"Damn you look good, wifey!" Jada says excitedly as we approach the front doors to the party's entrance. "Pose real quick for the IG.""Thank you, wifey. You look better." I smirked at her, then I closed my eyes and put up a peace sign. I opened my eyes back up after I saw the bright flash. Then I took some photos of her as well.
We stepped to the side so we could look at our freshly taken photos. Some people walked by, among the few were Kayla, Melanie and their group of friends with their boyfriends trailing behind.
Then I got a text from Derek.
"Who all witchu?"
I responded back. "Jada. But we just ran into Mel, Brittany, Shaunice, Amber and their niggas... Kayla here 🙂."
"Aite... we a few lights away." he replied back.
Jada was laughing, still scrolling through our photos and was oblivious to me texting him. "Oh, these are so good," she giggled, flicking her freshly done goddess braids over her shoulder.
Derek and I have been texting on and off throughout the week. Still insulting each other in the group chats, we also found the time to send each other funny TikToks and Twitter posts in between.
He's been asking me about my day, checking in with me and even flirting a little. And I'm afraid to admit that it's been nice, getting to see this side of him for once.
"Ayyy, girlies." Melanie waved to us excitedly. Kayla smiled at us, the photo she posted to Twitter earlier today seems to point out that she's in a better mood from what Melanie described to us a few days ago.
"Heeey, friends! Y'all betta fuck it up tonight!" Jada yelled while waving, then I did excitedly. "Let's take some pictures real quick." So we did, everyone posing together for some group selfies, Kayla two bodies away from me.
Then we all switched positions and I found myself standing next to her.
"Ay girl, how you doing?" She said. Hearing her voice now, mixed with the moans Derek uttered in my ear just a few nights ago was making my heart race uncomfortably.