Next To You

| Chapter 1 |

JaMaya POV 🩷:
He was the big brother of my ex; How would this even work? How the fuck would my ex feel? It was wrong, but felt so right. It felt as if he and I were meant to be together but my dignity was screaming at me in my head. It made me question myself, but it wasn't like this because, in the beginning, I was absolutely in love with my ex-boyfriend Kairo.

He was everything I thought I dreamed of; He was caring, sweet, kind, and as far as I knew loyal. We met in high school in Beverly Hills California, at a football game. He was the star player on the team, when the game was over we bumped into each other trying to go home in the parking lot. I guess he liked what he saw because we ended up talking for hours on the stadium high school bench and eventually traded numbers.

After it hit midnight he offered to take me home since my ride left. I quietly snuck back into the house using the key I hid under the flower vase. From that night on we talked on the phone every night until he eventually asked me out. I was usually shy but he made me comfortable enough to break out of my shell. Until one day he started acting funny and differently. Three days later he asked for a break. I asked him why and all he said was that he was going through some things with his mom. So I respected his wishes and left him alone. Two days passed and I couldn't stop thinking about him. So I decided to go to his house. His folks practically knew me so I just walked into his house like it was my own. I headed upstairs and opened his room door on the left. When I opened the door I had front-row seats of him fucking another girl. My heart instantly shattered which made me feel numb and full of anger.

Even though we were on a "break", I still proceeded to drag that bitch out of his bed and beat the fuck out of her. "Bitch wtf are you doing in my man's bed"? The random girl covered her face and body with her arms. "I don't know what the fuck is even going on, but Kairo and I have been going together for a whole ass month".

I looked up at Kario.
"A month Kairo?? You have been fucking cheating on me for an entire month", I started to laugh while tears ran down my face. "You know what, you're not even worth my fucking tears or another minute". I walked out and left.

When we officially broke up I started focusing more on my school studies and college applications. One day I saw Kario's older brother, he was fine. I then realized I developed a crush on Kario's older brother Zayne. The only problem I had with Zayne was that he was popular inside a gang called "Young Rich Money", which everybody called YRM.

I started to see him everywhere, including at lunch. I tried so hard not to stare at him, but sometimes I couldn't help it. There would be rumors around school that Kario was with somebody else, but I didn't care because I was so into Zayne. Zayne Trago was so much more attractive than Kairo. He was 5'9 tall, with a man bun on top of his head. He was Puerto Rican and black and most definitely my type. Anyway, he was always sitting at the lunch table with a group of his friends. LJ, KP & Sosa.

Sometimes I could overhear their conversation talking about music and skanky bitches that gave the best head but mainly about breeding American Bullies. The times Kairo and I were dating Zayne would never be at home and if he was he stayed in his room, so I doubted he even knew who I was. Today when I looked up at him he caught me staring at him. I got so embarrassed that I quickly looked away.