Love & Basketball [Book 1]

Chapter 11

Cymphonique POV

"So you mean to tell me that I have to hangout with this clown?" I said in annoyance. I can't believe that they now settin' me up wit' people now. What is this a blind date? Or a play-pin? Ion need this. Nick and August got some explainin' to do.

Nicki looks at me and smirks a lil' thru the phone, oh man she is too lucky to be still on tour. "I think it'll be good fo' you to meet people your own age."

"But what 'bout how I feel? Ion like how I gotta be friends wit' these people." I said, pissed off.

"You're related to one so what does that say?" Nicki said. Damn, I guess she got me there.

"That's a different route to go on. August is family, he's not a bougie as... butthole." I said to Nicki.

"To me it's not so different at all. I gotta go Cym. Tell August I'll be back in two weeks tops. Love y'all." Nicki said.

"Ard. Love you too. Goodnight!" I said before I end the FaceTime call.

I toss my phone on the counter and open up the fridge to find somethin' to eat. I hear footsteps on the steps, melanin' August was comin' down. He finna come down at the wrong time tho' but I ain't gonna spazz. I'll keep it cool the whole time, like how bad can it be. I just gotta keep myself calm is all, right? I can do that.

August comes down the stairs wit' his Beats headphones on so I kno' he can't hear me. I grab a sprite soda and pop it open before I let the door on its own. August walks in the kitchen singin' along to the song, Fuck Up Some Commas, by Future. I start by mockin' his head movement 'til I catch his attention. He takes off his headphones when all I can hear is the song and he just looks at me.

"What girl," he says smirkin'. I head over into the livin' room when August opens the fridge.

"Nicki FaceTime'd me." I said to August. I go and turn on the tv.

"And what she say?" August asks me.

"She said she'd be back soon... Ooh and she ummm loves you." I tell August.

August just nods his head in agreement before he puts the headphones over his head. "I almost forgot Nicki settin' me up in some date." I hear his headphones drop to the floor the minute he hears me. He closes the fridge and leans on the couch and stares at me blankly.

"You said Nicki don' did what?" He asks me.

"She settin' me up wit' somebody August." I tell him.

"You ain't finna go nowhere. Not wit' a boy... She prolly meant a girl." August shakes his head laughin'.

"Nah nigga it's a boy." I said, and his face drops. That is too priceless.

"Um. Yeah. Hell to the no." August said. "Who is this boy anyway?"

"Uhhh...Some dude name Jacob." I said and shrug.

"Latimore?!" August asks and I confirm it. "Ooh. Okay."

"Ion wanna go no way so..." August cuts me off.

"He's an okay kid. Nicki and I finna talk 'bout that."

"What 'bout what I say?" I ask.

"You Cym can go to bed. You got school inna mornin'." August said.

Well ain't that 'boutta bitch?!