Indulgence

Seven

One Week Later

"So are you going to hide behind that damn menu all night or are you going to actually talk to me."

Fatima rolled her eyes and slowly slid her menu down, peering over at her best friend with the same doe eyes she had when she first arrived.

"What should we talk about?"

Danni looked at her like she had two heads "Bitch you called me four times and texted me twelve. You better have something to talk about. I'm supposed to be under someone's son right now Fatima Marie!"

"That's what—" she sighed and collected her thoughts "That's what I wanted to talk to you about." She said slowly

"Oop—teeeeaaaa" she sang squirming in her chair with excitement "You been up under somebody's son? Is that why I ain't seen your ass in almost three weeks?!"

Fatima looked around slightly embarrassed "Why are you so freaking loud? And no...not really"

"Not really? There's no in between when it comes to sex. Either you fuckin or you not"

Fatima rolled her eyes "I'm not Danni, damn."  Fatima paused when the waiter came to the table. They decided to eat at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Danni ordered the Fish and Shrimp and patiently waited for Fatima to order her a salad so she could get this tea "I'll have the Spicy Shrimp and asparagus"

Dannie's eyes bugged "What? No salad?"

Fatima thought about and tried to hide her grin. Zac had damn near recommended that she kept herself fed. He went as far as to having her food delivered on her lunch break two weeks ago.Suddenly her face softened and she pouted

"Girl what the hell is wrong with you?"

Fatima glanced down at her phone and didn't see any incoming messages. Her lip poked out once again

"Listen, poke that lip out one more time and not tell me what the issue is and I'm going home."

Fatima sighed "Okay, so you remember the guy from the lounge?"

"Vaguely" Danni scanned her memory before leaning across the table "Okay. Yeah, my back up weed man." She raised her eyebrow at her best friends demeanor " Stella is that you?" She chuckled

"We hung out a few times and we were texting every day."

"Were?"

"I think I maybe was starting to like him Danni. He's cool, he's funny, he can hold a conversation, and he seems nice."

Danni's smile faded "WHY do I feel a BUT coming on?"

"He's a kid D"

She rubbed her forehead "Don't tell me he's in high school. I don't know any good lawyers Fatima."

"Wha—" she scoffed "No! He's still wet behind the ears though. He's only 23 years old"

"Oh. Okay so how old is his dick?"

"Did you hear me?"

"I did. I heard he's not in high school, he's over 21 so he's legal and he likes your mean ass. Sounds like a catch to me. Definitely already two steps ahead of Ian. Does he have a job?"

"You know how he makes his money. He's still in school. Architecture"

"Ten steps ahead of Ian! He has officially taken the lead"

They both shared a laugh before she glanced at her phone again. Nothing. It had been nothing for the past week. After Zac left, he messaged her to check on her mental but after two days of not knowing what else to say, the messages and phone calls stopped.