A Struggle Within Itself

Chapter 21

Genniffer's Pov
December Monday
My phone rang till I was awake. I lifted up and looked on the floor. Brian was in a cover pallet that I had made him. He was snoring. I threw a pillow. It didn't affect him. I went to the bathroom to brush my hair and teeth. Wait did Treyvian come home last night? I went over to his room. His bed was clean and no clothes were all over the floor. Nope he didn't come home.

I went back to the bathroom and washed my mouth out. I'm not completely worried for Treyvian's safety. I know he could manage himself. I was just concerned where he was. Maybe he stayed the night at Jaylen's house or something. I sent him a text and didn't think much of it afterwards. I returned to my room. I crouched down in front of Brian and shook him lightly.

"Brian get up" I whispered. Brian grumbled and turned away from me. I shook him some more. "Come get up." Brian groaned and went under the covers. Like really how does his mama wake him up in the morning? I got up and pulled the covers away from him. Brian was in nothing but his underwear. I laughed at this. Brian still didn't wake up though. He balled himself up continued to sleep. I got another idea. I got a cup, filled it up with some water, and put a couple of ice cubes in it. I went back to my room and laughed. I tossed the water on him and he jumped and lifted up his head. I started to laugh even more. He looked around until his eyes fell on me.

'What the fuck Gen?" Brian grumbled.

"You wouldn't wake up." I giggled.

" You could of just shook me."

"Brian shut yo big dumbass up. I tried that. Now get dressed and pick them covers up." I walked down stairs and put some pop tarts in the toaster. Brian came downstairs.

"Ayye where's daddy's pancakes?" Brian yelled.

"Boy it's a Monday. I don't feel like cooking." I complained. The pop tarts shot oyt of the toaster. We ate breakfast and headed out to the bus.

Brian's Pov

We got to school and I parted ways with Genniffer with a hug. She smelled heavanly. I walked around the school waiting for the time to go to first period. I saw Crispy at her locker. Out of respect I wanted to check on her and as a friend I wanted to see how she was doing.

"Hey Crispy what's up?" I flashed her a smile. She mugged me and slammed her locker and walked over to her friends. I followed after her. "Aye Crispy what's wrong? Come on tell me." Her friends mugged me as she turned around and faced me. I guess they knew what happened between us.

"The problem is we broke up and here you are in my face tryna act all cool and all is right with the world." Crispy snarled.

"What you complaining for you broke up with me. And as I remember it, it was a clean break up. You wished for me to move on and I thought we could do the same." Crispy's friends laughed at me like I was a fool or something. Like I wasn't getting the big picture.

"Yea that was then. I took my weekend to cry over it and now I'm angry. Brian incase you didn't take my hint. I clearly remember dumping you because you were interested in someone else. In love with someone else and not me. Now why would your big yellow ass expect for everything to be okay the next time we saw eachother? My feelings were still hurt." Crispy and her friends started to walk away and couldn't of made me feel less of a jackass then she already did. She stopped for a moment. "Oh and tell your crush to lose my number. She's cut off." She walked away.

Later at lunch me, Genniffer, and Aqua sat down at our regular lunch table. Jaylen wasn't there. Which was weird.

"Really she said I'm cut off?" Gen laughed.

"Brian don't take it personal. Crispy is just mad. I mean you didn'teven like her. You have feelings for Genniffer." Aqua added.

"Yeah Crispy is just in her feelings. She will come around." Gen assured me. Aqua and Gen shared another laugh. See this is one thing about Genniffer that I love. She doesn't sweat the small stuff.

"I hope so. Its kinda hard to see her around with her attitude." I sighed. Gen rolled her eyes.

"Where's Jaylen though?" I asked. Aqua and Genniffer shared a look and shrugged.

"Shit I don't know I only keep track of Antwan and my other boy toys. Gen should know. I know you probably tracked him down right after Homecoming. Got a chip up his ass or something." Aqua joked. Gen gave Aqua a surprised look.

"I did not! Shit when I got home I laid in my bed till you called me to go over Brian's house. Hell I don't even know where my brother is."

"Don't say like coming to my house is a bad thing." I smiled. The rest of school was boring. I went to football practice and went straight to Genniffer's house. We sat on the couch and watched tv. I laid my head down in her lap and she played in my hair while we watched tv.

"Brian do you think Jaylen and Treyvian could of got shot? Or kidnapped?" Gen asked.

"No, why do you ask?"

"Well this morning I wasn't really worried about it. I just thought maybe they stayed out late or stayed at Jaylen's house. Through the day I thought: Treyvian always comes home. He always calls me if I need to stay up an hour later to open the door for him. Jaylen answers all my phone calls. He calls me if I don't see him in a day. It's just strange you know?"

"Yeah" I yawned. Resting my head in Gen's lap and her rubbing my hair felt so good. Made me sleepy.

"Maybe there down at the trap house or something. Lying low. But they always let me know. I'm startin-" Gen stopped and my eyes were closed. "Are you even listening?" She yelled. I jumped a little and opened my eyes and saw her pretty little mad face. I closed my eyes and moved in closer on Gen.

"I'm listening... Just uh keep talking."

"Okay. I think I just might be fearing the worst, but I am just starting to worry for them. I just want them to-" I fell asleep and didn't hear anything else. Genniffer was so soft and her playing in my curly hair felt good. Her voice was nice and sweet. It was hard not to fall alseep on her. I woke up on the couch with a blanket put over me and no Genniffer. I looked around the room it was silent. All I heard was the sink running from the kitchen. Genniffer's mom was washing dishes.

"Hey Mrs. Regina" I said in a quiet voice. Still a little tired. She looked up but still continued to do the dishes.

"Oh Brian I didn't know you were still here. Thought you left with my daughter."

"Ha naw I fell asleep. I guess she left me. Where did she go?" She thought about it for a moment.

"She didn't really say. She said something about her going to hangout with an old friend. Kobe is his name? Yeah. She should be back in a hour or two. Your welcome to stay until she gets back." Kobe. What was she doing with him? I thought she was done with him since he stood her up at her party. I was feeling salty since she decided to leave me to hangout with his short ass. Salty as fuck. How she just gone do me like that? She deserve a smack on the ass for that.

"Alright sounds like a plan" I told her.

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