Elevation (Jacob Perez Story)

Chapter 50 | Finding Common Ground

Paris: [She rolled her eyes] "Whatever"

Jacob: "We both grown right?"

She gave him that look indicating he should stop now but Jacob found the faces she was making amusing so he continued laughing to himself. It was blatant that Paris was trying not to laugh with him tho

Thursday

Jacob's POV
Gotta ball game tomorrow. I've been practicing in my backyard a lot when I've had the time this week. Been tryna keep focused on how to be better on the court cause yk there's always room for improvement and mann... I believe ima do Coach Riley proud. I'm real satisfied with the scholarship that's possibly gon happen for me but I'm also thinking about working somewhere in the city behind a desk still but I'm just happy I have options cause mann, a scholarship is bigg! Like that shit is huge. This is huge things both for me and my mom bruh

Maurice's POV
I've been thinking lately man and I'm so motherfucking fed up of motherfuckers man. I'm tired of the drama I have with other niggas bruh I'm so tired fam. So I thought about going to see the girls cause the other day... Shaniqua and Paris. Man they made me look a fool but I miss em. I feel bad and like Ima keep saying it, I never meant to hurt Paris. It was just sum stupid I never thought about saying before I said it but Paris ain't gonna wanna hear me out right now so I thought I'd swing by Shaniquas spot and just talk to her. I knocked on her door. She opened the door and already came with all that attitude but I get it, she still mad

Shaniqua: "Tf do you want?!"

Maurice: "I ain't gon overstep my mark and I ain't even gon ask to talk inside cuh you'll probably slap me upside my head or sum but... Look I just came over to apologise about how I spoke to you the last time we saw each other. It was outta order and I get that, I should've never spoken of you or Riya and Terri for that matter, the way I did. Shit was foul and I really feel bad that it took this long for me to just own up to my shit. I've had a lot of shit done to me and still a lot of shit I'm going through and a niggas just tryna make shit right again. Shaniqua, I'm so sorry girl. Yk I have mad love for you girl and I'm still feelin you, but that's up to you whether you wanna pick up where we left off"

Shaniqua: [She looked mad and rolled her eyes, trying to take all that in] "I'll think about it. Bye Maurice!" [And she slammed the door in my face]

Aight, we even then. I mean I apologised she can't say I didn't. That took a lot of guts. I just hope shawty reaches out

It's real funny cause my boys kinda convinced me to also apologise yk. And yeah the girls are our girls. They been our girls since day. We love em and a nigga can't bare to not be around them for this long again! Facts! So yeah mayn but err... speaking of my boys. We all live together but I'm beginning to realise I see less of my bro Hakim. Now I don't know what's up with that fool. He ain't been answering my texts lately. Hopefully next time I see him we can get down to the bottom of this shit

Paris's POV
I've been looking for an apartment with the money Vincent gave me in advance and I've found this cute place. A fair distance from home but closer to the city. I haven't told anyone yet since I wasn't sure this was really going to be a real decision I was going to have to make but I'm sure I'm ready for this new step in my life. Homecoming and Graduation is literally round the corner. Before I know it, I've graduated and I just want to say I've got my own place, where I can finally work my job again, with Vincent but even that, that's also something I'm really considering quitting to be really honest. I can't keep working every day with my work partner trying to snatch this pussy all the time. I'm not a whore for sale. I'm worth way more than that. I should've never let him satisfy my needs in the first place. I'm sorry I just can't have that. Especially with Idris now that he's in my life which I really like him, like I really really like him. I'm so curious to see how far our relationship can go

After my lecture, speaking of Idris he actually came over to college to pick me up. He took me out to eat some lunch. Now what kind of man do you know, would do what he is doing for me? I'll wait... He's such an attractive handsome man. It was cute he did that, it's speaks levels even tho I wasn't particularly hungry lol. Anyway we'd already had lunch, but now I was having these wild thoughts while making out with him in his car or whatever but I had to stop him right there. I had something else on my mind

Paris: [Out of breath from the making out] "Idris..."

Idris: [He chuckled] "Sorry, came on too hard"

Paris: [She frowned] "No... It's nothing to do with that, you were great just... I-... I was thinking about us, dating... and I thought why it's always you coming over to my place. Why isn't the other way round sometimes? Like a mutual thing, you sometimes come over mine and sometimes we have our evenings at your house"

Idris: [He stuttered] "Err... I... I don't know you never asked"

Paris: [She frowned] "But do I have to?"

Idris: "I mean kinda... I thought you didn't mind spending time together just at your place"

Paris: "But why would you assume that? Like when have you dated a girl and things aren't mutual?"

Idris: "You being serious? All the time [He chuckled] Why would you ask me that?"

Paris: [I sighed deeply trying to choose my words carefully] "Well Idris I'm not being funny but you're 25, I've never been to your house. We barely talk about you anymore I feel like all you want to talk about is me and the last few dates or times we've spent together well, I've paid... for the both of us and you didn't expect for me to at least question that, Idris"

Idris: "Ahh cmon Paris. We've gone over that already. Didn't we discuss that?"

Paris: "Yes I know Idris but baby I just feel like I'm being left in the dark. I don't know what's going on in your life anymore... We don't talk about it much and I don't understand why. Our first date all you talked about was your past and I felt like I could relate to you in a way, do you know what I mean like... [She sighed] babe I just want you to talk to me, like is there something you want to tell me?"

Idris: "Paris... Look err nothing fascinating is going on in my life that you don't know already. My life be boring as hell yk. But is it soo badd that I wanna invest my time in making everything about you? Am I not putting you first?"

Paris: "Noo. I mean I think it's cute. I think it's sweet but then it gets boring. Now it just feels one sided and I don't feel okay with it just being about me all the time. Yes I feel like ideally the man in the relationship should worship the ground I walk on, but that's metaphorically speaking. Every woman should take that as advantage and not to this extent anyway. I feel like I'm in a relationship with myself here but I'm also interested in your life too, especially visiting your place sometime would be nice, you know what I'm saying?"

Idris: [He sighed] "And you can Paris... Look trust me. Okay. You will come over to my place sometime just not right now... there's a lot in my life going on"

Paris: "Exactly my point Idris. My point right there... you never talk to me about that. What is it in your life that's so important that you can't tell me? I feel like I'm begging to find out more about you, and I shouldn't have to Idris, I want a mutual relationship"

Idris: "And you'll get that. Look I promise you'll soon know in due time. Just stop rushing me alright! Please"

Paris: [She sighed and turned away, folding her arms] "Okay Idris. Whatever you say"

Idris: "Now come here..." [As he leaned towards her and kissed her]