Best Intentions

Best Friend

It was Saturday night which meant date night for me and my boyfriend. We hadn't really been seeing eye to eye lately, and hopefully he would be making it up to me tonight.

I got out of the shower wrapped in my towel when I heard the doorbell ring. I ran down the stairs, in hopes of it being my boyfriend. When I reached the door I looked through the peep hole. I got excited when I saw the dreads, but when I saw his face my heart kind of dropped and lifted at the same time. I opened the door and my best friend, Kyeenen , was standing on the porch.

" So, tonight is the night, huh ?" He asked. As he sat on the couch. I gave him a " stop it " look. Kyeenen didn't like my boyfriend because he knew our past. " I'm just saying, he better get it together. You deserve better." I closed the door, ran past the couch and gave him a peck on the cheek then took off upstairs to change my clothes.

I'd put on my tight, red dress that had the plunging neckline and my black heels with the black bows on the back. I put on some mascara, just to define my eyes, and I put my hair in a cute sock bun on the top of my head with a braid up the back. I went down the stairs, and Kyeenen was almost asleep on the couch when he heard me coming. He looked me up and down, and then turned back to watch TV. " I hope you aren't wearing that." he laughed. I turned up my nose and walked into the kitchen. He was always messing with me .

I walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. "You want something to drink ?" I yelled behind me to Kyeenen . "Yeah , I'll take a water ." I jumped, startled to hear his voice behind me . "Kye!" I screamed at him. He laughed and I threw the bottle of water at him . " I didn't mean to scare you , A." I glared at him playfully . I turned around and grabbed a water for myself out of the fridge and set it on the island. We sat at the island talking about school and our parents and work. All the while , I've been taking in his features. His beautiful, big chocolate eyes and his long eyelashes. His lips were so thick . But not too thick, not to mention his jawline. I trace my eyes to his broad shoulders then to his toned arms. I catch myself staring and shake myself from this trance. Luckily he isn't looking and I continue on as if I was listening the whole time. We continue talking until my phone rings. I hold up my finger at him, telling him to give me a moment. He rolls his eyes and guides his focus back to his water. I get to my phone and realized I missed the call. It was my boyfriend. I called him back, but he didn't answer. I tried again, and he finally picked up. He sounded out of breath. "Hey babe. Look, I won't be able to make it tonight. I'm sick." As I'm ready to forgive him and tell him we can schedule another night ( again ) , I hear a females voice say , " So , your place or mine ?" I scream into the phone , " You asshole ! I can't believe you ! We are through !" Before he has a chance to say anything I hang up and slam my phone on the coffee table. I plop down on the couch and the tears just start to pour. As I'm sobbing, I feel someone lift my head and slide underneath me. I didn't even have to look up to know who it was.

I guess I dozed off because when I woke, all the lights were off and the TV was too. I looked up at Kye and he was asleep. I sat up and noticed I was still in my outfit. I got up and started to walk upstairs when I heard Kye mumble something. I stopped and turned around. "Where you going ?" He asked. He stretched his arms and yawned. "I'm going to change." I turned back towards the stairs. "No you aren't. We're going out . Can't let that beauty go to waste . Everyone should see it." I smiled at him and walked towards the door. "This is why you're my best friend." I paused in the mirror and fixed my hair and adjusted my dress as he opened the door for me.

Kye took me a really nice club, and it was packed. Luckily we got a booth right next to the dance floor . One of the big circle ones . As we were sitting and talking, a really nice looking guy walked up to me. "So beautiful, you wanna dance ?" I looked up at him then back to Kye. He just rolled his eyes and shrugged. "I'd rather not ." The guy gave me a "whatever" look and walked off. I looked at Kyeenen and I caught him smiling. I don't know why but I felt this sudden strange pull to him. But I couldn't embrace it. There was no way I was messing up our friendship.