No 'I' in Team (The Team #2)

CHAPTER ONE

Carmell

What an asshole, I thought as I watched Roy dance with his bimbo date.

Renee and Alex returned from the dancefloor super excited.

"You girls want anything to drink?" Alex, ever the gentleman, asked, looking at me and then to the spot where Roy dance, watching the daggers I was shooting from my eyes.

"Dr. Pepper, Babe." Renee said.

"Sex on the Beach from me. Thank you, Alex." I responded.

"Alright, one Sex on the Beach and one water, coming right up." And he walked towards the bar.

"Hey, I said a Dr. Pepper!" Renee shouts. "Ugh!"

"You're pregnant, did you really think he was gonna give you a caffeinated drink?" I raise my eyebrow at her.

She laughs, "No, but it was worth a try."

"Did you invite Me'Shel?" I asked, curious about her absence. We'd been getting back to how ur friendship was with Me'Shel, pre-Marcus, but every now and then she'd ditch us for him.

"I invited her but..."

"I got it." I replied with a sigh. "Still not ready to call it quits and cut her out of our lives?"

She shook her head. "She'll see the error of her ways and I don't want to abandon her when she does."

"Not gonna lie, if I had a sister and she passed away and one of my best friends weren't there for me...that person wouldn't be my friend anymore."

Renee shrugs, she understands how I feel but she a little more kind-hearted than I.

"You never told me what happened with you and Roy. One minute you two seemed perfect for each other, now, I dread having you in the same room together for more than three minutes."

I sighed. "It's a long story. Stay the night with me and I'll tell you about it."

"Sure." Renee chirped.

"Sure what?" Alex and Roy say at the same time. I ignore Roy and the blonde date hanging from his arm while Renee answers Alex.

"I'm staying the night with Carmell."

Alex frowns. "Really, I thought we were gonna have mommy, daddy time tonight?"

"Aww, Babe." Renee kisses Alex all over his face. "I'll come home early tomorrow morning and we can have mommy, daddy time before your parents bring the kids home."

Renee and Alex had for kids with a fifth one on the way. Two daughters; Raelynn and Angelina, and two sons; Antonio and Augusto. The fifth's gender was still unknown because at five months, he or she was very shy.

"Ooh, well if it's a girl nights I think I should join." Roy's bimbo said.

"Um, why would you think that?" I questioned.

"Well," she flips her hair. "I'm seeing Roy so that means we're gonna see each other a lot." Another hair flip. "We should be friends.

Renee, the gentler of the two of us, spoke up. "Sweetie, I don't think that's going to work."

"Why?" Bimbo asked.

I struggled with my irritation as I answered. "Look, Roy is using you. He's gonna fuck you tonight and after that, you'll never see or hear from him again and if you do, it'll be because you were a good lay." I stand up and walk out of the club to my car. Renee kissed Alex and followed.