I had been with Terico for the past few days, he fainted because his dumb ass has been on a new vegan diet and being that growing up he was damn near a carnivore his body didn't react well to the new diet, the hit to the head is what made things worse but it was nothing but a mild concussion, so he would miss his first game but now that I knew my brother would be okay I was deciding if I wanted to go back home or stay here for a few more days. Going back would mean I had to deal with Duron who was lowkey salty that Luka called me to bail him out, Duron understands that me and Luka are friends but he was just trying to understand the bond that me and Luka shared but he didn't need to worry because if I wanted to be with Luka I could've been with him but I chose Duron and I would continue to choose Duron over and over again. But I knew when I got back to Columbus I knew things would be different; Jamarious had officially moved in with Jaire, Luka was... well no comment just yet, with each passing day the thought of Roy becoming a father seemed to freak him out even more, and then there was Samson, who Duron was becoming fast friends with....
"I blame Brittney for this shyt...." Terico said from the couch. "She's the reason I'm in this predicament in the first place." I looked at Brittney who rolled her eyes. "Don't roll your eyes woman, you know what you did." Terico said causing me and Serenity to look at each other and wonder what the hell was going on between them.
"Don't blame me, you were the one who wanted to do.... things." Brittney said blushing. I shook my because I had a pretty good idea of what they were doing before Terico's accident.
"Elijah, can you make me a cheeseburger? I'm over this vegan shyt, I tried it and it didn't work for me so I'm going back to the diet that got me here." Terico said looking at me and I nodded. "A double bacon cheeseburger with onions and pickles and barbecue sauce and a fried egg." Terico said and I rolled my eyes but he knew that I would do it because me and Serenity took care his ass growing up so now he believed that we were still supposed to take care of him.
"He's so freaking annoying...." Brittney said walking into the kitchen and I froze because from the outside looking in her and Terico had the perfect relationship, but you never know what goes on behind closed doors. "Not like that but it's getting to the point where I'm about to just leave.... I can do anything, I sneezed the other day and he wanted to take me to the hospital." Brittney said rolling her eyes.
"What do you expect? This is his first child and he's excited and nervous at the same time... you should see Roy." I said laughing.
"No there's nervous and then there's neurotic, I'm starting to think Terico is the latter because there was a point where he wouldn't even let me walk down the stairs if he wasn't with me, that nigga monitors everything I try to eat and when he started checking my piss for blood I was over it....." Brittney said waving her hand.
"Okay I could see how that could be annoying but he means well....." I said still trying to defend Terico even though if I was in Brittney's shoes I'd be pissed as well. "Have you tried talking to him about how crazy he's driving you?" I asked and Brittney nodded.
"But every time I try he tries to rationalize it with he's just looking out for me and the baby... and I appreciate it but I don't need him monitoring me every second..... besides I want a fuckin burger but he claims that eating red meat while pregnant can harm the baby even though he's completely wrong." Brittney said.
"I'll talk to him...." I said turning the stove on low and walking into the living room where Terico was still laid up. "Terico leave Brittney alone, you're stressing her out which does more harm to the baby than anything else." I said and he placed the controller down and looked at me. "Say something smart." I said daring him to try me.
"Man I'm not even messing with that girl, I'm just throwing out some helpful tips that will protect both her and my seed..... I'm trying to be a good dad." Terico said and I smacked him upside his head. "AYY I JUST GOT OUT THE HOSPITAL YOU CAN BE HITTING ME!!!" He said and I walked around the couch and sat across from him.
"Terico.... Brittney is going to be fine, stop stressing her out, besides you are the last person to be giving medical advice to anyone because I seem to recall you being the same dude who swore he was dying when he got a splinter in his finger." I said looking at him.
"Man I was like eight...." Terico said.
"Nigga that was like three hours ago.... all I'm saying is a mother knows and if Brittney feels like something is wrong I promise you, you'll be the first to know just stop being so overprotective." I said and I could see Terico was trying to find a counterargument but could and thankfully; Terell, Dwayne, and Niño all walked in which distracted Terico but I think he got the message.
I stayed with Terico and Brittney for a few days before going home, I felt kinda bad for leaving but by the time I left Terico was at one hundred percent and he was finally letting Brittney breathe without threatening to call 911, but I was also lowkey scared to go to Duron's house because I had missed my birthday and knew how much work he had put into it, I knew he wouldn't be mad but disappointment was worse than anger. I decided to go see Duron first because I wanted to gauge his mood.
"Why didn't you tell me you were coming home today, I would've picked you up from the airport." Duron said getting up and walking over to me.
"I thought you'd be pissed because I ruined the party." I said quietly.
"It's coo I pushed it back to next weekend, it actually kinda worked out because it gave me time to get your other gift. How's Terico doing?" Duron asked and I gave him a brief rundown of everything that happened while I was taking care of my little brother. "Let that little dude be, he's excited about being a dad... when Chantell was pregnant with DJ I......." Duron's voice trailed off and I knew he was hurt over what happened to her. "I should've told you about DJ, it's not like I was embarrassed or anything it's just.... I was afraid of losing you."
"Duron we moved past this... I'm just happy DJ is in my life now, speaking of DJ why is it so quiet in here?" I asked looking around because it hadn't been this quiet in the house since it was just me and Duron living here.
"DJ is out with De'Veon and Raheim, I told them if the cleaned the entire house I would let them ball out, and they did a pretty good job. De'Vaughn is with Serenity of all people she called and asked could she watch him and I figured why not... I just hope she doesn't think we're going to be babysitting when her baby comes." Duron said.
"So what you were just about to sit here by yourself, twiddling your thumbs?" I asked laughing and Duron smirked.
"Nah actually I was about to go out with Samson, but I might have to cancel that since you decided to sneak up on a nigga." Duron said and I rolled my eyes. "Baby, Samson isn't like that... he's really chill and laid back, he's not with all the drama and he desperately wants to flip-fuck with Jaire." Duron said and I almost choked on my spit. "What I'm just being honest, even though he never outright said it I can tell in the questions he ask, he's really curious about Jaire and I think we should invite them both over." Duron said and I jumped up.
"I'll call you later..." I said kissing him and rushing out the door, I needed to go check on Jaire because he wasn't in a good place when I left so I just wanted to make sure he was good. I pulled up to his house and saw the curtains move which let me know that he was home, I used my key and walked inside and as soon as I walked into the living room I quickly turned my head.
"Lil' Elijah wassup man...." Jamarious said standing in Jaire's living room ass naked, okay I peeked and Jesus his body was..... "Damn I haven't seen you in years can I get a hug?" He said and I didn't have to be looking at him to know that he was smiling.
"Actually can you umm... can you umm just tell Jaire to call me whenever he gets home." I said quickly walking out the door, I hopped in my car and just when I thought I was in the clear a knock came at my window and when I turned there was nothing but dick.
"Ayy I know this is a lot to ask but uhh... you got any friends that you can send my way? I'm horny as fuck and I need to fuck somethin'." Jamarious asked I don't know what I told him but he walked off with a smile on his face, I really needed to talk to Jaire because if this is what I was going to see every time I came over here then I might need to avoid this place like the plague because Jamarious was walking/talking temptation.............................
****** QUESTIONS ******
1) Who should get the next two chapters; De'Veon, Chino, Niño, Samson, or Terico?
