Authentic Love

Chapter 22

A'Nae

I wonder why he never told me he was trying to get with her. I wouldn't have told him not to go for it. They seem kinda cute together actually. I just hope he ready to forward the responsibility of being with her. I just hope he tell me soon so I won't just come out and say it. I want him to tell me by himself.

Anyway I go to Foot Locker and see my mama with three boxes in her hand. No she didn't pick out shoes without me.

"And what are you doing with all these boxes beautiful?" This man asked her while I was walking up to her. He wasn't bad looking either, he was a little cutie. He was dark skinned, real dark brown eyes that held seduction, goatee, waves and some nice lips. He also had an British accent. Mama need to get up on that.

"Oh, just on a day out with my daughter." When she said that I finally came and took two of the three boxes from mama's hand. I looked in the boxes and the shoes was athletic ones. She always wore athletic shoes, she works out, well whenever she’s not working and that’s not often. My mom nudges my arm and I remembered why I came over in the first place.

"Oh. Hi I'm A'Nae, so you wanna get with my mom?" My mom nudges me and again and I ignore it. I’m playing matchmaker today.

"Yeah. If she tells me her name." I nudge my mom and she gives me a look, I give her the look right back. She better not let him go.

"Jenicia." My mama name is so cute... like a teenager name, I don't know. I'm just gabbing at the mouth.

"Well nice to meet you Jenicia. I'm Mandela. I have to go, but could I get your number and we can chat sometimes?" He asked her. She was just standing there looking surprised, so I took it upon myself and gave Mandela her number. He left and we got me some shoe's, paid for them and left the mall. I hope her and Mandela have a connection. He seems like a good man, but don’t most of them do at first?

"So Mandela seems like a good man. What you think?" I ask her after we got home and put our things in our rooms.

"Yeah, he was nice. But I don't need a man honey."

"Yeah you do mama. You're not happy I can tell, you need somebody else to love you and not just me. You'll thank me for this later." I assure her. I got up to my room and texted Vahji.

*Text Convo*

Main: I told you I didn't need any money and hey :)

Vahji: And you thought I would listen to you ? Did you and yo moms have a good time?

Main: Yeah. I may have got her a boo. Should've been looking for me one.... wonder if he got a son.

Vahji: f**k you mean look for you one? You got one, you got me! Stop playing for real.

Main: Whatever.

He didn't text back after that, guess he got mad. He shouldn't have taken it to heart in the first place. He know I was just playing with his ass. I heard somebody knock on the door downstairs and knew mama was going to get it so I just stayed laying down in my bed. Next thing I know somebody jumps on me and I almost pee on myself. I push the person off of me and onto the floor. I look down to see Vahji's "thug" ass on the floor cracking up. I get up and go use the bathroom. His ass plays too much.

Tisha

"Why can't we just do right by eachother?" I asked Ace. I came over here to his house not to long ago.

"Cause you keep playing games." Who’s playing games with who?

"How am I playing games? When we started being together I was there for you, always. Even when you was messing around, I was still there for you. Now, if I turned around and left yo ass....." He looked up real quick with his jaw clenched.

"You ain't leaving me! You staying right here!"

"Why? You act like you don't want me. You be all up on these other girls. You're not making me as happy as I should be. You're not treating me like I should be treated. So what's the point in me staying with you Ace? Yeah, I messed up and cheated on you ONCE, but that doesn't compare to all the times you cheated me. I don't know if I can do this with you anymore. Something has to change."

I spoke to him. I thought when me and Ace finally got together that he was gonna stop messing with all these swoop's, but it looks like it's not happening anytime soon and it's messing me up. I wanna be with him so much, but with him keep making mistakes I don't know if we can be together.

"I'm trying Tisha" He spoke to me quietly, I don't know if him trying is doing the trick.

"You're not trying hard enough. Call me when you're done acting like a little boy and become a man" I said to him before I left his house. It felt nice telling him that. We didn't break up, but we're not together either. we on some A'Nae and Vahji type of s**t! I mean at least what they have is going better than what me and Ace have.