There were always fresh Jay’s on his feet. He was forever popping tags. I can’t front. I was infatuated. He was just so pretty, with a perfect set of white teeth, that made his smile light up the room. Then he had a swagger oh so mean, to compliment the damn-near pretty boy appearance.
The thing that I really dug about Jahrein was that he was not one of those self-centered types. With looks like his, one would think that he would have that kind of aura about him. He was actually a laid-back guy that didn't seem fazed by all of the girls’ attention. On several occasions, I had seen him sit back and let the phone ring, while he played on his PlayStation, or he just joked around with me, as we play wrestled.
Hanging at Red’s crib wasn't bad at all. I was beginning to see Ray-Ray in an entirely different light. I guess that I was finally able to form my own opinion, without my mama cackling about how no-good he was. Yeah, he may have been a whore, but that had nothing to do with our relationship.
My daddy was being extra friendly, and was now taking Jahrein, Jalero, and me to Water World. I was so excited. He had taken me shopping, and bought me three new bathing suits. I had chosen to wear my two-piece neon green colored one. Over the bathing suit, I had on some blue jean shorts and a white muscle shirt.I pulled my hair into a ponytail that kept swinging across my back. The boys were both wearing a fresh pair of Jordans just like my daddy. I had to admit that our entire entourage was clean.
As we walked up to the water park’s entrance, I noticed all of the other young kids there. There were plenty of cute boys there too. Jahrein was checking out a few girls, but more so the girls were checking him out.
I could hardly contain myself as I took off my shirt and shorts, and placed them in a locker. I guess that I was taking too long, because Ray-Ray and Jalero went ahead of me, and found an area to swim in. Jahrein seemed to be lagging behind, and was taking his time getting undressed.
When he looked up and saw me in my bathing suit, he just stood for a few seconds. “Damn.” He mumbled as he swallowed hard.
“What?” I asked him confused. The way he was staring at me made me feel a little self-conscious, so I started fidgeting and fixing my bathing suit. Then I ran my hands down my stomach.
“You straight, lil mama. With your sexy ass.” a light-skinned dude flirted, as he walked by.
I glanced back at him, and laughed before looking back at Jahrein. He now had a frown on his face, as he stared at the dude’s back. “You like that kind of shit, huh?”
“What are you talking about?” I threw my hands on my hips.
His eyes wandered over my body, as he licked his lips. “You aint crazy, girl.”
“I know, but that don’t mean that I like solving mysteries, either.” I sassed.
“Oh, yeah?” he asked, as he moved in on me.
Just then, “Ay, Jahrein y’all need to come over here. I know y’all would like this right here.” Ray-Ray interrupted, as he yelled from a distance.
Jahrein put on a huge smile for Ray’s benefit. “Okay, here we come.” He told my daddy. “Come on, Raven.” He said as he pulled me along. When our hands touched something inside tingled, so I pulled away.
As we walked over to the pool, I glanced around and saw plenty of handsome boys. All eyes were on me. That's why I tried to stay close to Jahrein, as we walked into the wave pool, which was an imitation beach. I have always loved swimming, so it didn't take me long to join all the other swimmers.
Plenty of women were looking at my daddy, and he was definitely looking at them. In fact, he was acting like a big kid, with some light-skinned chick, slamming her in the water and shit. He seemed too familiar with this woman, to say that they had just met. Knowing him, he had probably told her to meet us there, even though he had his girlfriend’s kids with him. Either way that was his problem, not mine.
I was having a ball swimming around, when I bumped into a hard body. I lifted my head and saw the cute older boy, smiling at me. He was dark chocolate with curly hair. His abs was contracting, as he talked. “Damn, you didn’t see me, pretty girl?” he smiled.
“No.” I laughed.
“Oh, I see. You must want me to slam your little ass in this water.” he moved in on me. I tried to get away from him, and swam smack dead into Jahrein. He grabbed me by the waist, and slammed me into the water, anyway.
“Stop!” I screamed, but he kept on slamming me. “You. Better. Stop. Before. I. Fuck. You. Up.” I got out in between slams. Finally, he let me catch my breath. “Move, huh.” I huffed as I tried to get the water out of my eyes. That's when I realized that he still had his hands wrapped around my waist.
“You better not slam me again.” I warned him.
“I won’t, Feisty. Let’s go in a little deeper.” he suggested as he guided me further into the water.
"You like that nigga, huh?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I saw how you was looking at him."
I rolled my eyes.
“You something else, you know that?”
“What are you talking about?” I giggled.
