Charm | A Dave East Story

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[Two Dolla Tuesday:Charm]

"Charm, could you take these to table 9 please." A girl handed me a plate full of wings and I nodded taking them from her.

"Hello, how are you guys tonight?"

"Good, now that your here. A nigga starving. If you see Monèt by any chance tell her to come holla at me."

"And you are?" I shifted my weight to one hip and studied the guy cause I was not about to be telling my bitch some random nigga want her.

"Bryce, she'll know when you say it." He winked at me and I walked off to see if I saw her eventually I did.

"Hey girl." She smiled and I smiled back.

"Hey, Bryce wants you."

"Bryce, he's here? Where?"

I pointed to where he was and she squealed. "Who is he?" I looked back to her waiting for a answer and she smacked her teeth.

"This guy, i've been seeing for awhile. I didn't want to tell y'all because I never know if these niggas be serious but he's pretty cool. He asked if I had some friends cause his cousin was in town and maybe we all could hang, you know nothing major just on some chill shit."

"Girl, me? Hanging with another nigga." I laughed. "Ain't gon' happen, Quincy already tripping out about that picture someone sent him of me. I told him i'd stop but clearly I'm still here for the fun of it taking risks."

"Well what did he say about the guy moving in with y'all?"

"He's not really moving in, he's just here for a month. But as far as him making me drop my blunt in the pool, I don't even know he's there. He's cool. He doesn't say much or not much to me but hey, wassup, good morning." I shrugged and picked at my nail.

"I'd be all on that girl, he's cute as hell! But okay, let me stop blabbing and see what Bryce want, i'll see you later. Bye."

"Bye."

[Dave]

I paused the game when I heard keys jingle the front door. I assumed Ayana was back home from wherever she went. When she left she was carrying a gym bag and she had on workout clothes so maybe she went to the gym. But it was 3 in the morning, she been working out for a pretty long time.

"Wassup." I spoke to her and she spoke back heading into the kitchen. I got up and went to follow her just to make conversation.

"I ordered pizza. If you want some. I think your Uncle and Aunt went out tonight but I wasn't down for what they was eating."

"Thanks." She pulled the pizza out the fridge and grabbed a plate from the cabinets and warmed up her food. I noticed she was wearing makeup something she didn't have on before she left. I shrugged it off cause it was none of my business besides she was a female, females like to be difficult, they put on makeup to go anywhere.

"I know we never had much of a conversation."

She lightly laughed. "I just don't have anything to say."

"Oh yeah? I feel like you feel some type of way because I made you drop your blunt in the pool the first night."

"Nah, it's cool. Its been how many days? Almost a week right?"

"Yeah, it's been a week." I leaned on the counter.

"Hm, I just never notice your here. Half the time I'm out or your busy with my Uncle so." She shrugged nonchalantly while popping open a soda can.

"How old are you?" I looked up at her literally demolish this pizza and thats when it hit me she had to be high.

"Twenty two, and you?"

"Twenty nine."

"Damn really."

I nodded making a mental note of all the things she told me in our conversation. I figured she told me what she wanted me to know. It wasn't like a questionnaire, it was just topics bouncing off the walls. We talked until almost 5 in the morning then she said she was going to bed because she was tired. We said our goodbyes and that was that.