Just Friends

I'm not one of them.

As I'm standing in the hot sun while Jacques hand is around my neck loosely, but I still feel as if I'm suffocating because it came out of no where. Joc comes closer to me leaning his head down kissing my forehead then my cheek Down to my neck. He then whispers in my ear...

"Da'Nez... You-you just different." What does he mean, what the fuck did I miss. What happened from the mall to here. He lets me go and we head up the stairs and Joc unlocks the door I walk in behind him enjoying the cold air. Taking a seat on the couch. "Dae you hungry?"

'Yeah, are you?'

"Yeah a little, what do you want to eat?"

'I want some nachos, but there's some wings from yesterday in there, I think.'

"Baby, they ate the rest, how I know is because this morning I was going to heat me up some but they were gone, Zie and them girls had full plates before they left. Like Dae, you really can cook I needed you in my life, Wait damn you didn't even make you a plate did you? Do you want me to cook something for you? I know how to cook."

'You'd really cook for me! No man has ever cooked for me there was only 1 before you but still That ain't never been done.'

"I ain't that nigga though, But is it coo if my brother come over too he wanted to play the game and hang."

'Yeah it doesn't matter of course DJ can come he cool as fuck your mama is too, she is so sweet I was suppose to go bring her lunch at the hospital cause she ran into my mama at the store.'

"Where the fuck was I at when you was around, like I would've been all up on you if  I noticed yo big ass but, what the fuck. I'm so serious."

'Don't be disrespectful now I knew DJ had a big brother but he really didn't say much, but he said you was always laid under a bitch but I've been knowing DJ since I was 14 so 6 years now cause he turn 21 next week.'

"Still don't add up, but when I was 17 I was in a lot of Shit I ended up doing like 11 months in Juvie, then when I was 18 when I moved out to live with Armani, we been cool since second grade. Like still Dae  DJ done had some parties and I ain't never seen you."

'When I went to DJ's I was most likely in the kitchen or trying to see where I'll fit in to the mobs and shit but I would be chilling, like when I was 15 I think I ran into you in the bathroom and you was like "say excuse me."And I think that was the last time, cause your hair was different.'

"Yeah most likely that  was me cause, every time I would pop out I would be faded, but I was wearing braids and free forms before locking my shit up, but ma, are we still going to go to the grocery store together?"

'Yes papa if you want too.'

"Why can't you talk to me like this all the time, with your pretty lips, you is just so fucking pretty to me."

'Boy we gotta go, so we all can have something to eat.'

"Aight let's go then."We head back to the car going to the grocery store. Joc makes me stay in the car and I FaceTime my cousins Lyniah and Ahonesty, Ahonesty never listens and Lyniah always hanging up so I hang up and that's it. Nothing else from them. I end up connecting my phone to the car radio, playing my music, Joc comes back putting the grocery's in the back seat, I look back there cause I don't know what he got."

'Joc what you cooking?'

"It's a supprise Dae." Joc try's to turn the volume up on his phone. "Dae you connected to my Bluetooth?"

'Yeah.'

"Dae what you know about this? Turn This shit up." I turn it up and Joc pulls of fast speeding Back to the apartment. We get there and DJ is in the parking lot waiting on us. We get out the car and and I try to grab the groceries but Just hands me the door keys, so DJ and I head up stairs as and Joc is behind us carrying groceries. We head into the apartment, I set Joc's Keys in his room.

'Joc I put your keys in your room, you need help cooking honey.'

"Dae I swear if you come in this kitchen we fonking."

"Damn Joc for real you gone do her like that? Dae is the best cook I know and, you don't need no help?"

"I need to focus yall can stop talking to me, for real, for real."

DJ pulls out a game from his backpack and a PlayStation 5 controller, we go to Joc's room and sit on the floor and start playing 2k. DJ cracks the door but, he looks at me slightly confused sitting back next to me.

"Dae, so when you start fucking my brother?"

'DJ what the fuck, it doesn't concern you.We we're just friends in highschool, we never did anything we was never a thing so it don't even concern you.'

"You knew I liked you, always played hard to get, that's why I ended up fucking with Asia."

'Bro this shit happend  sophomore year and Asia was fake as fuck. This why I don't talk to other girls cause they're messy, first of all Asia was telling my business to her "popular friends" and only came to me when they didn't want nothing to do with her.'

" When I broke up with her. I heard she had a train ran on her in the back of the school that's why We ain't ever seen her again. Like I just want to tell that nigga you fucking with crazy, that's what his ex bitches said."

'Not my concern DJ honestly I don't really care Joc just a big baby at the end of the day. Now pay attention cause I'm whooping your ass on this court.'DJ and I pause the game as we head into the front room and see that Joc is finished Cooking, it looks like he made chicken and Broccoli Cajun pasta.

"Dae I know you can't stomach beef no more or pork and shit like that. So I mad you pasta with chicken, broccoli and, Parmesan."

'Joc you be listening to me?' Joc looks up at me giving me "fuck me eyes".

"Of course. So DJ what we gone do for your party next week?

"Joc I'm having a Air BNB kickback it's gone be fire the flyer been circling around and invite only with plus 3."

'DJ really, plus three, you mean plus one or open invite?'

"Hell nah plus three because I'm charging at the door too. Plus Armani gone be at security at the door. I don't want no fonk and bro preciate dinner this shit buss."

'I feel you on that note.'I take a bite of the pasta then look at Joc. 'This is really good Joc thank you so much for dinner. This is really good but, what's for desert?'

"Thanks bro and Dae you already know what I want for desert so that's not even a real question."

'Huh?'

"Da'Nez don't play with me."

"Nigga eww, y'all can save that shit for later."

'DJ you want me to bring some food ?'

"Nah Dae you good, girlie I just need you to bring yourself and a your own bottle and shit like that we cause it's bring your own shit.

'Cool I got you, I'm smoking and drinking all yo shit up still.'

"Nahh Dae I got you let that spoiled  nigga enjoy his G-Day

It's in 6 days don't forget y'all I want y'all to be there early too with me. The before and after party gone be jumping on folks, just remember hella weed and hella drank, and mama got like $500 worth of pizza and wings. So we set, on gang.