Consequences

37

Mckenna pulled out all the stops for the graduation party. She called in some favors with KP and had her perform at the party. The party was in the campus ballroom, which was also a big surprise. It was definitely the party of the year. Mckenna saw Mahogany walking toward her.
"What's up?"
Mckenna hugged her when she walked up. Mahogany smiled.
"I have something to tell you later."
She kissed Mckenna on her lips and headed off toward her friends. Taraji walked up and put her arm on Mckenna's shoulder.
"Have I told you that I am proud of you?"
"Why is that?"
Mckenna said to her friend.
"Because while I have been up here dealing with drama, you have been in chill mode with a great girl. You have totally impressed me."
"Don't read anything into Mahogany. I am not with her.
I'm still single."
Mckenna smiled.
"Yeah, OK, well, I am still proud of you. We did it.
We made it through school, and we are going on to do big things."
Taraji hugged Mckenna. Zaria walked up behind them and wrapped her arms around them.
"I love you guys so much!"
she exclaimed. Zaria had been sentimental since they got to the party.
"We love you too, boo boo,"
Taraji said as she kissed Zaria on her forehead.
"I don't know what I am going to do with you all so far away-"
Mckenna quickly cut her off.
"Damn, Z, not tonight. We're supposed to be partying. Save that shit for tomorrow."
Zaria hit Mckenna on her arm and gave her a kiss on the cheek. The party continued through the night. All of the Greek organizations were present. The sororities were doing their strolls, and the fraternities strutted through the crowd.
Mckenna caught the eye of Tara, who was in the middle of the AKA stroll line. Tara excused herself from the line and walked over to Mckenna.
"So, I guess I didn't get it before your graduation. Is it still too late?"
Tara asked seductively.
Mckenna looked at Tara. Her body was banging in her low-cut shirt.
"There's a possibility I can still let you cash in that rain check."
Mckenna winked her eye. Tara smiled.
"How about meeting me at my room in thirty minutes?"
"I'll see you then."
Mckenna turned around and headed toward Taraji.
"Ti, I will be back in a little bit. I gotta go handle someone."
"All right. Be careful,"
Taraji warned as she continued to dance.
"Mckenna!"
Mahogany ran out the door when she saw Mckenna walking out with Tara. She caught them right in time.
"Mahogany, what's up?"
Mckenna said nonchalantly.
"What are you doing?"
Mahogany said. Tara stood to the side to see what was going to happen. Mckenna walked up to Mahogany.
"I'm about to go kick it with her."
"But what about us?"
"What us? Mahogany, how many times have we gone through this?"
"So, you mean to tell me it really is that simple for you? You can just go off and be with the next girl after spending all this year with me?"
"Maho-"
"Don't Mahogany' me. Mckenna, I have held out for you all this damn time."
"I told -"
Mahogany quickly cut Mckenna off again.
"Don't tell me what you told me. Your actions spoke a hell of a lot louder than your words!"
Mckenna wanted to hug Mahogany and apologize for hurting her, but something in her was holding her back.
"Look, you knew the deal when you got into this with me, so I don't know why you acting new. I'ma holla at you, shorty."
Mckenna turned around and grabbed Tara's hand.
"One day someone is going to get you for the hurt you have caused me, you cold bastard!"
Mahogany yelled as Mckenna walked down the steps.
Mckenna ignored the comments.

Dayza headed out her door to go to the party. She noticed Monica walking out of her door as well.
"Monica, I didn't know you were back. How are you doing?"
"I'm fine,"
Monica snapped. She was in a rush to get to the party to see Taraji.
"Oh, well, I was worried about you."
Dayza played her role.
"You goin' out?"
"I'm going to the graduation party."
"Oh, OK. I'll be there too. Shit, I left my wallet. I guess I'll see you there."
Monica walked off. She didn't have time to wonder why Dayza was finally speaking to her. She hurried down the steps. Dayza waited for her to disappear before running back into her room. She pulled out a credit card and quickly popped the lock on the door. She placed the pictures they had taken back into the drawer.
"What the fuck are you doing in my room?"
Monica yelled as she rushed toward Dayza.
"Back, back, bitch!"
Dayza said, holding her guard.
"What were you doing with my stuff? I'm calling security!"
Monica yelled.
"Yeah, OK, you do that. And when you do, I will tell them how you have been stalking Taraji. I'll let them know how you broke into their apartment and fucked up Mckenna's clothes."
Monica froze.
"How you know all that?"
"Bitch, you're busted!"
Dayza said.
"Mckenna is going to blow the lid wide open on your ass. Taraji is never going to talk to you again!"
"No, stop it! Shut up!"
Monica yelled. The room began spinning. She couldn't let that happen. She had to stop Mckenna. Monica ran out of her room but froze when she saw Mckenna walking with a girl she knew named Tara. Her first reaction was to go hurt Mckenna, but then she realized something. Tara had a boyfriend, and Mckenna had a girlfriend. Monica took the steps to her dorm room to avoid running into them. She peeped around the corner and watched Tara pull Mckenna into her room. Monica's eyes brightened. Maybe she was going to have her revenge after all. Monica headed into her room and pulled out the campus directory. She knew Tara's boyfriend's name. She quickly found his dorm number. A male voice answered the phone.
"Is this Tyrone?"
Monica tried not to laugh.
"Yeah, who is this?"
Tyrone said, trying to figure out who was calling him so late.
"Let's just say a good friend. Look, your girl is in her dorm room right now with a dyke. She is getting her pussy ate, and the girl is making her moan more than you ever could."
Monica hung the phone up. She knew her work was almost done. She picked up her phone again and called Mahogany's number. She got the voice mail, she realized she must still be at the party. Monica was about to hang up when she heard Mahogany say her cell phone number on the message. She quickly hung up and got on the computer. Monica went to send her a text message via the Internet so that it could not be traced. Mckenna is fucking a girl right now in Jefferson Hall room 603. She pressed send. Rhonda lay back on her bed. Vengeance would be hers.

