Passionfruit

Over

Passion
Chicago, IL, 2016

I pulled down my floral romper, and looked at the menu. It was rare going to a place as nice as this in Chicago. My date still hadn't showed up, and I was losing hope. I didn't care though, because either way I was going to have a good time.

"P, there he is.", Kae pointed to her friend Deion.

He was light skinned with strong features. He had long dark brown dreads that he carried with masculinity. His lips looked pink and juicy. He strolled in cooly, catching the eyes of a few women. I can't even lie, this man was beautiful. I rubbed my sweaty palms against my thighs.

"You must be Passion.", he slid into the booth beside me. The light coming from above us illuminated his glowing skin even more.

"Y-yes."

"I'm Deion.", he held out his hand for me to shake. He voice was so deep.

There was an awkward silence before he said, "I'm usually not this awkward on the first date, but you're beautiful."

Oh my god, this nigga already had my panties soaking. It's a wrap.

"Thank you.", I accepted his comment. "So what's good here?"

~

It was thirty minutes into the date, and so far I was enjoying Deion's company. I found out that he had a job working with his father who owned a private business, and he planned to take over soon. He was nineteen years old, had no kids, a car, and his own apartment. He had a great personality and to top it all off, he was handsome. Meanwhile, Trell and Kaelani were boo'ed up the whole time. It was honestly nice to see her this happy.

"You need a ride home?", he smiled showing off his pearly whites.

"That would be nice."

He slid out of the booth, and before I could follow his lead. He was sucker punched to the ground. Before you knew it, him and the other man were going at it.

This can't be who I think it is.

"Savon! Stop!", I tried to pull them apart as they tousled around. This was so embarrassing,   we were getting nasty looks from everybody in the restaurant, some people went as even far as leaving.

They finally let go of each other. Deion's light face was red as he sized Savon up. Savon's brown skin was fuming and I stood in between them so no further damaged could be done. Savon came up beside me and pulled out his gun. People in the restaurant gasped and ran.

"Savon! What are you doing?", I looked at him with my hand on his chest to calm him down. "Please don't do this.", I pleaded.

He put the gun down before saying, "stay away from her."

"I'm afraid you all are going to have to leave.", the manager said.

Savon pulled my arm leading me out of the restaurant. He unlocked the doors to his car, and sat in the driver's seat, slamming the door.

Uh-oh.

For a while, he didn't say anything. His brown skin turned red, and his nose flared out like an angry bull. His chest heaved up with every breath he took. I shifted in my seat uncomfortably, the awkward silences killing me. He punched the steering wheel and on impact, the yellow cushion sprung out. We got stares from spectators walking by.

"So dis' whatchu' really want huh?", he looked with tired eyes.

I hesistated before saying,"y-yes. It's over."

He nodded looking the other way. I stepped out of the car, no knowing what to say. I didn't want to get him any more upset than he already was. I know how he is when he snaps. But he has to understand where I'm coming from. I feel like a side chick waiting for something that's never going to happen.

I caught up to Deion as I seen him walking to his car. He held a bag of ice to his jaw.

"I'm sorry about that."

"It's cool. Mans got a mean right hook.", he chuckled.

"Let me see.", I removed the bag of ice from his jaw. A pink and purple bruise sat on his light skin. I touched it, and his jaw clenched.

"Ouch.", he hissed.

"I'm sorry."

"Stop apologizing.", he held my hands in his. "I wanna see you again. Can we make that happen?"

"Yeah.", I blushed, looking down.

"You need a ride?"

~

"Thanks for tonight.", I kissed his cheek.

"No problem."

I walked up to the door, opening it. I saw my mom sitting down crying at the kitchen table.

"Ma, what's wrong?"

"Savon got into a car accident."