Onyx and Starr

by Lady Lissa

  “So you can date that nigga?”

  “Good bye Freddy,” I tell him.

  “Fuck you bitch! You ain’t special. You’re a nobody!” he says before I end the call.

  I quickly put him on my block list, thankful that Onyx told me about this app. He looks at me and asks, “It didn’t go too well huh?”

  “I’m not going to waste another minute worrying about Freddy. He’s not a factor in my life anymore,” I say as I walk into his awaiting arms.

  I hold onto him for another five minutes, then ask, “Are we going to plan my mom’s party?”

  “Yea, we can do that. Where do you want it to be?”

  “I was thinking we could do it here and ask your dad to barbecue,” I say.

  “That’s an idea. Let me ask him and I’ll let you know,” he says.

  “Well, I’m gonna go home and study for my science test tomorrow,” I tell him.

  “You’re kidding. You have a science test tomorrow; on a Monday?”

  “Yea, Miss Roper said this would be the first weekend we had something constructive to do; study,” I say while shaking my head.

  “That sounds like some shit she would say. You want me to help you study?”

  “You know if you help me, I won’t be doing much studying, especially now that you’re my boyfriend,” I say.

  Saying those words, that Onyx is my boyfriend, sounds so right. The words just flow off my tongue smoothly. I approach him and grab both sides of his face, planting a soft, tender kiss on his awaiting lips. Mmmmm. This boy knows he can kiss.

  CHAPTER FOURTEEN

  Onyx

  Standing in the middle of our family room, kissing Starr is something that I’ve dreamed about since the first time we shared a kiss in this very same room. I wrap my arms around her waist and pull her closer to me. I don’t want this kiss to end but I know she has some studying to do. I don’t remember exactly when I began having feelings for Starr because they crept up on me. The feelings were so subtle that I didn’t even recognize them.

  I was not planning to make a move on her when she came over today. Things between us just happened. She’s so beautiful and standing there in her mini skirt, tank top and flip flops had my dick doing some crazy shit. When I pushed up on her, as I’ve done several times before, I just expected her to push me away, the way she’s done several times before. I was more surprised that anyone when she actually kissed me back. I was in total shock when she locked her arms behind my neck and opened her mouth to receive my tongue.

  I love Starr and I’ve been in love with her. Having her in my life as my best friend has been awesome. But I know that having her in my life as my girl will be ten times better. I know that because of the way my heart is beating so hard and fast just knowing she’s finally giving me a chance. She finally admitted to herself and to me that she loves me. Thank God!

  When we finally pull away, I look down into her eyes and say, “I love you.”

  “I love you too,” she says softly.

  “Let me walk you home,” I say as we lock hands and head downstairs.

  As we pass through the living room, fingers intertwined, his parents give us a strange look.

  “Hey son, Starr,” his dad greets us.

  “Hey dad,” I say.

  “Hi Mr. Thomas,” Starr says.

  “What’s up with you guys? Holding hands and stuff?” my mom asks with a skeptical look on her face.

  “We’re in love and we’re together,” I say, my smile beaming brightly.

  “Oooohhhh, I see. I guess Mandy knew what she was talking about and had a right to be worried,” my mom says.

  “I guess so. I’m going walk Starr home. I’ll be back in a few minutes,” I say.

  I can’t believe my mom would say something like that. Why does she have to bring up Mandy? Mandy ain’t nobody to me anymore. I mean, I just told her that Starr and I are not only a couple but we’re in love also. Instead of congratulating us, she mentions Mandy having the right to be worried.

  “Congratulations you two,” my dad finally says. “Believe it or not, I saw this coming a while back. I just couldn’t understand why you were playing around with these other folks.”

  “Thanks dad. Things just happened; we weren’t even sure of our true feelings for each other,” I say.

  “Thanks so much. And Onyx is right. Our feelings kind of snuck up on us from out of nowhere. No one could have been more surprised than I was when I realized how much I love him,” she is smiling and blushing profusely right now. If my parents weren’t here, I would take her in my room and make sweet love to her. But it’s cool because there’s a time and a place for that. When it’s time, it’ll happen. Shit, I waited this long for her to acknowledge her feelings for me, I can wait a little longer for us to make love.

  “Hey dad, we’re thinking about throwing a surprise birthday party for Starr’s mom. You think we can have it here and you can barbecue, please?”

  “When were you trying to do this party?”

  “Next weekend,” I say.

  “Well that doesn’t give y’all much time to send out invitations and stuff. Are y’all sure y’all wanna do this next weekend?” my dad asks.

  “Yes sir. Her birthday is on Saturday and I know that it’s short notice but with ring ceremony and Onyx’s graduation around the corner, we haven’t had much planning time,” Starr says.

  “Starr, why isn’t your dad barbecuing?” my mom asks.

  “My dad has a hard time keeping a secret. If he knew about mom’s party, he would let it slip out and I just want her to be totally surprised.”

  “Oh okay,” my mom says.

  “So, will you do it dad?”

  “Okay well I’d be happy to help y’all out. Sure, I’ll barbecue,” my dad says.

  “Great! Thanks dad,” I say.

  “Yes, thank you so much Mr. Thomas. I really appreciate this,” Starr says.

  “Yea, it’s cool. Do y’all want the usual meats; brisket, steaks, ribs, and sausage?”

  “Yes sir. I can give you money for the meat,” Starr says opening her hip purse.

  “No, no! I’ll get it. It can be my gift to her,” dad says.

  “Oh God, thank you so much!” Starr says as she hugs my dad.

  “You’re welcome,” he says.

  “C’mon, let’s get you home so you can study,” I say.

  “Okay. Mr. Thomas, thanks again.”

  “You’re welcome Starr,” dad says.

  As we head out the door, I can’t help but pull Starr to me again. I just need to feel her lips on mine and her body against me. I can’t tell you how happy I am right now. As I thrust my tongue in her mouth, she holds on to me and kisses me back. When we finally pull apart, we are both breathless.

  “I’ll text you when I’m done with my studying and if it isn’t too late, maybe we can come outside and say good night,” she says.

  “I don’t care what time it is. Text me,” I say.

  “Okay,” she says and gives me another kiss before walking across the way to her house.

  I watch until she’s inside before turning to go inside my house. As soon as I get inside, my phone starts to ring. I look at the caller ID and its Mandy. I was going to wait until tomorrow to break up with her, but since she’s calling me when I told her that I would call her, ain’t no time like the present.

  “Wassup,” I answer.

  “Did you finally send that bitch home?”

  Her voice is laced with venom; that’s how mad she is. I always knew that Mandy was a passionate girl but she has anger issues and insecurities that are just too much for any man to take. I don’t know why she couldn’t just trust my feelings for her. I mean, if she had been able to do that, I might not have ever pushed up on Starr. If I was happy with Mandy, I think the two of us would have still been together. But her attitude and insecurities pushed me away.

  “Are you spying on me? And stop calling Starr a bitch!”

  “Wow! You sure
are sticking up for your “friend”. Come on Onyx, just be honest and admit what is going on between the two of you. At least if the shit was out on the table, we could all deal with it better. But all these lies are not doing anyone any good.”

  “You know what? You’re right. We’re done. Whew! Man does that feel good,” I say.

  I don’t bother telling her about Starr and I. She can find out tomorrow when we get to school like everybody else. I texted Starr around eight that night to come out and five minutes later, we’re between our houses, making out. For the next ten minutes we kiss and touch. I finally pull myself away from her because my dick is doing some strange things right now. I think it stretched a whole ‘nother two inches because that’s how bad I want Starr.

  “I think we better go our separate ways before I end up all inside you,” I say with a nervous laugh.

  “I think you’re right. See you in the morning,” she says.

  “Yea, now I need a cold, cold shower.”

  “Aww, you’ll be alright,” she says.

  “Love you,” I say, giving her another peck on the lips.

