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It's been a week since everything went down between Keenan and I. I refuse to ever force myself into someone's life and since he wants to act like that towards me I won't say anything else to him.

Alexis has always been so manipulative, and Keenan has fell for everything, she cries he goes running, she fake hurts herself he goes running.

I swear he's her bïtch , and she's proud because in high school Keenan was the one every girl wanted and Alexis was the one that caught his heart. I wish she didn't, everything she has put him through is disgusting and I was there through it all, so that's how I know this wasn't Keenan. It was all her. Alexis.

"You alive?" Anthony asked me knocking me out of my train of thought. "Yeah" I chuckled "you were on that same page for the last 10 minutes" he pointed out.

I looked down at the book I was reading. "You okay?" He asked me. I looked at him "you know I'm not" I said to him. He sighed and nodded his head "maybe he's just going through a phase" he shrugged.

Anthony and I were in the student center chilling at a table doing some homework for our communications class. I couldn't even focus on homework. It is the last thing on my mind.

My eyes began to wonder around the student center as I examined all the different people, their styles, their looks even their hair. No one looked the same as another person, everyone had their own different style with a spice added to it.

My eyes landed on the last person I wanted to see. Alexis, my eyes followed her movement as she was grabbing food and walking back to a table. At that table sat Keenan and Lani.

Wait a minute .. Lani? Alexis is smiling and laughing with her. "Oh you got to be kidding me" I said out loud "what?" Anthony asked "my roommate is being all giggles with Alexis" I pointed out to him. "Yikes" he said.

"Should I say something?" I asked him "and make a fool of yourself?" He asked me. He's right. "You're right" I sighed. "We need to get your mind off things" he said. "This is so annoying" I said to him.

"I know I know" he pretended to fake baby me. All of a sudden my eyes met Keenan's. He was looking over at me and Anthony. I couldn't even smile at him I was so pissed off at him. He gave me a look that I couldn't read and normally I can read his looks.

I just shook my head and looked away. "You ready to go?" I asked Anthony "yes, let's grab some food from the cafe" Anthony and I packed our things up and then headed upstairs to the cafe.

"Oh look there's Kendall" I said, Kendall was sitting at a table by herself in the middle of the cafe "hey hey" I smiled at her. "Hey" she smiled back "you sitting alone by choice?" Anthony asked "yeah, I have no idea where Cassandra is so I'm just chilling" she said. "Well we'll be joining you, I am starving" I said while sitting my backpack down. "Say less" Kendall said while pulling up a chair.

I left the table to go grab some slices of pizza and then I grabbed a water to go with. I swear I was only gone for three seconds and now the table is half way full. There was Kendall , Cassandra , Anthony , now Lani , Keenan and Alexis. I sighed while walking over to the table. I sat in between Kendall and Anthony, directly across from Keenan.

"Hey roomie" Lani said "hey" I said so blandly. Her smile turned into a straight confused face. "How has everyone's first week of classes been?" Kendall asked "good" everyone said "I have this one professor who has a really thick accent it's so hard to comprehend anything she's saying" Cassandra spoke.

"I actually don't go here, I go to UDC" Alexis said.

Since when? I questioned in my head. She was suppose to be going to PVAMU. far far away from us.

"Was udc your first choice?" Lani asked "no Prairie View was and I got in but money was a problem, I was granted scholarships but it was still a lot coming out of my moms pockets which I wanted to avoid and UDC gave me a full ride. It's a good school plus it brought me closer to Keenan must be a sign" she smiled and then glanced over at me.

One thing I can say about Alexis is that she is super smart and she's a sweetheart to people who aren't trying to get in her way of things.

Like at first she was cool and I liked her for Keenan but then she tried separating us due to her jealously and that is when I realized her  true colors.

Of course she's going to try and convince the others that I'm delusional and crazy, which is why I'm not even gonna entertain her or even acknowledge her existence.

"Oh so all three of you guys know each other?" Kendall asked us. "Yup" Alexis smiled.

"Tiara you good?" Cassandra asked me "yeah why wouldn't I be?" I asked her "well one you haven't said a word and you know you're a talker and two you and Keenan haven't even acknowledged each other or made fun of one another like y'all normally do" she pointed out.

