7-19-97, 7:06 AM

In Colt's Room...

Kourtnee knocked on Colt's door. Colt walked to the door and opened it. He saw Kourtnee and asked, "Is your shadow with you?" Kourtnee answered, "No, she's in the kitchen with your mother." Colt sighed, "That's good. Is she always this much trouble?" Kourtnee smiled, "yes, she is. Can I come in? I need to talk to you." Colt opened the door all the way as he said, "Yea, come on. What's up?" Kourtnee walked into the room. Colt checked her out as she walked past him. The girl looked good, but she always did. Colt left the door opened and turned around to face Kourtnee, "so, what's up?" Kourtnee shook her head, "if LaDawnya walked in here now." Colt stared at Kourtnee, "What does that mean?" Kourtnee sat down in the chair in front of the desk, "LaDawnya asked me if we had sex." Colt looked startled, "why did she? Did you answer her?" Kourtnee shook her head, "no. I told her that it wasn't any of her business." Colt sat down on the bed, "why in the world did she ask you that?" Kourtnee answered, "Colt, I have no idea. She just does that. She asks a question totally out of the blue. That's not all. She says that she is gonna ask you the same thing." Colt jumped up off the bed, "what!" Kourtnee made a face, "would you keep your voice down before she walks back here?" Colt paced around, "what am I supposed to do if she asks me that?" Kourtnee smiled at Colt. He was actually nervous. Kourtnee responded, "I think she was just joking. I don't think she is brave enough to ask you that, yet." Colt kept pacing, "what do you mean by yet? How in the world did you get me in this mess?" Kourtnee frowned, "I didn't get you in this mess. I didn't have anything to do with LaDawnya finding you." Colt stopped pacing, looked at Kourtnee, and smiled, "maybe that means we are supposed to be together." Kourtnee giggled, "No, it doesn't. It just means that LaDawnya shouldn't be allowed to wander around shimmers by herself." Colt grabbed his chest, "ouch, that hurt." He fell backwards on the bed. Kourtnee laughed, "You are silly." Colt sat up, "am I sillier than that funny looking skinny nut you like hanging out with?" Kourtnee rolled her eyes at Colt, "why can't you ever say anything nice about him?" Colt frowned, "cause, I don't like him." Kourtnee dropped her head, "well, at least you and LaDawnya have on thing in common." Colt started dancing, "yea, that's my girl." Kourtnee laughed and stood up, "whatever. Let me get out of here before you girl comes down the hallway and reads the wrong thing into this." Colt stood up and walked over to Kourtnee, "why you gotta leave now?" Kourtnee touched Colt's chest to push him out of the way. She could feel Colt's muscles through his t-shirt, "Colt, move out of the way." Colt grabbed Kourtnee's hands while they were on his chest, "can you tell that I have been working out." Kourtnee wrenched her hands free, "move boy." She walked by him and out of the room.

In the Hallway...

I walked to "my" bedroom. I looked into Colt's room. Kourtnee was standing in front of Colt. She had her hands on his chest and Colt was holding Kourtnee's hands. I didn't know what to think at that moment. Kourtnee jerked her hands free and said, "Move boy." She walked by him and out of his room. She looked startled when she saw me standing in the hallway. She said, "LaDawnya, what are you doing out here?" I gave her a crazy look and said, "What were you doing in there?" Colt walked out of his room and saw me in the hallway. He said, "oh lord, don't tell me she was in the hallway? I be..." before Colt could finish his sentence; Kourtnee turned and looked at him. I started smiling and yelled, "Mrs. Austin!" I took off running for the kitchen. Colt yelled my name. By the time I reached the kitchen, I felt a hand grabbed one of my arms and then another hand cover my mouth and said, "hey mama." Colt drug me back down the hallway into "my" room. Kourtnee was making up the bed. Colt drug me into the room with his hand over my mouth and my right arm twisted behind my back. Kourtnee saw how Colt had me, and yelled, "Colt let her go before you hurt her." Colt loosened his grip and said, "I ain't hurting this girl." I stepped on his foot. He jumped and let me go then he looked at Kourtnee and said, "are you gonna fuss at her for kicking me?" I went and stood behind Kourtnee, "I didn't kick you. I stepped on your foot." Kourtnee reached around behind her back and grabbed me, pulling me in front of her, "apologize to Colt." I turned to look at her, "why I gotta apologize? He started it." Kourtnee gave me a serious look, "he's an adult. Now apologize to him." I turned and looked at Colt, "I'm sorry." I rolled my eyes at him. He smiled and said, "Kourtnee, she rolled her eyes at me." Kourtnee pulled my hair, "LaDawnya, quit." I made another face at him. Colt stared past me at Kourtnee, "she did it again." Kourtnee pulled my hair again, "alright, the both of you stop. You are as bad as she is. Don't you have something you could be doing," she asked Colt. Colt's shoulders drooped and he turned and walked out of the room.

I turned around and faced Kourtnee. I grinned at her. Her nostrils flared as she twisted her lips. She sat down on the bed, "whatever you are thinking, don't think it. I was just in there talking to Colt." I sat down beside her, "how come you had your hands on his chest?" I don't think Kourtnee knew how to answer that. She just stared into space before she said, "Sweetie, go check and see what Monica is doing." I was about to say something, but she pointed to the door and I knew that she meant business.