  “I love you too,” she says before crossing back over to her yard. Once she’s inside, I head back in my house and straight upstairs to take that cold shower. After I’ve showered and changed into my night clothes, I slip in between my covers and for the first time in a long time, I am able to fall asleep fast.

  I wake up in the morning, taking special care to get myself together so I can look good for Starr. I grab my letterman jacket because I wanna give it to Starr for her to wear. Even though it’s hot as hell outside, I want everyone to know that she’s my girl. I make it out the door and step into the garage. Soon as I open the door, there she is, looking all sexy and beautiful. She has on a pair of pink capris, a white camisole with the lace that sits perfectly on her cleavage and a pink button down shirt, which she has tied in a knot near her waist. She looks so pretty.

  She enters the garage and gives me a morning kiss. I smile because I still have a hard time believing this is real. I actually thought yesterday was a good dream that I had, but now I know that this is reality.

  “Hey baby, how did you sleep last night?” I ask her.

  “I slept great. What about you?” she says.

  “I slept like a newborn baby,” I say.

  I unlock my dad’s car and we both slide in, me behind the wheel in the driver’s seat and her on the passenger’s side. Now that we’re a couple, I feel like we’re Bonnie and Clyde. No, of course we’re not going to rob any banks or anything like that. But, if y’all don’t know, Bonnie and Clyde were in love like no other couple. Yea, they robbed banks and killed people, but the love they shared was real, strong and true. How many people can actually say they found their true love? Bonnie and Clyde can say they found that in each other.

  Once we have buckled our seat belts in place, I hand over my jacket to her. I also remove my graduation ring and put that in her hand as well. She looks at me with a questioning look in her eyes and asks, “What is this about?”

  “I want you to wear those. I want everyone to know that you’re my girl and that we’re together,” I say.

  “What! You never let anyone wear your jacket and I’ve never seen you take your graduation ring off except to wash dishes,” she says.

  “I never wanted to let anyone wear either of them until you. These are two of my most prized possessions so I can’t just let anybody wear them. So, I know it’s hot outside, but will you do me the honors,” I ask.

  “Of course I will,” she says leaning over to give me a kiss.

  I back my dad’s car out of the driveway and we head to school, hand in hand. We make it to school and things look so differently to me. This is the first time the two of us have arrived as a couple and not just best friends. I wonder how everyone will react to seeing us together. I know a lot of people already thought the two of us were messing around, but let them think whatever the hell they want to. I don’t give a shit about no one but Starr anyway. I park the car and the two of us step out. She slips into my jacket and even though it’s a bit big on her, she still looks sexy in it. Even though it’s hot as hell outside, it still is kind of cool in the building so my jacket will do her some good.

  As we walk hand and hand towards the courtyard, we can hear the comments from people we walk past.

  “I knew they were dating.”

  “Yea, they weren’t fooling anybody with that friendship bullshit.”

  “I knew he was fuckin’ with her.”

  “She makes me sick because she has him.”

  “I wonder why they lied about being more than friends.”

  But the most common line we heard from them was, “I KNEW IT!”

  I didn’t realize so many people were so concerned with our business. It is almost like they had placed bets on our relationship or something. We’re walking hand in hand and who do we see? You guessed it; Mandy and she does not look happy.

  CHAPTER FIFTEEN

  Mandy

  Okay, so Onyx broke up with me again. He claims we weren’t a couple but we were. We spent time together and had sex more than once a week. In my eyes, that makes us a couple. When I told him to just be honest and tell me the truth about his “friendship” with that bitch, I thought he would just let me know he cared about her but they weren’t fuckin’ around. When he said he was breaking things off with me, I didn’t take him seriously. I mean, he broke things off with me before and we started sleeping together again. What makes this time any different than the last time?

  I arrive at school twenty minutes earlier than usual so I can talk to him before class. I just need to try and get things back on track with us. I know you’re probably thinking why can’t I just move on? Because I don’t want to move on. Onyx is a huge catch at our school; he’s captain of the basketball team, he’s the most popular guy in school and I think he’s going to make it to the NBA. If he makes it to the pros, I want to be along for that ride.

