Life After Heart Break

Hardly Friends

The whole day out with Asia was amazing. I never had that much fun with a girl, nor have I tried to go out with one to do anything like that. She enjoyed shopping but didn't like that I bought all her things for her new apartment. As I told her, it was just me being nice, nothing more. Still, she looked at me with that same look she gave me the first day I met her. She was going to be a tough cookie to break, and I liked it. For the first time, I had someone I had to work to get, and it was a challenge. I was happy that she wasn't like those easy women who I was f*****g with before, and it told me that I was going to have a good woman by my side.

"What the f**k are you over there smiling at? One of your whores wants you to come over and bang out their loose p*****s. You should be tired of that s**t by now."

"I am. I met this girl... and she sexy as hell. From the moment I met her, I knew that she had to be mine. Before your nosey ass asks, she sold me my house and her name is Asia."

"Wait a minute, the sexy little number that moved in across the hall from me? Damn, I was going to see whether I could cop that, but more power to you, brother. If you need help, I'm right here, but don't do it the way Dad did, Ma."

Never, and that was why I didn’t had relationships, because I wasn't ready to have just one woman. Now I was, which was why I was pursuing her. I didn't want anyone else but her, and if she didn't know, she would know soon, everyone would know soon. For his information I was smiling because I was sending roses to her job and some to her apartment, to see her smile.

"Never, I told you before, I didn't do the relationship s**t because I knew that I couldn't be faithful at the time. I was young and wanted to have my fun. I did that, and now it's time to settle down. I want her to be my Donna."

"That's some real s**t. I like that you are coming to your senses because those whores you were f*****g. Just be glad that you haven’t caught anything.… I hope you’re not going to be at my house every day because she's across the hall. Are you? I'm tired of looking at your ugly ass face."

"Nigga you're the one to talk. We look similar, you know. We do have the same parents and some of the same features, but you still look like that ugly ass baby you were. Boy, you were an ugly baby."

"f**k You! And get out of my home before I kick you out.” I laughed and went to the bathroom instead. Quinton knew I didn't listen to him or Kiran; I was the oldest and did what I wanted. I wasn't leaving until Asia came home so I could see the smile on her face. That was final.

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"You set me up! I’m so tired… I took that man to three different houses that he described that he wanted, but he claimed that they didn't look like the pictures he showed me." I said, and Jennifer laughed, while Becca shrugged her shoulders as she sat in Jen's lap. They were being freaky, and I didn't want to be in there to see what they were doing. It also took me a week to realize the two were a couple, but they were cute together, and at least they loved one another.

Still, I was mad; Jennifer did that mess on purpose because she knew he would be hard to please. I, on the other hand, shook it off and walked into my office to find a big rose bouquet. It was beautiful, and it made me smile as I walked over to it, smelling the roses. I was surprised that Jennifer had done this, since I had been doing so well over the last few weeks, but when I read the card, I realized I was wrong.

'I've been thinking of you.... 7.'

That man was something else. I hadn't talked to him since the day he took me shopping, now all of a sudden, he was sending me roses, saying that he had been thinking of me. I didn’t know why when I didn’t give him any hints that I was interested in him, but I loved the flowers.

"There from Sevyn aren't they?"

"Yeah, I never hinted that I liked him, but I like the gestures. He's sweet but seems like a w***e, and I don't need that in my life."

"The Sevyn I know would never send roses to a woman he was trying to f**k. He doesn't wine and dine. He picks a hoe, hits it, and quits it and never calls them again. He wants you, and he's not going to stop until he has you. Girl, he's going to work down those walls, and before you know it, you'll be beneath him screaming 'Oh Sevyn harder... harder!'"

"There is something wrong with the two of you... I swear. Until I am ready to move on with my life, I will, and if it means to be with him, it will be with him. I'm unsure of myself at the moment. I've been trying to make myself feel beautiful again, but somehow I still feel unpretty." Both came over, pulling me into a hug, holding me until I pulled away. Jennifer and Becca had become my friends and got me through the spot I was trying to pull myself out of.

"Oh, I Almost Forgot! Your month is up, and you are officially my partner!"

"Oh s**t! Clark and Roberts Real Estate is about to put an end to those other bitches! When are we changing the name outside?" Becca asked, as I looked at them like they had lost their minds. They were screaming in my ear and hugging me like it had been years since we'd seen each other. It was good to have friends again.

