Forbidden Fruit

5

'Letting all my hoes go
You're doing something to me,
to make me stay
Letting all my feelings show
You're doing something to me'

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1 Week Later
Brooklyn, New York
Megan Pete

"Girl you been m.i.a these past couple of weeks, I know you not doing that much hair or pulling doubles so what's new in life? And don't tell me nothing cause I know you" Jaela suspiciously squints her eyes at me as I sit adjacent to her on the sofa.

"You're so extra" I softly chuckle trying to see if I could finesse my way out of this one.

Lying to people was so exhausting, I didn't understand how niggas did this 24/7 365.

"So yea, I've been with cardi" I blurt seeing no way out but the truth.

The room goes still as she picks her jaw up processing the information, her stare never leaving me which makes me nervous.

"Let's take a shot" She finally speaks making my face scrunch in confusion.

"Huh?"

"A celebratory shot, to you finally getting that dick bitch! It's been a long time coming ain't it, tell me everythingggg, I need to know the details" She happily jumps up rushing in the kitchen to go get the liquor.

"Bitch you had me nervous for two seconds" I hold my racing heart slowly calming down.

She comes back in the living room with two shot glasses filled with what I was assuming was tequila handing me one.

"To you finally seeing what it was hitting for" She toasts with a smile and we tap our glasses together before throwing back the liquid.

"Thank God you got that straight out the freezer" I sit my glass down on the coffee table thankful that the liquor went down smooth.

"Girl you know I can't have it no other way, now out with the tea" She excitedly plops down next to me on edge waiting for my next words which makes me laugh.

For the next couple of minutes I give her the full rundown of everything that was transpiring between myself and who I was happily giving my time to, she gives various different reactions throughout absorbing every word falling from my lips.

"Wow, being sinful under auntie roof" She playfully shakes her head.

"Girl, I'm about to get my own place for real. I'm just going to have to dip into my salon fund and it'll take me a little longer to see that through but I definitely need my own space. Not even just because of this though I been ready, tired of being policed" I roll my eyes and she laughs knowing what I was referring to.

"He's going to lose his mind, that boy is not letting you leave the nest"

"I bet I do though, I'm going to talk to my aunt about it first of course just to give her a heads up then as soon as I find a place I'm gone. Maisen not ever stopping shit, you know this"

"You know I do, he definitely is going to have a fit though. I kinda want to be in the room for the conversation"

"You're so messy" I laugh.