Southern Gossip: A Complicated Love Story

by Tiece

  Sugar entered the private VIP Den. She smiled at Spice who was off in her own world enjoying the pole. She’s sure to make some money in the VIP Den tonight, Sugar thought. She glimpsed back at Fen. “Come on,” she instructed, walking over to where Flow stood talking to Nia and her lady friends as they sat there laughing at whatever he was saying. “Hello ladies and gent,” she spoke.

  “What’s good Sugar?” Flow asked.

  “A lot,” Sugar responded with a smile.

  Flow leaned down toward Nia. “I’ll be back.” He said walking off.

  Sugar smiled at the encounter. “I’m Sugar, if you don’t already know and this is Fen our new waitress. She’ll be taking your orders tonight while in training.”

  “Hello Sugar and Fen,” Nia spoke as if VIP was the only way she rolled. Regina and Pam only smiled at them. “Here are your complimentary wings topped with the Gray’s special barbeque sauce and complimentary AK’s sent over by A’keem Gray.” Fen sat the wings down then proceeded to sit down the drinks.

  Nia smiled at Regina. “Oh, your boo is in the den tonight? You didn’t mention that.”

  “She sure didn’t.” Pam cut in.

  Regina smiled as A’keem stepped into the VIP Den. “Because I didn’t know that he was coming,” she said blushing as Fen eagerly listened in.

  A’keem stopped in front of the small stage watching Honey gracefully work the pole. Immediately, he threw her a twenty dollar bill then looked over noticing Seth who was leaving Jada and Serenity’s table. He didn’t look too happy being that Flow had made his way over, sitting next to Serenity now conversing with them.

  A’keem called him over. “What’s up Cuz, you good?” he asked already sensing the tension.

  “Yeah, I’m good Cuz,” he responded.

  A’keem dropped twenty-one one dollar bills on the floor in front of Honey as she continued her sensual pole dance. “Don’t trip it tonight. Just chill and have a good time.”

  “You’re right,” Seth said looking over at Serenity who was engaged in conversation with Flow like he wasn’t standing there. He reached in his pocket, called Honey over, and then put a fifty dollar bill inside of her thong. “You’re absolutely right.”

  A’keem smiled. “That’s what I’m talking about. Look around playa. It’s plenty going on tonight,” he said pointing out all the women that were in the Lion’s Den. “But, we’ll knock these off first.” He nonchalantly stated as he and Seth made their way over to Nia’s table passing Sugar who stopped them to speak.

  “Well hello, A’keem and Seth.” Fen’s heart skipped a beat as she stood shyly behind Sugar.

  A’keem and Seth, Fen thought definitely wanting to get a better look.

  “What’s up Sugar?” A’keem and Seth spoke almost in unison.

  A’keem admired Sugar’s sexy figure. “I see you’re the hot waitress tonight not our dancer.” he said.

  Seth shook his head. “Damn, I’m disappointed.” he commented. He loved to see Sugar play on the pole.

  Sugar smiled. “Sorry guys, not tonight,” she said. “But, this is Fen. She’s in training for this position.”

  “That’s what’s up,” Seth said checking Fen out as she slid from behind Sugar.

  “Hey, I’m Fen,” she spoke as A’keem and Seth shook her hand. Seth checked out her long, thick sexy legs. She definitely looked good and was high on his radar.

  “Have you seen my brother?” A’keem asked.

  “He was in his office, but you know he’ll be out soon. Having you and Seth here is the only time that he comes out and plays.” Sugar said with a smile. “Well, y’all boys have fun. We have work to do.” She said walking off.

  “It was nice meeting y’all.” Fen said.

  “Likewise,” Seth commented, watching Fen’s juicy ass in that mini skirt as she walked off.

  A’keem grinned. “What I tell ya, Cuz?” He said, shaking his head. “It’s plenty going on tonight.” They laughed.

  Jada sat by Serenity listening to Flow as he tried talking her out her panties once the den closed. She then looked over at A’keem. He looked casually cool as always, rocking a pair of black True Religion jeans, a black and white True Religion tee-shirt with a hint of his white tee underneath it, his black fitted Atlanta log cap fit snug over his braids, and his fresh white and black Air Force One’s set off his laid back ensemble. She was caught in a trance until Sugar spoke to them.

  “Hello Ladies. Flow, you seem to be all over the place tonight. Weren’t you just over there?” Sugar asked with a smile.

  “You know me,” Flow commented with his cool ass.

  Sugar then directed her attention back to the ladies. “I’m Sugar and I’ll be your waitress tonight in the VIP Den. This is Fen and she’ll be taking your orders while in training.”

  “Cool,” Jada said as she and Serenity spoke.

  “I’ll be back with your complimentary wings topped with the Gray’s special barbeque sauce. Meantime, here are some complimentary AK’s from A’keem Gray.”

  “AK’s?” Jada asked. “I’ve not heard of that drink.” She said as Fen handed one to her and Serenity. “What’s in them?”

