Fumble (An OBJ story)

.23

~~ Linnéa Yari Brown ~~
Tuesday 4th August 2015
Kingston, Jamaica.

"Me and Odell have been talking since January" I blurt out.

"Talking about what?" She says lowering her shades to look at me.

"Talking as in dating"

"Just because you work together doesn't mean you're dating Yari"

"It does when you go out all the time and kiss and hug"

"Don't piss me off" she says taking her shades off fully.

"I'm not trying to but it is-"

"Don't fucking tell me it is what it is. It shouldn't be"

"Things have changed Narvana"

"What's changed? Nothing has changed Yari. He's stilll a no-good two-timing head-loving prick who's finna do you dirty. Again"

"I believe otherwise Neve"

"Look at you always running towards shit that's finna fuck you over. It's fucking pathetic. But you know what? Do you" she stands up to leave again.

"And you can't keep running away from your problems"

"It's not my problem Linnéa. It's all yours. Victor is your problem. Odell is your problem" she walks out the door.

For the rest of our stay in Jamaica, I only see her when we're going out with Bryson and she pretends we're all cool. But besides that she hangs around with her friends and stays with them.

Thursday September 3rd 2015
New York, USA.

"Good to have you back" Coach Tom says.

"Good to be back"

"You we're away for a long time" Victor says.

"Jamaica tends to keep me there"

"Good to have you back sus" he says wrapping his arm around me. We're on great terms now. Most of the players call me sis anyways so it's not odd to them that he does it too.

"We can talk after the game" I say. It's almost kick off so we take our seats on the sidelines. The boys come out and the crowd is already roaring for them.

**

It's a long while before the game is over and we won this time. 12-09 to us. I walk to the locker rooms where the boys are all roaring with excitement.

"Good job yall" I say loudly, smiling.

"Nice to have our mascot back" Jason says.

"Yall need to stop calling me that get yourself an actual mascot" I walk through the changing rooms to my own office. Victor is sat waiting for me.

"What happened?" He asks.

"So Neve is not having it at all. She was talking back and walked out on daddy and we basically didn't see her all summer"

"You were there for over a month"

"I know that's what makes it worse"

"She really left for the whole summer?"

"Yep. It wasn't just about you though. I also broke some other news to her"

"Oooo spill the tea"

"I don't know how you'll react. It's hard to say after her reaction"

"When you're ready. I'm just glad to have my sister back" he says hugging me. He kisses my forehead before leaving my office. I lean against my desk just taking it all in and it's not long before there's a knock at my door. I say come in and I'm not surprised to see Odell.