Page 59 of Her Loyalty

"Damn, T!" I ending up yelling out obnoxiously, making everybody in the room turn back to look at me and Tiana couldn't help but to gasp.

"Oh my god." She facepalmed herself as I read her lips from afar. I couldn't help but to laugh and smile.

Shit a nigga was happy for her, this was all she ever wanted to do and I had the privilege of witnessing this shit firsthand.

"Please hold all applause, sir." The speaker spoke out as Dej pulled me back into my seat.

"Nigga, sit your crazy ass down." She laughed as I chuckled, shaking my head.

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Tiana

30 minutes later

"Oh my god, Tiana. Who was the guy that yelled out your name?" Jennifer asked jokingly.

"Right. He was so hot." Ashton butted in as I smiled small.

"That was Dominic, my ex-boyfriend." I admitted.

"Oh." They dragged, laughing afterwards.

"It was Dominic, the one she's so in love with."

"No no no. It's not like that." I couldn't help but to blush.

"I can't tell." Ashton raised her eyebrows, making us laugh.

"Oh, shut up." I playfully waved her off.

"So what are we doing afterwards guys?" Jen asked, checking her eye makeup in her hand held mirror.

"Well, I think I'm going to just go home. My mom's supposed to be making dinner." I shrugged.

Ever since my mom and I had that long talk months back, her and I had grown closer. We were spending more time together and creating a better bond. And I loved every second of it.

"What. Why?" They both asked at the same time, knitting their eyebrows.

"I'm honestly not really in the mood to do anything else." I admitted, fixing my cap on my head.

See, these days I didn't do much but study and occasionally go out with Jen and Ash sometimes. I wasn't the same girl I was four months ago. I was more focused on other things such as being a well communicative, poised and graceful person.

I was simply working on me and partying just wasn't my cup of tea.

"Oh my god. Please come out with us tonight, Tiana."

"Yes, please."

"I heard Connor's throwing a huge graduation party at his dad's estate tonight." Jen went on.

"And you know Chad's going to be there." She looked over to Ash who was obviously all in now at the mention of Chad.

"No, It's cool. I'm just going to go home and relax probably." I admitted and they both gave me the puppy dog eyes but I wasn't giving in.

"Fine." They finally agreed.

"Well at least have a shot with us."

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