  Sugar smiled. “It’s a popular drink named after A’keem Gray himself. It’s Ciroc, Peach Schnapps, and Tequila poured over chilled pineapples and a splash of cranberry juice. It’s a very strong drink that’s said to sneak up on you. I guess it’s because we put two top shelve shots of each liquor in it.”

  “It’ll get you right,” Serenity said taking a sip from her glass.

  Flow leaned in closer to her ear. “Please drink up.” He whispered, wanting to dig off in her drunk pussy later.

  Serenity rolled her eyes at him. “You need to be whispering in Nia Green’s ear. Seem like that’s who had your attention before I showed up.”

  Jada grinned sipping from her drink. “This is good,” she said.

  “No problem,” Sugar responded. “Is there anything you’d like to order?”

  “Not right now,” Serenity answered, but please bring us back four more AK’s please. We’re expecting company.”

  “Okay, we’ll be back shortly with your wings and drinks.” Sugar said as she and Fen exited the VIP den.

  “Company?” Jada questioned just as Tara stepped into the VIP den.

  “Hey Girl!!!” Tara screamed out as she hurried over to Jada then hugged her first cousin.

  Jada was shocked. She hadn’t seen Tara since she’d left the city. “Hey Cuz!” She happily screamed hugging Tara back. They weren’t always as close as they should’ve been, but they still loved each other to pieces.

  Tara stepped back a little to get a better view of Jada. “You’re still looking good.” She said. “A little thicker, but it’s all in the right places.”

  Jada laughed. “Boy it’s good to see you.” They hugged again then Tara looked over at Flow.

  “What’s up Flow?” Tara asked. “What you doing over here in these necks of the woods?” She grinned, looking over at A’keem and Seth. “Your homeboy’s are over there chopping it up with them city girls.” She teased.

  Flow laughed. He knew that Tara was really the wild one out the bunch and she didn’t care what came out of her mouth. She was real about most of the shit she did and could be rather sneaky if she wasn’t watched to carefully.

  Flow stood up as Tara sat down. “I guess that’s my queue.” He said looking at Serenity as she grinned. “Good seeing you again Jada, and now Tara.” He said with a smile then walked off.

  Jada laughed, feeling really good to be surrounded by her girls. “Girl your ass is just as crazy as you wanna be.” She said to Tara.

  Tara smiled. “Ain’t nothing changed, Cuz. “Hey Serenity! Glad you told me to come out. I haven’t partied in a while.”

  “No problem, girl. You know how we do.” Serenity said turning up her drink.

  Tara looked over at her cousin. “I know we haven’t personally been in each other’s presence, but we’ve certainly talked a pl
enty while you were away.”

  “Yes, we did.” Jada said remembering how Tara would call and read her the city’s gossip column every time there was something hot and interesting in it.

  “Pop that Dom Perignon bottle,” Tara said. “It’s party time!” She hollered out while making her way over to the small stage to watch Cinnamon began her ten minute show.

  Nia leaned over to Regina as she and A’keem talked. “Is that Serenity Foster who Flow just finished talking too?” Nia asked.

  Regina looked in Serenity’s direction. “Yep, I believe that’s her.” She responded not really wanting to take her eye off of A’keem. Nia’s eyes rolled as Flow walked over and sat down by her.

  Regina looked at A’keem. “I didn’t know that you were coming out.”

  “It was a last minute decision.” He responded turning up his drink as he noticed that Tara had also showed up to party with her girls.

  Jada and Serenity walked over by Tara as they began to make it rain on Spice with one dollar bills. They were definitely enjoying the night as they laughed out loud while throwing money around the seductive pole dancer. A’keem shook his head with a light smile, looking over at Seth.

  Nia and Regina took notice at the women enjoying themselves with loud laughter as the whispering started amongst the two. A’keem knew exactly what they were whispering about as he sat there contemplating if he should exit the VIP Den for a moment.

  “Hey,” Regina whispered. “Is that Jada and Tara Kent?”

  Before he could answer, the DJ cut in with perfect timing. “Give it up for Spice. She’s everything nice and certainly a sexy ass woman,” he said as Spice gathered her money and left the stage. “Word is that the country girls are in the den tonight!” He confirmed. “I see y’all.” He teased as the ladies waved at him continuing to have a good time.

  “Well damn, that is them.” Regina stated. She immediately looked at A’keem as him and Seth stood up. She didn’t know what to say, because technically they weren’t in a relationship, but she was eager to see how the night would play out.

  She tugged on A’keem’s shirt. “Is everything okay?” She asked. She didn’t personally know Jada, but she’d certainly heard about her enough.

  “Yeah, everything’s good.” A’keem responded as his AK finally started to kick in. “We’ll be back.” he said as he and Seth tried to exit the VIP den quietly.

  “A’keem Gray,” Tara’s loud mouth, strong country accent called out stopping them in their tracks.

  A’keem smiled as Tara walked over. “It’s been a while.” She said hugging him then Seth.

  “It has been a while.” A’keem responded. “So I guess your cousin being back made you want to come out of hiding?”

  “Hiding?” She grinned. “You know me better than that. We’ve just not crossed paths as much since I moved farther in the city. Anyway, you’ll be seeing a lot of me from now on because I’m moving back on the plantation by next weekend.”

