Under The Cherry Moon

4. The Birthday Party Pt 2

I come out in my beautiful blue dress and everyone claps and cheers, my three friends come up to me

"Cate, they have been to almost every woman in the party"

"The other one too"

I look and see the light skin one at one girl and the dark skin at another

"We'll see about that" I say walking towards the light skin as someone hands me a black box as I walk the light skin sees me and goes in another direction and someone calls my name I look and see the dark skin coming towards me

"I thought we never see you around?"

"Well, I was waiting for the guards to get rid of the party crashers"

"Well, it's nice to see you, you look lovely"

"Thanks, and what do they call you?"

"Tricky"

"Hmmm, fits you like a glove"I say walking away

"Just like that wonderful dress"

I walk and see my mother I turn a and walk down the steps and walk to the water fountain and I throw the box and someone catches it behind me

"Nice taws"

I turn around and see the light skin holding the box

"And nice party"

"Yes, clearly, you weren't invited"

"Well, I was in the neighborhood and um"

"You got lost?"

"And I thought this would be fun"

He starts opening the box

"Thanks for the present, awfully sweet of you"

I turn with my hands on my hips

"Oh, Taral Cards, want me to read your fortune?"

"I bet you would like to do alot more than read it, buddy?"

"The names Christopher, buddy"

"You know I thought these things would belong to you, just tell what you want and it'll happen?"

I look behind him at my mother, he turns and looks at her before looking back at me

"Would you like to meet my mother?"

I say walking to him taking his hand going in my mother's direction, we get to them

"Mother, Ms. Lawrence"

"Cate, darling how are you?"

"I'm fine mother, this is?"

"Christopher, Christopher Tracy" he says taking there hands and putting kisses on them

"And he's dying to tell you about the Taral Cards"

"Do you do this for a living?" My mother ask

"Ma'am, I do nothing for a living, I do it for my heart" he says as some kids come and play under us, he looks down at them and chuckles as I look at him as my friend come

"Cate, Jonathan is calling for you" Sofia, Jamie, and Nina say while pulling me away from them

We get to my bedroom and the girls follow, I swap them away with my hands and they leave as I walk to my phone and pick up a hoarse voice sings

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Cate, happy birthday to you"

I put the phone back to my ear

"Well, that was wonderful, Jonathan"

"He ain't as wonderful as me , baby" Christopher says while popping a grape in his mouth

"DONT CALL ME BABY, AND GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU CREEP!"

"Cate, Cate, I did not call you baby, and I'm in New York, and I hope you certainly don't think I'm a creep?!?!" Jonathan says over the phone

"I was talking to myself Jonathan"

"Well, that's what happens when people are alone all the time"

"Does he give you a good thing?" Christopher says chuckling

"IF YOU DON'T GET OUT OF MY HOUSE, ILL HAVE MY FATHERS GUARDS THROW YOU OUT!!!"

"Why, cause you ain't bad enough to do it yourself?"

I gasp

"WILL YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?!?!"

Christopher sits up and growls and crawls towards me like a dog

"Cate, I'm coming to see you tomorrow and I'm going to talk to your father"

"That's great Jonathan, IM SURE YOU AND DADDY ARE GOING TO HAVE LOTS TO TALK ABOUT" I say slamming the phone down

Christopher jumps alittle and gets in my face

"How big is your boyfriend?"

I push him back up and stand

"It May Seem Weird To A Hustler Like You But I Have A Connect With People, Special People, And They Don't Wear Wedding Rings Either"

"Then they must be wearing DIAPERS!, here's your future, alone and POOR!

I snatch the cards out his hand, he gets ready to walk out but stops and spits seeds in his hand and throws them on the flow

"BITCH!!"

I glare at him as he walks out and I look at the cards and they say Venus Dileo Club, Piano Player, Christopher Tracy

I go get security and March down the hall and see Christopher and Tricky together I walk in the room with security

"RELEASE THIS PEASENT FROM MY PARTY, TAKE HIS FRIEND TOO, Im having trouble breathing" I say with my hands on my hips as Christopher looks at me

"Maybe, of you didn't have you chacity belt, you could breath alittle more better" he says as some girls laugh

"How dare you?" I say as the guards exscort them our and they yell