Homegrown: A Takeoff love story

Chapter 17- Soul Food

The whole group was up early to eat breakfast on Thursday morning at the villa. The chef prepared fried chicken and Belgian waffles, cheese eggs, spicy sausage links, fresh cut fruit and mimosas. Everyone ate quietly at the table, trying to ignore the elephant in the room. Finally, Nick broke the silence.                      
"Good moaning. My bad, good morning ya'll." Nick joked. Him and Asia exchanged eye contact and a subtle smile as Quavo sucked his teeth and Deja rolled her eyes at them.
"We should probably get going so we don't miss this flight." Asia said in an attempt to ease the awkwardness. The girls went upstairs to get dressed and pack while Nick and Quavo finished their breakfast.
"Girl, what the hell went down last night?" Asia whispered. Deja took a deep sleepy sigh.     
"Girl, I got faded and slipped on Qua's dick, that's what happened." She giggled.
"I heard it all." Asia smiled.
"Y'all could hear us?!" Deja asked shockingly.
"Yup. We heard every motion and moan." Asia stated. Deja laughed.
"Bitch, I don't even care. I'm not ashamed. I was past due for some dick anyway." she shrugged, as she put on her t-shirt and jeans.
"Yeah, I know how that feels." Asia said sadly.
"Oh, I know you do!" Deja teased. "Seeing that your back is still in tact, I'm guessing that you didn't give up any kat?" Deja questioned.
"No. I mean, I wanted to though." Asia admitted.
"I don't know what the fuck be stopping you sis. You gotta learn to just go with the pulse of your pussy sometimes." Deja lectured.
"Girl, I guess. Last night on the beach, he asked if I was willing to start over and give him another chance."
"Ok, good. So what stopped you from saying yes and then doing a split on that dick?" Deja pressed.
"It's not that simple Dej"
"It probably is, but your stiff ass is just over complicating it. Look, Nick is in over his head in love with you. Is he perfect? No. He fucked up, but at least the man is trying." Deja argued.
Asia sat quietly on the bed for a few minutes, allowing her friend's words to sink in.
"We'll see." Asia finally spoke as she threw her clothes into the suitcase.

The guys collected their bags and took them downstairs. They stood outside sharing a blunt while waiting for the driver to pull up.
"So, you fuckin' wit Deja now?" Nick asked with a confused look on his face.
"C'mon bruh, she wanted to see tha Huncho show, so you know I had'a put sum on her real quick." Quavo joked, throwing his head back and laughing at his own response. Nick shook his head in disagreement.
"Aight Unc, just don't fuck my shit up wit Asia by dealin' dirty wit her friend. We don't need dat typa heat." Nick warned.
"Nah, never dat nephew. It was jus one hit. She cool. We cool, don't worry." Quavo smiled, flashing his diamond top and bottom grill.
They gave each other dap as the car pulled up. The girls came down to join them and they all rode to the airport together. Nick and Asia sat next to each other when they boarded the plane.
"Asia, I meant to ask you, it's Mama's birthday next week and you know she requested summa ya cookin'." He smiled. "You down to whip up a lil sumn foe her party?"
"Of course!" She replied. "Just tell me what she wants, and I'll do it." Asia said with a big smile.
"Thanks Asia, you always come through."
Nick's Mama Treet had taken Asia under her wing after her mother passed away. She was so grateful for the love and kindness that Mama Treet showed her during such a dark period in her life that she'd do anything for her.

Asia spent all of Saturday afternoon acquiring the produce and ingredients she needed to cook for Mama Treet's birthday. She was in the middle of draining the boiling water from a pot of potatoes when her doorbell rang. She was shocked to see Nick standing there with a Gucci apron on, diamond chains shining, and a big smile on his face.
"Boy, you must be here to eat, because I know for  sure you're not here to help me cook." She frowned playfully. Nick made his way in the house and headed straight for Asia's kitchen.
"I can help you chop up peppers or sum." he volunteered.
"Ummm, how about you just keep me company." Asia laughed.
"Aye, you ever jus get tired of playin' the opp?" He joked. Asia giggled at his remark.
"Look, you can oversee spreading the butter on the cornbread. How about that?" She suggested.
"You only trust me wit tha light work, I see, but I'ma show you." he boasted.
Nick put on a serious face and expertly buttered the top of the cornbread with the skilled hand and concentration of a world renowned chef. While he worked his magic with the butter, Asia finished the potato salad and checked on her pot of collard greens. She was putting the whipped cream, graham cracker crumbs, vanilla wafer cookies and banana slices on top of the banana pudding when Nick pressed himself against her back and reached his arms around her shoulders to help place the cookies.
"Lemme taste a lil?" He asked in his deep gentle voice.
"See, I knew you were over here to eat!" She laughed while pulling a clean spoon from the drawer and feeding him a small sample of the pudding. "It taste perfect." He said.
Nick licked his lips and slowly turned her around to face him. He held her face in his hands and leaned his forehead against hers. Asia silently prayed that he could hear her thoughts begging him to taste more than just that spoon of pudding. Nick composed himself and pulled away from the embrace.
"So, what else you need help wit?" He asked eagerly.
"I'm pretty much done for today. I'm going to finish everything else in the morning so that it's fresh." She explained.
"Aight." Nick said as he flashed Asia a seductive smile, leaving her to struggle and resist his pull of passion.