Benji T.

"You ain't the only one! Who can turn your phone off!" Noelle sang. "Baby I know how to press ignore, I won't be crying anymore!"

"Man get the fuck out my face wit' that shit." I smacked her hand away. I swear, whenever women heard they favorite song they had to act a fool.

     "This body look good out on the town so many boys wanna be down! You ain't the only one!" she yelled while standing in the kitchen.

     "Yeah and imma fuck them niggas up too." I told her. She laughed before giving me a kiss on the lips. Song or not, she was singing this 'mothafucka a little too hard. Putting emphasis on words and shit.

     "Shut up. You know this my song." she smiled. As she continued to sing, my phone vibrated and Cory's name appeared on the screen.

"Wassup?" I answered.

"Get down to your restaurant now. Somebody lookin' for you."

"Who? That nigga Ricky?"

"Naw. Shawn. He said he wanna talk to you."

     "Alright, I'm on my way." I told him before hanging up. I don't know what Shawn doing at my restaurant looking for me. From what just happened a few days ago, we were cordial.

     "Who was that?" Noelle questioned. "Cory. He said Shawn at the restaurant looking for me." I told her, making her look at me sideways.

"Why he lookin' for you? I thought everything was cool?"

     "Shit me too. I gotta go to the restaurant though. You gon' be alright here by yourself?"

     "Yeah. I'm probably about to call Diamond and Jamir over anyway."

     "Alright." I kissed her lips. I was a bit hesitant on inviting mothafuckas into my crib but I know Jamir's her friend. I couldn't say no cause I knew the outcome would only be her being pissed off at me. "I'll see you later." I told her before opening the front door.

Noelle W.

     "Oh my God! My bitch is okay!" Jamir fake cried as he fell in my lap. He is so dramatic.

"Jamir, get off of me." I giggled, trying to push him off.

     "Boy, get the hell off of her. You acting like an old woman who just caught the holy ghost." Diamond brushed past him and sat a few bags on the kitchen table.

     "My bad I just love my best friend so much." Jamir wiped his fake tears before standing up straight.

     "I appreciate your concern Jamir. I really do. But I told y'all I'm fine." I shrugged. I didn't want them to worry. I also didn't want to bring up what happened. It would only force me to relive those moments.

     "Okay good. So how did Benji take it?" Jamir asked. Tai playfully smacked his arm and shook her head, probably thinking the same thing I was thinking. He was so nosey. Still, I loved him. "Jamir! Stop grilling her with questions! That's like an open wound, she needs time to heal."

     Tai worded it perfectly. I needed time to heal. The countless calls and texts from family didn't help me at all. No matter how many times I told everyone that I was okay, they didn't believe me. Especially Benji. He's been trying to keep a close eye on me. Of course I can't tell him to leave me alone so I just go along with it.

     "Noelle fix your television before I kick it!" Jamir groaned as he held the remote in his hand, smacking it repeatedly. "What are you trying to do?"

"Go to Netflix."

     "You need to go back to school." I joked. "The Netflix button is right there." I told him, pointing to the red and white button on the remote. He smacked his lips together before pressing the button.

     "Don't watch anything yet I just put the popcorn in the microwave." Diamond yelled from the kitchen. I took this time to stare at all of them. I was thankful to be around them again. Jamir noticed me staring and bucked his eyes at me.

     "The hell you lookin' at?" He snapped. "You know I don't roll that way."

"Shut up I don't want you. I got a man." I smacked his arm.

     "You hear that Dee? I got a man." he mocked as Diamond laughed. I rolled my eyes at them before plopping on the couch. We've been friends for years and I wouldn't trade them for nobody.

Omniscient

     Benji stepped out of his car and walked inside his restaurant. The place was packed and the chef had the kitchen smelling good. He noticed Cory sitting in the lounge area with Shawn and walked towards them.

     "I heard you was lookin' for me?" Benji asked him. Shawn looked up from his phone and laughed. "I ain't come here lookin' for problems man sit down." He instructed. Benji sat on the velvet couch and waited for Shawn to speak.

     "I actually wanted to talk to Benji only." Shawn looked over at Cory. Cory looked at him as if he was crazy and stood up. "I'll be in the office man." He told Benji before walking away.

"So wassup?" Benji questioned.

     "Alright, I'll cut the shit short. Since both of our families have settled their differences, I wanna work with you."

"Why?"

     "I heard you got some of the best Mary Jane around and I got some of the best moon rock around."

"Moon Rock? Fuck is that?"

"People refer to it as the Caviar to Cannabis."

     "It sound like some good shit. But I'm not a tester. My homeboy Dominic test out the marijuana."

     "Alright, when can I meet him?" Shawn asked. "That's if, you willing to work together."

     Benji set back and thought about it. Adding more marijuana to his collection would make him more money and he wouldn't need to sell anymore cocaine. Plus, working with Shawn would mean moving his men to Carter Cartel territory and vice versa. Meaning more money and more space.

     "I'm going out of town in two days. We can set something up when I get back."

"Alright cool. I'll hit you up when you get back." He told him.

     "You know what—" Benji pulled out his phone. "Just put your number in here. I'll send you a day and time." Benji slid him his work phone. Communicating with Shawn through phone made it easier for him and it would make Noelle happy. Shawn punched his number in before sliding the phone back to him.

"I'll keep in touch." Benji told him while standing.

     "Alright. I'll stay here and try this food. See what the hype about." Shawn joked. Now that Sincere and Benny were back friends, they were able to step foot on each other's territory safely.

Shawn & Benji ⬆️⬆️

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