Reality (Sequel to Future)

Chapter Seventeen

The next morning, I had just finished brushing my teeth. I went into Deon's room where he had just begun to stir out of his sleep. His drowsy eyes landed on me.

"Hey, baby" I cooed lifting him out of his crib.

I could already tell that he had something for me in his diaper based on his uncomfortabke facial expression. As I changed him, I could here faint laughter from downstairs. I finished changing him and put him on my hip following the noise. It was Zonnique and Devin in the foyer looking like they had just come from outside and they were all smiles.

"So did you like it?" Devin asked.

"Yes! I was surprised too. I never thought I'd like Spanish food so much" Zonnique replied.

Deon started bouncing and making noises like always making Devin and Zonnique turn to us.

"Good morning, boo!" Zonnique beamed at me.

"Hey" I said looking over them suspiciously. "Where'd ya'll go?"

"We just went to get some breakfast. We were both up" Devin chimed in.

"Really? That funny, I don't recall Nique being such the early bird" I said raising a brow at her.

Actually that was an understatement. That girl wouldn't get out of bed if someone broke into her house. But for some dick, she'd get up at 3 in the morning so I already knew what she was up to here.

"I developed better sleeping habits in Virginia, I guess" she shrugged.

Bullshit.

"We brought you back some" Devin said holding up the bag that had my food in it.

My eyes instantly lit up. I was starving now that I thought about it.

"Thank you" I said going downstairs and taking the bag from him.

"Ima go use the bathroom real quick" Zonnique said.

She put a hand on Devin's arm before making her way upstairs. Devin's eyes followed her all the way up the stairs until she disappeared. Then he looked at me to see my glaring face.

"What?" he asked innocently.

"What's going on with ya'll?" I asked carrying Deon and my food into the kitchen.

Devin followed behind.

"We just cool" he shrugged.

"Ya'll just cool, huh? You two have been screwing each other with your eyes since she got here"

He laughed and leaned himself up against the counter.

"What's wrong with that? She's looking for a good time and I'm willing to help her out"

"She's looking to fu-" I remembered that Deon was still here. "Have relations" I corrected myself.

"I can help her out with that too" he said smiling cockily.

I shook my head.

"Ya'll nasty"

"Look, the way I see it you should be thanking me. I'm occupying your friend. That's one less thing to worry about for you"

"Zonnique isn't a responsibility, Deon is. You aren't doing me any favors. All she's gonna do when she leaves up out of here is call me up about you"