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My Love

Three Weeks Later | Wednesday, February 19,

Chresanto

"Hi! You've reached Avian. I'm sorry I couldn't answer the phone, but if you would leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks!" She said. I sighed, hanging up. I pulled up into Jasmine's driveway then got out. I walked over to her door and knocked. It opened and she smiled.

"Hi Chresanto." She greeted before pulling me into a hug. I squeezed her tight then kissed her cheek before pulling away. She giggled lightly.

"Ready to go?" I asked her. She nodded then spoke up.

"Wait, I want you to meet my grandmother." She said to me. I smiled then nodded my head.

"Okay." I said with a chuckle. I saw a woman about in her late seventies come to the door. She kinda favored Jasmine a little. She smiled at me and Jasmine began to speak.

"Grandma this is Chresanto August. My friend I was telling you about. Chres, this is my grandmother, Lenora Jane." Jasmine greeted sweetly. I smiled at her then spoke.

"It's nice to meet you Mrs. Jane." I said to her happily.

"Oh sweetie call me Lenora." She said while laughing. She then pulled me into a warm hug. I chuckled then pulled away.

"Will do." I said to her.

"Wow Jas. You were right. He is cute." She said to her. I found myself smirking at Jasmine as I watched her skin turn a light pink.

"Okay Grandma. I'll see you later." She said while pulling me towards the car. Mrs. Lenora laughed and I joined in.

"Bye Mrs. Lenora." I said to her. She waved goodbye before going back inside of the house. Jasmine and I got into the car and I started it.

"So...you think that I'm cute huh?" I asked with a smirk. She blushed again, looking away shyly.

"It's okay Jasmine...I think that you're cute too." I said to her. She blushed mad hard after that. I chuckled deeply while backing out of the driveway. I drove off, on our way to the doctor's office.

Craig

Ginger and I were shopping for a few things. I was thinking about Char the whole time. That's her nickname, that's even beautiful.

"So...how are you and Charmaine?" Ginger asked me while we browsed around the story.

"Great. She's amazing." I told her. She stared at me the whole time as if she didn't believe me.

"What?" I asked.

"She's just amazing?" She asked me with a smile. I playfully rolled my eyes and chuckled.

"The woman is out of this world Ginger. She's outstanding. She's smart, funny, silly, so down-to-earth. Yet, about business." I bragged. She laughed at me then replied.

"She sounds like a win/win to me." She stated. I sighed deeply while shaking my head.

"If she's so amazing then why are you so down?" She questioned. I looked around, not wanting to respond, but she already knew why.

"You're afraid that she may be the same as the others?" She asked.

"She doesn't seem that way at all, but it has happened to me so many times, I'm afraid Ginger. I am and my feelings are growing and growing, every time I'm with her. Every time I think about her, I cringe for her and it's only been three weeks." I explained.

"Have you ever felt this way about those others women from your past relationships? Think really hard about it. Have you really felt this way Craig?" She asked me while looking into my eyes. I thought long and hard to myself. To be honest, I haven't. I mean, I've had deep feelings, but I haven't had extremely deep feelings like this before.

"Oh Craig. It'll be okay. Remember what I said early. I'm pretty sure if she was like that, she would've been up and left by now." She added.

"And I think that she feels the same way about you, either that or I'm blind. But I have 20/20 vision, so I'm good." She said, making me laugh. I pulled her into a hug.

"You always know how to make my day." I said to her. She giggled then pulled away.

"Thanks G." I said to her.

"No problem bestie." She said jokingly.

"Hey Craig!" I heard someone call out. I turned my head and saw Maria and Ray walk over to me, play fighting with each other.

"Can you please tell Ray that you specifically stated that Charmaine's favorite color is green?" She inquired as she repeatedly pushed Ray away from her. I laughed then nodded.

"Ha! I told you stupid." She said to him. He scoffed while acting ghetto.

"You said Red man. Not no damn green." He snapped. Ginger laughed and I shook my head.

"Nigga I said Green not red Ray. Are you color blind?" I asked him as Ginger continued to laugh.

"I'm not color blind. Y'all better leave me alone. The hell wrong with y'all. I whoop shit round here." He snapped. Maria laughed while placing her bags down.

"Oh really? Let's go then." She said playfully. He dropped his bags then held his guard up.

"What's up. Pop off Maria. I ain't scared of you." He said playfully. She laughed so hard, so couldn't even fight him. She swung at him but he caught it and pulled her into a tight hug. She continued to laugh along with him as they played around.

"Aww!" Ginger said in awe. I chuckled then shook my head. Once they stopped, we continued to shop around.

Chresanto

After leaving the doctor's office. I decided to take Jasmine out for ice cream. We were chatting away until I saw Avian and....my brother.

"Hey Chres." She greeted happily. I gave her a nice smile then turned my attention towards my brother.

"What's up bro?" He greeted me. I nodded at him then replied.

"Oh um, Jasmine this is my friend Avian or Ava and this is my older brother Treyvon or Trey. Guys, this is my friend Jasmine." I introduced.

"Hi!" She greeted with a smile.

"Hello." Avian greeted back along with Trey.

"Yeah, I can seriously see the resemblance in you two." She stated sweetly. I chuckled then glanced back at them.

"Well, you two enjoy your ice cream. It was nice meeting you Jasmine...and I'll see you later man." Trey said to us before leaving with Ava. I watched them leave until they disappeared. I sighed while looking down.

"What's wrong?" Jasmine asked me. I looked at her and shook my head.

"Chresanto. I know when something is something bothering you. You can tell me anything." She said to me. I chuckled then replied.

"You sound like Avian." I said in a said tone.

"Is it about her?" She inquired. I simply nodded my head in reply.

"She's not just my friend. She's my bestfriend. We used to hang every single day. I used to talk to her every single day and night. Now it's like she just abandoned me for my own brother." I explained. She quietly waited for me to continue.

"Plus I-I have feelings for her." I finished.

"And you think that your brother is trying to take her maybe?" She questioned.

"No. I know that they don't even like each other like that. Plus, my brother knows how much I like her, he wouldn't do that to me." I answered. She nodded, not saying a word. I looked down at my ice cream, feeling all kind of ways. Suddenly I felt something touch my hand. I looked up to see Jasmine hand on mine. I looked at her then back at our hands. I intwined them together then smiled at her. She blushed then giggled.

"Everything will be okay. I promise." She said innocently.