MORE THAN FRIENDS

Don't Check On Me

     Jamel woke up and climbed out of bed, heading to the bathroom. He did handled his hygiene and got dressed for school while smoking the blunt that rolled up late last night.
After a few deep drags of the blunt, he was high and dehydrated like shit. Heading downstairs to the kitchen, he went and grabbed a bottle of juice out the Refrigerator and took it down in one gulp.  As he walked back upstairs to his bedroom to finish getting dressed he head a noise that sound like it came from downstairs.
He stopped and turned around for a few second, but not being pressed nor scared he kept walking to his room. Soon as he reached his door Meona's jumped up on his back and holla "Boo".

Still not showing a inch of fear he looked to the side at her with a grin on his face and shook his head. "Ya ass erky".
She jumped down and plopped down on comfortable his King size bed. She crossed her legs and leaned back on her elbows with a smile on her face. "You was scared baby"?
"Never... but you lucky you my erky ass girlfriend cause ya ass was ready get shot" he said laughing as he put his  rope chain around his neck.
Her mouth dropped "You was gonna shoot me Jamel"?  He chuckled and looked back at her  " Nah".
She rolled her eyes and sucked her teeth "Yeah right". 
"Chill babe I wasn't gonna off you like that" he said walking over, leaning down and kissing her lips.
"Imma give ya ass ya key back cause I ain't trying to die Jamel" she said while laughing and shaking her head.
  "No you fucking not stop playing with me meme".
That's how tight they were, even before they got together they always had keys to each other's cribs. Meona always came to his house unannounced, but she never had to have permission.
Even when he had company she was that type of bestfriend to Jamel that if she wanted you gone or felt like you were toxic in his life she had the last say so. She held that special place in his heart always and she barely even knew it.
"Tonight is yall game ... you happy"?
Jamel glanced back at her and nodded his head with a smile on his face "Hell yeah".
She chuckled "I know you gonna kill em tonight".  He turned around and touched the side of her face while biting down on his lip in a sexy way, sending chills down her spine. "Thanks meme babe".
She sat there and admired how sexy her man looked and knew she was lucky as fuck to have him. Jamel was dressed in a black and gold tupac hoodie with light blue skinny but baggy jeans and a black fitted backwards on his head. Just as he sat down on the edge of the bed put on his Jordan's his cell phone rang on the nightstand.
"Can you see who that is babe"?  She reached over and looked down at the caller "Here... ya dad". He grabbed the phone and answered " Sup pops".
" Sup son you on your way to school?"  "Yeah... why wassup"?
"I need a favor... Do you know a girl in ya school name Tiera"?
Hearing her name caused him to stop and look up for a second before he replied "Yeah why"?
"I need you to holla at shawty and tell her to tell Roy, her pop's to get at me asap.
He came to me not to long ago and told me about a deal proposition with a connect, It's important and it involves you and Kabron making a run for me tonight. I'll let you know if it's a go later" Stevie said.
The call disconnected and Jamel sat there for a minute, trying to get his thoughts together. The last thing he wanted to do was have to communicate with tiera and make Meona feel some type of way. It was no secret that Meme was a protective girlfriend, but it didn't bother him at all.  Instead of mentioning to her what his pops and him had just talked about he finished getting ready and they left for school.

    Kyra, Meona and the other cheerleaders watched on the side line as Jamel and his team members danced, all hyped that they just yet again won another game. Meona had so much faith in their basketball team, they were the talk of the city all over the news and radio station.
Meona turned her back for a minute to laugh and joke with Kyra about how silly her man was. But when she turned back around to look at him again her smile was wiped completely off her face. There stood Tiera in some booty shorts all over Jamel.
What made it worser was Jamel seem like he was enjoying all the attention he was getting from Tiera and the bitches she was with.
With her blood boiling, Meona grabbed up her bag and stormed out the gym without saying a word. She went into the locker room and changed back into her demin ripped jeans, white belly shirt and her brown knee boots. Just as she was pulling her hair up into a tight ponytail Kyra walked in.
As Kyra was changed back into her regular clothes she noticed her bestfriend's sudden mode change.
If looks could kill everyone would be dead in Meona's eyes. "Are you okay boo"? She asked when she saw that Meona sat in deep thought and hadn't moved off the bench.
When Meona didn't answer she called her name loudly to get her attention, but all it did was cause Meona to shot her a death stare. "What happened bitch"?
"Not now Ky" was all she said before she grabbed her bag and left the locker room.
Kyra followed behind her in silence as they walked into Mr. James classroom to get their test scores before they left school for the day. Soon as they entered the classroom Meona laid eyes on Jamel standing next to Kabron chopping it up with him. They both had already changed back into their regular clothes and soon as they got their tests back they were out.
