by Tynessa
“Man, have you heard anything about Star? I know the streets talk to you so I know you know something.” I got straight to the point.
He twitched his face. “Something like what?”
“Man the other night while we was having sex she called me Drea’s name,” I said a little embarrassed. He stood there with his mouth wide open, his eyes bucked, and I couldn’t do nothing but drop my head.
He rubbed his hand down his face. “Aye bro I shouldn’t be the one telling you this but I have heard her and that Drea chick fucking around.”
I stood there looking at my older brother as if he had two heads. I always knew something was up with them two, Star spend more time with her than with me.
“Man I’m sorry bro but I been told you to let her lil ass go or put your damn foot down one,” he said and I just nodded my head up and down as Bino walked out.
“Yo I thought y’all niggas had bounced… what’s good?” he asked.
“Nothing, we’re just having a brother to brother talk,” Ronny replied and Bino gave him a strange look, I assumed he knew as well. Ronny then threw his arms around my neck.
“Come on lil bro and let me get you a dance from one of the realest hoes in there,” he said damn near pulling me back inside.
Once we made it back up to VIP, I saw Ronny whispering into some light-skinned girl’s ear before they walked over to where I was sitting.
“Aye bruh this sexy red bone goes by the name of Flirtatious… Flirtatious this is my lil bro Nell,” Ronny said smiling as she made her way over to me. I have to admit, she was bad as hell. She stood at 5’6 about 135 pounds; I could tell she was mixed with something because she had a sexy exotic look that was indescribable. Her curly jet-black weave was long, almost to her ass and she had the sexiest set of hazel brown eyes. You talking about love at first sight!
I sat back in my chair while Flirtatious gave me lap dance after lap dance while I took shots of Parton. After my fifth shot, I was passed fucked up. I didn’t know who kissed who first but all I know is she had straddled me and was tonguing me down. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t enjoying it. We did that most of the night. When she wasn’t giving me a dance she had her tongue down my throat.
“You leaving with me?” I whispered in her ear once the lights came on letting us know it was time for the club to close.
She bit her bottom lip as if she was contemplating if she wanted to go or not. “Yes, just let me go get changed first,” she said before disappearing. I looked over at my brother as the stripper he was just hugged up with disappeared right after Flirtatious.
About 15 minutes later, both women were strutting towards us. My brother and me looked at each other and smiled as we got up. Once we got to his house me and Flirtatious didn’t waste any time going upstairs to the spare bedroom as Ronny and the other stripper that goes by the name of Strawberry made their way to the master bedroom.
I woke up the next morning with no regrets what so ever about last night. Yeah I was fucked up but I wasn’t that fucked up to not know I was about to do something that could ruin my relationship. To tell you the truth, at this point I really didn’t give a fuck. I wasn’t going to sit and pretend as if the love that I have for Star is gone because it wasn’t but I was sick of trying to make something out of nothing. I guess that saying is true: Some things just aren’t meant to be!
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2 weeks later
Star
“I have to get back home baby,” I said.
“Why? You know I hate when you have to leave me.”
“I know baby but I want to be home in case Cornell decides to bring his ass home tonight,” I said to Drea as we cuddled in her King size bed while her man was out of town.
“Okay, I guess I understand,” Drea said rolling her eyes. I kissed her lips.
“Don’t be like that boo,” I said getting out of the bed. We made small talk while I showered and dress. I gave her one passionate long kiss before leaving her house, little did she know that was gonna be the last time I was fucking with her on that level.
I pulled up to my house to find Nell’s car parked in the driveway but the house was pitched black. Once I got inside, I flipped on the lights going room from room searching for Nell, and after noticing he wasn’t there, I grabbed my cell to call him but no answer. A few minutes later I heard a car pull up, I looked out our bedroom window to see my man getting out of a pink Benz. Who the fuck car is that?
I was sitting in the living room when Cornell walked through the door. “Who the fuck car was that?” I asked getting off the couch walking towards him. He gave me a little push.
“Drea,” he said sarcastically. I eyed him hard wondering what the fuck he knew.
“Who the fuck you been fucking Cornell?” I asked. I’d been smelling the same perfume fragrance for about two weeks now.
“Probably the same bitch you been fucking.”
“What the fuck are you trying to say Cornell?” I asked but I already knew where this conversation was headed.
He let out a loud laugh “Come on baby, you know exactly what the fuck I’m talking about,” he said with his face so close to mines that I could smell the liquor and weed on his breath. He then walked to the bedroom and I followed.
“I thought we had something special Star.” He sat sitting down on the bed.
“We do baby,” I said trying to grab his hand but he snatched away.
“We don’t,” he yelled. “Everything was so fucking good… where we went wrong?” he asked with so much hurt in his eyes. Hurt that I caused. There I was trying to fuck his brother and cheating on him with a female when all he ever wanted was my love. Tears rolled down my cheeks.
“I’m sorry Cornell… I’m fucking sorry,” I cried out loud.
“Do you know how crushed my ego is for you to turn to another bitch? Was I not man enough for you? Did she fuck you better than me with that fake dick, Huh?” he roared in anger.
