Chrilani

Chapter Four

Chris POV

She stared at the painting. "I just don't want to look away. This is so beautiful."
"Like you." I said. She looked up at me and smiled. She put the painting back in the bag. She looked back at me and rubbed her hand through her hair.

"Uh, so what we doing?" she asked.

"Wanna watch a movie?" I asked.

"Yeah, you got Shrek?" she asked. I looked at her.

"What?"

"You got Shrek?" she asked again.

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I?" I walked over to my movies and pulled out all of the Shreks. "Which one you wanna watch?"
"We gon watch all of them. In order." she said. I looked over at her.

"What you think we got all night?" I asked.

"I don't know. Maybe." she giggled. I shook my head and put the movie in the Dvd player. "You got popcorn?" she asked.

"Nigga!" she laughed. I sat down next to her and put my arm around her shoulder. She slid closer to me and put her head on my chest.

While we were in the middle of watching the movie, I heard her light snores. I chuckled and lifted her off of me lightly and laid her down. I grabbed a blanket and pulled it over her. I finished watching the movie and then turned off the tv. I was about to go upstairs when Kehlani called my name.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Don't leave me." she said. I turned around and looked at her. She was sitting up. She stared at me.

"Come on little one." She grabbed the blanket and followed me upstairs. I laid on my bed and she climbed in.

"Thank you for letting me sleep here." she said.

"Yeah no problem. What you don't like being by yourself?" I asked. She shook her head.

"Jhene lives with me so I'm never alone. Well, technically, she lives somewhere else but she or somebody else is there with me." She laid her head on my chest. "Chris, is this weird?" she asked.

"Nah." I admitted.

"Chris, you have a girlfriend."

"She doesn't have to know about this." She sighed. I lifted my head so I could see her face. She looked like she was scared.

"Look, she doesn't care. She knows we're friends."
"Who almost had a baby." she mumbled under her breath.

"Huh?" I asked.

"Nothing." she lied. I sighed. I knew about the baby. Well, I had a feeling that there was a baby, but, I never asked her about it. Nor did she tell me anything about it.

"Kehlani is there something you wanna tell me?" I asked.

"Did I act like there was something to tell you?" she asked.

"Ok, no need to act like I did something horribly wrong." I said.

"Sorry, I um, I hate talking bout that."
"About what?" I asked. I was trying to get her to say it.

"I was pregnant Chris."

2 months ago

Kehlani left my house wearing little bit of nothing. A t-shirt of mine and a part of my shorts. I have no idea where her underwear went. But she had to leave.

I took a shower after she left. Then got dressed and ready to leave. But once I was out the door, her friend Jhene stopped me.

"Hey boo."

"Hi, Jhene? Right?"
"Yep. I'm the bestie. So, uh, I got to say a couple of things to you right now to get the facts straight."

"Ok." I crossed my arms.

"So, uh, if you hurt my friend, my nigga, I will hurt you. No matter how sexy you are. Matter of fact how old are you?"

"26."

"Oh, she's only 20. Not that big of a difference. But, uh, don't act like you're her father. Or better than her. How much money you make?"

"A lot." I answered. She smirked.

"I like you. Nice meeting you Kehlani's bae."

"Chris."
'Ohh. Nice meeting you Chris." we shook hands and then I left. That was the first time I actually talked to Jhene. And the last time.

1 month later

Kehlani stopped coming around a lot. She told me she was out of town but I know she was home because Jhene always was there.

But to keep my mind busy, and a certain body part. I got a girlfriend. She started coming over a lot. I knew Ro didn't like her as much as she liked Kehlani. But she'd been avoiding me.

One day, I saw her walking out her house with her trash. I ran up to her. "Hey Kehlani. Wanna hang later?" I asked. She looked at me like she seen a ghost.

"Uh, I can't. I have things to do." she started to run away. I sighed and followed her.

"What did I do? Did I mess up?" I asked.

"Uh, nah. I don't know. Maybe you messed up when you got a girlfriend. You know what it doesn't matter. We aren't anything."

"Kehlani stop. She's not my girlfriend. She's a friend. On some real shit." I lied. She looked at me.

"Are you lying to me?" she asked.

"No, I'm telling the truth. I like you a lot." she smiled.

"Alright."

"Where you been?" I asked changing the subject.

"I told you I had things to do." she said. I could tell she was hiding something. I didn't want to know really. I mean, maybe it isn't my business.

"Alright. So what you want to do?" I asked.

"I don't know. What do you want to do?"