"Rashir please!" Lourdes whined while they sat in the parking lot of the restaurant they were supposed to be meeting their friends at. "We're already 30 minutes late," She sighed while he kissed up and down her neck and she half heartily pushed him off, making him pout.

"5 more minutes," He mumbled, pulling her closer and she rolled her eyes. They were supposed to have been in the restaurant ages ago, but he didn't feel like going in and they'd been sitting in the parking lot, making out for over 30 minutes.

"You said that 5 minutes ago," She pointed out, "You're such a big baby," She said while leaning forward to give him a quick kiss.

"We already late, who cares," He shrugged while finally pulling away from her. "But fine," Huffing, he turned the car off and grabbed his wallet. She adjusted the straps on her shirt and fixed her hair while he jogged to her side of the car, opening her door. She grabbed her purse and took his hand as they walked into a breakfast place 'Milk and Honey' that Gianna had found on Yelp.

They told the hostess the name of the party and she led them to one of the biggest tables in the restaurant where the rest of the group was laughing about something that Nico was saying. When they noticed the two's presence, they looked up with knowing smirks on their faces.

"Nice of you to finally join us," Nala quipped, sipping on her mimosa and eyeing the two.

Lourdes blushed but said nothing as she took a seat next to Gianna who was texting Jaden. He was supposed to arrive shortly after them since he was also accompanying them on their spring break trip, but he had gotten caught up with his parents in D.C, which is why he was running late.

"Aight so now that those two are finally here, we can plan," Gianna clapped her hands together excitedly. She insisted on planning the entire trip since they'd be staying at her parent's beach house after all. She pulled out her laptop to show the group pictures and everyone turned to her, listening to her speak.

"Okay so, as we all know, spring break is in exactly 3 weeks and 2 days away–" She paused and everyone nodded, "So, my parents have a beach house in Ocean City, which everyone knows already, right?" She asked and they once again nodded. Ocean City was a beach town about a 3 hour drive away from Silver Spring. It was one of the most infamous beach towns in all of the U.S and everyone on the east coast knew about it. It usually was busy the first week that schools got out since high school seniors had a thing called "Beach week" where all the recent graduates stayed in the town for the week. Since it was only spring break, they hoped that it wouldn't be too busy but Lourdes was sure that other people had the same idea as they did for the break.

"So, since the break starts on Sunday, I figured we could leave on Saturday morning, which is the 20th so we have the whole day Saturday to be there as well. We can leave either the 24th or the 25th since they're both weekdays and it gives us the weekend to relax after we get back. Is that good with everyone?" She looked around and everyone murmured their approval. "Okay so the house is a little bit of a drive around from the city since it's in the vacation home area, do y'all wanna see?"

"Hell yea," Nico spoke up, speaking everyone's thoughts for them. Gianna laughed and opened her laptop, pulling up pictures of the place and passing it around the table.

"Don't you just love having rich friends?" Nala sighed in content while looking through the pictures, "I'm getting deja vu," Referring to the last time Mateo was showing him his house in the Bahamas.

"This is so nice Gia," Lourdes said in awe, looking through the pictures with Rashir. She was a little skeptical about going on the trip at first, but she was beginning to get excited as they saw the backyard which had a heated pool and a jacuzzi.

"How many bedrooms does it have?" Aaliyah asked when the laptop was passed to her and Mateo.

"Five, so we can all share with who we want," She answered, "And before you ask Nico, no you cannot get the master bedroom. That is reserved for me and mine," She gave him and knowing look and the group laughed, already aware he was going to ask that question.

"Man whatever," He sucked his teeth while picking up his orange juice and taking a sip.

"Whose driving who?"

"I figured the boys can drive one car and the girls can drive another. I'll probably drive Jaden and I since I know the directions the best and we can have one extra car," Gianna picked up her phone opened the notes app to make a list. "Who wants to drive for the boys?" She asked, looking at the 3 who were currently glaring at one another.

"I volunteer Matt," Nico shrugged, "He has the most space in that boxy ass G Wagon of his,"

"Nigga, you have a truck, you should drive," Rashir looked at him like he was dumb.

"Um no, I'm not sitting in the back of that truck for a 3 hour drive. Are you fucking dumb?" Mateo finally spoke up, "You have the fastest car Rashir, you drive,"

"Well you have the biggest car and it has the most space," Rashir countered.

"All I know is, I'm not driving," Nico got a biscuit from the basket that was in the middle of the table and watched the two begin to go back and forth.

"Fool, why the fuck would I drive my car? You always drive us places, it's kind of an unspoken agreement at this point," Rashir argued with his hands but Mateo just rolled his eyes.

