It was always you

Chapter 9.

Tuesday came, Michela was finally coming to New York, Sasha was ecstatic. Sasha took her entire Sunday to clean her apartment and the spare room for Michela and Genevieve, Mateo came over on Sunday and insisted on helping her and insisted that he would change the locks himself and he wanted to install a security system in her apartment. After a long argument with Mateo, he eventually won, so he installed the system on Monday, he also installed a surveillance system, while she went to work to ensure that she could take a week off for her to travel to Florida on Wednesday, after work on Monday, she bumped into Adonis again, they grabbed dinner together and ended up chatting in a bar till 1 am. 

Knock knock

Sasha opened the door and immediately was tackled by Michela “I missed you!” Michela squealed. Sasha hugged Michela hard and noticed a beautiful woman by the door smiling, she immediately let go of Michela and hugged the woman. “You must be Genevieve!” she nodded and laughed. 

“Oops sorry! I’m just so excited to finally meet you” she let go. “It’s okay darling, Michela told me her best friend was beautiful but you could be a model,” Genevieve said checking Sasha out, Sasha blushed.

“Well come in” Sasha gestured, and showed them the apartment. They sat in the living room catching up, and Sasha getting to know Gen they were all getting along, with that Sasha felt a lot better. 

“Sash, let's have dinner with Clay tonight? You guys need to talk about things, and it’s a great time for Gen to meet Clay and Mateo” Sasha sighed but agreed, she knew she needed to face Clay before she left for Miami, but then she stared at Michela and gave her a look only Michela would understand. 

Michela immediately knew what Sasha was trying not to say, “She knows, Gen knows about Mateo and I. Plus it was ages ago, and at that time I thought I was bi, plus I’m willing to be straight for Mateo, he was good” she winked. 

“Or you didn’t have any other to compare him to”, Gen joked and they all burst into a fit of laughter. 

***

Dinner time came, the girls arrived at the restaurant first, then Mateo, then not too long after Clay and Monica arrived, immediately there was tension in the air. Clay went to give Michela a hug, but she refused and said “I’m pissed at you, fixed things then you get some suga”. He then introduced Monica and Michela introduced Genevieve. 

“Sasha, may I speak with you for a moment?” Monica spoke up, Michela tensed and stared at Monica, looking ready to pounce, Sasha assured Michela and Mateo looked concerned. Sasha nodded and got up, they walked to the bar and sat, Sasha was visibly uncomfortable.

“Sasha, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what Drake did to you, I’m sorry for what I did to you, I’m sorry for not believing you, I’m sorry for lying on the witness stand. If I could take it back, I would, he is my only brother, I loved him with all my heart, and I was always taught to have my brother’s back. I know my apology would not make any difference, but I’ve changed and I love Clay, I really wish for us to at least be cordial for Clay”, Monica sounded genuine.

“I can be cordial for Clay. Don’t worry about that, I would not intentionally hurt Clay” she nodded, “however it is hard to move past, and if the relationship goes any further I have to accept no matter what, he’s my best friend”.

“I’ve actually cut all ties with Drake, our entire family has cut ties with him, he isn’t the same person he was, after Olivia’s death, he was different and after what he did to you, we all refused to believe but deep down we knew, and for that, the Browning’s humbly apologize. We can never erase what he did but no one should experience what you went through, recently my parents tried to get in contact with you, but you changed your number, so they didn’t know how to reach you. They wanted to offer to pay for all your therapy bills. We can’t change the past, but we can do better. Mom wanted to start a fund under your name for a***e victims, we all feel awful for what happened to you.” Monica confessed Sasha started silently crying. 

“Thank you, Katie.. I mean Monica, it means a lot to me”, Sasha said as she wiped her tears away. “I forgive you”, Sasha said, surprising herself, Monica grinned widely and thanked Sasha. 

“Come let’s get back to our table and have some food” Sasha gestured. 

Things got back to normal, they were all chit-chatting as a group, catching up having fun, things were still awkward and uncomfortable between Clay and Sasha, but between everyone else things were smooth. They were reliving their memories, their future plans, their wild adventures, it was a great way for Sasha to feel like herself again.

Clay cleared his throat and announced, “Guys, I have an announcement to make”, all of them paid attention to Clay, “Monica and I are having a baby”, everyone was stunned but soon cheered for them. Mateo bought drinks for the table and everyone congratulated the happy couple. 

“Sash” Clay called from across the table, “Hmm?” she answered, “I’ll be going to Miami with Monica tomorrow as well, my job won’t start for another month, and since you are going back to see mami, I would want to tell her the news in person” Sasha visibly tensed, she clenched her fist but nodded in agreement. Mateo immediately realized as he was sitting next to her, he leaned over and whispered, “Mi amor, do you want me to come to Miami with you?”, she turned to look at Mateo, basically pleading with her eyes “yes please, things are weird and I need you to be my rock”.

“I can hear you guys b***h, I’m coming too” Michela whispered at the both of them. “So we all are leaving for Miami tomorrow!” Michela cheered, Genevieve was starting to get slightly tipsy, so they decided to head back.

“Thank you for taking care of her bubs” Michela winked at Mateo, he rolled his eyes and said “well next time come back earlier” he joked. Sasha scoffed, pretending to be offended, she slapped his arm. 

***

When Sasha got home, she felt elated, her support system was back together and she started feeling safe again. Gen and Michela decided to stay at Gen’s friends' house for a night, since they were flying to Miami the following day, they decided to meet Gen’s friend beforehand. She smiled, and decided to get out of the tight dress, she threw on a bralette and booty shorts, immediately feeling more comfortable. She groaned at the thought of her packing, but she knew she couldn’t put it off anymore, she had less than 12 hours before she needed to be in JFK. She took out her luggage bag deciding to take the medium-sized one, she slowly packed her clothes, remembering she should pack her swimsuits, she could squeeze in a couple of tanning by the beach she noted. 

Knock knock - she wonders who could it be this late. 

She decided to only open the door a little -she should get a peephole, she saw Adonis, knowing it’s him she decided to open the door a little further. 

“Hey Ade, it’s late. What’s up?” He slouched on the doorframe, looking flustered, his eyes were a darker shade of green, his face was red, he was tipsy or drunk. His eyes slowly drifted from her face to her chest, and slowly to her legs and it lingered. She then realized what she was wearing, she grabbed her coat hanging by the door and covered herself. He chuckled, “Agapi, you are beautiful, don’t cover yourself up”. 

Sasha blushed and cleared her throat and said, “Do you need anything Adonis? It’s late”, he just stared at her, his breath becoming slightly uneven. 

Then he took a step forward, closing the gap between them and she gasped at the sudden movement, he took this opportunity to sneak his hands behind her neck and pulled her in for a kiss. He kissed her as she stood frozen for a second, his tongue grazing her bottom lip, asking for permission to enter, she was stunned by the movement and her lips parted slightly and kissed him back. 

She let go of her coat and embraced him, pulling him nearer, she missed a person’s warmth, he smiled against her lips, he snakes his free hand down to her a*s and grabbed it, she moaned, forgetting everything. He brought his other hand down to her a*s and lifted her up, she gladly wrapped her legs around his torso, never breaking the kiss. He slowly walked to the sofa, laid her down, and continued to kiss her passionately. 

“What the” someone said by the door, snapping Sasha and Adonis out of their trance.