Serendipity

Cleo[103]

Today is Friday and it's the first day of the launch party. I was excited to finally be able to show what I've been working on. Delilah and I had a good conversation this morning about us. She told me Rhys's doctor has been looking for doctors for Rhys down here. She wants to be with me and she's willing to come stay with me if Rhys gets a good doctor. I hope they find him a good doctor cuz I missed them so much.

I was currently getting ready. I had to be there an hour before the guest arrive to make sure everything was set and ready to go. I finished put on my clothes and put my locs into a slick back. I sprayed on some cologne, grabbed my wallet, grabbed my phone and headed out. It took me 20 minutes to get to the place. When I got there the owner of the building and the people who setting the equipment up were all here.

"Hey Cleo..." Jax(owner) said walking up to me

"Wassup..." I said dabbing him up

"You ready for tonight??" He asked looking at me

"Ready than I'll ever be..." I said smiling

"You're doing big things Cleo..." he said patting my on the shoulder before walking off

I went around to speak and to see if everything was together. Everything looked good. After a few, people started rolling in. After like 15 minutes I seen Luxe, her girl, Bri, Sunny and Reese all coming in but I didn't see Delilah.

"Hey y'all, where's Delilah??" I asked walking up to them

Bri turned and pointed to the door. I seen Delilah coming in with Indigo and Mari. I waved at them as they made their way over to us.

"Hey Cleo..." Mari said waving

Indigo and I dabbed each other up. I turned towards Delilah gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. She looked at me and smiled.

"It looks nice..." Delilah said looking around

As she looked around, everybody went to sit down. I was just looking at her. She turned and said something to me but I ain't hear nun she said.

"Huh??" I asked

"It says Queerious was made by Alexander King. I thought you made it..." she said

"I did..." I said

"So, whose Alexander King??" She asked

"Me..." I said smile

She squinted her eyes at me and I kept smiling.

"You used my last name??" She asked

"Yes..." I said

"Why??" She asked shocking

"It sounded better we Alexander..." I said

"Where Alexander comes from??" She asked

"That's my middle name..." I said

"Cleo Alexander Bradly..." she said looking at me

"No, Cleo Alexander King..." I said

"Alexander King, huh??" She said grabbing the bottom of my hoodie

"Yeah..." I said as we smiled at each other

She pulled me closer and was about to kiss me before I heard my name being called. When I heard the voice I knew I was fucked.

I looked over Delilah's shoulder and seen Hazel. The fuck was she doing here, I didn't invite her. She started walking towards me.

"Hey baby..." she said hugging me

She tried to kiss me but I moved back.

"What are you doing here??" I asked

"Cuz I wanted to see you. I told them I was your girlfriend and I came to surprise. Surprisingly, they let me in..." she said smiling

I looked at Delilah and she was looking at me.

"Who's this??" Hazel asked

"I'm Delilah. I'm a friend of Cleo's..." Delilah said with a very small smile

"Babe, I didn't know you had some of your friends coming..." Hazel said looking at me

"I didn't know you was coming..." I said

"Of course I was coming to support..." she says smiling

"DELILAH!!" We heard Bri yell for Delilah

"Well that my cue..." Delilah said walking off

I grabbed her arm. She didn't even look at me, she just snatched it away from me and she kept walking. I took a deep breath as I rubbed my face. I turned back around to Hazel and she was looking at me.

"What are you doing here??" I asked

"I came to support my baby..." she said grabbing my hand but I moved it

"I told you Hazel we aren't a thing. Yea we had sex one time so what, I was drunk. You can't keep popping up on me cuz I don't belong to you. Why can't you get that through your thick skull. Now you can stay if you want and enjoy the rest of the night but don't pop up on me anymore..." I said to her before walking off

I went to where everybody were and I grabbed Delilah's hand. She tried to moved it but I held it tighter.

"Lemme talk to you..." I said looking at her

"I don't feel like talking..." she said not looking at me

"Delilah please..." I said pulling on her arm

She sipped on her drink, took a deep breath and walked towards the door. I walked behind her. When we made it outside, she took a left and walked down a little farther then turned to me.

"What??" She asked

"I swear there nothing going on be—..." I started but she cut me off

"You don't owe me an explanation for nothing. We are not together so you can do as you please..." she said

"Don't do that..." I said looking at her

"Cleo you are a single woman. You've been a single woman for 2 years now. You moved on and that's okay, I can't be mad at that..." she said

I was bout to say some but she cut me off before I could even start.

"Now if you're done, I would like to get back inside and finish my drink..." she said looking at me

I was bout to talk again and she walked off.

"Delilah..." I said but she kept walking

"FUCK!!" I yelled

After a few seconds I went back in. It was time for me to do my speech. I took a deep breath and went up with a smile. I went up introduce myself, my inspiration to start a web series, I let the characters come up to introduce themselves and the web series started. Whole time I had my eye on Delilah. She wasn't really engaging in anybody's conversation. She was just sipping her drink and watching the big screen. Once it was done, I went up Thanked everybody for coming and I went back down. I shook hands from creators from other web series and them telling me how good I did. I thanked them and Sunny called me over. I went over to where they were. All of them telling me how good it was and how I did a good job. I looked to the back and I seen Delilah looking around to avoid talking to me. After I was done talking to them I walked up to her.

"How you liked it??" I asked looking at her

"It was good..." she said not looking at me

I grabbed her chin and made her look in my eyes. She looked at me and tears were in her eyes.

"Baby..." I said softly

She removed her face from my hand, grabbing her purse and started walking outside. I took off behind her.