The party finally ended around three o'clock. Taraji looked around for Mckenna, who never made it back to the party. The whole gang decided to head to the dorms together, since Taraji's car was parked at Jefferson, where Nic and Zaria lived
"That party was off the chain!"
Zaria said as she wrapped her arm around Taraji.
"Yeah, it was. Where the hell is Mckenna?"
Zaria questioned, realizing Mckenna wasn't with them.
"You know Kenna. She is fuckin' someone right about now. She told me she was going to hook up with someone, but I figured she would make it back to the party, since she planned it."
"Well, you know Kenna. What the hell?"
Mckenna noticed a crowd of people in front of Jefferson Hall.
"I wonder what's going on."
Dayza saw Taraji coming.
"T, it's Mckenna. Some dude is beating her up."
They all ran up to see Mckenna on the ground getting stomped by a large football player. Taraji and Nic ran to pull the guy off of Mckenna. He turned and hit Nic. Soon both Nic and Tarajiwere pounding him. Zaria quickly attended to Mckenna, helping her get on her feet. Mckenna, filled with adrenaline, ran to jump in as well. They kicked him until they got him on the ground.
"How the fuck did this happen?"
Taraji asked, catching her breath. Dayza looked at the dormitory door. She saw Monica peeking out, smiling. She pointed up at the door.
"That bitch called dude and told him Kenna was fucking his girl."
Mckenna looked up and saw Monica's face go from happy to terrorfilled. Monica turned to run toward her room.
"That bitch is mine!"
Mckenna yelled as she and Dayza ran up the stairs. Taraji and Nic ran after them.
"Shit."
Zaria threw her hands up over her head and followed. Monica struggled to get her door open. She made it in thinking she was safe, until a strong kick to the door caused her to fly into the wall. Mckenna stood menacingly over her. Monica was terrified.
"So yo' ass wanna play?"
"I didn't do nothing!"
Monica yelled.
"You broke into my crib. You fucked up my clothes.
Bitch, you fucked up big time."
"I didn't-"
"Shut the fuck up."
"Yeah, bitch, I told you that yo ass was toast!"
Dayza yelled as Taraji and Nic ran into the room. Taraji pulled Mckenna back.
"Bruh, let it go. She ain't worth it."
"Fuck that, Ti! This bitch got the game FUCKED UP."
No one noticed Monica standing up.
"Oh shit!"
Dayza yelled as Monica slipped into the bathroom.
"That's OK. You can get her through my bathroom."
Monica was cornered. If she could get out of the bathroom she could get to a knife to fight her way out. A shiny object caught her eye, a razor. She picked it up.

Armani couldn't go to the party. She just couldn't bear it. She cried in her lonely room. She held her stomach, unable to believe the mess she had gotten herself into. She heard a loud crash as two of her boxes came tumbling down.
"Great, just my luck,"
she said and got up to pick up the broken boxes.
"Can I help you with that?"
Armani froze in her spot when she heard the familiar voice. She turned around to see Roman standing there.
"What are you doing here?"
Armani said as she stood up. Roman walked closer to her.
"Armani, did you mean everything that you said when you came to my house?"
Armani nodded her head.
"I meant every word of it. I love you, Rome."
"I watched you graduate,"
Roman said as he came even closer to Armani.
"I couldn't stop thinking how proud I was of you. I realized that I can't stay mad at the mother of my child. I can't hold anything in your past against you. If you're bisexual I'm sure we can get over it, if you really want to be with me."
"I want to be with you more than anything in the world."
"How do I know you aren't going to want a woman again?"
"Roman, I can't lie. I am attracted to women. But that attraction has nothing on the love that I have for you. When you came back into my life, I knew it was the right thing. I love you so much."
Roman looked her in her eyes.
"Then I guess you need to put this on."
He handed her the ring he had previously offered. Armani felt tears rolling down her face.
"Are you serious?"
Roman laughed.
"Baby, I love you, and I am willing to give it another shot. I need you and our baby in my life. I don't care about your past. I want to worry about our future."
Armani threw her arms around Roman and gave him a sensual kiss. She never wanted to let him go. Armani and Roman lay on her bed making passionate love. Her phone began to ring. She ignored it as she rode her man like a prized rodeo champion. It rang over and over again.
"Shit... babe-babe,"
Roman stuttered from the hurting Armani was putting on him.
"Who the fuck is that?"
She looked at her phone. She had six missed calls. It started to ring again. It was Zaria again.
"What, bitch!"
Armani's heart dropped when she heard Zaria crying uncontrollably. Nic took the phone from Zaria.
"Armani, come to the hospital. There's a problem."
"I'm on my way."
Armani got up and started getting dressed.
"What's going on?"
Roman asked as he got out of bed.
"I dont know, come on. Something happened. My friends are in the hospital."
"Shit, well let's go."
They quickly hurried out of the room.