Level Up

by Nikki Karma

  Nikki and me were riding around trying to find Crystal so that I can talk some sense into her so she wouldn’t be mad at me. Or, to kiss her ass as Nikki called it. We been up and down the streets of Atlanta and every time I’d pass a girl with a fat ass and long hair I would get annoyed when it wasn’t her. I mean, why she gotta act fucked up just ‘cause I wanna better life?

  “I can’t believe your sister doing this to you,” Nikki said looking out her window as I drove. “This so juvenile. She knew she was goin’ to upset you and that’s exactly what she did. Didn’t she? You mad right?”

  “You know how Crystal is, Nikki. She wear her feelings on her sleeve but she’ll come around like always.” I pulled up on some red female wearing a similar outfit but once again it wasn’t her. “Yep, Crystal will come ‘round.”

  She looked at me with an attitude. “So it really doesn’t matter that she does this kind of shit all the time?” She paused. “Open your eyes because it’s right in front of you.”

  “What you getting at?” I felt my temples thumping and the last thing I wanted was to get mad at her.

  “Are you having second thoughts about leaving? ‘Cause if you are you need to rethink our relationship too.” She brushed her long hair out of her face. “Crystal been pulling this shit since the first day I met you. It’s like I’m competing with her or something. Whenever she can’t get her way she tries to make you feel guilty. Sooner or later you’re goin’ to have to cut ties, baby.”

  My jaw tightened. “Do I tell you to cut your family off, even though your uncle steals out your purse every payday? ” I looked at her seriously. “Do I tell you to ignore your friends when they be posting your business online just to get you mad because you don’t come around?”

  She frowned. “Hold up, Tasha, that’s—”

  “Do I, Nikki?” I interrupted her. “Or do I respect you for your own decisions because they are your own decisions?”

  “You’re right.” Her head hung low. “I just hate seeing you like this and it’s only because I care about you.” She paused. “We together, Tasha. And this is the kind of thing couples do I guess.”

  “You know why I don’t get in your business?” I continued ignoring her last comment. “I don’t step in because that’s your life like this is mine. So if I can respect you why the fuck can’t you respect me?”

  “Because I’m scared for you, Tasha.” She paused. “Crystal has proven that whenever she can’t get her way things go from bad to worse. And all I’m saying is that you should prepare for it. I know her. She will start drama just to get you to stay around. I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened tonight.”

  “You don’t need to be scared for me,” I shrugged. “I’m a grown ass woman and I can handle whatever comes my way, even if it involves my sister. Plus I been doing this for years.”

  She took a deep breath. “You know what, I’ma be honest. I’m scared you’re not goin’ to go with me and get away from here. That’s what I’m really worried about.”

  She may be right. I looked out ahead and sighed. I remembered the dream my sister had about us getting a new house and living a better life together. If I left Crystal right now, she would do this type shit all the time, except I wouldn’t be around to help. “Why you trying to leave so bad anyway? We can raise a kid at our—”

  “Nah, we can’t!” She shook her head quickly from left to right. “We can’t stay here so don’t even say it.” She paused. “I mean, are you really ready to risk losing me? Because do or die I’m gone.”

  I’m done arguing with her. “Aye, Nikki, let it go. Trust me. I’m getting mad now.”

  She looked at me with evil eyes. “You really don’t give a fuck do you?” I ignored her. “You know what, stop the car, Tasha.”

  I don’t. Nikki does this shit all the time and she got the nerve to be talking about my sister being petty. In the past we’d get into an argument and when she couldn’t get her way she’d threaten to jump out. Just like Crystal. It’s like I’m dealing with the same female. I’m trying to find my sister and I don’t have time for this right now so I keep it moving.

  “Tasha, I’m not fucking around. Stop the car.” I wanted her to know this time was different than the rest because she’d done this before. “Either stop or I’m jumping out I swear to God.”

  “Aye, Nikki, if I pull this car over I’m not kissing your ass this time.” I paused. “I’m done and you gonna be walking these dark ass streets alone. I hope you realize that.” I looked over at her.

  “Nigga, you don’t have to do shit but leave me the fuck alone,” she yelled smacking me on my right cheek while I’m driving. “I ain’t asking you to kiss my ass, bitch. Be gone!”

  This bitch gonna make me kill her! I’m so sick of her hitting on me. Now if I cracked her jaw open like a nut I’d be wrong. Instead of laying hands on her and being as ignorant as her I pulled over in front of a liquor store to grant her wish. At least she wasn’t in the dark.

  But instead of getting out she looked at me. “Tasha, you need to make a decision right here and right now.” She pointed down. “Either you gonna have this baby with me or it’s over between us tonight. Because I’m not gonna spend the rest of my life trying to compete with your sister. I’m done with all the games. So what’s it gonna be?”

