Brittany Hills Chronicles: Act 3

Lennox 21

I remember the first day I met Masai, it was the first day of second grade and the school had fucked around and put me in the same class as Masai, Fredo, Lil Quez, and Man Man. Our teacher was this old white lady named Mrs. Green and full disclosure she was a total bitch and for some reason she despised the fact that I was left-handed, she used to force me to redo my class work with my right hand... but that's besides the point. The first day of class someone must've pissed her off because she was snapping at the entire class, I remember her leaving out for something and Masai, being the genius that he was decided to fuck with her a little, he stood up and walked up to the chalkboard and wrote in big letter 'FUCK THIS BITCH'.... Needless to say when she came back she was heated she was determined to find out who the culprit was and threatened to make us stay after school until one of us confessed, no one in the class was going to snitch because they knew that they would get their ass whooped. Finally, when it was time for lunch, this bitch ass dude stood up, pointed at me and said I did it.......

"Lennox.... you good nigga?" Levi said nudging me with his arm, I turned to him and smiled. Levi was coo, he was sexy as fuck, was about his business, and knew how to keep his mouth shut which was a plus. "You thinking about your boy again?" He asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, but it's not what you think.... I was thinking about the first day I met him. This little not only snitched but he flat out lied on me, I remember beating his ass after school..... then Masai beat his ass." I said laughing at the memory.

"Y'all two must be close..... but you know you can't pressure him into this lifestyle, he's gotta want it himself." Levi said and again I nodded.

"Trust me I'm not doing anything I haven't done before.... okay maybe kissing him was something new but you don't know Masai like I do.... he's ALWAYS been different." I said and once again I was taken back to a memory from our past.....

It was the summer before we entered high school, it was hot as fuck I'm talkin black niggas getting sunburned hot, there were these woods that we all used to ride our bikes and in the woods, there was this little swimming hole. The water was always clear and ice cold.... we were young and looking for any way to end our suffering it was just me, Masai and Lil Quez and no one was around.

"You know what fuck it." I said laying my bike down and stripping down to my boxers. Lil Quez and Masai both began to protest and saying all the typical toxic masculinity shyt we had all been taught but I didn't care. "Look it's just us here and the chances of anyone finding us is zero... so y'all can either sit there looking stupid or......" I pull my boxer down and tossed them at Lil Quez before jumping in the ice cold water and that's when I first caught the spark of curiosity in Masai's eyes as he stared at me in the water while Lil Quez went off on a rant about beating my ass.

"Like he said... fuck it." Masai said getting off his bike and stripping out his clothes.

"So you really feeling dude... that's wassup, but as your boy can I be real with you? You playing these mind games with him is hurting your cause.... look just hear me out if what you say is true then he's already confused and toying with him is going to fuck his head and cause him to act quicker than he normally would and that could push him into doing something with someone else." Levi said and I nodded.

"I hear you... but if I stop now he's going to be even more confused because it's going to seem like I've lost interest and Masai is naturally suspicious so he's more than likely to come up with his own theories about why I'm not flirting with him anymore." I said shrugging. "I'll figure it out....." I said turning to him and smiling. "So in the meantime what you tryin to do?" I asked licking my lips.

"I actually gotta get back to Dayton... I got called into work tonight so I need to get some rest but I should have next weekend off if you wanna chill then." Levi said and I had to admit I was a little disappointed but I would never get in the way of someone trying to make money. Once Levi was gone, I paced around my apartment... I know a lot of people are curious about how a seventeen year old had his own place it's simple.... social media. I made some smart moves and made some money, I have always been independent and so here I was... this wasn't my endgame though I planned on upgrading but I wanted to build my credit up first. As I paced around with my dick swinging between my legs I thought the second time Masai showed me who he really was.......

It was New Year's Eve.... he was drunk as fuck, like really fuckin drunk and stumbling all over the basement of my mom's house. We watched him as he talked so much shyt about wanting to go out and either beat someone's ass or fuck some bitch but there was no way in hell I was letting him out in public because he was that fucked up.

