Rider (Cali Love Sequel) (Completed) {Book 2}

Chapter 6 : Pushing It

Elite

"What you doin' here?" I asked, looking at Vanessa in her new look. Her hair touched her waist and she got a little thicker in her hips from the last time I remembered.

"Hello to you too," She said sarcastically, folding her arms. "And I'm here to pick up my cousin."

"Your cousin?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow. I didn't remember any of the strippers having Vanessa as a cousin.

"Yeah," She said turning back and seeing Misty walk out. "Misty Mis!"

They hugged and shook my head in disbelief. This shit was unreal.

"I see you met my boss," Misty smiled at me and then at Vanessa.

"Oh I met him alright," Vanessa remarked smartly.

"Yeah well, Elite, Vanessa's my cuzzo and I ran into her yesterday and she's gonna let me stay with her till I get back on my feet."

"Thats good," I nodded. "I'm glad you found some fam you could trust."

"Me too," Misty smiled, walking over and hugging me. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Iight, goodnight."

"Goodnight, Elite," Vanessa smiled a little devious at me before getting in her car. "Tell Nicole and the baby I said hello. Maybe our daughters could play together some day!"

Daughter? I shook my head and got in my own car, pulling off to pick up Nicole and Leigh. I walked in and saw Janelle and Nicole's heads buried in a textbook as Leigh played by herself on the carpet with a toy truck.

"Damn, y'all still studying?" I asked, scooping Leigh up and kissing her. "Y'all probably know enough to write the damn test by now."

"Oh shut up, Elite," Janelle remarked, throwing a pen at me. Nicole laughed.

"Baby, we'll only be a little bit," Nicole said, coming over to kiss me and pick up the pen again.

"Where's Chris?" Janelle asked me.

"He's still at the club," I said, letting Leigh play with my chain.

"Nothing new," She shook her head still looking at the book. They did a few notes and then Nicole packed Leigh's bag and we were off. In the car, I guess Nicki caught on to my annoyed look.

"Whats wrong?" She asked.

"Nothin' babe, I'm cool," I lied. I couldn't dare tell her about Vanessa being back in the picture. She opened her mouth to speak but stopped once her iPhone began to ring.

"Hello?...Oh hey Brian...No...Yes, I'm sure...Mhm... Bye," She hung up quickly, looking down at her nails.

"Nicole," I said, looking at her being all suspicious and shit. "Nicole."

"Hmmm?" She asked, looking up.

"Who's Brian?"

"My professor," She said calmly.

"Your professor? The hell he calling you at 10 o'clock at night for?"

She sighed. "He just called to remind about an assignment, thats all, Elite, okay?"

"Yeah, okay," I said still feeling salty about the whole thing. I just couldn't bring myself to believe that her professor was calling her this late to remind her about homework. It didn't make sense.

We reached the house and I picked Leigh up, bringing her to her crib. Then I laid on our bed, thankful to be in the bed again. The couch hurt the hell outta my back.

Nicole lotioned herself and climbed in bed next to me. She looked over at me and I looked back up at her.

"What?" I asked.

"Your mother called me," She laid on my chest.

"What'd she want?" I asked.

"She wanted us to come over next week with Leigh for dinner."

"Thats cool, I guess," I yawned, placing a hand on her back.

"...With your dad there," She added. I shot my eyes open.

"Nah, Nicki, I'm not going," I protested. She sighed.

"Elite he's your father-"

"Nicole, please. I don't that speech again," I said cutting her off. "You still don't talk to your mother and you don't see me talking about it."

She frowned. "Baby, we needa move past this together. You with your dad and me with my mom. This grudge and silent treatment needs to stop. Is that how want Leigh to grow up? Ignoring us too?"

"Leigh ain't got shit to with them, Nick. I'll love Leigh no matter what she does. I'm never disowning her like they did to us."

She rubbed my chest. "Don't you think our parents feel the same way?"

I shrugged, pouting. "No."

She laughed. "Stop being a baby. You know I'm right."

"I just ain't tryna see him," I sighed, looking away. She kissed my lips.

"I'll be there for you the whole time," She promised. "He can't say shit to me, either."

I laughed. "Yeah, I guess not...Iight let's go."

She smiled, pecking my lips and climbing on me. I held her tightly and pulled her on top of me hungrily. Its been a while and I needed her. We held the kiss until her phone rang again.

I glanced at it on the nightstand and saw "Brian" again. I stopped kissing her and took the phone.

"Ayo, don't call my girl no more," I answered, hanging up. She looked at me surprised and speechless. I lightly pushed her off of me and turned over, not in the mood anymore

"Goodnight, Nicole," I mumbled over my shoulder, closing my eyes.

Nicole

Sitting in class the next morning, I barely even wanted to listen to Brian. The only reason I was there was because I paid for this class and I was wasting money if I didn't go. After class I tried to hurry out but he caught me at the door.

"Can we talk?" He asked, looking sorry.

"Brian, no. I told you to stop calling me. Now my boyfriend is angry at me and probably thinks we're sneaking around."

"I didn't mean to cause trouble. You were on my mind, so I called to check on you."

"No, no," I said, becoming annoyed. "Thats not okay. I am your student. You are my professor. You do not call me at 10 o'clock at night to check up on me."

"I thought we were friends?" He asked, looking disappointed. "Maybe we could go to lunch and sort this out."

"Brian, no!" I said almost yelling. "Lose my number and leave me alone. I'm switching classes tomorrow."

I walked out, leaving him speechless and slightly sad looking. But I could care less. I wasn't going to jeopardize my relationship for him or anyone else.