Star67~Ben Simmons Love Story

1

I was sitting in my room minding my business when my roommate, Nori, came in. "Do you want to go to a party tonight? It's at Peanut's house and you know his parties are always lit. Maybe you can find a man while you're there," Nori said trying to persuade me to leave the house.

 "I'm not into parties as much as you are. I only leave the house to go to The Hair Cuttery," I informed her. In case you haven't noticed, I'm a hairstylist. I took cosmetology during high school, and after I graduated I moved to Miami and got a job as a stylist. 

"Come on please Star?" Nori begged. I rolled my eyes and gave in so that she would leave. 

"I'm going to the mall to get an outfit for tonight." Perfect, this is my chance.

 "Ok well just pick out something for me. I don't like going to the mall because it's too crowded," I said. She agreed and left my room. Once I heard the front door close, I knew that I was alone.

Finally, I can indulge in my hobby. I pulled out my phone and I began dialing a random number. "Hey look here man, stop calling me! You called me three times today," I lied.

 The person on the other end said, "I didn't call you, so what are you talking about?" 

I kept going with my lie and said, "How are you gonna tell me?! This is the number that showed up, so stop calling me!" I ended the call and started cracking up. My hobby is prank calling people. I started doing it about a month ago when I misdialed while I was trying to call Nori. I frowned once I saw that I was getting a call. The only person I talk to or hang out with is Nori, so who in the hell is this? I answered the phone, but I didn't say anything. 

"Who is this?" a deep voice asked me. I raised my brow as if he could see me.

 "Sir you called me ok, so the real question is who is this?" There was a pause before I got a response. 

"Look here lady, you called me yesterday at 5:42 pm saying that you were pregnant." I started laughing as I remembered what I had done yesterday.

Nori's at work until 8 tonight, so I got my phone to entertain myself. I dialed a number and waited. 

"Hello?" said a man with a deep voice. 

I sighed and said, "Look, I'm pregnant. We need to workout some type of arrangement, so that our child grows up knowing both parents." 

I heard silence, so I assumed that the guy hung up on me. Then I heard rustling in the background and something crash into the wall. 

"Damn man. I'm too young to have a kid, so you gotta do something about that," he said. He acted as if he knew who I am. 

"Do you even know who this is?" I asked. 

"This is Brittney right? The girl I met last night?" he said. 

I shook my head in astonishment and said, "Wow man, that's sad."

After I finished cracking up, the guy cleared his throat and spoke. "So you think this is funny huh? Why would you prank someone and make them think they had a baby on the way? That's sick and childish." 

I chuckled and said, "No I don't think this is funny, it's freaking hilarious. If you slept with this girl two nights ago, how could she be pregnant?"

 He scoffed and said, "You know how y'all females are. Always trying to trap and scheme, so that y'all can get a piece of change." 

I tilted my head and said, "Not every woman's intention is to scheme. I go out and work for mine, so I don't need to try and trap a no good ass nigga like you. And why do men feel the need to refer to women as "females"? Female is a gender. You could be referring to a female cow, or a female dog. I'm a woman and that's what I want to be called." 

Now he laughed. "You just called me a nigga, but you're mad at me for calling you a female. The pot can't call the kettle black."

He really irked my nerves, so I said, "You know what?" He said what and I hung up on him. Once I ended the call, I looked up to see Nori standing in my doorway. When did she get back? I didn't even hear her footsteps. 

I opened my mouth to offer an explanation, but she put her hand up and said, "I don't even wanna know." 

She handed me my outfit and ordered that I get dressed, so that she could do something to my wild hair. I sighed and went into my bathroom and turned on the shower. Once I was in, I thought about what just happened. No one had ever called me back before, so that took me by surprise. I should probably stop doing that. I just hope nothing bad happens at this party, because I don't feel like fighting or laying on the ground because somebody wants to start shooting. Once I got out, I put on cocoa butter and then the outfit. Nori came in and styled my hair so that it framed my face. This is ironic because I'm the stylist, yet my she's doing my hair.

"Girl you look good in that dress. It's fitting your body right," Nori complemented. 

I gave her my stank face and said, "What body? I look like a q-tip compared to you."

 She shook her head and said, "Don't worry about being thick and having curves and assets. Remember that you will know that no guy is after your body."

 I laughed and shook my head. We finished getting ready and left. I let Nori drive since I didn't know where Peanut's house was. 

"Hey a friend of mine is going be there tonight. He plays basketball for LSU and he came here for his spring break. I think y'all would be cute together."

 I shook my head. "The last guy you set me up with was busted. His lips looked like emery boards and he had no edge up, so he clearly didn't care about life."

 Nori laughed so hard that she snorted. "Ben is cute and he's nice once you get to know him."

 I sighed and said, "We'll see."