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and everybody who stepped to me and disrespected her.
    Katrina had walked up from behind the car, and Jalen, sitting around with three females on the trunk of the car, saw her peep game first. He called my name out to draw my attention to the situation. “ L , L ,” he sang.
    When I looked back, I noticed her strutting over with the walk she knew she had perfected. Katrina was a hood rat and didn’t give a damn who knew it. She just smiled as some of the guys mentioned how her body was banging. Katrina was speaking loud and hadn’t even opened her mouth yet.
    She poked me in the stomach then said, “Hey, L .”
    â€œHey, what’s up?” I kind of figured she was ’bout to start some drama because of what I’d told her the night before.
    Tori was sitting next to me on my other side. “Hey, Katrina,” she said. Then she looked at her to see what she wanted.
    â€œSo, what’s up, L ? We goin’ to kick it tonight when this slow down or what?”
    I looked down at Katrina, trying to tell her with my eyes not to start because I really didn’t want to flow with her on that negative vibe ’cause we was having a good time.
    Tori snapped right in. “No, I don’t think so. He’s goin’ to be with me tonight and every night after we get married .”
    Katrina paused for a moment and scanned Tori up and down. “Yeah . . . I heard,” she sang out.
    Tori smiled then looked out at the crowd when the DJ ripped her song “on the ones and twos.”
    I thought it was squashed, until Katrina opened her mouth again.
    â€œYeah, he told me right after we were together.”
    Jalen knew what kind of drama Katrina always liked to get started, so he had moved over close by. “Ohh, see, c’mon now. Don’t start, Katrina, a’ight,” he pleaded.
    â€œI ain’t worried about her, Jalen,” Tori said. “I ain’t never tried to stop L from going up inside her. The only thing I always asked of him was to wear protection, and he already told me he never did anything with you anyway without wearing a jimmy, sometimes two to be extra, extra safe, ’cause you neva know.”
    Jalen snickered a bit, and Katrina didn’t like it.
    â€œSo what you sayin’, Tori?”
    â€œI’m saying he was going through the motions, ’cause, in my book, it ain’t real like that.”
    Katrina put her hand up then back down like she was playing imaginary ping-pong. “How do you know what’s real from what isn’t? It’s not like you have ever been with anybody anyway.”
    Tori smiled at her. “Sure haven’t. But I tell you this—When I do, he’s goin’ in without the hat.”
    I looked at Tori, and she kissed me on my cheek.
    Jalen was in the background, instigating and agitating like he does best. “I heard that,” he mumbled.
    Katrina yelled, “Look, you don’t know a damn thing about me, so you need to just shut the hell up!”
    â€œOh, I know this about you, Katrina. I know for the longest I’ve been letting you play number two ’cause I just don’t believe in giving up the goodies before marriage. Put it like this— L already done worn you out. He had permission. I’m goin’ to be wifey, okay, and handling all his needs from now on, but good looking out, and I hope he saved some for the next one who run up in you.”
    I don’t know why, but Katrina looked at me.
    â€œSo, is that how it is, L ?”
    I felt Jalen looking at me. Then Tori.
    â€œYeah, that’s exactly how it is. I already told you.”
    â€œOh, all right. Forget both of y’all!” Katrina said then stormed away.
    Jalen pointed to the girls he was sitting next to. “See, that should be a lesson to all of you. Stop running around here boning everybody who you think like you. Keep those legs shut, you hear me? It will pay off. Just ask my