Hidden Feelings

17.

Sebastian Lorizio

"You got everything?" I asked Bash when I finished helping him pack a few games and other clothes for his week at his mother's.

"Yup." He tossed his bag down the stairs making me side eye him.

"Why would you do that?"

"I didn't want to carry it down the stairs, duh." He walked downstairs as I shook my head.

I like that me and Val can spend equal time with Bash, but I know for a fact she baby's him too much when he's with her. Every time he comes back here, he thinks he's running shit.

And every time I whoop his ass.

"Let me talk to you." I took a seat next to him on the suede loveseat. "You know me and mommy aren't together, right?"

"Yes."

Over the past few months Val and I have gotten closer friendship wise. We still argue here and there, but not as often as before. Sometimes we like to do things with Bash together and I don't want him to get the wrong idea.

"And she has a boyfriend-"

"Hold up!" He put his hand up for me to stop talking. "Who said she could have one of those?"

I chuckled at his reaction, "I don't know."

Bash didn't know about her so called boyfriend. Valencia doesn't have him around our son because she wants to wait until their serious, which I'm comfortable with. I don't think they'll ever get serious so I'm not really sweating it.

"Dad, you gonna let him steal you woman like that?" He shook his head disapprovingly.

"She's not my woman, Bash."

"But you said you love her."

"I do, but that doesn't make her mines."

He placed his hand on his head as if I was giving him a headache, "This love stuff is complicated. That won't be me. Love is for suckers."

I laughed, "So you calling me a sucker?"

"Maybe." He smirked, hopping down from the couch.

Valencia walked in and he ran to her like he hasn't seen her in days when she was just here last night. Ain't nothing but a big ass baby.

"Mommyyy." He clung onto her with a huge grin on his face.

"Mommy missed you and kissing that handsome face." She picked him up, kissing each cheek then his nose.

I'm not going to keep telling her to stop picking him up and carrying him around. She'll get tired of carrying his heavy ass around eventually. When he started walking it was over for him.

"What about daddy?" I puckered my lips and she scoffed, mushing my face.

"Get your ugly ass out my face." She said making me pop her in the mouth.

"I told you about cursing in front of him."

Bash was already bad as hell, the last thing I need is a call at work from his school telling me he was cursing at teachers. If we keep cursing around him, he's gonna think it's okay to say it.

She sucked her teeth, putting him down and he walked off to the kitchen.

"How you been?" I asked her.

She shrugged, "Good, the shop has been really busy. You?"

"I been chillin', Mahogany still won't leave my ass alone. Every time I drop Bash off at school she in my face.'