Meona plopped down in her chair with a attitude next to Kyra. Kyra kind of figured her sudden attitude had something to do with Jamel, but decided to wait till she was ready to come out and talk about it. Once Jamel saw her sitting there with Kyra he walked over, towered over her and kissed her forehead. He looked down at her and picked up her attitude and frown his face up a little.
"What's wrong with you"? He asked calm and low as he jerked back and stared at her.
She threw her hand up and looked straight ahead"Not now Jamel".  Kyra laughed inside because that was the same thing she had said to her less than ten minutes ago. That made Jamel lower his eyes and stared at her with confusion written all over his face. Where did this sudden attitude come from when they were just fine?
Just then Tiera came strutting in the classroom with a smirk on her face once she spotted Jamel. Meona caught that and rolled her eyes up in her head as she sucked her teeth.  "Jamel make sure you do that for me alright babe" Tiera said out loud, laughing as she slowly walked to her seat in the classroom.
He looked up at her and nodded her head before looking back down at Meona as he still stood over top of her. She looked up at him with fire in her eyes and the inside of her body heated. He gave meme that chill out look, but that didn't stop her at all. She pointed at Tiera with her eyes still on him " What the fuck is she talking about Jamel"?
"Babe chill" he said in a low voice as he stood straight up. This wasn't what he wanted to happened and he definitely didn't want her and Meona to get into and ruin what was supposed to be done.
"Nah fuck chill... fuck she talking about make sure you do that? You know I don't fuck with her" Meona snapped. But when Tiera started laughing that pissed Meona off more.
"Awee relax sweetie Jamel will always be babe to me".
Meona jumped to her feet as Jamel tried to hold her back "Bitch don't play with me I will fuck you up right now... you really tried it boo".
"Jamel deal with ya bitch please" Tiera said sitting on the desk, laughing as she picked at her nails. The fact that she pretended to be unbothered to Meona while she was running her mouth pissed Meme off more.
"You the bitch... bitch don't play with me yo. I'm the same one who's in his life for forever you just a bitch that's mad and want that spot so bad but I ain't happening. It ain't happen before and it damn sure ain't happening now... I'm his girl not you and that's where you got shit fucked up but baby please believe I'm definitely certified with the hands" Meona said balling her fist up while Jamel stood on front of her.
It was a good thing Mr. James stepped out the classroom for a second to talk to another teacher because the tension between Tiera and Meona was definitely high. Jamel gently pushed s Meona back down in her seat.
As frustrated as he was he kept calm because he didn't wanna see his girl get out of character over some bullshit. He knew Tiera was drama but time and time again he ignored her ways only because she was a female, although their were times when he wanted to crack her in her shit too.
"Like I told you before Jamel knows what it is... he been knew and we would have been together if didn't step the fuck in" Tiera said. At this point she wasn't gonna drop the situation because she wanted to get under Meona's skin. She truly felt that Jamel had this wall up between them and if Meona never stepped in the two of them would have been a couple by now.
Jamel looked over at Tiera with a serious face and decided to chime in " Speak truth ma, you sitting here talking reckless to my girl and shit ... that shit ain't cool".
"Ah fuck her" Tiera stated as she chuckled.  Meona took a deep breath and tried to keep cool as her legs shook uncontrollably. Jamel turned his back from Meona and rubbed his hand down his face, this was too much for him for one day. The last thing he wanted was to beef with his girl today, but after all this shit he knew it was coming.
Meona stood up "Excuse me" she told Kabron as she squeezed pass him and before Tiera even realized Meona had drew back and socked Tiera dead in her jaw causing spit and blood to fly out her mouth. She knocked Tiera off the desk and went to work on her face, jabbing her about four good times before Jamel,Kabron and their other classmate Q grabbed them apart.
The whole class when crazy laughing and cheering at the site of seeing Tiera get her ass whoop.
"Bitch I will fuck you up" Tiera yelled out while Q held her in his arms. Her hair stood up wildly all over her head and her mouth was leaking blood, but that didn't stop Meona from trying to get out of Jamel's arms.
Meona laugh "Yeah right bitch you just got ya ass whoop shutup. Let her go Q please so I can whoop her ass again".
Kyra noticed while Meona and Tiera argued back and forth that Tiera same homegirl with the booty short was sneaking up behind Meona.
"Try it bitch I want you to" Kyra said standing up, removing her earrings.
Jamel glanced back at the girl once he heard Kyra say what she said "Try me if you want I don't fight bitches but i will bust ya shit" he said still holding Meona tightly.
"Nah it's cool Jamel trust me... cause I'm ready" Kyra informed him. She was ready to knock any bitch out who thought they was about to jump in and do anything to her best friend.
"Let me go Q I'm bout to beat this bitch" Tiera yelled.
Meona was sick and tried of hearing her post threat and pushed out of Jamel's arms and went to run up on her. Just before she got to her Jamel pulled her back again, but this time he picked her up and carried her out the classroom kicking and screaming.
