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k a y l a n i

junior year was stressing me out and i'm only 2 months in.

i wish i was like my sister who was graduating this year and then going off to her dream college [hopefully] next fall.

i didn't even talk to anybody in school but my girl bestfriend of 10 years, juliana. she's my ride or die and her and i've been attached at the hip since i was 6.

my sister and i have two moms, and they've been dating since they were fourteen. one was asian and one was black. my african american mom ; aaliyah got inseminated and got pregnant with with my sister kylie at the age of 22 and then my asian mother ; lisa got inseminated and got pregnant with me at 24. our moms are the same age, but mom was born in may and mother was born in june. they got married when they were both 28 and we've been a tight family ever since. my mom worked as a model for different magazines and my mother was a doctor.

so you know what the means right? we were filthy rich. living the los angeles life in beverly hills and living in a huge mansion with a big backyard and a guest house.

i didn't really care as much, but my older sister kylie cared of course. always inviting friends over, bragging about how much money we had and how fortunate we were. her and i didn't really get along because she was extrovert and i'm the introvert.

only thing we had in common was we dressed the same, girly. we loved wearing tight jeans, leggings, crop tops, dresses, skirts and shorts and we loved jewelry. that was just in our blood and that was the only thing we can really bond on, other than that, we didn't really speak to each other like that.

as i finished curling my hair, my phone rang and i saw the contact name and it was juliana. i rolled my eyes jokingly and i picked up the phone and put it on speaker.

"seriously lani? school starts in thirty minutes and you're not ready?"

"beauty takes time girl,"

"i don't give a shit. i'm outside, so hurry that ass up before i throw a big ass rock at your window like i did two months ago,"

juliana was so impatient. two months ago she broke my window with a rock she found near my house because i didn't want to go to a party with her.

and that's when i knew. that's when i knew i had a crazy ass best friend, but i loved her with all my heart.

"dude, i'm applying lipgloss, i'll be out in five minutes, i promise,"

she didn't respond, she just hung up. i hate when she did that. i applied my lipgloss and checked my appearance in the mirror again and i grabbed my phone, keys, lipgloss, charger, perfume, deodorant and my wallet and i put them in my purse and i got out my room, locked it and made my way downstairs where i saw my two moms and of course kylie left already.

"hey baby," my mom, aaliyah greeted me in a hug, and after, my mother pulled me into a hug.

"you look cute," my mother, lisa greeted me.

"thank you,"

"you need money for lunch?" my mom asked me and i nodded. "i'll cashapp you $100 and i think you'll be set for the week, hopefully. if not, you know we'll send you more,"

"thank you!" i responded as she got on her phone and sent me the $100. "i got to go, juli is waiting outside for me and i don't want her to throw a rock at my window,"

"okay honey, bye i love you. drive safe, and focus in class okay?" my mother said and i nodded my head.

i pulled both of them into a hug and then i made my way out the house and i saw juliana's car. her black range rover, she's rich too.

"finally bitch, i was looking for a rock," she greeted me and then began driving to dunkin so we can get our breakfast.

"don't do that," i responded. "i like the windows i have now, so don't reck it. you know how much money it was for windows ALONE?"

"girl you're rich. why do you care?"

she's right. money isn't a problem in my family, so if there's something wrong that has to do with money, we get it done quickly.

"i wish i lived in your crib. it's so big and beautiful," juliana said.

"you live here in the summer,"

"summer is only three months! i wanna live here forever," she whined.

"my parents won't care,"

the actually won't. they love juliana. she's never been a fake friend to me and she's always so nice to my parents even though she's been in my life for 10 years, she's never once disrespected them ; except for the time she threw the rock at my window , but they weren't mad at her for that.

"you forget i'm dominican and puerto rican and you have two moms and i have a dad who used to be a gang when he was younger and my mom used to be his right hand," she told me.

juliana's parents had her at a young age. her mom was 16 and her dad was 17. her dad ; daniel his dad was a drug dealer and his mom was an alcoholic so his dad got him into the life and started doing the gang life at 13 and her mom ; jadelis was right by his side and then they had juliana and they were still in the life until they had enough money and moved to los angeles when juliana was 5 and then i met her at school two years later.

"your dad is one fine man," i told her.

her dad had a lot of tattoos, nose piercing, had waves and was super tall and he was only 34. while her mom was short and had long black hair and was thick as fuck and she was beautiful so that's why juliana is beautiful herself.

