Forever And Always (HCBTO Sequel)

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Imani and Lona walked through the double doors, laughing together. Imani had on a black tank top, dark jeans, Jordan's and a black skully that said boss while Lona had on a royal blue dress with slits on the side and a dark jean jacket.

"There's this new Dominican hair salon down the street. After school, u want to go get a blow out?" Imani offered.

"I don't get paid this week"

"Its cool, I got u. A-" she stopped mid sentence when saw Ariana talking to Xavier at his locker. "Breathe Imani" she mumbled to herself.

"If u about to fight, I got my pepper spray for her friends" Lona said, making Imani smile. "But stay calm"

The girls walked over to where Xavier and Ariana were, her friends weren't to far away. "U haven't been texting me back daddy"

"Damn, can't u take a hint? I don't want u, get out my face" he mumbled, getting annoyed.

Ariana pouted and ran her fingers down his chest "And your touching him because?" Imani asked.

"Because I can and I want too"

"Do we need a repeat of what happen at Champs? Cause I would gladly do it again"

"Not this time sweetie" Ariana smiled "I got my girls with me"

"Pussy" Lona mumbled making Imani laugh.

"Excuse me, what?"

"I said pussy" She said louder. Ariana's friends walked closer as a crowd of people started to form as the girls argued hack and forth.

Taking a step closer, Xavier pulled Imani back. That gave Ariana a chance to slap her. Jumping from his arms, Imani landed on Ariana, sending blow after blow to her face.

The girls fell to the ground and continued fighting while Lona flashed her pepper spray to Ariana's friend so they wouldn't jump in.

Weave was flying everywhere and the screaming of Ariana started getting louder as Imani's punches got harder.

Security pushed through the crowd, separating the girls. The damage is clear: Imani has scratches on her face and arms while Ariana is missing weave and has bruises forming.

"Really Imani? Fighting?" Sydney said, pacing the living room "You've never fought in school and got caught. What I used to tell u?"

"Fight off campus, but anytime I saw her, Xavier wouldn't let me"

"Good thing." Her mom mumbled "She hit u first?"

"Yea, and I hit her second, third, forth..."

Smiling, Sydney sat down on the bed "I'm proud of u for sticking up for yourself, but now your suspended for 3 days. Count your blessings, she didn't press charges"

The front door closed and Jayceone could be heard from downstairs "Imani? Where u at?" He jogged up the stairs until he came to her room "I saw the video. My sister got hands" he laughed, picking her up.

Imani laughed "Put me down boy, I'm hurting"

He set her down "Them scratches ain't nothing compared to what u did to her. But I'm glad she ain't hurt u too bad, I would've had Lona beat that ass since u suspended"

"And I gladly would have" Lona walked in the room "I'm so glad she finally got beat up. Always messing with somebody man"

"She messed with Jay too?" Sydney asked.

"Who? Not Ariana. I would've stomped her 13 feet under" everybody laughed and again, the front door closed. Footsteps are heard then Xavier appeared in the doorway with an angry expression "Well, bye" Lona said.

Jayceone and Sydney followed and Xavier closed and locked the door.

He stared at her, and Imani looked away "U happy now?" He asked. She didn't answer "I know u hear me talkin to u Imani"

"Yes"

"Your happy u beat her ass?" He asked again, Imani nodded "So now what? Ain't nobody throwing u a party. The shit at school died down. Nobody cares about it anymore, and your suspended. I'm not understanding why u did it"

Standing up from the bed, she walked closer to him "Because she kept messing with u. From the picture, to being at your job all the time. I was tired of it"

"Ok, so now that everything's over with, where that leave u? She learned her lesson, but u got the worse end of it"

"I'd say she did. Did u see what I did to her" she laughed.

"This shit ain't funny Imani, do u see me laughing with u?" He yelled, making her smile drop "U wasn't thinkin about how this shit would affect u in the long run. Too busy worryin about fighting that girl"

Imani reached out to grab Xavier's hand, but he stepped back. "Did u forget about your perfect attendance? And the scholarship u had because of it?"

A shocked look speed across her face.

"Yea, that shits gone because u went and got suspended. See what happen when u don't think shit through? See why I ain't want u fightin her in the first place? She wasn't worth it. U were the one who had something to lose, not her"

Plopping down on the bed, tears started to fall from her eyes.

"Another thing. When your suspended, the work u miss goes in as F's. U can't make that shit up, meaning your grades bout to drop along with your GPA. That test tomorrow in 1st period, 30% of our final grade."

Xavier shook his head "U need to start thinkin how shit affect u in the long run Imani, u worry about the wrong things"

And with that, he turned and walked out.