I sat in the car as he drove to his house nervous as hell after he picked me up. It’s not a bad nervous like I’m about to stop the whole show, but it was the nervousness of opening up this side of myself to him. He was my friend. We talked a lot of shit to each other, bounced ideas off one another and yet here I am about to buss it open for him. Was this gonna be a one time thing? Am I gonna get my feelings involved and/or hurt? Will this be worth-
“What you thinking about?” He asked breaking my thoughts.
What I’m not about to do is say everything that was flying around in my head. Think fast Shai. “The fact that I survived another April fools day without having to curse anyone out,” I shrugged making him chuckle. “Also the fact that today was Easter. Kind of weird for that holiday to be on April fools day.”
“You right. I didn’t even realize it was Easter.”
“I mean with all the holier than thou folks on social media trying to get mad at regular folks for calling it Easter and not resurrection day, how could you not realize it?” I laughed.
Soon he was pulling up to the house and parking. He grabbed my duffle bag and I followed him into the house. Once we were inside, I offered to take my bag but he wouldn’t let me so I just continued walking to the room I’d slept in the last couple times I was here with him following me. When I got up the stairs and closer to the room, I could see a blue light coming through from the bottom of the door.
“Larry,” I laughed nervously. “What is happening in here?” I stopped before going into the room to turn to him.
He reached past me to open the door since I didn’t. “I was trying to set something up for you.” Since this huge ass room had no TV in it, he decided to plug up a projector and bring in his laptop, Netflix and chill times 1000 honestly. I laughed a little to myself thinking about this little mood he was trying to set, it was kind of adorable. “It was acting funny though. Like it was choppy. Like watch, try to play it.” I went to his computer and hit the space bar starting Netflix up again and it played seamlessly. “Nah. I swear it was acting up.”
“I guess I got the magic touch,” I stuck my tongue out.
There were two beds in this room, and I opted to sit on the one I put my back pack on and he sat on the one across from me. They weren’t too far a part, but we were distanced from each other. I sat Indian style, pretending to watch Rapture as if my mind wasn’t buzzing with the actual reason I was back in this house. We happened to lock eyes for a second prompting him to ask “what?” I shook my head and shrugged before returning my gaze to the wall that Netflix was projected on. I heard him smack his teeth, but before I could truly look at him, I felt his hand grip the front of my sweatshirt, snatching me over into his lap. He immediately met my mouth with his, hungrily kissing me. I still was in shock from the snatch up, to be honest. Shocked, and of course turned on. If this was any sign of how this night was gonna be, I. Am. Here. For. It.
He broke the kiss and nudged my head so that he could gain access to my neck. I groaned in pleasure when he easily found my spot right under my ear. He slowed his kisses, bring his face back to look at me. He started unzipping his hoodie and tossed it, leaving him in a T-shirt. His hands began to roam up the back of my sweatshirt as he started kissing me again. “Take this off,” he said against my lips.
I pulled away, snatched off my glasses and began to pull my hoodie over my head, revealing my bare torso. He eyed me curiously. “I don’t wear shirts under hoodies and I hate wearing bras.”
With no warning, I was flipped onto my back on the bed as he stood and shed his shirt as I pushed down my leggings and panties before he began crawling over me. Off instinct, I wrapped my my legs around his waist, pulling him closer as he kissed me. He broke away from my lips and began kissing down my body until he got to my second set of lips. “Damn. You this wet already and I barely touched you.”
I huffed covering my face. “Are you gonna talk shit or are you-.” He shut up my ass up by diving his tongue straight into my folds. And I heard a faint chuckle come from him. Cocky lil bastard. He knew he had me. His lips latched onto my clit as he sucked and worked his tongue in figure 8 movements. My hips began to move and wind involuntarily against his face as he basically devoured my soul. Obviously not liking the movement, he hooked his arms under my thighs and pulled me so the backs of my thighs were against his shoulders. I couldn’t move anymore and resulted in diving my hand into his hair causing him to grunt. I was so close to letting it all go, when yes. You guessed it, he got damn stopped! What an asshole.
