"Push, push, push." Aries said to me and I did just that! We were in the gym getting it in for real. I needed this, I feel like I had been slacking so hard on hitting the gym, but this felt good. "Good shit!" She said while she spotted me. I sat up after that and took a deep breath. We both started stretching. We were really getting in that mode for the tour. "Mannn I don't think I would've been at this point already without you. People don't be consistent enough in here." I told her and she nodded. "You know I know. Both my girls ain't with it." We both laughed. "Araya just naturally keeps that same shape and Depth just don't like the whole gym scene and just watches what she eats. They don't even realize half of this gym shit is actually mental. It gets your mind right." she said as we walked over to the ellipticals. "Tell me about it. I be more stressed when I don't make it in here, but it gives my brain a relief in all honesty. Don't get me wrong, my body needs it but my mind craves it." I said as I started using the machine. "Same...I've needed to just clear my head and this has been my outlet." "You good?" I asked her just trying to make sure she was in the right head space. "I'm always gone be good, but I just feel a shift." she said and I looked over at her and she laughed. "...in my relationship, that is. It's different." she said. "I figured it would be a lil different when you add in a new person. It's like everyone takes time to form that bond all over again, right?" I said. "Sort of. The building a bond part happened quick because she's such a lovable person for real. But it's different...like I feel this strong pull between Riek and Depth. Like maybe they'll try to branch out and do them. Don't get me wrong, that's cool and we would still all get along. I'm not a hater on that tip but truthfully, me and Araya see that shit happening." Damn...they both said the same thing, maybe it's true for real. "You sure it's not just him trying to get to know her better? I mean you have been with him the longest, maybe you would know best." I asked her. "I thought that at first too, but it's even in the way he be eyeing her. It's similar to the look I seen on his face when we started dating for real only it's more mesmerizing. I think I'm at peace with it because I love Riek, but I think I love women so much that it's cool. Like he's been the only man that I've been with that made me want to be with a man, but I feel that bond more with women. Like sometimes you just see stuff ran its course." she said to me. "I hear you, but does it hurt you at all?" I asked and I noticed she slowed down a little bit on the machine and turned her head in my direction and I could tell a lot in her face. "A little. Like I'd be lying to say it doesn't phase me at all, but at the same time I love them enough to want the best thing for them. Riek has already given so much of his life and energy to me and I'll always cherish that, but I don't want that to cripple him. Just because we've been through some shit, doesn't mean we have to be together forever." That's big of her to say and it made me change my views on her. She did, in fact, have feelings for real. "I tip my hat to you there, that's really mature on your part." I told her. "It is, but honestly I think you'd be the same way. We have a lot in common, like we handle our emotions well. I see a lot of things with you and bro and even though you don't say it, it shows. Like you really love him and he really does love you. But you're both so used to losing that you're lightweight scared of each other." she said and she was probably right. "We do have a lot in common. Like I think I prefer women also, but ever since I've been with Kevin, I don't think I've really thought of anyone else. Like he seems like he's truly my person, but at the same time, I don't try to think about my feelings so much. That's where I went wrong in my last 2 relationships. I just be so cautious." I admitted to her. "Cautious is one thing, you're guarded for real." she said...sounding like Justin. "Within reason. I mean I show that I love Kev and I mean I did just move in with them, but I know to keep my area at my brother's house in case anything goes left." I said. "Yeah y'all scared. I don't even think neither one of you need to be." she said laughing as we both hopped off the ellipticals and headed towards the locker rooms to change. "So Imma just ask: would you be cool with it just being you and Araya?" "Of course! I mean we're locked in, I don't doubt that at all. I just think guys be suckers for poets." she said and we both laughed. "No shade but it's something about y'all that be having these niggas starstruck." We laughed again hysterically. "I mean...I don't know, I guess I didn't notice too much since I spent most of my time in the women's dating pool. But the way I went through shit with bitches...I don't know." "That's because of the studs in your city are really nigga-ish. There's a way to have a healthy balance but at the end of the day, they be on fuck shit. Fuck em though, you won in the end." she said and for once I see exactly what she was talking about. I did win and I'm gonna start looking at life that way. We went ahead and got dressed and headed to the studio.
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The Unusual Suspects Book 2
General FictionThe story of 6 inner city young adults, all from different walks of life, from different areas, and conquering different hardships. Watch how school, family, drugs, lies, the streets, and love bring them together and rip them apart
