Chapter 3

**Nyree

We pull up to this huge house and we can hear loud music shaking the street and people are EVERYWHERE! Drunk people are on the roof, not so drunk people are on the car or asleep in the bushes, and everyone else is either inside or out.

"Dang, this party is already live! Let me go find my boys. Excuse me Nyree." Jason slides himself across to my side and actually sits in my lap so that he can open the door and leave out of the car. I push him out the door in irritation but it does not seem to phase him.

"You are a joke!" He starts laughing as he walks off towards the house. "That boy is trying to kill me!" I massage my legs a little and step out of the car to stretch. We make our way to the house and everybody is calling out Tyler's name left and right. I follow behind Tanisha and Tyler and as people notice me behind them they call my name and say hey as well. When we get inside the music is deafening loud and there are even more people jumping around, dancing, and drinking.

"Ooooo Tyler let's dance!" Tyler lets out a sigh only I can hear and lets Tanisha pull him out onto the dance floor. I watch as she starts twerking on him and feel myself roll my eyes as I look around the room some more. I see a lot of people from our school and a lot of people that I have never seen before.

"NYREEEE!" I turn to where the call came from and see some of the football players crowded in one area. I start smiling and walk over to where they are. Honestly, hanging out with the football players is so much fun and they are so chill. Plus some of their girlfriends are good friends of mine and are always inviting me to parties and things. No drama really happens in their little circle and I like spending drama-free time with people. The only person that really brings drama into my life is Tyler, but I have put up with him for so long that I am used to it by now.

"What's up you guys?"

"Nothing, chilling!" I give Josh a hug and make my way around the group. They are all so big compared to me.

I go over and sit on the arm of the couch by Craig aka the team captain. To my surprise he takes an arm, wraps it around my waist, and slides me down onto his lap. The team is always teasing him about his crush on me but he is always very subtle about it. This is the first time he has ever did/made a move, especially in front of a lot of people. "Nyree! You looking good girl." I can instantly tell he is drunk and I start laughing.

"And you look very drunk boy." I grab his cup and smell it and my face instantly cringes.

"Why aren't you?" He takes his cup back and drinks some more. "Take a sip." I look down at the cup contemplating whether I should or not. I mean it is Craig, and I trust him. Plus he has been drinking from the cup while I have been sitting here. I take a big gulp and hand it back to him. He laughs and takes another sip.

"So Craig you going to ask her to dance or what?" This guy named Todd asks him and I see him start to blush a little. Aw, he's so adorable.

"Come on, lets dance." I take his hand and pull him out to where the dance floor is. I don't want them teasing him tonight and I feel like dancing too. Oh my gosh, he's so much more taller than me. He's like Tyler's height and if they turn on a slow song I don't know how I'll reach his neck.

We start cutting up on the dance floor. I am popping on him and he is popping on me! This is fun, I have to admit. Sooner than I expect a slow song starts to play. I feel his hands go to my waist and I stand on his huge feet so that I can reach his neck. "Thanks for that." I hear him tell me this over the music.

"For what?" I am confused because I haven't really done anything...

"You know, getting me out of there before they started messing with me again."

"Oh, it was nothing! I felt like dancing anyways. Why didn't you just ask me though?" He laughs and all his pearly white teeth are showing. Okay, one thing everyone on the planet can agree on is that Craig has the most gorgeous smile ever! You think it's ugly, you need to fix your life!

"I'm very shy around you Nyree, haven't you noticed? I mean I really like you so it's hard for me to act like myself around you, because I want you to like me back." Damn, can we say smooth? He was just 100% real with me and I like when guys are like that! He was looking at me waiting for what I was going to say back.

"Well I do like you back. I mean why wouldn't I? You're a good person, you always have me laughing or smiling or something, and you're sweet. Plus, we're friends. You don't have to act like anybody but yourself around me." He relaxes after that and he starts smiling again. Okay okay, I did not lie to him, I do like him. I just don't like him as much as he likes me...if he even likes me that much.

"You want to get something to drink?"

"Yea, sure." He grabs my hand and I let him lead me towards the kitchen. The slow song is off now and people are back to dancing like strippers with no poles! Kitchen was full of people and I lost Craig in the crowd. When I find him again he is holding one drink.

"I couldn't get to the others so you mind sharing?" Mhm he think he slick.

"Nawl I don't." We go back to where the other football players have regrouped and I sit on the couch in between Candace and Craig. Josh is on the other side of her. Guess I'm changing from basketball to football for a little while.

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**Tyler

"Tyler who are you looking for?" I look down at Tanisha and she has stopped dancing and is staring at me. Ugh, I was actually having fun with her until now.

"Nobody bae, just let's keep dancing." She rolls her eyes and starts to dance again. Tanisha, yea I like her a little bit, but she working my nerves now. I'm mainly with her for the sex. It's always pretty good whenever I feel like getting into it. I feel my phone buzz in my pocket. I got a text from Meghan, my other hoe.

Meg: Heyy, I want you to come upstairs.

