A Mixed Love

Chapter 11

Layla POV*

Today is the start of a new week. I left the hospital last night and got an uber back home. I couldn't take off of work to stay with Ayana since I was new at my job. Latrelle texted me this morning asking to meet up for lunch so that's where I'm heading now. We decided to meet up at a pizza place we used to go to when we were kids.

I walked in and seen him already seated at a table. I walked over to him and smiled.

"Hey lil sis", he said

"Hey", I said sitting down

"How's your work day going so far?"

"Good, but stressful. I have to come up with a new design each week that's good enough to get picked"

"What happens if you get picked?"

"My design gets to be in the fashion show. It'll give me more recognition to my name"

He nodded. "I see. Well, I wanna apologize again for not calling you and seeing if you got the job. I've been busy with my career and preparing for it. Like I tried telling you earlier, I'm getting drafted into the NFL"

"Congratulations! I'm really proud of you. You're a really good football player"

"Thank you. The bad news is, the team in Chicago didn't want to draft me, so I'm moving to another state"

"....Really? What teams wanna sign you?"

"Raiders, Dolphins, and Cowboys"

"Latrelle I don't know football. Where are those teams?"

He chuckled. "California, Florida, and Texas"

I looked down. "Oh"

The waiter came by and took our drink orders then left. I ordered a water with lemons and Latrelle ordered raspberry lemonade.

"Back to what I was saying, I'm not gonna be that far, if the Dolphins or Cowboys pick me"

"What part of those states would you be living in?"

"Oakland, Miami, or Dallas"

"Ooo Miami would be fun. When I come down to visit we can go to the beach"

"Definitely. When I'm not playing...imma be living on the beach", he said chuckling

I chuckled.

"So what's up with you lil sis? What's been going on in your life besides getting this awesome job"

"Nothing really"

I didn't want to tell him about Lamonte yet. He's over protective and I didn't want him asking a whole bunch of questions.

"When are you gonna get your own place and move out of mom and dad's?", he asked chuckling

"When you give me some money"

He made a face at me.

"I'm joking. Once I get enough money from my job. Living with mom and dad isn't that bad though. I leave to work before them and when I get home, they aren't there because they're at work. So basically we only spend a little time in the morning together and weekends. It feels like I'm living alone"

He nodded.

The waiter came back with our drinks then took our food orders. I ordered a pepperoni pizza and Latrelle ordered hawaiian pizza.

"Sooo..what about your life? Besides almost being signed, how's Briana?"

He laughed and looked away.