INDIA
"I land there at 3:30." I said while on Face Time with my best friend Aug.
"In tha mornin' ?" He asked making a face.
"No stupid the afternoon. You know I need my sleep I wouldn't be able to make a flight that late at night." I said.
"Yea that makes mo' sense." He said blowing smoke into the camera. "Ill be thea' to getchu." He said.
"You better Aug you know what happened last time." I said straight facing him.
"Wha' happened?" He said looking confused.
"You forgot about me." I said.
"Whaaaa naw I ain't forget you, a nigga just got busy and lost tha' track of time." He said.
What really happened was he got busy with his girlfriend Mia and forgot I was even coming.
"You didn't realize til the next day that you had forgotten about me but it's okay I forgive you." I told him.
"Yeah yeah I ain't do no such thing." He said.
"Mhm well Mr. nocturnal it's 2 something here and I didn't get home from shooting until 12 so I'm about to get dressed and go to bed." I told him.
"How was yo shoot baby girl?" He asked doing what he usually does when I try to get him off the phone this late at night.
It's almost 5 in the morning in New Orleans but that never stopped him from staying up late to talk to me whenever he had the time.
"It was okay. The nigga who was the photographer was getting on my last nerve though." I said rolling my eyes.
"Why?"
"Cause during the whole day he kept asking for my number after I kept turning him down. Like damn this is business and I'm a actual model not one of them girls that sell pussy and they are 21st birthday shoot be withal those number balloons, funfetti frosting giving them yeast infections, ." I said and he shook his head laughing.
I was talking about his girl and he knew it.
I have nothing against strippers I love them shit I was one. But she strips, sells pussy and all that but she was with Aug for the money he got and he was too blinded by the pussy to see it.
"23rd." He corrected me about the birthday.
"The fact that you felt the need to only correct me about how old she is speaks for its self." I laughed shaking my head.
"Mane what she eva' do to you? Why you don't like ha?" He asked.
He always asks like our first meeting didn't go bad. Me and her never been friends and probably never will be. She ain't like me from the jump and me being me I just don't give a fuck.
"I'm not even in the mood to get into that right now. I'm tired and I still have some stuff to pack before I fly there tomorrow." I told him avoiding the conversation.
He wants me and his girl to get along so bad but it'll never happen. The first time he introduced us she tried to fight me thinking I was trying to take her man.
August and I have never went that far. We've been nothing but friends for 13 years and she thought she was going to get rid of me but August quickly let her know I wasn't disposable.
"Call me befo' you board."
"And after I land. I know."
"You excited to see a nigga?" He asked.
"Aug why you always insist on keeping me on the phone?" I asked him sitting the phone down so I could put some shorts and a t shirt on and get in bed.
"Cause we barely been talkin' cause of both our schedules. I ain't seen you in almost 6 months. Last time I saw you it was summer and my birthday. It's winter and almost your birthday now." He stated.
"We've had the same visiting schedule since I moved back here." I said.
"I know it's still a long time." He said yawning.
"We wanted our visits for our birthdays so ain't no other way to do it. We 6 months apart." I shrugged.
"Correction. We a year and 6 months apart don't forget I'm olda'." He told me.
"Yeah yeah who cares."
"You care lil bit but imma stop stallin' and let you get yo sleep so you don't come here actin cranky." He told me.
"I'm never cranky." I said.
"A lie." Was all he said.
"It is not. And if I ever am it's cause you caused it." I stated.
I yawned and Aug shook his head.
"You needa vacation you been working non stop." He told me.
I shrugged. " I love what I do so I don't even mind. I'm just tired most of the time now.
"I'll let you go I'll see you tomorrow. I love you."
"I love you too goodnight." I told him and we both hung up at the same time.
What he didn't know was that I was moving back to New Orleans and just coming to Cali when I needed to.
My birthday is February 3rd I'll be 23 this year and I'm super excited. Aug tried surprising me with a party this but he can't hold water from me. Even when it's a surprise for me.
It took everything in me not to tell him I'm moving back but I know he's going to be excited.
He's always complaining about our communication and not seeing each other so moving back will be good for our friendship. Hopefully.
