Love & Basketball

Chapter 15

Flau'jae's Pov

"Flight 248 for Houston, Texas is now boarding." The lady on the intercom said.

I approached the line to board my flight, with my ticket in hand I showed the lady the first class ticket and was let through the gate. I hate going to the airport but this time it was surprisingly smooth.

I was heading to Texas for the essence festival. They invited me to perform and accept an award. It feels amazing to be recognized for my accomplishments and I wish my baby was here to experience it with me but she's overseas right now playing for team USA.

I got to my seat that was closest to the window and placed my bag in the overhead compartment before sitting down.

I was about to put on my beats headphones and play some music for this two hour flight. I felt someone standing over the seat beside me and looked up. I was surprised to see that it was India.

She was to busy putting her bags away that she didn't notice me.

"Wassup Tiny." I said taking my beats off my head. She looked down shocked to see me on the same flight as her.

"Oh my god! Jae' what are you doing here." She squealed pulling me into a tight hug.

"Dang , girl it's nice to see you too." I laughed hugging her back. I haven't seen her since that night at the club. I was genuinely happy to see her , it felt good to see a familiar face.

"I'm on my way to the essence festival in Houston." I said as she sat in her seat. "What about you? How have you been?" I asked.

"I missed you , I've been trying to get in contact with you so that we could hang out. I feel like after the whole club thing it's been weird between us and I wanted to know was it me? Did I do something wrong?" She said subconsciously biting her lip something she does when she's nervous.

"No Tiny you didn't do anything wrong I promise. I personally want to apologize for being distant. It's just I've been trying to be respectful towards my girlfriend and her feelings when it comes to having female friends." I tried explaining to her without making it seem like i didn't want to be friends with her when that's not the case. I can't just tell her that my girlfriend is crazy and that she does not want me being around her anymore. That's not happening at all , I've talked to Angel and I reassured her that our 'friendship' is platonic.

"So .. you can't have friends?" She asked with a confused look on her face.

"Yes I can have FrIeNds." I said jokingly poking her in the stomach. She laughed slapping my hand away from her.

"Good because friends don't just disappear on friends. So don't do it again." She said nudging her shoulder against mines. I laughed at her small attempt at being intimidating.

"Okay I won't." I said smiling softly.

"Promise?" She said looking skeptical.

"Yes." I laughed as she stuck her tiny hand in my face. "Nope you have to pinky promise." She said waving her pinky in the air. I grabbed it and made a lil promise to her that I wouldn't go ghost on her again. I had every intention of keeping it because she really was a sweet girl and she hasn't done anything wrong that would jeopardize our friendship.

We talked the whole flight and made sure to check in at the same hotel since we're both attending the festival we figured why not go together. The festival was tomorrow and it starts at 9:00 am. So we decided to unpack and meet up later on.

I was on facetime with my girlfriend while she talked to me about her game win and what overseas was like. I was geeked my baby and her team won their first game against Venezuela. That girl pressure fr.