"Let's go out and celebrate, and don't you f*****g dare say you have to go home because we both know you have nothing to go home to at the moment, but hopefully you will have your kids back in your life again. Until then, let's go Party!" I couldn't remember the last time I was able to go out and enjoy myself. How could I say no? So, we quickly left for a club on the upper side of town. I was ready to party since it was a Thursday night and we didn't have work tomorrow, which meant we could drink and sleep in the next day.

Although I needed to go slow on the drinking since I hadn't had one in about a year and a half, while they were taking shots after shots, I was nursing a glass of whiskey on rocks. Once I was finally finished, Jennifer started pushing the top shelf liquor at me, and the next thing I knew, we were on the dance floor dancing and having a ball.

It was a little romantic to see how Jen and Becca were together; they didn't have a care in the world and didn't care who saw them. I wanted a love like that once I was able to let my heart love again. But... that was a story for another day I was here to enjoy myself, not think about what I didn't have. I was having fun watching the two of them as a man made his way over to me with a smile.

He was missing a tooth in the front of his mouth and had one gold tooth. He couldn't have been too much older than me, but he was ugly as hell and was about to turn his ass around because I didn't want him. The closer he got, the more I moved to the other side of Jennifer and Becca until I was able to make my way back over to the bar and order another drink. I didn't know anything else to drink, but I wanted to enjoy myself, and I was until that same man ended up sitting at the bar beside me.

"You're trying to play hard to get sexy."

"Not, really, I'm just not interested." I smiled as he ignored me ordering a drink, that he slid over to me as I slid it back. I wasn't about to drink s**t he gave me, and I wasn't taking my eyes off of him. He looked like the type to drug someone.

"I'm Rob...."

"And I'm just leaving." I chuckled and moved over to one of the tables. It didn’t take long for Jennifer to joined me while Becca ran to the bathroom. We sat and talked as we waited, then Jennifer got a text that made her smile, and she excused herself. The person on the other end was Becca, and they were going somewhere to get freaky. Sadly, I was alone, so I ordered another drink when that same man showed up again.

It felt like I couldn't get rid of him, so I got up and moved to the back of the club, where he couldn't see me. The bastard was starting to creep me out. He was weird and couldn't take no for an answer. About this time, I was ready to go, so I texted the two I was with that I was leaving, only to stand for everything to start spinning.

"Whoa, Shorty. I think my Angel had too much to drink."

"Sevyn...."

"The one and only Baby. Good thing I showed up when I did because you're wasted." I was not. I was good until I drank that last drink. I believe that asshole drugged me, and by the way he was looking over at Sevyn, and me told it all. If I could stand up straight, I would have thrown the glass at his ugly ass.

"I was... I was...I think I was..."

"I got you now, Shorty, and I'm assuming that you are here with Jennifer and Becca. Dave tell Jen and Beck that I got her and I'm taking her home." He spoke as he gently picked me up like a baby, then took me out to a car. I knew he had money, but it was surprising to see that he had a driver. That should have been the least of my worries; I should have been thinking about what could have happened if he hadn't come along. That bastard could have r***d and killed me. Lucky for me, I had a guardian, and the way he was rubbing my head while he talked on the phone made me feel love.

'We can celebrate that another time. Something came up that needed to be taken care of. '

'You mean someone. Sev, this was supposed to be my day, and you backed out for one of your whores....'

'Kia, you know we can celebrate at any time, and on top of that. I don't like clubs. Something always happens when we are there, and don’t start with that mess about it being our club. It doesn't matter; someone always shows up and starts s**t. It's not the weekend... We'll throw you your twenty-six-birthday party for you and your stuck-up friends.'

'You're the one with the stick up your ass... whatever, take care of your girl and love your Cousin. Bye.'

At first, I would have thought him to be talking to his girlfriend or something until the girl mentioned me being one of his whores. Which I was not. Sevyn and I were hardly friends, but we were becoming that slowly but surely. I loved the little things that he did to make me smile, and it didn't have to be much. Like today, he sent me roses, which made me smile and feel warm inside. The other day, he left Bandit and Princess with snacks, even though he didn't have to. Then it was the chocolate-covered strawberries that I loved, and now it was how he carried me into my apartment, laying me on my bed while he removed my shoes as I passed out.