"girl have you seen your moms?" she asked me and i laughed.

she pulled up to dunkin and i ordered my original order, two bacon egg and cheese on a croissant with a blue raspberry colada with whipped cream and she ordered iced coffee and the same sandwich as me, and then we made our way to school which was like five minutes away and school started in ten minutes.

we ate while she drove to school and as we made our way inside, and as soon as we made our way inside, the bell rang. we said our bye's to each other and went to our first class.

sadly, her and i only had lunch together and when lunch came around, we were too hungry to even talk so we got our food and ate in comfortable silence and went to our last two classes.

and then after, she drove us to my house and usually slept over on fridays to sunday's sometimes and today was a friday and she already had clothes in the back of her car.

"kylie's here," she told me as she parked in our driveway and i looked over and saw she was right. "i'm surprised because she usually comes home late, right?"

"i don't really care," i said.

juliana just shrugged me off. we got out the car and she got her clothes while i opened the door and i walked inside and of course my moms weren't home because they were doing their job.

"KYLIE!" i yelled.

"THE FUCK YOU WANT!" she yelled back.

i didn't respond and juliana entered in the house and she closed the door behind her and we went upstairs to my room. i loved my room, mostly because of how much mirrors i had in there and the LED lights that made my room so much prettier.

i grabbed my remote and turned the light to blue. i took off my shoes and put my hair in a messy ponytail with my curls still intact and took off my eyelashes and wiped my makeup off while juliana was on my bed taking videos like she usually does.

"it's hot," she groaned.

i nodded my head and changed into my black booty shorts and a white tube top.

"KYLIE TURN THE FUCKING AC ON!" i yelled.

and i had no response. she really liked to fucking play with me.

i rolled my eyes and got out my room and bursted into her room and i saw another girl in the room with her.

and this was not like kylie's other friends. she had green and black hair. she wore grey sweatpants shorts with a long white t-shirt that had a naked girl on it and some all white air forces and she had multiple chains on and rings on her fingers. my eyes also saw the tattoos she had on both arms and the nose ring that shined in the sunlight.

"you don't know how to fucking knock?" my older sister asked me.

i felt the others girl eyes on me but it took everything in me not to look at her and instead focus on my sister who i was talking to.

"i know you turned the heater up, put the ac on. don't you forget we live in los angeles and it's hot as shit?" i reminded her. "and plus, you barge into my room without knocking, so i don't care,"

"bro whatever. get out my room,"

and i took one look at the girl.

"hi. i'm kylie's best friend," she responded with a smile that showed off her dimples.

i ignored her and i slammed the door when i left the room. i didn't want to say hi because all of her friends are the same and they're so snobby and annoying so i didn't bother saying hi to the girl i saw in her room.

"you and your sister are supposed to love each other. i hate being the only kid," juliana said as i came into the room.

"she's annoying. i don't care," i groaned as i flopped on the bed next to my best friend.

"i'm boutta take a shower, aight?" she told me and i nodded.

she grabbed her towel from the bag and her toothbrush and she went to the bathroom that was connected to my room, because of course we all had our own big bathrooms.

i decided to connect my phone to the speakers and began playing 'faucet failure' by ski mask while the blue LED lights blasted through my room which made the vibe better and the room started getting cooler.

a few seconds into the song, my door opened and i shot out of my bed when i seen the familiar green hair and i looked at her with wide eyes.

"what the fuck!" i said.

"my fault, i thought this was the bathroom," she said and one of my eyebrows rose. "ya sister said to the right and i didn't know which door,"

"well you seen this isn't the bathroom, so go find it," i snapped.

damn. why i gotta be so mean?

"relax mamas," she chuckled.

and when she called me that name, i couldn't help but feel warm inside because i was barely called that and it confused me because she's a stranger.

"i'm billie," she introduced.

"and i'm kaylani,"

"cute name," she said with a smile and she looked at me up and down and bit her bottom lip. "where's the bathroom ma?"

i went closer to her and she towered over me, literally. i felt so tiny compared to her.

"two doors from the right," i squeaked out.

she held eye contact with me which made me nervous and i don't know why i was nervous around her. i was never nervous around kylie's snobby friends, but she didn't seem like that type.

"thank you princess," she husked out.

fuck me up right now.

"oh and..nice lights, i have the same one in my room but i like the red lights though," she told me and i nodded my head. "but, thank you for showing me,"

"mhm,"

she licked her lips and she gave me a wink and then left my room and closed the door behind her, and i let out a breath that i didn't even know i was holding in.

she was so intimidating and for some reason, i hope she was around more.

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welcome to my 2nd book :) !

if you're coming here from my other book "call out my name" i will start writing that book AND this book at the same time but ofc i will update it on different days.

i believe "call out my name" will stop at chapter 50 or so. and yes, there will be a book 2 as you can see by the description when i said "BOOK ONE OF THE CALL OUT MY NAME SERIES"

but if you're new, i have another book published called "call out my name" go check it out & i hope you guys enjoy this one <333 !

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– armani 🦋