The Deception of Love (6 page)

Chapter 6

Nylah

I'm not gonna lie, when Nick didn't wanna come in I was a little hurt, but when he told me that he didn't want me to come over I felt straight up rejected.  I don't know why he was mad at me for the way that Jacob acted.  Yea, he was my ex, but I wasn't the one that started the shit.  When I got up to my bedroom I couldn't believe my eyes, there was rose petals and candles all over the room.  I went over to my dresser, and there was a note with a diamond tennis bracelet.  The note was simple and cute.  I couldn't believe that he went through all this trouble.  I didn't even know when he did it cause he was with me all day, and when he wasn't, I was at home.  I called him to say thank you, but he didn't answer.  I called back again, and it still went to voice mail.  I took a shower and went to lie down.  Besides everything that happened with Jacob, today was the best day of my life.

I was knocked out until I heard someone open my bedroom door.  I reached into the dresser that was next to my bed so that I could get my gun.  As s
oon as the lights came on I had my gun trained on the intruder.

“
Ayo, ma, what you doing?” Nick asked sounding a little uneasy.

“
Nick, what the fuck are you doing?” I yelled.

I was mad mostly because he was a second away from being killed.

“I came over here cause I wanted to just kick it with you, but you trying to kill a nigga and shit.” he laughed like this shit was funny.

“
I was sleep until I heard my bedroom door open.  I am a very light sleeper.  You laughing like this is funny; you all most died.” I told him, letting him know that my trigger finger wasn't nothing to mess with.

“
Fuck all of that, where did you get that gun from?  I didn't even know you was about that life.” he said sounding surprised.

“
There's just some things you don't tell everyone.  That's what my mom taught me.”

“
You wild, but come on, I'm tired as fuck.”

We laid down and drifted off to sleep.  I was right where I wanted to be, which was in his arms.  I woke up the next morning with a slight headache, and the fact that Nick was on th
e phone yelling wasn't helping shit either.

“
Oh, my bad, ma, did I wake you?”

“
No, but I do got a headache.  Who was you yelling at?” I asked, wanting to know was it another bitch.

“
I wasn't yelling, I was just talking loud, but that was my connect.  Some bullshit happened last night after I dropped you off, and I was scheduling a meeting, but she in Miami for a while, and I'm not even trying to go down there.”

“
Why not?  Miami is beautiful, you could think of it as a vacation.”

“
When you went to Miami?”

“
My mom took me there my freshman year in high school, and since I will be done with school in about a month I can go with you.”

“
I'll see if she is willing to meet in a week, if so, then we out.  I'm about to go home and change for this basketball game that they having in Coney Island.  You gonna stop through?” he asked while sitting me on his lap.

“
Yea, I'ma come through with the .22, so don't be having your groupie bitches around either.” I told him serious as hell.

“
Ny, stop.  You know I only got eyes for you.”

“
Yea, that's what your mouth says.  Now give me a kiss and get out.”

“
Oh, now you kicking me out? Ight, so no more, I'm out.”

He gave me a kiss and walked out the door.  All I could do was smile cause that man was like a breath of fresh air.  I call
ed Diamond up to see if she wanted to roll with me to the game.  She said she was down as long as Trey was there.  I told her that if Nick was gonna be there, Trey was gonna be there.  We agreed to meet at Coney Island around three, so that gave me more than enough time to fall back to sleep for a little while.

Brielle

It was now two in the afternoon, and I hadn't heard from Nylah about going to lunch.  I didn't want to call her cause I didn't want her to think that I was pressed, even though I was.  After
a while I just said fuck it and called her up.

“
Hello?”

I could hear the shower running in the background, which made me happy cause she was getting ready for our lunch date.

“Hey, Nylah, I was wondering if we was still on for lunch.”

There was a pause, w
hich made me assume that she forgot all about it.

“
Damn, Elle, I kind of forgot about lunch.  I'm going to Coney Island to watch the basketball game.”

“
That's cool, who you going with?”

I only asked cause I wanted to know if she was going with another bitc
h.

“
I'm going with Diamond.  You can roll with us if you want.” she said.

Who the fuck was Diamond?  She damn right I was going, I had to check this chick out and make sure she wasn't trying to get what was mine.

“I'll go, shit, I ain't got anything else to do.  You’re gonna come pick me up, right?”

“
Yea, I got you, but I'm bout to jump in the shower.  I'll be at your house by 3:30 cause we meeting Diamond over there at 4:00.”

“
Cool, just call when you out front.”

I hung up and rushed to find something to w
ear.  I wanted to look cute so that a dude can try to step to me, and Nylah could see that I was over my little infatuation with her.  I decided to put on a pair of true religion shorts, a plain black crop top, and my low concord 11's.  I was happy I got my hair done two days ago cause all I had to do was unwrap it and go.  I went to the mirror and looked at myself.  Shit, I looked like I was somebody’s wife, and that is exactly how I wanted to look.

Diamond

Now, you know when Nylah called me and asked did I wanna hit up Coney Island for a basketball game I was ready to say no.  But I remembered Trey texted me about a basketball game he was playing in, and he wanted me to be his cheerleader.  We had been texting each other ever since we meet and exchanged numbers.  This nigga was something else.  He stay having jokes for days, which always kept the convo interesting.  I didn't tell him I was coming cause I wanted to see if he was gonna have other bitches in his face.  I didn't like being played, so I had to make sure that he wasn't about them games.  When I pulled up to the court Nylah was sitting on the bench with some skinny model looking chick.  I parked my car, put on some lip gloss, and got out of my car to make my way over to her.  I was all in my phone on the way over, and I didn't even see Trey in front of the entrance until I walked right in to his chest.

