XAVIER BAINBRIDGE-A Star in the Making

Every New Year he refocused on his career and where he wanted to be. He was multi-talented and soon he would be known around the world. That was his goal anyway. In the past, he was focused on his acting, but that had not gotten him far. Besides school plays and a few local commercials, he was still a nobody. This year he wanted to focus on his singing

Good thing his mother, who was also his manager, had a few performances lined up for him other than Snappies. She had a showcase for him at Midtown University where she worked and also performing at an MLK celebration at school and at Snappies, which was his peers and they loved him. Still, he wanted more than to be locally famous.

He performed New Year's Eve at Snappies, singing a few R&B artists' songs, none of his own yet. He had written some songs and tested them out, and decided he was not a songwriter.

As always, they loved him at Snappies. He sang Chris Brown's song, "Tempo", and an old Usher song "My Way." The crowd loved that because he put his spin on each song.

Afterward, the girls swarmed him. He knew he was a good-looking guy. Five feet ten, nice athletic build, though he played no sports, pecan-brown complexion, thick, bushy afro, with light hazel eyes the girls loved, and a smooth baby face except for the shadow of a mustache he was trying to grow. His groupies wanted a hug or a kiss or an autograph. He signed autographs and gave out hugs but no kissing. That was only for his girl.

But it sure was hard to stay focused on her when cuties were throwing themselves at him. Asia still would not let up.

"Saved your spot all for you." Asia smiled at him, thrusting her nice, round breasts against his arm. "A sundae is on its way."

He licked his lips looking at her luscious melons, but then looked away, sitting at the booth he preferred over any other spot at the place.

"Haven't seen your girlfriend around in a minute." Asia reached over and touched his fro. He jerked away from her because she was trying to get him into trouble again.

"She's on vacation." He could not wait to see her in a few days.

"Shame to leave you all alone." Asia flung back her long, dark black hair. It was all hers too. The girl was fine. "We could finish things off that we started at your party."

"I don't appreciate you getting me in trouble like that. I told you to cool it. I'm not interested in you like that." It was a lie, but he had to get Asia to back off. She was a temptation to him, and he was trying to do right.

"No guy is not interested in me." She winked at him, then walked off.

He stretched his neck to watch her ample backside walk away. She was indeed fine! Only a junior but she probably had the best body in the school. Slim waist, nice-sized breasts, curvy hips, and an ass like a rap star. It was all real too. He could not stop himself from looking at it as she walked away.

He licked his lips again and let out a sigh.

"Look, but don't touch," he told himself.

Especially since he told Chrissy a lie. Asia was not the one that initiated the kiss, he was.

ASIA TROTTER-Bad girl, Bad bitch

She was going to catch X, and that was all to it. Then maybe she would not have to work at Snappies just to have enough money to blend in with the richie rich kids at Dunlap Academy. Her father died when she was fourteen, so she only had her mother and two younger sisters. Her mother slaved to provide for her three girls and send them to a prestigious private school. At seventeen, she was the oldest. She had a younger sister who was a freshman and another that was in eighth grade.

Her mother worked as a pharmacist, and though it paid well, she was still a single mother of three. There was not much money left for extras. Asia started working at Snappies soon as she turned sixteen. It was a cool and hip place to work so she could not complain. Now she had the extra money to make herself look like a real boss. Designer clothes and shoes, nails always done, lashes and face on. She was blessed with the body she had, thanks to her father's side of the family.

She was bi-racial, her father was Black and her mother is white. She actually hated being biracial, with a mother that did not understand her Blackness. Her mother never dealt with her unruly thick curls, she had them chemically relaxed at age three so she could have bone-straight hair like hers. She was still getting over that hair trauma and now wore it natural, chemical-free but flat ironed straight to appease her mother.

Her father pretty much let her mother get away with things like keeping her out of the sun so her tawny yellow skin didn't get darker. He himself was dark-skinned but was a colorist who hated his dark complexion. She still loved him, flaws and all, and she missed him.

Her father also left them with a limited trust fund that they could not receive until they were twenty-one. She could not wait to get her hands on that money. It was not much, but it would keep her in the status she wanted to be.

