by Mz. Toni
"Stop imma pee!" I screamed punching him.
My phone started ringing; it was playing Brandy’s “Best Friend”, so I knew it was Cammy.
"Hello?" I said answering the phone.
"I gave the test to my mom and she bought our lie!" she said excitingly.
"You mean your lie!" I corrected her.
"No bitch, our lie, you pissed on the stick for me so you're just as wrong as I am!" she snapped.
I pulled the phone away from my ear and stared at it. This girl really had me fucked up.
"Bitch I did you a favor because you're my sister but it doesn't mean I agreed with it. I told you that you should tell your mom and you wanted to keep lying, it ain't our lie, it's your lie!" I snapped.
"Aight chill damn I don't want you mad at me again bestie," she said laughing.
"I ain’t mad at you Cammy, I love you sis."
"I love you too. So what you doing?"
"Nothing, Kasan is over here getting on my damn nerves," I said laughing.
"Why he over there?" she asked with an attitude.
"Yo we gotta talk, imma call you back in ten minutes so answer."
"Aight then," she said hanging up. I can't tell she was still in her feelings.
"Look I gotta go talk to Cam so you're free to chill and eat and don't answer my door either," I said to Kasan.
"Ain't nobody knocking on this door for your stank booty ass," he said while stuffing his face.
Giving him the finger, I grabbed my coat and headed next door. I know I said I would call her but I needed to really talk face to face.
"Hey Ms. Tina," I said when I walked in and saw Cam's mom sitting on the couch.
"Hey daughter, she's upstairs."
I walked upstairs and found Cam laying in bed texting.
"What's your real problem with me and Kasan?" I said not beating around the bush.
"Man I already told you he mess with my cousin and he’s a dog."
"Okay I get it but how many times can I tell you that I ain't fucking him before shit starts looking real funny style," I said pissed.
"Fuck you mean funny style?"
"I mean at first you was like oh he ya bro, now that me and him friends I see you rolling your eyes when we interact, you catch an attitude when I mention his name, like what you feeling him or something?"
"You tried it bitch, naw I ain't feeling him Shante. I know you love him and I see how he looks at you, all I can think about is what Mark did to me, and you know that shit almost broke me. I basically see the same thing happening and I refuse to let it go down, he ain't ready for real love he still running around. Now in the future when he done playing if y'all get together I'll be happy, but right now that shit just pisses me off," she said sincerely.
"I get it boo he hurt you, trust me when I say I get it, because I was hurt too. You’re my best friend so when you were in pain so was I, but you can't protect me from being hurt, it's a part of life," I explained.
"Ok I'm sorry for acting so funky and I'll apologize to Kasan too, but I still don't want you messing with him."
"I got you," I said laughing.
"Ok so about that date, I hit him up and he is gonna pick you up Friday."
"Foreal bitch how you gonna set it up without asking me. How you know I ain't have plans," I said shaking my head at her sneaky ass.
"You don't have to work, we don't have plans, and Kasan ain't your man and if you were going with someone else you would have been told me," she said bursting my bubble. I swear I can't stand her ass sometimes.
"Aight bitch damn what does he look like?"
"His name is Anthony, he's a cutie, kinda muscular, real swagged out I promise you he's cool as hell. He just moved back here from Atlanta, he's friends with Mark, he use to hustle with him but now he on the straight and narrow, he went to school and all girl now he a paralegal and did I mention he was fine and educated girl, he just your type."
"Alright he sounds like a keeper, I guess I'll give it a try," I said giving in.
"But let me go back home, Kasan in there waiting to watch a movie," I said getting up to leave.
"I ain't even gonna comment bitch, but be careful," she screamed out as I left her room. When I got back inside Kasan was laying on my bed watching How to Get Away With Murder. Ugh, I swear I couldn't stand his sexy ass; he was turning me on without even trying.
"Why are you on my bed Kasan?"
"Don't be getting brand new big head, what I can't lay in ya bed now?" he asked giving me that sexy smile.
