Playing With Fire

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Arnell was only a few minutes away from clocking out for the day. She already texted Damitri to make sure he was on his way. He had been picking her up for the past couple of weeks since she turned in her rental.

Arnell was just about to turn off her number light when a customer came rolling in her line."Oh, shit. I didn't know yo mean ass worked here." Arnell looked up. It was Jaiden, the nurse from the hospital. "You was talking all that shit and now you bagging my groceries." Jaiden began putting his items on the conveyor belt.

She rolled her eyes. "Boy, all I said was it was a little fruity of you to be a nurse." She scoffed. "And it's a temporary job."

"I'm just fucking with you." He smirked. Arnell blushed a little. He was fine as hell. He was wearing a Nike shirt, which his muscles were bulging out of, and basketball shorts. He was dripping in sweat like he just came from the gym, which could have been a possibility because a Planet Fitness was right next door.

"How's your baby doing?" He asked, snapping her out of her trance.

"Huh?" She began scanning his items.

"Your... baby?" He repeated while laughing a little.

"Oh. Um, it's fine." She said holding her stomach. "Arm still fucked up though."

He nodded. "You should be good in another three to five weeks." He assured her.

"Thank God." She said while still scanning his items. "Your total is going to be sixty-seven dollars and fifty-two cents." He pulled out his card and swiped it before putting in his pin. "Your card was declined." She said purposely raising her voice to cause a scene.

"What?!" Jaiden asked.

Arnell couldn't help but laugh. "Nah, I'm just playing." She chuckled.

"That ain't funny." He said seriously.

"Yes it is." Arnell shot back, tearing up.

Jaiden shook his head before laughing. "You a clown." He joked.

As Arnell waited for his receipt to finish printing, Jaiden began putting his bags back into the shopping cart.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Damitri walking into the store. He never waited outside for her in the car which kind of annoyed her.

"Bye, nurse-boy." She teased while sticking out her tongue.

"Catch you later, bighead." He winked before laughing. Damitri must have heard him because he scrunched up his face. When Jaiden turned around he accidentally bumped into Damitri.

"My fault." Jaiden apologized. Damitri didn't respond, he simply kept walking towards Arnell. It didn't bother Jaiden, who kept rolling his basket out of the store.

"Don't trip." Arnell said as she saw Damitri turn around and stare Jaiden up and down.

"I ain't." He scoffed. Arnell could tell he was lying."That's a first." She said as she cut off her light.

"Who dat?" Damitri asked.

"The nurse from the hospital." Arnell simply replied. She began tidying up her area a bit.