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CHEYENNE

SATURDAY 8:30 a.m.

"LET'S FUCKING GO! UP AND AT EM!" My Dad yells with a megaphone directly in my ear. "Fuck. Off!" I yelled putting a pillow over my face and turning the other way. "You think you're gonna sleep in? Oh you're funny kid. Vis needs to be fed, clean up his shit, cut the grass, mop the floors, clean the kitchen, all off the bathrooms and wash the truck in and out." He yells through the mega phone. I put my middle finger up. "You should be well rested!" He says. To be honest I just got home sometime around seven. "Unless you snuck out." He says. "And if I did you'd be too passed out to notice. Go get a sleep study done before you kill yourself in your sleep." I say  still not looking at him. "So you did sneak out?" He asks. "NO! We can hear you from Spencyr's fucking room choking in your sleep." I say rubbing my eyes. "I don't believe you, but get up and get started." He says walking out of my room. I really hope he doesn't think I'm about to do and or remember what he said before fucking smoking. 

I looked at my phone and it was at 9% and I had a text from Rue, Fezco, Maddy and Kat.

Rue: yoo I just wanted to know if you made it home, I didn't see you after the party

Fez:  are we still  down for tn?

Maddy: Mall today? And sleepover at Cassie's u in??

Kat: Hey we're having a sleepover at Cass' u should come.

Why does it feel like I did something last night that was wrong???

To Rue

me: I made it home, but im grounded for 3 months. I'll fill u in on Monday

To Fez

me: duhhhh, the sliding door will be unlocked ❤️

To Maddy

me: got caught 😒 grounded 🙃

To Kat

me: appreciate the invite but im grounded 🤧

I got up and put on a pair of shorts and walked upstairs. "Good morning my lovely daughter." My dad says with a whole new attitude. "Good morning Vision I know you're starving." I say ignoring my dad and walking to Vis' food container. "Ha ha very funny." He says. The more I ignore him it pisses him off more than me talking. I only know that because I am exactly the same way. Sadly I couldn't deny my father even if I wanted to. "Turned your phone back on just to see your location and I know you went out." He says. I raised my eyebrows and nodded as I put food down for Vision.  "You think I am so stupid Cheyenne" He says. You're right. I indeed do. "That's why when I am not at the house you will either be going with me or going to your Uncles." He says. I looked up and my dad's twin and slimmer brother Darwin walked into the kitchen. That's the scarier twin. "Wassup Cheyenne." He says folding his arms. "Hey, sir." I say clearing my throat. "Where's the phone?" He asked me. "Somewhere." I shrugged . He squinted his eyes at me. "In the house man I don't know brother bear over here destroyed my room" I say rubbing my ear out of nervousness. "You sure about that?" He says. "Very sure." I say grinning. Darwin looked at me dad. "The phone is somewhere in her room." He says looking at me. Wrong, its in my fucking pocket idiot.  "Okay" I laughed. "If you find it charge it for me." I say laughing and walking outside

I walked to the shed and hit the dispo I had from Fezco. I had to get away from both of them. I'm not the one who should be interrogated. You have a whole child who has a whole PTSD of leaving the fucking house but you wanna worry about me??? Insane. "You wanna tell me why you giving your dad such a hard time?" My Uncle ask swinging the door open.My jaw dropped as smoke came from my mouth. He fanned it away before my dad came out. "I'm not, this is his reality. Im not this perfect little angel he left back in New York." I say shrugging. "You still gotta respect your elders kid." He says looking at me in dissapointment. I just looked at him. "I try my best but he just pisses me off." I say tipping my head back. "And you don't piss him off? You are your fathers child." He sighs while shaking his head. "Sadly, I agree" I say rubbing my eye. "Go in an apologize-" "For fucking what? He can call me all types of names because he's my father. But when I call him a baby and joke about his best friend I'm wrong?" I say turning my head and narrowing my eyes in confusion. " No..." He sighs while shaking his head. "Then what do you mean? Why am I apologizing?" I asked him while folding my arms. "Do you really wanna be grounded for six months?" He asked me. "No. Wait six?" I say doing double taking at him, last night it was three months. "Since you went to that party he told me six." He says. My jaw dropped. "Stop saying I went to the party when I didn't go to the fucking party!" I yelled. My uncle smacked his hand over my mouth like a kid getting popped in the mouth. It caught me so off guard. This is the man my Dad wants to be. "What who the fuck you're talking to. Maybe you did go to the party maybe you fucking didn't but don't fucking raise your voice or talk to me in that way. You hear me?!" He growls at me. "Or what? You gone hit me?" I ask and before I could even think he punched/pushed me into the desk. "Oh my fuck" I groan out in pain. "Yall got a real problem with yall anger." I say getting irritated getting slung around like a fucking rag doll. "Pack a bag. You're fucking coming to my house tonight." He says walking out the shed. Bitch fuck you No I'm not.

***

FEZCO

2:45 P.M.