"I don't care, anyways guess what."
"I ain't guessing so just tell me."
"Ugh you ain't no fun, but I got a hot date this Friday!" I said dancing around the room.
"With who?" he said sitting up. Oh, I see I got his attention now.
"With Mark's friend Anthony," I said smiling.
"Oh aight, that's my boy," he said looking upset.
"Oh okay well you wanna watch a movie?"
"Naw I'm good I gotta head out," he said getting up.
"I guess I'll talk to you later then."
I walked him to the door, I knew he was upset because I didn't even get my usual forehead kiss from him, but honestly, I couldn't give zero fucks. He said he wasn't into me so I'm gonna find someone who is. I can't keep being in love with someone who only sees me as a friend.
Friday came fast as hell, before I knew it the day had come for my date. I stood outside waiting for him to pull up, we had been texting for three days and he did seem cool as hell. We exchanged pictures and he was for damn sure fine, Cammy told the truth about that. Cammy had come earlier and raided my closet until she found the perfect outfit for tonight and I had to admit I was looking sexy as hell. I had on a gray sweater dress that stopped a few inches above my knees and stuck to my curves perfectly. My ass was really sitting up and the low cut in the dress showed just enough breasts. On my feet, I had on my black riding boots and my leather coat. I had my hair in tight kinky curls which I loved; it really brought out my round face. I kept it simple with the jewelry and just wore my silver bangles and a pair of diamond studs Cammy let me borrow. I looked at my phone and saw that he had texted me saying he was about fifteen minutes away. Good thing it wasn't cold because I definitely wasn't going back in my apartment, he was cool and all, but I still didn't want him to see which one was mine just yet. While I stood waiting, I saw Kasan ride by. He must really be upset about this date because he didn't beep or anything. I couldn't do shit but shake my head until I heard his system bumping again, he must have went around the block. He parked in front of my apartment and rolled down the window "Sup big head you looking sexy!"
"Thank you," I replied blushing.
"Wanna catch a movie?"
"When?"
"Now! When else," he said smartly.
"You know my date is tonight. Only you would try and get me to stand my date up," I said laughing at his crazy ass.
"Well you can't blame a nigga for tryin," he replied winking and pulling off. Five minutes later, Anthony pulled up. Getting out the car, he hugged me tight. Damn he smelled like love and he was looking fine. He was 5'11, he had a short cut, and he was wearing gray Levi’s and a white and gray sweater, he was definitely grown man sexy.
"Nice to finally meet you beautiful," he said kissing my cheek.
"Nice meeting you too," I said blushing. He held the door open for me and we pulled off. We made small talk until we arrived at the restaurant; it was beautiful on the outside. When we got in, we were taken to our seats; we sat down and ordered our drinks.
"So tell me more about you Ms. Shante. Why are you single, I mean you're gorgeous, your body is banging, and you have a good head on your shoulders, so what's up?" he said bluntly.
"I could ask you the same question, but I don't know I guess I'm just selective," I replied while sipping my soda. "Tell me more about you?" I asked changing the subject.
"Well as you know I recently moved back here from Atlanta, I'm a paral
egal, I'm twenty-six, no children and I'm single. I usually come out here a lot for business and to see my mom who is the most important woman in my life, I'm an only child so we've always been really close," he replied.
"That's beautiful, you can tell a lot about a man from the way he treats his mother," I said smiling.
"Yeah that’s her calling now, she can be a little over protective, but I love her," he said smiling back at me while pressing end on his phone.
"So where are you staying right now or have you already found a place?"
"No I'm at the Sheraton in Philly right now, I'm still looking," he said while pressing end on his vibrating phone again. Shortly after our waiter came and took our orders. "Hello I'm David and I'll be your server for tonight, do you guys know what you want?" the waiter politely asked.
"Ummmm yes I'll have-" that's all I got out before Anthony ordered for me, which kind of threw me back.
"Yes, she'll take the lobster and steak well done with the asparagus, and I'll have the same," he said confidently.
