I woke up alone in bed, I sat up and let my eyes adjust to sunlight that was coming through the window. I stretched and jumped out of bed, I threw on my sandals and headed towards the living room to look for Chris.
“Good morning babe, I was going to bring you breakfast in bed” Chris said standing at the stove. I smiled at the sight then walked over and placed a kiss on his cheek. “What time is it?” I asked curious. He smiled “12:30 babe.” “Oh my God! Are you serious?” he laughed “we got in late last night. By the way, the girls called they wanted to have breakfast but I told them you were still sleeping so they invited us to dinner tonight.” I smiled “man they are going to kill me! I was supposed to be over there to pick them up at 11.” Chris turned and placed scrambled eggs on two plates then reached in the toaster to grab the bread. “Babe I’m pretty sure after breakfast they went back to bed themselves, so you have nothing to worry about.” He was probably right we all had way too much fun last night, I still needed some sleep. Chris placed a plate of eggs and toast in front of me along with a glass of orange juice. “Thanks baby” I said taking a bite of the toast. He sat across from me and we ate in silence.
“Babe are you ready yet?” Chris yelled from downstairs. After breakfast, Chris and I went back to bed and didn’t wake up until almost 5 p.m. We had to stop by my place so I could get dress for dinner with the girls since it was their last night in town. I walked downstairs in low rise black skinny jeans and a red tank top with a lacy pattern on the back. I had my hair up in a high pony tail and I wore black strappy heels. Chris smiled as I descended “you look perfect baby” I smiled and grabbed his hands, “perfect for you.”
We walked in the restaurant and I spotted the girls in a booth immediately. Larissa waved and smiled as we approached them. “Hey guys” I said sliding in next to Janae, Chris sat across from me next to Chloe and Larissa. “Girl last night was too turned up!” Larissa said with a huge smile on her face. “Ha I’m surprised you’re not hung over” I said laughing at her comment. “Girl I took 3 aspirins and slept till 3!” Chris smiled at me, he was right the girls did go back to sleep. “Finally! Took you long enough” Larissa said looking behind me. “who are you..” “Hey guys” he said looking directly at me. I gulped and forced a smile “hey Lance.”
Because Chloe, Larissa and Chris sat on one side of the booth, I had no choice but to move over and have Lance sit next to me. I saw Chris’s shoulders tense when Lance slid in the booth next to me. “Lance I didn’t know you were coming tonight” I said not daring to look at him. “Larissa called me a few hours ago, I had plans but I canceled them” he said. “Oh aren’t you a great brother” I said sarcastically. The waitress came by and asked for our drink orders, Larissa asked for a long island ice tea and I glared at her. “What? It’s my last night here!” I shook my head and asked for lemonade.
As dinner went on I tried not to look at Lance, although I could feel his eyes on me the whole time. “So Lance when are you leaving?” Chris asked in a weird tone. I looked up at him and saw that he still looked uncomfortable. “I don’t know bro, I may just stay a while longer.” “Why?” I asked before Chris could say anything. I finally looked up at him and found him smiling “well I came here to achieve a goal and I haven’t achieved it yet.” “Well maybe it’s not meant to be achieved then” I said taking a sip of my drink. “Oh trust me Ken, when I want something I get it, so this is very achievable.” “Whatever you say.”
Chris’s eyes lingered on me and Lance but he didn’t say anything. Fuck, I was letting Lance get to me. The girls were busy discussing driving schedules on their trip home and barely noticed our intense conversation. When our food came, the conversation became less and less. Until Lance did the unthinkable!
“Kendra?” he asked out of nowhere. I looked up and raised my eyebrow, “yes?” “Can you come outside with me for a few minutes please?” he asked without a care in the world that Chris was sitting right across from us.”What now? Why?” I asked and everyone at the table except Chris looked curious. Chris just looked infuriated. “Please, its important.” I glanced at Larissa who shrugged and rolled her eyes. I looked at Chris and he just stared at me, what the hell am I going to do?
“Um ok” I said and slid out of the booth after him. “I’ll be right back guys.” Everyone said ok except Chris he just sat there with an unreadable expression on his face.
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing Lance?!” I asked as soon as we were out of earshot. He laughed “relax, I just want to talk to you.” “You want to talk to me now? With my boyfriend a few feet away? Are you fucking insane Lance or stupid?” I nearly yelled. He flinched at my words but I did not feel sorry. “Kendra I love you and we will be together” he said reaching for my arm. I pulled away “you have got to be joking right now! Seriously what is your problem? Are you trying to end my relationship? Chris is already suspicious you know. “I don’t give a fuck about that guy ok?” he reached for my hand again and again I pulled away “you need to be with me.
“Everything ok babe?” Chris walked up to where we were standing. I smiled “Yes baby, I was just about to come in.” Chris walked up and looked at Lance who had a stupid smile on his face. “You good man?” Chris asked not sounding concerned at all. Lance shrugged “yep just talking man, haven’t seen Ken in a while.” Chris put his arm around my waist and the smile fell off Lance’s face “well y’all can catch up inside with everyone else. Let’s go baby” and with that Chris grabbed my hand and led me towards the door. I looked back and Lance just stood there with fury in his eyes. Oh Fuck! Yep I was definitely screwed!
