The Forbidden Desire

Chapter 23

"Wow , you can really dance," Khalil told her as his hands were firmly placed on her hips. Nique tilted her head back and laughed while Khalil just admired her. They have been best friends since he joined the gang and Eve was the only nice one to him. Wade was okay, but usually he was an emotionless person. It was all Nique. She took him under her wing and explained everything that he will be experiencing when he's with them. Khalil shook his head and gave her a cheeky smiled. "I'm glad I met you."

Nique's eyebrows shot up and she returned his smile. "I'm glad I met you too thanks for dancing with me since Zoey is tired," she said. Her hands were locked behind his neck as she stared into his eyes. After a few minutes her gaze moved past him to Beez and Bahja who were sitting on the couch, cuddling. She watched them intently before looking at Khalil again. "Do you think she'll be able to change Avery? You know, stop him from doing all this gang stuff?" Nique asked as she nodded towards them.

Khalil slightly turned his head to get a glimpse of them before bringing his attention on Nique. "I don't know. Beez's unbreakable. He doesn't let anyone easily come into his life and change his lifestyle. It might take a while." He shrugged and looked down to their feet as it moved to the beat of the music.

"Khalil..." Nique said softly. When she noticed he spaced out, she tried again but louder, "Khalil!" Khalil looked up at Nique with a blank expression. Nique took a deep breath before talking. "Bahja's pregnant with Bee's baby," she finally sputtered out. She wasn't supposed to tell anyone, but she couldn't hide it from Khalil. He was her best friend, and he wasn't going to be a threat to Bahja. Khalil's eyes grew wide and he immediately looked back at Bahja. Nique grabbed his chin and turned his head so he was facing her again. "He doesn't know, and you can't tell him or anyone else," Nique warned him.

"You're lying," he said, still in shock.

Nique shook her head no and sighed. "Apparently they didn't use protection for their one night stand. I'm so worried for her. I mean, what's she going to do if Avery doesn't want anything to do with her?" she asked. Khalil nodded and looked down again. He was speechless.

Bahja played with Avery's fingers while her head was still nuzzled in the crook of his neck. "So, who's Chyna? And why are we here?" she asked him.

Avery tensed when she asked him that question. It's not that he didn't want to say it, it's just he didn't want to tell her. He sighed and looked down at their hands that were entangled together. "Chyna was Noah's girlfriend." He looked straight ahead at Chyna who was greeting more guests.

Bahja moved her head away from his neck and stared at him. "What?" She whispered, almost inaudible.

Avery met her gaze, "Yeah." He told her before playing with her hands again. "They were together and Chyna was in our gang as well. She fell in love with him, and god, he was just crazy for her. It was funny because in the beginning they tried to hide it from me, and Noah use to be scared to tell me these stuff, and one day Chyna just came up to me and straight up told me that she's in love with my brother." He paused and chuckled a bit, "It was crazy but I didn't stop them. And the minute Chresanto killed him and Chyna found out, she was broken. She changed the most out of all of us and decided to part ways."

Bahja felt her stomach twist. In fact, she felt the tears stinging her eyes again. Every goddamn time Avery told her a story about Noah it almost brought her to tears because she knew it was her brother's fault that the whole gang is broken. "So that's why Chyna's a..." Bahja trailed off.

Avery thought for a second before he spoke. "She's a stripper."

Bahja nodded and quickly covered her mouth. She removed her hands from her mouth and stared into Avery's brown orbs. "They were in love?" Avery nodded and Bahja took a deep breath. "Avery, I'm sorry-"

"Stop apologizing for what your brother did," he told her sternly.

Bahja shook her head. "You don't understand. All this time I thought its stupid how you keep talking about taking revenge for a dead person but I never thought that the death of one person could affect a huge group of people. I- I like you a lot Avery. And I don't care if you're not that into me like I'm into you, but I promise I'll get you through it," she whispered.

Avery smiled before caressing her cheek. He brought his lips onto hers and kissed her softly and sweetly. She was the most beautiful girl, and she was slowly changing him. There was one thing about Bahja that made him crazy for her; she knew the right things to say. He pulled away and stared into her eyes. "I'm into you," he whispered before smirking. Bahja smiled back before wrapping her arms around his neck and hugging him tightly.

"Ugh, and I thought you two kept your displays of affection in the hiding, guess not." Keke said as she walked over to the couch Bahja and Beez was sitting on before squeezing beside them. She looked over at Beez and raised an eyebrow. Bahja pulled back and stared at Keke. "Do you think I'm a slut, Avery?" Keke asked him.

"Um," Avery looked at Bahja like he needed help. Bahja shrugged and he quickly brought his attention back to Keke. "I mean, you never been with any niggas that I know of so no I don't think you one," he finally said.

Maryse nodded. "That's what I thought," she huffed.

"What's wrong?" Bahja asked.

"I'm lonely.......Every nigga ends up tellin me that I'm too much of a slut to be their girlfriend," she said. Her eyes began to well and Bahja felt extremely bad. She reached over and touched Keke's arm.

"Hey, don't worry about it Keke. Some day a man....A REAL man is gonna want you just as much as you want him. You just have to be patience." Bahja asked.

Keke nodded and wiped her tears. "God, I'm such a little baby. Delano's right about me all the time," she whispered looking down.

Bahja shook her head no. "No one knows someone completely until they lived their life." Avery turned his head and stared at Bahja. Was it strange how much he wanted her in his life? She was beyond perfect, and words weren't enough to prove it.

****AYYYYYYY Another update with Anilah still asleep. Awwwwwwww Bahja is starting to change everybody lives💕💕💕💕Awwwwww it's sad that Chyna had to lose her boyfriend like that.😭😭😭