A Struggle Within Itself

Chapter 15

Flashback
Genniffer's Pov

"Okay ready, start." The piano began to play. I waited for the right time to come in. I looked down at the floor. I felt a little shy singing even though it was only 3 people in the room. "Some people call me crazy. For falling in love with you" I sang. My voice sounded nice. I looked down at Kobe from the piano. I couldn't beleive that he actually could play piano. He flashed a smile and a wink at me and I continued to sing.

"In the shake of an earthquake I will never fall... That's how strong my love is" As I sang the more and more I became convinced that I was going to win the concert. Two days left till auditions and I got it in the bag. My voice harmonized beautifully to the sound of the piano. I looked at Kobe's father standing in the room. He stared at us sing and play like he was an official judge.

"I will never fall" I built myself for the climax of the song and gave it my all. Then I finished slow and soft. Kobe finished the piano perfectly. I smiled and Kobe's dad clapped.

"That was something. You have a beautful voice young lady." His dad said.

"Thank you." I beamed. My phone rang. Me and Kobe looked at my phone.

"Is that um Jay-"

"Yeah it's Jaylen. He knows I have to practice. Come on let's go again."

"Ha actually I think we played Alicia Keys enough for one day. And this is Jaylen's tenth time messaging you. Go on and head to him." Kobe smiled and kissed my hand and walked showed me the door.

"Thank you for helping me with the auditions Kobe."

"No problem as long as I get my kiss."

"Oh, is that all you want?" I giggled and gave Kobe the kiss on the cheek that he asked for. He acted as if I had given him an actual kiss on the lips. I laughed at him some more.

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"I just wanna hold you close" I sang with the music from my phone while I damced around the room "Me and You together. Throught the days and nights." I was feeling my self today. Getting ready for my party was fun. I sang and got dressed.

Brian and Jaylen came in my room just as I finished putting on my clothes. A nice brown sweater with some some blue jeans.

"Why yall niggas so early the party doesn't start until 2 more hours?"

"What daddy can't come visit his baby girl?" Brian joked. He walked by and kissed my cheek and sat down on my bed. I rolled my eyes.

"Yea aren't you suppose to be calling Crispy that now" I teased.

"What she won't know won't hurt her." He winked. I turned to Jaylen.

"So what are you here for?"

"Oh Me and your brother are going out" Jaylen said.

"Okay then why are you in my room?" I raised an eyebrow. Jaylen came over grabbed my butt and pulled me into him.

"I wanted a kiss before I go" He licked his lips. He grabbed me tight and we kissed. His lips felt so good. He left with a smack on my ass and went with Trey. I looked at Brian. His head faced the floor. He tried to make it look like he wasn't staring at us kiss.

"So lets get ready to party!"

Jaylen'sPov

It felt like each run got easier. The same stuff. Show up, look serious, grab what you came for and then leave. We got in Trey's mustang.

"I got a plan for today" Trey announced. He never took his eyes off the road when he talked.

"What kind of plan."

"The people were meeting today are starting to act funny. They been trippin lately so when we go to the pick up site were going to teach them a little something." Trey flashed his gun. I nodded my head understanding what he said.

We picked up some crew members and drove over to a house out by the highway. We walked in the house threw the front door. No use of being a bitch and sneakimg in through the back. Naw that's not how the Mafia worked. We came in made ourselves clear and walked out.

Trey walked in first. He handed me a gun. We walked into a front entrance that had a hallway and a living room off to the side. The house was silent. All the furniture in the living room was covered in plastic. I never understood why or how people do that. It was a nice family house. It was like a house I would raise a family with Genniffer. If we ever have one.

"There in the kitchen." Trey mumbled. He signaled for us to follow and we did. The kitchen was nice. Had an island in the middle with stools. Kitchen utensils, pots and pans, shit like that was all over the counters. I noticed a knife rack.

A big white man stood there by the sink with a couple of skinny white boys. Trey made a face at the big man. The man nodded. He placed a case on the island. Trey leaned up against the island. I came up close behind him. He opened the case. The case didn't have as much drugs it should have. But the big man was smirking all big like he actually delivered something.

Trey smiled like everything was okay. He showed his teeth.

"Jaylen. Do it." He grinned. He didn't take his eyes off the big man. His hand tapped against my leg. He made a gun shape with his hands. I knew what he was trying to say. I whipped out my gun and fired it. The bullet hit the big white man in the eye. I have never shot and killed somebody before. It was fast, quick. It was like my ears tuned out the sound of the gun and it was just like the guy was falling for no reason. Blood gushed out on the counter.

His little skinny white boys jumped and went for the knife rack. We ducked. Trey grabbed one of the stools and threw it over the counter. Them white boys were so skinny they got knocked over like little pins from a bowling alley. They got up and started throwing knives. Adreniline was pumping so I got up and shot at a cabinet. The boys jumped. Trey got up and threw one of them on the ground. Our boys came over and grabbed the rest of them and beat the fuck out of them.

I grabbed the case and we walked out. We got in the car and went home. I let my mind drift off into space about me killing that guy. The way his body reacted to the gunshot. The little smirk he had on his face before he even knew what was coming. How his heart had completely stopped before he could even fall on the floor.

"Nigga what you thinking about over there?" Trey interrupted.

"Oh nothing" I mumbled. Trey smacked his lips in disbelief.

"Come on now don't be a bitch." He smiled. "You thinking about what happened. You were going to do it sooner or later. So cut that bitch shit out and prepare for next time." I looked at Trey's shoulder. It had a big ass cut on it. Must of been because of them knifes.

"Aye you going to do some about your shoulder." It was bleeding.

"Naw Imma have Genniffer look at it when I get home." We stopped in front of Trey's house. He handed me some money. I gave him back his gun. We got out the car. We saw Genniffer sitting out on the porch playing with her fingers. We walked over to her.

"Hey how did your party go?" I asked. She looked up from her fingers.

"It was fun" She whispered.

"Did Kobe show up?"

"No" She mouthed. Gen looked like she was bummed out. I got happy. I wanted to smile but I didn't wanna be mean. She looked back at her fingers. Trey looked at me, Gen, and then his shoulder.

"Alright Jaylen" He held out his hand. We shook. He picked up Genniffer like a bride and carried her inside.

"Come on Genniffer I got something I need you to do." I smiled and even laughed a little. Kobe stood her up! Ha, now this only makes my chance of getting her even easier. I went home and got into bed.

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