AHHH! OKAY! Okay. I am SO sorry. UGH. Life took me in for a loop. This is the last chapter because there's stuff I have to do and I will release more stories, but before I do that, I HAVE to get this one squared away. It would've been done ages ago, but as I said, I've been really busy! And I want to make sure my other future projects aren't this abandoned. Thank you for all those who continued to read, and thank you for the adds and such. Really sorry to keep you all waiting, but all authors above the age of 18 have lives! LOL. Thank you again for all the love. I know it didn't look like it, but I do appreciate it!

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Chapter 27

Nikoali walked into the jail facility. Cassis called him the other day, wanting to see him. He was reluctant…but decided that this would probably be the last time he'd see his last blood relative ever again he may has well. Sitting down in front of the thick fiber glass he awaited Cassis. It was soon the guards opened the door to him and Cassis emerged from the jail cell. Sitting down in front of his younger brother, he went for the telephone. Nikoali had the chance to really see him, and he looked worn down. His hair was longer now, but all ratty and dirty, his green eyes looked black, void of the color it once was. He also gained a little weight, being in jail…he'd guess you'd have to.

"Nikoali…how have you been?" he didn't even sound like himself anymore. Once arrogant was now tired and distant.

"I've been okay…" Cassis dropped his vision to the table he rested his arm on.

"…I hate things are the way they are between us…I hate it took this to make me realize how…" he couldn't even finish. He didn't want to sound any more pitiful than he looked right now. He lost count of how many years it's been since he's been in here.

"How many years has it's been?"

"Two." Cassis could faint. Really? It felt like 60…no…that was how many years he had left.

"God…what are you still doin here?"

"My fiancé wanted to do two years of community college before continuing to University…we'll be leaving for New York this fall. I'll be pursuing my music career and she will be a nurse."

"That…mixed girl?" Nikoali nodded.

"Oh…okay." Cassis called him there…but didn't have anything to say. There was nothing to be said…well one word he could say.

"Sorry."

"…Alright Cass."

"I wish you well."

"Thank you. I'm…sorry you had to learn the hard way." Nikoali hung the phone up and left, not looking back. It was hard. Aging makes you look at things so different. Those years ago he felt bad…as he got older he felt terrible. He could've at least tried to salvage their relationship, but instead he let their parent's bitter end separate and destroyed them. He had a brother in a genetic sense but that's all it ever was. Brothers by genes were all it'd ever be between them. Sitting quietly in the car, he sighed.

"You alright?" Jazmine asked him.

"Yeah…" he gazed out the window.

"You miss him, don't you?"

"Yeah…but I can't even…I don't even know what for. I guess our arguing and low blow hits were a sick kind of brotherhood…but it was ours." Jazmine didn't have an answer to that and decided to drive in silence.

o0o

"Damn ho…you really killen these burgers…leave me some!" Riley tried to push Cindy away from Huey's veggie burgers he cooked for Independence Day party they had over his house.

"These bitches are so GOOD! They taste like a regular burger! And how Huey cooked the mushrooms on here is…MMMM!" She grabbed her forth burger.

"Has anyone else eaten any?" Riley asked before taking his third, which was the last one.

"NO!" Sirayah yelled angrily, she got there late due to the fact her job had her working, and everyone ate and shit without her! Huey opened the patio door.

"I saved you a plate, come in!" She stormed in the house.

"Damn, you have fat asses for friends!" She huffed. Caesar ate two, Kasey eaten two as well, their now two year old son, Dion was fed a customized meal, and Cindy and Riley were the main offenders of killing the food supply. They even drank up all the Smirnoff! Who does that? Huey made sure to save a stash for her.

"How was work?" Huey placed the plate of food he saved for her on the bar.

"Shit. I had to help some new hire to scale print. If you went to art school, you should know how to do that. I think they'll fire her soon." She sighed.

"Sounds like you could use a drink." He slid a Cranberry Lime Smirnoff to her. She downed half the bottle.

"Gawd Huey…for art, my work is so stressful. Riley doesn't seem to have much trouble, and he's an artist too!"

"He bullshits with his work, don't take him so seriously." She chuckled. After she got out of her work clothes, she joined Huey outside to watch Riley and Caesar pop fire crackers.

"Don't blow your hand off baby!" Cindy smiled as she drank her Heineken. Riley snorted as he lit his bottle rocket and ran away. It exploded into a bright blue.

"Ohhh." They all said in unison. Other neighbors were firing off as well, and they occasionally would stop to see what theirs would look like.

"Kase, let Dion hold a sparkler!" Caesar said as he passed them out to Cindy and Sirayah.

"I'on know…"

"Please? I'll make sure he won't get hurt."

"Momma, I want to hold one!" he shouted.

"Oh alright…be careful!" Kasey said. Cindy lit her sparkler after doing Sirayah's.

"WOOOO!" She bounced around everywhere, waving her sparkler around madly.

"Hey Huey, you heard from Carmicheal and Jerome?" Sirayah asked, ignoring Cindy's drunk ass antics.

"They're both still in Texas, from what I heard."

During the Bryars fiasco, the brother's favorite uncle had passed away in Texas, and they went there, and never came back. They told Huey they decided to finish their education and live there. They told him not to worry though; they promised to keep the fight for the black man alive. Huey was thinking about moving back to Chicago to get his bachelors' in teaching, he's still thinking about it.