  I looked over at her. I don’t say anything at first because I want to stare at her pretty face for as long as I can. When I got the mental picture I said, “Get out, bitch, we done.”

  The tears filled up in her eyes. After awhile they rolled down her face and she made sure I saw it all. “You really want me to walk out of your life forever, Tasha? Can you really handle it?”

  I turned toward my window. I can’t look at her anymore. “Bounce, Nikki. I got more important things to do, like find my sister.”

  When she got out I pulled off before she could change her mind. I could hear her cries halfway up the block but I don’t stop these wheels. When I couldn’t see her body anymore I remembered niggas and bitches get robbed around there all the time. As a matter of fact it was a place Crystal and me went to rob people whenever we wanted a little extra cash.

  My heart tugged and I was tempted to go back and look for her but Nikki and these ultimatums put me on some vengeful shit. She can’t come between me and my sister no matter what. And if I go back that means I’m letting her do just that.

  I was driving for an hour and I still couldn’t find Crystal. She wouldn’t answer her phone either, so, there’s that part. I figured she’d come home whenever she was ready. So I officially called my search off.

  Since I didn’t feel like goin’ home myself, because I’m not trying to be around Tiffani who hung around so much she thought she lived there, I decided to call Carmen, a girl I met at the mall when I was getting some clothes a while back. I took my phone out my pocket and dialed her number. When I heard her voice I said, “Carmen…what’s up with you tonight?”

  “Hey, sexy, if you game I’m fucking your pretty ass.” She said. “So please tell me you on your way.”

  I smiled. I got a fetish for women who say what’s on they minds. “That’s what I’m calling you about. But for real, what you over there getting into?”

  “Nothing that can’t be stopped if you give the word.” She paused. “So again, are you coming or not?”

  “You talk a lot of shit.” I grinned.

  “I speak gospel. I just wish you finally choose me but that’s for another day.” She paused, probably sensing I didn’t feel like this type of conversation again. “I can cook you up some spaghetti too. Throw some buttermilk biscuits in the oven and everything. Just the way you like.”

  “And why would you do all of that for me?”

  “Because I’m extra horny and you a greedy fine ass dyke who needs her energy.” She laughed. “Plus I know how it is when we done. You like to eat.” She paused. “Crystal not with you though is she?”

  Crystal normally hung around so I guess she didn’t feel
like dealing with her just like the world. “Nah. It’s just me and you tonight.” I turned my car around so I could hit the interstate. “I guess I’ll be at your spot in forty minutes then.”

  “See you soon,” she hung up.

  I took 75 to get to her house while sipping a little vodka from the liquor store I stopped by earlier. Everything that happened today played out in my head on repeat. It wasn’t even two hours and already I’m missing Nikki. If I let her go she’d probably meet some lawyer type bitch who just as pretty as her. Or she may even get back on dick again. I guess it’s for the best. We two different people and maybe I can’t compete. At the end of the day I was a hood bitch who liked hood shit.

  When I make it to Carmen’s house I’m thrown off when I squinted my eyes only to see Nikki sitting in the back of an Uber. She got out of the car and stood in front of Carmen’s brownstone. My heart dropped in my lap because I didn’t know she knew anything about Carmen let alone her address.

  I parked, got out and approached her quickly. This girl wild as fuck. I mean how she get here before me? And how she know where I was going? “What you doing out here?”

  I can tell she’d been crying since I left her. “I thought about what you said, about not coming between you and your sister. And my decision goes like this, Tasha, I can’t live without you.” She walked closer. “I tried but I don’t think it’s possible.”

  “Nikki, what you—”

  “Shhhh…” She placed her finger over my lips. “If you wanna make sure we get her together before we leave than that’s what we’ll do.” She paused. “But let’s be clear, Crystal aside, before I leave I will put so many bullet holes in that bitch upstairs it’ll be like she never existed.” She raised her shirt and showed me the gun I bought for her last Christmas. Nikki was a gun enthusiast. Fuck was I thinking? “If I can’t have you, neither will she.”

  “Nikki, what the fuck are you doing?” I whispered since we were outside in a good neighborhood. I looked around and no one seemed to be looking at the moment anyway.

  “You know exactly what I’m doing, Tasha. You brought me to this point when you started fucking with my heart.” She turned around to walk up the stairs to Carmen’s and I pulled her back, holding her in my arms.

  “Don’t do that,” I hugged her tightly. I could feel the handle of the gun pushing into my thigh because she’s so much shorter than me. “You too smart for this kind of shit, girl. How you sound? You trying to get locked up for life?”

  “Get off, Tasha.” She tried to wiggle out my grasp but I held her firmly. “I’m serious. I’m ‘bout to fuck this whore up for getting into our relationship. I’m sick of all this shit.”

