Becoming Lovers

5

I swear that nigga gets on my fucking nerves. He stayed teasing me for no fucking reason. I had never been so damn clingy when it came to sex, but with Davey he was making it so damn hard to stay away from him. I was so fucking pissed he was tripping over my dress and ripped it. I am not going to lie, he turned me on so much I can't even think straight right now. He was so lucky that my meeting got switched to Zoom because I was definitely going to finish what he started. Seeing I still had some time to spare, I was able to take another shower and get dressed.

I was officially in the process of being a business owner. My investors were very pleased with my business plan that they wrote me a check in advance. All my investors wanted to buy my product and sell them through their companies, and I could not be more than blessed right now. I am so excited, I wanted to celebrate at the club tonight. Tonight, was definitely going to be my last night dancing but I was going to be in and out as a guest. With how everything was looking for me, I was happy, I just wished my dad was still here with me. Today was one hell of a good day so far. Still excited from the news, I changed into something more comfortable so I could go tell David the good news. I was still pissed about my dress. That dress was my favorite and he definitely was going to reward me with something in return and I was going to make sure that shit was expensive too.

As I finished getting dressed, I grabbed my purse and slid on my slides and made my way downstairs. As I got half way down the steps, I could hear a female voice and for some reason it made me arch an eyebrow. To be clear, I knew every female that was close to Dave's heart and I was hella good when it came to remembering voices and the voice that I was hearing I couldn't recognize it to save my life. As I made it to the bottom step, I was taking back by a voice that sounded like a baby's voice and for some reason my heart started to instantly sink. At this point, these two still haven't noticed my presence. Clearing my throat, I plastered a smile onto my face while on the inside I was shaking and so confused about what was going on. "Ari" Dave began to start off as he stood to his feet. Something felt off with this whole situation and I knew exactly what the fuck was going on. The fact that he hide this fucking secret from me blew me and I definitely was going to speak my mind about this shit and TODAY! "Who is this Bitch?!" The girl who's name I still didn't know said. Not only is this hoe in this house with my best friend who I just fucking slept with last night, but she just crossed the line by calling me out my name. For the sake of her child, I will save her the ass whooping cause I don't want to embarrass her but she got one more time to disrespect me and we gonna have a problem. "Tali, chill out, this my best friend, she's always here." David said quickly standing in front of me making that face he makes when he knows he done fucked up. I just wanted to so badly say what I wanted to say to this bitch and beat her ass, but I couldn't do that in front her child respectfully, but if she calls me out my name one more time, all that shit going out the window. "I got some errands to run, I'll be back later" I said looking her up and down before walking towards the door.

It had only been thirty minutes and the shit that just unfolded at Dave's house was still flooding my mind. I was pissed, angry and sad all at one time. Like the shit definitely blowing me. I was this man's Best friend for years, why would he keep a secret this big from me? What did I do so wrong that he went and had a whole child on me and never told me? It was so heart breaking to even know that he was in love with someone else besides me. Don't get me wrong, he had every right to to do what he wanted because we're not together, but there were no secrets between us no matter what the situation was.

Somehow I found myself sitting in front of the only place that my dad use to always bring me to when I was younger. It was my favorite place in the world and it happened to be one of the places that helped me clear my mind when nothing or nobody else could. Coming to the Lake was so soothing for me. It was how the Sun glistened as the water gazes its waves was one hell of a way to bring relaxation to someones mind. Only a few people knew about me coming out here and they were dear to my heart. I just wanted to be left alone until I could truly find the words that I wanted to say to him. I needed my father for things like this. He was the only one that made things better. It was like he just knew the right things to say that put things at ease. My only wish for him to be here but I knew that wasn't going to happen.

Pulling back up to Dave's, I decided I was just going to be a big girl and just talk to him about it. I had questions and I wanted answers to them. I needed to know why. As I walked into the house, he stood closely to the door frame watching me with low eyes as I entered his home. I just begin to let the tears fall all over again. It broke my heart that he hid a secret so big like this from me. I knew all his secrets, the shit he did in the streets and the bitches he use to fuck with. The fact he couldn't even tell me about a baby that he had behind my back crossed the line. "We need to talk" I said with a bit of a tone in my voice. I needed him to know how serious I was and that what he did to me was not okay. All he could do was nod his head as we walk over to the couch and sat down. All we could do was stare at each other, no words departed from our lips as our eyes gazed into one another's.

"We have been friends since we were 12 years old and we tell each other everything. Why would you hold a secret like this from me?" I don't know if I can't trust you again if you can't even tell me you a had a whole relationship and a baby with someone else?!" I semi yelled as the tears couldn't stop flowing from my face.

I was not only embarrassed, but this nigga was the definition of low and the type of nigga I was always able to avoid. In my eyes he was now one of them and I knew I just needed space.

From the bottom of my heart, I deeply apologize from keeping this secret from you. My intentions was never to hurt you, I just didn't know how to tell you," he replied as he ran his hands down his face. I didn't know whether to believe him or not because he never did anything like this to me before.

My blood was boiling because I felt like he was lying to me and protecting this woman that I clearly could tell he had love for too. I felt played and I knew I needed space and nothing was really going to fix this. This was exactly why I never wanted to act on my feelings with him in the first place, I was scared that he was going to the do the same exact thing to me, like I was just another one of his bitches that he kept in the closet. Before I could fully respond, he kissed my lips with so much passion and I couldn't do nothing but kiss him back. I knew this wasn't right but it just felt right to pull him closer to me. Then reality just hit and all I could do was push him off me and I connected my right hand to his cheek as my chest raised up and down heavily as my face began to plaster with disgust. "I think it's best for me to leave. You have no idea how much damage you just caused, I can't trust you any more, I never wanna see you again." I was able to finally let out those words before I proceeded upstairs to grab the things I had brought with me. I was shattered and I was never going to let this nigga see this side of me ever again. Things were now different between us and I was done with all of the excuses and the I'm sorries. This was only the beginning and I was going to finish what he started.