Khadijah//Dijah P.O.V.
Location- Hotel
Time- 7:36 am
I've been up since 6 am. I couldn't sleep because of how anxious I was about today. I already brushed my teeth and got myself dressed. And Siloe left earlier so she could get ready.
"Okay Khadijah, you can do this. You have no other choice but to do well," I say as I quickly look through my flashcards, refreshing my memory. I just know that if Ja was here he would tell me to put these away and that this would be light work for me. And just as I finished my thought about him, my phone started ringing.
"Speaking of the devil," I look at my phone seeing that it's Ja.
"Morning bubs," I speak.
"Morning baby," He says and I can tell he just woke up by the sound of his raspy voice.
"How you feeling about today?" He asks.
"Great...," I say unconvincingly.
"Khadijah," He deadpans making me huff.
"I'm nervous, and I wish you were here to reassure me," I say.
"You don't need me to reassure you. You know what they gone ask and you're gonna know what to say. If you get stuck, take your time and think. Like I said yesterday you got this and this shit is gone be light work for you. You gone walk in and out of there confidently, you hear me?" He questions.
"Mhm, yes I hear you Temetrius," I say and nod as if he can see me.
"Good girl," He says. I took a minutes to collect myself because that "good girl" shit will have me thinking unholy things.
"You getting ready for practice?" I ask since the only reason he's usually up at this time is because of practice.
"Yeah, I wanted to call you first before I left," He answers.
"I appreciate that, 'cause I was gone be stressed if I didn't talk to you," I say. Honestly, I think it's safe to say that Ja has become one of the people that I know I can depend on to make me feel better.
"I got you, mama, whenever you need me," He says and I smile.
"I know and I love you for tha-," I pause once I realized what I said. I just told Ja that I loved him, why would I do that? After a moment of silence Ja spoke.
"Whatchu just said?" He questions. You guys wanna know what I did instead of answering him?
I hung the fuck up.
"There's no way I said that," I put my head in my hands. I didn't mean to say that... well I 100% did mean it when I said that I love him but I didn't wanna say it now, and over the phone.
Flashback
Two Weeks Earlier
"Momma, if I say something, please tell me if I'm being crazy or not?" I look over at her.
"Okay, what it is?" She asks.
"I think I'm falling in love with Ja. But I can't tell if it's too early," I say making her cheese.
"Ouu, I was waiting for this!" She claps her hands.
"What makes you think that you love him?" She questions.
"I admire him so much momma, you don't even know. The way he takes care of Kaari and puts her above everything. He puts all the people he loves needs before his including mine. The way he pushes himself and even me towards our goals not only our goals for each other but our individual goals. He just treats and respects me a lot more than King ever did. Being around him or even the mention of him just makes me smile. And I honestly see us being together for a very long time," I express making her cheese.
"You're not falling for him baby, you're already in love with him. You guys may have been together for a short time but it's not hard to see the love that's shared between you two, and I know it because me and your dad are the same way," She states.
"Now that you know that you love him, all you have to do is figure out how to tell him," She continues.
"That's the hard part," We say simultaneously.
End Flashback
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Temetrius//Ja P.O.V.
Location- Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Time- 8:55 am
"Wassup wit you?" Desmond asks.
"Yeah, why you look so out of it?" Jaren adds on.
"Khadijah told me she loves me," I mumble and both of their eyes widen.
"She did?!" Jaren exclaimed I nod my head.
"Ion think she meant to say it though. She hung up on me when I asked her to repeat herself," I explain.
"You tried calling her back?" Des asks.
"Of course, every time that I did, it went straight to voicemail," I tell them while dribbling the ball between my legs.
"She probably caught herself off guard and panicked," Des says.
"Yeah probably," I say.
"Don't let that get to you right now, you can talk to her and clear things up when we get back," Des says while patting my back.
"Not gon lie if that was Siloe, I would've said fuck this game and flew out there, Ima need to hear that shit in person," Jaren spoke.
"How bout you make sure Dejounte don't fly out there and steal yo girl," I say making him side-eye me as Des and I laughed.
"Nigga fuck you, and he ain't stealing shit, I got her on lock,"
"Yeah ight we'll see," Des and I dap each other up while still laughing.
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Khadijah//Dijah P.O.V.
Location- Melba's Restaurant
Time- 6:46 pm
"I'm saying it now, that was light work," Siloes speaks.
"It fasho was, everything I studied came in clutch thank God," I say. During the whole thing though, the only thought in the back of my mind was me telling Ja that I love him.
"When we met up though, you seemed kinda off, you straight?" Siloe questions before sipping on strawberry Henny.
"I kinda told Ja that I love him," I say making her choke on her drink.
"You what?!" She whisper-yells.
"I didn't mean to, it just slipped out," I frown.
"How did he respond?" She asks.
"I didn't give him a chance to for real, I hung up on him. And I've been ignoring his calls and texts," I say and she gives me a pointed look.
"Di, why are you ignoring him, that's only gonna make things worse. Plus I bet he feels the same way," She says.
"I'm in panic mode right now, there's always a chance that he doesn't feel the same way that I do," I express.
"Girl you must be dumb or something, everybody that has seen you two together can tell from the jump that ya love each other," She says.
"So stop being pussy and talk to your man," She continues.
"Fine, I'll talk to him when we're both back in Memphis," I declare.
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Fanfiction"Khadijah, gimme yo number ight, I'm not gone blow you up, whenever you wanna talk, Ima answer," He says seriously. "You really not gone give up huh?" I ask. "You gone continue to make this hard for me?" He asks in return and I nod my head. "Then...
