Moving On Is Hard [Trilogy]

First Date & Surprises

::Tallia::

Issa finally convinced me to go out with him, along with the help of my sister. Insert eye roll. Anyway, yeah, so after days, weeks, and months of begging and nagging, I finally gave in and we settled on a ‘date.’ Insert second eye roll. Today’s the day of this little date or whatever you wanna call it. I told him nothing fancy, because I’m not gonna dress for anything along those lines, he agreed and said it would be a surprise. Monique is staying over at Agyei’s at least until after this date thing, if she wants to stay when it’s over, she can as long as it’s ok with Mama Ngozi. Speaking of her, she’s a complete sweetheart & we’ve grown slightly closer, she’s become like a mother figure in my life, but I haven’t (and probably won’t) told her about everything that’s been going on. All she knows about is me working, going to school, having custody over my sister, and that I’m trying to provide a better life for the both of us, she didn’t question my reasoning behind that, she probably sensed I didn’t wanna talk about it. It’s good to know I have somebody other than Monique to talk to though.

Issa should be here any minute, so until then I’ll be watching Girl Code. How ironic is it that they’re talking about first dates? I giggled at the topic and focused on the episode, but I was quickly interrupted by a knocking on my door. I got up and answered. “Hey” I said stepping to the side, and letting him in. “What’s up, you ready?” he asked embracing me in a hug. “Yeah, let me just grab my keys and phone and we can leave” I said going to get my keys and wallet from my room, my phone was on the coffee table in the living room, so I picked that up on my way out the door along with my jacket, it’s not that cold outside, but just in case. “Ok, I’m ready” I said once I’d double checked to make sure I had everything. “That looks like a lot more than just keys and a phone” Issa chuckled, as I locked the doors. “Oh, hush. Nobody asked you” I said as we made our way to his car. “So where are we going?” I asked once he started to pull off. “That’s for me to know, and you to find out. So chill and enjoy the ride” he told me. Insert eye roll number three. Since I figured he wouldn’t tell me no matter how much I begged and pleaded, I got comfortable in my seat, and rested my head against the window. Before I knew it, sleep had consumed me.

::Issa::

We were only in the car for like 20, maybe 25 minutes, and when I looked over Tallia was knocked out! How she go to sleep that fast? I shook my head, and after turning the car off, I shook her to wake her up, but she didn’t move at all. “Tallia” I said shaking her arm. Nothing. Damn she sleep like a fucking rock, she won’t move worth shit. I called her phone, seems to be the only thing people wake up to nowadays. And guess what: it worked, as soon as her phone started to ring, she woke up. “Damn shame” I said shaking my head, and hanging up. “What?” she asked groggily. “I called your name, and shook you for about 10 minutes straight, and received no response. I called your phone once, and you woke up almost immediately” I said laughing. “OMG! Are you serious???” she was surprised. “Yeah, but come on, we’re here” I said getting out the car, and she got out as well. I would’ve opened her door for her, but she opened it the same time I opened mine. “Dave & Buster’s???” she questioned in what sounded like an amazed tone. “You said you didn’t wanna go anywhere ‘fancy,’ and since the Labor Day thing was a fail, I figured you wanted to have fun” I shrugged and we walked in. Let the fun begin.

::Tallia::

Today has been great! Guess I should get out more, I didn’t know how much I needed to relax until today. I would probably be studying or doing homework or something school related since today was off day from work. Anyway, once we get off this Typhoon Coaster, we’re gonna eat since we’ve been playing like big ass kids since we walked in. If we ever get on this coaster, why is this the only thing with a line? Hell if I wanted to stand in line for a ‘rollercoaster’ I would’ve taken my ass to Six Flags. The girl in front of us, turns around, and her eyes damn near pop outta her head. The fuck is goin on?? “OMG! You’re Issa” she exclaimed, I was clueless…again. “What’s up?” he asked smoothly. “Can I please get a picture?” she asked. Seriously, what the hell is goin on???? “Yeah… Lia, can you take the pic?” he asked me, and I nodded, still dumbfounded as to what’s going on. The girl handed me her phone, already on the camera app, and I took the picture, and handed it back to her. “Thank you!” she squealed, and skipped off happily. That was weird, but I shook the thought and hopped onto the little game coaster thingy, and swiped my game card. I noticed Issa wasn’t next to me, so I looked back and he was taking more pictures with other females. Whatever. Insert another eye roll. I chose my ‘coaster’ and enjoyed the simulation. When I got done, I walked off and left Issa to his little ‘friends,’ and found a booth to sit at while I looked over the menu. After a few minutes, the waiter came and took my order, and while I waited I started playing around on my phone. “Here you are” the waiter said putting my drink on the table “Your food should be out shortly. Is there anything else you need?” he asked with a smile, he cute or whatever, and his smile is adorable. “No thanks.” I smiled back. He nodded and winked, I know I’ll be getting his number with my receipt. I giggled and continued playing Pet Rescue. After a few minutes of playing that, I looked around and Issa was still taking pictures, I shook my head, and the gorgeous waiter appeared again. “Thank you” I said once he placed the plate in front of me. “No problem, do you need anything?” so polite, but then again, he is getting paid for it. “Yeah, some napkins please” I asked politely, he nodded and pulled them out. I looked at the one on top, and saw his name and number and giggled to myself. “Cute. Thanks Amar” I smiled and he smiled back before walking off. I shook my head and put the number in my wallet. Issa finally walked over. “Sorry about that, I forget I have fans” he said. My eyebrow quirked up quickly, and confusion flushed my face “Fans??? For what???” I asked cautiously. “You seriously don’t know?” he asked just as confused as I probably looked. “What am I supposed to know?” I’m a fucking bookworm, I don’t pay attention to shit unless it catches my ear on the radio or my eye on t.v. “I’m a rapper, I’ve been signed with Jive records for a while now.” “Oh” I said nonchalantly, and went back to eating. The waiter came back over and took Issa’s order, but he looked a little disappointed that Issa was sitting there. I pulled out my phone and his number and sent him a text “He’s just a friend, so chill… jealousy is cute on you though :)” I turned my attention back to the food in front of me, just in time because the waiter was finishing up with Issa. I’m not disrespectful, so if he texts back, I won’t pull out my phone until after this little outing. “I can’t believe you ordered without me” Issa faked being mad. “What was I supposed to do, starve while you take endless pictures??? Uh… no” I might’ve sounded like I was joking, but I was dead ass serious, fuck he thought this was? “I see how you do me” he chuckled as Amar came back with his order. Amar looked at me and smirked, guess he saw the message. I ignored it, and continued eating. Don’t judge my slow eating habits, I can’t help it. Amar walked off and Issa and I continued having random conversations, and ended up finishing his food before me, dang… I eat extra slow, whatever.

