• Chapter Three •
I woke up at 7am with the worst headache. My meeting was in 3 hours, out of town. I hopped out of bed and took some aspirin before I took my shower. I got out and my phone was ringing with a picture of Capri on the screen. When did she do that?
"Hello?" I answered while holding my towel up.
"What are you doing today?" She asked.
"I'm going to a meeting out of town. It's gonna take all day." I said trying to hurry her off the phone.
"Guess I'm tagging along then. Hurry up. It's kinda chilly out here." She said before hanging up. What the hell? I hurried and got dressed, grabbed all the shit I needed and took it out to my car.
"You sure do clean up nice." Capri said, she was leaning against my car just watching me.
"Thanks. Capri you can't go to this meeting with me." I said bluntly.
"Who said I was going to the meeting? I said I was tagging along. As in keeping you company during the drive and whenever you get a break." She stated crossing her arms. "It gives me a chance to get on good terms with you."
"Are you serious?" I asked.
"As serious as ever babe." She touched my cheek then got in the passenger seat of my car. I sighed and got in the car. I put the address to the building in my phone and seen that it was 2 hours away.
"One rule, don't touch the music." I said with a glare.
"Aight papi I won't touch the music." She said holding her hands up in surrender. I plugged my phone in and turned on my music. "You aren't hungry?"
"No I'm not." I said. I pulled out of the driveway and followed the directions.
"So why did you choose Jakari? Why did you even believe her?" Capri asked after 15 minutes of music.
"I fell for her bitch ass. Why else would I have been engaged to her?" I asked, side eyeing her.
"I never thought you two were even that serious. Once you moved, I figured it was over. People kept telling me you weren't with her and you were with somebody else." She explained.
"Nah it was like that for a few months. Then we got back together and it's a whole long story. I'll tell when I'm up to it." I said.
"I'm holding you to that. When do you think you'll start dating again?" She asked, looking at her phone.
"Dating?" The concept of getting back out there and dating someone new and getting to know someone entirely was not even appealing anymore.
"Yeah.. You know what that is right?" Capri asked with a laugh to follow.
"Of course. But me and Jakari.. we were in love. At least I thought. I know I was. She broke me and I thought it would be easy to just get over it because of how badly she hurt me but I was wrong. I don't want to go through getting to know someone, being around them all the time, the pictures and videos and dates. I don't want to do all of that and get hurt again." I explained. It felt good to talk about this.
"It'll take time. I know that much Ari. Once you meet someone that you feel safe with and trust them enough, your heart will get repaired like that." She said snapping her fingers. "I'm still stuck on how you chose her but that's beyond me."
"You told me she never had less than two girlfriends at a time and I happened to be one of her toys. I admit to that. It isn't my fault. She had a way with her words and when we made love she had a way with me. First stud I ever dated and I was hooked. She knew how to play the game. Shit she created the game. If she wasn't so good at hiding the shit she was doing then I would have never even talked to her after I moved." I explained as my chest began to feel heavy.
Capri looked at me and rubbed my shoulder.
"I understand. Love is.. extremely blinding. Dating isn't even necessary. Bonafide chilling time is necessary. Trust me, there's a difference."
She sat back and looked out the window. A weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I spoke about Jakari without lashing out or crying. None of that shit. That was the first step.
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"This city is pretty nice. We should stay for a few hours." Capri said. We were walking down the sidewalk to my car from the office building I was in for the meeting.
"I'm tired enough as it is." I replied.
"I can drive back. Come onnn I wanna practice my photography skills with you." She continued to persuade me with more and more reasons about why we should explore the city.
"Okay okay! We can stay. First we need to find a place to eat at. I feel empty." I exclaimed, rubbing my stomach.
"I actually seen a place that looked good while I was walking around by myself for 2 and a half hours." I laughed at the attitude in her voice.
"I didn't expect the meeting to last that long. Let's go to this place you found though." I said smiling. After that long and boring meeting, it would be fun to hang out and explore a new place with her. I don't want to get ahead of myself though.
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Capri's POV
Ariana handed me the keys to her car and we both got inside. Her phone was dying from taking so many pictures of me and I had my charger, so despite taking about 300 pictures, I was good. I put her address into my gps and started the drive back.
It was already 9pm now. We stayed a lot longer than expected. Ariana took her shoes off and put her seat back a bit.
"I'm glad we stayed. I had fun. Even though my storage is just about overflowing because of all the damn pictures of you." Ari claimed, with her eyes closed. I laughed at that. We really did go overboard.
"And to think you didn't even want me to come with you. I had fun too. I knew I would." I stated, staring at the road.
"Good thing you wouldn't take no for an answer. I needed this. We should do it again." Her voice drifted off into silence at the end of her sentence and I realized she fell asleep.
Love really is blinding. But it's good when it's blinding you from something that hurt you in the past. In my case at least. That's a topic for another day.
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Sooo does this mean Capri is in love?
CA4L ❤️ or no?
Comment your thoughts. I'll update soon. Sorry for the wait.
