Nothing Even Matters

three.

"Your energy......feels so damn good to me."

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Offering a luring smile to the familiar stranger, Sade shook her head in amusement. She didn't know fate could be this humorous and allowed the two to cross paths again but something in Sade willed her to feel, grateful?

"This is my second time encountering you in two days and-"

"Must be fate right?" Sade couldn't help but let out at laugh.

"Yeah. Fate." Turning around seeing as though it was her turn to place her order, she ordered a six piece lemon pepper hot with a side of fries and waited for the guy to give her the total.

"Wait a min, get me a 20 piece honey barbecue, fries and large size the drink. Put it all on the same tab." Sliding the man a fifty across the counter, he grabbed his cup as well as Sade's and handed it to her.

Sade didn't protest to him. Who was she to turn down free food?

"So do you usually offer girls free drinks and food or was it just a one time thing?"

Raheem couldn't help let out a chuckle at the beauty's sarcasm. But even he had to admit this wasn't something he did all the time. Sade had captivated his mind at The Hive last night and although he was supposed to be just stopping to pick up an order and head home, he couldn't help but want to stop and speak with her.

Grabbing their food, the duo found a table in the back corner, Raheem's choice since it gave him a better view of his surroundings, and they begin to dig into their food. The conversation flowed between bites and Sade was surprised to learn that he owned The Hive as well as other businesses in the Georgia area. "So, does that mean that you write as well?" Sade had to know. Although his exterior seemed hard, she couldn't help but picture this man spitting words that would give her heart chills.

He only gave her that mysterious smile of his before they were interrupted. "Heem! As-Salaamu Alaikum."

"Alaikum As-Salaam." Sade watched as a tall dark skinned brother approached their table and greet Raheem. She couldn't help but be shocked at the greeting; she had no clue Raheem was Muslim. Which of course she didn't seeing as though they were just getting acquainted but she would've never guessed. She could only imagine how many more layers there were to this beautiful stranger.

"What its lookin' like?" Raheem's deep voice questioned his close friend.

"I can't call it man. I see you over here, who's this?"

Raheem smirked before introducing the two. "Sade, this is my brother Ahmad, Ahmad, meet the future missus, Sade." Sade couldn't help but shake her and smile as she reached her hand out to shake Ahmad's. She could already tell that Raheem was going to keep her on her toes and she was going to do the same, no doubt. But she had to admit, his little intro was...cute.

Chuckling at his friend, Ahmad couldn't help but be shocked. This was unheard of. It was already rare enough that he was siting here at Wing It, a popular spot in the hood, politicking with a female. Raheem was known to be a laid back chill dude that didn't put his business in the streets. It was unheard of him to be trying to get at a female out in public, period. It just wasn't his style, plus, the ladies always flocked to him on their own. You would probably see in the club with a chick only because he was smashing her down but it was clear that wasn't the case. And he had never gone that far with that kind of introduction for no female. Looking at the beauty, he could see why Raheem attention would be caught but he knew it had to be more on the interior because he and his people only bagged the baddest and Sade was definitely that.