The last moan that was falling from my lips turned into a whine as he came up and hovered over me, my juices glistening on his goatee. I’d never seen a sexier sight. “What you whining for huh?” His voice was husky and an octave lower making me even wetter, which I didn’t think could be possible right now. Before I could even answer, his mouth took over mine with needy kisses.
He shifted his body, and rolled over pulling me on top of him, breaking our kisses. I adjusted myself so that I’d be straddling him. He immediately put his hands behind his head as he laid there staring up at me. “What you thinking about?”
Don’t ruin the moment Shai, don’t do it. “Why you want me?” I blurted out. God that was a sure way to kill the mood.
He smacked his teeth and rolled his eyes denying me an answer. “Seriously? Come here,” he motioned me for me to come to him, so I leaned forward bringing my face closer. “Nah,” he said stopping my movements. “Come sit on my face.”
“Oh...” I breathed out. “But what about you-.”
“Come. Here.” He cut me off with a command. My body moved on its own and my thighs planted themselves on each side of his head.
“I don’t have anything to hold on to- oh fuck!” I was clearly talking too much for him because his mouth was having a whole different conversation with my other set of lips. He tightened his grip on my thighs to attempt to hold my bucking hips in place. His lips wrapped around my clit giving me a rush of euphoria and sent my upper body flying forward attempting to hold onto something. I damn near toppled off of him before I was able to grab hold of the window seal as he ate me like I was his last meal. “Fu-wait. I,” I stuttered out. This only fueled him to hold onto my thighs tighter, in attempt to hold me still. I could feel the heat in my womb rising, I was getting so close. Aaaand he stopped. “What the fuck? I was right there-.”
He smacked my ass cutting me off. “Turn around.” I started to move off of him, but he promptly grabbed me. “Nah. Keep your ass here.”
“Oh,” I breathed out. Why am I suddenly nervous?! I moved and shifted so my lower half hovered over his face while his little friend stared me in mine. I mean, obviously he’s not Little, I just was trying to push my nerves to the side.
A smack to my ass brought me back to my senses. “You good down there?”
I didn’t answer. Instead I took him deep in my mouth, earning a gasp from him before I felt his tongue slide through my folds. I have a love/hate with doing a 69 because it turned into a whole ass competition, like who can make who lose concentration on what they were doing.
I gripped the base of him with one hand and covered the rest of him with my mouth, giving more attention to the head. I let my spit drip from my mouth, coating more of him as I worked my hand and mouth together. I was concentrating on making him feel good, but once his lips wrapped around my clit before he pushed his tongue inside of me, I lost it. “Oh shit!” I gasped out. My hips began grinding against his face against my will and I could feel the pressure building in my womb. Somehow I continued moving my hand up and down his shaft, but that wasn’t enough.
He smacked my ass making me yelp. “I didn’t tell you to stop,” he said before going back to devouring my pussy. I had to find the strength and power to concentrate on sucking his dick and giving him pleasure on the same level as he was giving me. So I did what I thought would be best. I took him all the way in making myself gag before I sunk my jaws and sucked him. “Oh fuck,” he gasped out before gripping my ass. I smirked a little as I continued to suck him. His actions dwindled a little, but not for long.
It was like how good he was eating me out was adding to my need to pleasure him and vice versa. I mean that and the occasional ass smacks that let me know I was doing a good job. I decided to bring in my other hand and cup and massage his balls as I continued to suck him. He lost it at this point and gripped my ass so hard as he groaned out in pleasure. “Fuck. Wait. No. You gone make me cum.” Saying that just makes me keep going cause duh I wanted him to cum. “Shai. Shit,” he hissed out. “Stop let me be inside you.” He smacked my ass so hard that I yelped and stopped and turned to look at him with wide eyes.
I was met with his hooded eyes staring back at me. “Lay down.” I obliged and he moved to the dresser grabbing a condom. I sat up on my elbows and watched as he put it on. He grabbed my legs at my knees and began to push them upward before he lowered his face back down to my other set of lips. He worked his tongue through my folds before coming up with a satisfied grin and hovered over me. “I could eat you all night, for real.” He kissed me allowing me to taste myself. “But now I wanna be inside of you- oh shh-shit,” he hissed as he slowing entered into me. I let out a hiss of my own, feeling him stretch me. “Shit. You’re so tight.” He stilled his movements to collect himself before he rocked fully into me.
I arched off the bed and gripped the sheets, letting out a hum at the feeling of him. He gave me slow, deliberate strokes. “Tell me how you want it,” he growled into my ear.
“I. I want you to go deeper,” I moaned out. Those were the magic words for him. As soon as the last syllable left my mouth, he thrusted deep into me making us both moan out loud. My nails clawed into his back as he let out a hiss. He continued rocking deeply into me and my legs tightened around him while I tried to match his strokes.
“Oh fuck. Shai,” he groaned. His mouth found mine and he kissed me, muffling my moans. He continued his relentless strokes and I could feel myself getting so close, so fast. He moved to push my knees towards my chest and settled my ankles onto his shoulders.
“Fuck!” I yelped, my eyes opening in shock. He hit a spot I didn’t even know I had. I saw him looking down at me with a smug grin with his bottom lip trapped in between his teeth. I snapped my eyes shut and started grabbing at the sheets. “Oh god. Aah!”
“Oh god what?” He growled out. “Hmm?” I felt him grip my waist tighter while he pumped in and out. “You close Shai?” He’s really asking me questions as if I’m in a position to form an actual coherent sentence, the hell? I couldn’t do anything but moan and scream in response. “I can feel you. Let it go.”
My body obliged and arched up towards him as I came. I felt his strokes slow to a stop as I came down from my orgasm and I could finally see clearly. He was smirking at me as he let my legs down. “Turn over.” Hoooemygawd he’s not done with me yet.
He assisted with flipping me over since I barely had the strength to do so myself. “Get on your knees and arch it for me,” he commanded. I felt his hands go to my waist and guide me into the position of his liking. I then felt a smack on my right cheek, making me moan. “You like that shit?” He asked while caressing my tingling flesh. “I didn’t hear you,” he said smacking my left cheek making me yelp out a yes. “I’m really liking this view though,” he gripped and groped at my ass. I was becoming impatient and started slowing sliding my hips back towards him. “Oh you want this dick?” He started sliding his tip through my folds.
“Yes,” I gasped out. He slid in as soon as that left my mouth.
“Shit. You see how easy I slide in now. You so fucking wet Shai.” He pushed my back down more, deepening my arch more to his liking. “Since you wanted it so bad, go head. Throw it back for me.”
I wasn’t really prepared for this. I was still kind of recouping from what he just did to me before I turned over. But I ain’t one to give up so I gave him what he asked for. “Yea. That’s it,” he groaned. His grunts and moans were definitely boosting my ego, but before I could get too comfortable and cocky, he grabbed onto my hips and thrusted deeper into me, completely throwing me off, but it felt so good. His rhythm started to pick up and so did the pleasure.
He’d hit that same spot every 4 strokes, I’m sure just to make me yelp and come undone. I could feel my eyes welling up as I screamed and moaned out. It was honestly too much, not really, but it was. My arch started to falter and I could feel my body trying to run from his strokes. He felt it too and gripped my hips holding me in place as he continued pumping into me. “Where you tryna go?” He grunted out before pushing my back down to deepen my arch again.
“Oh fuck! Fuuh!” Screamed out. This time he kept hitting that spot and wouldn’t let up.
“Come on Shai, give me another one.” By now I’m sure I had pulled the sheets off the bed with how hard I was fisting the bedding. “I know you close. I can feel it.”
“Oh god. Fuck Larry!” I screamed out as he brought me to another orgasm. He continued his pleasurable torture through my orgasm. His strokes became a little wild, giving off that he was about to cum himself.
“Oh Shh. Shit,” he groaned out as he came and slowed his strokes to a stop. We both attempted to catch our breath before he pulled out and disposed of the filled condom. I immediately laid down when he moved from behind me. I watched him as he disposed of the condom. “You good?” He laughed looking at me.
“For now, yes,” I shrugged. He smacked his teeth before laying in the bed and pulling me into his chest. We laid there in silence as he mindlessly stroked his fingers up and down my back.
“What you thinking about?” He asked breaking the silence.
I laughed a little, slightly embarrassed about what I was thinking about, but I decided to say it anyways, “the fact that I just knocked something off my bucket list.” I looked up at him to be met with a confused and questioning face. “I finally fucked with a que,” I laughed.
“Wooooowww,” he laughed. “For real?” Thank god he found this funny.
“Yea for real. Also I haven’t had sex since February...of last year.”
He eyes widened in shock. “Seriously?!” I nodded my yes while he eyed me curiously. “Oh wow,” he breathed out.
I shrugged it off. “Niggas ain’t shit.”
He laughed as he gripped tighter. “I guess. You wanna go to sleep now?”
“Nah.” I broke from his hold and straddled him causing him to look at me with raised eyebrows.
“What?”
I lifted my body and hovered over him. “Scoot down so I can sit on your face again.”
“Oh shit,” he chuckled and snaked his body down and grabbed my thighs to secure me over his face. He pressed a kiss to my lower lips, then maneuvered his tongue between my folds so he could open me up before he slid his tongue flatly up my slit making me gasp out. He tightened his grip, bringing me straight onto his face while simultaneously wrapping his lips around my clit.
“Shhhit!” I slapped my hands against the wall in front of me.
I heard him chuckle before he spoke into my lower half. “Don’t cum yet.”
“I...I. H-how?” I struggled to get out my words since his mouth wouldn’t let up. This is what I get for trying to be bold. Soon I felt his hand on my hips and just as quick as his hand were there, so was my back against the bed. I laid there slightly in shock because of swiftly he moved me from his face to the bed. When I caught his eye, he returned a a cocky smirk.
“Turn over,” he commanded. While I busied myself with my new instructions, he moved to grab another condom. Once he returned behind me, I heard him groan before he smacked my right cheek.
“Mmm,” I whined before moving my ass a little bit.
“Ooh, shake that shit,” he groaned as I shook my ass a little more. He gripped my cheeks and shook them to his liking. I felt his hands grip my waist and he soon pulled me back so my ass was pressed against him, allowing me to feel just how hard he was. Aligning himself with my entrance, he slowly slid inside of me, letting out a hiss. “Ssshit.” His movements halted for a moment before he gripped onto my waist and began pumping. He was giving those same deep, deliberate strokes from earlier hitting that sam spot, making me cry out and grab at the bedding. But he soon came to an abrupt stop. “Fuck,” I heard him grunt as he pulled out. “I’m not going out like that.”
I was very confused as he moved from behind me and walked towards the trash. “I-what?” I spoke through my loss of breath as I flipped to turn onto my side to look at him. “What happened?”
He turned to look at me over his shoulder. “Whatever you got between your legs yo. That, wow,” he chuckled shaking his head.
I let out a laugh and grinned. “Oh? I mean, I’ve heard it’s pretty amazing.”
“Don’t get cocky. I’ll make you eat your words,” I smirked walking back over to me and planted a kiss on my lips. “I’m not done with you.” He reached into the side table and grabbed a condom and ripped it open before sliding it down his length. My gawd, how is he already ready to go again?! I felt him pull me closer towards the edge of the bed before he crawled onto the bed hovering over me. He began rubbing himself through my folds, causing me to let out a whimper. And without warning he thrust into me making me gasp out. “Mmm,” he groaned out looking up at the ceiling. “Why is you pussy so fucking good?” He hovered over me as I tightened my thighs around his waist in attempt to pull him deeper into me. “Oh you tryna take it all? Hmm.”
I couldn’t do anything, but moan as my body arched into him.
“Answer me Shai,” he gave me one deep stroke hitting my spot.
“Oh fuck!” I yelped as he delivered another. I placed a hand on his thigh as my orgasm was starting to build already.
“Why you pushing me away? Hmm? You wanted this right?” Got dammit he wasn’t letting up. He kept giving me deep thrusts, hitting that magical ass spot.
“Yes. F- yes Larry!” I screamed out. His hand soon came to my throat adding a whole new level of pleasure I’ve never experienced. I thought I was going to pass out from this combination of stimulation. My moans somehow became louder with the slight struggle for air and the heat from my oncoming orgasm was continuously rising.
