Looking for Something

Chapter 6

"He is very immature, but he is hilarious. He is very annoying, but he makes me smile. He can be sensitive which makes me melt. He makes me yell. He gives me butterflies, can he tell? He drives me crazy and he is out of his own mind, but he is everything I want. No more. No less."

-Unknown

~~Sydney~~

"Does it still hurt?"

"Yes, don't poke it. OW!" I smack his arm and he laughs. "You are horrible."

"It looks good though. Trying to be like me I see." He gives me his little sexy smirk.

"Boy, you were the one that told me to get it just like yours!" He starts laughing again. I cannot stand him. Andie and him talked me into getting my first tattoo tonight while we were downtown. When we got in there, he wanted me to get the heart like his, in the same place, except with a D in the middle. It didn't hurt as bad as I thought it would. Hurts like hell when someone touches it though. Like this asshole just did.

I look down at him and he is looking at me and smiles. "Look at my baby, she almost looks like a badass."

"I don't like you." I lay down on him.

"I don't like you either." He lifts his head up a little and kisses me. "I just lied so hard." I can't deal with him.

"You should probably head home though."

"Nuh uh, why do you want to get rid of me?"

"That's not even it and you know it. You have practice tomorrow and you need your rest."

"Well, you can help me get some rest. You knew I was sleeping here when I climbed into this bed and got comfortable. What time is it anyways?" We both look at his phone. Three in the morning. I am making him go to bed right now.

"Bedtime!" I peck him on the lips and then roll off of him. I reach up and turn my lamp off and it gets black in my room. I feel him wrap his arm around my waist and he pulls me into him more. He kisses my neck and I laugh. "How the hell did you find my neck in the dark?"

"I was just guessing." I feel his laugh on my back. He is a trip. "Baby, I can't sleeepp!"

"Because you're not trying."

"You know what would help me fall asleep?" It is quiet for a minute while I try to think. When I feel his finger outline my bra, I finally get it.

"Absolutely not."

"Come on, help me out."

"Mickie, no." He knows if we start we will not go to sleep for another two hours at least. It is never just one round with him.

"Can't blame a brother for trying. For real though, sing me to sleep or something."

"I don't know what to sing."

"Think of something."

"I'm looking for somebody I can call boo

Looking for the only one that I can give my all to

Tell me if it's you, you, you

What you wanna do, do, do

Make your move

You can be my teacher

I'll do homework

You can give me extra credit, baby

I'll do more work

What you wanna do, do, do

Now it's me and you, you, you

Make a move

This mood is so right

It feels so right

You can be my prince

My knight

You can be my superman

Save me here I am

'Cause baby

There's nothing I won't do

To spend my life with you

I'll give my all to you

I promise that I will never lie to you boy

There's nothing I won't do

To spend my life with you

I'll give my all to you

I promise that I will never lie to you boy." After I do one verse and chorus, I can feel his steady breathing on my back, and then I can finally fall asleep.

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I roll over and my arm knocks down a note where my boyfriend once was. I rub the crust out of my eyes and pick it up to read it.

Goodmorning Gorgeous,

I didn't want to wake you to say goodbye. I went to practice and I will see you later. If your lips are tingling, it's because I kissed you before I left. ;) I know I have that affect on you...hahah, for real though. You still have to talk to me; don't think I forgot something was bothering you before. Since you sleep heavy as hell, it is probably about noon that you are reading this. Come pick me up at 1:30. I love you Shortie. ♥

XOXOX Dominic

P.S. Brush yo' teeth lil' stank breath ass! :P

I can't stand him. He is so slow, I love my baby though. His morning note has me grinning from ear to ear. It is when he dos things like this that I wonder how I was blessed enough to receive a boyfriend like him. I am going to kick his ass about his little side note though. Let me go ahead and get ready, before I lay here until 1:30. After fighting a war, I make it to the bathroom and I go pee. While I am washing my hands, Rosetta walks in through her door. I glance over at her, but I keep washing my hands.

"Syd, are you mad at me?"

"No. Why would I be mad?"

"Because of the way I acted...and you know...because of my situation I'm in at the moment." I look up at her and I just shake my head.

"Rose, I don't know how to help you, I really don't. Honestly, pity is the LAST thing I am going to give you, if even. How could you do that to Mark? He is a sweet guy, and he loves you. I can tell by the way he looks at you, how you make him smile...it is all there, and you threw it away!" I see her jump a little and I pull back some. I do not want her to see my temper.

"I love him too. I am afraid I am going to lose him forever because of this, and it is taking me forever to tell him. This is going to break his heart, and I am not a heart breaker."

"Well, you have to become one now, because only a heart breaker can tell him this."

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I park in the parking lot beside the field and I hop out of the car. I swear, whenever we are not practicing, half the dance team hangs out on the bleachers at football practice. They all have their eye on a player on the team.

"Sydney!" I cover my eyes and look up in the bleachers to see Caroline, the team captain, waving at me. When I wave back she gets up and walks down towards me.

"So Syd, you know, I have always loved you!" I roll my eyes.

"Care Bear, cut the bullshit. I can tell when you want something from me. What is it?"

"Okay b***h, here is the deal. I like Chance, your boyfriend and him are close buds or whatever; hook me up?" She loops her arm through mine, and we start walking on the track around the field.

"Mhm, so you like little Chan Chan. I can work something out. What made you start liking him?"

"I mean, look at him. He is sexy, built, and goddamn...his ass in those football tights. I think I might fall out." She bites her lip as she looks in his direction. "What time is football practice over again?"

