Love And War (On Hold)

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Jaz to the l y n

It's Monday and where else would I be except work.

"Jazlyn, your boo thang is here," Paige yelled.

"Shhh! Paige!" I laughed. "Don't even." She is so crazy. I walked over to John's table and pulled out my notepad.

"Welcome to the Patio, what can I get you today?" I recited as I had a thousand times before.

"The lunch special with corn."

I came back with his food and waited on the rest of my tables. I waited for a while and walked back to his table with the check . When he finished paying he just sat there.

"Is there anything else I can get you?" I asked.

"You could go out with me on Friday," he said.

I thought about it. I haven't been on a date since last year and that was a disaster. Was it time to try again? My head was saying no, but my heart was saying fuck it, say yes.

" .. I could go out with you on Thursday."

"Giana's. 2 o'clock?"

I raised my eyebrows. "Okay." Giana's was an expensive Italian restaurant. I've never been there before but then again I don't really eat at restaurants. He put his tip on the table, smiled at me and left.

I walked to the back and leaned on the wall next to Paige. " He asked me out," I told her.

"Hmm. Okay, he's cute, he's cute." she nodded.

"Yess," I laughed.

"And you said yes?" Paige raised her eyebrows.

"Of course. A fine ass dude asked me out. Was I supposed to say no?"

"No, but you usually say no when guys ask you out."

I looked at her. "Maybe I wanna have some fun."

"Good for you." Paige elbowed me and looked down. "Be careful, boo."

Paige is always protective of me. She's like my big sister. When she was 16, she was raped by some dude after they went on a few dates. He was arrested and Paige had a son by him named Terrence, who's seven now.

"Always." I hugged her.

                           ***

"Ahhh!" Kayla screamed, driving down the highway. "You got a date!"

"Damn. Don't act all surprised." I smiled a little.

"Why didn't you tell us until now?" Talia asked, glaring at me.

"Because I didn't want to hear about it all week." I turned to her. "Lo siento, bebé. Me perdonas? I'm sorry, baby. Forgive me?" I said, putting on my puppy dog face.

"Yo perdono .. pero no es debido que la cara fea que están haciendo. I forgive you.. but it's not because of that ugly face you're making." she pushed my head.

"English," Kayla said.

"I said sorry. We need to go to the post office." I told Kayla.

"What's his name? How old is he?" Kayla asked.

"His name's John and i think he's 22."

"You think!?" Kayla yelled, stopping at the post office.

"22!?" Talia looked at me. "The fuck?"

Kayla put the car in park and turned around to look at me. "Are you stupid?"

"It's just a date." I looked out the window.