His grip on my neck tightened and he continued stroking. I’m gonna die from this absurd amount of pleasure, I just know it. “Open your eyes,” he grunted. Once I got my eyes open to look at him, I locked with his. “Be quiet,” he calmly commanded with the most animalistic look in his eyes. Yep, I was about to die.
“I-Larry. Oh God. I. Can’t,” I stuttered out trying to keep my eyes on him.
“What I say?” He went deeper than I thought he could. And how the hell was he so calm while he was causing me to fall apart. One hand gripped at my waist as his another remained firmly around my throat.
I fought to keep from screaming out. So much that I pretty much started whimpering and tearing up from the pleasure making me snap my eyes shut again. I held on to his wrist that was currently around my neck and gripped the bedding with my other hand.He was grunting as he continued his sweet torture and I was getting close. “Shit!” He growled. “You’re gripping the fuck out of me. Cum for me Shai. I know you’re close.”
“Larryyyyy!” I cried out, no longer able to obey his order of being quiet. “Oh god!”
“Come on. I’m almost there too.”
“Fuuuuck!” I breathed out as my orgasm took over and my body shook underneath him. “ShitshitshitLarryIcan’t,” I screamed trying to get him to let up his strokes through my orgasm.
“Oh fuck!” He grunted giving one last deep stroke. His hands were now planted on the sides of my head as we both attempted to catch our breath. “You good?”
I finally looked up and at him catching a smug grin. I quickly covered my eyes with my forearm and let out a groan making him laugh before he slowly pulled out of me and went to discard the condom. I soon felt him pull my arm away from my face and saw him staring down at me curiously. “Don’t look at me like that!” I whined like a damn child.
“What?” He chuckled. “I just wanna make sure you’re good after that.” He sat down on the bed and pulled my basically limp body to his.
“I mean aside from not really being able to move, yea I’m good,” I felt my face heat up as a laugh rumbled in his chest. “And also that’s never happened to me,” I blurted out quickly.
“What hasn’t? Not being able to-.”
“Being choked,” I cut him off.
“I’m sorry,” he panicked. “I should’ve asked. I’m sorry-.”
“You’re fine!” I laughed interrupting his worry. “I enjoyed it. A lot and I know you felt it,” I buried my face into his chest out of embarrassment. “I’ve never came that many times in one night though either.”
“Oh?” I could hear the slight arrogance and smile in his voice.
“Oh gosh,” I mushed him before getting up to go to the bathroom on wobbly legs, earning a chuckle from him. Once I came back into the room he was laying flat on his stomach, still completely naked and appeared to be sleep. I grabbed a T-shirt from my bag and put it on before shutting down the forgotten Netflix show.
After everything was powered down, I got ready to get in the bed I was originally sitting on earlier. “Why you over there?”
His voice made me jump a little. “I uh. I don’t know. I thought you were sleep.”
“You can lay over here with me,” He laughed.
“I didn’t know if you wanted me to-.”
He smacked his teeth cutting me off. “Oh my god Shai,” he groaned. “Come lay down.”
I obliged and immediately felt his arms wrap around me. Soon his breathing evened out, signifying he was sleep and I followed right after him.
The next morning I woke up to an empty bed. Checking my phone I saw that it was not even 8am yet in addition to several texts from my girls. I groaned at how early it was and decided to go back to sleep before doing anything else with my life.
I ended up coming back alive about an hour later and now had a text from Larry asking if I wanted cereal. I laughed at this adorableness, he obviously doesn’t cook, but I said yes to cereal.
Grabbing my computer and hard drive, I propped myself up in the bed and checked to see what I’d be editing for work. By the time I started working, Larry had come up with my bowl of cereal. “Editing for work?” He asked as he sat the cereal down on the side table.
“Yep!” I popped the p at the end. “And thank you.”
“No problem.” He was about to head back out of the room, but I stoped him.
“You’ve been up working this whole time?”
“Yea,” he scratched at his head and looked at me. “Getting orders out of the way before I start making some other stuff.”
“Got it. Well get back to work sir,” I said with faux authority.
“Yes ma’am,” he saluted and closed the door as he walked out.
