FACADE

28| Olympics

BAILEY

With every bit of energy I have left, I blowwwww the whistle!

"THAT'S NOT THE RULE!" my words follow right after.

Dem a pissss me offf!!! Everybody ah do weh dem want. The singles a play whichever game dem want and the couples just itch up pon each other. I should've just mixed everybody.

Obviously planning a gathering is notttt for me. Everybody just affi go continue go bay party cause–

"Unuh a stress the doll," Kyan giggles before walking over with her arms outstretched. "Come yah Bailey give me a hug nuh mek dem give you no headache."

I hiss, though her sarcasm is funny.

"Duh touch me man," I hiss again. "Unuh do whatever unuh wah do me gone sidung."

With that, I make my way off the lawn, ignoring the mumbled apologies and low giggles. Look pah all Paecyn ova deh so sit down 'bout her knee a hurt her. Let's not even talk about Jacen just being Jacen in the corner by himself a watch and a laugh. The only persons that seem to be taking my night serious are Kemp and Kyan...

I wouldn't advise unuh fi try merge unuh friend groups yerr. Tonight is only half way in and it's low-key a disaster.

"Bro don't vex up all night," Kemp's voice comes hushed in a comforting tone– the moment I get to my chair.

Ignoring him, I take a seat, pick up my Stanley filled with mixed liquor and start to gulp. He smiles before taking a seat beside me.

"Kemp me nuh ina the mood right no–"

"Why yah take tonight so serious?" he drags his chair closer to mine before leaning his body alllll the way into my personal bubble– not leaving so much as an inch of room between us.

"Me nuh warn you 'bout personal space?" my smile starts to grow but I flick my tongue up against my top row of teeth to play it off.

He takes the cup from me and smells it. The moment it hits his nose he pulls back and raises both brows.

"You of all person cyaa say nuttin," the smile I've been fighting starts to win.

"True," he laughs "but I have reason..."

"Well anuh like you ago tell me so that's whatever... Look pon dem," I hiss, switching the topic back to the unruly set of people I call friends.

"Yeah why it so important to you?" he pulls even closer to me.

My head is set straight, watching as Kyan gets everybody together just by using force and her voice... while Kemp is signing up his residency form to live in my neck.

It's funny to me how distant he used to be, until we got closer and closer and closer... Now him always deh pon mi body. Not gonna lie at one point me swear him bat fi the next team, so naturally me tell Kyan and she asked... and him nuh talk to me fi weeks.

That only proved my point though, 'cause why him so sassy?

"I don't make friends easily. I don't know why I thought merging everybody from all round would be a great idea... Just wanted one summer night weh alla we remember before everybody grows apart or supm... I don't know."