"Maybe that's something we should leave between them" Lani said. I just looked at her. "I'm good I promise, but what I will do is talk to you guys later I have work to do and yeah" I got up from the table and grabbed my things.

I can't stand it, it makes my skin crawl how fake she is and how he's letting her just be here like everything is okay.

I called Korey and he answered right away "hey Ti" he said "hey" I said back "what's wrong?" He asked "is it that obvious?" I asked him "I know you baby" he said. I sighed "Keenan and I haven't spoken for an entire week and we have the same group of friends so today at lunch him and Alexis were just sitting there all happy and giggles like ugh I'm so bothered" I explained to him.

"I know you did not just say Alexis was there ... at Howard ? I thought she was going to PV?" He said "didn't we all!!" I said.

"I feel like she's the reason as to why he sent me that message" I told him "definitely. It makes sense because when I read that message it threw me off because it sounded nothing like Keenan which is why I was like give him his space so he can get his mind together but now that I know Alexis is there everything is adding up" Korey said to me.

See! I'm not crazy and Korey knows the shït that went down between all of us.

"Just keep your distance Ti, I know and you know I know more than anyone how much this hurts you" I swear after he said that I felt my eyes beginning to water. Thank God I was back in my dorm.

"Yeah" I breathed "you have to stay strong and just let things ride out. If you and Keenan are meant to be in each other's lives God will lead you two back to one another. It's literally above you my love" he said. "You're right. I love you Korey" I said to him "I love you too Ti, have a good rest of your day. I'll call you later to check up on you" he said and then hung up.

I felt my phone vibrate and it was a text message from Miss Nikita.

Second Madre❤️ : hey doll , I hope your first week has been going well and everything is moving swiftly. When you get the chance call me because there's some things I want to discuss with you about Keenan. But don't tell him I had this conversation with you only because of the fact that he made me promise not to. But you're my girl and I can't have you two breaking up.

As soon as I read that message I called her. She picked up right away "hey my love" she said "hi moms , what's going on?" I asked her. "So I don't know if you know but Alexis is coming down there. Not to Howard but UDC" she said. "Yeah ... she's been around" I told her. "Ugh" she moaned in disgust. No one likes Alexis because of how emotionally damaged she left Keenan. Me and Mrs.Nikita really don't mess with her.

"Keenan called me the other day telling me how he was so excited to see her and be with her again. Tiara it made me sick please tell me you've been able to talk to him" she said. "I have to show you something". I sent her the screen shot of the paragraph Keenan sent me. I heard her gasp.

"It's starting already ... I at least thought we had some time" she spoke "nope. He's locked in" I told her "I'm sorry baby" she said. "It's his decision at the end of the day, I can't make him talk to me or want to be around me. Both of them know I can't stand Alexis , so she got in before I could so she could convince him to let me go" I explained to her.

"I-I just don't know what he sees in her. And you know I support everything you guys do and I refuse to be that mother that tells her son who he can and can't be with but Ti.... he does not need to be with her... I want what's best for him and you already know I wanted you guys married from day one, no hate to Korey though I love that handsome young man. Wew Chile you did a good one with that" she said.

I couldn't help but laugh because that's always the reaction Korey gets. Like when my mom first met him, you would've thought she was his girlfriend and not me.

"I honestly don't know what to do. I can't even be in his presence anymore , today our eyes caught one another we just looked at each other. No type of hand gesture or signals or even funny faces like we normally do. Before we left for school he was the main one talking about staying together and not letting anything or anyone pull us apart and now look. Alexis pops up and he forgot everything we talked about." I said to her.

Miss Nikita sighed. "There's nothing we can do , this is what he wants. It's what he'll get. I know this is hurting you though Ti, you know you're like a daughter to me and I love you with all my heart" she said. "I know I love you too" I said to her.

"He'll come around .. I know he will" she said.

Usually I would say "I know" but this time I really don't know because no words between us have been exchanged. The most I've gotten out of him this entire week was that stare down in the student center.

I don't think I'm getting Keenan back this time.

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Made this one extra long for y'all ...
NEW CHARACTER ALERT !!!

Laura Harrier as Alexis

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