Thugging With My Thuggette

TWMT 34

ARELY

I walked into the hotel lobby..

I bribed the hotel clerk to tell me Smokes room number and then went to my room to bath and change.

I had had a little blood residue on me but none was noticeable.

I knocked at his room door and waited..

He opened the door shirtless like he was sleeping..

"Miss me?" I said walking up on him.

He smirked.

"Stop playin' wit me." He said pulling me into his embrace.

"No you stop playing with me." I said.

"What you talkin' bout." He joked.

"Nothing." I smile.

I was gonna tell him, but he'll probably figure once he sees it on the news.

We had made love all night and I just couldn't get enough.

I hope he meant his apology because I really was anxious to know what was gonna happen next.

So the next morning I woke up and Smoke wasn't beside me.

I frowned and sat up looking around the room.

His things were gone.

I looked at my phone and saw a message from him, saying that he was gone to handle business and that I should go back to Daisy's until he could figure something out.

I got myself together and went back to my room. I turned the tv on that was mounted on the wall scanning through the channels for the news.

Finally, a report of an unidentified man found shot to death in vehicle.

I was reluctant but I was scared as hell at the same time. Cause now, I was probably bout to be locked up all for love, all for to be a "thuggette" ? I gotta ask again? Is it really worth it.

I packed my stuff up and called Daisy who didn't answer. I called Smoke and neither did he.

I caught a bus down to where the spot was located and walked in.

Most were looking at me crazy especially when I asked for Smoke.

Luckily they trusted me enough to tell me.

I walked toward the back to where he be sometimes and knocked.

"Who dat?" I heard someone say.

I could tell it was multiple people in there because I heard voices before I even knocked.

"Arely." I said.

It was quiet.

The door was opened, giving me the freedom to walk in.

Everybody was just looking at me all crazy. I know it was a bad idea coming down here.

Shit was embarrassing, because Smoke just sat there looking crazy like they was.

"Aye y'all give me a minute." He finally said.

They slowly started to clear out leaving just us two .

I cleared my throat cause it was quiet and awkward asf because like nigga..you not happy to see me?

And his phone was on his lap so why tf didn't he answer? Or call me back?

Damn, was I really tripping on him, this wasn't like me.

"I called you." I simply said.

"Yeah, I was handling some shit." He simply said.

"So you couldn't call me back?" I asked straight up.

"Yo, you shouldn't even be down here." He said .

I'm pretty sure it was the accusations his boys put in his head.

"Really? What about last night?" I asked feeling hurt.

"Look, imma just hit you later I can't do this shit wit you here." He said getting up from the chair and pulling his pants up.

I watched him walk toward the door.

"Did you or did you not mean it?" I asked crying.

"Arely I said not now, you really coming down here with this bs." He said.

"No, I wasn't, but since you act like you don't fwm in front of your homies then I guess so." I said. My sorrow turning into anger. "And FYI I don't care shit about them or what they think, and if you do then that just shows how you really feel about me." I went on.

"You know how I feel about you, but business is business." He said.

"Fuck your business." I said unaware.

He stepped up to me.

"Just cause I feel the way I feel about you don't mean you get to disrespect me." He said calmly.

"And because I feel the way I feel about you I've respected you."

"Calm down." He said.

"Cause you gettin' all worked up over nothing." He said pulling his ringing phone from his pocket

I sighed wiping my eyes.

"Sit down." He said answering.

I did as told, listening to him talk.

"Nah fr?.....nah it's cool...." He said hanging up. He looked at me crazy.

"What?" I wondered out loud.

He found a remote and turned on the flat that was in the room putting it on the news.

It was Monty's murder.

It was a knock on the door and Smoke gave the person the okay to come in. It was Kane.

"Aye nigga you heard?" He asked peeping his head in the door before walking in.

"Shit nigga you think I ain't." Smoke said still looking at the screen.

"Em boys handled that shit." Kane said.

Wait what?...

Smoke just nodded.

"Imma go handle some business.." he said to me.

Kane started to leave the room.

"But we was talkin'." I said once he was gone. I was now at his mercy and dang near ready to expose myself for the murder I committed.

Whatever to make him budge.

"I said we'll talk later Aite"! He said.

"...Aite." I said getting up to leave.

I was walking to the door and turned around to let his ass know one more thing..

"Oh..and can you at least answer the ph...

He kissed me making the bottom of my stomach feel tightened on the inside.

"Always answer ma phone." He pulled from the kiss and said.

Boom..

Here my goofy ass go just smiling and blushing.

He didn't know it, but he was everything to me.