Scared To Let Go (Scared To Go Sequel)

5.

2 months later

August

Afta' recently gettin' back in Atlanta, I've been feelin' a lil betta' spiritually. My recovery has been a lil betta' now. I'm slowly but surely gettin' back to how I used ta be. Me and Laana have been gettin' into it a lot lately. So we decided to take a break and get a lah space from each otha', fo' I break my foot off in her ass.

"How you feeling?" Tati asked. She had come to drop lah Aug off.

"I'm betta'." I said afta' poppin' some of my pain pills into my mouth.

"Well I'll let you two spend a little time together. Call me if you need anything." She said befo' walkin' out the room.

So supposedly, Tati messin' wit' some new nigga now. Which I jus' find so shockin' considerin' how she is when it comes to these niggas. But if so, I'm happy dat she's tryna find happiness. Maybe Laana will get it through her head dat me and Tati past allat relationship shit.

*

Tatiana

"Here, try this." Derrick said. He invited me over for dinner tonight and I finally accepted his invitation. I tasted his gravy he had on the spoon. He's in school part time for culinary. He enjoys cooking from what he tells me.

"That's good." I wiped my bottom lip.

"My grandmothers recipe." He smiled.

"So maybe you do know how to cook." I teased him.

"I see you got jokes." He said as he flashed his beautiful smile.

Derrick is a nice dark chocolate brother that I met at the grocery store a little before the events that transpired in Vegas. He seems very nice and family oriented. He has a 17 year old brother that he has custody of after their mom passed in a car accident some years back. Their Dad is in jail for gang related stuff he didn't really wanna talk about. He can cook of course, is very handsome and he plays a little football. Baby boy is just breath taking.

"I'm just playing." I laughed as he inched a little closer to me.

"You know you're very beautiful right?" He said softly as we locked eyes. I felt like I was in a fairy tale from how deep he stared into my eyes. I felt like he could read everything about me.

"Thank you." I laughed nervously.

"No need to be shy mamas." He said as he licked his lips. God I can melt against this man right now. Before I could say anything, his brother, Darren walked in from Football practice I'm guessing.

"Wassup y'all." He said as he made his way towards his room.

"Wash up, dinner almost ready." Derrick said.

"You know I love how you're looking after your brother and keeping him on track with everything." I complimented him.

"Hey somebody's gotta do it." He said shrugging. "Just don't want him to have to worry about a damn thing in life but ball and school." He said. It got silent for a moment as he looked at me. "I apologize. It's just stressful times with how the last few years have gone."

"Understandable." I reassured. "Need any help setting the table?" I questioned.

"Nah, I got it." He smirked.

*

"Sometimes it's like, what is the path that you're trying to make in life, you know?" He questioned as he thought. "Gotta be 5 steps ahead so when something un expectant happens, you have another way."

"Okay, so what about when you don't have any alternative ways to go about it?" Darren asked.

"You'll always find away." Derrick smirked. "You're a Thomas."

"You're right." Darren said as he acknowledged the moment. "Wanna get whooped in Madden?"

"Boy, ain't no way in hell you beating me." Derrick shouted as he laughed. "Get the sticks man."

*

August

Tati had came over and hung out for a bit before takin' lah Aug home with her.

"So I heard you got a new man?" I questioned.

"Kristin has a big mouth." Tati said rollin' her eyes. "We're just talking. Nothing else." She looked at me.

"You like him?" I replied.

"I'm catching good vibes from him Aug, if you must know." She said causin' me to laugh.

"Aye, jus' makin' sure you ain't messin' wit' any nut cases, baybeh mama." I said, earnin' a look from her.

"Anywaysssssssss..." She dragged out the s. "Where's your little girlfriend?" She questioned.

"She prolly on her way hea' to come check on me." I shrugged.

"I know she don't like me." She snickered. "Better control yo female before I really hurt her feelings Anthony." She said. I laughed to myself at how crazy Tati is. Picturin' her and Laana goin' at it was quite amusin'.

"Baby, how are yo-..." Laana walked in. The look on her face was of disgust once she saw Tati. "What the fuck is she doing here?" She questioned.

"Aye, chill out!" I spat.

"I don't know what you're problem is but with him being the father to my son, I'm pretty sure I can have a legit reason to come and check on him." Tati said.

"Bitch! Nobody was talking to you!" Laana said as Tati looked my way.

"Laana, calm the fuck down." I said as I got up outta the bed. "You buggin' bruh. We ain't even togetha' and you trippin'." I said walkin' towards her.

"So that's why you ended us? To get back with your baby mama that left you?" Laana questioned. "I knew y'all been fucking this whole time." She said as I sighed, runnin' my hand down my face.

"You're fuckin' crazy yo." I shook my head. "Jealous ova' my baybeh mama fo' what?"

"Fuck you August!" She shouted as she shoved the fuck outta me and slapped me across my face. Befo' I knew it, Tati had took off on Laana. I couldn't do anything as I struggled to keep my balance.

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Oh snapsssssssssssss! This shit done got crazy. I know y'all hate me for how I ended the chapter but all the juice coming in the next one soon! In the meantime,

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