But she needed to catch one of these rich, hot guys so she would never have to work again. Dunlap Academy had plenty to choose from, and Xavier Bainbridge was the hottest.

Almost had him at the party. She would not give up trying to catch him.

TAMARA SMITH-JACKSON-Gossip Girl Still on the Loose

She looked at her phone, scanning updates on her Facebook page. Nothing new. On Twitter even worse. No hot new gossip.

Her tell-all book about the famous families of Midtown was coming along great. Her investigative skills, or just plain snooping, had garnered lots of dirt on the two richest families, the Van Russells, and the Jacksons. Not only would the book put their little town on the map, but she was also hoping for a national bestseller. The Van Russells were known nationally, so as long as they were the bulk of the book, she could gain more attention.

The Jacksons were not as well-known but were still known outside of little Midtown. Jackson Properties had many locations in various other cities, so their name would catch attention just like the famous Jackson singing family.

She called her friend Danita-Jo.

"Hey TT, what's up girl?"

"Any news on the baby front?"

"Which baby?"

"That whore's baby!"

"I'm going to need an inside ear on that one. I can't get a thing," Danita Jo said. "Maybe she changed her ways and is faithful to Antonio unlike when she was with Ethan Van Russell. Girl, the tales I could tell you about-"

"I only care about now! Is Antonio the father?"

"He's claiming it. They've made no formal announcement, I guess waiting till-"

"Jo, this is no good. If my Antonio has a baby with her, I will lose him forever," Tamara whined.

"Well honey, you lost him already. Look, I'll be at House of V this weekend, I'm sure I'll hear more goodies."

"Thank you! I just know this bitch is doing dirt."

SASHA JACKSON-Baby on Board

Marrying a millionaire meant she had no reason to lift a finger to do anything around the house. She spent her days either shopping or relaxing. Antonio made the money, she spent it. Sasha lay on the couch in the living room area, shirt raised above her small belly forming, rubbing it.

"Hey little munchkin, come out with that smile of your father's and his pretty brown eyes. You have to be a boy too, he needs one, okay? Do that for mommy. Love you." Sasha already had two children, her son her duplicate, her daughter a perfect combination of her and her sleazeball ex-husband. She hoped her new baby was a perfect combination of her and Antonio.

"Sasha!"

She pulled her shirt down and moved to sit up hearing her husband call for her.

"Babe, where are you?"

"Just resting in here."

Antonio walked into the room with a big stuffed bear and flowers in the other hand.

"For you and my little one."

"Aaaw! Tonio!"

She grabbed the flowers from him. Antonio was always the perfect husband, doing things like this just because. And he was gorgeous, sexy, tall, romantic, sensitive when needed, loved her more than anyone ever loved her and she was grateful for that

"You like them?" He sat beside her and rubbed her dark hair. She snuggled close to him and kissed his cheek.

"Love them, sweetie."

"And look what I got for my baby girl." He held up the stuffed bear to her belly. "A soft cuddly bear for my little one."

He kissed her stomach and she giggled.

"Tonio, it may be a boy."

"No, it's a girl, I'm cool with that. Already have three, what's one more."

"This from the guy that didn't want anymore."

"I know." He pulled her onto his lap. "But you're right. This baby is with you so it means so much. We get to share this."

Her sexy husband kissed her and she wondered why she ever cheated on him in the first place. Sure, his brother Quinton was sexy too and incredible in bed, but Antonio loved her. If she could take it back, the affair, she would. If she could 100% guarantee her baby was Antonio's she would.

"I get to see this smile on your face for the next seven months," he said as he continued to rub her stomach. "I  want to make you happy baby, that's all I want."

She rubbed his face. "And you do. I love you so much, you just don't know."

"I love you too babe."

She would never, ever cheat on her amazing husband again.

Hey readers!

Asia is about to be that bad girl! Watch out for her. And Xavier, the more he gets attention for his singing (coming soon) the worse he will become.

Sasha oh Sasha! When I grew up watching soap operas, (Young & the Restless, Bold & the Beautiful, As the World Turns, and Guiding Light) she was the type of character I loved to hate. She will lie and cheat her way out of anything.

Who else is ready for this tell-all book to release?

XOXO

Kimberly