"Yeah no sorry that's not what I'll be having seeing as though I'm allergic to shellfish," I said aggravated. No this man didn't take it upon himself to order for me without even knowing my likes and dislikes, that was a big turn off.
"Oh I apologize. Seeing as though you've never eaten here I just wanted you to try the best dish," he said sincerely.
"It’s ok, but I'll take the chicken and broccoli Alfredo in wine sauce with a side of garlic bread," I said giving the waiter my menu. Again, his phone was vibrating but this time instead of pressing end, he excused himself and took the call.
"I apologize again; my mother was a little worried because I didn't contact her when I flew in."
"Its fine, is everything good now?" I asked
"Yup everything is cool now," he replied smiling. Our food came and we barely said a word to each other, that's how good it was.
"So this is why you chose to text me instead of calling me back!" a beautiful slender woman said standing behind Anthony.
"What are you doing here, I told you I would come see you later!" he replied nervously.
"Forget about later, why would you fly to Jersey and my house not be your first stop and who is she?" the woman asked pointing to me.
"Excuse me but don't point at me, that's rude, I'm Shante," I said sticking my hand out to shake hers, but instead of shaking my hand she looked at it disgustingly like I had the cooties or some shit.
"Don't be rude to her and how did you even know where I was?" he asked clearly frustrated.
"I found out from that find my phone app," she said boldly.
"You know what, I'm going to excuse myself because it's obvious you guys have some things to discuss," I said standing up.
"No please you don't have to go Shante just let me handle this," he said with pleading eyes.
"No you're right you should leave so me and him can talk," this bitch had the nerve to say after interrupting my date. Instead of cursing her ass out, I just walked out and called Cammy to curse her ass out. I dialed her number, she answered on the first ring.
"How's it going bitch, you like him?" she asked excited.
"I did until his wife or girlfriend came in crashing our date, imma kick your ass I swear!" I said heated.
"Wife? He don't have a wife Shante, I swear. He told me he was single," she tried to explain, but I hung up on her so I could call my cab. Before I could dial the cab, Anthony came out apologizing.
"Look I don't appreciate being put into the middle of some messy BS, go handle your little lovers’ quarrel!" I snapped.
"Lovers quarrel? Naw that's my mom," he said embarrassed.
"Wait that lady is your mother?" I asked confused.
"Yeah I told you she's a little overprotective and I'm sorry for how rude she was but I spoke to her and she's leaving, so can we please finish our date?”
"Naw, I think I'm gonna just go ok."
"Alright if that's what you want to do, but at least take your food because you didn't even get a chance to finish it," he said giving in way to easily. When we walked back to the table I could of slapped that bitch, she was sitting in my seat and had sent my food away.
"Oh you're still here, I could have sworn he sent you away," she said smirking. I swear I wanted to slap that smile right off her face.
"Sent me away?" I asked with my hands on my hips, I swear this woman was going to make me say fuck my elders and curse her ass out.
"Damn mom stop being so rude or I promise you ain't gotta worry about me coming to your house for a long time," he said pissed at her behavior.
"Look, just forget it imma go, it was nice getting to know you," I said.
"Imma drop you home," he said grabbing his coat and keys.
"You will do no such thing, you know this is my favorite place to eat so come join me, she can catch a cab," the bitch had the nerve to say.
"No mom I'm dropping her off!" he said grabbing my hand and walking away from her.
"Look, I don't want you arguing with your mom because of me."
"I like you Shante and if you're going to be in my life she has to get use to you being around."
"Ok I guess," was my only reply and with that, we left the restaurant. The whole ride back to my house his mother called continuously. I swear this shit was worse than a man with a wife, but he was sweet so I guess I could at least try to deal with it.
"Shante I wanted to know if you would come back to my hotel with me later on, we can have a nightcap, then I could drop you off?" he asked eagerly.
"Yeah we can do that Anthony."
