Me, Myself, and Life

Play Date

I grabbed Cameron's hand and walked to Mehlani sitting at a table.

"Hey" she jumped up and hugged me
"This is Jackson" he timidly waved at us

"Why don't you start to throw the ball around with Cameron" she hands him a football and sits down at the park table

"I don't know how to play football" Cameron said

" I can teach you" Jackson gripped the ball and threw it. "That's how you throw it"

" And how do you catch it?" Cam asked as they chased the ball

I sit down across from her and glance over at her while she looks at the boys play. The sun was shining right in her face and I couldn't help but to notice her eyes

She has the lightest green eyes I have ever seen.

She looks over at me and I quickly look away.

" So, how have you been?" She asks

" I've been good how about you?"

" I have been soo busy. We are trying to move into a bigger spot and plan this wedding so a lot has been going on" she tucked her hair behind her ear. I nodded my head and glanced over at the kids.

" So, are you from here or did you just move here?" She asks

" Im from California" I respond and her eyes lit up

" Really? I am too" she sat up

" When did you get here?"

" Like five years ago. I kinda went through this wild stage when I hit 21 and I moved out of California to Miami then here to be a dancer" she laughed a little

" A dancer? Like a stripper?" And she moved here five years ago at 21 that means she's like 26....

" Yeah, I figured that since I have a fat ass I could walk around a pole and get payed for it. But I stopped two years ago" she paused " When did you move here?"

" Six years ago" those words felt so surreal to me

" Oh so you must've start dating Damien as soon as you got here"

" Huh?" I was thrown off guard

" Damien said that you guys started dating six years ago, right?"

" Umm yeah" I answered slowly

There was a bit of a silence before she spoke again

" You know, I've always heard about you since I got with Damien. Don't tell him I told you this, but he's always talking about how he wish he could go back in time and change the way he treated you"

" Really?" I ask

" Yeah, at first I thought it was weird that he was always talking about his baby mama but I guess you gave him something really special and changed him" she nodded towards Cams direction

" And if someone means that much to him, i gotta meet them. You seem different, not in a bad way, but in a good way and I like it. Most of his exes has that I don't give a fuck attitude and are just nasty and it isn't cute. When we first got together, one of them keyed my car and left a letter on it"

" Seriously?" I shook my head

" Yeah, and in the letter she wrote 'Your just temporary, stripper' and she spelled temporary and stripper wrong"

We laughed a little.

" I swear these girls are so goofy, like who does shit like that? I would've appreciate it if she came to my face and expressed herself instead of doing some bogus shit like that"

" Did you find out who it was?" I asked

" Yeah, some little bitch named Trisha. As soon as I found out who it was, I went to her house and keyed and popped the tires of every car that was in the driveway. I know that was a little bit petty but fuck it, if she wanna mess with me, imma mess with her twice as hard."

" I didn't even know Trisha was even in the picture after we broke up" I shook my head

" Well, I don't think she was. She keeps on claiming that her son is his but I personally don't think it is. Damien said that he was fucking with another nigga while he was with her so" she shrugged

" That's irrelevant anyway" she continued " We really need to hang out more"

" Yeah, when are you available?"

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I open the front door and kick off my shoes.

" Tae, Im home!" I yell out but nothing returned

" Get ready for your bath Cameron" I pat his shoulder and he skipped upstairs

I close the door and walk into the living. I look around and I don't see Tae. I walk into the hallway and peek into the kitchen and see that no one is in there. I pull out my phone and call Tae as I walk up the stairs.

" Hey ba-"

" Where are you at?" I quickly cut him off.

" Im still working" his voice was muffled by his loud background

" Still working? You been over there since this morning." I flopped onto the bed

" I know baby but I have to, I'll be home soon I promise"

" About what time?"

" Around 1" I look over at the clock on the wall

9:47

" That's so late Tae" I pout

" I know a-"

" Why are you on your phone during my session?" I hear that bitchy singer say in the background

" You chill out and get back in there" he sighed " Sorry baby I gotta go"

" Okay, Love you"

" I love you too"

I put my phone down and walked into Cameron's bathroom to start his bath water.