My Cousin And His Best Friend

The Aftermath

"This my Fourth of July outfit" I said to Jordan

He starts getting closer to me making me feel like theirs lump in my throat. He backs me up to the point where my back was against the house.

"Ima ask you again why the fuck you wearing that shit?" He asked once again

"Because it's my Fourth of July outfit" I said once again

"Go change Ari, you not wearing this shit in front of all these niggas" he said

"Well good thing I wasn't wearing it for them" I said

"Good thing i didn't ask" he said

"Your making it a big deal only family coming over it's not like a whole bunch of niggas finna be here just staring me down" I said to him

"That's not the point Ari I don't want other niggas looking at you like your a hoe" he said

"Just because I wear something that shows my body doesn't make me hoe or anything less then what I am get the fuck off me Jordan" I said, pushing him off me then walking away from him.

I know Jordan just overprotective but sometimes I swear I just wanna knock him out for the shit he says. I walk back into the house where my momma was sitting down watching tv in the living room.

"Alright what wrong?" My momma asked me turning down the volume of the tv soon as I sat down across from her.

"How you even know?" I asked her

"Because your my child a mother knows everything about her child so what's wrong?" My momma asked me again

"Jordan being weirdly overprotective again" I said

"Oh I can't help you with that sweetie" she said

"What why not?" I asked her

"Because you slow just like your bald headed daddy" she said

"Momma I'm not slow" I said, shaking my head

"Ari baby you know I love you but you slow as hell" she said

"How am I slow?" I asked her

"Ari, everyone knows that boy is in love with you but just like your daddy you don't see the signs" she said, shaking her head.

"'Momma stop saying i act like him " I told her

"Girl boo, your daddy wasn't a bad man so don't take it as a insult he was just clueless when someone liked him" she said

"How he didn't know you like him?" I asked her

"Same way you don't see Jordan in love with you" she said

"He's not in love with me" I said

"You can deny it all you want but you'll see it sooner or later" she said, getting up wiping her clothes off.

"Now come on, we gotta put up the party decorations" she said, grabbing my hand helping me up.

"Okay" I said

She walks into the kitchen where their was Fourth of July decorations on the kitchen counter was. She takes the table cloths and table topper while I took the streamers and balloons.

We walk outside into the backyard where Jordan and Quan was smoking a blunt.

My momma goes into the garage and hands me a latter. I sat the latter against the house where my momma wanted to streamers to be.

I climbed on the latter with the shine red streamers in my hand. My momma hands the nail gun so I start hanging the streamers up.

I slowly get more streamers to hang up till I got to the last of it. I didn't wanna move the latter so I moved my upper body to the side so I can hang this last part. I put the last nail into the house. When I was about to start climbing down I lost my balance.

I was about to fall straight on my face till somebody catch me. I opened my eyes and see I was in Jordan arms.

"I told you gotta be more careful" he said

I couldn't even say anything my focus was stuck on his grey eyes.

"Ari, you good?" He asked me

"Mhm yeah" I said, I didn't even notice that my arms was wrapped around his neck till he tried to stand me up.

I don't think he noticed his hands was wrapped around my waist.

"Can we talk?" Jordan asked me

"Yeah" I said

I told my momma if she can find someone else to hang the rest of the streamers while I went to talk to Jordan.

She said okay then I walked off with Jordan following him to his car.

We get in and Jordan starts talking.

"I'm sorry" he said

"For?" I asked him

"Making you feel like you was a hoe" he said

"It's fine Jordan, you catch me when I was falling so forget about it" I said

"You know I'm never gonna let anything hurt you" he said

"Thank you for real I would have fell straight face on the cement" I said

"I gotchu" he said

"Thanks, we should probably get back" I said about to open the car door.

"Hold up I gotta ask you something else" he said

"Yeah?" I asked him

"Let me take you out" he said

"Wait you for real?" I asked him

"Yes slow ass I'm for real" he said

"I don't know-" I said to him

"Just think about it" he said

I nod my head before I opened the door and got out walking back over where my momma was.

Me and her started talking for a little while till our family started showing up. I started talking to my cousins and their friends they brought.

It was a chill little party I ended up leaving everyone to go use to the bathroom but on my way to the bathroom I was Jordan best friend Quan.

"You lost?" I asked him

"Yeah" he said laughing

"The bathroom I'm assuming?" I asked him

"Yeah" he said

"Well, lucky for you I was about to head there follow me" I said

He follows behind me having a small conversation with me.

"So how long you known Jordan?" He asked me

"Since we was kids his dad is my mom best friend" I said

"Y'all close?" Asked me

"Yeah, he always been in my life when I needed him or didn't want him near me" I said, gigging a little

"Damn, y'all like family then" he said

"Kinda we not blood or anything but I don't know it's complicated especially now" I said

"Well, let me take your mind off of then" he said

"How?" I asked him

"Let me take you on a date" he said

"I don't know if I can go out with you" I said

"Why?" He asked me

"Your Jordan best friend" I said

"I get it but just think about it ma it won't hurt no body" he said

"I still don't know" I told him

"I get it you say no ma but just sleep on it" he said, while walking into the bathroom.

I nod my head then walk into my room because I have a bathroom attached to mine.

"Jordan and Quan asked me out in less then 30 minutes" I said to myself