Zakiah POV "Oh come on Zakiah do it for me" my best friend pleaded. Before we get any further, let's rewind.
My name is Zakiah Kamara. I'm a dance and Photography major at my university, along with my best friend Neelam, except she majors in Photography and visuals.
This morning, I was awaken by her crazy ass knocking, no excuse me, crazy ass banging on my door. I love her and all but I need my sleep! "Damn, took you long enough" Neelam says as she walks into my apartment.
"Shit I don't get no Good morning" I grumbled, loud enough for her to hear. "Good morning wifey" she says as she comes towards me, trying to hug me in the process. "Yeah yeah" I say laughingly pushing her away. "So what do you want" I say. "Can't I just come visit my best friend, unannounced, for the sake of our beautiful friendship and the fact that I love her?" She says with her hand on her chest and a gasp. "Yeah, even you know I'm not buying that", I say arms folded and a smirk on my face.
"Ok fine, so remember how I've been telling you about that one new hangout everyone's been going to?" She says. "Of course I remember it's all you've been talking about for the last 2 weeks, literally " I said tiredly, remembering the times she wouldn't shut up about it. "I know it's not your crowd or ideal outing, but please come with me tonight!" She says. "Hmmm, uh no" I say. Fast forwarding to current time.
"Oh come on Zakiah do it for me" Neelam says with pleading eyes. "NeNe you know I don't like clubs" I say sighing. "I know but it's not a club though" she whines. "It's like, a concert place or something. Like a cafe but for music and arts!" She says sounding amazed. I ponder on it for a second. Doesn't sound bad to be honest. I also do need a break, my classes have been kicking my ass lately, and hate to say it but the stress has been getting to me.
"...fine" I finally say. Neelam squeals and hugs me tightly. "Finally damn, I can never get your ass out da house" she says still basically crushing me. "Congrats on your accomplishment, now I can barely breathe, shoo shoo" I say trying to break free. Once she lets go she starts whining her hips saying "We're finna get stupid lit!" I just laugh and roll my eyes jokingly at her. "Aye, when are we heading there" I say interrupting her lil Cardi B moment. "I was thinking around 8ish, what do you think?" She asks. "Sure, why not" I say not really caring. "Bet, I'm finna head home to pick out my outfit, see you later love!" She says heading towards the door. "K, bye babes" I say as the door closed. I look at the clock on my wall, it reads 11:46. Shiiii, time to bring my black ass back to bed.
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It's about 3pm when I woke up. Hey don't judge me, I told ya, I need my sleep! I went to put some food in my system and binge watched Netflix. At 6 I hopped in the shower and did my hygiene. I took a good 30min shower and got out to pick out my outfit. Outfit below👇🏾
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After I put on my outfit, I decided to do a neutral look for my makeup. I put on mascara, eyeliner, did my eyebrows, brown lipstick and to top it all off, some lip gloss. I'm not gonna lie, I was lookin badddd! I put some perfume on, and by the time I was done it was 7:50. Perfect. I went back to Netflix when Neelam knocked on the door and said "Wifey it's time!" Real loud. I opened the door and scolded her, again, for doing that, reminding her I have neighbors. Once I was done, I acknowledge her outfit. Neelam outfit👇🏾
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"Okay best friend I see youuuu" I say. "Do a twirl, do a twirllll" I say playfully as she twirls. "You talkin about me, girl look at you!" She says enthusiastic. "Fucc it up wifey" she says as I do my posses. "Let's go, I don't wanna miss this one gig that's playing tonight" She says pulling me to the door. I hope tonight is actually enjoyable, I think to my self as we head to Neelam's car.
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Neelam pulls up to a building with some nice interior. It looks modern, with a twist of urban. Maybe tonight won't be so bad after all. As we park, Neelam reapplies some lip gloss and turns to me with a sheepish smile. Uh oh, that's never good. "Theres one tiny, itty bitty thing I forgot to mention" she says looking everywhere but at me. "Go on" I say arms folded. "My visuals class will also be here because of an assignment" she says. I scrunch up my face in confusion. "..okay? What's the prob— wait" I stop mid sentence.
The realization hit me and it hit me hard. "Neelam! How could you forget something like that" I whine out. "I'm sorry I knew if I told you Cameron was going to be here, you wouldn't have came" She says matter of factly. Your all probably thinking the same thing, who's Cameron? Well, my friends, he is my Ex-boyfriend who cheated on me with someone he swore was like a sister to him.
I sigh frustrated. I've been doing a lot of that lately. "Ok whatever" I say truthfully. "You don't even have to acknowledge him sis, fucc him!" Neelam claims. We exit the car and make are way to the entrance. Once we were inside I was amazed and surprise. The place was beautifully put together, no wonder they have an assignment based on this place, I thought to myself. We went to sit in a booth and ordered some food. As we were laughing among ourselves, this dude walked up to us.
"Hey Neelam, how you been?"Says a Light skin boy. "Hey Isaiah" She says sweetly. I look between the two. I came to my conclusion, they fuckin. When Neelam is put out her gaze, she introduces us. Turns out he's in her Visuals class as well, he majors in Biology. "Well Isaiah it's nice to meet you, Neelam I'll be right back, gotta pee" I said grinning and with a wink. Giving them some alone time was the best. As I was heading to the bathroom I was pulled by my waist and hugged from behind. The person then whispered in my ear
"I missed you Za". I immediately realized who it was. Cameron was the only one who called me Za. I ripped myself from him and turned around. "Sorry can't say I feel the same" I say as I try to walk away. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me close to him. "Za please give me another chance! I know I messed up and all but it wasn't even a big deal!" He says. I scoff, "If you cant see that it's a big deal, I worry for your next girlfriend. If you cant see that cheating is wrong then I wish you the best of luck" I once again rip away from him, walking back to my table.
Kaiden POV Me and Isaiah just arrived at Thrill(the name of the place) and as soon as we went in Isiah went off to find Neelam. It's so obvious he got a thing for her. I made my way towards the bar and got a drink. I sat there for a little bit until I decided to go find Isaiah. I eventually found him sitting at a booth across from Neelam. I slid into the side where Isaiah was sitting.
"Hey Neelam" I said. "Hey Kaiden, I didn't know you were here" she said with a surprise look. I don't blame her, these things are not my style.
"Oh I came with Isaiah actually, just went to get a drink" I said shaking my glass. "So your here by yourself?" I questioned. "You know me, I can never be by myself" she laughs. "I'm actually here with my best friend" she says. I hum in response. She the grins and says "You know, I could hook you guys up if you want" she says eagerly. "Naw I'm good" I said uninterested. I then look to my left when I saw one of the most beautiful girls. "Who is she?" I said not realizing I was thinking out loud. "That's my bestfriend, Zakiah" Neelam said. "I think I'll take up your offer Neelam" I said while licking my lips. That's my future wifey right there, believe that.
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A/N: Thanks for giving my book a chance, I appreciate it a lot. Comment and vote plz. Nissy🔆