Me: laaaaawwwwwd
Mya: oh bitch. Spill it!
Krystal: she’s alive!!!
Me: I just....hoooemygawd.
Me: he choked me! I have never. Lordt. Why did I not know if such amazingness?!
Krystal: sis...what kind of bland ass sex life have you been having?
Mya: hello! Girl what? I mean, welcome to the club. But shit you late.
Me: ok....is y’all done dragging me or...? Cause I’ll mute y’all asses
Mya: lmaooo nooooo tell us more. Tell. Us. More!!!
After about 2 hours, I had finished the bulk of my work. I took my empty cereal bowl downstairs, washed it and went back to the room I was in and grabbed all my stuff for the shower. I walked back into the room in my towel after showering and began my face routine.
The door crept open as I was rubbing in my moisturizer. “You getting your work done?”
I looked at Larry like he had three heads. “I mean I was, but,” I gestured towards my towel before I finished rubbing in my moisturizer.
“Oh aight,” he nodded and walked out of the room closing the door.
“Weirdo,” I laughed to myself. But not even a solid two minutes later he was walking back into the room and closing the door behind him. His eyes were on me the whole time as he stalked over to me. Out of slight nervousness, I tightened my towel.
He came behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me into him. His lips found my neck soon after. “You smell good,” his voice husky.
“I just showered,” I tried but I’m sure I failed to hide the arousal in my voice.
“Mmm,” he groaned in agreement before snatching away my towel.
“Larry,” I breathed out.
“Hmm?” His lip were back on my neck and before I knew it, I was being tossed onto the bed. He came to hover over me before he began kissing me, maneuvering his lips from my lips to my neck, to my breasts, all the way until he was between my legs. As he moved my legs onto his shoulders, I watched as he flattened and slowly dragged his tongue through my folds. Before I could begin to truly enjoy it, he came up and smirked at me as he reached into the drawer for a condom.
He slid the condom on and pushed my legs up so my knees would be damn near at my ears. He gave my clit another sloppy kiss before bringing himself up and sliding into me, making me hiss at the feeling. “Shit how do stay so fucking wet?”
“Y-you did this,” I stuttered out as he stroked deeper. He held my legs up and gripped my calves as he went to work. I screamed out his name as I tried to grip and grab whatever I could around me.
Soon enough he let my legs down and I immediately wrapped them around his waist as he leaned forward hovering over me. Slowing down his strokes, his hands went under my back and he slightly lifted me up. “Put your arms around my neck.” As soon as I did what I was told, I was lifted from the bed and his hands gripped my waist so he could begin his deadly strokes again. He held me above the bed to continue his assault until I came, which is when he finally decided he could finally find his release.
Hovering over me, we both caught our breath and he slowly pulled out to discard the condom. “Now. Get back to work,” he smirked at me over his shoulder as he walked out. I could help but to grin and shake my head.
I ended up finishing my work after about an hour and a half. After grabbing a bag of chips and a bottle of water, I settled onto the couch and turned on Netflix. Larry was working in the basement, so I opted to not disturb him. But three episodes into my rewatch of stranger things, my phone vibrated with a text.
Larry: you want me inside of you?
This mans sex drive my gawd. And though I thought I was tired from earlier, I felt my lower parts heat up and quiver with anticipation. Long story short, I went down to the basement and we had sex on top of his cleared off work station.
....................
“I still can’t believe you ain’t ever been choked before,” Mya teased on FaceTime. I was back in my Brooklyn apartment after being in Philly for what felt like a month. “And look at ya ass now. Thinking about getting it done again. He done turned ya little ass into a sub.”
“I meaaan. I wouldn’t be opposed to it,” I grinned.
“Shai!” May yelped. “Oh lord help my friend.”
“I’m just glad he’s in down in Philly and not up here in New York cause-.”
“First of all Philly is got damn down the street. So you bout to be there all the time or he gone come to you all the time,” Mya cut me off.
“Why you so loud for?!” I laughed.
But her words rang true. The next week, he drove up, then the following week he paid for me to come to him for the week. We even got freaky over FaceTime. I wanted to keep this as a sort of fuck buddy set up, but my feelings were starting to poke through and it was his fault. We never talked about what this was with us, so I just assumed the easiest thing would be to claim this as a casual fuck relationship, but I was wrong when I voiced it to Larry.
