We left my house and drove the three blocks over to Andre's. Prince got out and bolted for the front door and couldn't wait for me to put the car in park to contain his excitement. When Prince had a gig he would show it. His actions were enough to fill my mom's gas tank five times over with his enthusiasm. Just as I got out of the car I heard Andre yelling at his friend who he claimed was late again. Andre was never one to care if they were late to a show but Prince on the other hand was the time stickler. We were actually a few minutes earlier than expected. Walking up to the front door Andre looked at me like I had stole the last good humor eclair out of his mom's freezer.
"The hell too y'all asses so got damn long?" He scolded.
"Watching your fucking tone Anderson before I lay you're ass out there on the pavement." I snapped back pushing him out of my way.
"Hey! This is my house I'll talk to you like I got damn please woman!" He yelled.
I stopped dead in my tracks and faced him with an angry look on my face.
"Listen you fraud ass bitch! You better quit before you lose your dick!"
Andre grabbed himself and winced in pain as the mental image crossed his mind.
"Ok I'm sorry! I need my manhood to make love to you one day! Please spare me mama!" He begged.
"Then I suggest you get right or get the fuck left! Asshole."
I left him standing in the middle of the kitchen wondering where this side of me came from. It felt good to tell Andre off on a weekly basis just to keep him in check. Maybe that's why he had such a strong thing for me. I know how to keep his stupid ass in line whenever he decides he wants to act like an ass. Knocking on the small basement door I can hear Prince practicing on his guitar. He was sitting on a black bean bag chair with what appeared to be a new guitar strapped to him.
"Hey! Where'd you get that beauty?" I asked him closing the door behind me.
Prince looked up and flashed me a smile.
"Andre and his mom got it for me as a birthday gift. Pretty cool huh?"
"It is its beautiful! I bet it was expensive. Ms. Brenda must have really wanted you to have a new one."
"Yeah. She didn't like the one I got from the goodwill to use. She hated seeing me practice on it. One day she yelled at me when I popped all my strings in a two days. So that's how I ended up with this. I'll pay her back when I get I get the money from the show tonight."
"Wait they're paying you to play? Why didn't you tell me Skipper that's amazing!" I sad excited hugging him around his shoulders.
"It was supposed to be a surprise but I couldn't wait anymore." He smiled back.
"Well I'm definitely surprised! Did they tell you how much. Maybe it's enough do you to save up and treat yourself to something nice."
"About $500."
"Coming up in the world!" I said to him impressed.
"Yep! And if they like us we come back and do a whole weekend. Talking about getting paid!" He giggled.
It made me happy to see my best friend happy like this. Since he was already low to the floor and started taking out his hair one braid at a time when the door flew open.
"Yo Skip what it is?" Dez said bursting into the room.
"Dez didn't ya mama teach you how to knock I couldn't have been getting it on in here!" Prince snapped at him.
Dez raised his arms and smiled as he looked up at me.
"With Regan? Yeah that would be the day!" He joked.
"Yeah Prince that's gross!" I retorted with a grimacing face.
"Well I could've. Not with you Regan. I mean that I wouldn't want to but I can't see us......ya know.....fucking."
"Well played bitch." I mumbled just loud enough for him to hear me.
Prince turned to me with a confused look on his face.
"Oh relax I'm just kidding." I said with a grin.
"You better be! You don't wanna try me mama. I'll leave you turned so far out you'll be begging me to stop long before I'm through."
The seduction in his voice as well as in his eyes when he looked at me made my heart race. That had never happened before. He's never made me blush like this before either. What's gotten into him lately. Is he trying to be more than friends or is he just trying to get a rise out of me? The smile on his face told me that he knew exactly what he was doing and he was enjoying every second of me being extremely uncomfortable.
"I'm really gonna need you to stop doing that!" I said to him as I finished taking out the last braid and picked his hair into a nice round afro.
"Why? He asked me confused."
"Because you're wrong about me." I said softly to him as I stood up from the small chair.
Dez looked just as confused as Prince did.
"What's he wrong about Mighty Mouse?" Dez asked.
"About how I'll be begging him to stop."
I walked back to the door and opened it slowly. I found the two of them looking back at me pale and very stunned. I finished the conversation before leaving them in the hue of seduction.
"It would be you doing all the begging. Just because I'm shy don't mean I don't know a thing or two about sex." I winked and left the room quietly closing the door behind me.
When I came up to the top step I found Andre standing off in the living room as if he was eavesdropping the entire time but trying to cover it up.
"What are you doing Cymone?" I asked him with a sharp tone.
"Who me? Nothing! I was just-"
"You were just being nosy as always!"
He showed me his guilty look and sighed.
"Ok I was. But I'm just saying when you gonna make me beg baby?"
I rolled my eyes and went to the front door.
"You jerks get ready and I'll be in the car. Boys. Sickening." I said going outside on the porch.
"Regan! Don't be like that! You know we can make some beautiful music together!" I heard Andre yell from the screen door.
I swear don't they have better things to think about other than vaginas and sex? The mind of a man is a dirty place I'd never want to explore.
