What We Want From Love

Chapter 2

                  

I step out of the shower,wrapping my body and hair in a towel. I wipe the fog with my hand and look at my reflection. My mocha skin complexion, almond colored eyes, and inverted triangle shaped stares back at me. I ran my hand through my shoulder-length purple hair and sighed.

————-Flashback

"Stop Kenny." I yelled through laughter as he continued to tickle me on his bed.

"I will, if you allow me to watch the game." He insisted.

"Alright, alright," I giggled, clinching to my sides. " Just stop tickling me." He stopped but
By then I had already grabbed a pillow from underneath me and whacked him upside his head.

"Oh word, you wanna play this game." Kenny challenged, as he grab a pillow as well and hit me. Before you know it, we were having a full blown pillow fight like two little kids. We continued whacking each other, until I fell off the bed and onto the wooden floor. Seconds later, Kenny heavy ass came tumbling onto me. We gazed into each eyes for what seemed like eternality. Until he finally spoke.

"I love you, Mercedes." Kenny said nervously, and I froze.

"Duh, and I love you too, Mr. Robinson." I joked, lightly punch his arm to break the intention.

"No, like I'm in love with you." Kenny said timidly. "Every time I see you.. my whole world bright up." My tongue gets tight and I'm lost for words. The way you smile, the way you walk. Baby, I love everything about you. The way you swept me off of my feet. You're beautiful from head to toe, inside and out. You got a nigga outchea, swallowing his pride letting his guards just to express how he feels about you.  I'm in lov-----

His sentence was cut off as my lip collided with his.

Girl, you still in that bathroom ?!" Mo shouted, knocking.

Startled, I wiped my eyes and sniffled. "I'll be right out." I grab a napkin off the counter and dapped near my tear duct.  I was never the one to drown in my sorrow but when you've been with someone for so long and they just up and leave, you'd be surprised what that might do to you. I took a few more seconds to make sure normalcy was plastered on my face before I opened the bathroom door. I walked to where my bedroom was when I heard Mo and my fellow heifers  laying on my bed, laughing and chatting their lives away.

"Whatcha ya'll gossiping about now?" I asked as I walked over to my closet to pick out something casual to wear.

"There this party going down at MJQ concourse tonight, we going right ?"

"That sounded more like a statement than a question, Precious." I chuckled and picked out a red oversized shirt from my suitcase.

"Wait?!" Z shouted, looking up from her phone. "Is that the club Trey is gonna be at?"

"TREY as in TREY SONGZ!" Precious yelled. Mo nodded in agreement. "Oh, we're DEFINITELY going now." 
"Yes ma'am."Said Z. "Let me go back out something to wear, my husband finna be in the spot."
"Aye, the bitches is out tonight !" Mo smirked, flipping his hair and prepping for a quick little twerk as his signature move for good news. Precious stood beside him, hyping him u., chiming an "Ayye" Ayye" every now and then.  I laughed at the sight of these two and shook my head.

"Wait."Z said, turning her attention to me. "Cedes ? Are you are coming too."

"No thank you, I said, walking to the vanity, to grab a scrunchie for my hair. " I'll pass."