Hell I know what that means. Shiiddd this is what I need because Tanisha is about to make my mind explode and I do not want to go start shit with the football team captain because he's over there all on Nyree like she's a cheeseburger or something. Can't show jealousy. It was my choice not to make her mine.

Tyler: Be there in 2.

"Look baby, I got to go to the bathroom, so I'll be back."

"You want me to go with you?" She has that freak glint in her eye. Nooo.

"Nah, I'm straight. Go get you a drink or something." She sighs and leaves, yea she mad but so what! I make my way to the stares and squeeze my way up. I am walking down the hall when I hear someone call my name.

"Tyler, over here!" I see Meghan's head sticking out the door and when I come up to it, she pulls me in and shuts the door. I can barely see her but I don't care. I feel her hands instantly find my belt. That's something good about her, she don't BS. She gets what she want then we done, no love in this relationship. I lay my head back on the wall as she starts.

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I walk out of the room buttoning up my shirt, leaving Meghan asleep on the bed. When I look up I see Tanisha standing across from me on the wall. Aw shit. "Uh, Tanisha loo---."

"So this is where you're at when I'm not around. Up in another female? Huh!?!" She has her hands on her hips and I can see the tears forming in her eyes. One thing I hate is when girls cry! Ironic though because that's mainly what girls do around me. "Who was it Tyler?!"

"Meghan." She shakes her head at me.

"Shame! Out of all people you choose her raggedy ass! I was always assuming it was Nyree, but hey...this is even worse!" She comes up closer to me and I thought she was about to yell some more, until I feel her smack me. "We through Tyler. Well I'm sure you guessed that by now, but I'm making it official and clear." She walks away down the stairs. Now this is the part where I run after her and I beg for her to take me back and all that crap. That only happens with love. If this was Nyree walking away from me now I would have her drag me down those steps with her, but it's not her so I don't care.

I walked back downstairs, I don't know how much longer I can take messing with girls. Am I really ready to settle down though? Like legit...I know for a fact right now that I'm ready to get out of here. Let me go get Nyree. I walked over to where i saw her last and she wasn't there.

"Tyler my man, wassup? If you looking for Nyree, her and Craig just went outside." Josh says this to me and he is sitting with some girl in his lap.

"Thanks man, this your girl?" I point to her.

"Yea, gorgeous ain't she?" He is smiling up at her and she gives me a nasty look before she looks down at him. She does it on the slick side.

"Cool, be good!" He laughes at me before I leave. I know her from about a year ago. She was my down low hoe that nobody knew about. Then I got tired of her so I dropped her. She ain't important though. Where is Nyree? I see her. She's standing with Craig by some guys that are doing something with a bottle. "Nyree!" She turns toward me.

"Tyler, what's up? Where Tanisha at?"

"She in the house, but I'm ready to go."

"Aw really? We just got here!" She looks at me and I can tell she is reading my mood.

"I could take you home if you want to stay longer." Craig steps in trying to be the hero and shit. He irking me already.

"Nah, that's okay Craig. I'll see you at school Monday." They hug and he kisses her on the cheek before we leave him. I know she feels me staring at her. "Omg, what Tyler?!?!"

"Since when did you and Craig get so close?"

"Um, I don't know. 3 minutes ago! Does it matter?" She is looking at me with shock in her eyes. I usually don't express how I feel when she dates a guy, but right now I'm not cool with this. I don't know why.

"I was just wondering. He don't seem like your type is all."

"Oh really? So what is my type?"

"Me, duuhh!" She laughs at me. We are at the car now and I open the door for her to get in. I love doing this type of stuff for her, I don't know why.

Once I was sitting beside her in the car she turns to me and says, "Well if my type actually wanted me, maybe I wouldn't be close to Craig." Dang, ok that's just cold. I want her more than my body want oxygen!

"You don't think I want you?" I look at her; I am half joking and half serious.

"I don't know you tell me!"

"Come here." We are still sitting in front of the house and I pull her onto my lap. Her short ass keeps her head from hitting the top of the car. She leans back on the wheel lightly so she won't set off the horn and just looks at me. "Yes I want you, I just can't allow myself to have you right now. When I have you I want to treat you right."

I got a smile out of her. "Yea I know. So stop acting jealous of Craig!"

"I'll try, maybe. Just remember you're mine!" There is a knock on the window interrupting our talk. Mane whoever it is can hit me up on my cell. I am talking to my Love right now! "If it's really important they'll call me." There is another knock, but this time it is constant. I finally give in and roll down the window. "What!!!"

"You left yo t-shirt in the room Tyler. Bye!" Meghan drops my t-shirt in the car then walks off. Damn. Nyree slides off my lap and sits back down in the passenger seat. Damn. She doesn't look mad, she just doesn't look happy. I let out a sigh and start the car.

"You straight?" I can't look at her.

"Yea, I'm good." She seems so uninterested in what I have to say. So I'm going to stay silent for now, anything I say might just make this worse.