More Than Friends With Benefits

Chapter Six

"Stop"

They both heard a door opening upstairs, Bella broke away from his embrace, Dean felt his body go cold from her absence in his arm he shook the odd feeling away he never felt like that about a basic girl leaving the next morning but something made him want to keep Bella close, Dean watched her walk up the stairs her ass bobbing and swaying his manhood bobbed and throbbed along with it he grabbed at himself to stay calm. Marcus descended the stairs "Ayo..,Nigga you aren't bathed your skin yet..? Just gonna stand in your nasty jockey shorts the whole day..?"

"Shot up Marcus I was headed to the bathe before ya come down stairs with your mouth"

"Stop going ..and go then" Bella appeared behind Marcus with her belongings. He took his sister's bag and she hooked her arms into his.

"Are you leaving already?"

"Yeah already called a ride and Keke don't keep a girl past sunrise so I gotta to go clean up my place of that fool's bad energy"

"You will find the right one, I'd set up with a friend but they are all hoes, like Dean"

"Hey"

"Sorry bruh but right now you gotta hoetation revolving and Bella needs someone who wants more.

" Excuse you ..! I am planning my own hoetation right now Marcus so leave me out of your prayer for my love life, and thank you" Bella glance at her phone "And please ain't nobody checking for Dean or any of your friends. " Oh Really" Dean say raising an eyebrow in the air,

"Oh Really, Dean you are fine but maybe if I am sad or depressed but other than that..,?" She let her word linger on the question.

"Damn bruh my sister is vicious, you are real wicked Bella"

"I mean.."

Dean looked everywhere except Bella's face and hoped his laugh sounded normal. "I am done with you two I am gonna shower and get ready for the day, enjoy the food.." Dean went upstairs feeling punched by Bella's words. She is probably trying to throw Marcus off their scent but her word got under Dean's skin more than he liked. Bella watched Dean walk off and couldn't hear anything apart from the churn of her stomach. She couldn't understand why she felt bad, she looked down on the notification on her phone.

"Oh my ride's here I really need to go, I will call you later."

"You're not gonna eat?"

"No that is okay I really gotta run,"

"That's okay baby sister, I love you"

" I love you too, bye"

She opened the door and closed it softly, as she rushed to her ride more notification made her phone to vibrate as the driver pulled away, she put the device to her ear to listen to the voice note.

"So was that for Marcus or for me?"

"Which part?"

"C'mon Bella am not playing all that stuff about getting with me how you have to be sad and depressed to do it, was that what last night was all about?" He sighed at the other end.

"No, not really, I won't do that from just being sad and depressed, but it's not like we are trying to date,.! Which is what Marcus meant so why are you bothered..?"

Dean listened to the voice note, she was right, it didn't matter whether she would date him he blamed it on his ego, Remember who you are, he thought You don't sweat all this stuff. Him and Bella might have f****d last night but he wasn't born last night. He shook it off

"I'm not, I just want to know where we stand, that is all.. Now I know, when are we repeating what we did.?" Bella didn't realize she was nervous about his reply, she heard an ease in his voice and she smiled wickedly, see..,that is what I am talking about,

Dean was just the right scratch to sooth her itch and she didn't want it complicated with feelings, lately it seemed to lead to expectations., Dean was sexy, single and savvy between her thighs and even though she cares about him, that was all he needed right now.

"You free tonight.? What about 10pm?"

"Yeah"

" I can host Keke is away starting tonight"

"Great, and take a nap you look tired like you been up all night"

Bella squinted at the phone and responded with a gif giving him the finger, she wasn't going to tell him that a nap is all she was going to have right away, the driver pulled up at her place. She entered her building with a stifling yawn.

Bella woke up to the sound that invaded her sleep, she reached for her phone and asked it to play the massage, her brother's voice filled the room "Wake your ass up I need to talk to you"

Bella groaned in her annoyance, she loved her brother but her sleep is something she doesn't like being interrupted. She drifted off again and some minutes later her door was banging. "Wake up Bella Marcus wanna pull down our door" her roommate and Cousin.. Mykee or Keke for short said,

"Muddacunt..! Tell my brother to die..!"

Marcus came around her corner and hopped onto his sister

"C'mon" if I die dad won't survive without his favorite"

He jolted her until she trashed about her bonnet slipped off and string of foul remarks floated up to him and Marcus laughed, "you and keke must have really had fun last night if you are napping like this"

Keke stood on the door way " Nigga don't be alcohol shaming us"

"Maybe if you have shame, keke you won't have slept with my baby moms"

"f**k you Marcus" keke stalk from her own corner

"Love you too keke" Marcus shouted

"Why are you here? I just saw you" Bella asked fixing back her bonnet

"It's about Sando"

Her body went rigid Sando was their father he had raised them as well as sprinkling of cousins and neighborhood kids and also Dean, He had taken in anyone in need and has continued to do so even now in his 70s apart from glasses and arthritis her father is still a force to be reckoned with.

"What is wrong with him?"

"I think something is wrong with him"

Bella rolled her eyes and said "What are you talking about? That man will outlive all of us!"

"I don't know, I talked to him before my trip and he was stuttering and even forgot my name… ,Bella..!"

Bella ignored the raging burn growing in her chest and placed her hand on his back

"It's not what you think Marcus"

"You don't know what I am thinking"

"Sando is not like mom, he is definitely the "go out in a blaze of glory" playa, so until he calls us, ready to do some cross-country trip to some place he dreamed about as a kid, rolling out in some decked out RV, then I will be worried"

"How did we grow up in the same house?, you so morbid"

"Nigga I been goth since I was thirteen!"

Marcus rolled his eyes, "Whatever, can you watch him the next time you see him?, just observe him and tell me I'm crazy," he lowered his voice into a whisper " Trust me sis I wanna be crazy ", Bella forced her body to be pumping air into her lungs, nothing is wrong with Sando, she rested her head on her brother's shoulder. "Okay" she took his hand, "I will pay attention next time I see him, promise"

Marcus sighed. " Thank you" he kissed Bella's temple, "Am gonna head out, I want to stop at Nikki's and see if there is anything else I can scratch off the list for Isaiah's party"

"Can you believe you have a 'soon' to be six years old?"

"Nope!" Exclaimed Marcus. It took Bella up to 15 minutes to get her brother out of her place, she clicked all the locks into place and walked to her room.

"Marcus gone? Your brother is so damn annoying '' Keke stood in the hallway in front of Bella's room, Bella yawned and leaned against her door frame and wondered if she would ever go back to sleep.

"Yeah finally"

"Why ya tell him you were with me last night?" Bella sighed "I was at his place and hooked up with Dean, I was going to tell you and I promise I will still but for now I am exhausted and I need to rest", she crawled into her bed.

"You did what….!?"

Bella got into bed pulled the cover over her eyes trying to ignore the uneasiness growing in her chest, her father was fine, she tossed and turned until sleep stole over her.