Zavrina POV

She missed Kenyon more than she ever had in any of their other breakups. She had never been filled with so much anxiety that her chest hurt. She felt sick every day and nothing resolved it, not her sorors, not her work, not anything.

She knew only Kenyon himself would heal her.

What was her problem?

The boy in his odd way was telling her that he was in love with her, but she pushed him away. She was beyond petty and ashamed of herself. It was time she fixed this and grew up. If her sorors or anyone else had a problem with her and Kenyon, they could kiss her yellow ass.

She texted Kenyon that she wanted to see him and meet her at the Student Union. She made sure she had her morning coffee in hand first before she braved herself to have this conversation with him.

Sitting on one of the couches in the "Black corner" of the union, she awaited his arrival. She scrolled through her phone answering texts and didn't look up till someone stepped behind her looking over her shoulder.

"Who are you sexting?"

She rolled her eyes at Cory and put her phone away.

"Boy, what do you want?"

"Any time I run into my favorite homie from the Lou I gotta stop by." He sat uncomfortably close to her on the couch. "When are we gonna link up?"

Link up, the new "let's fuck." Was this boy serious? "What do you mean by that?"

"You know what I mean?" He gave her a wicked grin. She might have thought he was cute and given him some play, but he tried too hard. She kept it in the friend zone with him not only because of Kenyon, but because the boy would run and tell everybody their business.

"How about you scoot over some and call your girl...or any other girl, but that is not my business."

"Oh come on Zav, I wanna make you scream like my frat makes you scream."

Did he just say what?

She pushed him away from her. "Stop playing with me, Cory."

"He eating the pussy, right? Cause I bet I can eat it up better." He licked out his tongue to her and she was completely disgusted.

Cory must have heard her there the other night, and she figured as much, but now he was being cruel about it. She stood up from the couch, ready to make her getaway.

"I'm warning you, stay the fuck away from me." She tried not to raise her voice, but there were already people looking her way.

"Come on Z baby, you know we would be good together."

He grabbed her arm, forcefully pulling her back down, which made her drop her hot coffee everywhere. She was pissed and started to lay her hands on him when Kenyon rushed over and punched Cory in the face.

"What the fuck are you doing pulling on Zavrina like that?"

Cory held his jaw, his eyes flared up as he glared Kenyon down. He jumped up and went to hit Kenyon, but she jumped in between and pushed Cory away.

"You need to leave."

"Fuck you bitch, lil hoe, sleeping with this mother fucker-"

"What did you call her?" Kenyon tried getting at Cory again, but her small self held him back and he did not try and push her away. "Z, let me go. He calling you out your name and shit, fucking loser."

"Me the loser? How long has your dumbass been at school here? Graduate mother fucker, before you call someone a loser."

They were making a scene, others were watching, even with phones out. She did not care what that would mean for her position, she did nothing wrong. Then of course, Jill and Sherry walked into the Union and headed her way.

"What's going on?" Sherry asked.

"Your little soror is a slut, sleeping with the biggest man hoe on campus!" Cory shouted out.

Her face was red with embarrassment she was sure, but now that it was out, she had to deal with it.

"Man, what I tell you about calling her out her name?" Kenyon yelled at him. "That's a beat down, bruh!"

"WAIT, WHAT?" Jill shrieked, looking at Zavrina and then Kenyon.

"Cory, just leave," she calmly stated to him.

"Punk ass, you ever say a word to Zav again, you can forget the fraternity letters we share in common, that's your ass. Believe that!"

"Both of y'all kiss my black ass!" Then he stormed out of the Union.

Kenyon checked all over her, spilled coffee, and shaken nerves, she looked a mess. "Babe, you a'ight, what did he do to you before I got here? What did he say?"

"It was nothing Kenny, I just-"

"Babe? Kenny? What the hell is going on?"Jill asked. "He was telling the truth? Y'all two been...sleeping together?"

Zavrina looked at both her sorors. At this point, it didn't matter what they would say. She was going to tell them anyway after she got back with Kenyon. It was unfortunate that it all came out this way.

"Okay so look, Kenyon and I...well, we..." She looked to Kenyon to see if he would jump in, but of course, this was for her to tell. "Ummm, I've been with Kenyon for a while now."

"Awhile?" Sherry crossed her arms across her chest. She thought at least Sherry would be sympathetic, but she seemed to have an attitude about it as well.

"Umm, since freshman year."

"Your freshman year!" Jill shouted out. "That's over three damn years. That's when all the shit went down with the sorors. That's before I asked his stupid ass out."

"Hey, I-"

She stopped Kenyon from saying anything with a hand. "You two can be mad all you want, but it is what it is. Kenyon and I have been seeing each other...off and on, for some time now. And I kept it secret because of how you all would judge my relationship that ain't got shit to do with y'all or the sorority. I'm not hiding it anymore, so deal with it."

"You know he sleeps with anything walking," Jill said.

"You know I'm right here girl, and you don't know shit about me," Kenyon stated.

"Kenny, go to my office please, wait for me. Let me talk to my sorors alone. Please."

"Babe," he said, then rubbed her cheek. "I got you no matter what." He kissed her and then walked off.

"Oh, how sweet," Jill said in a mocking tone. "You think that boy is boyfriend material?"

"Yes, he actually is."

"Zavrina DeCosta, have you lost all of your marbles? He's a liar and a cheater, just like the rest of them," Sherry said. "He hangs with some of the biggest dogs on campus. They should rename Alpha Phi Alpha to Alpha-dogs instead of Que-dogs."

"Especially Kenyon! Have you been tested for diseases? I know at least three or four girls he sleeping with. They like to brag on him all the time."

"Kenyon slept with two MAXs at the same damn time, and another chick on the side!"

"I know," she said, not backing down. "I was the chick on the side."

"Girllllll!" Jill screamed out.

"We were not serious back then, I knew what I was getting myself into. Don't judge me. And I'm twenty-two years old, grown, grown, and my mom doesn't tell me what to do, and neither can you. Now, I let you know, so I won't have to sneak around anymore. Kenyon and I are together and there's nothing more you can say."

She started to walk away, head to her office, but they followed her.

"You've lost all my respect Zav," Sherry said.

She turned to them. "Respectfully, we're in the same sorority, we don't have to be friends."

Then she walked away from them. By the time she made it to her office, she was in tears. Kenyon sat in the chair at her desk and soon as he saw her he stood and pulled her in his arms.

"Z, what's wrong?"

"They hate me."

"I'm sorry they feel that way." He kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry my frat harassed you, babe. This shit fucked up."

She wrapped her arms around him and squeezed him tight. One thing she knew for sure, she had Kenyon and he was enough for her.

"I'm sorry how I left you last time. I mean...I was just scared, scared of what I was feeling."

"Naw," he said, rubbing tears from her face. "I was wrong trying to tell you how I feel in a fucked up way."

"But I do love you, Kenny."

"I know." He kissed her. "I love you too."

She smiled at him. "Really? Me? Little old me?"

"As smart and fine as you are, why are you so insecure? Girl, you the one. And fuck Cory, fuck your sorors, no more hiding, right?"

She nodded, though she was sick to her stomach about how her sorors were acting.

A/N: Whew! Zavrina and Kenyon are finally out. But what is up with her sorors?