He never seen her this mad before and it shocked the hell out of him. They didn't even get a chance to get their test scores, but at this point that was the last thing on their minds.
The whole car ride to Meona's house was silent, the fact that Jamel was even frustrated blew her because he shouldn't been mad at all. Meona walked through the back door of her house in the kitchen with Jamel on her heels. She kicked her shoes off and ready to head up the stairs when she stopped her.
She turned around with a angry expression on her face "What"?
He shook his head while still holding her arm "Ayo this what we not bout to do".  "What you mean Jamel please tell me"? She said snatching her arm away, crossing her arms across her chest and staring him dead in his face.
"Fuck is your problem yo... ya ass fighting in school and shit fuck is up with you. You letting this hoe get under your skin and shit".
She lowered her eyes "Please Jamel she definitely had it coming and I'm confused to the fact that your standing here as if you care that she just got her ass whoop".
"Why couldn't ya ass ignore her like you always do... nah ya ass fights this bitch like you had a point to prove" he fussed.
"Well next time control your bitches than" she said shoving her shoulders as she walked passed him to go to the refrigerator.
"Really Meme"?
"Yes really Jamel. You let her disrespect me than she all hugged up on you in the gym and you let her like you a single nigga or something".
He shook his head "I wasn't hugged up with the bitch for one and plus I was only being nice to her ass because I had something important to do for my dad that involves her".
Meona slammed the refrigerator "Like what ... what was so important that this bitch had to be all in ya face"? She asked as she cocked her head to the side.
"Her people's and my dad had business their were doing together and I  had to holla at her about it ... we were the messengers so she could put word out fuck you mean meme"? He asked with his face frowned up. Jamel wasn't use to this side of Meona and it was pissing him off by the minute.
She sucked her teeth and rolled her eyes as she leaned her back on the counter. Her mind was racing right, either way she didn't want Jamel around that bitch. Starting to feel bad for acting the way she did she looked up at him with the saddest face.
"So what you saying I missed shit up"? She asked throwing her hands up.
"I don't know but you need to control your fucking temper" he said a little louder than before.  "How when she calling you babe let alone this is same bitch I slapped for ya ass before for trying me" she told him refreshing his memory.
He took a deep breath and held his head high, annoyed as fuck.  "What I'm getting on your nerves now"? She asked taking a few steps closer to him just as annoyed.
He looked down at her with a serious look on his face as he nodded his head up and down "Yeah right now you are".
Meona was taking back a little and also confused to if she was tripping or If he was. The whole situation had her on edge plus this was their first real argument. She was so heated that she didn't even feel like talking to him anymore or anybody else, how could this day turn out to be so bad when everything was good earlier. But once again Tiera was the reason for this little fall out.
Jamel's phone rang causing her suck her teeth and blow out air. "Yo".  "Jamel it's on... Meet me at the trap near the house" Stevie said in the phone.
"Ard" was all he said before hanging up the phone and looking at Meona. "Look I gotta handle something and I'll be gone for a day or two. I already talked to Kyra and she gonna come stay the night with you". Even the calmness in his voice couldn't change her attitude and now to find out he was leaving town for a couple days had her deeply in her feelings.
She rolled her eyes, sucked her teeth and turned her back on him as she started to walk away "I don't need nobody to stay with me".
"Ard meme I understand you mad and shit and when I come back we can talk about it, but right now you need to chill".
"Nope... Like I said I don't need nobody" she told him picking at her nails, being stubborn as usual when she didn't get her way.
He raised his eyebrows and clenched his jaw "Nobody"? He had to ask because now he felt like she was trying to be smart and sarcastic.
"Yup" she said looking up at him, letting the words roll of her tongue. She tried to walk out the kitchen before he stopped her by grabbing her arm.  "What you being smart yo"?
"Jamel please leave me alone... Go do whatever you gotta do and get outta my face" she said mugging him.
He let her arm go and sighed hard "You know what... Imma go before you say some shit that jeopardize our relationship and unlike you I don't want that" he said looking her up and down before leaning down to kiss her.
When she turned her away from him he nodded his head and took a few steps away from her.  "So what you done with me now"? He asked curious, in his mind he hadn't did nothing that bad for her to be treating him this way.
When he looked in her eyes and could tell that she was unsure to the answer his heart sink, he didn't wanna lose his girl to this bullshit let alone at all.
"I don't know Jamel". She took a deep breath and tucked her loose hair behind her ear. He looked down while nodding his head before looking back at her, sadly before leaving out the door.
I was so frustrated after he left that I called Kyra and told her everything that had happened. Her words that stuck with me was "Don't you leave that boy over that bitch. You giving her the power that she wants and it's not fair to him nor y'all relationship. I loved him and Kyra was right I didn't have a real reason to leave Jamel, he had always been good to me.