waves, all american [ON HOLD]

𝐒𝐙𝐍 𝟏.

PROLOGUE

"heads up maris!"

"spencer I fucking told you if you throw
that damn ball over my head one more
time!"

"maris what's with your attitude!"

"coop you know what. i don't want to
fucking go to malibu. i want to stay
here with you guys, in crenshaw."

"c'mon mari ever since your moms
passed you know how hard it's
been for your pops. this is a new
opportunity for him. we all know
he misses being in the NFL. he
needs this break. we also
know how much he wants to
coach after his injury."

"yeah man. remember when your
pops used to coach our little
league team?"

"mira, i don't want to go, period.
we're about to start high school. i
can't imagine not starting it without
you guys. jalen is happy. i'm happy.
jesus is happy, dre is happy."

"adamaris, you're acting like we won't
come see you everyday. and you'll all
be fine. it's not that ba—"

"not that bad spence? try being the one
going to a school with a bunch of rich
privileged white people who think
they have it easy living on mommy
and daddy's money. i'm not going.
end of discussion. i'd rather off
myself than deal with privileged
racist kids."

"you know you could always stay with
my moms, dillon and i."

"spence you know her pops will beat
her ass for even thinking about bothering
yall."

"he shouldn't! me and spence are literally
like what a couple months apart? and my
mom and grace were best friends, basically
sisters. dad shouldn't be too mad since
we're related and he's her half brother."

"yeah we're cousins huh maris"

"yeah yeah but we all know how maris pops
gets. y'all really think he's gonna say yes?
i mean malibu is a big deal for him."

"coop you always have to kill my vibe."

"it was a suggestion. plus even if he says no,
i know he can drive you up here. it's what an
hour tops from crenshaw to malibu? not that
bad, you can always come up here."

"why don't you just go to school here
but live over there in malibu?"

"spence we're barley about to finish
the eighth grade and you really think my
dad is going to let me come all the way up
here back and forth?"