• POISON • (keith powers a.u)

• TWO •

KEITH

I sat there, absolutely speechless.

"What the fuck just happened..." I whispered to myself. I looked down and blinked hard, truly puzzled. The music rang loud in my ears as I looked out toward the dance floor, trying to locate Diamond's brown skin and braids.

But, she was literally no where to be seen.

Did I, Keith Powers, the ladies man, really just get blown off? By a girl? What kind of alternate universe was this?

I shuddered, as I could practically hear my homeboys clowning me already. Especially Woody and Elijah's loud asses.

'Bro, you let her play you like that?'

'This nigga is corny as hell!'

I quickly slammed the rest of my drink. This was not going to happen. I would rather die that go down that easy.

Well, not literally die, but you get the point.

It was go time.

'Come on, Powers! You're in control!' I told him self. I continued to mentally pep-talk myself and scswished the last of the Hennessy around my mouth as I hopped up and down a couple times.

I lightly smacked myself in the face a couple times for good measure before putting the glass down and making his way out to the dance floor. My eyes scanned the around the entire area until finally. I spotted her.

She was dancing, grinding her hips melodically to the beat, just as she were doing when I saw her the first time. But this time, there was some random, sweaty white dude who kept trying to force himself behind her, although she seemed very uninterested and slightly disgusted.

I fought to bite back a laugh as I watched the guy pulsate awkwardly. Diamond kept trying to side step away, but this dude really wasn't quitting. Finally, I strode up to them and cleared my throat loudly. Diamond looked instantly with pleading eyes. However, the dude just stayed in the zone, dancing recklessly.

'Help me,' Diamond mouthed. I laughed, stepping closer to the guy.

I got it from here, bro," I said, placing my hand on his shoulder. He looked up at me and quickly scurried away. Diamond looked up at me with wide eyes and we both burst out laughing.

"Thank you so much," she said over the music. "He was really drunk, I didn't know what to do with him!" Diamond exclaimed, still giggling.

Her laugh sent literal shock waves up my spine I froze up again for second, but promptly reminded myself, 'You're in control. And a total ladies man.'

"That was karma, you know." I said, brushing my tongue over my lips. l stepped closer to her, taking her arms and draping them around my neck, then placing my hands on her hips.

A small smirk formed on Diamond's lips. I watched in satisfaction as her eyes scanned up and down my face, from my eyes to my lips, then back up to my eyes.

"I don't know what you're talking about," she said innocently, shrugging her shoulders. I chuckled, shaking my head at the her.

"You're evil," I said. Diamond's smirk widened as she looked me up and down again.

"You have no idea, baby boy," she said softly. Her tone sent chills up my spine and made my knees feel weak.

'You're a ladies man, Keith.' I reassured myself one last time before saying my next words.

"We should get out of here. C-come over to my place," I suggested, stuttering a bit in between. Diamond raised an eyebrow.

"Should we?" she asked. I nodded nervously, licking my lips quickly. She glanced down at them then looked back at my eyes. "Okay," she said simply. It took everything I had to keep my jaw from dropping.