"Who's that girl who always coming by the store?" Custer asked me. "None of yo fucking business that's who." I say shrugging. "She don't know anything does she?" He asked. "Does it matter?" I say looking at him. "Yeah, she knows she goes and tells and boom we're fucked." He says. "She ain't fucking like that! I would trust her with my fucking after Ash." I say. "You say that now but once you find out some shit after you tell her-" "Look, yo bitch shoot's dope. My girl ain't no fucking snitch we can clear all that shit right now." I say standing up. "Is that what you wanted to hear? She ain't no snitch." I say smiling at her. "W-What's her name?" He asks. I grinned and shook my head. My grandmas always told me keep ya loved ones out of the business and I'm doing as such. "Something you will never mutha-fucking find out." I say pointing at him and walking away. 

I would never bring Cheyenne around Custer or anyone behind the store for her safety. I know how dirty this business can get and I don't wanna see her hurt because of me. I also don't want her to get hooked onto something else like how Mouse got Rue hooked onto Fentanyl. Cheyenne is too pretty and smart for her life to get fucked up on some dope. 

"You really care about... Cheyenne?" Ash whispers her name as he looked around for Custer. I looked at him and nodded. "In all honesty Ash... Yea she's real and honest I ain't never felt like the way I do about her in a long ass time." I say. "I guess I'll leave her alone then." He sighs. "I think she kinda enjoys it." I laughed. "Yea yea" He says laughing. "Are you going to see her tonight?" He asked me. "Yeah, but I haven't heard from her today since this morning." I say grabbing my phone to see if she texted me. 

 C. C. : yk how we were supposed to see each other tn?

me: yea...

me: u not canceling on me again r u? 🤨

C.C. : unfortunately i am... 

C.C: I got grounded for six months and getting shipped off to my uncles.

C.C: fezco i'm sorry I really am 🥺

me: what did u do kid   🤦‍♂️ 

C.C.: i got a smart mouth and a bad temper...

C.C.: u do the math luv 

me:  oh my god Chey...

me: you how long u gonna be at ur uncles??

C.C.: I think just for the weekend but I wont have my phone.

C.C.: I will text you Sunday night when I get home and let you know that I am okay.

me:  SUNDAY!!!

me: thats a long fucking time babe 😔

C.C.: I know 😔

C.C.: I gotta go, talk soon ❤️

me: talk soon ❤️

C.C. hearted your message 'talk soon ❤️' 

I locked my phone and threw it across the room. "Looks like my night is open." I sighed while shaking my head. "Why what happened?" Ash asks. "She's grounded and going to her uncles for the weekend." I say leaning back. Ash chuckled and shook his head. "Yea, she's gonna be a piece of work" He laughs as he walked out the kitchen. I'm kinda irritated at her that she's grounded because I know she has a reckless mouth but come on you gotta fuck up our time? Be for real Cheyenne. 

***

NATE

7:30 P.M.

"You know you could've just drove with me." My dad says waiting outside of his car for me. I looked at him before saying anything. "I know I'm not gonna wanna stay as long as you do here." I say knocking on The Calloways door. "I don't think so" He laughs as Cheyenne opens door. She looked different from last night. And Im not saying that because I was drunk. Her face looked puffy and she was wearing a hoodie with the hood on and  leggings when it's 86 outside. "Hey guys." She mumbles. "Cheyenne!" My dad bear hugs her. She closed her eyes like she was in pain. What happened to her. "My dads outside with his brother." She says closing the door. "How are you?" I asked her. She gave me a thumbs up as she walked over to the couch. 

I followed her and sat close to her. She looked at me in confusion. "What?" She asks. I pulled her hood off and she pushed my hand back. There was full blown bruise on her neck to her shoulders. " Bro... Cheyenne did I do that?" I asked her. "You? Why would you-" She stopped herself and looked at me. Did she really forget that we slept together last night. "Nate please tell me we didn't..." She says leaning back with her hands on her head. I put my hands and lips together. "I mean... I don't wanna lie." I say looking at her. "Oh my god Nate." She says covering her face. "But, if I didn't do that. Who did that?" I asked her. "Nobody, it's none of your business." She snaps at me. "If you're my fucking friend of course it's my business." I say to her. "Oh so we're friends now huh?" she says squinting her eyes at me. I smirked. "Oh come on, you been my friend hun. We just got off on the wrong foot." I say putting my hand on her knee. I'm gonna get it out of her. Just like last night. "Oh is that so?" She says laying her feet across me. I massages her thighs as I continued to ask her about her bruises. "Yeah, we were bound to become friends since our dads are butt buddies" I joke. She laughed. "See, I'm not the only one who thinks they're together." She says shaking her head. "And you we're honestly fun last night." I say looking at her. She blushed and looked away. "Whatever." She laughs. "I'm serious too bad you gotta deal with this after you go out and have a good time." I say. "What do you mean by that?" She says raising her eyebrow. "You know exactly what I'm talking about." I say not knowing what im talking about. She sighed and looked at me. "I know what you're tryna get at Nate and it's not working." She says. "What do you mean?" I chuckled. "Now you wanna play dumb? Be fucking for real" She scoffed while taking her legs off of me. I grabbed her leg  and pulled her close. "Why won't tell me?!" I whispered yelled. "Because like I said... It none of your business. Now let go of my leg before you get a bruise" She says to me. I let her go and she walked away. 

