That Awkward Moment

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It wouldn't be until two weeks later that Ebony would run into Bakari. This time, it would be for an upscale event with her brother celebrating young icons within the metro Atlanta area. The brother sister duo would be awarded the trailblazer award for their outstanding work as artists and their community philanthropy.

It was a humid mid summer day in the middle of June and tensions were just as high as Ebony gracefully walked into the ballroom holding onto Shameik's arm.  All eyes averted towards them as they made their grand entrance into the chic ballroom after running fashionably late to their own event. Women whispered to their partners some envious comments about what Ebony wore; a golden plunging v cut ball gown with her back exposed,  hugging onto every curve with just the right amount of cleavage showing that would have a mans imagination run wild. A slit as high as the heavens exposed her right leg 'thigh meat' as her brother would call it with matching black strappy heels on her feet.  Shameik color coordinated with her outfit sporting a tailored black and gold Armani suit with black Christian Louboutin loafers and a Piaget custom watch and gold chain around his neck.

From the other side of the room, Bakari stopped talking mid sentence to a woman who had caught his eye earlier.  But that all had changed the moment that his current love interest had stepped into the room.  The woman, who was now 5'6 in her heels tapped on his shoulder and placed her hand on his chest to try to get his attention back. 

"Bakari, Kari—" Janice he thought her name was.

"Hmn? What is it, Janice?"

"It's Jocelyn." Jocelyn corrected, and huffed in frustration.

"Jocelyn— I'm sorry..." Bakari stutters correcting himself,  and tries to look past her to find Ebony, who was standing next to her brother talking to a professional athlete who played for the Atlanta Falcons. He takes a sip of his mimosa before looking towards where Ebony was to find her and hands it to the woman before excusing himself to leave.

Jocelyn continues to talk about an un-stimulating mindless subjects oblivious that Bakari wasn't even interested in her. 

"I'll be right back." Bakari excuses himself and weaves through the crowd of people to sit at his table which was ironically where Ebony's was as well. 

The seating arrangement at the table followed: Ebony, Shameik, Bakari, Sheila, Jamal and another celebrity couple whom Ebony produced for.

Before the event started back up, Bakari took his place next to Ebony on the left hand side of her and greeted her before sitting down for dinner.

"It's good to see you again." Bakari greets extending his hand for her to shake.

Ebony hesitantly looks at it before shaking his hand. She clears his throat and sizes him up before politely responding, "It's good to see you too, you look dapper in your suit, Off White?" She asks, quickly noticing the designer.

"Thanks, and yeah Virgil custom made it for me before the event. " He smiles revealing his gold caps on his bottom canine teeth. "You look stunning." His eyes trail her curves and bites his bottom lip.

"Congrats on your award though five years as a doctor that's a huge accomplishment for a young man." Ebony says before sitting down with the help of Bakari.

"Thanks I've got many more years ahead of me. But, tonight is all about you so cheers." He holds up his new champagne glass to propose a toast.

"To accomplishments and outstanding achievements made by this beautiful millennial woman." Bakari says toasting off to the table.

"I can drink to that," Jamal chimes in before taking a sip of his champagne.

"We can't forget my amazing little bro..." Ebony says bringing attention to Shameik, rubbing his head and pulling him in to give him a loving kiss on his cheek. "Who has just finished working on a song with Beyoncé but is also working on Spider Man. Cheers to you and everyone at this table for the success that they've made."