  “I’m done with that bitch, baby.” I said seriously. “I was only out here to relieve some stress that’s all. To be honest I’m glad you here.”

  “Get off of me,” she said as she continued to squirm. “Because right now you sound dumb as shit. Plus I’m still mad you left me at the liquor store.”

  “Did you hear me?” I squeezed her and looked down at her. “I said I’m rolling with you.” She looked up at me. “But you wild as shit for this move, Nikki. How the fuck you even know where I was goin’?”

  “Because I let you have her, Tasha.” She paused. “I been knew about her. I figured if I didn’t shut down this little thing you had going on with her like you do with the other side chicks, I could find you when I needed you. And guess what, I need you now and I’m here. But if you think I’m gonna let that bitch take you away you got another thing coming.”

  I kissed her lips, grabbed her ass and pulled her toward me again. “Nikki, if we gonna do this thing you gotta let me handle my family my way. It ain’t for you to manage that situation with Crystal. It’s on me. And stop putting your hands on me before I fuck you up. Besides, you need to stay calm. You pregnant now and can’t be on no dumb shit anyway.”

  “Okay, baby.” She smiled hugging me tighter. “Whatever you say.”

  Man, this girl on some wild shit. I shook my head. When my phone vibrated in my pocket and I read Crystal’s message my heart dropped. “What is it, Tasha? Is everything okay?”

  “We gotta go,” I looked down at her. “Crystal was just stabbed!”

  CHAPTER FIVE

  CRYSTAL

  (AN HOUR EARLIER)

  I’m on top of Mercy with my clit firmly on her pussy while Tiffani is underneath us licking and sucking anything she could. At the moment, the little problem I had between my legs wasn’t bothering me, which I was grateful about. I could feel my blood making my pussy juicier as I rubbed on her. This shit was beyond steamy and I’m surprised Tiffani went along with my plan for a threesome especially after all that shit she did earlier breaking my car window.

  Maybe it was guilt. Or something else. I guess when I called her out on not being willing to do anything I wanted to please me, she figured she’d better give me what I wanted, even if it meant letting me fuck her friend.

  “Mmmmm,” Mercy moaned biting on her bottom lip before grabbing my right titty and sucking. “That shit feels so good.” My long hair brushed against her face as I watched her lick.

  Mercy is definitely a sexy girl with her big breasts and fat ass. She’s just my speed and I lied when I told Tiffani I wasn’t interested. Not too skinny or fat but big enough for me to rub my pussy on. I don’t know what my real obsession with Mercy is about but if I’d have to guess I’d say she was the only bitch I went after but couldn’t get. Until today.

  And I needed this shit too. After I got into it with my sister and told Tiffani I was stressed she agreed to the threesome and called her friend. Her only condition was that I didn’t look into Mercy’s eyes while I was on her. Her request was easier said than done because she was so right. And sex was so much better when you stared into each other’s eyes.

  “Damn, Crystal,” Mercy whispered. “Your pussy feeling so juicy and right. Keep it right there, sexy.”

  I lowered my eyes and shook my head, to warn her not to talk while fucking. I didn’t want Tiffani thinking her and me would hook up again without her if the sex was too good which was definitely on my mind.

  Mercy whispered, “But I can’t help it.” She smiled at me like she was trying to start shit and cum at the same time. “You so fucking pretty. And I love looking at you.”

  “Eat my pussy from the back, Crystal,” Tiffani said. I wondered if she heard her. “So I can lick Mercy.” She paused. “Plus I feel like a toilet down here. I mean who gonna hook me up? I been doing all the work.”

  SHIT! Tiffani blowing me! I fucked her on a regular so it ain’t like we don’t do our thing at home. I kinda wanted to glide on Mercy a little longer but if I said anything other than okay, Tiff would turn it into a whole different situation. And the last thing I wanted was another fight for tonight.

  Tiffani was a Dom but she acted like a bitch, which sometimes turned me off. I was used to the Dom women in my life being more aggressive but that wasn’t the case with her. To be honest in my opinion she was a soft Dom but she got mad whenever I gave her that title.

  To appease my girlfriend I made a quick transition. Mercy was still lying face up while Tiffani crouched in front of her and ate her pussy. I was under Tiffani and sucking on her clit from the bottom.

  While I’m sucking Tiffani’s pussy I take my finger and play with my own. While I’m rubbing myself I’m thinking of how pretty Mercy looked when I was on top of her and before long I’m moaning hard. Although Mercy is moaning too, I could tell the way she looked at me moments earlier that she wanted me back on top of her.

  It’s official. Mercy is so fucking sexy that I can’t wait for us to get together without Tiffani. So we could have more private time. She knew how to move her body and because she was a little thicker, there was more for me to hold onto.