Magic

Chapter 26

Kirsnick "Takeoff" Ball

When I woke up the next morning Maggie was still asleep. The bed wasn't small but she was still curled up all the way on the edge of the bed like if she touched me she would burst into flames. I grabbed her by the arms and pulled her over on the bed. She opened her eyes and searched the room before her eyes stopped on me.

"You're gonna fall if you're not careful," I said to her. she sucked in a deep breath and let it out slowly before she closed her eyes and went back to sleep. There was a knock on the door and I got up and went to see who it was.

"You know for a famous guy you're hard to find." Said the woman who stood on the other side of the door. She was a short little thing, bright green eyes, light skin, and she had her hair braided back into those big jailhouse braids with little seashells tied to the ends. She looked like something that would be an extra on a beach scene in a movie, like a real generic model type girl, but there was something about her attitude that was different, almost scary. I looked to either side and there was no one in the hallway just her. "I sent your people on a walk with my people if you're wondering where you're little bodyguard is." She smiled.

"Who the fu-"

"you work for the American drug dealer. The fat one who wears the colorful suits?" She asked. I rolled my eyes at her description of Lavelle he felt like he was so smooth lookin in those ugly fucking suits and he always had on a colored durag to match his short. I don't know where he comes from with that shit, but it's always a surprise to see what color and pattern he has on whenever I actually do see him.

I shook my head. This must be the drop off that I was supposed to get from whoever this big drug lord was. I nodded and she pulled a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to me. "What's-"

"you're an employee, you talk too much." She said cutting me off. "there is an address on the paper, go there pick up the package at 5 p.m. tomorrow, and you know what to do after that."

Before I could open my mouth to say anything else she turned and walked away. "What the hell is going on?" I slipped the paper into the pocket on my shorts and went back into the room. Maggie was still sleeping. That was reckless. Who is she to come up to my room like she knows me or something, and where is she even getting all of this information from to know where I am and what room I'm staying in.

I got back into the bed and made myself comfortable. I looked over at Maggie in just enough time to see her open her eyes. She looked around the room again like she had done the first time, but when her eyes settled on my now they went wide like she couldn't believe what she was seeing. She sat up on the bed and looked around the room like she was lost.

"You okay?" I asked her.

"Why? What?"

"damn, you know I wasn't paying that close attention at dinner but I don't think that you were drinking last night," I said to her.

"no, I just.....dont wake up well in the morning." She laid back down and looked up at the ceiling like I was.

"What do you want to do today?" I looked over at her and she was still looking up at the ceiling. She turned and looked over at me but only for a second.

"Don't you have a show or an interview, or some autographs to sign or something?" She asked.

"no, I made sure there was a whole day with none of that stuff scheduled so that we could do something," I said to her.

"something like what?" She asked

"whatever you want," I replied. She looked over at me and grinned. She don't ever smile much but I like it when she does. "but before we go anywhere you gotta get dressed."

"right," she said as she rolled out of the bed. "you're absolutely right."

You know when I said we would do whatever she wanted I thought she would pick some shit that normal girls like to do like shopping or some shit, but instead im sittin on the side of a giant pool in a life vest and there's this really tan old man trying to get me to get into the water, but he doesn't speak English well and he missing teeth in the front. My uncle used to say that you cant trust somebody that don't have teeth in the front cause they don't care what anyone thinks about them. He says a person with missing teeth in the front will kill somebody and call the police on themselves.

"are you really not gonna get in the water?" Maggie was standing in the waist deep water walking around like she was in a pool.

"Nah, you got it." I replied.

"Aww come on," she replied.

"so you wouldn't get in the ocean with the fish but you'll get in the water with those things?" I asked her.

When she grabbed the pamphlet to swim with dolphins I didn't think much of it. They look harmless on tv but these things are huge in person. I'm not getting in this fucking water with those mini sharks. "They aren't gonna hurt you," she shouted to me.

"I heard they eat black people. I saw it on tv." I said. The guy with no teeth said something in Spanish and he and the other instructor started laughing. "What did he say?" I asked the other guy. That one spoke better English than his friend but it was still choppy.

"he say the dolphin like white meat no dark." He laughed again.

"can you please just get in the water?" Maggie asked. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't be getting in this damn water but she was pouting at me like a little kid.

"you got me out here in this fuckin life jacket, in this fuckin cold ass water, with these niggas that don't speak English; girl you luck I really like you." Is aid. She came over and wrapped her arm around mine. The instructor led us to the spot where we were supposed to stand before they released the dolphins into the pool.

"Why you acting so scared?" She asked.

"you want me to tell you the truth?" I asked.

"Yeah,"

"I cant swim," I said.

"are you serious?" She asked.

"do I look like I ever learned?" I asked her. "I ain't never been in a pool deeper than 3 feet. Hell no I can't swim." I said.

"well, it'll be fine if you drown I'll save you." She said playfully.

"you know CPR?" I asked her.

"no, but I'm sure one of these dudes do." She answered before she started to laugh.

"that's not funny at all Maggie," I said.