SIENA
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"Really Siena? You're flaking on me at the last minute?" Gia asked. She was standing before me in a sexy referee costume to match Cam's typical NBA player costume.
"Gi, you're going to be with your man anyway. You leave me hanging to be by myself whenever you're with him so do I really need to go?"
"Where is this even coming from? You always chill with King when we go over there. If it was a problem why didn't you say anything?"
"No, the real question is why are you uncomfortable being around Cam alone? That's your man." I didn't want to tell her that King and I weren't speaking currently.
Aside from feeling like an idiot for asking a question I had forced myself not to ask for years, I felt like a bigger idiot when he chose not to answer. I decided to save myself the awkwardness.
"I'm not uncomfortable. I just don't like being around guys alone. I've always been that way." She admitted and I understood completely.
"Why?" I found myself asking, wondering if her reason was the same as mine.
We were friends and growing closer by the day, but we seemed to be one in the same about keeping certain things private. I couldn't fault her for her silence so I just pointed to her outfit instead. "How fuckin' typical"
"Don't be mad my nigga a ball player and we coordinate" she playfully taunted
"Now why would I be mad, sis? I don't need a ball player because I am one." The fake confusion on my face made her erupt in laughter. It was so hard the knocks on my room door almost went unnoticed.
"Oh that's why you don't want to come. You're expecting company. Who is it that you don't want to tell me? Malik? I knew y'all were going to get back together." She rambled while I covered my bare arms with a hoodie that matched the short shorts I sported.
I looked out the peephole to see it covered and my mind began to race. Was it Malik? He had gone out of his way to continuously call and text me, send edible arrangements to the gym and even tried to get to me through my parents. But second chances were a no go for me. That would only leave me stuck giving them a third or fourth. One fuck up is enough. Next time he'll know to make better choices.
Still though, I hadn't seen him since then and I wasn't sure how my mind would go if I did see him again.
They knocked again before stopping halfway through and I could almost feel the pressure release from the door. I stared at the wood almost like I could see through it. Like the presence was strong enough to radiate through blocked wood and hinges.
I swung the door opened and he stepped in and around me before I could even see his face good, but I knew it was him.
"What Kingston?"
"So that's," he began but I quickly reached my hand all the way up to cover his mouth. I shook my head quickly and removed my hand just in time for Gia to walk out of my room. I knew what he was planning to ask, but I wasn't one to have people in my business. Especially since Gia didn't know that Kingston and I had known each other forever.
She looked back and forth between us with a raised brow before smiling. "Oh that's why you don't want to go to the party?" She asked and I shook my head. This was the exact reason I didn't want to go. I didn't want to see King, but here he was.