“I’m sorry baby… I didn’t mean for it to happen. I promise that shit will never happen again.”
He grabbed me by the back of my neck “I’ll fucking kill that bitch,” he said in a cold tone that gave me chills. I’d never seen Cornell that anger before or heard him say he would kill anyone.
“Baby please… I’m sorry Cornell.”
He released me and I fell on the floor as he turned to walk out of the room.
“I’m pregnant,” I said just above a whisper.
He stopped dead in his track, turned around and glared at me.
Chapter 12
Brooke
I was setting the table when Bino walked in the kitchen. He walked over to me and kissed the back of my neck. “Morning baby,” he said between kisses.
I turned to face him and threw my arms around his neck. “Good morning my love.” I kissed his scrumptious lips that I had become accustom to. Once we were done tonguing one another down, I called for the kids to come eat breakfast. I loved mornings like this.
“So what you doing today?” Bino asked me.
“I’m supposed to meet up with Shan to have a girl’s day out. You know, just to get her out of the house for a little while.”
He nodded his head as he stuffed a fork full of cheese eggs in his mouth. “That’s what’s up. I heard about the baby.”
“Yeah, my girl real depressed about it. She having another baby by him and they’re not together.”
“They need to get their shit together. She gonna have a fit when she finds out what her sister been up to,” Bino said.
“I want to beat that bitch’s ass myself.” I was becoming angry all over again. I hate grimy hoes like that.
“I know but we don’t have shit to do with that,” he let me know. We discussed a few more things as we ate. After we finished I cleaned the kitchen, showered, and was out the door with my three kids and Bino’s daughter.
On the way to Shan’s house, she called me to let me know she was at her parents’ house and
for me to meet her over there. Once I got there and got the kids out we walked up to the front door, knocked and seconds later, it opened.
“Hey Mrs. Samantha,” I said hugging Shan mother and she hugged me back before grabbing the kids hugging and kissing them. She loved them as if they were her own grandkids and they loved her and Debbie as well.
“Come on, Shan is in the living room,” she said as we walked in.
Shan was sitting on the couch watching LMN when we walked in. “Hey girl,” she said not taking her eyes off the TV.
“Hey mama. You about ready?” I didn’t even sit down.
She got off the couch “Yeah. Come on Ray’Shun,” she said before picking up Niyah. I don’t know why but my eyes instantly went to her stomach since this was the first time I saw her since she told me she was pregnant.
“Y’all can leave the kids with me. I know y’all don’t want to haul them in and out of the car all day.” I almost jumped for joy when Mrs. Samantha said that. Shan and me thanked her and was out the door.
We went and got our hair and nails done, then we hit up the mall thanks to Bino for giving me his black card. We had so much stuff it was ridiculous and being that Shan was pregnant I had to carry some of her bags.
“Y’all need help?” I heard a deep voice from behind us. Startled, we both looked back at the same time to find a tall dark skin handsome guy with a mouth full of gold teeth smiling at us. He could do without the golds but Shan seemed to like them, the way she was looking at him like he was a piece of meat.
“Do I know you?” she finally asked.
“From the club” They said at the same time. I guess Shan saw the confused look that was on my face because she turned to me.
“You remember we met him and his homeboy that night before you left,” she said and it came to me that quick.
“Oh yeah, what’s his name,” I said snapping my finger and he reminded me that it was Jroc. We stood there talking for a little while before he finally grabbed our bags and walked us to the car. After putting the bags in the truck, I got inside and waited patiently for them to finish talking. Once they was done, Shan got in wearing a big smile. Learning that they was going to have dinner in a few days didn’t sit well with me. I needed for her and Ronny’s ass to get their life and stop with all these childish ass games they were playing but I wasn’t gonna speak on it. Like my boo said we didn’t have shit to do with that. As long and me and mines were happy, I was good and all the other shit is irrelevant.
Cornell
Since Star told me she was pregnant I decided to stay with her and try to make this shit between us work but it was hard to get Kandi, the stripper Flirtatious from the club, out my head. She wasn’t making it any better calling me every other day. I finally decided to answer and invite her to dinner to explain my situation and she gladly accepted it. I called Star and told her I was handling something with Ronny and it might be late when I got home and to my surprise, she didn’t argue. I walked in the restaurant we were meeting at and she was the first person I saw.
I told the server who I was meeting and she led me to her. I smiled as she stood up for a hug. “Hey Pretty,” I said embracing her. I held her tightly as her sweet perfume invaded my nostril. This shit is going to be hard.
Once I gave her a peck on the lips, we sat down and the waitress came over for our drink order. “Goose and cranberry,” I ordered and she ordered a coke with no ice.
“So what’s been up with you? One minute we’re chilling then the next minute you’re ignoring my calls,” she said and I dropped my head before looking into her eyes. I’d never had to go through no shit like this. My heart was with Star but I couldn’t get Kandi out my system. I took hold of her hand.
“I haven’t been totally honest with you,” I said and she eased her hand away from mine and shifted nervously in her seat.
“Well what’s up?”
