Next day, they got up and got ready for the party. Fatima and Zac come downstairs
Anita: Hey baby how are you feeling?
Fatima: I'm okay mama.
Anita: you slept all day yesterday.
Fatima: Zac told me.
Anita: y'all want something to eat?
Fatima: No, I'm not really hungry.
Anita: Fatima baby you gotta eat something.
Fatima: okay, fine I'll eat a something.
Zac and Fatima sat down and ate.
Zac: That was good mama
Anita: thank you son. The men are out in the back if you want to join them.
Zac: okay, I'm about to see what they up too. Baby you need anything?
Fatima: No baby I'm okay.
Zac goes out to the back with the men.
Anita: Fatima what's going on with you? And don't say nothing because you haven't been the same since we ran into Ian yesterday.
Fatima: it still hurts.. Seeing him trigger every emotion from that day.
Anita: I know baby. But hiding it want make things any easier. You gotta talk and not shut down.
Fatima: I know ma.
Anita: Baby walk with me, you see that man right there. He's a good man Ti, and you can't hide anything from him because he sees you.
Fatima: I know he does, and I hate that this is even happening.
Anita: it's life baby. And something that painful is hard to deal with. But you're not in it alone.
Aisha walks through the door.
Aisha: what y'all in here talking about?
Anita: these men out there.
Aisha: what they doing?
Anita: nothing just cooking and talking.
Fatima: where's Mike?
Aisha: he's coming in.
Fatima: and how's that going.
Aisha: since our talk in Atlanta. Things been good.
Fatima: that's good.
Anita: well both of y'all ass stubborn. And if y'all don't get out y'all own way, y'all gonna lose those good men.
Fatima: Well Angela and Bryan should land in another hour. I gotta head to pick them up from the airport.
Anita: okay baby well drive safe and take your sister with you.
Fatima: she gonna stay here and help you. Plus I just wanna have this time by myself.
Aisha: you sure?
Fatima: yes.
Aisha: okay
Fatima go out back to let Zac know she's about to go pick Angela and Bryan up from the airport.
Zac: hey baby everything okay?
Fatima: yes, I'm about to go pick Angela and Bryan up from the airport.
Zac: okay baby. You need me to go with you?
Fatima: no, I just need this lil time to myself.
Zac: okay baby, I love you.
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When Love Calls
FanfictionThis story is about two people who met in the midst of pain and fell in love without even trying. Fatima is going through a breakup with Ian and decided to move to find a better life. Also to start a new job and really put her focus on law school ...
