Chapter 30: Too Close For Comfort

Nicki’s P.O.V.

I woke up on Tyler’s chest and smiled. “You up?” He asked with his eyes closed. That scared the life out of me; why don’t people give warnings to people?

“Yeah,” I said softly before sitting up. “Thanks for letting us crash here and letting me sleep with you. Sorry if I made you uncomfortable,” I apologized. I knew being in his bed with his shirt on was uncomfortable.

“Come on Nic, we’ve known each other since high school. We both know I would fuck you in a heartbeat,” he smiled at me. It was silent for a minute before we busted out laughing.

“I’m sure Eric wouldn’t like that,” I smirked. Eric was his boyfriend since high school and they both were like big brothers to me.

“You know I don’t fuck with your kind anyway,” he grinned before going to the bathroom. All of us got ready and said bye to Tyler.

“Bye Tyler!” My hugged him before we left. As we drove, Blake was thinking too hard.

“I’m dropping you off by Nae,” I told her. I knew if I didn’t, she would avoid this for as long as she could.

“No! Don’t do that!” She exclaimed. She needed to tell her before Nae finds out herself.

“You need to tell her,” I glanced at her. Blake ran her fingers through her hair before nodded.

“I know,” she sighed before laying back. She needed to talk to Nae and I needed to talk to Aubrey.

“Tell me this though, did you like it?” I asked as we drove. I wondered if Mere just kissed her or did Blake kiss her back.

“I didn’t only like it, I kissed her back! What am I gonna do!?” She threw her head back.

“I don’t know what to tell you Blake. I just know that there’s one of them who brings out the best in you. I’m not gonna tell you which because that’s for you figure out,” I shot her a small smile before it got silent again. I dropped her off and then went to Drake’s house. I walked in and told My to go to her room. As I walked to Aubrey’s room, something seemed off. I opened his door to find him passed out with a bottle of pills next to him. I rolled my eyes before getting some ice water and throwing it on him.

“Shit!” He shot up and looked at me. He looked mad until he saw me then he perked up.

“Morning,” I said sarcastically. He took those pills even after he saw how upset I got?

“You’re back!?” He smiled hopefully. I rolled my eyes at him before answering.

“Not if this is what I have to deal with every morning,” I’m not going through this for anyone. Pills are so uncomfortable for me and a shaky topic.

“I just don’t want to lose you and I guess I just pushed you away in fear,” he mumbled. I climbed on his lap and made him look at me.

“You’re not going to lose me,” I peck his lips and smiled slightly He returned it before kissing me. “But you are going to lose those pills,” I grabbed the bottle and got up. I threw them in the toilet and looked at him. “Where are the others?” I raised an eyebrow; daring him to lie to me. He walked into the closet and came out with three more bottles.

“If getting rid of the pills gets you and My back, I’ll do it in a heartbeat. I can’t lose you,” he hugged me.

“Like I said, I’m not going anywhere. I love you too much,” I kissed him. I’ve missed him so much and it has only been a day.

“I love you too,” he kissed me back and sat me on the counter. He wants to get me started and I don’t mind.

“You know what I’ve missed more than you?” I said as he kissed on my neck. I leaned to the side to give him more access. He knows my shot like the back of his hand.

“What?” He asked as he started to suck on my spot.

“The D,” I smirked as I gripped him through his shorts. He groaned and then shot me a look; I smirked knowing what that look meant.

“Shit Nic,” he tossed me over his shoulder; locked the door before tossing me on the bed. He climbed on top of me and kissed me. “You bout to get this D though,” he stated before giving me exactly what I was missing.

 

Blake’s P.O.V.

“Okay so it was an accident. She slipped and her lips ended up on mine,” I mumbled to myself outside of Nae’s house. I can’t work up the nerve to knock. I got a text from Nic and she said to tell the truth; I know Nae is gonna kill me for this. I knocked on the door. Her sister let me in and I walked to Nae’s room. I opened the door to find her spread out across her bed with headphones on. I took them off and she finally looked up.

“Hey baby,” she pecked my lips. That just made me feel worse. She didn’t deserve this and I still can’t believe I let Mere do that.

“I need to tell you something,” I played with my fingers as I sat on the edge of her bed. She could sense something was wrong so she gave me all of her attention.