As I watched her walk away I admired her body. She had a perfect body. Full round hips that made her ass looked round and plump. Her hair was in a low messy ponytail and  I can't get over her lips they were big and soft I didn't wanna take my lips off of hers last night. I gotta taste them again one last time before I go. I got up off the couch and followed her into the kitchen. "Can we chill in your room?" I asked her. "Uh no" I laughed to her self. "Do you forget you have a girlfriend?" She asks as she turns to face me. I put my finger over her lips and shushed her. "What she doesn't know won't kill her." I say putting my hand on her lower back. "Nate..." She questions her thoughts. I moved a stray hair out of her face. "Let's go chill babe." I say hugging her and she hugged me back. 

She walked me into their basement to where her room was. It smelled exactly like her. Bath and body products with a hint of weed. "My humble abode." She says putting her hands up and spinning around. "It's so... You." I laughed while closing her door. "What's that supposed to mean?" She asks me. "It fit's your style." I say looking at her. She nodded. "Mhmm." She says. Her Dad opened the door and looked at me then her. "What's going on here?" He asks looking back and forth between us. "Just talking." Cheyenne says not looking at him. "In your room? What was wrong with the living room?" He asked her. "I wanted to come to my room and didn't wanna leave Nate out there alone. Is that a problem?" Cheyenne says turning her head at him. "Keep the same distance you guys are at son." He snaps his head at me. I gave him a soft smile and nod. "You got it." I say to him. "And keep the door open." He says cracking the door even wider. 

I leaned forward to watch him go up the stairs. I looked at Cheyenne and she looked at me. "You're in big trouble huh?" I chuckled. "Just a little bit. But who doesn't like a little trouble?" She says while laying across her bed. Her hoodie was moved and her torso showed. "I love it." I grinned as I stood up off her dresser and walked over to her bed. I have a feeling her dad might pop in again sometime soon. I got on my knees and propped myself up on my elbows and looked at her. "Why are you like this?" She asks while looking at me. "Like what?" I asked her. "Sweet, but also wrong." She laughs to herself. Wow, I mean ouch. I shrugged my shoulders and looked at her. I grabbed her available hand and kissed it. "What's so wrong about me?" I asked her while rubbing her hand with my thumb. She just smirked at me. "Well if you don't know then I don't know." She says shaking her head. "No come on, tell me." I begged her. "Let's just keep the unspoken thing... left unspoken." She says running her fingers through my hair. I guess that's fair. "Okay..." I say nodding. 

"Hey..." Her dad says knocking on the open door. What did I tell you. "Dinner's done." He says. "Okay." Cheyenne and I say getting up. I held onto her waist up the stairs behind her dad's back and let go once we were around everybody. Cheyenne walked over to Spencyr and they started whispering in the corner. I grabbed the stack of cups and the pitcher of juice Darell or Spencyr made and walked over to the table. I looked at Cheyenne and pointed to the chair next to me. She closed her eyes and shook her head. Is that too obvious ? "Alright steaks are done." Darell says coming in through the side door and putting the tray in the middle of the table. Everyone came to the table and sat down. "Cheyenne care to say grace?" Darell's twin brother Darwin asks her. Oh this is gonna be good. "Why me?" She asks. "I'll do it." Spencyr and I say at the same time. "Alright football pro." Spencyr steps down. "No, Cheyenne can you say grace?" Darwin asks again. Cheyenne prayed to herself for a moment before coming back to us. "Alright bow heads and close eyes." She says scooting her chair up. I bowed and closed my eyes. "Dear father lord please don't let me or anyone at this table get sick from this food we are about to eat. And please please please pray over you two twin babies who might have have a stroke in the next two months... In Jesus name we pray. Amen." Cheyenne says with her eyes still closed and hands together. I knew it was gonna be something else. Her dad and uncle were trying to keep their cool in front of everyone. "Fix it Jesus..." Spencyr says grabbing the bowl of mashed potatoes. This is what I like in this girl. That firecracker attitude. Ruthless, fearless and say what on their mind. "You guys asked me to say prayer when I didn't want to so... Amen." Cheyenne says shrugging while making her plate. "Hey Chey, why don't you go eat in your room." Her dad says. Cheyenne's jaw dropped with green beans in her mouth. "You're kidding me..." She says still shocked. "Go eat in your room please..." He says in a calm tone while not looking at her. "Yeah, no problem father." Cheyenne says getting up and walking away with her plate. "I have sat through too many male dinners. Absolutely not." Spencyr says taking her plate and walking to her room. I don't wanna be left with these three weirdos. "I don't wanna be left with you three, no offense Darwin but im gonna join Cheyenne downstairs. You guys enjoy your chat you guys had outside." I say grabbing my plate and drink. "Nate..." Her dad says. "Yeah?" I say turning around to look at him. "Don't hurt my daughter." He says. I laughed to myself. "We're just friends." I say taking a sip of my drink and walking down stairs.

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