"YOU DID WHAT?" Tink and Aaliyah said in unison.
"Surpriseeee shawties!"
They both stared at Tony blankly then back at the RV standing behind him.
"Tony I got school and school work-" Aaliyah started but he stopped her.
"Girl shut the fuck up, you bout go on summer vacation, I ain't finish school but im not dumb."
"Yeah but I was thinking about taking-"
"No Aaliyah, shut up. Why y'all acting like this? I got us a nice lil van for the gang, for a lil family trip?"
"Tony you just said some of the boys are coming, I know they technically are family but... family vacation kind of family? What's the real reason for this?"
There was a moment of silence as Tony looked down and scratched his neck.
"Ok ok, aight look."
"Here we go." Aaliyah threw her hands up.
"Listen listen listen, it's just a little bit of business out in AZ but I promise we gone have fun. It's only one day of business the rest is fun."
"I don't wanna be around that shit Tony!"
"Baby listen, you're not. I don't ever have you around this. Matter or fact y'all both shut the hell up. We going and that's final."
"Is Justin going?"
He eyed Aaliyah and aggressively walked up on her.
"Fuck you worried bout it for? Don't let me find out that's why you trippin!?
"Get the fuck out my face. I don't fuck with him I'm just asking!"
"Yeah, aight." He bumped into her and signaled for Tink to follow him.
* * *
School was finally out and Justin was still MIA so Aaliyah's nerves were all over the place. Her grades came back perfect but she couldn't come to celebrate or feel good about herself. The boy she wanted all these years took her virginity and dipped, she felt like a sucka.
"Come on bitch, fuck him. Just tell everybody you still a virgin."
"That's not the point Chanel."
They stood outside the garage with their bags waiting on everyone to pull up.
Tony and Tink pulled up in the RV, then Tony's crew in another RV, then Justin.
Justin and a girl pulled up and Aaliyah felt her body start to tremble while Chanel instantly felt stuck. Tony hopped out the car and began to go back and forth with Justin further down the alley so the others wouldn't hear.
"Bro get her the fuck outta here. She cannot come!"
"Why? Tink here?"
"Nigga, Tink don't fuck with her is you stupid? She not even supposed to be around the garage period."
"Nigga you ain't the boss."
"But bitch I am and you know it."
He finally turned to notice Aaliyah and Chanel were there.
"What the fuck are they doing here?"
"Nigga you questioning my sisters? Why the fuck wouldn't they be here?"
Justin swallowed his spit and bit his tongue.
"I'll take her home."
"Nigga we don't got time for this shit."
"Well what you want me to do? Give the bitch my car!?"
"Do what you gotta do my nigga."
Tony walked off as Justin signaled the girl over to him.
"Chanel did you-" Aaliyah began but Chanel quickly gathered everyone's attention.
"Alright bitches. I wanna pick who going where cause y'all know who ever in our RV gone have fun."
She began to assign who was gonna be in whose RV.
Aaliyah watched Justin escort the girl to his car, before the girl could say anything Justin gestured that he wasn't in the mood. He grabbed his bag and shooed the girl, making her speed off with an attitude.
He looked back to see Aaliyah burning a whole through his head and quickly stood in the circle.
Aaliyah snatched Chanel up.
"Put me in the same RV as Zeke and Justin."
She was puzzled at first but quickly caught on to her friend's scheme and did as told.
