I went backstage and counted all the money I made tonight. I made a grand total of $4500.
I put on my sweats and headed for the front door.
"Ava, you did a really good job tonight. Keep up the good work." Said my boss Dianne.
"Thanks D, see you tomorrow night." I said walking to my car.
I stopped by the bar to say bye to my girl Teresa. "Alright girl, I'll see you tomorrow night. Text me when you get home." I said to her.
"Bye baby." She said as she finished cleaning up the bar. She was my first and only friend I've made since being in Miami.
I got in my car and checked all the missed texts and calls I'd received. One text in particular stood out to me the most. It was from my childhood friend
Jason.
Jason: Wassup Ava. I'm in Miami and I was wondering if you wanted to meet up and catch up on things.
I drove and reminisced on all the memories we had as kids.
"Mommy, can Jason come over?" I asked. Jason is the only boy allowed to come over. He's my best friend.
"Sure baby. Go put on some longer pants," she told me.
"Why mommy?" I don't understand why I had to put on longer pants just for Jason to come over.
"Well baby, you and Jason are getting older and you are starting to develop big girl body parts. Like your hips are getting wider, thighs are getting thicker, and your bampsy, oh gawd. Just a growing eh." She said tickling me in my sides as I giggled. Her thick Trinidadian and Canadian accent was sometimes hard for others to understand.
"Ok mommy" she smacked my butt as I ran off to my room to change my pants.
When Jason came over, we went to the basement to watch Shrek. While we were watching the movie, we were eating marshmallows.
"Hey lets see who can fit the most marshmallows in their mouth!" Jason said.
"Ok!" We began to shove our mouths with marshmallows until there was no more room.
When I pulled into the parking garage at my condo, I responded to Jason.
Me: Hey Jason! Thanks for thinking of me while you're in town. How about you come over tmrw for some brunch, let's say noonish?
I dropped my purse and keys at the door and headed for the shower. I stripped naked and put my hair in my shower cap. When I got in the hot shower, I thought about the first time me and Jason kissed at 16 years old.
I called my mom as she worked her long shifts at the hospital.
"Hey mom, can Jason come over to watch movies with me?" I asked.
"I don't know baby, I'm not there and it's just going to be you two in the house."
"Come on mom, it's just Jason." I said. Me and Jason met in pre-K in Mrs. Winters class.
"Sure Ava. Be on your best behavior."
"Ok mom. Thanks, see you later. Love you. Bye." I said hanging up without hearing her response.
Jason came over and we went to my room. I never really had sexual attraction to Jason. I mean I know he's attractive, but he never really did anything for me. But tonight, he just really looked fine.
He fell onto my bed, on my straightened bed, with his shoes still on.
"Jason! I made my bed and you messed it up."
"Girl calm down and come here." He said.
I sat on the bed next to him as he wrapped his arms around my waist. "Ava I love you." He said as he looked in my eyes.
"I know Jason, I love you too." I said looking back at him.
"No, like I really love you. You're so beautiful, and you've just grown into a beautiful young lady A, and I'm glad I got to watch you grow up."
"Thank you Jay." We stared at each other for what felt like forever. He grabbed my chin and pulled me in. Our faces were so close, closer than ever. He gently kissed me on the lips. I pulled back and stared at him.
"You ok?" He asked.
"Jay. We can't, we're best friends and I don't want to ruin that." I said as I got up and walked to the other side of the room.
He got up and came over by me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and looked me in my eyes again. "Do you trust me A?"
"Yes." I responded.
"You think I would want to ruin our friendship. Our 12 year friendship?" He asked.
"No." I responded.
"Ok then baby, you gotta trust me." He leaned in and kissed me again, and this time I kissed back. When we heard the alarm go off, we knew my mom was home. He hopped on the couch in my room, and I hopped on my bed. We pretended to watch the movie that was playing on the tv.
"Hey babies. Y'all hungry? I bought back some Popeyes." She said as we stood in the doorway.
"Hey Momma Ang." Jason said as he got up off the couch and hugged her.
That was the day me and Jason started dating.
I got out the shower and put on my matching bra and panties set on. I washed my makeup off and threw my hair in a messy bun.
I checked my phone to see a text from Jason.
Jason: How could I ever forget my best friend Ava lol? But yea that's cool, I'll text you in the morning for your address.
I laid in bed and thought about the first time me and Jason had sex.
My mom was gone for the weekend and trusted me enough to stay home alone. Me and Jason have been dating for a year and two months now. It's been hard keeping this a secret from our parents. If our parents were to know, everything would change.
Jason came over with our favorite Chinese food. We laid in my bed as we ate our food and watched our favorite movie together. When we finished our food, I took everything to the kitchen, and began to wash the little dishes that had been dirtied up.
I felt his arms wrap around my waist and his strong chest up against my back. He began to kiss all over my neck and I began to let out soft moans. I put the last of the dishes away and we went to my room. He took my shirt off and began to kiss on my chest. I took his shirt off and saw his rock-hard abs.
"You sure you want to do this?" He asked me.
I shook my head yes. "Do you have a condom?" I asked.
"No, I swear I'll pull out baby. You trust me?"
"Yea Jay." He laid me on my bed and that's the night my life changed forever.
I turned on Love & Hip Hop, and drifted off to sleep.