"1:30 sugar, don't worry. Your prince charming will still be here."

"How long have you and Dee been together?" Everyone asks that, why?

"Three and a half years."

"Damn girl, I want a relationship for that long. Then longer. Oooo, we could double date!" A double date with Caroline? I don't know.

"That sounds cool. I can ask Dee about it. You are so confident you are getting a date I see."

"I have to be. Makes rejection easier to handle in my case!" She gives me a wink and I start laughing. She is so stupid. But hey, Caroline is as real as it gets compared to the other fakes on our team. "Look, you are the only girl I trust on the team to do this for me, because half of them would bang Chance while they were trying to get me the date. Boyfriend or no boyfriend. What's your plan?"

"Plan? Since when do I ever have a plan?"

"Syyyyyyddddd!!"

"Stop all your damn whining, I know what I am doing."

"You better know what you are doing!" She hugs me. "I have to go. I have class in an hour, but call or text me the details!" I watch her skip off and just shake my head. The people I talk to are just too much for me. I walk back towards the bleachers and guess who happens to be standing at the table by the bleachers...I make my way over to him and I stand in front of the cooler.

"Sup, Syd?"

"Chan Chan! You know you are like my second favorite football player on this team right?" He rolls his eyes.

"What you want girl?"

"So you know the dance team captain, right?"

"Oh yea, um, Candy? Carol? Coral?"

"Car-o-line."

"Oh, yea. Cute girl. Why?"

"How would you feel about going on a date with her tomorrow night?" He looks at me and twists his lips.

"Eh, I don't knooow."

"Oh come on! Just one date! She is into you, and I think that you should give her a chance."

"Is she really my type though Syd? She seems, I don't know...like a..a.."

"A b***h?"

"Well, I would not have said it like that."

"Yea, yea. Everyone says that about her, but I swear she is sweet once you get to know her. One date, how bad could it be?" He drinks some water and then looks back at me.

"Fine, ONE date, BUT..." Damn it, they are already perfect for each other with all these ultimatums. She uses the same trick on people. "But only, if you and Dee double up with us." I roll my eyes. Of course.

"Fine, whatever. So you will take her on a date?" He nods and I jump up in success. "Cool, thanks so much! I think you are exactly the kind of guy she needs." He laughs as he runs back out onto the field.

"There you are!" Mickie comes up from behind me and hugs me. "What were you and Chance talking about?" I turn around so I can give him a kiss.

"You know Caroline, my captain, right?" He nods. "Yea, well she has a crush on him and I was setting up a date for them."

"Wooowww, Caroline the "you know what" next to Chance. This should be interesting."

"And..."

"Aaaand..."

"And, he won't go unless we go with them."

"Okay, that's cool. One day you will learn to stop playing match maker though."

"Yeaa, one day. Are you hungry?"

"Starving."

"Lets go get some burgers or something."

"Can we take it to go though? I am so tired."

"Gimme your bag."

"That's not even--" I take it from him anyways. "I could carry it."

"So, here." I hand him his water bottle. "I got your back. Now walk." I will admit, this football bag is heavier than I imagined, but he is tired and I feel like a big slouch, so I might as well help. After the longest walk of my life to the car, we make it and I sling his bag into the trunk. We get in the car and I drive to a diner down the street. We go in, and sit down. Once we order our food to go, we wait for it to come back.

"What was it?"

"What was what?"

"That was bothering you yesterday." I look at him and he is watching me.

"Just baggage about Rose. She just dropped herself into some deep shit."

"Like?"

"Like getting pregnant..." His eyes pop open.

"Mark's going to be a father?"

"Nooott exactly." I can tell he is confused, so I keep going before he can ask another question. "Rose, slept with another guy...unprotected, and now she has a baby by him. So now, the father doesn't know he is a father, Mark does not know that his girlfriend cheated on him, and Rose is coming to me for all this sympathy that I just don't have. I won't pretend like I have it either. She knows better than this!"

"Damn, when is she going to tell him?"

"I don't know! She has been holding it in for a week, but sooner than later her belly is going to start growing, and you can tell the difference between being fat and being pregnant! I just don't understand. He loves her, he has been so good to her! Why would she pull some bullshit move like that?"

"Caught in the moment, maybe?"

"Maybe." I still just don't get it. I thought she loved him. It just angers me, when people expect pity for stupid choices. "Great, my headache is back."

"Come here." I slide out of my side of the booth and slide in next to him. He wraps his arm around my waist and I feel him place a small kiss on my forehead. I lay my head on his shoulder. "In ten years, what do you see sitting on the other side of the table?"

"Boy, girl, girl."

"Oh no. You are not outnumbering me and my son. Boy, girl, boy."

"Uh uh, fine. Boy, girl, puppy."

"I thought we were getting a dinosaur." I look up at him and I see him smirking down at me. He loves to play.

"In your dreams. I want a lovely little Bijon Frise."

"No, that is not the dog for a man. I want a German Shepard."

"What about both?"

"Fine, I can agree with that." I love when we plan our future together. "You know what we haven't planned yet?" I shake my head. "Our honeymoon." He wiggles his eyebrows at me. He is so goofy.

"I am sure you already have that planned out."

"Hey, how do you think our first child is getting made?" I smile at him.

"So you sure you are ready to spend the rest of your life with me?"

"Never been more sure about anything in my life. You ready to deal with me for the rest of your life?"

"Yea, I think I will survive. Just don't work my nerves."

"No promises." I smile up at him as he leans down and kisses me. I love him so much. How did I get so lucky?