STAY - PAUL GEORGE

18

Julianna Coley

I woke up to someone hitting me with a pillow. "Bitch, get up!"

"Why?" I groaned covering myself with the covers more so I could fall back asleep.

"Paul here. He said y'all gonna go shopping?" I remember he told me last night we was gonna go shopping, but damn at 6 am. Are shops even open at this time?

"Ain't it 6 though?"

"Yea, look go talk to him cause a bitch needs sleep" she walked out of my room.

I got up from my comfortable bed and combed my hair. I ain't look my best, but he's my boyfriend now so he's just gonna have to deal.

I opened the door to see his handsome self taking a selfie. "Boy if you don't take your raggedy ass–"I joked.

He laughed, "I love you even though you mean to me" he slapped my ass.

"Can y'all be quiet! I'm trying to sleep" Cynthia yelled.

I rolled my eyes pulling Paul into a deep kiss, my tongue was inside his mouth, and he was grabbing my booty and all but then his phone rang. He groaned answering it, "What?"

He put it on speaker, "Did you make up with Julianna?" Russ asked.

I chuckled, " I see y'all talk about me"

Russ laughed, "Oh shit. Guess y'all together now"

"About time" I looked over at Paul who was smiling.

"So y'all coming to my party right?"

"We wouldn't miss it!" Paul smacked my ass once again.

"Did I hear an ass slap?" Russ started laughing.

I started blushing real hard and we just exploded of laughter. "Can y'all shush please! Man y'all NBA players get up so early" Cynthia walked out her room.

"It's not that early.." Russ stated.

She grabbed Paul's phone out of his hands, "Boy you should be sleeping right now. I look like a zombie right now cause I don't be getting no sleep"

"Melo be keeping you up?" Russ teased.

Cynthia got real quiet, "Man y'all know what"

"Anyways we're supposed to be shopping right now cause this one doesn't have a dress" Paul looked over at me.

"Russ you ain't invite me to your party?" Cynthia scoffed.

Russ laughed, "I assumed you were coming with Melo"

Cynthia sighed, "I thought I told y'all that didn't work out"

"What happened?" I asked back. They seemed genuinely happy together so I don't see why the decided to go their separate ways.

"He was still in love with LaLa and she was willing to take him back. I'm not gonna stand in his way because they do have a child together." She stated.

"Damn, you good though?" I asked her.

"Yeah, it was just a nice little fling we had. Nothing serious"

"WOW" Russ spoke on the phone. "You invited then"

"Thanks Russ. Now can y'all let me get some sleep! I got some big ass bags under my eyes cause of y'all" She chuckled walking back to her room.

"Ight bro, I'll see you later tonight" Paul stated.

"Yea, I'll see ya later brother. Bye Julie!"

"Bye Russ!

xxx

We were currently at the mall, and we had been to about a dozen stores and none of them had a dress I liked. I could sense Paul was getting annoyed, "Baby why don't you like any dress?" he sighed.

I shrugged my shoulders, "I feel like the other stores had dresses that would make me look unflattering"

He chuckled, "You unflattering? Baby you always be looking like a 10"

I caressed his cheek looking at his eyes, "You know just cause you're my boyfriend now don't mean you always have to call me pretty"

"You're not pretty, yous beautiful and it's my job to remind you everyday" He said back.

I learned my head on his shoulders wondering how I got so lucky. He treats me right. He makes me happy. It feels like I'm dating my best friend. "I'm sorry. I've been acting childish"

"You're good" He said back.

Just as we walked into another store I found a dress that I liked. It was a silver dress with no straps on which I loved. "That's the one" I told Paul waving him over.

"This is nice" He said touching the dress.

I slapped his hand away, "Boy you gonna get it all wrinkled"

He put his hands up, "my bad"

I ushered the employee over. "Hey, can I try this dress on?"

She smiled, "Yea sure the dressing room is in the back let me show you"

Paul followed us and I asked him to hold my purse. I walked into the dressing room, got undressed and put the dress on and damn I looked so bad. "Babe, can you come over here and pull up the zipper?"

Paul got up licking his lips, "Damn. I'm gonna show you a good time tonight" he whispered.

I giggled, "quit being a perv"

"You like it?" He asked me looking me up and down.

"Yea" I sighed. "I just gotta see how much it is. Hopefully it ain't too big of a price"

He frowned, "let me pay for it baby"

I shook my head, "I don't want to be one of those girls. I want to be independent and if I can buy this dress on my own, I will"

He sighed, "You're never gonna be one of those girls. You've never asked me for anything. You even make it a big deal if I pay for your meal. I'm your man and I want to make sure I take care of ya"

"Can we just agree to disagree?"

"Ugh, fine"

"But you can pay for my McDonald's" I stated.

He looked over at me, "Who said we was going to McDonald's"

I pointed over at me. "Yous probably gonna get the cheapest thing too" he laughed.

Paul left as I got undressed and back into my regular clothes. I went to the cash register, and I started getting nervous because I didn't know how much the dress cost.

She scanned the barcode of the dress. "Okay and your total today is $1,200"

My eyes felt like they were going to fall out of my face. I started panicking. "Can I just put a down payment on it?"

Paul overheard and stepped in. "How much is it?" He whispered to me.

"It's fine, baby" I told him seriously.

He then looked over at the register and saw the total I owe. He looked over at me and pulled out his card, he slid the card through the scanner and I started getting red. This was so embarrassing.

"Alright Ms. you're all set to go" The lady handed me my bag.

"Thank you" I said nervously.

"Why you getting all nervous for?" He chuckled.

"$1,200 is a lot of money, but I'm gonna pay you back."

"Ya really ain't got to"

"Why?"

"Because like I said before I got us. You ever need anything I'm here for you. I want to be the man you deserve"

"I got us too. But I'm still gonna find a way to pay ya back" I chuckled.

He rolled his eyes, "Okay