True To The Game

Something about him

I can't lie and say i'm not crushing on Marquis. I can't believe he knows my brother Miguel and showed up to my house.

"I think he likes you Tia." Ellie smiled as we walked down the street twoards the ice cream shop.

"You think so ?"

"I know so... i messed with Marquis before."Ellie said looking down at her feet. A man that messed with my homie could never mess with me. Damn girl...who haven't you messed with.

"Really?"

"Yeah we just fucked one time and that was it."

"Damn."

"You can deal with him. We didn't date." She said. We walked in the ice cream shop and sat down at a table. We ordered our ice cream sundaes and waited patiently. The waitress turned on the tv and on it was Marquis singing on stage. He was super talented. Marquis could sing ,rap and dance. 

"He's so fineeee."A girl gushed. I rolled my eyes because Marquis was the shit but i wanted to be different and play hard to get. I wasn't like Ellie or any of the other girls in town.  He had to come to me. 

"He can sing dance and rap like any other amateur around here. Yall act like he god or something."I laughed

"Yes but Marquis is that nigga forreal! Ain't he?"Ellie laughed slapping hands with the waitress.

"Regular to me."I shrugged. We walked out of the ice cream shop and a black benz rolled around the corner . It stopped in front of us. I grabbed my mace out of my pocket and was prepared to set shit off.

Marquis hopped out wearing a long black tee, jeans and shades. His hair was freshly cut and a long gold chain hung around his neck. 

"Hey Marquis.."Ellie smiled.

"Wassup ell...you can't speak Tia?"Marquis smiled.

"Nah.."I laughed walking off. Marquis caught up to me and put his arms around me.

"Boy stop...before you get us both killed by Miguel."

"Why you be acting like you don't want me?"He laughed

"Because i don't now move. "I smiled ,pushing him away.

Ellie caught up to us with our ice cream containers in her hand. 

"I'm having a thing down at the skating rink tonight...come on down."

"We'll think about it."Elle said grabbing my hand and walking off.

"He's definitely on your heels."Elle continued

"Your mom ever teach you to let a man chase YOU?"i said looking at her.

"Duh....why you think i be chasing Hakeem. He ain't never gonna chase me. After day 2 of no silence he's texting another bih thats why i make up first."

"You really gotta open your eyes Elle. some of the things you do and say make you look crazy."

Ellie turned to me and crossed her arms.

"You walk around like the world owes everything to you. Don't look down on me ."I said

I rolled my eyes and walked off to my house. Ellie just doesn't get it and i wasn't gonna give myself  headache trying to explain shit to her. Miguel was sitting outside with Hakeem drinking when i walked up to the house.

"My home Marquis been asking for your number..wassup wit that?"Miguel asked

"He likes me..I dub him.. thats wassup."I said putting my hands on my hips.

"Tia ...your my baby sister ...if you fuck with him just be careful...he's a player ..I've known him my wholeeee life."Miguel said

"Yeah he messed with Elle back in the day."

"Ellie messed with everyone Hakeem. She just settled down with you."I said walking past him.

"what yall beefing again?"Hakeem laughed

"Never...she just don't listen ."I said walking in the house. The phone began to ring and i answered it . It was my mother.

"Mija..how are you and your brother? Do you guys need anything?" She asked . I could hear soft rnb music playing in the background. My father was in the background talking to people and laughing.

"He's fine. I'm fine. No mama we are good."I said.

"Okay we gonna stay here until the end of august. Please don't tear up the house and your daddy already paid the rent for the next couple of months. I gave Miguel the food stamp card before i left."She said

"Okay mama."I said. 

"Okay baby i love you."

"Love you too."I said hanging up the phone. I was glad that my parents were enjoying themselves but irritated that every other month they are going away somewhere. We have the whole house to ourselves for the summer and i didn't know how to feel about that but i knew Miguel was gonna show the fuck out fasure. Posters hung all over my wall. Even a poster of Marquis. There was something about him other than his looks that attracted me to him. He was different from most niggas i met . I wanted to starve him a little but i think i'm ready to pass that number. I smiled and turned on the radio. 

I woke up in the middle of the night to bangin on my window. I got up and looked outside and it was Marquis.

"Tia..come down here."

"Marquis what are you doing here? Its 2 in the morning?"I said wrapping my blanket around me.

"Just come out and take a ride with me..."He smiled

"One sec."I said walking over to my bed and putting my shoes and sweat jacket on. I walked downstairs and out the door. Marquis opened the car door and let me in. We drove around playing music until he stopped at central park. It was dark and nobody was outside.  He let the top down on the car and we stared up looking at the sky. The stars were shining brightly.

"when i was a youngin my dad would take me somewhere and we would look at the sky. He taught me everything i needed to know about astrology and astronomy. The Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy, who worked in Alexandria during the second century , created a complete list of 1,022 stars and displayed them as members of 48 constellations, many of which borrowed imagery from ancient Babylonian and Greek myths and tales. Shits wild."He said taking out a blunt and lighting it.

"damn you know your shit."I smiled

"Fasho. I wanted to be a  doctor when i was youngin but a nigga like me wasn't making  it there. So I got into choir, some dance classes and boom..got a deal with interscope and the rest was history." He smiled

"It must be nice being famous."

"Sometimes it is but other times i just wanna be here all the time."

"Where?"

"The hood. I miss my homies and eveytime i come to the hood now i gotta sign autographs ...sometimes i just wanna be... Me.."He smiled

I looked him over and admired his physical features but his mindset is what pulled me in all the way. Marquis turned his head my way and leaned forward kissing me on the lips. I closed my eyes taking it in. I kissed him back and felt chills all over my body. I pulled away and smiled.

"Whats wrong?"

"I should be getting home...I'm a little tired and the sun is rising."I smiled. Marquis nodded and he started the car up to take me home. Before i got out the car Marquis pulled me close.He kissed me again and i grabbed my bag to walk into the house.

"Imma call you."He smiled as i walked up the steps to the house.

"Okay ."I replied. I walked into the house and i could hear Miguel snoring and Kiana was too. I went upstairs into my room and got back into bed. I was starting to like Marquis a little more.