“What’s wrong?” She sat up and looked at me. I took a deep breath but couldn’t get the words out of my mouth.

“You’re gonna be mad but it was a mistake. I’ll understand if you never want to talk to me again but I can’t lie to you. I love you too much to do that to you,” I rambled. I took a deep breath before continuing. “Mere was really drunk last night and sh-she,” I couldn’t finish my sentence.

“She what?” Nae narrowed her eyes at me. She immediately tensed up and moved away from me.

“She kissed me,” I mumbled. She sighed as she placed her head in her hands.

“Did you kiss her back?” Nae asked without looking up. I didn’t want to tell her that I did, that just makes everything worse.

“It doesn’t matter,” I said as my voice cracked. Nae looked up at me in tears.

“It does to me,” she cut her eyes at me. I nodded and she got up quickly.

“It was a mistake!” I pleaded to her but she was pacing in her room.

“I told you that this shit was gonna happen! I told you and you told me to trust you! The one time I trust you, you do shit like this!?” She yelled at me.

“I’m sorry,” I cried as she continued to yell at me. She noticed my tears before letting out another sigh and sitting down next to me.

“I have three rules,” she stated while staring at me.

“I’ll do anything,” I looked at her. I was willing to do anything for her to not be mad at me.

“First you are going to move out of her house and move back into yours. Then you are going to cut off all connections with her. Finally, you are going to stop dressing with your butt hanging out and your boobs in everyone’s face,” she told me. I nodded and agreed to everything. “It was a mistake?” She looked at me cautiously.

“Yes, I felt bad for her and it just got me emotional. I don’t even know what to think anymore. It’s like I don’t even know me anymore,” I sobbed. She pulled me into a hug and rubbed my back.

“This better not happen again,” she said firmly. I nodded before she let out a small smile. “Come here,” she pulled my chin to her and kissed me.

 

Drake’s P.O.V.

I sat down in kitchen with my sister, Kolbie, and James. There was so much tension.

“How could your bitch ass keep my daughter from me!?” He yelled at her.

“Cause your head is always so far stuck up your ass that you only think about yourself!” She snapped back.

“Of course I wouldn’t care about a whore like you! How do I even know that’s my kid!? You sure get around,” he sat back and smirked.

“If anyone is a whore, it’s you! You damn well know you were my one and only!” She stood up and yelled.

“So you ain’t have any other nigga that wanted to fuck you? I told your ugly ass,” he laughed.

“This is exactly why I kept my daughter from you negro! You only care about your fucking self! You would make a horrible parent so don’t worry about it. I got a real man who’s taking care of us. She even calls him daddy; ain’t that cute,” Kolbie now wore a smirk on her face.

“You bitch!”

“You dick!”

“You ugly ass hoe!”

“You ungrateful negro!”

“You-,” James started but I cut him off.

“Great parenting guys,” I said sarcastically.

“Man y’all must really love each other,” Jhene smiled. They both snapped their head at her confused. “Y’all have so much anger built in which mean y’all care about each other. You can admit it or not but I know it. There’s also a lot of sexual tension so girl you might wanna get the D,” she laughed.

“Why don’t y’all go to your room and have a civil conversation,” I told them. They both walked upstairs still cursing each other out. We heard a lot of yelling for a couple minutes before we heard a big bang.

“Should we worried?” Jhene got out of her seat. I grabbed her arm and silenced her. We soon heard the bed squeak and loud moans.

“Told you,” I laughed.

 

Nicki’s P.O.V.

           

I came home after driving My to school and it was silent. I walked upstairs and saw Aubrey passed out. I smirked and climbed on top of him. I started to suck on his neck leaving my mark.

“Damn ma,” he let out as he gripped my ass. I started to grind against him as I felt him grow. It seems like ever since we had sex, I’ve become obsessed with having sex. Drake isn’t complaining though.

“I wanna learn how to ride,” I whispered against his ear. He immediately went rock hard and I held my laugh in.

“You’re such a low-key freak,” he said as I gripped him.  I was a freak but shit I wanted to try everything with him.

“You like it though,” I smirked.

“I love it,” he smiled before tossing me on the bed.

