Looking for Something

Chapter 2

No matter what may occur in life, everyday with her is like

A plus, I'ma love her 'til she be like that's enough

Pop a bottle get a couple wine glasses, fill em up

And lift 'em up, let us toast to the future, here's to us, no, here's to her

-T.I.

~~Dominic~~

"Dee, take 5!" I nod my head to show that I understand. I lightly jog over to the water bottles.

"Hey Dominic." I look up from the water bottle I am fighting with and I see this girl from one of my classes, Chantelle, waving at me. I nod in her direction then start fighting with my bottle again. It does not want to open. Ah, there we go! I squeeze some water into my mouth and set it back down. "You look really tired." I look back up and see Chantelle has walked closer.

"Oh, I very much am."

"I bet. So, when is your practice up?"

"At 2:30. Why?"

"I was just thinking maybe you would like to come hang with me and some friends later this evening. We're gonna be in Bruster. The girls' dorm like in the dead center of campus."

"Um, sure. Can I--"

"Okay, this is the only one I could find in the car so you will just have to wear this shirt after practice." Syd walks up and shows me the shirt before she puts it in her purse.

"That's fine." I reach out for her. "Come here."

"Ew, no. You're all sweaty."

"I know, but I want a hug anyways!" I grab for her again and catch her wrist.

"Ugh, Mickie no!" I ignore her whining and I pull her in for a hug anyways. I sneak in a kiss too before I let her go. "Great, now I smell like I have been out there practicing with you." She makes a disgusted face at her shirt. Chantelle clears her throat some, causing both of us to look in her direction.

"Oh babe, this is Chantelle, Chantelle this is my girlfriend Sydney."

"Oh...y-your girlfriend?"

"Hi, nice to meet you!" Syd reaches out to shake her hand. She hesitates for a few seconds, but then shakes back. Is she okay?

"Are you okay?"

"Yea, I am fine. I just remembered I need to get to the library. See you around." As quickly as she appeared, she is gone down the field.

"Dee, you costing me time son!" I hear coach yell this to me in the distance.

"Yessir!" Syd turns around to go back to the bleachers, and I smack her ass before I run back into the field. I don't turn around to see her reaction, but I hear her gasp.

"Come on now, you sitting over there flirting and we have a very important game coming up."

"Sorry coach."

"Now, this is your last workout. I need you to do two laps around the field and 30 bleachers then you can go home. I want you to do that with Chance, Craig, and Ken. Then you all are done. Go tell them."

"Yes sir." I go find them and tell them what we have to do.

"So that's your girl, Dee?" I follow Craig's gaze over to the bleachers where Sydney is sitting and talking with some other girls.

"Yep."

"Sexy ain't she?"

"Aye, watch your mouth boy!" I glare at Ken.

"I am just f*****g with you. See how he gets when another dude talks about his girl?"

"Well, that should be your hint to stop talking about her Ken, damn!"

"Chance, nobody was even talking to you."

"So! It's everyday with you always talking about somebody's girl like they yours. I know you wouldn't your girl in another man's mouth if you had one." He got that right! See this is why I f***s with Chance more than Ken. I mean Ken is a cool person, he just talks extremely too much and jokes about everything. It can get super annoying.

"I never tried to hit on your girl."

"Alright, alright. Chill out with all that. Y'all are going to get along on these three sets of bleachers, so calm down and lets work." They both take off at the same time, and Craig and I go to another spot.

"Man, they cannot stand each other." Craig says this before we start.

"I know right. Hell, having to share a house with them is torture sometimes." We hold conversation for a little while, but then we have to save our breath. I get done a little before him and I start to walk it off to the other side of the bleachers.

When I reach the other side, Syd sees me and comes down to where I am. "You ready?" She hands me my water bottle and wraps her arm around me.

"Thought I was too sweaty to be touched?"

"You know what they say. A couple that sweats together..."

"What?"

"I don't know. I can't think of anything that rhymes with sweat." She is so goofy.

"Wooww, okay. You are truly crazy." When we get in the car I go into her purse to get my shirt.

