RAFAEL NGUBANE

31. HAPPY FOR YOU

THE FOLLOWING WEEK

SEGO

WE WOKE UP AND DID OUR MORNING ROUTINE AND WENT BACK TO BED, LMAO

ME: WE ARE GONNA BE LATE

I LOOK AT HIM AS HE WATCHES THE MOVIE ON HIS IPAD, WHILE LAYING HIS HEAD ON MY STOMACH. HE LOOKS AT ME

RAF: AII I'LL TEXT HIM WHEN WE ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE

ME: LETS GET DRESSED KE

WE WERE HALF NAKED

RAF: (SULK) BUT I WANT TO SEE HOW JOE PULLS THIS OFF

ME: YAZI IM GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH A MAN WHO LITERALLY HAS NOT THAT MUCH STUFF TO PUT ON.

RAF: (CHUCKLES) EXACTLY. GET DRESSED MY BABY

I LIFT HIS HEAD UP AND GO GET DRESSED

RAF

I WATCHED HER EVERY MOVE. SHE WAS SO SEXY AND SHE WAS ALL MINE.

BAE: BAE, PLEASE COME ZIP MY DRESS FOR ME

I GET UP AND GO TO HER. I STAND BEHIND HER AND ZIP UP THE DRESS. I PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND STARE AT HER AS SHE PUTS HER JEWELLERY ON. SHE LOOKS UP AT ME

BAE: YOU OKAY BABY ?

(SILENCE)

I FEEL A HAND ON MY FACE

BAE: EARTH TO NETHA

ME: (BLINKS) HEY (SMILES)

BAE: YOU OKAY ?

ME: (NODS) JUST OVERTHINKING

BAE: ABOUT WHAT ?

SEGO

RAF: IM SO ADDICTED TO YOU.

ME: (GIGGLES) I KNOW

RAF: NO MATTER WHAT..

ME: NEVER

HE STARES AT ME AND SIGHS, LOOKING DOWN.

ME: WHAT ?

RAF: I HAVEN'T BEEN 100% HONEST WITH YOU

MY HEART SINKS

ME: IF YOU HAVE A KID, IM LEAVING

RAF: WHAT, NO (CHUCKLES)

ME: GOOD, NOW ?

RAF: CAN I GET DRESSED BEFORE I TELL YOU THIS. IN CASE YOU WANNA LEAVE ME AND I GOTTA CHASE YOU

ME: OH-KAY

HE LETS GO OF ME AND GETS DRESSED WHILE I MAKE THE BED. HE FINISHES AFTER 5 MINUTES AND SITS ON THE BED, NEXT TO ME

ME: ARE YOU DYING ?

RAF: (SIGH)

HE HOLDS MY HANDS, SHAKING

ME: NETHA

HE BREAKS DOWN

ME: WHATS WRONG ? YOURE SCARING ME

HE WIPES HIS TEARS

RAF: BABY, SO (CLEARS THROAT) UHM.. REMEMBER THE NIGHT YOU GUYS TOOK THE CARS AND THE WHOLE HOSPITAL INCIDENT.

ME: (NODS) YES

RAF: SOME OF THE CARS YOU GUYS TOOK DURING THE COURSE OF THE WEEK OF THE MEETING BELONGED TO VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE, IN MY LEVEL BUT THESE ONES DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYONE