We was chillin at Tony's crib playing the game. It had just been Tony, Jose, Mar, and me and we been chillin, taking turns on the game and talking big boy shit. Chill ass day since Toya and Suki were out doing their thing. I had started to roll up ready to blow for real. "So what married life like?" Jose asked me and then everybody turned and looked at me. "I mean...it's like life before for real. I don't be thinking about other females or none of that shit. I mean I literally got everything I want wrapped in one person. Like we just decided to live life together for real." I couldn't really explain it. "Awww." Tony said all dry and we all laughed a little bit. "Excuse him Jay, you know he's still feeling a lil raw over there." Jose said to me. "Shhiiittttt I think he's cool now. Right, T?" Mar said as we all looked at him. "I'm good. I got my own little thing crackin so it's all good." he said calmly. "What? What did I miss?" Jose asked and we all started laughing. "I met this woman the other day. She's real nice with a good head on her shoulders. I'm supposed to link with her tomorrow. So, I'm good." Tony said. My nigga! "You know she gotta be different when a nigga calling her a woman and giving mad respect out the gate." Mar said as we laughed again. "Naw all jokes aside, she's a good girl though. Zion said she's always been cool, calm, and collected. Just be focusing on school and bettering herself and whatnot. She's different in a good way." Mar added. "Yeah shorty seemed cool as fuck for real. She was real pleasant, respectful, and all that. I knew early on T was gonna go for her though." I said. "How you figure?" he asked me. "Number 1, shorty was cold. Y'all kept locking eyes, but because of how her personality is, she lightweight reminded me of Autumn." I told him. "Yeah that's the vibes I got from her too. So I knew that was his type." Mar said. "So...you and Toya just ain't trying to fix it?" Jose asked him and we all kinda looked in his direction and he just shrugged a little bit. "Honestly, I'm not even thinking about her. She already out here doing her one, two so whomever he is, been in the picture. I'm not about to sit here and be stuck on somebody who's content with doing them. I love Toya, but shit I love me too. I don't want my son watching us be miserable together. I'd rather him see both of us happy even if it's not with each other. But right here, right now: Imma do me. But I told Rita that me and Toya are basically in an open relationship because I wanted to give her a choice about if she wanted to proceed to talk to me or not." I respected that shit though, he went about it the right way. "I know my opinion don't matter, but I'll give it anyway. T I feel like 'fuck her' you literally made changes to make y'all situation work, and to know somebody could come in and change all of that is insane work. I mean you gone do what you wanna do, but me being your friend, I don't think she's the one for you. She was the one for a period of time and she did get you to focus and shit, but she was hellbent on changing you into what she wanted you to be." Martin said. "Okay, but let me play Devil's advocate, she was definitely necessary for his growth. I don't know if he would be right here in this space without her, but at the same time that doesn't mean he owes his life to her. I mean thank God for growth, but he gotta figure out what's best for his mind and soul. I won't talk about the body because that's a whole different conversation." Jose said as we all laughed a little bit. "Shit I wouldn't be the same without her, I give her credit for that. But me as a person, this all me. Like my personality is me. The reason people fuck with me heavy is because I show up as me and people fuck with the vibe. But I wouldn't be as well rounded, but she isn't. She still has a superiority complex and don't see wrong in herself ever. Like Toy is narcissistic as hell and she don't even realize. It's mentally draining in all actuality." Each day I feel more and more thankful to have ran across Suki, I don't have to worry about this shit. "Okay, well Mar how's life with your big family over there?" Jose asked. "I mean it's a busy ass house, but it's running smoothly. I mean it has its hurdles since we're dealing with 2 pregnancies and the 2 kids but I love it though. I always wanted a big family. I didn't know back then that it would be with multiple women, but I love it!" We laughed. "I still don't understand how that works, but more power to you." Jose said. "What about you? Don't you still talk to Nicole's sister?" I asked Jose and he nodded. "What's up with y'all then?" I asked since he had been in all of our business. "We're good, taking it slow. It's just a normal courtship." He said calmly. "So is it hard being on your spiritual awakening and denying yourself worldly things?" Mar asked him and we all looked at Mar. "Okay, I was trying to be respectful. What I'm saying is you good being celibate after all them hoes you was hitting?" We all busted out laughing, Jose too. "It's a daily struggle. I'm human, of course I have desires still, I just try my hardest not to act on it. God knows my heart and my intentions." He said. "I respect it." I said quickly. "We would expect you to." Mar said and they laughed. "I mean you the one that went and signed away your soul to someone, you should respect it." "I didn't sign my soul away, I just decided to tie my life to hers." I said in my defense. "Was it solely because you wanted to or because you had something to prove?" Tony asked. "What would I possibly even have to prove?" I said as I shrugged it off. "That you're over Dom." Jose said quickly and I just looked at all of them looking at me.
YOU ARE READING
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
