BLOCK
"Shit man" Jess stomped his foot in frustration
"Tuh, tantrums like a child" Jordan said as he went and grabbed his stuff
"Ima have to fuck that nigga up" I eyed him down
"Y'all chill, maybe this could be a good thing" Jase said as we all tilted our head at him
"What drugs you on?" Sin asked as we laughed as we all began walking out to Jase's car
"Ian on drugs, I'm just saying, maybe we could use his fame and get us some good shit out of it" he said while we got in the car
"Nah, ion know man" I said
"Yeah ion trust it" Sin said as Jess just looked through the window
"How bout we just give him one chance" Jase offered
"You seen how that nigga rubbed off on us" I scrunched up my face
"You always tryna be Friendly Jase, you hella nice" Sin said as me and Jess chuckled
"I just don't like drama, especially within our team, we supposed to be a family" He sighed
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Game Day
JESS
"Bro you know we got a test today in Geometry right?" My homeboy Rod reminded me
"Shit man. I forgot, my mind been on the game and the new nigga on the team" I said to him
"Oh yeah him, what's his face? James?Jayden? OH Jordan yeah, that nigga in my class, literature class, mad smart" he replied
"Mm, get some dirt on em for me" I said to him, he looked at me like I was crazy
"Quit looking at me like that" I furrowed my eyebrows
"Nigga you sound bout crazy" he chuckled
"Just do what I said please?" I asked
"I gotchu man" he said
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HOTSHOT
"Class we have a new member joining our class, every say hello to Jordan Rowland" the lady snapped
Shit.
"Pick a seat anywhere you want" she told him
Not by me, not by me.
Shit he sat right beside me
"Wassup man" he said as I just nodded my head towards him
"I get it, your friends don't like me so you gonna follow them" he sighed and tapped his pencil once on his desk
"Nah Nah" I corrected him hella quick
"It ain't that, Ian got a problem witchu" I confessed
"Really?" He said
"I know I came off as a dick head the first time but it's just because I'm so proud in what I've accomplished, my mom was poor, my dad left us when I was 4, so I was stuck with 6 other siblings, so I turned to basketball, it was the only way out" he explained as I nodded
That made me respect him much more
"I get it, when you're on the team Coach gon start to treat you like one of us.. his sons, he don't have kids at all so he always looked at us as his boys" I explained
"Damn that's fire, how old are you guys?" He asked
"I'm 17, Block.. the louder one is 16, Jess, the light skin one is 15, and Sin'll be 15 in November" I said
"So what you gon do after HS? Cause you a senior, right?" He asked
"Nawl I'm a Junior, and I'm tryna get a scholarship" I said
"It's not y'all.. coach showed me videos of y'all playing, pretty dope, it's him, he's not giving y'all opportunities to take y'all to the next level, he keeping y'all at baby stage, which is hella bad, especially for you, you gon be outta here soon, I mean there's always college basketball though" he said
All that shit he said really made me think a lot about coach and the team
Bell rings
Jordan and I walk out just talking and laughing until I'm greeted by the boys
"Fuck is this?" Sin asked
"Wow Jase really?" Block questioned
"Oh hell no don't do that, I never said I had a problem with him, I said give him a chance" I defended
"Bro you look fake right now" Jess said
"What the hell, how?" I asked
"You know we don't fuck with him and you hanging out with him!" Block semi-shouted
"Okay that's YALL, YALL have a problem with him, not me, y'all don't even have a reason to hate this kid, he been through the same shit we been through, give him a damn chance, grow up for once!" I shouted and stormed off
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JESS
"I can't believe his ass" I said as his lil buddy followed behind him
Sin just snarled
"Fuck him, we can do this shit on our on" Block said
"Nah man... that nigga been down since elementary.. Ian finna let a new nigga take em away, but if he wanna be wit em, ima let him" I said
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