I can't lie I was missing home, I miss hearing my parents going at each other, I missed arguing with Daeja, I missed being around Damon. Don't get me wrong I was loving Europe, I had been all over with Wootie and Zoriah, we've been to Spain, Greece, France, and Germany.... we pretty much partied wherever we could and while it was fun it was starting to get old. Maybe it was because this was the first time I wasn't with my family for the holidays, maybe it was that I was missing American food, maybe I just.... I sounded like a brat, here I was in a foreign country and I was complaining about being homesick, I should be grateful. I trusted Damon to handle that situation with Papa Tunde soon, I felt like a bitch for running away.... again I trusted Damon but this one was on me, Papa Tunde wanted me and I should be there to lure him out but Damon... or Manolo didn't see it that way. I walked back into our hotel room and Wootie was sitting on the floor playing the game and I could hear Zoriah in the bathroom.... Since getting here I can honestly say I've gone from loving these two to being in love with these two, I would do anything for them and we've gone so close that we can just look at each other and know what the other is thinking... our non-verbals drove Arin crazy.
"Any word on when we can go home?" I asked Arin who was standing in the corner of the room talking on the phone, he held up one finger and turned away from me. "I hated when he did that shyt, I just wanted a clear answer... there was really no reason why we were still here. "Have you talked to your mom?" I asked Wootie who would stay in Europe if he could, I don't think he would leave if given the chance.
"Yeah she's enjoying her vacation; she claims she doesn't miss me but her line of questioning says otherwise." Wootie said leaning back and staring up at me. "You know I'm not in a rush to get back home... can't say the same for Zoriah....." Wootie said glancing towards the bathroom. "He's good at putting up a front, but I've been noticing he's constantly ducking off to talk to him mom on the phone... I think he really misses her." Wootie whispered and I nodded before heading into the bathroom.
"Come on, it's not even like that and you know it..... I just..... you know I do..... fine... I'll call you later." Zoriah said hanging up.
"Sounds like you were talking to a side nigga." I said trying to make light of the situation but I could tell he was really homesick just like I was. "I'm probably about to call Damon and see when we can come back, I mean they've had months to deal with Papa Tunde but haven't.... I feel like at this point we might as well go home...." I said and Zoriah didn't say anything he just looked away.
"I don't want you to think I'm being ungrateful, I really appreciate this opportunity and I've enjoyed myself.... but there are times like now when we're stuck in this hotel room because of the weather that I just miss being home...." Zoriah said quietly. "You know how my mom is... she's telling me to tough it out but... this is the longest I've ever been away from home."
"Trust me I get it.... I'll talk to Damon and see what he has to say." I said walking over and kissing Zoriah. "Let me work my magic." I said and he smiled slightly.
"I thought you were about to say 'let me work my tongue' but I guess that can wait until a little later." Zoriah said laughing, I kissed him one more time before walking out of the bathroom just as his phone started ringing, but he quickly declined the call and followed me back into our room.
"WHEN THE FUCK ARE Y'ALL PUNK ASS NIGGAS COMING BACK!?!?!?!?" Curtis yelled into the phone but from the looks of it, he wasn't really missing us...
"I don't know, I'm going to call Damon a little later and see but it looks like you already replaced us...." I said noticing a couple of dudes in the room with him, from what I could tell they were playing the game and smoking but I hadn't seen any of these dudes before.
"Nah, never that... y'all are my brothers.... despite the fact that y'all left me here to suffer, it's just not the same without y'all.... I was talking to Wootie about how we were planning on smuggling some of that European weed through customs." Curtis said.
