I sat next to Sam at Frankie's cookout.His yard was full of his friends and our coworkers that we actually liked.We'd been here for a few hours and the sun was starting to set.
"What the hell is he doing here?"Sam said lowly to me
I looked to where her eyes were.Across Frankie's yard was my ex boyfriend, James.
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I watched him and Frankie hug.
"What the hell is going on?I didn't know he was still cool with Frankie."She said
"..Me neither."I said lowly
His eyes met mine and he started to make his way over to us.
"Fuck."I mumbled
"Nessa..how you doing babygirl?"He smiled
"Im good."I nodded
"Sam."He said looking in her direction
"James."She said lowly
"Uh..if you don't mind I kinda wanna talk to you alone."He told me
"Uh-..okay."I said
He motioned for me to follow him and I did.We went inside and there were only a few people in here.
"You want a drink?"He asked me walking toward the kitchen
"Hennessy is fine."I nodded
I leaned against the counter top as he poured the brown liquor into a red solo cup.He passed it to me and poured himself one as well.
"You look great."He said
I looked up from my cup.
"Thanks..you too."I said
There was a silence.
"...I'm sorry for how things ended.How things were those last few months.You didn't deserve any of it."He said
"Thank you."I said
"You don't have to be so closed off ma.I'm not gonna try anything.I saw you're in a situation."He said
I looked down at my cup.
"Didn't take you to be into white dudes."He stated
"Your mother's white."I muttered
He chuckled."Yeah but we both know I'm a nigga."
I chuckled thinking of the memories I had with him.He,Sam,Frankie and I were all interns together at ReelNation straight out of college.We were all really close friends and then I started dating James.When our relationship broke up, so did our friend group..or so I thought.
