Best Part: Reggie Mantle FF

fifteen

In the Harris Family Living Room, Mr. Harris and Reggie sit on the couch in silence. Mr. Harris stares at Reginald while holding two metal balls in his hand, rotating them slowly.

Reginald gulps and clears his throat. "Uh, so how was your day sir?"

Mr. Harris stares at him, then finally speaks. "I want my daughter home by 9:15. I would usually say at 8:30 but I will give my daughter more time to spend with you. You will treat my daughter like a young lady. And if you do anything, I will handle you myself. I also know your license plate, so your car is being tracked by me."

Reggie nods while rubbing his hands onto his jeans. 'How can one man be so terrifying?' he thought.

"You're taking my daughter stargazing?." He asked.

"Yes sir," Reggie replied. "I'm taking her to a public forest where people light lanterns in the sky, stargaze, picnics, camping.."

Mr. Harris nods. "I want Amayla home at 9:15. Do you understand?."

"Yes sir," he replied. "I understand."

Amayla runs downstairs with a suitcase and a poster. Mr. Harris gets up and stares at his excited daughter. He had never seen her so happy before. And he wanted to keep it that way. Reggie helps her carry the suitcase to the car, while Amayla carries the poster to the car.

"Amayla what is in this suitcase?"

"My stargazing Telescope," Amayla replied. "Sorry if it's too heavy."

"I got it," Reggie said while putting the suitcase in the trunk. "I'm just glad we are going out."

Amayla smiles as Reggie opens the door for her. She gets into the car while putting on her seat belt. She felt so nervous since it was her first date, but Reggie made her less nervous. Amayla looks to see Mr. Harris on the porch, watching them heading to leave. Amayla loved that her father was protective. It just showed his way of loving Diana and her. They both wave at him and drive off, to their first official date.

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"You had one job, Andrews," Veronica stated. "What happened?."

"She found out about me and Ms. Grundy," Archie said. "I have been trying to call her-"

"Well, it's not working! You need to go bigger. And if you won't do it I'll do it myself."

Veronica hangs up on Archie and exhales her breath. All she wanted was for everything to go back to normal. She wanted a warm shoulder to lean on. That warm shoulder was Reggie, she always had support from him no matter what. Even from their business together, he was always there. She drinks the rest of her whiskey and heads to bed, hoping that Reggie still had a piece of his heart beating for her.

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"Wow," Reggie says as he looks through the peephole of the Telescope. "I've never seen stars so close before."

Amayla giggles as she puts down her poster. "I think you're looking at Pegasus Star."

"Woah, now that's cool." He said.

Amayla walks to him while he removes himself from the Telescope. They both sit on a blanket and lay down together as they stare at the stars in silence.