"Alright I'll call you when I'm on my way," he said walking me to my door and kissing my cheek. Now the only reason I agreed is because for the most part I really enjoyed his company and was kinda upset that we had to cut it short. He was cute and he was the ultimate gentleman, plus if I wasn't with him tonight, I would have probably called Kasan over so we could watch a movie or something, and I was definitely trying to keep my distance from him.
Later on that night, Anthony called me and we ended up going back to his room, we had a few drinks and talked a lot. He was really a smart guy, but I had to admit he wasn't who I wanted to be spending my time with. As nice as he was, he was boring as hell. We didn't like any of the same movies or music and he wasn't funny at all, but kept trying to be. Before I knew it I had dozed off, when I woke up he wasn't in the living room of the hotel, so I got up and looked for him. I checked the bathroom, the bedroom area and the balcony, but came up empty each time. I started opening doors, which I assumed were closets and for the most part I was right, until I opened the last door, when I walked in it was a whole different hotel room. As I got closer to the bed I couldn't believe my eyes, this nigga was curled up in the fetal position snoring right next to his mom. I was completely freaked the fuck out. First of all, he told me she lived in Jersey, so why would he have a room for her. Instead of standing there trying to figure it out I pulled out my phone, snapped a picture, and hauled ass back to his room. I was cracking the fuck up as I looked at the picture. The shit was weird as hell and I would never date a man who was that close to his mother, hell he might as well be fucking her. I called his phone and after the fourth time calling, he finally answered.
"Hey beautiful," he said sounding like he had just woke up.
"Hey I must have fallen asleep, but where are you so I can go home," I said playing it off.
"Well its 6am so I figured I would get us some breakfast, I just ordered it so give me a minute," he said lying his ass off. Checking my phone, I saw that Kasan had called me ten times and Cammy called me twelve times, but I had no words for that bitch, so I just checked my messages and waited for Anthony’s weird ass to come back. Twenty minutes later, he walked back into the room using the front door which made me laugh. He sat the breakfast on the table and sat next to me.
"So how did you sleep?" he asked.
"I slept well, but I really have to get home so we gotta have break
fast another day," I said ready to go.
"Ok but is everything ok, you seem weird?"
"Oh I seem weird," I replied with a smirk. He grabbed his things and we headed out. Once he pulled up to my apartment I finally told him what was on my mind, well showed him, because I pulled out my phone and showed him the picture.
"How weird do you think it was for me to wake up alone in your hotel room only to find out that you have your room connected to another room where I then found you curled up with your own mother?”
"You don't understand the relationship we have, and I can understand why you wouldn't want to deal with me, but it is not weird. Why is it weird that I love my mom?" he asked sounding dumb as hell.
"That's not weird, what's weird is that you're a grown ass man whose mother calls a hundred times a day, it's weird that your mother has an app to track you, it's weird that you have a hotel room with your mother, and it's definitely fucking weird that you sleep with her."
"My mother was right, y'all bitches just ain't good enough for a man like me!" he said confidently.
"Awww is that what your mother told you?" I said laughing and stepping out of his car, making sure to slam his door.
"Wait Shante, I'm sorry I called you out your name, it just upsets me when woman can't understand the relationship I have with her," he said sincerely with his crazy ass. I walked up to my door and opened it before turning around to look at him.
"Look, no woman is going to accept it because it's borderline incest and I really suggest you both get some help, because the shit ain't natural. Please lose my number," I said slamming the door in his face. When I walked in my house not only was Cammy there, but so were Kasan and Mark. I gave Camille my spare key for emergencies, not for her to just be sitting up in my shit.
"What are y'all doing here this early, I’m tired and I want to lay down," I said exhausted mentally.
"First, tell us why you cursed our boy out," Mark said laughing.
"Because y'all boy is a damn weirdo!" I said filling them in on my night.
"Oh my God Shante I swear I didn't know," Camille said cracking up laughing. I showed them the picture I took and Kasan put it on Facebook talking about that's payback for him calling me out my name. We chilled for hours laughing at that nigga and his weird relationship with his damn crazy mama.