“
Damn, ma, who you looking good for?” Trey asked, scaring me just a little.

“
I look good for myself, a lady should always keep her appearance up to par.  I'm also supposed to be someone's cheerleader, so I had to look the part.” I told him, and looking the part I did.

I had on a high waisted black skater skirt with a white bandeau bra and the Jordan Carmines 1's.  I had my hair bone straight with a par
t in the middle.

“
Well, that nigga lucky.  He gotta be careful though, cause a nigga like me don't give a fuck about stepping on another niggas toes.  If I want something, I go after it.”

“
Trey, you a fool, you know that.”

“
Nah, baby, that's real shit.  Now hurry up and sit your ass down over there with Ny before I take you somewhere and bend that ass over.” he told me eyeing me lustfully.

“
Trey, you ain't gonna bend shit over.”

“
That's what your mouth say though.”

He slapped me on my ass as I turned to wal
k towards Ny.  I didn't know who the bitch was, but she was ice grilling me like I stole her nigga or something.

“
Wassup hoe,” I said to Nylah.

“
Hey bitch.  Diamond this is Elle, and Elle this is Diamond.”

I waved ‘hi’, and gave a fake smile as she did th
e same.  I don't know what it was, but this Elle was giving off crazy negative vibes.

“
Ny, why you come outside looking like that?  You know Nick gonna kick your ass, right?” I told her.

No matter where Ny went, she was always dressed to impress.

“Please, no one is worrying about Nick.  Plus I look good.”

I couldn't lie, Ny could dress her ass off.  She had on a grey high low skirt, with a black lace top, and black gladiator sandals.  Her was in a curly fro, which gave her an exotic look.

“I don't wanna hear nothing when he come over here dragging your ass to the car.”

“
In the words of French Montana ‘I ain't worried bout nothing’.”

We all fell out laughing cause Ny was a fool.

Chapter 7

Brielle

This game was on and popping.  Everyone who was anyone was o
ut that day.  They was either playing in the game, or just chilling watching it.  I got a couple of niggas numbers, but I really wasn't interested in anyone.   I just took the numbers to show Nylah that I wasn't interested in her anymore.  While we was talking and laughing I noticed a girl grilling Nylah like she had an issue.

“
Nylah, who is that bitch over there that is grilling you so hard?” I asked her.

“
That's some bitch named Mya that Nick use to fuck with.” she said, like it was nothing.

“
Well, she might be some bitch to you, but she looking at you like you destroyed her life or something.” Diamond laughed.

I couldn't help but laugh either cause this bitch was really looking like Nylah fucked up her whole life.  I knew we was going to have problems wit
h her and her friends, so I started to take of my earrings.

“
Elle, why you taking your earrings out?” Nylah asked.

“
Bitch, you know as well as I know that we are about to have some problems with this bitch, so I'm just trying to prepare myself.” I told them.

Before either one of them could respond, Nick, Trey and two other dudes that I didn't recognize came over to us.

Nylah

“Nick, what you doing over here?  You have to get back to the game.” I told him.

“
I know, ma, I just wanted to introduce you to my niggas, so that they could chill with you while me and Trey finish up this game.  Big and Que, this is my wife, Ny.  Ny, this is Big and Que.  They run the spots out in Philly.”

“
Nice to meet y’all” I told them.

“
Big and Que, this is my baby mama, Diamond.  Diamond, these are my niggas, Big and Que.” Trey said introducing his friends to Diamond.

“
Don't listen to him.  There is no baby in this oven, but nice to meet y’all.” Diamond said.

Big and Que said it was nice to meet the both of us before Trey and Nick
had to return to the game.

“
Well, since no one is going to introduce me, my name is Elle.” Brielle said.

They both hit her with a head nod.  After that, no one really said anything.  We just sat back and watched the game in silence.  It was kind of an awkw
ard situation.  It’s not that I didn't wanna introduce them to Elle, I just wasn't sure what Nick had told them about her.  So, I left the introductions up to him and Trey.

“
Nylah, can I talk to you for a minute?” Elle asked me.

“
Yea, sure,” I told her, following her towards an ice cream truck that was by the courts.

“
What was that back there?” she said.

“
What are you talking about?” I asked her.

“
That head nod shit.  Everyone else got words, and all I got was a head nod, and on top of that no one even introduced my ass.”

“
I'm not sure what was up with the head nod, but those are not my friends to be introducing you to.” I told her.

“
Well, I didn't like that shit.  I know that I made a mistake in the past, and I am trying to get past it,” she said with tears in her eyes.

“
Elle, it’s cool, don't worry about it. I'm past it.” I told her.

“
I'm just saying I didn't like how that shit just went down, but if you’re past it, then I'm past it.”

She gave me a hug, and we went back to sit down with Diamond.  Not more t
han a second after we sat back down, Mya was on her way over.

“
So, look who it is.  It's the flavor of the month.” Mya said standing in front of me with these two ugly looking chicks.