Lola waited downstairs in her living room impatiently.

"Yo chill out with those Pringles. You're munching hella loud." Shamika complained, her eyes were fixed on the television screen.

Lola side eyes her and continued to eat her Pringles but louder on purpose.

"Gimme that shit" Shamika snatched the Pringles tube out of her hands and resumed to watching The Originals on Netflix.

"Give them back or I'll tell you what happens to Klaus" Lola threatened sticking her hand out.

Shamika slapped the tube into her hand. "Fine then" she mumbled something under her breath and Lola rolled her eyes.

After a couple of minutes the doorbell rang.

"Finally" Lola smiled standing up.

She unlocked the door and smiled at Chris who stood there awkwardly.

"Hey" he said looking around he entrance of her house.

"You took long" Lola said leading him upstairs.

"I had to make a lie up to Luke about why I was going out, especially since I never leave the house. And what's this about us playing 2K on the PlayStation?" He chuckled.

"Michael made an excuse up about me needing to get ur number"

"So I also had to bring my PlayStation over with 2K since it turns out I'm not a good liar and he knows I'm over here" Chris laughed.

"You really brought it over" Lola gasped. She burst out laughing and finally led him to her room.

"We could always play when we're done" she suggested.

"Aight" he smiled "Oh and I'm pretty sure Luke thinks we're a thing" he said.

"What?"

"Don't worry about it. If we find everything out then we'll tell him" he reassured her.

Lola just nodded her head. She went over to her wardrobe and grabbed the box she had put at the bottom.

"These are all the letters I was talking about."

Chris took the box and skimmed though the first one.

His lips curled into a frown.

"She sent them all back?"

He then took the picture that she had found at the bottom of the box.

"This was at her university" he said not taking his eyes off the picture.

***

When Chris had left, Lola was unsure on whether she should be angry or not towards her mother.

They had called an Aunty who had explained the majority of what had happened to her knowledge, but it mostly painted Chris' dad as the bad guy.

"So?" Shamika walked into Lola's room and sat down.

"Did you find out what you needed to know?" She asked.

"Yup" Lola switched her tv on and resumed the game of 2K that they had been playing earlier.

"Since when did you get a PlayStation?" Shamika raised her eyebrow.

"It's Chris'. I have to learn how to play so that Luke doesn't ask any questions."

"Well when are you going to tell him your his long lost sister"

"We don't know. It's not like we're in a fairytale story where everyone is accepting" Lola said. "Plus, he probably would get angry at his parents."

"Your such a moody person. Lighten up and just tell him." Shamika rolled her eyes. "I'm going out though" she smiled.

Lola paused her game. "With that white boy" she grinned.

"He has a name!" She yelled as she left the room grabbing Lola's denim jacket that hung on a peg.

"That you refuse to tell me" Lola mumbled putting the game back on. Shamika was always wearing her stuff.

After a few minutes she heard a knock at the door.

Lola ran down he stairs and swung the door open.

"Oh" she gasped before her lips twisted into a big grin.

"Michael" she jumped onto him giving him a big hug.

"Hey Lola" he chuckled.

Once she had her feet on the floor she started rambling about what she had found out with Chris.

"Why haven't you told Luke yet?" Michael asked as she sat playing with his hair.

"I don't know how to tell him. And I have no idea how he would take it" Lola shrugged as Michael played the game on her tv.

"You better tell him soon or he'll get angry that you kept it from him for so long" Michael said.

"Why haven't you told him, aren't you guys close?"

"Eh" Michael shrugged.

"Oh and what about Jared, I haven't seen him in a while" Lola said.

"He stay doing stupid shit" Michael shook his head.

"Careful I'll end up brushing your waves the wrong way"

"If you do, I'll chop yo weave off" he threatened.

"Michael, you know I payed good money for this weave."

"Yeah yeah Lala"

"Stop saying my name like that" she said pushing his head forward and stepping over him to put the brush down.

"If you ain't careful I'll pull them shorts of yours right off"

"Junior stop looking at my butt" Lola covered her bum with her hands and turned around.

"Ain't nobody told you to wear those booty shorts" he said looking at her thighs greedily.

"I wasn't expecting a guest" she said.

"I'm not a guest in this house. I live here now" he said putting his arms behind his head.

"You really act like it too. Was it you that took my leftover pizza?" Lola raised her eyebrows.

He smirked at her.

"Imma beat yo ass Junior" she chased him out her room.

"If you can catch me first Lala".

"I said stop calling me that" she called after him chasing him into the backyard panting a little bit.

Michael stood in front of the pool and turned to face Lola when he heard her footsteps.

"You never told me y'all had a pool" Michael exclaimed. "Though I ain't surprised since you're lowkey rich"

"I don't swim much we moved here a couple of months ago and I haven't gotten round to it. Plus it's too cold right now." Lola said.

"You sure about that" Michael said with a mischievous grin on his face.

"Michael don't even come near me." Lola edged her way backwards to the door.

"Lola. You're getting in this pool" Michael said picking up his pace and jogging towards her.

She struggled to twist the knob on the door and felt Michael's cold hands wrap around her waist and swing her over his shoulder.

"Michael let go!" She laughed nervously hitting his back.

"You got a phone in yo pocket?" He asked.

"No, why?"

"Aight" he walked to the edge of the pool.

"No wait, I do I just forgot" Lola said rapidly.

Michael reached into his pocket and threw his phone further away from the pool so it wouldn't get wet.

And finally, he jumped.

"My weave" Lola gargled once she was in the water.

She opened her eyes in the cold waters and saw Michael smiling at her.

She started swimming towards him to hit him but he was way too quick for her.