::Issa::

Today was cool, we should do this again sometime. I still can’t believe she didn’t know who I was, my music has been on the radio for the past few years; maybe she doesn’t pay attention to the radio like most people. It don’t matter tho, it was nice to have somebody to just chill wit and accept me for who I am, it’s been a while since that’s happened. I really do forget my ‘fame’ sometimes, guess that shows that my humbleness, and I’m glad she didn’t go off on me for that. Actually I’m glad she treated me the same even after I told her who I was, it’s hard to find people like that these days. I’m on my way to take her back home now though, and then it’s off to pick up Isa. Speaking of Isa, I think it’s time I tell Tallia about her, since Tallia and I have been growing closer over the past 2 months, and I don’t plan on sending Isa back to Ricki anytime soon.

Ricki needs some serious help, she actually defends her new nigga and not her daughter. I told her about the bruise, myself just to see what she would say. She told me Isa needs to learn when to shut the hell up. I lost all respect for Ricki at that point, and the case for me to have full custody is in full effect, we have one more court date, and if Ricki doesn’t show for that one, then Isa is mine, and Ricki is wanted for failure to appear, and child negligence. Hope, she don’t show up. Ms. Jiles and I are on better terms now, but even she tried to get Ricki to come down here, and at least put up a little fight for Isa, but Ricki won’t budge. Isa doesn’t mention Ricki anyway, so it’s not like I’m just tearing the two of them apart.

“What you thinking so hard about?” Tallia asked snapping me from my thoughts. “How you know I’m thinking about something?” “You passed my apartments like 20 minutes ago, and I’ve been trying to get your attention since then.” “Shit… uh, sorry” I realized I was headed towards Ms. Jiles’ house, that’s where Isa is. I pulled over at a gas station, guess I’ll tell her now. “Uh… I need to tell you something, and I hope you don’t think anything less of me for it.” “Ok, go ahead.” “I have a daughter” no sense in beating around the bush. “Ok… is there anything else?” “I’m filing for full custody over her.” “You were nervous to tell me that, why?” “People don’t take stuff like that too well.” “Why wouldn’t I??? It’s not like we’re together… Unless you and ya baby mama still together” she inquired. “Hell no!” “My bad, didn’t mean to upset you.” “It’s cool, but that’s what was on my mind, and I guess thinking about it, led me in the direction of where she is.” “Cool, so are you gonna pick her up?” “If it’s cool with you.” “Yeah, what’s her name though?” she asked and I started driving again. “Isa.” “That’s a pretty name.” “Thanks, but warning she talks a lot.” “Well she gets it honest, I mean her dad can go on all day” she giggled. “So you got jokes??” “Nope, I got truth.” I stopped at a red light, and reached in the glove compartment, and handed her an envelope. “What’s this???” she questioned confusingly. “Early birthday present, open it.” She did as told, and then hugged and thanked me. “No problem, I didn’t know what else to get, and Monique said you never say or drop hints as to what you want, and a gift card is always a safe choice.” She giggled “Of course, but you didn’t have to.” “I know, but I did” I said pulling up to Ms. Jiles house. “I’ll be right back” I told her, as I hopped out.

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her outfit is in multimedia

my doggy was attacked by a pit in our backyard, he's not badly hurt, but he does have a broken jaw... I wanted to update sooner, but i had to make sure he was ok, and since it was a longer wait, i decided to make the chapter a little longer (it was originally like 1 page long), and get a jumpstart on the next one

hoped you like it :)

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