One in the Same

CHAPTER 7

Marshall

"Marshall, baby? You up yet?" A soft voice spoke to me as I slowly opened my eyes. "I made you breakfast. Get up." I looked towards the voice seeing, Aubrey. She climbed on top of me, straddling me. " What's wrong? You look confused." She tilted her head. "N..Nah. I'm fine." She leaned down and planted a kiss on my forehead." Good. Come on. We have a doctor's appointment." I sat up. "Doctor?" She nodded." Yea for the baby.." 

The door bell woke me from my dream. I couldn't tell if it was a nightmare or not. The door bell rang again causing me to sigh. I got up from the couch hearing three knocks on the door."Okay!I fucking get it!" I yanked the door open seeing Dre. "Wake the fuck up." He dapped me up and walked in. "Man, its too early for this." He shrugged. "You slept on the couch?" I pointed to the blanket and I nodded, remembering last night. Aubrey was still in my room. "Why did y-"

"What time is it?" He stared at me blankly before answering," 9 O'clock. We postponed us moving..got some business to handle so I thought I'd come bother yo ass." I began folding the blanket as I listened to him talk. "I hope you don't mind. I put on one of your shirts. Didn't wanna sleep i- Oh, my bad." Aubrey spoke from the hall and entered the living room wearing one of my t shirts. "You're good. Wear what you want. Just let me know when you're ready to go." She nodded and walked back to the room. " Will do!" 

I could feel Dre burning a hole in the side of my face. A goofy grin appeared on his face and I punched my arm. "Did yall..?" 

"No man." He chuckled. " Doesn't matter! Shit, Marshall has a woman in his house. A fine ass woman I must add. Let me leave and give yall some privacy." He winked and walked out. I sighed and locked the door. "Last night was fun. I enjoyed myself." Aubrey came back into the living room with her original clothes on. "I just got called in to work. Apparently someone is requesting me. Can you give me a ride home?" 

"For sure. Let me go throw some shit on real quick." She nodded and I jogged to my room. "Leave the damn Kangol!" I heard her from the living room and chuckled. The car ride was filled with her teasing me and playing the old music she found last night. We stopped to buy some breakfast then I took her home. "Be safe, Brey." She looked at me and smirked. "We can do this again. You're fun for an old man." I scoffed as she laughed and walked towards her building. She was special. It was refreshing. I went home and took a shower and ate my breakfast. I had only knew Aubrey for a short while and she already had me hooked. I didn't want to be hooked. It wasn't bad but I never have good experiences when I'm hooked. 

The dream I had still bothered me slightly. Maybe because I wasn't used to shit like this so my brain is moving way faster than I am. It was weird. My phone dinged and it was from Nate.

Nate: Gotta talk to you. 

I debated on if I should call him or not. It didn't seem urgent though. He probably just wanted to talk about mom and I wasn't up for that.  I did need to see my nephew. I sent a text saying that I would come see him later today. I still had work to do and to send off. The day had just started, I had time. 

Nate: Come to moms place

"Oh fuck". I threw my food away and went to my office. Maybe I should just stay inside all day. I didn't feel like hearing bullshit. Not today. I sat behind my desk and grabbed some drawings I worked on last week.  They were pretty much done but I wanted to prolong me having to go over there. "Just get it over with Marshall."