Save Me

18| Brandon

"Put it more to the left," I advised Chaz, Lauren's boyfriend as we brought the couch to her new apartment.

I took a deep breath once we got it in the perfect spot and sat my sweaty self down on the bar stool.

"Unh unh! Get your sweaty ass up. Don't be staining my chair up." Lauren came out of nowhere with a love tap to the back of head.

"Bruh chill," I groaned as I leaned on her counter instead.

"You chill...here." Laurie tossed me and Chaz both a bottle of water. She kissed his cheek as he leaned up against one of her walls.

"Thank you for this," she told him. He nodded and pecked her forehead. "And you too, Bam. Y'all made this process easier for me."

"It's nothing," I assured her before drinking down half of my water. It was real bittersweet for me to see her moving on because I had got so used to having her and Nas around.

"Well, babe it looks you all set here. I gotta head to work in about two hours, so let me get to showering."

Lauren nodded with a small smile as Chaz kissed her cheek before leaving. I gave him a polite headnod on his way out. "It was nice to finally meet you, homie."

"Likewise," I added just he made his way out.

"Homie?" I questioned, giving Laurie a teasing look. She playfully rolled her eyes at me.

"Okay, maybe he's stuck in the 90s. That's my boo though," she defended him with a playful frown. I simply laughed and shook my head.

"Hey, if dude makes you happy then him being corny is the least of my worries for you. I'm just playing around anyway. Um, I guess I'll head out too."

Lauren frowned and crossed her arms like she had an attitude. "You're off today, so where you going?"

I furrowed my brows at her knowing my schedule. "Keeping tabs on me?"

She smacked her teeth. "Boy, please. After living with you for a few months, I'm pretty sure that I can catch on to patterns. You rarely work on the first Saturday of the month."

"Mhm, stalker ass."

"Whatever, I'm hungry. You feeding me?"

I cackled lowly. "Nah, I just helped you move in your crib. You gotta feed me lady. What you cooking for me?" I smiled while staring her down.

"Tuh, you thought! Order something sir."

I knew she was going to say that. "Exactly my point. I can go order something while I'm at home in my bed if that's the case."

"So you just gone leave here all alone..." Lauren was fake whining like she always did.

"Nas coming back from over his friend's house tonight. You'll be fine."

Lauren got up from her couch and sighed. "Alrighty then. Be a meanie..."

I chuckled to myself. "You move out of my loft just to hold me hostage in your apartment. I think you missed the point of moving."