"Exactly bruh, I am always the one driving places, it's your turn,"

"Nala you're driving right?" Lourdes leaned over and whispered and Nala just nodded while the two were still going back and forth.

"You literally have the most space and comfortable car! You're driving nigga, I don't know what to tell you,"

"I'm not,"

"Yes, you are,"

"No, I'm not,"

"Yes, you are–"

"Enough!" Gianna yelled, interrupting them both, causing some people in the restaurant turn to look at the table.

"The fuck y'all looking at?" Nala snapped, making them go back to their conversations.

"We're flipping a coin, okay? Heads or tails Matt," Gianna pulled a quarter out of her purse while Mateo stared at her with boredom.

"This is stupid, I'm not flipping–"

"Heads," Aaliyah answered for him and he looked at her in exasperation.

"Baby!"

"Yeah, Yeah, just flip the coin Gia," She waved him off. Gianna flipped the coin and turned it over slowly, while they stared at her in anticipation.

"It's tails,"

"Thank god," Rashir made a praying motion with his hands and Mateo ran his hands down his face, clearly annoyed that things didn't go his way.

About a week later, Lourdes was exiting her class with Malaya, laughing with her as usual. She was meeting up with Rashir so they could go to the mall and she could buy more swimsuits for their spring break trip. She'd bought a bunch for her birthday trip, but only 2 of them still fit since she'd gained weight.

Lourdes constantly blamed Rashir for her weight gain, since all they did was sleep and eat. She'd gained 9 pounds since her birthday but Nala called it 'happy weight' so she wasn't very upset about it.

"You going to that party this weekend?" Malaya asked her as they exited the building, walking down the steps and pausing.

"I'll see, I have like 2 essay's and an exam I have to study for," She answered, pulling out her phone to see where Rashir was parked, "Whose throwing it though? And why? Spring Break is literally in 2 weeks, why don't they just wait until then,"

"Girl who cares, I need to be out my body this weekend. School has been kicking my ass, I need a reward for not dropping out," Malaya joked and Lourdes laughed. "Aight sis, I'ma see you tomorrow, Nasir is waiting for me at his dorm," She stuck her tongue out and waved goodbye.

Lourdes shook her head at her antics while waving goodbye as well, turning around to head into the parking lot where Rashir was parked.

rashir 🥰❤️: Lourdes hurry up

rashir 🥰❤️: I'm starving bruh

: i'm coming bubs

: stop rushing me

rashir 🥰❤️: No 🖕🏾

She laughed, beginning to text him back when she felt a hard shove to her shoulder and her bag was sent tumbling to the ground, as well as her phone.

"Who the fu–" She looked up, irritated and confused as to who just bodied her, and rolled her eyes heavily when she saw Thara staring back at her. Lourdes hadn't spoken to Thara since she'd last seen her at the mall, thankfully. She'd seen her once or twice around campus, and she always seemed to be at Rashir's games but she hadn't attempted to interact with her.

"Watch out stupid, try looking up next time," Thara snapped, adjusting her expensive-looking bag on her shoulder while looking Lourdes up and down with disgust.

"Well why don't you say excuse me instead of body-slamming me to the side dumbass," Lourdes snapped back, annoyed that she now had to pick up her things off of the ground. Thara seemed surprised that Lourdes had said anything back to her since she usually just shrugged her off, but Lourdes was getting sick of her nasty attitude and the hatred she seemed to harbor for her, all because she was dating Rashir.

"Excuse me?" Thara crossed her arms and glared at her but Lourdes just stared back, raising her eyebrows.

"You heard what I said. There was enough room on the sidewalk for you to walk past me, you just chose to practically fucking assault me," She said while snatching her phone and bag off of the ground.

Thara scoffed, "Rashir's really hyped your head up, huh? Don't think that just because you're 'dating' him you're any different than what you were before–a nobody," Thara sneered, making quotations around 'dating'. Lourdes's face scrunched up, confused as to how this girl was still stuck on the fact that she was dating Rashir.

"At this point, I'm begging you to seek help. You hate me because what? Because I'm dating him? Get the fuck over it! It's been months and you're still harassing me? Do you know how insane that is? Like seriously," Lourdes irritatedly sighed, rubbing her temples, "I don't even have time for this," She mumbled, making a move to go around her but Thara stepped in her way, getting in her face.

"Get the fuck out of my face," She swore, taking a step back.

"I don't know who the hell you think you are, but let me remind you that you're still the same ugly, fat, broke ass bitch that you were before. Believe me when I say that the rest of the school and I are confused as to how someone like you bagged Rashir. Just know that he knows where the fuck home is and he'll be running back to me as soon as he's done using your ass for the only thing you're good for–"

Lourdes raised her hand and slapped her before she could think about it, feeling a sting to her hand.