  Seth almost choked off of his drink. He knew that Tara was a handful and always had a thing for the Gray men, one in particular, A’keem.

  A’keem smiled. “Guess I’ll see you around then.”

  “You can bet your bottom dollar on that.” She said as he and Seth walked off.

  Seth looked at A’keem and shook his head. “You got double trouble, Cuz. Double trouble,” he repeated as they headed toward the men’s restroom. Once inside the men’s restroom, they were greeted by a man in one of the open stalls with the door open, eating Honey out as she had one leg propped up on the toilet and the other leg around the man’s head.

  “Damn,” A’keem said.

  “Damn, Damn, Damn,” Seth stated as he gazed at them with his mouth open. “Now, this is one wild ass night.”

  “I told you, Cuz. It’s a lot going on.” A’keem said as they laughed.

  Honey moaned loudly from the man licking and sucking her pussy good. A’keem rubbed his manhood, trying to stop the arousal.

  “I see you, Cuz.” Seth teased. “But, hell I gotta get outta here. That shit is turning me on.”

  “I know the feeling. Bro got a serious hot spot here.” A’keem said as he and Seth quickly exited the men’s restroom. Both were feeling on edge and ready to fuck somebody.

  No sooner than they could exit the restroom, they ran right into Marlon. “What’s up Bro and Cuz?” he spoke.

  “Nothing much, Bro,” A’keem spoke back.

  “Cuz, it’s poppin’ in here tonight!” Seth said both giving Marlon dap.

  “Yeah, it’s a pretty wild night.” Marlon stated.

  A’keem looked back towards the men’s restroom thinking about Honey’s legs wide open getting eaten out. “Yeah, tell me about it.” He commented.

  “Are y’all good?” Marlon asked.

  “Yeah, we’re pretty good.” A’keem said. “I think we’re gonna step outside for a moment.”

  Marlon nodded already knowing what his brother was up to. “Okay bro. Don’t leave without hollering at me first.” He said noticing that Jennifer was making it through the crowd, heading their way.

  “Oh, you ain’t gotta worry. It’s too much ass up in here tonight for me to just leave like that.”

  Marlon looked around definitely agreeing as he grinned. “I feel you,” he responded, with that A’keem and Seth walked off heading toward the exit doors of the Den.

  Jennifer eased up on her man and gently pushed him up against the wall. “Hey boo,” she said while planting a sweet kiss right on his soft lips.

  “Well damn,” Marlon said with a somewhat surprised expression on his face.

  “What?” she questioned with a slight frown.

  Marlon looked around at the watching eyes of their every move then he turned his attention back to her. “You don’t normally act like this out in public.”

  She smiled standing so close up on him that his dick started rising. “I don’t think there’s nothing wrong with me showing my man a little affection. Do you?”

  Marlon just looked at her with an unsure smile. Maybe she’d had one too many drinks, because Jennifer was a very reserved and classy chick. Everybody in the city knew that she and Marlon were dating so she had nothing to prove. She was his dad’s assistant, lived on the plantation, and was spoke of just about every other week in the Rocky Spring’s newspaper, whether it was in the gossip column as Marlon’s woman or as organizing different charity events or town meetings for Mayor Gray.

  Marlon grinned a little to himself thinking about her comment. “There is definitely nothing wrong with showing your man some affection. Can I get a little more of that later tonight?” he teased, but was very serious.

  “You sure can,” she said with a seductive look in her eyes. “Should we go sit in VIP and have a great night?”

  “You are feeling good tonight,” he responded. He and Jennifer usually sat at the bar or inside of his office when she’d stop by the club. He believed that she only showed her face when she did to remind the women of her position with him. Partying was just not in her nature, at least not in a nature that he knew of. “You know it’s a lot going on in VIP tonight. You sure you wanna go there?”

  “Why not?” she questioned feeling pretty good from the two AK’s that she’d ordered and gulped down like a woman ready to get loose.

  “Weeeeell,” Marlon hesitated.

  “Don’t worry. I know that your ex is there. I’m not concerned if you’re not.” Jennifer said still trying to feel him out. She grabbed him by the hand to lead him in the direction of the VIP, but was met unexpectedly by someone that she’d been waiting to meet for a long time.

  “You shouldn’t be concerned about little old me,” Jada nonchalantly stated with a slight smirk on her face. Marlon’s eyes widened. He’d been so caught up with Jennifer being all over him that he didn’t even see her coming their way.

  “Jada,” Marlon said with an awkward smile on his face. Jennifer stood there almost speechless that Jada had crept up on t
hem like that.

  “Marlon,” Jada said back as a way of politely speaking. Her presence did something to his spirit… to his soul as he stood caught up in his feelings. Jennifer noticed the attraction right away and hated to see how stunningly beautiful her competition was face to face. Since Marlon didn’t speak up fast enough, she decided to play her own cards.

  “Hi I’m Jennifer,” she said reaching out her hand for an endearing handshake. “What you may have heard wasn’t what it sounded like.” She said with a slight smile on her face.