Meeting Marshall Mathers: The Later Years

There's dates, and then there's soulmates.

The foyer was full of our laughter as we entered Marshall's place. We was laughing at Karlies ramblings in the car ride we'd just shared,

"She's a hoot" his laugh faded as we stood before one another,
"Man I... I can't believe we're here, again" he grinned as he chucked his keys into a bowl on a side table,

"Hmm, I can" I welcomed his arms around me,

"What do you wanna do" he shrugged,

"Well I don't know about you but I'm fucking hungry"

"Yea? For me"

"I've already curbed that craving.. more for actual food"

"Aight... I mean, I can make something, what d'you want?" We walked to the kitchen,

"Something easy.. I'm too hungry to wait an hour for something to cook"

"I've got some prepped meals in the cooler?"

"Yeah I'm not really feeling anything healthy"

"So then I gotta cook. I could make us a dirty burger?"

"No. Have you got any pizzas in?"

"Yea I do actually. I got some gourmet pizza's in the freezer"

"Well I wasn't expecting you to roll out the Chicago Towns"

"What's wrong with those?"

"Don't act like you eat them"

"Ay unlike you I ain't too fussy about cheap food. I'll bet you've started eating Caviar for breakfast, do you take it with truffle shavings too?"

"Oh har-har" I rolled my eyes,
"Says Mr. gold chains and 300 dollar aftershave"

"I don't like to smell like everyone else" he took the pizza from the fridge-freezer,

"And the bold ass bling?"

"Delving into my childhood dreams" I watched him prep the oven,
"I only wear that shit when I'm in front of the camera, you don't see me ballsing around with that shit on me all the time"

"You've never really been one for the flash chains"

"Nah. I don't got nothin' to prove. I mean that's why you get these young rappers draped in ice, tryna prove they making bank but in actuality they're taking that shit out on loan just to try prove they're about that shit, I mean I don't get it man. Being wealthy don't buy you chart positions, nobodies listening to your bank balance"

"True but.. I think it's more for the playboy look, to attract the models and to try and boost their little dick syndrome"

"And you would know this how?" He went back to the fridge and got out two bottles of water for us,

"I'm not speaking from experience if that's what you're getting at"

"Can't say I'm not relieved to hear it" he took a seat adjacent to me at the breakfast bar,

"Can't say I'm surprised you'd think that of me"

"Oo ouch"

"What? It's the truth" I shrugged and opened my water,
"Anyway I'm sure you wasn't a total angel after we split"

"Maybe not, maybe that's where my suspicions stem from"

"Guilt?"

"I don't got shit to be guilty about. When we split up it took me some time but yea I started dating again before I met Ashley"

"And how did that go for you?"

"It was mind numbing to be honest. I mean, I been outta practice with dating since.. forever. I was with Kim for all those years and then with you for the rest of my time, I mean yea there was some dry spells when we'd broke up because I don't fuck through my feelings, so being properly single in my 40's was real stressful. So much has changed"