"They're doing okay?"

"Yeah."

"RILEY QUIT PLAYIN!" They turned their heads to see Caesar run from Riley, who was aiming a Roman candle at him.

"Niggas can't have nice things." Huey muttered, Sirayah just laughed. Woodcrest had cleaned up once the public took action and threw Ed in jail, and appointed a straight forward mayor for the city. Huey still didn't like Woodcrest though. Racial issues still exist. But with his mind and his drive, Huey knew his dream of revolutionizing the country will happen. He will teach and spread his message across the country, then…the world!

"Be tough nigga!" Riley yelled after him, shooting off the Roman candles. Huey face palmed.

Yeah, he'll change the world, one idiot at a time.

0o0

After the party, and all the company was gone, Huey and Sirayah were snuggled up on the couch watching TV. They enjoyed their quiet alone times together, sometimes, they wouldn't even talk, enjoying the peace.

"I talked to Jazmine the other day." Huey finally spoke.

"Oh, how is she?" Sirayah didn't look away from TV.

"She's doing fine. She's leaving for New York with Nikoali in the next three months…"

"Ah, okay, yeah she made a Facebook stat about it."

Jazmine also talked to him about what happened so many years ago. He didn't leave it out because he was afraid Sirayah would take it the wrong way, he left it out because it was something that was still just between him and Jazmine. The last of the little history they ever had.

"Hey Huey…I'm sorry... for everything…you know. I did love you. I know I should have apologized way earlier. But you know me; I always have to have my dramatic exit. I guess just because you grow old with someone, that doesn't make them the love of your life. I'm not all smart, but I was smart enough to know I that you deserve better than me…and you have her."

"Yeah…I guess not. I hope Nikoali makes you happier than I ever did Jaz…you do know I did appreciate the times you did stay at my side…despite how I treated you when I was ten. You were a good friend to me. I loved you too." She just smiled at him. As they hugged she whispered:

"Do you ever wonder 'what if' though?"

"Sometimes." The hug ended. She began walking away, going down the Hill for the last time.

"You'll revolutionize the world…I know it. Take care, old friend." The wind blew through the wind as he stood there.

"…Bye."

"….what ya think?" Huey snapped out of his thoughts.

"Huh?"

"I asked you what you thought of Caesar's mix tape. Did you ever get the chance to listen?"

"…Yeah, yeah, yeah! I listened to it leaving from work…its really good. Bad Intentions is my favorite track…he got a lot of hits on YouTube with that one." Sirayah could tell he was distracted by something, but didn't dwell on it as she snuggled back into his chest.

"I love you Sirayah, you know that don't you?"

"Yep." She closed her eyes. "Love you too."

o0o

"WAHHHH!" Cindy sobbed in the airport. "My friend is leaving me!" Jazmine sweat dropped as she tried to get out of Cindy's bear hug.

"Bitch, you'll see me again!" she laughed. Cindy cried harder. "I taught you how to curse!" Nikoali and his team just stared at the manic woman.

"Get off ha! Damn." Riley finally pulled her off Jazmine. Jazmine smiled at Riley as they shook hands.

"…See ya later." That was all he said, and Jazmine didn't want it any other way. Sirayah was standing beside Huey as she walked up to her.

"Bye Sirayah…our relationship wasn't perfect…but…I'm glad we managed to rise above all that." They hugged.

"Hope you and Nikoali's dreams come true. Keep in touch." She said. Jazmine smiled and nodded as she just glanced at Huey. She already said what she wanted to him. But she'd be lying if a part of heart wasn't ripping. She really did love that man. She said her goodbyes to Caesar, Kase and their kid as she walked past security and was free to leave Maryland.

'Bye Woodcrest.' She thought on the plane before taking her nap.

o0o

Huey sat on the hill, watching the orange sunset. He sighed. He was a little sad. Why'd they have to end like that? Why did they have to wait until it was too late to wise up? Like her, he too had a small piece in his heart that'd never forget her. She was his first all...and despite how crazy she got, he did love her.

"You're thinking about Jazmine, aren't you?" he jumped at the sound of Sirayah's voice. She sat beside him.

"You can be honest." Huey felt that was a trap of some sorts…

"A little." He decided to admit it. She was quiet.

"Nothing happened, you know. It's just…I hate it had to end the way it did, you know?."

"Nah, I understand, she was first after all." There was more silence before he laid on her shoulder.

"After my parents died…I never wanted to love anyone else…because it hurts to have someone you love leave you, and after that bad stint with Jaz…I was convinced I just wasn't built for that shit. Then I met you and…" he sighed.

"If I want to change the world, I got to come to grips with myself on some things…"

"Ah! So you do admit you're a Looney bin!" Huey looked at her.

"Ha! Got you." He frowned and shook his head.

"…NO. I mean there's stuff I got to get over my damn self…"

"You'll do it. I'll be behind you every step of the way." She smiled at him. He reached up and kissed her.

"Yeah…I know." They sat and watched the sunset together.

'You'll revolutionize the world one day...'

Yeah...he will...and Sirayah will be at his side when he does.

THE END

THANKS FOR READING! Phew...took me long enough!