Growing up Black and upper middle class in Bedstuy, Brooklyn is already a privilege amongst those who can't. Adding in relationships and learning to navigate life only adds to the stress. Ketara Greene undergoes a transformation that changes the sco...
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"I hope your titties all saggy in your early 20s, I hope there's always snow in your driveway, I hope you never get off on Fridays, and you work at a Fridays that's always busy on Fridays..."
-Action Bronson Feat. Chance the Rapper; Baby Blue
"You a dumb ass, if I ever seen one."
I flipped off my younger brother as I walked into the house. Jaleel only cackled at me some more as I walked up the stairs to my room. He already knew the source of my foul mood. I was on edge and ready to run to Shakyra's house to curse her out for her antics but knew I was wrong. Still, the urge sat there like a monkey on an addict's back. On one end I wanted to curse her out for getting with Wendell corny ass. On the other end I wanted to step to Wendell and make him pay the price of admission for dealing with my ex-girlfriend. He was under the belief that she was never my woman, but the fact of the matter was I had her first.
Still, I was wrong. Still, I didn't truly give a fuck.
Shakyra's smooth interruption of us earlier still had me in shock. The memory still stung as if it happened moments ago, and I had no right to feel the way I had. In my mind I'd been ready to cut her off. In my heart I was content with dealing with Davida. She was sexy, she was cool, she had everything Shakyra lacked. She could suck a mean dick whereas Shakyra was scared of even playing with my piece. I didn't understand what her hesitation was in wanting to be with me. I did have feelings for the girl and it wasn't like I was after tossing her after I got what I wanted.
To be fair though, I never intended to stay with her. I only wanted to piss Jay off for a couple of days and then back off. Shakyra turned out to be a cute little wifey for me though. Once I got to know her, I didn't want to let her go that quickly. The problem was, my needs weren't getting met and it was bearing on me in ways that were unbearable. I didn't care that she was a virgin. At some point she was going to give it up anyway. Why not let it be with me?
Those were my thoughts the night we'd gotten into a pretty nasty fight. I called up Broderick who took me out to a small get together at Ashley's house. There I met Davida who didn't waste time in stepping to me and letting me know she was feeling me. I had let her know I had a girl but she shrugged that off as she'd gotten naked that night. Once she shrugged it off and I'd seen her naked, I shrugged it off as well and wore her ass out. I had to admit to getting drunk off the attention I wasn't receiving from my girlfriend and kept shit going.
I'd been speaking to Shakyra less and less the last few months of the school year. When school let out, Davida had made it clear that she wasn't about to keep playing second to Shakyra Smalls. When I gave it a little thought, I agreed. I just hadn't gotten around to telling Shakyra that.
I had ghosted her for the most part but kept up with her to keep things polite. Word got around to her however and she'd stepped into my crib. Jaleel hadn't even given me a heads up but even if he had, I wasn't afraid of the outcome. The way I saw it, she needed to see what happens when you lead a man on for too long.
