Anticipation

Sneakers & Smiles

"It's about time you came home, nigga" , Troy was the first person to greet Qualeek as he walked into the house . 

"What's up ? Why all yall here?" , Qua asked locking the front door .

 "We all stayed to play ball ,and so we can all go to the mall tomorrow . The Spizikes come out tomorrow! We talked about this.", Randy informed .

"Damn I forgot . Shan invited me over to chill and have dinner . You know how that goes " , Qualeek shrugged.

Footz rolled his eyes at his older brother. He always forgot stuff that didn't include him being the center of attention. Even during basketball – if the play didn't involve him making the shot he would totally forget . He was selfish .

" You should have just stayed at Shan's " , Footz finally said after grilling his brother. "I was going to but I didn't wanna hear Ma's mouth"

Footz smacked his lips at Qualeek not understanding his plain and obvious sarcasm . "Where you going?" , Troy asked pausing the game they were playing " Check on my sister."

"For what? " , Qua scrunched up his face . He had something like disgust for the relationship his younger siblings had.  Footz didn't even turn around to retort he just kept walking up the stairs .

"You know you made Greena cry earlier ? " , Troy looked up from the game he had resumed without Footz . "How? I haven't even seen her all day"

"Exactly. She was telling me how you never want to be around her and shit. That's why she clings to Footz. She thinks you hate her."

" I don't hate my sister. Im just tired of everybody treating her like a baby. She can handle herself ."

"Well prove to her that you don't hate her. Everybody just showing her love. You acting like it's a crime."

"When yall get so close anyways ? She only been here a week."

Troy shrugged then began to smirk , "We do have 8 classes together. We getting to be more than close" . Randy and Ricky laughed at Troy's statement knowing exactly what Troy was doing .

"What the fuck you mean ?", Qua's eyes gleamed in fury just thinking about Troy even touching his baby sister – About anyone touching her .

Troy chuckled just as Footz come back downstairs with KaBrina in tow behind him . "You feel any better?" , Troy asked recalling that after Dinner she excused herself because she had a stomach ache . " Yeah , Im fine . I just ate too much"

"Shit didn't we all ?" Ricky butted in .

"Oh hey Qua ? " , KaBrina finally realized her older brother in the room . "What's up ,my green goblin ?", he smiled for only the 2nd time at her since she had been in Dallas .

"Ugh" , She groaned with a roll of her eyes making Qua laugh . She instantly smiled at him . Maybe her big brother was finally coming around . "So what time we leaving?" ,Troy interrupted their moment .

" I wanna leave as early as possible maybe around 7 ." , Footz rubbed his hands together . " I thought Trey was going too ? " , Qua asked .

KaBrina's ears perked up at the mention of Trey's name . After all , he  was all she had been thinking about since he left her room . Him calling her beautiful made her gush inside every time she replayed it in her mind .

The boys continued to debate what time they were going to head to the mall as KaBrina sat thinking about Trey . His perfect smile , those dimples , the way his intense brown eyes got even bigger when he seemed interested , him talking with his mouth full . . .