Page 107 of The Ninth

“OF ALL NIGHTS!” Liv yelled with her empty clipboard. We all groaned.

“Here he go...” Tati mumbled. I cackled.

“OF ALL NIGHTS TO BE LATE, YOU CHOOSE THE NIGHT THE OWNER IS COMING! HE FINNA PULL UP.”

“Thank Godddddddd! I need some dick. You know I’m celibate now,” I said as she followed me to the dressing room.

“Just cause you ain’t fucked in four hours don’t mean you celibate.”

“Ooouuuu! I’ma fuck yo cousin to hell!”

“WAIT! I thought we agreed that I could have Ben!” Devyn pouted.

“Girl, as soon as he pull that mothafucka out, that dick good as gone...” Kenzie mumbled while walking into the locker room bathroom. Devyn giggled, following behind her.

I sat my keys on my vanity, immediately stripping so I could put my uniform on. Liv turned around so fast, she smacked into Tati. This caused us both to crack up laughing.

“Hoes acting shy to see titties now!” Tati yelled.

“I’ma go to HR on y’all!” Liv said, closing her eyes. “Y’all already got pending cases.”

“Speaking of! You know I didn’t get to do the girls’ make-up tonight. I seen Pink’s and....she looks a fucking mess, Liv. She’s gonna scare Ben off. Tell her to come here, I’ll fix it. All beef aside,” I glanced at Tati as I slid my shorts on. I sat down, putting my shoes on next.

“BEEF?! WHAT BEEF!”

“Unctie Liv, please do what the fuck you told!” Tati said, annoyed. She walked away to the locker room bathroom. I chuckled as Liv walked out, going to do what she was told.

Grabbing my phone from beneath my clothes, I saw I had no calls or text messages from my man. While I should be thinking about my sins with Juan, I thought about that guard instead. How he was a hypocrite. The way he just trashed me after one fucking assumption. It made me worry if the same thing happened to him. If he heard a rumor and then something on my end brought truth to it.

As Pink walked in behind me, my anger became directed at her.

Men are disgusting. Pigs. Untrustworthy. Dangerous. But when a woman enables them? Takes part in their monstrosities? It makes me sick to my stomach. What they did to my cousin made me sick. What could’ve happened to me if I was slow like Devyn made me sick. And also what has already happened to the countless amount of girls.

“What’s up?” Pink asked, looking at me in the mirror.

“Just come on. No need to do the stupid shit. If she was stupid enough to fuck with yo dumb ass after I told her not to, that’s on her.”

After standing for a bit, she finally came and sat in my chair.

I took out some make-up wipes, roughly wiping her face clear. The bitch had the nerve to look me up and down while I bent over, getting a primer out for her. We met eyes as I squirted the liquid on her cheeks.

“We were just fucked up. It went too far. Nobody forced her. She fucked me before we even got to the party!”

“You think you blowing up shorty’s set, when really she already put me on. If Devyn wants to fuck girls, that’s her business. But I do know you gave her a drink without telling her what was in it before you fucked her. To me, that doesn’t sound like she fucked you willingly.”

“Only if you knew how gushy your cousin’s pussy was for me, then maybe you would understand. I’ve kissed Devyn sober. She wanted it. She wanted him to fuck her. She’s just playing victim and feeling guilty because of that nigga she fuck with.”

My body shook with anger. The heat made me feel warmer, instantly. I tried to remain calm, but my breathing was already quickened. Grabbing a sponge, I looked at her as she sat there, smirking.

“Tilt your head back and look up...”

She did as she was told. Instead of applying make-up under her eyes, I dropped the sponge. My right foot stepped backwards as I pulled my right fist back as well. No thoughts, I launched that bitch right into her lower jaw. She grabbed her face as she choked. This bitch coughed up a tooth I had knocked loose.

“Now what was said, maggot ass hoe?!”

Before she could even gather herself, I flew off the handle. The old hothead in me wasn’t letting off of this bitch. We were bumping into my vanity, knocking make-up over before crashing into other chairs and onto the floor.

When we fell, I got on top of her. She was bucking wildly with fire in her eyes. That didn’t stop me from pinning her to the ground. The moment I had her down, my bitches came from the bathroom. Her eyes popped out of her head.