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I've been in New Orleans for a couple days now. I called Nala soon as I landed but as usual she didn't answer. I still got a few things to unpack at my new place but I've pretty much settled in now. I wanted to go see her so bad as soon as I got here but with her not answering I knew she wouldn't have listened to shit I had to say. It was time I went to go see her in person. I knew her current coach and asked if she could bring Nala to their indoor training room after practice today and let me take it from there.
I was nervous as fuck, months of not talking and her ass still had this effect on me. I looked over my closet and decided to just keep my fit simple. It was hot as hell in Louisiana so I just threw on a wife beater, some jeans, and a pair of my 5's. I sprayed some of her favorite cologne on and threw my dreads up in a bun. I had a fresh taper but was still in need of a retwist. I wish I could go back to that night before she left and do it all over again. I keep convincing my self that shit would've been different if we actually got to talk and not deal with the drama that was my ex.
I grabbed my keys and headed out of my place to my car and made my way to campus which was only 15 minutes away from me.
I walked through campus seemingly blending in with all the students who were walking around. I've only been here a couple times before in my early coaching days so I knew my way around.
Walking into the Athletics Department I knocked on Coach Latrice's office and she motioned through the window for me to come in.
"Christopher, how are you?" She asked with a warm smile
"Good, how about yourself?" I asked
"I'll be better once all my girls start making their times." She chuckled. "Practice got out not too long ago once she's done showering I'll go get her."
"Thanks for doing this for me Latrice, I really appreciate it."
"What can I say I'm a sucker for love." She shrugged
I left out her office and made my way to the training room. Latrice had a sign on the door that said 'Closed for Cleaning' to avoid anybody walking in on us.
I sat on a stack of floor mats and exhaled deeply anticipating Nala walking in. Just breathe Chris.
"If this is about me not making times still Coach I can assure you that I'm putting in extra training outside of practice to get better." I heard Nala say as they approached the door
"It's not about that sweetie." Latrice said opening the door
Nala looked inside the training room and our eyes connected. I couldn't help but mutter a Damn at her appearance. Her hair was wet and curly hanging past her shoulders and she had on a sports bra and some leggings to match.
"Christopher, you guys have 10 minutes in here after that you two will have to find somewhere else on campus to talk."
"Understood." I nodded before she left out.
Nala stood frozen by the door, and I silently prayed she wouldn't turn around and run out before giving me the chance to say something. As if she heard my prayer she slowly made her way towards me and stopped right in front of me her eyes scanning my face as if she was trying to read me. The two of us still not saying anything but just staring at each other.
"You're here." She said lowly
Her eyes began to swell with tears and I instantly pulled her into my arms tight to comfort her. Surprisingly she wrapped her arms around me neither of us wanting to break the embrace we were in.
"Why you crying Nala?"
"I don't know." She sighed "I guess I'm just a little overwhelmed seeing you in person after all this time."
I wiped her tears with my thumb reveling in the feeling of the smoothness of her face against my hand I missed everything about this girl so much.
"I'm never going to stop fighting for you Nala. I love your ass way too much to let this shit go. If I gotta come up here everyday to convince you I will. I ain't trying to fuck up anything you got going for yourself here. I know pre-season in a few days and I'm not here to distract you or take you from your grind. I just want to know if me and you could start over even if that means just being friends for awhile."
Nala stayed silent as I studied her face which was hard to read as it held no expression. I could only hope her silence meant that she was just processing what I said and not rejection.
"What are you thinking about?" I asked breaking the silence
"This just a lot to take in right now. The last thing I thought was that you would come all the way out here just for me."
"I mean why wouldn't I?" I said grabbing her hands
"We should probably leave the training room before someone comes in here." She said taking her hand back
I only nodded following behind her as we exited. She was being indirect with her responses. Not really saying much to anything that I've said so far at all. I get she still processing me being here but is she actually hearing me?
We made it out onto the track and she took a seat on a nearby bench that was on the turf. I sat next to her facing her still waiting on her to say something.
"Nala if you truly want nothing to do with me anymore just say it, but the way you acting right now let's me know that ain't the case, just be real with me with what's going through your mind right now."
"I am open to starting over and being friends Chris, I'm just not sure if you're going to want to after I tell you... fuck." She cursed herself
"Tell me what?" I asked
Did she have a new nigga already? She was over me just like that?
"I-I-I was pregnant." She struggled to say "And on that night you saw me for the last time I lost the baby."
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The way I took sooo long to update lmaooo. I'll get better. Comment and vote!
