No Snitching

Nikkes Friday

Strawberry

"Looks like the war back on," smiled "Craig".
"No it's not," I shook my head.

I will not be in the mess!

"Let Alize and Kaine go," I demanded.
"I don't want to," he smiled.
"No! You don't want a war," I raised my brow.

Everyone looked at me.

"We have 5 minutes to get where we aren't and if we don't....you don't want to find out. So yourself a favor and put them guns away," I watched as they let Kaine and Alize go.

"There," he watched us.
"Oh and keep them lil niggas of yours under control. You also don't want them problems," I said.
"You got it," he saluted.

We walked out and got back in the car. Once again the ride was silent but Alize had this really goofy grin on his face.

"You done it again Strawberry," he smiled stopping infront of my place.

"Don't mention that to anyone," I started grabbing groceries.

"Whatever. I know that must've been hard for you. You know breaking out of that bougie character into your real one. You saved us. You already know I got you but now I really owe you. I really got you," he winked.

Kaine grabbed the rest and helped me put them in the apartment.

"Wassup," everyone greeted us.
"Hey," I said.
"Wassup," said Kaine.
"My man Kaine," JJ cheesed.
"Wassup," Kaine repeated.
"Aye Tana you hanging with Kenns niggas now?", said JJ tryna be funny.

I just ignored him.

"It's not like that," laughed Kaine.
"Maybe not to you but Tana know what she doing," JJ insinuated.

"JJ don't do that to my sister," said Kay.
"Yea you hella dirty right now," said Kaelyn.
"You know what get out," I snatched JJ up.
"You ain't gotta be this way," said JJ.

I pushed him out and Kaine followed behind us.

"Bye everyone," he waved.
"Bye," they all cheesed.
"Bye Kaine," I slowly closed the door.

"Aye wait. You sure you don't want to join us? Your other friends came to us earlier and said they wanted to join. Only one not with it is you," he asked.

"I'm cool Kaine nice meeting you," I said.
"Nice meeting you too shortcake," he closed the door for me.

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Author

The next day Friday to be exact was going to be a challenging day for these kids. Today they were going to try out for the teams they wanted to make it on.

"Do we have any female basketball players?", asked the Principal.

Laya and Kaelyn stood up.

"You will go will Mrs.Quest. Any make basketball players?", asked the Principal.

Auggy, Rory, And Kenn stood up.

"Your coach is Mr. Wallaby. Any football players?," asked the Principal.

James, JJ, and Omar stood up.

"Your coach is Mr. Ealy. Any Dancers?", asked the Principal.

Tana and Nikke stood up.

"Your instructor is Mrs. Reed. You what are you doing?", asked the Principal.

"Golf," answered Kay and Mulah.
"I'm the instructor for that," the principal smiled. "Let's get these try outs started."

Everyone parted their ways and tryouts began.

"Who wants to go first?", asked the dance instructor.

"I want to see Tana Smith go first," smiled Nikke.

Nikke didn't have to try out because she tried out weeks before. Tana walked in front on the the judges. Nikke, Mrs. Reed and a couple of other dancers.

"We're ready when you are," Nikke deviously smiled already jotting down Tana a zero.

Music started and Tanas heart began to race. She knew there was a 99.9% chance she wouldn't make it on this team because Nikke was on it. But Tana loved to dance and it wouldn't hurt to try. She started dancing. This was a dance she had been working on all summer. She executed it flawlessly. Leaving everyone in awe except Nikke.

"Thank you. That was beautiful," said Mrs. Reed.

"Thank you," smiled Tana.
"Ok we tallied up your score and you have a 75. You need an 80," tsked Mrs. Reed.

Clearly this was Nikkes doing but something was about to change her mind. No one saw Alexander come in and watch Tanas performance.

Buzz!

Nikke checked her phone. It was a text from Alexander.

"Sorry Mrs. Reed I made a mistake," Nikke gave Tana a higher score.

"Looks like you've made the team," smiled Mrs. Reed.
"Thank you," cheesed Tana.

Looks like Alexander kept his promise but was it to really keep his promise? Or is this for his own self interest?