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“Skyhawks colors? Number TWO fan? She’s definitely talking about @SnoopDogwood, and I’m so here for it!”
“He fine AF, sis. I’d be his cheerleader too lol.”
Grinning, I handed Anastasia her phone back and grabbed my own, logging into my Instagram account for the first time in weeks just so that I could leave a comment on Shakira’s post.
@SnoopDogwood: “Number two is one lucky MF *smirking emoji*”
I might’ve been blowing up the spot a little bit, but I honestly didn’t care. And apparently, neither did Shakira, her response coming quicker than I’d expected and making me smile hard as hell as I read,“Me and him both *blushing emoji*”
“Well aren’t y’all cuuuute?” Anastasia sang, my grin widening even as I groaned, “Man, chill out wit’ all that.”
“What? I can’t be happy that my brother is finally dating someone who’s like, actually cool?”
I’m not sure if I was more amused or offended when I chuckled and asked, “Damn, so now you thought my last girl was a lame?”
“I didn’t justthinkit,” Anastasia responded with a frown. “Shewasa lame.”
Sucking my back teeth, I replied, “Man, I could’ve sworn you liked her.”
“Itoleratedher, for you,” she explained. “But you gotta admit she was a lil’...”
As Anastasia scrunched her face and rocked her flattened hand back and forth to finish her point, I could only shake my head when I replied, “Well I know for a fact Kimberly liked her.”
“Which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about whether or not she was a lame.”
Since I couldn’t really argue that, I took the easier way out by responding, “I’m tellin’ big sis you said that.” But unsurprisingly, my threat only made Anastasia shrug as she said, “Go ‘head. She can’t whoop me anymore.”
I respected her confidence. But knowing what kind of force my oldest sister was and had always been, I wasn’t nearly as convinced, that fact making me want to challenge Ana on her bold claim until the doorbell rang. And only because I knew it was the food did I get up to answer it, though I lowkey wished I would’ve sent my sister once I saw the wide-eyed look on the delivery boy’s face as he said, “Holy shit. It’s you.”
Even though I wasn’t really in the mood for a fan interaction, I knew it was the little moments like these that folks often remembered for the rest of their lives, that thought giving me the energy I needed to put on a smile when I replied, “Whassup, man? How much do I owe you?”
“N-nothing,” he stammered. “I-I mean, it was already paid for online.”
“Tip too?”
Nervously, he shook his head as he answered, “N-no, sir.”
“Should’ve known,”I thought as I told the young man, “Give me one second.” Then I left him on the front porch to go grab some petty cash from a nearby drawer, gathering enough for a tip that wouldn’t have him remembering me for being cheap before I made my way back to the door to hand over the mix of tens and ones.
“Here you go, bro. Happy Halloween.”
Exchanging the money for the pizza, he excitedly replied, “Th-thank you, Snoop. I-I mean, sir.” And then, without wasting a second, he was taking off down my driveway, the interaction leaving me amused as I returned to the living room and immediately got on my sister’s neck.
“Ana, why you ain’t leave that man a tip?”
“I was gonna give him cash the same way I’m assuming you did,” she replied with a little attitude as she hopped up from the couch to follow me into the kitchen. And while I thought she was just coming to grab some pizza, I quickly learned she was really coming to both show and tell me, “The IG blogs are already talking about your comment on Shakira’s picture.”
After handing me her phone, Anastasia moved to grab us some plates, leaving me to check out the post that included Shakira’s original photo, a screenshot of my comment, and then a screenshot of her response along with a caption that said,“#FlirtAlert Looks like the Houston Skyhawks Quarterback ain’t so unfamiliar to Kiki Knight after all *eyes emoji* .”
“Damn, they don’t forget shit,” I said as I started to scroll through the comments that were…interesting, to say the least.
“Her dressing up as his cheerleader for Halloween is actually super cute.”
“Why am I getting Ciara and Russell Wilson vibes from them?”
“She really found the most lowkey nigga on the planet, and I love that for her.”
“I know Enzo’s ass is probably somewhere crying in a corner over this LMAO.”
