Page 79 of Kove and Xiah

“I guess that shit’s going around.”

I passed the blunt back. “The fuck is that supposed to mean?”

“You know exactly what I’m saying.”

I was locked in…

Yes, I fucking was…

“If you’re asking if that’s me, then yeah, it is.”

“Nigga, I knew when you pulled up with her that was you.” I smirked and accepted the blunt when he passed it back. “Do we need to have the talk?”

“You smoke that much that you can’t remember you already did that?”

“Nah, I don’t smoke that much. I remember but this is a different kind of talk. I’m not trying to protect your dick right now, I’m schooling you on protecting your money.”

I extended the blunt back to him. He pulled and pointed it at Xiah. “She here for the right reasons.”

“Yeah, she is.” I had my eyes on her, watching the way she smiled, nodding at Rebel, Teaira, and Yahzi. The visual put a smile on my face. My girl looked like part of my life, fitting into the world she didn’t know a damn thing about but was willing to embrace because it was what I needed from her.

“You sure?”

“I’m sure, she’s solid.”

“Aight.” He nodded and that was the end of the conversation. “First game is coming up. You ready?”

I nodded and yanked at my beard. “Yeah, I’m ready. You gonna be there?”

“You gonna get me tickets? Because I can’t afford them shits.”

My brother had been pushing dope for as long as I could remember. He didn’t have the kind of money that was sitting in my accounts but he wasn’t hurting for shit. He also sacrificed a lot for me, so what I had he had. Blood of my blood wasn’t just inked on us. It was what we lived by.

I chuckled. “Yeah, I got you.”

By the time Xiah was returned to me, I had smoked two blunts with my brother and was feeling nice. She walked right into my arms and I shoved my tongue down her throat.

When I pulled back, she smiled and brushed her thumb over my lips, removing the gloss she left behind. “That kiss felt very needy.”

“It is, because I need you, like a muthafucker.” I cupped her ass and pulled her into me so she could feel the thickness of my dick. “You cool though.”

“Very cool. I like them.”

“Do you still like me after talking to them?”

She grinned and looped her arms around my neck. “I do and you should thank them because I think I like you a little more than I did before I met them.”

“I’ll make sure I thank them.”

“You should. They said really great things about you, but instead of thankingthem, you could thank me.”

I laughed. “You trying to steal their shine?”

“Nope.” She shook her head. “That would be very selfish of me.”

“I’m cool with you being selfish as long as you’re being selfish about me.”

“I can definitely be selfish about you.”