“Shai,” he huffed through the phone. “I actually like you. Like, a lot. Yea the def is amazing as fuck, but that’s not all I see you for. Aside from being fine as hell, I dig the fuck out of you, your personality, and your energy. I love being around you.”
I felt my face heat up at his admission and tried to hide it, but I couldn’t help but to let it out. “Okay.”
But oddly enough after that conversation, our daily communication started to dwindle. I chalked it up to the fact that I was home in LA and he was super busy getting ready for Atlanta Greek Picnic and essence fest, the latter of which I was supposed to go to with him. However, I was wrong.
Larry: so....
Larry: Taylor moved back in 😩
My heart immediately sank as I stared at his texts. How stupid could I have been? Why me? I should’ve just dropped him when I caught feelings-.
“Yea?” His FaceTime call interrupted my thoughts.
“I promise it’s not what you think,” he sighed.
“Then what is it?” I tried my hardest to not show how bothered I was.
“She just needed somewhere to live. She doesn’t have a job or anything so-.”
“Why do you feel so inclined to help her out?” My face was beginning go contort showing my irritation.
I heard him huff out in frustration. “Look. She held me down when I didn’t have anything, so I’m just doing the same.”
I rolled my eyes at his response. “So y’all back together or what?”
“No we not-.”
“So y’all fuckin again,” I cut him off annoyed.
“No. Not at all. She wants to, but I don’t.”
“Just because you don’t want to, doesn’t mean you aren’t.”
“Shai,” he sighed. “I promise you. Nothing is going on with me and her. We don’t even sleep in the same room. I’m done with her ok.” He was trying his best to reassure me.
I let out a heavy breath through my nose and shook my head. “Yea. Okay fine. Look, I gotta go. I need to finish this video for work. I’ll hit you later.” I ended the call before he could respond. Grabbing a pillow, I screamed as loud as I could into it. What the hell?
After this, we went on talking just about everyday, sometimes FaceTiming, most of which were sexual. He was attempting to make me feel secure in whatever it is we were brewing, that is until Taylor shook shit up for the last time for me.
June was ending which meant Essence Fest was coming. Remember, I was supposed to be going to NOLA with Larry for this to help him and to maybe shoot a little video for him. But that changed with a text message.
Larry: so...
Larry: Taylor is mad cause she said I invited her to go to essence fest months ago.
Me: you know what. Have fun. Do your thing Larry.
He tried to call me several times and days after that, all ignored on my end. And on the day he was scheduled to leave, he texted me to let me know she wasn’t even going.
“Y’all. This bitch,” I angrily laughed on FaceTime with my girls Krystal and Mya. “All this is for her is a fucking game. I don’t have time for it.”
“Yo she’s just playing her part Shai,” Mya peeped up.
“And that is?” My eyebrow raised.
“She’s being that little ex girlfriend, who knows she still has some sort of control over him and and truly playing into it. If you supposed to be the new girl, step up,” Mya spoke.
My face was all types of contorted. “Uh. No. Fuck all of that. If I’m supposed to be this ‘new girl’ then why the fuck can’t be speak the fuck up to his supposed ex? I’m not about to do this shit. We’re too grown for these games.”
“Yea. I def agree with Shai,” Krystal piped up. “That’s a annoying and stressful situation come from a nigga that can’t even speak up about what he really wants. And he just made it obvious by not even shutting ol girl down.”
“But he seems so into Shai though, well based off of everything you've said about him prior to this shit show. So I don’t think you should give up on him.”
“I mean that’s fair too,” Krystal paused in a thought. “Ok. How about this. Don’t push to reach out to him and fight to make your presence known anymore. Let go do all the work. You’ve expressed how you’ve felt so now he needs to show you he’s serious about wanting you.”
I shrugged and let out a huff. “Niggas are stupid, I’m gonna be single. I’m over this shit.”
