The Unusual Suspects Book 2

Dom

I had been sitting at the piano in the studio for a couple of hours just trying to find inspiration to finish this track I had been working on. For some reason I just couldn't. I just started playing A Dream by Debarge at the piano, it was one of my favorite warm ups. It at least helped me free my mind for a moment. When I looked up Araya was walking in and started dancing to it. I laughed to myself when I realized she was imitating Faith from Soul Food when she danced to Blackstreet's version. But to be honest, she was doing fairly well at it. We both laughed.                   "Not bad." I said once I finished playing.                                                                                                                "I'm no you with the dancing, but I can move a lil something." she said as she came in and took a seat in the chair across from me.                                                                                                                                     "Girl please, you did more than a little something." I said as I turned my attention to her.                   "Thank you. I didn't even know anyone else was here. I heard the piano and came down here. But I was shocked you weren't writing. You good mama?" she asked me.                                                  "You ever feel like...like something is off. Like you're not angry, you're not sad, you're just..."          "Like a blah feeling?" she asked me and I nodded. "Yeah...me currently." Damn... "It's like everything is fine, but I just don't feel fine." she said and boy could I relate.                                              "Same...and usually music is my outlet but I'm sitting here with an open verse and nothing is coming to me." I said. She sat up and looked over at me.                                                                                    "Let me hear what you got." she said. Great, maybe she can help me out. I started to play it back and she was listening and bobbing her head a little, but was definitely focused. "I don't think you're supposed to finish this. I feel like it needs another perspective on it." That makes sense.    "Thanks because I just couldn't figure out what to do with it." I said as I closed my notebook.        "Everything okay with you and brody?" she asked me.                                                                                 "We're in a good place. He just had me thinking of things that I never pondered before."               "He tends to get all philosophical and deep..." she said as we both laughed. "...but to be honest, we've never seen him with anyone other than you. We knew of the ex, but she never really came through or supported. So this is like all different and he seems happy. But he's also used to people coming in and out of his life, so he's not used to people staying." She made a lot of sense, I never even thought about that when he said what he said.                                                                             "Thanks, I didn't even consider the thought..." I said as I looked up at her. "What about you, everything good with the tribe?" I asked her.                                                                                                          "I know this is probably gonna sound weird, but Riek seems like he's wrapped up in Depth. Like I don't know if it's just because she's new and he's trying to learn her, but it's weird. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely not a jealousy thing because I adore them both, but it's increasingly obvious. Like me and Erica had talked about it and everything."                                                                    "Have y'all talked to him about it?" I asked and she shook her head. "...Maybe you should. I mean guys are a little slow, he might not even realize he's doing it."                                                                          "Point taken, but for me, it's more like observatory. I believe in freedom in love, so I'm not tripping or anything. Like I want all of us to be completely happy and okay with our set up, even if it no longer suits them or me, just break free. I'll never hold a heart hostage." she said.                  "I get that, but y'all work so well together. I just think when the newness wears off, it'll be spread evenly on all parts. It takes a little bit of time." I told her, she looked over at me for a moment and then smiled at that. It made me smile in the end and we were sitting there silently.                       "Everything good in here?" Kev asked as we looked up and saw him in the doorway.                          "Of course bruh. Let me give y'all some space, I gotta go in studio 2 anyway." she said as she headed out and he came over and sat next to me.                                                                                              "Hey Handsome." I said as I leaned over and stroked his hair.                                                                      "Hi my baby, you good mamas?" he asked me and I nodded as he kissed my forehead.                "Yes, Love." he stared at me for a minute. "What Babez?" I asked him.                                                    "You know I know better than that. What's going on with you?" he said as he turned my body to face him and he looked into my eyes with concern.                                                                                              "Are you happy?" I asked him. He looked confused. "Like the other night when we were talk..."      "Listen the other night was a general conversation. I just don't want you to stay with me because you're used to me or because it's convenient for either one of us. I want it to be because we choose to be together. I wasn't saying it like I'm anticipating it at all, because I mean I don't see it for us at all, but who knows? I just want you to realize I never want you to have reservations about the decision, if you ever are to debate it is all. You know I'm happy, I told you that the other day. This is the most stable I've felt in forever, how could I not be happy?" he asked me.         "So do you think I would just walk out?" He looked away for a sec and then back.                                 "I don't but life is just full of free will." Damn...Araya was right, for once I could actually see the vulnerability in his face even though his words weren't matching his facial expressions. I reached out to hug him, at that point I'm not sure who needed the hug more.                                                          "I love you." I said in his ear and kissed his cheek.                                                                                                  "I love you too D." he said as we pulled apart. "So...I mean you ready for me to hop on your song, because we can make this fire." he said and we both laughed.                                                                         "Let's do it!" I said as we turned to the piano and got to writing.