She swam to the surface taking big gulps of air angrily.

She then began to swim to the pool's ladder.

"Where are you going?" Michael asked from right behind her making her jump.

"You're so annoying" she said shivering. "You got my hair wet."

"Why are you getting out though? It's already wet now" he said picking up a strand of her hair from her face.

She slapped his hand away and started swimming back with her head bopping up and down out of the water.

She felt his presence behind her again as water started hitting her back.

His hands slid around her waist and pulled her back.

"Michael Junior, you better stop it"

"Just a couple of minutes then we'll get out." He begged.

Lola turned around and laughed a little before splashing water in his face.

"Fine then"

***

After 10 minutes or so, Michael's phone rang. He quickly got up out the pool and answered.

"Yh... I'm at Lola's house... yeah yeah come through... we're in her pool... I ain't even know she had one either... that's what I said... don't bring her... ugh fine... I'll see ya later then" then he cut the phone.

"Who did you invite to my house?" Lola asked leaning on the edge of the pool and kicking her legs.

"Emmanuel, he's probably coming with Darius" Michael said putting his phone down.

"And who's the girl?"

"Don't worry" he replied. He ran towards the pool and jumped over Lola creating a huge splash.

"Yo ass really don't care bout my weave" she mumbled.

"Let's race then. I wanna see if miss Lola's got speed" Michael said wiping his face as he floated on the water next to her.

"Oh I got speed" Lola replied cockily. "I'll beat you any day"

"From this end to over there" Michael pointed toward the other side of the pool.

"I'll count" Lola chirped. "1,2,3 go"

Michael began swimming and Lola dived under the pool catching up with him. Once she got behind him, she quickly pulled his boxers down and sped ahead.

"lolA imMa BeAt Yo asS. YoU TryNa sEe my DiCK!?" Michael yelled behind her. She laughed and kept kicking her legs forward until she reached the end.

She looked behind her as she held onto the side of the pool and watched Michael swim towards her.

"I wasn't even tryna see yo tiny dick" Lola said holding back her laughter.

"Obviously the water was deceiving your eyes. I got a big dick" Michael stated.

"I didn't even see anything other than your two booty cheeks" Lola smirked. "Quite peachy if I'm being honest."

"You didn't even have to do alla' that man" he complained. "It looked like you would've won anyway"

"I told you I'm quick" she smiled.

"Yeah and cheeky"

"Mikey, did I make you mad?" Lola pouted sarcastically grabbing his cheeks.

"You better stop with that Lala" Michael said splashing water in her face. She splashed him back and wiped her face.

She laughed and looked at her best friend "I'm sorry"

"It's Gucci, now you know I got a fatter ass than you"

"You wish"

Michael didn't reply and looked at Lola with a toothy smile.

"What?" She asked feeling her face get hot.

"You look real beautiful" he said.

There was a brief pause until she felt Michael's lips on hers and automatically, her hands wrapped around his neck and she kissed him back. His kiss was soft and sweet making her feel butterflies all over.

She pulled away after what seemed like forever when she heard people at the door.

"What?" He said sounding disappointed.

"There's someone at the door" she said laughing at his childishness.

She saw Emmanuel's head pop and kind the corner of the house as they used the path leading down to her backyard.

"Yo yo yo. What's popping?!" He yelled.

"I don't think her white neighbours are gonna appreciate your loudness" Darius said behind him. His hands were stuffed in his pocket and he looked annoyed. Taylor was following him.

"What?" Lola mumbled to herself.

"I did tell him not to bring her" Michael whispered in her ear.

When Lola looked up, she saw Emmanuel stripping down quickly into his boxers revealing a large print. Lola turned to the side.

"Yeah you better turn away. He's walking around looking like he in 50 shades of chocolate" Michael said shaking his head.

"Why you looking at yo boys print?" Lola asked.

"Why were you? Huh?"

"Girls got urges and shit too" Lola giggled shrugging her shoulders.

"Whet?" Michael raised his eyebrow.

A second later they felt water droplets rain down on their faces as Emmanuel jumped into the pool.

"Shit it's cold!" Emmanuel yelled jumping up and down in the pool.

"You coming in?" Lola asked Darius totally ignoring Taylor who stood by him awkwardly.

"Yup" He said stripping down too. He made it his chance to get away from Taylor.

"But it's too cold. And what am I gonna do?" Taylor's high pitched voice complained.

"No one invited you" Michael mumbled making Lola giggled.

"I see y'all getting cosy over there." Emmanuel said making his way over to the two who had now separated.

"You guys didn't have time to get swimming shorts or something?" Lola asked changing the conversation.

"We just came straight over." Darius answered before jumping in.

"Can I ask why Taylor is here?" Lola whispered as she watched Taylor sit down and take her phone out.

"She was following me around the mall and wouldn't shut up." Darius gritted his teeth.

"She was legit clinging onto his arm dude" Emmanuel chuckled.

"Y'all are mean" Lola said. "You probably didn't make it clear that you wasn't feeling her"

"She was being annoying so I couldn't be bothered to tell her to leave me alone, you know how sensitive you girls are and shidd, always crying 'bout something" Darius said.

Lola widened her eyes as the boys mumbled in agreement. "Woww" she shook her head and swam away making sure that her kicks splashed them.

"Chill out Lola it's cold" Darius shivered as Lola made her way to Taylor.

"Damn, Lola got an ass like that" Emmanuel stared at her shorts as she walked.

"Yo dude' Michael splashed some water at Emmanuel, "Stop looking at her"

"You know my ass is older than you, right?" Emmanuel said splashing even more water at him. "Actually, my bad. I know you're in love with her or whatever" he joked.