~

            I was sitting on My’s bed currently playing dolls with her. “Mommy?” She put down her dolls and looked at me.

“Yeah?” I rubbed her hair. I always loved her curly hair because it reminded me of Mom.

“Why do I have to be so dark?” She asked. I snapped my head towards her quickly

“You mean by your skin color?” I scrunched my face up. She nodded before sighing.

“Everyone at my school says I should bleach my skin to get lighter. What’s bleach?” She questioned. I knew I should have sent her to a more black school but they weren’t safe.

“It’s something you shouldn’t touch. Don’t listen to those kids at school; being black is beautiful. You have black in you and island. How many people can say that?” I smirked at her.

“No one I know,” she perked up. I laughed a little at her getting excited.

“That means you’re special,” I tickled her stomach. She laughed and begged me to stop.

“So yell that you’re black and you’re proud,” I told her.

“I’m black and I’m proud!” She shouted.

~

We were at practice and Mere was running late. I wonder what’s wrong while I shot a look at Blake. She kept checking the door to see if she was coming. It seemed like she made up with Nae.

 “So how are you two?” I asked them when I walked over.

“We’re good,” Nae said as she wrapped her arm around Blake’s waist. I smiled before turning towards the door. Mere walked in with a tired expression; she’s not dressed in her usual workout clothes. She has on her normal sexy clothes with heels. How is she going to teach us with heels? She walked towards Aubrey and Shad and they had a conversation. They pulled her into Aubrey’s office in a hurry. Looking back at Blake, I wanted to see if she knew anything but she seemed just as lost as me.

  

Chimere’s P.O.V.

“What are you doing?” Aubrey asked me once we reached his office. I handed him all the coaching supplies I had and sighed.

“I quit Aubrey,” I stated. I can’t deal with this anymore and the only way I can do that is to quit. I thought all night about this but it’s the right decision.

“What do you mean?” Shad snapped at me. I knew they would get mad but I didn’t care right now. It’s already done and I’m done.

“Guys, I’m done with this. I thought I could handle it but I truly can’t. I need to get out of this environment and do something else. I’m mentally not in a good place,” I explained.

“But we need you Mere,” Shad pleaded. They didn’t need me; they have enough coaching abilities to go on without me.

“This is about Blake ain’t it?” Aubrey questioned me. He always knew everything but he didn’t know just how deep.

“Ain’t it always?” I raised an eyebrow. She’s always on my mind and I can’t deal with her anymore at all.

“You can’t quit because of her,” he begged me.

“It’s not just because of her; I can’t handle being around her in general. I have to remove myself from her; I also need to get in a better mindset. I have to find myself again; I’m driving myself insane. You know a couple of days ago, I cried. When do I fucking cry!?” I admitted.

“We’re gonna miss you,” Aubrey said as he pulled me into a hug. Shad joined in as we said goodbye. These guys were like my brothers.

“Are you gonna stay at your house?” Shad wanted to know. It’s not like I’m moving, I just quit coaching this team.

“I’m not moving but you won’t see me as often. I just need a break for now. Make sure you guys kill this season,” I smiled small before walking out of the office. I stood in front of all the girls and avoided Blake’s gaze at me.

“I’m here to announce that I will no longer coach this dance team,” I informed them. I heard a bunch of gasp and no’s. I might have been tough but these girls appreciated me.

“Why!?” Cassie called out. The rest of the girls agreed, wanting to know.

“I just can’t deal with some things anymore. I do know that you guys better kick ass this season. Give me hugs,” I smiled as I hugged most of them. When I got to Nicki, she was about to tear up. “Come here,” I playfully rolled my eyes as I hugged her. I noticed Blake staring at me but I refused to look at her. “Goodbye girls plus James,” I waved before I turned and walked out. I heard footsteps behind me and automatically knew whose they were.

“Mere!” Blake yelled as she turned me around. I crossed my arms and raised an eyebrow. “You don’t have to do this. I’ll quit or something,” she pleaded.

“I’m doing this for me Blakelynn,” I spoke formally.

“Don’t do this,” she had some tears escape.

“This is the last time I’m allowing myself to look at you. You won’t see me after this, so don’t come by my house. Goodbye Blakelynn,” I told her. I then walked out; no looking back.

Team Nae or Mere?