I dropped my head once again. I liked what Star and I had but I loved what me and Kandi have going on now and I wasn’t ready to let her go just yet. “I have a pregnant girlfriend at home.”
She let out a soft laugh. “I already knew you had a girl at home. But pregnant, I didn’t know that,” she said looking away from me as the waitress came back with our drinks. She asked were we ready to order and I told her to give us a minute. I turned my attention back to Kandi wondering how she knew I was in a relationship.
“How did you know about my girl?”
“You Ronny’s little brother… When they talk about him, they talk about everybody that rolls with him.”
“So why did you even start fucking with me if you knew I had a girl?” I wanted to know.
“Your brother told me that you and her was going through something, I was just gonna give you a dance and that was it. But the more I chilled with you the more I became attracted to you that night. I was going to just fuck you that one time and that was it but I just couldn’t stop,” she said biting down on her bottom lip.
I sat quietly in my chair for a few seconds that seemed like forever.
“I really like you a lot Kandi but after learning my girl is pregnant I have to be there for her and my baby.”
“And I understand that Nell… have I ever asked you to leave your girl for me?” I didn’t say anything so she continued. “Exactly, so why would I asked you to leave her now?”
I just bit down on my bottom lip unsure of what to say next. I couldn’t just let her walk away even if we were gonna only be just friend.
“Yeah, you right” I finally said.
“I know I’m right,” she smiled. There was that beautiful smile I liked so much and it caused me to smile as well.
“I was wondering if we could still be friends. I mean, I understand if you don’t want that but you have to admit we did have some fun times together,” I said giving her my most charming smile. She blushed before rolling her eyes then turned her head.
“I guess… But no sex,” she finally said.
I nodded my head “No sex,” I said reaching over so we could shake hands.
All I have to say is Star better get her shit together because the first time she fucks up, I was out.
Ronny
I pulled up to Shan’s house and laid my hand on the horn until I saw her door swing open, then her head popped out. She held up her index finger telling me to give her a minute. I looked at my ringing phone to see the stripper Strawberry calling and sent her to the voicemail as Shan was making her way to the car, carrying Niyah and Ray’Shun was behind her.
I hopped out to meet her and grabbed my daughter out her arms. “What’s up lil man,” I said rubbing the top of Ray’Shun’s head and he spoke back. I buckled Niyah into her car seat I kept in my truck and Ray’Shun got in his booster seat. “Y’all ready,” I asked once I got back into the driver seat.
Today was the day Shan was going to find out if we were having a boy or a girl and I was too excited. Though I was there when she had my son, I missed her give birth to my daughter and I’d be damned if I missed out on this baby too. It would be nice if we could raise our kids together but I didn’t see that shit happening with all the curve balls coming our way.
We dropped the kids off at my mother’s house before heading to the doctor. Being that the only time I saw her pregnant was when she was pregnant with Ray’Shun and that was damn near 5 years ago, I must say it was looking good on her. Her hips had spread and her breast even grew a size bigger, but that ass was just delicious.
“So are you happy you gonna have another diva to spoil?” Shan asked once we left the doctor’s office and found out we were having another girl.
“Of course I am, but you know Niyah’s not gonna have that shit.”
She rolled her eyes and smacked her lips “You know she’s not.”
“That’s my princess. You hungry?”
“Naw, I’m good,” was all she said as her phone went off. She looked at it and began texting. The whole ride to my mom’s house to pick up the kids then
to her house she was texting. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t pissed. After dropping her off, I pulled out my cell phone and looked through my call log. I hit send after finding Strawberry’s number.
“I’m about to come over,” I said when she answered the phone and she said okay. I needed to bust a quick nut.
Strawberry was cool and all, but I didn't want a relationship with her or no shit like that. I couldn't see myself being with another stripper on that level. To me, she was just a jump off like Denise. My mind then went to her as I picked up my cell phone. I remember telling her to call me after she had the baby so I can go see it, but she never called. I dialed her number that I still remembered only to find out it was no longer in service which only meant either she had her number changed or her phone was cut off. Therefore, I decided to pay a visit to her house.
I wasn’t one of these bomb ass niggas that didn’t take care of their responsibilities so I needed to know if the baby she was carrying is mine or not. I wasn’t about to have a baby out there that I didn’t know about. I pulled up to the house, hopped out my truck and walked up to the door. I knocked and seconds later, some skinny black ass nigga opened the door.
He looked me up and down and I did the same to him “Yo, Denise here?” I asked with an attitude. Why? I didn’t know.
“Oh you want Nise. Who are you?” his whole demeanor changed.
“An old friend… Is she here?” who I was to that nigga wasn’t important.
“No, actually Nise moved back to Maryland.”
“Maryland?” I said aloud. “Do you have a number for her?”
He hesitated before telling me he didn’t. I knew he was lying but I said, “That’s what’s up,” and turned to walk away.
I was pissed but happy at the same damn time. Since she just up and left like that I was assuming the baby wasn’t mine but what pissed me off was the fact that she wasn’t woman enough to tell me.
I rode around with a lot of shit on my mind before heading home. I felt like being alone so that hoe Strawberry was going to have to wait another time.