"Ayy we're about to go fuck with these bitches, they got a hotel and they're begging for some dick, y'all coming or what?" Fredo asked and I looked at Masai who was in no condition to leave the house.

"Nah I'm going to stay here with this goofy ass nigga, y'all know how he is and if one of them hoes say the wrong thing or even look at him crazy he's going to flip out on them and none of y'all will be getting any pussy tonight." I said and to emphasize my point Masai pushed ManMan and I jumped up and grabbed him. "Calm down...." I said quietly and he nodded. After they left me and Masai just sat in the basement smoking.

"Ayy it's almost midnight, let's go outside and let off some shoots." Masai said stumbling over to my bed and lifting the mattress, I jumped up and ran over to him grabbing the gun from him and shaking my head. "Man, I'm good quit acting like a bitch." Masai said.

"Aight man but don't overdo it... matter fact." I said removing the clip and leaving five bullets. "Come on there's a field not to far from here." I said as I had to help his drunk ass up the stairs. The whole walk to the field down the street from my mom's house Masai kept stumbling. This was a stupid idea but I figure it would appease him, we got to the field and I reluctantly handed Masai the gun. "Aim that way." I said pointing away from all the houses.

"Bro why ain't this shyt shooting?" Masai asked, his growing frustrated.

"That's cuz your dumb ass got the safety on..... here man." I said walking over to him and gently grabbed the gun, I guided his hand with the gun in it towards the sky and it was like the night went still.... Masai turned to me and looked in my eyes, I knew what he wanted to do he started to lean towards me and just as our lips were about to touch his finger pulled the trigger.....

There were only two people in the world who banged on my door like that, the first was my mom who always called or texted before showing up so I that told me that it was the second person and honestly I was confused as to why he was here, but nevertheless I walked over to the door and before I could invite him in he stepped through the door like he lived here.

"Quez what did I tell you about that shyt, your ass needs to wait outside until I invite you in.... IF I invite you in, you don't know who I could have over here how do you think your mom would feel if you caught us together?" I asked watching the anger build in his eyes.

"Fuck you Lennox.... nah I need to ask you something, can I leave this over here? My mom is trippin, talkin about she's scared one of my little brothers is going to find it." Quez said pulling out a gun and I instantly didn't trust it.

"Where'd you get the gun Quez?" I asked looking into his eyes waiting for this nigga to lie to me, because he didn't have an honest bone in his body.

"Real talk..... we got it out this nigga's house, we got some other shyt to but I know you be acting like a bitch about us bringing the shyt here. Look just keep it here overnight and I promise I'll come and get it in the morning." Quez said practically begging.

"Man I swear to God this shyt better be gone by noon.... and I promise you if someone comes over here looking for it I'm going to direct them to your address because I worked too damn hard to get my own place only for you to have my shyt in some drama." I said as he tried to hand me the gun. "Nigga, you think I'm some rookie? I'm not touching that shyt because I don't want my fingerprints on it go put it in the kitchen somewhere." I said watching his every move because even though he was my boy, I didn't trust him.

"Aight bruh I'm about to get outta here.... but before I go I need to tell you something, it's about that nigga Masai." Lil Quez said and I normally didn't get into gossip and shyt but this was Masai we're talking about. "Word on the street is that nigga is sweet.... one of my homies saw him at the barbershop earlier and from what I heard he was getting fucked by some nigga in one of the back rooms." Lil Quez said and I just started laughing because that just sounded like some bullshyt. "What you don't believe me?" He said pulling out his phone and showed me a video of Masai following after some dark skinned dude and it was clear that Masai was checking out his ass. "Watch that nigga bro....." Lil Quez said walking out and I knew I had to call Masai and let him know because if one of them said something to him.... well I knew about his anger and I refused to let my boy get locked up again...................