Just Friends

Kindred

DA'NEZ POV
Meanwhile a couple weeks past and Sie and my cousin ain't together y'all, thank you lord because Sie is cool and all but he really not her cup of tea. She like her little men and she can have em. But me and my man, we're one of the same almost.
Therefore we ain't nothing alike but we kinda think the same so the vibe be real. As we're in the car on the way to the movies. We both got hoodies on and we finna get all our snacks from Walmart. To sneak them in, but Joc ain't been cursing too much or nothing, you would think he Too $hort by how much he say bitch. Finally Joc and I...we been cool ya know?

"Baby you gotta put these two bags of candy in under your boob."

'And you gotta put these chips inside your puffer.'

"I mean we look crazy but I ain't spending $50 on no popcorn" I put the candy in my bra. I put our drinks in my little ass purse. "Baby I'm a have to get you a big mama purse cause that ain't no purse for real what can you put in beside it just looking good with you?" He's flirting more too y'all like baby I'm already hooked.

'Thank you bookie'

"Mhm we gotta go I bought the tickets online the movie starts at 6:00"

We gather our things and head to the theater, as we get out the car we look at each other and Joc smirks at me.

"Them mothersfucka's set up right bae."

'Don't be suspicious.'

As we head into the theater, I smell the popcorn and man, I ain't been to the movies in a minute this is so nostalgic, but it's Bull shit how I'm this grown and never been on a real date till now, but we going to see the new marvel movie. Joc shows the man the ticket barcode so we can enter and Joc goes to the damn concession stand do by a damn small popcorn for $15. As we're interning our theater, there's nobody in there it's 5:47. We find our seats and pull our snacks out of everywhere. But I look over at Joc.

'Why did you buy that $15 dollars on that small pop corn we got 6 snacks each including a drink for $30
At Wally World baby.'

"You said don't be suspicious so I spent money and we wearing puffers at the end of summer damn there." As the theater starts to dim and the ads for theater etiquette plays we get situated and recline our seats and wtach the movie.

....As we watch the end credits of the movie to see any eater eggs from the film. Joc gets up and he grabs our trash and as I hood his phone and items, we leave the theater talking about how ghost rider wasn't in the movie...

'Joc you said there would be old cameos of marvel superheroes in the movie.'

"I wasn't even sure about it I watched the movie breakdown but I wasn't paying attention because I don't want any spoilers. But I wanna know, if that makes since."

'Yeah, like you still wanted the fun of
Curiosity, of course.' Joc and I leave out the theater and Joc holds the door open for me as I head to the car. Joc unlocks the car door and I sit in the car and set his phone and other stuff down. Joc gets in and we head to the apartment, Joc plays music as we head to the apartment. But like my only complaint for him is how you go from Charlie Wilson to Messy Marv. But as Joc pulls in to his parking lot he turns the music down.

" Hey guys welcome back to the JDDouble podcast. I'm here with thee gorgeous Da'Nez."

'And I'm here with "the talent mr. Dingleberry'

"Stop joking gang ." Joc looking at me as I burst out laughing

'Anyways guys im hear with Young Joc Queezy' I'm struggling holding back this damn laugh.

"Really Nigga. Bro why you doing me like that, you don't want to pretend with me?" Yall the way my heart sunk was sent to H-E double hockey sticks. He was like a kid in his eyes. My little baby.

'Awl my baby, it's going to be alright I'll pretend with you all day.' The way this niggas face just got tuned up and overall he look evil. I rebuke the devil in the name of Jesus cause ain't no way.

"Da'Nez don't pull that bullshit on me, don't talk down to me like a bitch like I'm a child, you don't have to feel bad for me, cause your negative thought of my childhood. I jumped of the porch at 11, I beat a nigga in his head till his shit cracked at 15. Ain't gbg ain't no getbackgang fucking with me. So don't exaggerate the shit that brings me inner peace, even though it might be cute, heart breaking or whatever. Just think of it as my man gotta heart and he got soft spots for some shit."

'Woah calm down Jamal don't pull out the nine.'

"Shii you tryna suck on this Nine? But you heard what I said, I ain't playing you should know that."

'Yeah I did.'

"Huh what you mean?"

'Yes Sir, I understand.' Ouuuuuuuuuu boyyy you sooo nasssttyyyyyyyy

"Uh huh, let's get out the car and head up to the crib. type shit, I'm tryna dig you out love." He needs help... real bad.

'Um well I think we should go upstairs I make some dinner and we watch a family guy.'

"We can do that too."
Joc and I head out and he locks the car doors as we're walking upstairs, this nigga pulls my damn granny panties and gives me a damn wedgie like what the fuck?

'Joc what the fuck, nigga why.'

"Shhh... you gonna learn to stop talking back to me. Ion like shit like that you me, stop talking to me like a bitch I won't treat you like one."

'You not finna let go of my drawls?'

"Nah."

'We at the door, are you gonna unlock it.' Joc unlocks the door and he lets go of my underwear and pushes me in the apartment.

"Baby can I get a hug." A child's trauma is.... Man we gotta get through this but you can't help nobody who don't want help.

'Yeah' Joc hugs me like he ain't never had one before but, I really needed this more than him.