Page 46 of Kassir and Rebel

“Enjoyment. Yeah, yeah. I know,” she says and I smile. “See you in the morning.”

“Six sharp.”

She sprints over and grabs her bag from the bench then walks over to Max and Renae. They usually ride home together after practice. My assistant coach, Lashonda, is gathering the starting blocks off the track so I walk over and assist her with the last ones. When we are done, she volunteers to take them into the gym.

“Looks like your ride is here,” she says with a smirk and I look up.

My man and his mini-me are heading my way. Kassir is walking in his normal steady yet sexy stride but Kassan is running full speed. When he sees Lashonda holding the bag filled with the blocks, he huffs.

“I was gonna help,” he says.

“I know but we got it tonight,” I tell him.

He’s such a big help. He loves coming to practice and helping when he’s with Kassir. He’s a natural athlete and I think he likes all outdoor sports. He’s an official D-Ville Raptor now and his first basketball game is Saturday. I’ll be there with my purple T-shirt and matching pom pom cheering him on.

Thankfully, his momma has some damn sense now and we can co-exist and be in the same space without her saying something slick or acting a damn fool. A month after I moved back, when we were dropping Kassan back home, I actually got out of his ride and she and I had a conversation. She didn’t invite me in though and I didn’t push it. She was petty at first, but when she realized that I would give her pettiness in return, she calmed the hell down and we talked like two grown ass women on her walkway. Her son adores me and I adore him too. She’s woman enough to realize that, plus she’s also in a serious relationship, so that helps too.

“You ready?” he asks me right before Kassir approaches.

“I am.”

“What’s up, bae?” Kassir says before commandeering my space and kissing the hell out of me like he didn’t just see me right before practice.

Like usual, he stopped by before he scooped up Kassan. Yahzi had her baby girl a week ago and he and Suleem went to smoke one this evening to officially celebrate. Leem hasn’t left her side since she had the baby. Hell, since he found out she was pregnant. After losing their first child, both of them were very cautious and I don’t blame them.

“Hey, you,” I say when he releases my mouth. “How’s Leem?” I ask as we start to walk off the field.

“Happy as fuck and talking too damn much. We barely chilled an hour. He was ready to get back home to his girls.”

“When am I going to see the baby?” Kassan asks.

“Soon. She has to get a little older before they let people over,” I tell him. Yahzi is adamant about that. Aside from pictures, we are not seeing her until she’s at least a month old.

“Well, when arewehaving a baby?” he rebuts and I elbow Kassir in his side.

“Did you put him up to that shit?” I huff in a whisper.

“Nah. Damn. He just wants a little sister,” he says and I know his ass is lying.

His mother, Ma, and him are all so ready for us to have a baby but I’m not. While I definitely want kids and one hundred percent want them with him, I’m not ready to have them yet. I just moved back and just started this job a few months ago. Plus, I can’t ask for maternity leave when I haven’t worked an entire school year.

“We will, but later. Besides, you have to lock me down first, remember?”

“You are already locked down. I just got to get yo’ ass a ring.”

“A ring. A nice ass, epic proposal, and an engagement gift,” I add with a smile.

“I just brought you that CLA.”

“I know. That was for my birthday and I love it. Thank you, baby, but our forever has to be special. You have to go all out when you finally ask me. Don’t we deserve that?”

“You deserve it all, bae. I love yo’ spoiled ass,” he says before grabbing my ass. Then he leans over and whispers in my ear, “But I want you sitting on my face then on this dick tonight. Until we have a baby, we are practicing every fucking night.”

God, I love this man.

How can I say no to that?

The End