The Unusual Suspects Book 2

Justin

"Dude...you think your boy coming back?" Riek asked as we both busted out laughing while we were still sitting in the park. I wasn't even sure. "He needs to, his endurance ain't shit. That mufucka is tired as hell and for this being week 3 we been at this, he ain't improving much." I admitted. "True, it seems like he be doing too much drinking and that'll fuck you up. It's coming out of his pores and shit. He gotta let that bottle go for sure. Or else he ain't gone get y'all anywhere on the court." Riek said and he definitely had a solid point. How could we trust him to play his role when he wasn't even keeping up with the workouts? "How's the married life been treating you?"
"Shitttt I have no complaints this way. Life been real good to be honest. The real question is are you getting ready for married life?" I asked him as I stood up to stretch for a moment. "Mannn this part is just for the world to be honest. Me and Erica been locked in for so long, that I always considered her my wife. That's why that lil breakup didn't make a lick of sense to me." We both just laughed. "Shit we been through everything together and that shit wasn't about to stop. I didn't build with someone this long to walk away. These are legit soul ties." he said calmly.
"So...what happens with the others? They're just y'all girls or y'all getting married too?" I asked. "I haven't considered the thought yet. Erica been ready for this and she's shown me that. I love my two other ladies as well, but it's hard to tell. To be honest, I feel like I have a deeper mental connection with India than I do with Araya. But Araya is still more in-tune with me in other places to be honest. It's a lot to consider. But it all has to feel better than my solitude. I'm real heavy on how it feels because a lot of people end up staying together because they're comfortable, not because they're secure or happy. I don't want that. Time will reveal all." He said. 
"Indeed! I always use me and Suki as an example because I never saw this coming. But it felt right and we are in tune." I said.
"Let me ask you something though Jay..." he said as I turned to face him. "...I ain't trying to stir up no shit, but you ever feel like you wonder how that other thing would've played out?" Damn.
"At times. But shit that ship done sailed and shorty really happier with Kev than I ever saw her with me. I love her enough to leave her alone." I said which seemed crazy when the words actually left my lips.
"That's mature as fuck bruh. I get it though. Sometimes you gotta just let the chips fall where they may. Like to be honest...I think India and Araya might wanna rekindle their shit away from us." He said to me. I just had to sit back and take that in for real.                                                                   "Do that make you feel crazy though? Like you spent all this time building and shit just for them to end up right back?" I asked him.                                                                                                                                "Naw, because in the end I'd have to look at it like I helped them out. Sometimes you have to fall apart from someone and build differently so you can align properly later. On the real, I think that's probably what ya boy is doing with Toya right now. Like they need a hiatus for them to fall back in line for real." he said and I don't know about that one.                                                                         "I hear you, but I don't know bruh. It's like Tony is my brother and Toy is sis for sure, but I think this might really be their new norm. Toya been seeming happy and this the happiest I've seen T in a long time. Maybe they were meant to just co-parent." I said.                                                                   "You gotta hear the shit between the words though. Prior to Toya suggesting they do their own thing to figure stuff out, T never considered the thought. He started looking after he realized he could, not out of want. Deep down, your mans wants to be with his babymama, he just don't want her questioning if she wants to be with him. It's a mind thing. Now, I can agree that Rita is perfect for him, but he strikes me as the type that if anything goes bad for Toya, he's gonna be right there. Homegirl ain't gone stick around and watch that happen. Think about it."                        "You know you're a real analytical mufucka." I said and we both laughed at that for real.                "I had to teach myself to be alert and shit. I watch everything and take a lot of it in. I've learned the way of people early on. I used to stay real quiet and listen, then I started to watch. You start to notice way more once just silence yourself. It's a gift and a curse sometimes."                                   "I bet because it's almost like you're teaching yourself to understand people and they barely understand themselves. But also with that you can see destruction coming and that has to be a hard feat." I said to him. He took a drink of his water and shrugged.                                                             "It can be, but it helps me be bettered prepared for any fuckery that may arise. Gift and a curse. But I'm sure you understand how sometimes the best thing about you can be the worst thing about you." he said and I nodded.                                                                                                                                "You know, I know. But it's always a way to spin it for real."                                                                                "May the odds be ever in your favor." We both laughed. I never really knew how to take Riek, he'd be on some deep philosophical level and make you laugh at the same time. Hopefully I can grow to be that well-rounded though. It'll do me some good in the long run.