Inhale, Exhale and Wait.

ch.7/krys

"Are you alright?" Vee asks as I drive us home from TGIF'S.

"Yeah, I'm fine why do you ask?" I respond without looking at her and knowing I wasnt fine. A shit storm was brewing and I just knew it. The woman I plan to marry and the man I was going to marry are going to be working under the same roof and starting conversations and getting......close. All my dirty laundry is about to be aired out.

"Krys, baby, c'mon and tell me what's wrong so I can help you. Was it something that I said?"

'Yes' is what I thought in my mind but I gave her the same answer I had been giving her the whole ride home. I said no then dismissed the whole conversation.

Once we arrive home I quickly take the keys from the vehicle and leave out the driver door. I didnt even come around the side of the car to get Vee. I just needed a minute, I needed time, I needed space. My head was so foggy and panicked it was starting to give me a headache.

"TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON NOW, KRYSTEIN WELIS, OR I SWEAR ON MY MA-"

"I'm not in the mood Vee." My sullen tone and hung head shut her up real quick. She had a look of defeat and concern written all over her face.

"Ok baby we don't have to speak on it." She said as she came and sat down on the bed next to me hugging me close to her chest. That's when I decided I couldn't lose her and that I was going to cover up my past even if I had to kill it.

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Today was the day I was going to meet with Darryl. I was nervous and my stomach was in knots. I checked my attire at least six times and then sniffed myself.

The thing was, I wasn't only here to talk with him about his potential part in fundraising the cadet programs in some of the high schools but also to warn him about Vee and I. I was gonna lay it all out on the table. No funny shit, no googly eyes, and no putting his big sexy hands on my girl. PERIODT.

I loved Darryl at one point in our lives and maybe still do. But the love I have for Vee is on a whole other level. Our love is so surreal that not even my first love, my first everything, could top it.

"Ms. Welis?" The  blonde receptionist said.

I gathered all my things and checked my outfit again. My dread locks were pulled into a side braid. I was wearing a white, long-sleeved button up that was a little tight around my breast so I unbuttoned two buttons. As my bottoms I was wearing a pencil skirt that fit nicely around my thighs, hips and ass but didnt grip too tightly around my knees. I'm not used to wearing heels so I dont own a pair and this resulted in me wearing a pair of, what Vee would call, her hooker heels. They hurt like a bitch.

I confidently strolled toward the receptionists who gave me a reassuring smile then gave me directions to his office.

I reached his office door.

I knocked twice, firmly.

There were heavy, hard-hitting footsteps on what I perceived to be low carpeting because the footsteps were muffled.

He opened the door.

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He was just as handsome and powerful looking as he was all those years ago. There really wasnt anything too different about him except for the grey hairs sprouting neatly from his hairline.

He looked me in the eyes and held my gaze for a long while before saying,

"Krys?" He said it like he couldn't believe I was standing before him.

"In the flesh" I said with a slight attitude and lots of sass.

His eyes darkened at that.

"Are you ready to get this meeting going?" I said holding up my brief case full with all the files I needed for this deal.

"Yes, come on in and set up where ever."
He moved to the side so I could come into the office.

On the outside I looked like the embodiment of self control and confidence but inside I was quaking. He was so close to me, I was in a small closed in space with him, and he was still so large.

I took a seat in front of, what I think must be, his desk. I had a game plan all set out and I needed to get rid of my nerves so I can go ahead and do what I came here to do.

"So as you know i-"

"How are you doing krys?" He cut me off with his words and a hesitant, shy smile.

This was not part of my plan.

"I-im doing fine, and you?" I stutter when I'm nervous and now he is gonna think he has the upper hand on me.

"I'm better, well, getting better. I just got a new PA to help with thin-"

"Let's cut to the chase, ok?" I slam the files on his desk. I didnt come here to talk about his new PA or to talk about my life as of six years. I start my previous monologue over.

"As you know I am in the military and am now helping with the ROTC programs around the state but we need funding for better equipment and for more frequent field trips"

"And now you want me to put funding into this program because?..." he said with sarcasm waving his hand in the air as if to say get to the point.

"I want you to provide funding because it would provide very good opportunities to the underprivileged kids in the ROTC programs; you would be their hero"

He settles back in his office chair that looks more like a throne than a computer chair. He sighs and rubs his eyes and at that point I knew I had him.

"I'll work on the funding and do what I can I will also have my PA write up a contract. Is there anything else I can help with?" He said giving my body a full eye evaluation. His eyes stopped at my breast and he bit his lip.

Here goes nothing.