Homecoming Pt. 1

Marcus 125

I was running late, I was supposed to been at Zyshaun's office an hour ago let's you know how bad I was running late. I pulled up to his building and raced inside after getting directions to where I was supposed to go I mentally prepared myself to for everyone to stare at me as I walked in, okay you can do this Marcus I told myself as I switched to business mode. I walked in the room and was surprised to find it empty, what the hell I know I wasn't that late. I walked in and found a chair and sat quietly until I heard the door open behind me, Zyshaun walked in wearing a beater and shorts, a towel hung over his shoulder, and talking on his phone he glanced at me and continued his conversation as if I wasn't even sitting there. He sat in the chair across from me and talked for about thirty minutes before finally ending the conversation, he looked me in the eyes with a amused grin on his face.

"Zyshaun I'm sorry I'm late traffic was horrible, it's like nobody here can drive and...... what's so funny?" I asked as he started laughing.

"Marcus you're not late actually you're early, Khalil told me you take forever to get ready so I told you the meeting was two hours earlier than it really was. I'm sorry for lying but I couldn't take any chances this is too important. But I'm glad you could make it, it gives us a chance to talk before everyone gets here. Let me just shower and change and then we can talk." Zyshaun said smiling as he got up, about thirty minutes later he walked out wearing a gray suit exuding more confidence than Khalil's entire football team. 

"Ok...... so what do you wanna talk about?" I asked shifting uncomfortably in my seat.

"I just wanna know where all your female friends are at, I mean I saw your girl Tonya and I know she's with your bro but she seems like she's got her shyt together and obviously your the girl in the relationship so I wanted to know if you had anybody you could hook me up with?" Zyshaun said keeping a light tone.

"First of all no...... I don't have any friends that I can 'hook you up with', and even if I did I'm 99% sure they wouldn't want anything to do with criminals. Second there isn't a 'girl' in our relationship and if you ever say I'm the 'girl' in the relationship again I'll show you just how much of a man I really am." I said getting pissed. Zyshaun started to respond but there was a knock on the door and then two old white men walked in with the last person I thought I'd see here, my old boss/ lover Julius.

"Zyshaun what is Marcus doing here?" Julius asked flashing a smile in my direction.

"Don't worry about it Julius we're here to talk about my case, not play catch up. Mr. Riley is here because I asked him to be here end of discussion..... and my name is Mr. Prater remember you work for me, we're not friends." Zyshaun said calmly but I looked around and could see the fear in all of their eyes. After an hour of listening to them go back and forth over legal papers Zyshaun finally dismissed them for lunch and they left with Julius shooting one more lustful glance at me. "So what do you think, can I get off or what?" Zyshaun asked seriously.

"Honestly Mr. Prater I think......."

"You can chill with all that Mr. Prater shyt, I just said that to let them niggas know who's in charge. You're practically family." Zyshaun said smiling.

"Ok..... I think you can beat most of the charges, the one you should be worried about is the racketeering charge. That's going to be the hardest to beat especially if they can prove that you organized the crimes. I don't see the case going on longer than a month...." I said looking him in the eyes.

"That's good that means I have a real good chance of getting off." Zyshaun said smiling.

"I wasn't finished, if they were trying to win the case then it could last a month tops, but I know how Julius works he's going to try to draw this out as long as possible, since I know he only works by the hour. I've seen him make cases that should last a week span over months, if he draws this case out then this is how much he stands to make." I said sliding him a piece of paper, and he didn't even blink. "The longer this goes on the lower your chances of getting off becomes." I said seriously.

"I understand...... thanks Marcus and about that comment I made, the one about you being the girl my bad. I really don't understand how gay relationships work, and sometimes I say shyt without thinking about it." Zyshaun said sincerely.

"It's whatever..... just don't let it happen again." I said seriously.

"Can I ask you a personal question without you verbally abusing me? Why was Julius staring at you it seemed like he knew you?" Zyshaun asked curiously.

Not that it's any of your business but he had something in the past and before you try to run back to Khalil, he already knows. Now if you'll excuse me I have to meet Khalil for lunch." I said getting up and walking out the room.

After eating I walked back into the office to find everyone sitting there quietly waiting for me. Julius seemed to be oblivious to my presence which was fine with me. I sat down and Zyshaun started by offering them double that of the number I showed him for them to end the case as quickly as possible. By six o'clock in the evening we were done, I was tired and ready to get to Khalil's house we hadn't seen each other in almost a week aside from that short lunch today. I pulled up to the house and the first thing I noticed was Khalil walking past the window without any clothes on, I rushed in the house and closed the curtains and he stood there with a sneaking grin on his face.

"Is there was reason why you're walking around naked with the curtains wide open?" I asked trying to keep my gaze above the waist.

"Well....." Khalil said walking over to me and peeling my jacket off. "It's been 10,287 minutes since I've been inside of you and I knew your were coming here so I wanted to be ready for you, I have the chair waiting and the blindfold ready, so strip down and you can tell me about your day as you seduce me." Khalil said kissing me.

"Your going to have to wait a little while longer Mr. Cunningham all I want to do is shower and lay in bed." I said rubbing his face.

"Aight go ahead, I'll just finish cooking then bring your food up to you." He said smiling, I gave him one last kiss as he disappeared into the kitchen. I walked into Khalil's room and my voice got caught in my throat, Khalil had the room covered in rose petals and candles while R. Kelly played quietly on the radio. It was the same thing in the bathroom, Khalil went all out I stripped down and got in the hot water, a few minutes later Khalil came in there and got in the water behind me.

"Khalil this is....." Khalil kissed my neck and my head fell back against his chest.

"This is for you, this is my way of thanking you. If you hadn't pushed me I'd still be angry at my dad but we talked.... more or less and now we're good." Khalil said.

"Khalil I could get use to this, just being with you makes me happy." I said leaning back to kiss him.

"What can I say I gotta make sure my girl is happy." He said laughing. I punched him gently in the water and he kissed me again. "I'm sorry I had to slip that in there, when Zy called me and told me how you destroyed his ego with just a few words I knew I had to mess with you, you forgive me?" Khalil asked wrapping his arms around me.

"Nope....... okay now I do, but seriously Khalil I seen a different side of Zyshaun today at first I thought he was arrogant and trouble after today...... I still think he's arrogant and trouble but I just have a feeling that he said something to Julius because when he first got there he wouldn't stop staring at me but when I got back Julius wouldn't even glance my way, I know Zyshaun said something to him and that let's me know he really is looking out for you." I said.

"Zy is a good dude baby, he's always had my back and you're right he told me that he had to check ol'boy for the looks he was giving you." Khalil said laughing. "But look tonight is about us, so let's finish this bath so we can eat and lay in bed all night watching movies." Khalil said washing my back, life couldn't be any better then the doorbell rang. "I'll get it just wait here." Khalil said getting out and wrapping a towel around his waist. A few minutes later Khalil walked back in with a blank expression on his face, but I could tell something was wrong.

"Khalil what's wrong." He didn't say anything he just walked over to me, sat on the edge of the tub and handed me an envelope and threw the rose he was carrying in the trash. I pulled the note out and read the six words written neatly on the parchment, 'I'll be seeing you real soon'. "Khalil this isn't from Vic is it?" I asked my heart pounding.

"Nah....... I know that handwriting it's not Vic." He said quietly.

"Okay who's it from?" I asked already knowing the answer.

"Roseline." Khalil said quietly, all that was going through my head was why now?