Christina or- Chris was in love with her best friend for years, but she never once told her that in person. Candace up and left with no goodbye after school and college. Chris had a kid despite the talk of a stud at the moment, getting pregnant. She...
I breathed out and looked to my left at Candies sleeping body. "It was just a dream." I tell myself out loud. But it felt so real. I still have so much pain and dread about the future for us. Why would she go back? He left her. Abandoned her. Divorced her.
At least 15 minutes later, I was out and gone to pick up Tristan from Christians spot. I had left a note and breakfast in the microwave. Waffles, eggs and sausage.
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I pulled up to his spot and got out behind his jeep and her black jaguar.
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Yes, her. Him and Alexxus are official. Wedding was poppin. Me, Tristan and Candice attended it. Along with family and our moms and of course.
I couldn't be happier for the dude. He got what hr wanted. Hopefully he won't drop her like Léon did Candy. I got mad at the instant thought of the nigga.
I knocked and heard Tristan's laugh getting closer to the door. I smiled. His bighead self.
"Momma? Momma, you here?" I heard him ask a few minutes before the door was opened.
"Hey Chewie." I said greeting my bro with his childhood nickname I gave him. He smiled and hugged me.
"Wassup Chia? Pooda was ready for you yesterday." He informed me as Tristan runs to the back room where his stuff was in the room Christian had setup for him here. I laughed.
"Oh yeah? How's wifey?" I asked closing the door behind me.
"Candy complain, but it is the honeymoon phase of our marriage. We been knowing each other for 7 years; you know that , but it still feels like we just met. New. Innocent. What about you and Candy? Get cozy yet?" He asked smirking. I blushed and looked at him funny.
"How you figure that? Candy and me, I mean..?" I asked sitting on his creme colored couch. I don't remember speaking of Candy to him. At all.
"Lil dude got a motor mouth. Yo, I ain't seen Candice since graduation if feels like. How she doing?" He asked me concerned. I blinked and looked at him.
"You saw. Pregnant." I said. He made a face and I nodded answering his nonverbal question.
"Hell, If I was the devil." I said angrily.
"Man, I don't know. Last I heard, was when she 1st got here around that time they divorced. When she said she wanted to come down here for me." I said. He almost had whiplash after I had blurted that out.
"Jus you huh? Ain't Candy...?" He ain't have to finish the sentence. I knew where he was going as he eyed me.
"Hell, ain't we all?" I askdd answering his question with a question. He shook his head laughing at me.
"You got some magical ways I see. How Candy though?" He asked curiously. I looked around for the answer and finally shrugged when I came up with nothing.
"Ion know Chewie, but I do know she liked me since High School." I said to him. He nodded and his eyes light up like he got an idea.
"Brandi told you huh? Had to. She hated the fuck outta Candice. I told her you were with Candy one day when she couldn't get a hold of you and she told me that. And more. I ain't tell you cause I knew how you were about Candy." He said honestly. He breathed out deeply like he had weight of his shoulders. I nodded with clenth jaws.
"It sho as fvck wasn't her. Remember Cleo?" I asked with a raised brow. He looked at me smugly and laughed as I turned red at the thought of her kissing me last night.
"Yeah. She knew too?" Wait, y'all haven't talked since high school. How she get to you now?" He joked. I stared him down.
"She didn't. I caught her about to get 'carjacked'." I said to him. He knew what I meant and nodded with a slight frown. I hate situations where LGBT people don't help each other as a whole. Like we one in the same, but you wanna dog me like you one of them. Nah, son.
"How you feel about her now that she's living with you?" He asked changing the subject with the change of my mood.
All the love in my heart for that girl flooded my soul. Along with some dreadfulness of the future too.
"You gotta boo-boo? You look constipated Chia." He said to me.
"I'm not. Jus worried." I tell him standing up. He follows suit and stretches with me too.
"About you two? Don't be. I mean.. If she likes you like you like her and has always been there; you don't gotta worry. She a rider. Plus, I think she wanna see what that mouth with her pregnant harmonal ass." He laughed slapping me on the back. I laughed too tryna put in my head that maybe he's right.
"Ight bruh. I'll take your word on that. Pooda man!" I yell. He comes running back to me with his nerf football almost hitting me until I caught it. I love good reflexes.
"Sowry." He says looking at me worriedly as I just stare down at him.
He still been flinchy and scared since that day I beat him like he stole something, but I will say from then on, he been on his best behavior. I still can spoil my Lil dude and not spare the rod.
"It's cool. C'mere. I said. I watched him approach me causiously, then picked him up into my arms. He looked like every bit of me. I swear, but the hair and the eyes threw a curve.
"Chris, don't. He 3." Christian said stopping me from asking him what was gonna be asked down the line.
In his teens when he starts to wonder about his body and LIFE. Ugh. Ion look forward to that.
"I know we twins and all, but don't do the reading shiid no more. It's weird." I tell him. He chuckled nodding his head.
"Gotcha... Aye,yo, I gotta go pick up my wife from her Lil 'Spa Day'." He said after looking at his gold Rolex.
"Ight dude. Be safe and love you mane." I said putting Tristan down next to me by the door as he grabbed his keys.
"Love you too Chia and I will." He said hugging me. He held the door open and sunt us off when he locked his door leaving too.