"Gooold all in my chain, goold all in my rang, gold all in my watch, don't believe me just watch..."

"Nigga nigga nigga!"

"Don't believe me just watch, don't believe me just watch!"

"Nigga nigga nigga!"

"This ain't for no f**k nigga.."

"You a real nigga then f**k with me..."

"This one for them hood niggas..."

"Them hipster bitches that shop at lennox.."

"Dark skinned, light skinned, asian, and white niggas!"

"That's not the words."

"Heheh, I only changed one word."

"Mhm, just make sure all them niggas stay out of sight." She snorts at me.

"Okay, baby." We pull up to the house and she follows me inside to my room. Immediately she goes and kicks off her shoes and crawls under the covers of my beautifully made bed.

"So I see you have gotten comfortable."

"Yes, yes I am. I am tired. They worked the hell out of us this morning."

"How long was your practice?"

"From three this morning til eight. Sabrina's is on something, I swear. Nobody practices at those hours. Then I had a class at 9:30. Just enough time to shower and go right back out."

"Should have told me. You could have took a nap instead of come to my practice."

"Boo, you know I got your back. I will be alright. What do you have planned for later?" I glance over at her and she has her head propped up on her elbow, but her eyes are closed. She will be out in a few.

"Nothing, but a nap."

"Sounds good to me." I go over and kneel right in front of her face. She opens one eye and looks at me.

"Babe."

"Huh?"

"Go to sleep."

"Nooo, I wanna be awake when you get out the shower." I peck her on the lips.

"When you wake up I am going to be right beside you, I swear I will be."

"Uugghh, don't make me." She lays her head down on the pillow and rolls over on her other side. I swear sometimes she goes too much. It takes a trip to hell and back to get her to sit down and relax for at least five minutes. I go into the bathroom and run the water for my shower.

Two things I need right now: 1. A good hot shower and 2. A nice nap with her.

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~~Sydney~~

I roll over and I see that Mickie is still asleep beside me. He looks so cute when he is sleeping. I try to slip out of the bed without waking him, but I feel his grip grow tighter.

"Where you going?"

"Bathroom."

"Oh." He lets go of his grip and I can finally get up.

"Baby, there's no toilet tissue."

"It's in the hall closet." I walk out his room and I go into the hall closet. Tooiilet paper....where are you..ah, here it is!

"Oh, I didn't know you were here." I turn around and see Mickie's friend Craig standing behind me.

"Oh hey Craig, yea we ended up taking a nap after you guys practice."

"Is Dee in there?"

"Uh, yea. You need him?"

"No, I was just wondering. By the way, tell him..um Chanelle, Channel, whatever called to see where he was and why he didn't show up tonight."

"Oh, o-okay...I'll get the message to him. Thanks!" I grab a roll and go back into Dominic's room. I go to the bathroom, and when I am done I climb back into the bed. He looks over at me.

"What's up?"

"Chantelle called, asked why you didn't show up tonight. Show up where?"

"Oooohhhh yea...she invited me to come hang out with her and some friends of hers. I forgot to tell you about it. s**t, I was tired anyways." He reaches over flips my necklace onto the right side and runs his thumb over it. Same necklace he got me for my eighteenth birthday. "I cannot believe you still wear this thing.

"Of course I do! This is my baby. Plus, it came from my Love."

"Oh really?" He pulls me to where I am laying over him. "And what is he like?"

"Well..he's tall, sexy, a sweetheart, and..ya know. Sexy!" He kisses me.

"Mhm, and don't you forget it." He kisses me again. "So, tell me if I'm wrong, but I detected a bit of jealousy when you asked about Chantelle."

"Whaaat? Maybe just a little." He laughs. "So! You are my baby. What am I supposed to do, let other girls ask you out without being a little suspicious?"

"She wasn't asking me out! Supposedly there were a bunch of people. Besides I was going to ask you to come with me anyways. You know I don't like being social unless you are there with me." He pouts at me and places his head in the nape of my neck.

"Mhm, just watch her. She is trying to be slick."

"Whatever you say babe, you and me 'til the end though."

"You and me 'til the end."