Innocence

🌚I bet you will🌚

🥀J•E•S•S•I•C•A🥀

I fluffed my pillow and laid back. Everybody was doing their own thing, Zelda was in the shower, Hakeem was out, and Moani was in her room. It was my quiet time, which would probably last for 20 minutes max, but I would make it work. I opened a novel that Jerome granted me last year. I didn't have time to read it when I was living with granny because I had to hide it from Tyler. Everything I did triggered him, but reading caused the biggest retribution.

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His firm hands gripped my hips and the sound of—

I cut my eyes to look at Zelda's irksome phone and shut my book. I dragged myself out of bed to look at the vibrating phone, but it stopped. 5 missed calls from "Jason" glowed on her lock screen. I didn't know much about Zelda to assume who it was, but from her outlandish actions it made me suspicious.

The bathroom door swung open, and steam seeped into the room, "Woooo!" Zelda exclaimed. "Girl, I ain't had a shower like that since..." She stood in the doorway with a towel wrapped around her body.

I shook my head, "Zelda, yes you have, You've been here for more than a day. " I watched the towel fall to her feet, and I looked at my toes, "Zelda! Can you like... change in there?!" I pointed at the door, still avoiding eye contact.

This wasn't my first time seeing Zelda naked. She had complete confidence in her body and she walked around the room nude as if I wasn't there. If I could go back in time I'd choose to stay in Moani's hoarder room and let her have this room to herself. She did many provocative things which showed how inconsiderate she was. I didn't think she would be so full of herself, but now it made perfect sense why Hakeem didn't want her staying here.

She picked up the towel, "I can... I just choose not to." She sauntered towards me. "Why you by my bed, anyway?" I could feel her look me up and down.

I backed away and sat on my bed, "You got five missed calls from somebody, Is that your boyfriend?"

She sucked her teeth, "Ugh, no! My mama failed me by giving that lil' boy a damn phone."

I reopened my book, "Oh, so that's your little brother..."

"Yeah..." she walked into the bathroom. "Something like that." She shut the door.

🎲H•A•K•E•E•M🎲

Darrien put his blunt behind his ear, "Yo' I swea' she finna' get knocked up."

I puffed o's, "Nigga, fuck out of here, you ain't fuckin' my cousin." I shook my head.

This nigga was set on fucking Zelda. Word is they've been talking for a minute, and she gave him the green light. That was a'ight, cause after I finish talking to her she was gon calm her fast ass down. Zelda wasn't here for a week and she was already down to let a random fuck. She was too fast for me. Even in Middle school this girl was fuckin. I didn't need her rubbing off on Moani, she was already staying out late for some nigga.

"Darrien I know you ain't smoking up there!" His mom yelled.

He laughed, "Oh shit!"

I shook my head, "Yo' I told you putting shirts under the doe wasn't gon do shit. You needa be clocked in yo' damn head."

I rarely came to this nigga house to smoke cause his mama would start tripping, but I needed to get high to forget about Ariel. Believe it or not, she was the first girl to reject me and it hit hard. The same shit replayed in my head. It hurt a nigga, but I still wanted this girl. She stood out, and she knew it. Ariel ain't act crazy for attention. It was just a part of her, but I could look into her eyes and see she was hurting. I wanted her to tell me everything and to crumble in my arms. This girl had me wanting some real shit, I wasn't about to be fucking around no more.