Free Kya & Xavier: It's Always Been You (Life As We Know It Book 1) by Charelle Mills Page B

were nowhere to be found so walked back inside, sat down
on the sofa and closed my eyes. A few minutes later I heard the door opened and
Ethan and Toni walked in.
    “You ready to roll?” Ethan asked.
    “Not really but it doesn't look like I have a choice.”
    Toni fell back into the sofa next to me still half asleep so I
got up to give her room to stretch out. She was wearing Ethan's team sweatshirt
on top of her clothes so the second I moved she balled up and pull her knees to
her chest and tucked them under the oversized sweatshirt.
    “Do you want covers?”
    Toni just waved her hand at me as if she wanted me to leave
her alone which I did but not before I leaned down and whispered, “stay outta
my fridge,” which prompted her to hold up her hand up to shoot me a bird.
    “She is definitely not a morning person.” Ethan said and then
laughed.
    We left my room and headed towards the elevator.
    “So what's up with you two anyway?” I asked curious about
whether or not he was feeling her.
    “She's straight but I’m going to have to calm her down a
little.”
    “Good luck with that.” I said and laughed. “She's always on
one.”
    “She’s just use to those weak dudes. I can tell but I got
something for her.”
    “Bruh, like I said good luck with that and you better keep
Shaunie away from her because you haven't seen crazy until you've seen Toni in
action.”
    “Shaunie knows we're just chillin’ but Toni needs to take
care of her so called situation before I do anything.”
    “Man don't sweat old boy. He's some old wanna be thug. I've
seen him a few times. He barely even speaks, always trying to play hard. I told
Ky I'll lay his ass out in a heartbeat if he keeps walking around there acting
like he’s brand new.”
    “So she like thugs?” Ethan asked now curious about Toni's
past.
    “Not really. Toni always picks weak dudes that she can
control and old boy tries to play hard but I can tell she's running him.”
    “I'm not the one she wants then if she’s trynna run things.”
Ethan said and laughed. “Only one of us can call the shots and it damn sure
won't be her.”
    “That’s between you and Toni, my parts done but I feel ya
though.”
    Ethan and I took the elevator downstairs and then got in his
truck. It was a charcoal gray 2000 Land Rover discovery in perfect condition.
He said he loved that body style so his dad searched for months to find one for
him that was in good condition with low miles and then they spent another
couple months getting it painted and serviced.
    I thought that was weird because they could afford to buy any
vehicle he wanted but this old school classic was what he chose. Ethan was just
like that and in fact you would never know that he came from money at all if
you didn't know him and his family personally. He was just kind of chill not
flashy or arrogant the way money sometimes made people.
    In fact because of that, Ethan was one of the few people I
trusted enough to know about the trust that my mom set for me and Leigh with
her insurance policy. Every time anyone found out they couldn't understand why
I wasn't so called balling out being so young with access to so much money but
Ethan on the other hand was cool about it. He understood that the money wasn't worth
not having my mom around. Maybe it was because he was adopted and both his
birth parents had died when he was a baby but either way he was always chill
about it.
    When we reached the practice gym I noticed a few other cars
that belonged to our teammates so Ethan pulled in near them and parked.
    “You know coach is about to run us to death.” I said
referring to the group text we received at 5:00 that morning promising death
since we decided to party after losing an “important” game. Hell, this is
college you party if you win and you damn sure party if you lose to help you
forget about it.
    “Bruh, what! He is about to put it on us and I was barely
even there. I was in my room most of the night with