Better Than You

Chapter 11

*Oni*
The boys have been staying with us for a few days now. It's currently Monday and Hunter, Gelo, Melo, and I have no school because it got really hot over the weekend and the air conditioner broke and we can't be in school without one....I love our school district. But the 2 college people do, but they'll be back soon because they only have 2 classes today. As the 4 of us high schoolers sit around on the couch, Ari and Zo run around trying to get their stuff and get ready. Finally at 10, they ran out the door to catch their 11:30 English class, as it takes a hell of a long time to get to Westwood from the Hills. Then later tonight, Coach Alford wants us 4 to come back and practice. We asked if we could bring a few more people and he said of course. We're bringing Taylor, Adaliah, and Azaria with us today. The boys are bringing Eli, O, and their cousin, Andre. After the 2 left, we sat around trying to think about what to do today. We decided that the 2 couples will do their own thing. Melo and I stayed downstairs and Hunter and Gelo made their way up to her room. I swear those two are gonna be an 18 and pregnant story. After about 2 hours of Spongebob reruns on Netflix, Melo and I decide to go swimming. Melo heads upstairs while I put my breakfast dishes away. As I walk towards the stairs, someone comes up behind me and grabs me and covers my mouth with their big ass hand and carry me into a guest bedroom, while I kicked and scream muffled screams into their hand. They finally set me down and I look up to see my kidnapper. My kidnapper is.......Gelo?? "Hey I need your help," he stated casually.  "Nigga! If you want someone's help, you come up behind them, grab them, and take them to a secluded room! I thought for really I was gonna die or get raped!" He laughed. "It's about your sister." "Which one? Ugly or uglier?" "Shut up. It's Hunter." "Yea...Ugly. What about miss volleyball, basketball, pageant princess?" He looked at me in confusion. "She was a pageant princess?" "Yup. We all were. She was there successful one though, that's why they kept her in for so long. Didn't you see the trophies in her room? She kinda hated it thought...anyway back to what you needed?" "Oh yeah! What's Hunter's dream date?"  "A romantic evening with dinner and
a walk on the beach. Anything is great for her if you show that you're simply devoted to her. She's not hard to please, unlike me " "Looks like Melo's got his hands full" I nodded my head. "We're going swimming. Wanna join?" I asked. "Yeah sure. I'll tell Hunter." And with that he ran off,  probably to suck face with my ugly sister. I walked up to my room and opened the door to see a shirtless Melo in swim trunks. I blushed slightly as I walked past him to one of my drawers to get a bikini, casually taking glances at his body. "Like what you see?" I jumped and continued looking for the perfect bikini as he chuckled. He came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "Take a picture it lasts longer." He kissed my neck and I blushed. He chuckled as I ran to the bathroom to change. I noticed that this will show off my tattoos....whatever. If I scare him off, I scare him off. I walked out and grabbed Melo's hand leading him to our big pool. We see that Hunter and Gelo are already in, so being the obnoxious younger siblings we are, we decide to get them wet. We run to the pool and scream, "CANNONBALL!" And just before we hit the water, I hear Hunter yell, "Oh hell nah!" As I resurface, I'm met with an irritated Hunter. I start to swim away, knowing what's about to happen. "Ione Alashae Allen, get your ass over here!" I hop out of the pool. "Not unless your fat ass can catch me, Hunter Journey Allen!" She swims to the edge of the pool and hops out and starts to chase me. Now, I may have been to large headed around the boys because Hunter has very strong, muscular legs, which makes her faster than Ari and I, who got our mom's skinny genes, while she got our dad's family's linebacker build, except more feminine. She eventually caught up to me and tackled me into the pool. We resurface and see the boys laughing. I look at Hunter and we both smirk evilly. "What?" LiAngelo questioned worryingly.  "You thinking what I'm thinking?" I asked. "Let's do it," Hunter replied. We looked at the boys and screamed, " GET THEM!!!" Then went from happy faces to absolute terror as we tackled the boys. I got on Melo's shoulders and Hu term I
got on Gelo's. "Chicken fight!" After about 15 minutes, Hunter and Gelo won the chicken fight. We splashed around and had fun in pool for about a few more hours. Then Gelo and Hunter got out and went up to her room. Melo and I climbed out and went into the hot tub. "Are you going to tryout for the soccer team tomorrow?" he asked. "Yeah. I plan on it. I don't think I'll make varsity though," I said. "Of course you will. We have a special connection with the coach because our cousin played on the team." I smiled at him and sighed. "We have to find a new club." "What?" Melo asked. "The girls and I were on an EYBL ream that was nike sponsored in Seattle. We need to find a new one." "I hope you have luck finding one." "You on team?" "Yea, my dad coaches it. It's called Big Ballers. " I laughed. "That's Lavar for you." He chuckled. There was silence. Then I saw this imaginary light bulb shine above Melo's head. "Hey what if you got some of the girls from the Chino Hills team plus you, Taylor, and Hunter and we would start a girls team for Big Ballers and my mom could coach!" "That's a good idea," I said," but let me meet your mom first." "Oh yeah. Her and dad will be back from vacation in a few days. You can meet her then." I nodded. We sat and talked from an hour and then got our to find something to eat.