Soulest

03

"You all clean Zolei?" I ask my niece as I watch her play in the bathtub. She just laughs and keeps playing with the bubbles in the water. Shy still isn't home and it's almost 10 o'clock.

"Dia, where Shy?"

"He's working. You want to talk to him?" She nods and a big kool-aid smile forms on her face. "Mkay, you have to get out the bath first."

After washing and drying off Zolei, I put her on her Hello Kitty pajamas and turn on Blues Clues for her. She lays between my legs eating some carrot sticks on the bed and I dial Shy's number for her. Just when I was about to hang up, he answers the phone.

"Hello?!" He screams over the loud music in the background. "Yo, hold on real quick." His background becomes quiet and I mute the tv so he can hear us. "A'ight."

"Hi Shy!" Zolecia shouts. He starts laughing.

"Hi Zolei! Are you at my house?"

"Mmhm, Dia got me. Mommy and daddy and grannie were arguing." She says while taking a bite of her carrot.

"What you mean? India what she mean?" Ugh!

"Nothing Shy. Where you at?" He smacks his lips.

"Man a'ight, just avoid my question. But I'm at Diamonds right now, I'll be there in a lil' bit though."

"Mmph, okay whatever. Bye." And with that I hang up. I put my phone on the charger and wriggle from behind Zolei so I can take a quick shower.

After tying up my hair, I turn on the hot water and shower head. I strip from my clothes and hop into the shower and stand under the scorching water for a while before pouring lavender body wash into my washcloth and lathering my body in the sweet scent. I rinse off then turn off the water and dry off.

After changing into a tank top and a pair of blue booty shorts, I walk into the room, Zolei is knocked out in the bed still holding the bowl half filled with carrot sticks. I take a picture and put it on Instagram then turn off the tv and set the bowl on the nightstand . I climb into the bed beside my sleeping niece and stare out the glass door that leads to the blacony. The street makes no noise and a slight breeze causes the trees to sway in the dark. This is the shit I want to wake up and go to sleep to; quiet, peace, and tranquility. The door downstairs opens and I creep out the bed and walk down the stairs. In the kitchen, Shy is looking through the refrigerator.

"Where you been at?" I question, making him jump.

"Damn India, you scared the shit outta me man!" He closes the refrigerator and sets a pack of carrots and ranch dressing on the island. "Plus I told you I was at Diamonds."

"Mm." I sit down at the island and steal a carrot, dipping it in ranch dressing. He smacks his lips and I giggle, munching on my carrot.

"What you 'mm'in about?" I roll my eyes and throw my half eaten carrot stick at him. I stand up from the island and start walking out of the kitchen but Shy grabs my waist, making me turn around and pins me against the wall. "You think you cute, don't you?" We whispers seductively while biting his lip.

"Ha yeah I do. What you gone do about it?" He lets my hands go but presses his body up against mine and stares down at me while his right hand slides down my stomach and his left caresses the back of my thigh. I try to hold in my moan but he rubs me just the right way so that I can't.

"Ion know why you be fightin' it Di, you know you be feelin' that shit."

"Shutup li' ugly." I mug the side of his face and he smacks his lips, making me laugh. We walk up the steps together with one arm around the other's waist. I stop at the guest bedroom door but he tries to get me to go down the hall.