"I - I love you" I whispered lowly. "Babygirl I know that already" she replied with a light chuckle, I huff and roll my eyes. "NO! I'm in love with you Kendra" I blurted out. Her eyes widen as she took it in, she pace between my eyes as we exchanged looks. My heart was racing and my lips were trembling...

"You no tell this girl that I said, I want no relations with a darkie?" She spat to me, making my eyes go wide. What? I thought to myself and Gio tried pulling me away but I snatched away from him, knowing I heard right this time. "Wait, what?" I spoke out loud and Gi grabbed me roughly, trying to pull me away again. "Why you saying these things? She's beautiful." I heard his abuelita sticking up for me as she stood to her feet and all the guys began to as well, telling their mom that she was wrong for what she was doing. "That puta heard me." She spat, pointing her finger at me. "You're too dark." She held up a brown paper bag that she was drinking her beer out of. "You no match this bag or lighter, you're too dark." "You look too much like his father. I no want you around me." She shooed me off, instantly breaking my heart into a billion pieces as I looked up at Giovanni who was looking down at me with hurt in his eyes. "Baby, please." He begged and I shook my head at him in disgust before putting my attention back onto her. "Get that darkness out of here, Giovanni. She's a demon." "Only demons have her color." She kept on going and I felt sick to my stomach in this moment as I stood there in complete shock.

"You trust me?" I look up at him, staring into his light brown eyes that stared directly at me. It felt like he was staring into my soul trying to read me. I could barely answer his question because I was busy looking at him. Once I realized I was staring like crazy, I quickly look down. "I do." ----------------------------- She's the girl you never saw coming, the unexpected one who calms you, centers you, and still she turns out to be the surprise love of your love. She gets you, really gets you like no one ever has. She is your best friend, lover, and soulmate all wrapped in the prettiest package. She is unforgettable, she is like no one, which is why you are addicted to her mind, her soul, her body, and her presence. You can't get her out of your system. You taste her and she runs through you hot like blood and fire. She never leaves you no matter what, because she too, knows how rare the connection is. You have never had anyone stick by you like that before. She is the safest place you ever know. You are soft for her no matter how hard life gets, she is there and your feelings never change. She loves you fiercely and you feel her love deep in your bones and in your soul. She is the one who makes you feel whole in a way you never have before and that terrifies you. But, what terrifies you even more...is losing her. 03/12/21-04/25/21 Rankings: #9 in africanamerican 9-16-21 #84 in urban 9-16-21 #113 in blacklove 9-16-21 #1 in blacklovestory 9-16-21 #45 in contemporarylit 9-16-21 #18 in blackcouple 9-16-21 #218 in urbanromance 9-16-21 #1 in saveblackcharacters 9-16-21

**Includes SLB Books 1 and 2** Sex, Love, and Basketball follows a groups of girls and a few guys on their journey through life as college students. They experience love, friendship, happiness, and all out chaos. Throughout this journey they realize that they are all connected in one way or another through coincidence and chance. Get an inside look at their journey by exploring the story of their lives. Warning! This is a GirlxGirl story, so if you're homophobic keep it pushin'. Or you can read it anyway. Half of y'all are closet cases, if we're being honest. Enjoy, comment, vote, share.

She wanted to be loved. She wanted for someone to love her as her father loves her mother. All through high school she has been bullied all because she was a big girl. Now its her senior year and she is just ready for this part of her life to be done. This is Tasha Black's wishes She just transferred to this school because her parents wanted to make a company here. She was upset she had to leave her friends but she was going to make it work. She was looking for someone to love her as she was and not for her name or money but for her. When she sees Tasha will her wishes come true or is she just like the rest. This is the life of Nicole Wittmen.