbed my face.

“Thank you for loving me. I know I had a lot of bullshit with me being your coach and all but you stuck through and for that I need to thank you,” I pecked her lips. She pulled my head back and kissed me again. She deepened the kiss as I pulled her onto my lap. “I thought you didn’t wanna do anything?” I asked against her lips. She pecked mine again and smirked.

“Just because I don’t wanna have sex doesn’t mean we can’t do other things,” she slowly grinded against me. I groaned as she awakened my lower area. I quickly flipped us over and hovered over her.

“You gonna let me please you baby?” I whispered in her ear and I felt a shiver run down her body. She nodded slowly as she bit her lip. Oh what a night we had in store for us.

There's probably a lot of mistakes because I didn't get the chance to edit. I'm going to try and keep up with posting every Tuesday. I'm very unorganized so when I post it can be any time of the day on Tuesday. My passion for writing is really dying but I have a couple of more chapters that I already wrote so if I do decide to stop, there will be an ending.