"Watch your mouth," She gritted, tears pricking at her eyes from how angry she was. She was officially done with the conversation and didn't wish to hear anymore. She shoved past Thara who was still freaking out over the fact that she'd just gotten slapped and practically ran the rest of the way to the parking lot. Rashir was leaning against his car but looked up when he heard someone approaching the car.

"Hey baby–what's wrong? What happened?" His face immediately changed when he saw the tears in her eyes and her red hand. She tried to speak, but she couldn't, so she took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. She was upset at the fact that she'd let Thara get to her and she was actually considering what she said to her might be true. Even she was confused sometimes as to how Rashir was really in love with her.

She always doubted herself when it came to her looks and was constantly comparing herself to the girls that Rashir hung around before they started dating. Even though Rashir told her how much he loved her and how pretty she was every day, she still had a hard time believing it, and hearing someone voice her doubts, was enough to backtrack her progress with her self-esteem.

Rashir looked genuinely concerned as he took her face in his hands and tilted her up so he could look at her, checking to see if she was hurt.

"What happened? Are you hurt? Did someone hit you?" He fired off questions but she shook her head, wiping at her eyes.

"I'm not hurt," She mumbled.

"Then what's wrong?" He asked again, wiping her tears away with his thumb. When she hiccuped again he brought her into his chest and wrapped his arms around her, rubbing her back as he tried to calm her down. "Hey, it's okay. Just breathe for me," He said soothingly as she buried her face in his chest, still trying to stop crying.

Once she calmed herself down, she pulled away, still wiping at her eyes.

"I ran into Thara and she just said some stuff that got under my skin," She muttered, sniffling and Rashir's facial expression changed into an annoyed one.

"That girl that spilled her drink on you a couple months ago?" He asked and she nodded. "What she say to you?"

Lourdes hesitated to answer but she knew she wasn't going to be able to get out of telling him so she just sighed, repeating what had been said and she could see Rashir get visibly angry. When she was done, he was clenching his fists at his side and taking deep breaths.

"Lo, look at me," He said sternly and she bit her lip, looking up at his face, "Don't ever listen to what that delusional ass lil' girl says to you, aight? I ain't ever leaving yo' ass," He said sincerely, "I love you, okay? You're more beautiful than ha' ass will ever be," He kissed her forehead and she smiled slightly, feeling a little better.

"Don't let her get under yo' skin, she just a bitch. She a grown ass woman still chasing someone who don't want her," He grumbled, and she laughed. He smiled at her, happy that she was feeling better but still mad about the situation overall. He never wanted Lourdes to doubt herself or their relationship and he was getting sick of this Thara girl making his girlfriend feel like shit.

"I'on want you getting upset because of what she said, because it's not true and will never be true. So fucking what if people talk about our relationship? They just some bitch ass niggas that have nothin' better to do than fucking gossip about shit. You just gotta shrug it off 'cause nothin' they say matters I promise you," He finished while looking in her eyes. She had stopped crying now and was beginning to feel silly for even letting someone get under her skin that much. Rashir loved her and she loved him, nothing could change that.

"You're right,"

"Aight, c'mere," He pulled her closer and placed a kiss on her lips, "I love you princess, don't ever forget that," He pecked her lips multiple times then kissed all over her face and she giggled, smiling at his goofiness. "You gon' be okay?"

"Yeah,"

"Good, let's go to the mall then so I can see yo' fine ass try on some swimsuits," He smirked and brought his hand down to slap her ass–hard.

"Rashir!" Lourdes hissed, rubbing her ass but he just winked.

"Aye! You!" Rashir yelled as he walked through campus and spotted Thara talking to of her friends outside of the Starbucks. Thara looked up in confusion but smiled flirtatiously when she realized Rashir was talking to her.

"Oh, hi Rashir," She twirled her hair with her fingers and Rashir just glared at her, "I haven't talked to you in a while, did you miss me?"

"Fuck no," He spat and her face fell.

"What?"

"Leave Lourdes the fuck alone, aight? Stop talking to her and I'm not playin' wit' yo' dumbass," He demanded and but all she did was let out an exasperated sigh, rolling her eyes.

"You're still talking about that girl? Baby when are you gonna leave her? I know you miss the times we had together," She tried to say seductively but Rashir just looked at her with pure disgust and stepped away from, her since she seemed to have somehow moved a step closer.

"I definitely ain't yo' baby, so never call me that shit again. And watch yo' fuckin' mouth speaking 'bout my girlfriend, which is something that you'll never be. Just cause you seem to be obsessed wit' me, doesn't mean the feelings are reciprocated. I'on want yo' ugly ass and I never will,"

"Rashir–" She reached out to touch him but he quickly dodged it.

"Don't touch me, dirty," He curled his lip up