SELFISH •L.B•

Chapter Nine

||Mariah||

So far, My decision to leave Melo has put a lot less stress on me. I don't have to worry about him getting hurt, or me being hurt. I stepped out of being the team manager on the Jba so I can focus on school and graduating.

As soon as I broke up with Melo, he went right back to Ashley. No lie, it kind of hurt. But it's been a couple months since then. I heard that Melo had left the Jba and was playing for Spire. I was proud of him.

But lately he hasn't been playing like himself, so LaVar wanted me to watch him play. He flew me out to Ohio. Gelo and Zo are supposed to be here too I guess.

I have on a light pink BBB shirt, that I designed, ripped jeans, and my matching pink lowtop vans.

Dmo- Girl, Ain't nobody seen you in a while. You just went ghost on everybody.

Mariah- I know. I just had to take a break.

||LaMelo||

Today was another one of our games. We weren't doing so well, I mean we weren't even playing like ourselves. Especially me. Since Mari and I broke up I haven't really been myself. I kind of miss her.

Jermaine- Alright. Y'all ain't been doing too well lately, and that's got to change. So I brought in somebody to talk to someone in this room.

Dmo walked in the room with his ugly ass and I fought back every urge to laugh.

Melo- You brought Darren in?

Jermaine- No. He brought the one person that I know for a fact scares you.

I laughed and brushed off what he said.

Melo- Maan, Get outta here. Don't nobody scare me.

I kept laughing until I saw somebody in pink walk in. I knew immediately who it was and stopped laughing, getting somewhat scared. The guys started laughing at me.

Dmo- Huh? What was that Melo?

Melo- What did you bring her for? We not even together anymore.

Dmo- I brought her cause you out here acting up and LaVar told me too.

She walked over to me and smacked me in the chest, folding her arms.

Melo- You ain't have to do all that.

Mariah- Get up.

There was this look in her eyes so I knew she was mad. Since I didn't want to get hit again, I got up and followed her to a hallway where nobody was. I leaned against the wall and looked at her.

Melo- What?

Mariah- I seen the way you be playing. The hell are you doing? You want to get drafted right?

Melo- I mean, That's the goal.

Mariah- Then Stop fucking playing like you're in middle school, and play like LaMelo. You out there looking stupid as hell.

I kissed my teeth and rolled my eyes, knowing she was overreacting.

Melo- You not even my girl, so I don't know why you trippin so much.

Right after saying that, she glared and me and I felt a stinging sensation. My cheek was fucking burning.

Mariah- But what was I before we broke up? Your best friend. That's why I'm "trippin".

Melo- Yo, you lucky you a female.

Mariah- If I wasn't? What would you have done? Please, Tell me.

I looked down at her, grabbed her by her shirt and kissed her. I didn't expect her to kiss back, but her freaky ass did, and slid her tounge in my mouth. I gave her a signal to jump up, and she did. No lie, I haven't had sex in months. I didn't do anything with Ashley cause she was hella loose. Mariah pulled away and looked at me with lust in her eyes.

Mariah- If you play like the Melo I know, I'll let you smash while I'm out here.

That's all I needed to hear for motivation.

||Lonzo||

Dmo told Me, Gelo, and my dad that Jermaine wanted us to come hype the boys up. So that's what we came to do. Mari and Melo had been gone for a little while and we was wondering what was taking so long.

Jermaine- What's taking so long?

LiAngelo- How much you wanna bet they doing something they not supposed to.

Lonzo- A hundred to both of us saying he gone walk in here with at least one hickey.

LaVar- I'll accept that. Mari knows she doesn't want Melo right now.

A couple seconds after he said that, Mariah walked in with her hair covering both sides of her neck, meanwhile Melo had like four hickeys and didn't even try to hide it.

Gelo and I started laughing our asses off as my dad just stared with his mouth open.

LaVar- Mariah!! You just made me loose two hundred bucks.

Jermaine- Well, Damn! Did she even talk to him?

Mariah- Oh I did. He just started the rest.

||Skipping to the end of the game||

||Mariah||

Melo actually pulled through. The final score of the game was 165 to 140. I was proud of him. He played like it was his last game. Now, We were all in the van, on our way to some resteraunt. Oh lord. Ray was here too. Fuck my freaking life.

LiAngelo- Bro, Melo. You went crazy. Mari, What the fuck did you say to him?

Mariah- I might have bribed him.

LaVar- Whatever you promised him, keep doing that.

I raised my eyebrows and looked away, knowing I can't keep making that promise. All Melo did was laugh.

Ray- What did you promise him?

He looked down and opened his phone, texting something in somewhere. Once he was done, Me, Gelo, Zo, Ray, and Kp's phones went off.

Melo 💓
😺

All the guys laughed and gave him their little bro handshakes. I gave him a stank face and smacked him right in the chest.

Mariah- You do realize I'm in that group chat.

I said, scooting away from him. I didn't get very far until his lanky ass pulled me back into his lap, whispering something in my ear.

LaMelo- You're mine and I don't care what you say or do. Just know we not breaking up.

He said, wrapping something around my neck.

Dmo- Nigga, Did you really get her chain that says your name on it? Where do you even find the time for that?