by Tiece
If it was anybody that could fuck up a wet dream it was her. It was nothing for her to screw her own life up without even realizing that it was happening until it was too late. She knew that she was handling the situation all wrong, and she had to figure out a better way of handling things.
“What you out here thinking about?” Troy asked as he stepped outside on the patio.
“Nothing,” Scarlett said, but nothing was far from the truth.
“You’ve been acting a little funny since you made it back.”
Scarlett just glanced over at him then back down at her cup of tea. It seemed that he was more in tune with her feelings than she was. “I’m good.”
“No you’re not. What happened while you were away?” he questioned.
“I saw Luke at Publix.” She truthfully told him.
“Ah, I see.” Troy said with a slight nod of his head. “How did that go?”
“It didn’t go well.” She admitted.
“Talk to me.” Troy said as he sat down beside her and turned up his Corona. It was no telling what Scarlett was about to say.
“Well, I stopped by Publix to get the beer and chaser. For some reason I started feeling uneasy and just wanted to get out of there. As I’m coming out of the store I drop my purse on the ground and all my things fell out of it. Well, as I’m picking up my things Luke comes over.”
“I see,” Troy said as he continued to listen.
“He started helping me pick up my things and we talked for a little bit. It was nothing major, because honestly I just wanted to leave. I told him that it was over between us, but when I left, he called me.”
“What did he want?” Troy asked feeling unfazed by Luke’s poor attempts to get Scarlett back.
Scarlett looked over at him with concern in her eyes. “My pregnancy test had fallen out of my purse and it was just my luck that he found it.”
“Well,” Troy said not expecting that one. “Did you tell him?”
“No,” she said shaking her head from left to right.
“What he’d say then?”
“He just said something like, so you’re pregnant. And well, I didn’t know what to say so ended our call and then blocked his incoming calls, because he wouldn’t stop calling.”
“Baby,” Troy said with a shake of the head. “You make things hard on yourself. Just tell him and get it over with.”
“I just don’t want him feeling like we have a chance to be together once he learns of this news.”
“Well, just tell him that. I think he understands, but when a man realizes that he’s lost a good thing he’ll do or try anything to get it back. You just have to be strong in your thoughts and your feelings. You told him that it was over, right?”
“Yes,” Scarlett responded.
“And is it really over?”
Scarlett looked over at Troy with a frown on her face. “Yes,” she said. “You shouldn’t have to ask that.”
“Well, you need to stick with that when you talk to him. Have you decided if you want to do the paternity test within a couple of weeks or do you just want to wait until the baby is born?”
Scarlett sat in silence for a moment as she thought about it. The same question had been asked more than a few times since she had found out that she was pregnant. It was something that she was still unsure about.
“A part of me wants to go ahead and get it over with, but another part of me wants to wait. There are risks that could occur and I don’t want to jeopardize my pregnancy.”
Troy knew all about Scarlett’s past and he understood how she felt about it. His intentions were never to pressure her, but he knew that the longer it took for her to find out the harder it would become for her to control her feelings. Even though she seemed to have it all together, he knew better.
“If you wanna wait, we’ll wait.” He said. “I just don’t want you to worry yourself thinking about this and it still end up being too much stress on you and the baby.”
“You’re right.” She said leaning over and kissing him softly on the lips. “You’re always right.”
“Not always, just most of the time,” he said as they laughed.
“What are y’all doing back here?” Sheila asked as she rounded the corner of the house.
Scarlett’s eyes lit up to see that Sheila had actually showed up for her. “Hey,” Scarlett said standing up to greet her with a hug.
“Hey bestie,” Sheila spoke then looked over at Troy. “What’s up Scarlett’s baby daddy?”
Troy laughed. “Nothing much,” he said standing on his feet to give her a hug. “How are you doing?”
“I’m good.” Sheila said, but both she and Scarlett knew better.
“Good,” Troy responded. “I’m glad that you could come over.”
“Well, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. Plus, Scarlett mentioned that you had a couple of friends coming over.”
“Just one friend now,” Troy said. “The other friend had something that came up.”
“Well, that’s even better since Nina isn’t coming. Tonight we don’t need any third wheels.” Sheila said causing Scarlett to laugh a little. “One for you,” she said looking at Scarlett. “Aaaaaaand, DAAAAAMN,” she whispered looking at Dmitri as he stepped outside on the back patio with them. “And one for me,” she said with a smile. Troy and Scarlett laughed.
“What’s up, Bro.” Troy spoke giving Dmitri dap and a slight hug.
“Nothing much,” Dmitri said with a smile on his face. “The front door was unlocked so I let myself in. I heard voices coming from this way so I came on back.” The whole time he hadn’t taken his eyes off of Sheila as she flirtatiously smiled back. It was an instant indication that she had to be the friend and not the baby mama.
“It’s all good.” Troy said. “This is Sheila, one of Scarlett’s best friends.
