It's been ten years since they've seen each other, Khalil Cunningham is now in the NFL and Marcus Riley is a successful lawyer. When Khalil gets injured he decides to head back home for his ten year high school reunion in hopes of rekindling a fire...
Even though it looked like I was on my phone the truth was I was watching Lorenzo. I watched as he walked away from the dude Legacy to talk on his phone but every so often we would glance in my direction, it was so quick that if you weren't paying attention you would've missed it but why was he staring at me? More importantly why was a part of me enjoying it? Lorenzo hung up the phone and walked over to me and sat down next to me smiling. I pretended to look at my phone because being this close to him was dangerous, Khalil told me Lorenzo didn't have feelings for me anymore but I didn't believe it, especially with the way he looked at me. I decided to test the waters and see where his head was really at.
"You two looked cute together." I said referring to Lorenzo and Legacy, hell even their names sounded good together.
"Man get outta here Marcus, that little dude is a child....... an infant, I was just playing with that dude." Lorenzo said still smiling at me.
"Lorenzo you're really going hurt that boys feelings, besides age shouldn't matter as long as he isn't jailbait forget what everyone thinks. I just met the dude and I can tell he's crushing on you hard." I said laughing.
"Man that boy is way too young for me." Lorenzo said blushing, he was so cute when he was being bashful, not cute in a sexual way but cute in a cute way.
"Look is the age difference the only thing stopping you from talking to him? He seems like he has a good head on his shoulders, and he's cute. Love isn't about age Lorenzo look at Nene and Gregg they're like 12 years apart and that doesn't stop them." I said.
"Who is Nene and Gregg?" Lorenzo asked laughing, I looked at him shocked because in my personal opinion everyone in the English speaking world should know who Nene Leakes is.
"Okay I'm just going to change the subject before I go into detail about Nene." I said shaking my head.
"Seriously Marcus, what does Nene have to do with me talking Legacy?" Lorenzo asked.
"My point is love shouldn't have an age limit. I think you should see where thing go with Legacy, maybe he'll be the one to last longer than half a year." I said.
"Love shouldn't have an age limit....... well love shouldn't have a time limit either which is probably why a part of me still loves you." Lorenzo said looking me in the eyes.
"What do you know about love Lorenzo? From what I heard you're longest relationship was what six months?" I said joking Lorenzo smiled and put his hand on top of mind.
"To me love isn't something you can grasp with your mind, it's something you TAKE with your heart. It's knowing with your heart when something wrong, or when the person you're in love with is happy or sad. Love is like a fire that consumes you, but it doesn't hurt, it makes you stronger. At least that's what I feel love should be since I've only been in love with one person." Lorenzo said smiling. My heart was thundering in my chest and Lorenzo knew it. "Don't worry Marcus I wouldn't make a move on you as long as you're with Khalil." Lorenzo said moving his hand.
"How do you think Khalil's doing in there?" I asked.
"Probably not so good." Lorenzo said looking at the restaurant...........
KHALIL
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I was sitting across from a man who I resented for damn near 18 years and all the anger I had pinned up inside was slowly bubbling to the surface. I looked around the table at Kadeem's family feeling sick to my stomach, not because I was jealous but because I was pissed..... how could this nigga actually sit here and play happy home knowing he had two other sons. All this ran through my mind in half a second. I looked closely at his wife and something clicked in the back of my head.
"I remember you, you were friends with my mom. So what ya'll decided to start fucking around behind my mom's back, what happened she found out and turned to drugs?" I asked getting pissed.
"Khalil it wasn't anything like that...... yes your mother and Carmen were friends. But she was on drugs long before me and Carmen started messing around." Kadeem said looking at me. "There are things you were too young to understand back then. Carmen and I tried everything to help your mother but the further she pulled away from us the closer we became, one thing lead to another and I was in love with both. When I found out they were both pregnant I had to make a choice, stay and help your mom or move on with Carmen." Kadeem said.
"Let me guess you chose Carmen?" I said heated.
"No Khalil he didn't have to choose. I had Camden about a month before Devin was born, and when I found out Delilah was in labor I dropped your father off at the hospital and told him to go home to his family. Your father tried to make it work with your mother during her pregnancy we thought she was getting better and she was then she had Devin and just couldn't deal anymore." Carmen said sadly.
"So what instead of sticking by her side you just left?" I asked quietly.
"Khalil you asked me why I left and I'm trying to explain it to you but you keep trying to make me the bad guy." Kadeem said.
"Yeah do explain why you're a deadbeat." I said pissed.
"Khalil calm down bro." Devin said quietly. I looked at him and he instantly stopped talking.
"I left because I couldn't bare to see one of the women I love kill herself, and I tried to take ya'll with but you're mother wouldn't let me and I was exactly the man you see sitting in front of you. I was a drug dealer and there was no court in the world that would take a child away from there mother and give them to a convicted drug dealer, that just wasn't happening. So I came down to Miami to get my life together, I went back to school and everything when I came back for ya'll Devin was already gone and you were in college. But I tried Khalil I really did." Kadeem said sadly.
"Great a crackhead mother and drug dealing father this just keeps getting fucking better with each wor......" Before I could finish Kadeem jumped over the table and grabbed me.
"Say what you want about me but I won't let you be disrespectful towards your mother." He said holding onto my shirt tightly. People were starting to stare at our table and some of them had their phones out.
"You might wanna let go of my shirt." I said in a deadly calm voice. Kadeem let go of my shirt and I stood up. "Look if you want to have a relationship with Devin then that's up to him, but I'm a grown ass man and I don't need you." I said. "Dev I'll be outside." I didn't even wait for a response I just walked outside to see Marcus and Enzo sitting a little too close for my liking. Marcus saw me coming and scooted away from Enzo.
"Are you alright Khalil?" Enzo asked looking at me.
"I'm good Marcus you mind walking with me to the car real quick." I said calmly. Marcus didn't say anything but he stood up and walked to the car with me. "I'm sorry Mar' I tried to forgive him like you asked me too but I couldn't there's just too much pain there." I said, I turned away from him so he couldn't see the tears building in my eyes.
"Khalil look at me." Marcus said turning my face towards his. "Baby you have to forgive him, don't it for your dad do it for yourself and Devin. You'll never get over this pain you're feeling until you forgive him." Marcus said, I knew he was right but I still wasn't sure.
"Alright I'll talk to him again before we leave here. I'm just ready to go back to the hotel and sleep." I said. "You mind going to get Dev and Nico." I asked, Marcus nodded and got out the car just as Enzo got in. "What were you and Marcus talking about?" I asked.
"Love and other stuff, he thinks I should talk to that dude Legacy." Enzo said looking at me.
"Yeah maybe you should so you can stop flirting with my dude." I said coldly. Me and Enzo sat staring at each other then I don't know what happened I just got mad and punched him in the mouth..........