Weeks went by and CurlFest was coming. Krystal snagged me a press pass so I’d be running around prospect park all day capturing content. I was excited. So excited that I forgot that Larry would be a vendor there too. Krystal reminded me when she saw him cause he asked where I was of course. He had actually texted me when he was on his way up. We had actually been texting a bit throughout the week, with him initiating all of the conversations, but I still had my reservations.
We barely talked during the event, on the account of us both working, but he attempted the next day. Krystal ended up spending the night at my place since I was closer to the park than her. Currently we were figuring out what we were gonna eat for breakfast, even though it was a little past noon. Larry had hit me asking if we could meet up, but I deflected telling him I was busy, much to Krystal’s dismay.
“Girl. I can leave. He can come over, y’all make up, all that fun stuff. And boom everybody good.”
I rolled my eyes at Krystal as I looked through different restaurants on seamless. I made my choice and handed my phone to her. “I’m going to hop in the shower. Choose what you want.”
The shower I took was the hottest, most cleansing and soothing one I took. I stepped out and felt refreshed. While I toweled off, I heard my doorbell and a voice with Krystal’s. I assumed it was our food and continued to lotion and moisturize. By the time I came back into my living area, Krystal was munching away.
“Well damn you couldn’t even wait for me?” I made a beeline straight to the bag on the kitchen counter, not paying attention to the extra presence in the room.
“Hey,” Larry cautiously called out from behind me. I froze and my head popped up causing my eyes to look directly at Krystal, who avoided my glare. “I called and Krystal answered. Told me to bring food if I was trying to come over.”
My shoulders sank and I huffed out a breath, still not giving him my full attention. “Thanks.” I snatched my food from the bag and attempted to make my way over to where Krystal was sitting, but she immediately got up.
“You know what. I just remembered. I gotta go help with the other fest stuff. Like the wrap up and everything. I’m gonna hurry home so I can getting ready.” She brushed by me and a I rushed after her to the door. “Shai. Just talk to him. He sounded so sad on the phone,” she pouted.
“Wow. Now you’re taking this mans side?!” I whisper shouted.
“Just talk to him,” she whispered back. “Bye Larry!” She shouted before walking out making me release a heavy sigh.
Here we go.
Once I made my way back to the kitchen, he was now standing in my spot, leaning back against the counter watching my movements. He was dressed in one of his brand white T-shirt’s and a pair of Nike tech sweats and his hair was now out in his glorious Afro. Damn he looked good.
I realized I left my tea on the counter and had an internal debate on whether I really wanted it or not....I did. It was my favorite tea dammit. Making the mistake to try to grab my tea, I was instead grabbed by Larry and pulled into his embrace. “Can you talk to me please?” I didn’t even fight his hold, instead I just released a breath.
“My tea is gonna get cold,” I blurted out pulling a teeth smack from him.
“Wow.” He let me go and I grabbed my tea mug from where it was sitting near the stove.
“Larry. What?” I turned to face him. “What did you expect? You wanted me to just hop on you like you ain’t been living with your ex these last couple of months? Like you ain’t been scared to tell her that you’ve moved the fuck on? I’m supposed to just be chill and over it huh?”
His eyes never dropped from mine and I could see him battling his emotions. “I still want to apologize. I didn’t wanna hurt your feelings or play with your emotions.” I stared at him waiting for him to continue. “Shai, I meant everything I said. I really do like you a lot and I really care about you.”
I scoffed before sipping my tea. “You know these are just words right?”
“Oh my god,” he let out a defeated groan and drug his hands down his face. “I’m being honest. Aside from blatantly telling her I was done, I even told her ass I was into you and wanted to pursue something more with you.” Well that got me to pause mid-sip. “And she packed her shit and dipped. Shai,” he huffed. “I want you.” His eyes bore into mine before he took a step forward and grabbed me hand. “Just. You.” He had taken my mug from my hand and sat it on the counter and pulled me closer to him, forcing me to look up at him. Before I could make any movements, his lips were pressed against mine and I, with closed eyes relished in the feel of it until he pulled away. “Do you believe me now?”
“I-.”
“Just come back to Philly with me for a couple days,” he cut me off.
“Larry. I can’t just-.”
“Pack a bag with your laptop and hard drives. And bring your ass, woman.”