“Well hey, Sheila. I’m Dmitri. Troy is like a brother to me.”
Damn, I wish I was like a wife to you. Sheila thought staring at how fine Dmitri was standing there in a pair of black, faded coated Versace denims and a Versace white graphic tee-shirt. The deep waves in his jet black hair and his clean cut goatee did nothing but add to the lust she was already feeling for him. She fixated her eyes on his mocha chocolate complexion as he now stood over her. She licked her lips thinking about kissing all over his sexy body as she stared up in his face.
“Nice to meet you,” Dmitri said as he reached out his hand since Sheila had seemed to go off into Lala land like they weren’t there.
Sheila cleared her throat. “Nice to meet you, too,” she finally responded reaching out to shake his hand. “My bestie told me that Troy would be having company, but I can’t lie. I wasn’t expecting you as the company.”
Dmitri grinned. “Is that a bad thing?”
“Not at all,” Sheila said with a smile.
Troy shook his head with a light chuckle. “Aye bro, this is my fiancé, Scarlett.”
“Hey, Troy’s baby mama,” he said causing everyone to laugh. “I’m just playing. Hey my future sister-n-law. It’s really nice to meet you.” He said giving Scarlett a friendly hug. “I’ve heard quite a lot about you.”
“Likewise,” Scarlett said thinking that he was certainly Sheila’s type with his handsome good looks and stylish expensive brand clothing.
“Well, from what I’ve heard you’re the one. I’ve never heard of him talking about anybody the way he speaks about you. I’m glad that you’re in his life.” Dmitri said. He could see why Troy was smitten with her. She was definitely beautiful and charming in her own rights and her best friend wasn’t slipping either.
“Aww,” Scarlett said feeling the love. “It’s nice to meet you, too.”
“I didn’t get one of those.” Sheila playfully said.
“Oh, my bad,” Dmitri said as he wrapped his arms around Sheila like they’d known each other forever. Sheila inhaled the luring smell of his Oud Noir Versace cologne.
“You smell so good.” She w
hispered like she hadn’t had a man in her life for years. Her eyes were closed and the smile on her face told Scarlett and Troy that they were about to hook up if they kept it up.
Dmitri grinned as Troy intervened. “Sheila, you don’t mind if I borrow Dmitri, do you?” Scarlett laughed as she looked over at Sheila.
“No, I guess not.” Sheila said with a light chuckle, and then she added, “As long as you bring him back.”
“Oh no worries, baby. I’ll be back.” Dmitri said as he and Troy entered the house, leaving Scarlett and Sheila alone to talk.
The minute they were inside the house, Scarlett looked over at Sheila and laughed out loud. “Bitch, what have you been drinking today?”
Sheila playfully frowned, and then said, “Whaaaaat?”
“Don’t what me, heifa. Your ass has been drinking, smoking or something.”
“Did you see him?” Sheila asked in a high pitch tone. “That nigga is fine as hell and very easy on the eye. I haven’t been turned on like that in a long, long time.”
“Yeah, he is a hottie.” Scarlett agreed. “But, back to you.”
“Whaaaaat?” she asked again. “Can’t a girl enjoy being single. I mean hell, ain’t that the reason you called me over here?”
“Well, not really but kinda.” Scarlett said as she laughed a little. “I didn’t have a clue that he would look that good, though.”
“Shit, they say birds of a feather flock together. If we were going by how good Troy looked then we should’ve known that he wasn’t hanging with no shabby ass niggas.”
“You got a point.” Scarlett agreed.
“Where’s Nina?” Sheila asked as she sat down beside Scarlett.
“She had already made plans to chill with Stephen tonight.”
“Oh she and Stephen are back together?”
“Not exactly,” Scarlett said with a slight shake of the head. “I feel like they should get back together, but it’s so much going on with that situation. If they could just get past some of those things, it’d be great for them to be together for the kids.”
“I can agree with that.” Sheila said. “So, what’s up with you? What was up with that sketchy ass text message you sent me? I was like, what is this bitch trying to tell me now?”
“I saw Luke today?” Scarlett told her.
“Wow, how was that?” she questioned.
“I’m going to sum it up for you. He knows that I’m pregnant.” Scarlett said.
“So you went ahead and told him?” Sheila questioned. She wanted Scarlett to fess up in hopes that maybe she’d see things differently and get back with him.
“Well, not exactly but he knows. I didn’t tell him that the baby was his though. Honestly, I didn’t really tell him much.”
“Well, I think you should now. If he knows that you’re pregnant then you may as well as let him know what the deal is.”
“Troy feels the same way. I guess I’m stalling, because I don’t wanna take the paternity test until after I’ve had the baby. What if I find out that the baby is his early on? I don’t know how I’ll handle that. I almost don’t wanna know. I know that’s being selfish, but it’s the truth.”
