In Denial

Chapter 13

Taraji woke up to feeling the soft sensation of being kissed on her back and up her neck. " Morning.." Laz traced his finger over her lips. " Morning.. I can tell you slept good by the way you were snoring all damn night" She laughed.

" It was that bad?" He chuckled. " Yes it was that bad".

" ..come here" he turned her around so that she was facing him. " I'm serious about you" He rubbed her thigh. " You always have been" she ran her fingers through his hair.

He moved her hair from her face and pecked her lips before jokingly pulling away before she could kiss back.

" Stop playing with me" she pulled him back into her. They made out for a few minutes before pulling away.

" Come take a shower with me" she got out of bed and winked as he watched her naked frame disappear into the bathroom. Chuckling he got up and followed.

After their steamy shower session, they both got dressed and headed to work. Since last night, Fantasia had been blowing up Taraji's phone, but she had been ignoring her and who could blame her.

" Hey" Regina walked up to taraji while she was putting on her gear. " Hey wassup".

Regina stared at her for awhile. " you got some last night, didn't you?" She asked. " Girl shut up"-"No you didn't you".

Taraji looked around. " yes I did.. and it was good!" She laughed high-fiving her.

" Let me guess Laz" she leaned against the wall. " falling for him again ain't it".

" You and Porsha out of all people know that he has a big place in my heart. And he's never truly hurt me. I had my moments but he's back and he's mine" she winked and walked away.

" Well you go girl".

Taraji walked over to Laz. " There you are". She stood infront of him and he wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder.

" all right listen up. Today is our annual showdown. To see which finalist will be competing in the big thing in just a few days. I hope you are ready. And I hope that you have been training. If you lose, I hope you are prepared to run around my gym for hours on hours because I'm gonna put you to work. Now train up because in an hour and a half, we begin" Nate announced.

Taraji was nervous because she knew that tonight she would finally have to see Fantasia after avoiding her for two days.

" Wanna help me train up. Like old times?" Taraji asked Laz. " Yeah I got you".

They went over to a mat. " you know they like to play dirty. So you gotta make sure that you're on it. Okay. Come at me" he told her.

Taraji charged at him and he grabbed her arm and flipped her over on her back. " Damn! That's what I don't miss.." She groaned.

" You got it get up come on" he helped her off.

" Do you gotta be so rough" She asked. " Try it again come on".

Taraji ran to him and before he could flip her, she jumped on top of his neck, with one leg and pulled him down to the ground. " Shit" he cursed.

" I still got it" she helped him up. He grabbed her waist and tackled her. " Your big ass!" She laughed. " You like it". " alittle bit" she kissed his lips and they stood up.

" I see all this lovey-dovey shit going on over here you two better win your rounds or I hope you can kiss and run at the same time because you're gonna be doing laps around the gym if you do loose" Nate crossed his arms.