Page 55 of No Remedy for Love

“What’s up, fam?” Ferris spoke when Mav walked over to him and Vinnie with his fist extended.

“Ain’t shit. Ready to get this game over and done with.”

“I feel that. I can’t hoop for shit, but this was important to my Unc and it’s still important to my granny. I’m going shower and bring my ass straight to bed after this.”

Ferris was average height with a slim build but even he could admit that he was lazy as hell. He’d been grinding hard to get his money right. Reanna had been coming through for him lately and that was the only reason why he kept her around. Other than that, she was annoying as fuck. She really thought she was that bitch and Ferris was over her.

“Who are you going to bed with is the question?” Mav chuckled while cutting his eyes at Blaze.

“By my muthafucking self. I been outchea grinding so I can be right for when my baby comes back.”

“Let me find out you trying to be a one-woman man.”

“Nigga, I am! The fuck!”

“I feel that fam, I’m just not on that type of time yet.”

“Man, ain’t shit outchea if we’re keeping it real. I been running through hoes since I was fifteen. That shit gets old after a while. I want kids and shit.”

“Kids by who though?” Mav was cracking up at the expression on Ferris’ face.

“Not by who the fuck you think.” Ferris grabbed his towel and walked out of the locker room. He went sat next to Remi and Tracy right as Reanna and another chick were walking in.

“I know this bitch is lying!” Remi yelled out.

Ferris didn’t know what his cousin was talking about but he almost choked on his water when he saw what Reanna had on. She walked up to him, and he wanted to tackle her to the ground.

“Hey, baby.” Reanna smiled like she was really his main bitch.

“The fuck you got that on for, Reanna! Nah, go take that shit off. We ain’t even about to start that.” Ferris jumped up angrily. Reanna had a shirt with his picture on it like she was repping her nigga. Ferris was happy that Monique wasn’t there because it would have really been some bullshit.

“I know this ain’t the same nigga that you be bragging on,” the chick who was with Reanna said. They kinda favored each other but he had never seen her before that day. If they were anywhere else, Ferris would have cursed her out.

“How is she built?” Tracy asked while lowering her glasses to see a little better.

“Like a biological woman!” Reanna replied.

She felt like a damn fool and the snickers coming from his cousin wasn’t helping very much. She didn’t even know that Tracy was a biological male until Josie told her at the last basketball game. She was with her sister, Renada, and she was embarrassed. She had been bragging on Ferris so much, and he was making her look desperate. She really wanted Blaze to see that he wasn’t the only one who could move on. Apparently, he was messing with his grandmother’s nurse if what Blaire said was true. That was obviously the bitch that he told her about when he said that he met someone.

“Like an olive on a toothpick is more like it. Girl, and the purchased ass cheeks are peeking from underneath the shorts. I’m just in shambles over here.” By now, Remi was doubled over with laughter. It wasn’t just what Tracy said, it was the look on her face when she said it.

“Girl, fuck you!” Reanna yelled, directing her comments towards Remi.

“Bitch, not even if I did like pussy. And just know that your passes are running out with me.”

“What’s up, hoe? I ain’t never scared.”

Reanna was starting to cause a scene, so Ferris ushered her towards the exit. She kept testing Remi and she was gonna get just what she was asking for. Reanna was going off as she walked back to her car. She knew that Renada was gonna have a lot of questions that she wasn’t in the mood to answer.

Ferris rushed back into the rec room right as his teammates were coming out of the locker rooms. The game got started soon after and everything was going good, at least for a while. Mav was on some dumb shit and he had a feeling that shit was gonna get real on and off the court.

“Why y’all keep passing the ball to the same nigga?” Mav yelled angrily. He was annoyed that everybody kept passing the ball to Blaze.

“The fuck you mean! He’s the only real baller on the court.”

Vinnie was getting just as angry as Ferris was. He played ball for fun and sometimes exercise. He liked doing the tournaments because they were for a good cause but he wasn’t no LeBron. Blaze was a dog on the court, so they let him take the lead. It was all fun and games, and all the winners got out of it was bragging rights. They all knew each other so both teams went hard for that reason alone. Mav was okay but he wasn’t putting no points on the board like that.

“Give that nigga the ball if he want it.” Blaze shrugged like he didn’t give a fuck. One of the dudes did just that and Mav ran down the court. He was going crazy for the ball and missed the first and only shot that he took.

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