“Well, I can understand that. Things with you and Troy are good. Even though I like Luke, I also like Troy. I just hate you’re caught up in this crazy mess.”
“Me too,” Scarlett said with a shake of the head. “But, I guess y’all are right. I do have to go ahead and tell him. Either way it’s torture if you ask me.”
“It’ll be okay. Just be honest and let the chips fall where they may.” Sheila said just as Dmitri opened the patio door and looked at Sheila.
“You want me to fix you a lil some, some to drink?” He playfully questioned.
“Hell yeah,” Sheila said. “Pour me lots of Vodka and this one,” she said pointing at Scarlett. “Fix her some kool-aid. She’ll be a’ight.” They laughed.
“I got’cha.” Dmitri said as he laughed out loud.
“Did you see him?” Sheila asked again with a shake of the head. “Is that nigga wearing Versace? Giiiiirl, that fine thang is wearing Versace. What kinda work does he and Troy do again?” She playfully asked. Scarlett just laughed as she shook her head. “I might be fucking tonight, bestie.”
“Loooord,” Scarlett dragged with a light chuckle.
Chapter 15
Nina sat on the edge of her bed polishing her toe nails. She thought about her earlier conversation with Stephen. Some of what he’d said made a lot of sense. She had gotten out of touch with reality and what was going on around her. Seeing that video of what Rick had done to her really fucked her up. He was known to have some shady ways, but nothing was shadier than the stunt that he’d pulled.
“He better be glad his ass is dead or I would’ve killed him anyway.” She said then immediately felt bad for saying it. “Damn, Rick. Why’d you have to be so lowdown to me?” She shook her head while continuing to polish her toes.
Stephen was coming over so they could talk. She wasn’t sure how that was going to play out, but she was willing to give it a try. He’d always had her best interests at heart and she never believed otherwise up until the day he walked out on her when she needed him the most.
After she finished polishing the last toe, she sat the nail polish over on her nightstand and lay back on her bed to let her toenails dry. She sighed thinking that she should’ve just gotten out of the house and went to Troy’s. Scarlett did mention that Troy’s homey’s were going to be over there.
She quickly shook her head. “That’s the last thing I need.” She whispered thinking that she didn’t need to get caught up with another man at the moment. Meeting one wasn’t even something that she wanted to do. For quite some time she was hoping to get things back on track with Stephen. When that finally happened, Rick happened with his ruthless shenanigans. For some reason, it felt like she could never be truly happy with Stephen, because something always came between them and most always, it was Rick. It was no wonder he walked out on her. She’d been leaving him for Rick since they’d first hooked up. In actuality she was no saint when it came down to fucking Rick. Rick had the goods and the biggest dick she ever had. The way he touched her walls was nothing that she’d ever felt before. Not only that, but he could eat pussy for days and never get full. If it wasn’t for the sex she would’ve been gotten rid of his no good ass, but the sex was amazingly great and that’s what kept her hooked.
“I need to do better,” she said thinking that she’d never be a fool for a man like that again. Her thoughts then reflected on Stephen. The thing that drew her to him was his swag and his seriously handsome good looks. He had the prettiest white teeth and a smile that could make a bitch wet right there on the spot. His chiseled chocolate body also had her gone. But, the icing on the cake was how he took care of her needs and most of her wants. Rick was no good at anything but fucking. Stephen could fix things around the house, buy things around the house, and was a great father to all of her kids. He was in tune with her every desire. Surprisingly, he could lay it down in the bed too, but Rick’s big dick had her spoiled. Sadly, fucking Rick made it feel like Stephen was just a tickler. He couldn’t reach the walls that Rick touched. She disappointedly shook her head, because had she left Rick alone she could’ve appreciated the love that Stephen made to her.
She smiled thinking back at the time when they had first met. It was seven years prior, a day she’d never forget.
***
Nina was standing up beside Marc inside of Foot Locker helping him look for a pair of new shoes. She glanced toward the opening of Foot Locker and spotted Stephen entering the store looking fine as hell. Nina did a double take. “Damn,” she said just above a whisper. He was certainly a tall glass of ice cold water and just staring at him for the moment was definitely refreshing. He had a few bags in his hand from Macy’s, Dillard’s, Aeropostale, and Champ’s.
Nina definitely was checking him out on the low. She had just broken up with Rick and had been sin
gle for the past four weeks. She was so over his shit and wanted nothing more than to get with someone else and leave his ass alone for good. As she stood there now acting like she was interested in helping Marc, she glanced over to see that Stephen had stepped over beside Marc. Apparently, he was into the new Jordon’s too, but why was he in the kid section?
Stephen cut his eyes at Nina and smiled a little bit. She smiled back, but acted uninterested as she continued to check out the shoes.
“So, my man what kind of shoes are you trying to get?” Stephen asked Marc.
Marc looked up at him with an innocent smile on his face. “I want them red and white Jordon’s.”