  When he finally arrives at school, I see him with Starr, but I’m not surprised. They always ride to school together at least three days a week, so I am not shocked when she gets out of the car with him. What does surprise me though, is when the two of them lock hands and fingers together. I know that I am staring because I can feel my mouth hit the ground. They are walking towards the courtyard, smiling and talking, all into each other as if they are the only ones here. They walk by me and he doesn’t even acknowledge me.

  What the fuck! She is wearing his letterman’s jacket. How the fuck does she get to wear his jacket? I’ve dated this nigga for four years and never wore his jacket so how come she gets to wear it? I even asked him on numerous occasions if I could wear it and he said no. His reason was, he didn’t want anyone fucking up his shit but him. So if that was his reason for me, what makes her so damn different? Do I look like some ratchet bitch who would just destroy people’s property just because? Looking at the two of them walking through the courtyard all happy and shit has me feeling some type of way. That shit burns me the hell up and I can’t help but go with my feelings.

  I drop my backpack on the ground and take off running behind them. Before they have a chance to react, I pull her hair, snapping her neck back. Because I caught her off guard, I am able to get the upper hand on her ass. I throw her down on the ground and begin to hit her with all my might.

  “I told you to stay away from my man!” POW! I hit her again.

  “HOW DARE YOU WEAR A JACKET THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE!” POW! I hit her again.

  Then something shiny catches my eye as she swings at me. Before I can react, she socks me in the eye with it. Then I realize what it is she punched me with. She is wearing my man’s graduation ring too. What the fuck is really going on here? First she gets to sport his letterman’s jacket and then the graduation ring. Did he not give a shit about me at all? If so, how come she’s getting the treatment as his girlfriend better than I did? When people see her wearing both his ring an
d his jacket, they are going to know that she’s his girl. They are going to know that they are in a relationship. I never got that privilege or acknowledgment. What makes that bitch more special than me?

  She is not supposed to be wearing his jacket! She damn sure ain’t supposed to be wearing his graduation ring! She is not supposed to be happy with MY MAN! DAMMIT! What does this bitch have that I don’t? I already know the answer; she has Onyx. I don’t know how I got flipped on my back, but I do and she is now on top of me, beating me up. I guess I was so worried about her having all my man’s things that I lost track of what I was supposed to be doing, which was kicking her ass.

  Finally, Onyx pulls her off of me. Her lip is bleeding, her cheek is scratched and she looks like shit. I don’t even want to know what I look like right now. It takes me a while to get up off the ground as I watch Onyx tending to her wounds. What about my wounds? What about me? I jump up, ready to tackle her again but Coach Brown stops me.

  “Principal’s office now Miss Thompson,” he yells as he gets in my face before I can charge after her again.

  Wait a fuckin’ minute! Why the fuck is he yelling at just me? When people get in a fight, everyone involved is supposed to go to the principal’s office, not just one. Starr and I were both fighting. I sure wasn’t rolling on the ground taking shots and punches at myself. So why is he ordering me to go to the office and not her?

  “Excuse you. Don’t you mean both of us go to the office? I wasn’t the only one fighting!”

  “No, I mean you go to the office Miss Thompson. And if you question me again, you will be dropped from participating in any graduation activities,” he says.

  “What! You can’t do that!”

  I am livid that he would threaten me this way. Graduation is very important to me, so for him to threaten to take that away from me definitely has me feeling some kind of way. The nerve of him. I always thought Coach Brown had it in for me because I think he secretly wants me. But that ain’t about to go down because my heart and pussy belongs to Onyx. His name is etched in my flesh. I knew from the moment we met that he was meant to be for me. And once I felt the fireworks when we first made love, I vowed to do everything in my power to keep him as mine. That bitch, Starr ain’t finna get my man after I molded him to be perfect. I taught him how to become the skilled lover that he is and with that big Mandingo dick that he has, I’ll be damned if I let him go.