Feenin': The Ballad of DeVante and Serafina

Chapter Four: "Persistent, Aren't We?"

DEVANTE POV

Man! I can't stop thinking about Serafina. When I go to sleep, when I eat, when I'm writing down tracks, she's on my mind. I know I just met the girl, but damn! We just finished promoting our debut album Forever My Lady and despite all these groupies, she's all I can think about! Our management gave us a break from recording, so I moved back to my apartment in Los Angeles. I was chilling at home playing Sega with my homies Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella, Raekwon, Treach and Vince from Naughty by Nature.

Treach: Man, what's up with you nigga?

Me: Nothing, man. Why?

Treach: You been all in ya thoughts and shit since we been here, man.

Snoop: You got a new chick, or something?

Me: No. Trying to though.

Dre: Hold up, I know you ain't talking about ya cousin's friend at the reunion.

Me: Yeah.

Treach: Yo dog, she's jailbait. Back up off that.

Me: I can't, Treach. She's smart, intelligent, and beautiful. I know she's 17, but I can look past the age.

Raekwon: I ain't bailing you outta jail, nigga. 

Vince: Well, since you back in LA, try to find her and be a friend to her first. 

Snoop: Nigga! She's jailbait. Damn Vince, stop smoking that angel dust homie! 

Treach: Look man, I don't know the girl like that, but she's too young for ya, man. Back off before you get in too deep with the shit. You over here hyping off a girl you just met! We playas, in case you forgot DeVante. We don't chase after shorties, they chase after us. Got that?

I nodded my head and sighed. Treach told us that there was going to be a slammin' ass party tonight down in Compton and that we had to be there. Maybe my homies are right, I should step off this girl and keep smashing these groupies. I'm a playa! Or am I?

SERAFINA POV

I can't lie. I was feeling the conversation between DeVante and I, but just because I'm young doesn't mean I'm stupid. My parents went out of town for a business trip, so I decided to let my girls come over for a sleepover. 

Sole: So, how was the reunion?

Latisha: You would know if ya ass had came.

Sole: Marcus had me all in my feelings. I'm trying to break up with this nigga, but it's hard. 

Eden: Yeah yeah. 

Karen: Ya lyin'!

Me: It was fun.

Latisha: Yeah, Fina had a lotta fun.

Karen, Sole, Eden: Oooh!!!

Me: I told you already that DeVante and I JUST TALKED.

Latisha: I know ya'll talked, but what about?

Me: Girl, ya cousin was trying to holler at me!

Karen, Sole, Eden, Latisha: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!! HE WAS GETTING IT!!!!! FOREVER HIS LADY!!!!

I rolled my eyes and burst out laughing. 

Eden: Yo yo! I heard that there was this SLAMMIN' ass party tonight in Compton! My cousin K-Dog is gonna get us in free if we go! Ya'll down?

Us: Hell yeah!!!

I normally would object to a party, but uh...I want to have me some FUN!!! We all got dressed in our party clothes and got in Eden's Cadillac (she was the only one in the crew who had a car). I may have acted like I was down, but on the inside I was SCARED as hell. After all, this is COMPTON we're talking about here.