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Saturday
Picture: Rakai

I wake up around 11am. Everyone else is still sleeping. I know the house is a mess though so I can't stay in bed. I don't know what it is but I'm really finicky about being clean.

Zanisha comes down around 2pm, to find me hoovering the stairs. I probably woke her up. She sits on the top step, rubbing her eyes.

"Why you up so early?" She asks.

"It's 2pm you idiot."

She yawns. "Say swear? I thought it was 6am still. Where did you lot go yesterday?"

I laugh. She's actually dumb.

"Miles caught me whining on Rakai so he made me go upstairs, then Justine got thrown in an hour later."

She laughs. "I was hiding in the kitchen."

I kiss my teeth. "Anyywho, Rakai invited us to his later. Wanna go?" I ask.

She shrugs. "Calm, is it just him and Brandon?"

"Yeah and their boys."

"Whose their boys?"

I shrug. "I guess we'll find out."

We spend the rest of the afternoon cleaning. Zanisha takes over the hoovering while I do the dishes. Justine finally wakes up around 4pm and takes the bins out.

Once the house is spotless, we get showered and dressed then go to Rakai's. He lives about 5 minutes away so we just walked.

Brandon answers the door. I scan him quickly. Bruv, even in a trackie he's buff. He's wearing grey joggers and a white vest, with a thick silver chain around his neck and diamond studs in his ears. He catches me preeing then winks lol. I roll my eyes then walk past him. He follows me into the front room where everyone is.

"Kyrah, Zanisha, Justine, this is Jamal aka JKid, Reeko aka 10 and Daniel aka D Mulla." Brandon says, pointing at the different guys in the front room. I'm surprised he told us their govs, but I guess it's coz he trusts us. We did grow up together.

"Yoo." "You good yeah?" "Wahgwan?" They respond.

I smile and wave.

Rakai coughs loudly. Brandon screws him.

"What?"

"Introduce me then!"

Me and the girls laugh.

"Oh my days hiii Rakai nice to meet you!" I say in a mocking voice.

"You too darling, what's your name?"

I laugh. "MB!"

He frowns. "What?"

"That's my tag." I wink at him.

"Swear down? You have a tag?" He asks genuinely.

Looool he's actually dopey.

I shrug. "Nope, just tryna be like you!"

They all laugh at me.

"You're a neeeeek!" Brandon says.

Zanisha, Justine and I dot ourselves around the room, sitting in the empty spaces available.

"You look familiar." Daniel says, looking at Zanisha.

Me and Justine laugh.

"That's coz she put the b in baitface." Justine says.

Zanisha screws her playfully.

"Isit now... wait, is your cousin Mya?" Daniel asks.

She nods.