Brother's Keeper✔️

27. One Wrong Note

Manny POV

He wanted to party all weekend, but after the EU party at the house, he and Jordan headed to their rooms. He was so beat, but he still wanted to spend time with Laila. They both showered and changed and the girls agreed to spend the night switched up. They had not done that before. Typically they stayed a few hours and went back to their rooms.

"So, you and Marketa are about to do some things?" Manny asked his roomie with a knowing grin. He had not told his roommate he already had sex with Laila. They were not supposed to while on line, and he did not want his friend to act like it was a big deal.

"Do some things like what?" Jordan was straightening things on his side of the room. Between all the gifts they received and the balloons, a lot was going on in the room. He would put his stuff away later, it was all over his bed and desk.

"Don't act dumb, you know!"

"You mean sex? Just say sex, bruh! Yo young virgin ass."

He gave him another grin. "Not anymore."

Jordan took a few seconds to let that sink in.  As always, he used his whole body when he talked, flailing his arms about in excitement. "Shut the fuck up! You lying bruh, no you didn't."

He nodded at him as he slipped on his shoes and checked himself in the mirror. "We did. Last week." He still could not believe it himself. No longer a virgin.

"Shut the fuck up!" Jordan pushed him. "While we were on line? Yo ass could have gotten us in trouble."

"Well, I didn't. We're in, so that's that. Besides, the moment just happened, and well...she was ready, and I was ready. Laila is the one."

"Maaaaan! That's just because you popped your cherry with her. You never even had a girlfriend or a first kiss until her. But hey, not my business."

"But that means I waited for her, so we could be each other's first. It was special. Matter of fact, so special, we gonna do it again tonight." He sprayed himself with some cologne.

"Lil Manny fresh growing up!" Jordan laughed at him, hopped on his bed, and lay down. "Well you go 'head over there, I'm staying here waiting for my girl."

"So y'all didn't yet?"

"No. I know how to follow rules."

"Well, you can tonight," Manny said to him. "Plenty of condoms in my desk drawer, help yourself."

He kept a couple in his wallet, he was prepared.

But then when he got over there, Laila said they couldn't do anything because her period started. He was upset, but he tried not to show it. He was in a mood after that. All they did was lay in bed and go to sleep.

He was going to count the days till it was over so they could explore sex and try new things. Both being new at it, he knew there was way more to it than his fumbling first time. He wanted to try everything with her.

The rest of the week was one of his best weeks since he was there at Illinois State University. Nothing felt as good as wearing his letters every day since he crossed. He still was on a high walking around campus and everyone congratulated him.

He was the man!

He liked this feeling. The talent show made him famous, the letters made him legendary. Why hadn't he thought of this on his own? If it was not for Jordan's desire to pledge Epsilon Upsilon, he would not have had the courage to do it. Especially nothing on his own.

He was getting to know himself a lot better since pledging. He could speak up when he needed to. He could be the leader. He was captain of his line, after all, the Ace. Line name One Right Note.

He loved being an Epsilon Upsilon. He loved the way people were treating him.

Then he got a wake-up call when in his Music Fundamentals class he got a C on his paper. How could he get a C in his field of study? He knew music, singing, and everything else about it. He could read music, though he only played the piano.

He was no straight-A student, but he needed to get at least Bs in the classes that were easy for him. He sucked it up to being on line and not fully focused. He had time to pull his grades up for the rest of the semester.

He text Jordan to see what he was doing for lunch.

Group project with these wack ass classmates

He grabbed a Burger King whopper, fries, and a Coke with lots of ice and headed back to his residence hall. Standing right near his door was Shamiya, holding a large gift bag with a balloon of the number one.

"For me? You bought me something?" he asked as he opened his door and they both walked in.

"Yes. I didn't know you were on line, so when I saw you at the probate show, I was shocked. Anyway, I went out and found you some things. I know how you Greek like to be geared up."

She handed him the bag and he took it. He sat his food on his desk and then looked inside the bag to see what was in it.

"Wait, girl, you didn't have to-" He pulled out a custom-made black and gray jersey, not something you could go to the store to buy. It had his name and number on it. "This is really nice! Look at you hooking me up and we don't even know each other that well. Thank you."

He gave her a light hug before pulling away. Also in the bag was an Epsilon Upsilon license plate holder and a tablet cover for his iPad. This girl went all out for him. She spent more money than Laila did.

"Why did you get me these things, Shamiya?"

"Because you're super hot and I like buying you things."

He was hungry, and his food getting cold, but he did not want to be rude to her after she hooked him up.

"Well, maybe I'll take you out to lunch to make up for it. Not today, but-"

"Or how about you..." She moved close to him, then started to kiss him.

His first reaction should have been to push her away, instead, he kissed her back. In fact, he enjoyed kissing her. What the hell was he doing?

After some serious kissing, he finally pushed her away from him.

"Wait, Shamiya, you know I have a girlfriend."

"I don't care. I'll be whatever you want me to be." She licked her lips seductively. "I'll do whatever you want me to do."

Wait, what? Never had a girl come on so strong to him. Shamiya was a pretty girl, one that he would have taken an interest in if not for Laila. He loved Laila. Laila was the one.

But Laila was on her period now and wasn't having sex with him. Maybe...just maybe.

"What do you want to do?"

She glanced over at his food, then grabbed his pants, undoing them.

"You ever had your dick sucked with ice in her mouth?"

"Huh? N-no." He never had it sucked in any kind of way. Was he going to let another girl do that to him?

It wasn't all the way cheating, was it? Okay, he knew it was, but he also didn't care. If she wanted to do it to him, what kind of guy would he be if he stopped her.

She grabbed his cup of soda, took off the lid, and dug out some ice. Popping it in her mouth, she came back to him, pulled his pants down, and started doing things he would never ask Laila to do.

To make it make sense, it was just oral sex, not actual sex. If Shamiya didn't tell, he wouldn't tell.

He could get used to this.

A/N: Manny is going down the rabbit hole and there is no saving him.