#SQUADGOALS

Chapter Seventeen

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Latrice

I was just getting in the house from smoking. I needed something to ease my mind after the news I just got. I can't believe they really bet on us. Especially Dominique after all that happened in the 8th grade. I swear that boy was dumb. I could see Shaq's stupid ass doing it. He was probably the ring leader behind all of this. He's the reason we started our bet in the first place. To show niggas like him how it feel.

Only thing about it is, I didn't wanna tell Dae. Yeah, she needed to know but I wasn't tryna be the one to tell her. I know she's been crying non-stop since that day and I didn't wanna add to that pain. Every time I call she say she's in the bed and her sister said she barely leaves her room even to eat. Maybe I should give it another week and right now just focus on being there for her.

I picked up my phone and called Isis.

Isis

I was on my way out the door, about to go to Dejan's house when my phone started ringing in my purse. It took me a minute but I finally found it underneath all the mess.

"Hello?" I answered on the last ring.

"Wyd?" Latrice asked.

"Nothing. Was about to go over Dejan's. Wassup?"

"I gotta tell you something but you can't tell Dejan."

"What is it?" I hopped in the passenger seat of my brother's grey Monte Carlo.

"Shaq came over here today all mad about the bet and I guess he was so mad, he let it slip that they had a bet going on, too."

"Wait, hold on. What?" I turned my phone volume up to make sure I was hearing her right.

"They had a bet, too. They bet on who would be able to smash one of us first," she said.

I was silent for a moment. "I can't believe this," I finally said.

"Yeah but don't tell Dejan please!" She begged.

"Why not?! She need to know this so she can stop blowing that nigga phone up!"

"Because Isis, me and you both know how dramatic Dejan is. She already over there all down in the dumbs. If we tell her that it'll just be like round two of her breakup with Antonio. I'm not saying we never gone tell her, I'm just thinking we should let her get over this first before we go adding more stuff for her to worry about."

"Yeah, I feel you I guess. Well I was about to try and cheer her up with Prince's, you tryna come."

"Sure. Let me know when you're outside."

"Alright."

Click.

I couldn't believe they would do this. Well actually I could because they're all stupid but I just didn't want to. Especially after I decided to go there with Mikey again. Now I just felt stupid. But I was also angry. I swear I could kill him.

Dejan

Whoever this was at my door better have had a damn good reason to be knocking that freaking hard waking me up out my damn sleep! I took my time at first but then they started knocking again, knocking my headache back and forth from one temple to the other. I swung the door open.

"What do you wa--," I stopped when I saw who it was. "What the hell are you doing here? How'd you get my address?" I questioned.

"I-I wanted to talk to you a-about the other day," Antonio stumbled over his words.