I pulled up to the house and was instantly annoyed; there was nowhere to park, Ala'Ven in his friends were flirting with a group of girls from the neighborhood, and Mrs. Summers was being nosy and I already knew she was either going to complain or ask for a plate. I got out of the car pretending to be on the phone and ignored Mrs. Summers who was calling my name, I waved but kept walking and when Ala'Ven saw me coming he smiled and then tried to hurry the girls along but their intentions were clear from the way they were looking at my son. After a brief conversation with Ala'Ven, I walked into the house and got even more annoyed, a few of my coworkers were gathered around Ty'Ree asking him a bunch of questions and I could tell by his face he was uncomfortable but when he saw me his timidness turned into anger... I wasn't about to deal with him or his ego, so I waved to everyone and continued looking for Seven. When I finally reached the backyard there were even more people mostly Seven's teammates as well as Tiana, Iran, Izayah, and the rest of them... though I was surprised that Tion wasn't here yet. I looked around some more and saw Seven standing by the grill, shirtless with Tolou, Azi, and some other dude who looked familiar but I couldn't quite place his face though I was all too familiar with the look in his eyes as he looked Seven up and down lustfully and Seven seemed to be enjoying the attention.
"About damn time you got here, you really need to turn your damn phone back on...." Tiana said walking over to me. "Trust me, ever since they got here dude has been smiling all up in Seven's face, like smiling hard as fuck.... and the way Seven has been smiling back....." Tiana said and I felt a flicker of irritation.
"Who is he? I l know everyone on Seven's team and I know most of the dudes in the league but I don't think I've ever seen him." I said looking over at Seven and it really fuckin annoyed me that his print was clearly visible and he didn't seem to care that the dude was looking.
"I don't know... I haven't been able to get any info, I thought about asking Tolou, plus Zakiya and Dalisa want me to thank him for those boots and I gotta ask him why I didn't get any.... anyway but I'm afraid if I go over there I'm going to punch Seven in the face for throwing me in the pool the other d......" Tiana paused and turned towards me, she looked me up and down, then proceeded to smell me. "You were with Errol..." She said shocked. "Don't even try to lie because I know damn well you don't wear that kind of cologne, it's too masculine." She said looking like she was ready to start swinging.
"Relax, nothing happened... we were just talking and I ended up falling asleep. NOTHING HAPPENED!" I reiterated and I could see the wheels turning in her head. "You know what, whatever you're going to say just say it because....."
"SEVEN LOOK WHO DECIDED TO SHOW UP!!!!!" Tiana yelled and Seven looked over in our direction and the flirtatious smile on his face turned into one of pure happiness at seeing me. Tiana pushed me towards Seven and I walked over to him slowly, looking back to see Tiana standing in the same exact spot, wheels still turning.
"Hey...." Seven said hugging me and then he quickly stepped back, his eyes were burning with rage and I could tell that at that moment he smelled Errol's cologne. It happened quickly, if you blinked you missed it but I knew that look in his eyes as he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me over to the small group he was talking to. "Tyson, you know Tolou and Azi...." Seven said and I wondered if Azi made those shrimp things he bought last time because.... "And this is Camilo Ñíguez... he plays forward for Manchester." Seven said and I smiled politely but internally I was rolling my eyes, I barely understood football and now he expected me to know about baseball?
"Nice to meet you... Seven there goes Tion." I said as Tion, LaFayetter, Zyn and a group of people I didn't know walked into the backyard. Seven told me to socialize and walked over to greet his brother, leaving me alone with Tolou, Azi, and Camilo. "So uhh.... is this your first time in Houston?" I asked trying to start a conversation so as not to be rude.
