A Little More Than Love

Chapter 2: Get Ya Freak On

Pause, before ya'll give me dirty looks this is my past. Ya'll may receive the good, the bad, and the ugly but it is what it is. I was only a college student, fresh meat. Well, not really fresh, but a day old, basically a sophomore. Elle and I both were planning to come here and work til our brains hurt, but I'm the only one who kept my part of the bargain. Elle just copied me, which wasn't good because she had to use her skills by herself someday. So back to the story because I'm good for getting off topic.

Yuri opened the door to his condo holding a big bag of Sal's, I held the door open for him because obviously he was struggling.

"What you holding the door for? You should have grabbed this big ass bag," he mumbled.

"So are we being ungrateful now?" I asked.

"Well this is MOST of your food," he retorted.

"Oh Hush Yuri," I said.

We both chuckled as he made his way to the kitchen. The black marble counter top looked freshly polished, giving the kitchen a clean smell. "Who cleaned because I know you didn't?"

He started taking the food containers out of the bag while shaking his head with a smirk, "Same ole Erry."

I put my hand on my hips giving him a serious stance, " What are you talking about?"

"Just ask me baby, stop beating around the bush," he said. He opened his plate of fresh fried catfish taking a bite. He caught my piercing eyes, " Melinda was over today, she cleaned my dad's house and she came over to do mine."

"How is she by the way?" I asked. I grabbed my container opening it getting a whiff of the the collard greens and yams.

"She's good, why can't you just ask was there another woman over? I'm not gone trip, I understand."

"Because I don't want to come off as possessive," I said shyly.

He walked over to me and embraced me, "You good, just keep it real with me Erykah. I'm all for keeping it real and that's all you gotta do for me."

I nodded my head and watched him walk back over to his food. One thing about Yuri is that he was understanding. My cell phone went off letting me know that Elle was calling.

"Hello!" Elle screamed through the speaker.

"Bitch lower your voice you drunk," I said.

"Girl! Sahif just gave me that bomb!" she yelled.

"You staying over there?" I asked.

"Yeah are you okay? Yuri treating you good?" she asked.

I grinned a little, " Yea as always."

"You ain't catch another bitch over there did you?" she asked.

"Ellllllleeeeeeeee!!!" I shrieked.

"You know what I know, don't let that big tray of Sal's deter you," Elle said.

I looked down at my tray and smirked, " Are you watching me?"

Elle huffed, " This is a routine."

I rolled my eyes, " Well let me get back to my routine, and you get back to yours. Don't worry about me, worry about Sahif." The dial tone met my ears as I sat back in my chair smiling. Elle was the only woman who could make me smile a genuine smile, as far as friend wise. I looked around the kitchen to see that Yuri was gone. I knew he was in the shower and I would get in next, like Elle said, this was our routine. It was a normal, but a square like me liked normal.

"Aye Erry! Get off that phone and come take a shower with me!" Yuri said. My face scrunched up because this was definitely not routine. He didn't have to ask me twice though, " I'm coming!" I always kept some clothes over his house because when we had sex, it was nasty, and straight savagery.

With each step to the shower I was ripping my clothes off. My natural hair bounced with every strut and when I finally made it to the shower his back was turned. I slid in behind him and instantly relaxed as the steaming water droplets massaged my skin.

"This is new," I said softly.

"I know, I wanna try new stuff with you, and maybe we can take this thing to the next level?" he questioned.

I turned around quickly trying to hide my excitement. I looked him deep in his eyes, ready to receive whatever was about to come out of his mouth. "Erry I like yo ass a lot baby girl and quite frankly I've got used to this routine shit. You understand my grind and I understand ya school shit. You got me picking up Sal's all the time, I swear I hated fried catfish until I met you." I grinned like a Cheshire cat, my good girl was on fire and so was my heart. "I like ya little sugar coating games, sometimes and for some reason I get a different vibe from you. I'm trying to ask you could you be my girl?"

I stood there letting the shower do damage on my natural hair. I knew I would regret it in the morning because the shrinkage was real. "So what you gone say Erry? You trying to be my first lady?" I nodded my head and before I knew it my lips were against his. He wrapped his arms around my waist lifting me up. I jumped from the cool shower wall pressing against my back. He slowly entered me causing me to moan out in satisfaction, relief. In the midst of sex, I realized that he was making love to me. Yuri and I never made love, we kept it at screwing just to keep our feelings from becoming more than what they should.

This was the beginning of something good, so I thought. From that day on Yuri had my nose wide open. I was so blinded by what he was doing for me that I couldn't see what he was doing to me. I was a blind fool, but for right now, you'll only get parts. Sorry, that's just the way the cookie crumbles.