Chapter Five
Cough Medicine
Lauren
Quin and I had been texting and talking on the phone for two weeks. I hadn't seen him since our date, and I missed him. Since he claimed he was so busy, we had no time to spend together.
"You ain't gotta work today?" Anthony asked me. "Nahh, I'm sick." I continued to flip through the channels. "So, this is what you gon' do all day? Sit in the house and look pretty. You know that beautiful face needs to be seen." He smiled at me. I laughed. "I might go to momma's later. I don't know." Anthony sat down beside me. "Well, imma go chill with Sarah when she get off." I looked at him. "I knew y'all had something going on." He laughed loudly. "Be quiet. Don't say nothing bout it right now." I ignored him and gave my full attention to the TV.
Quin
"Boss, some girl out here to see ya." Reginald stood in the doorway. He was one of my workers. "Who is she?" I asked as I continued to count my stacks. "She kinda short. Got short, curly black hair. She a lil' thick." I knew it was Beanca, my ex girl. "Send her ass in." Reginald walked out and came back shortly with her. "Why haven't you been answering my fuckin' calls nigga?" Beanca yelled. I fired up my blunt. "What you want?" I took a puff and blew the smoke out in her face. "I want you daddy." I laughed at her. "You a trip, I don't want you. We been done. And you fucked the hood." I shook my head. "Get out befo' I slap yo ass." Beanca looked at me like I was crazy. "You heard right. Get out!" She quickly got up from the desk and walked out. "Damn trigger. You be havin' these ho's crying. What you be doing to em?" Myles laughed. I passed him the blunt. "They be wilding." I leaned back.
All of a sudden, Lauren fell on my mind. I was missing her, and her smile. I needed to see her. I grabbed my phone from the drawer. I scrolled through my contacts until I found her name. I called. "Hello." She answered. I loved her sweet voice, but she sounded sick. 'What you doing?" I asked her. "Watching Tv."
"Is that all you do?" She laughed. "Basically, there's nothing else to do."
"Well, how bout I come get you so we can go walking or sum." I suggested. "I would love to but I'm sick. You could come over if you like." She said. "I'll pick some medicine up for you."
"Okay, thank you."
"No problem. See you in a minute." I hung up.
"A'ight Myles. Watch over my shit now. I'll be back later." I got up from the desk. "Where yo ugly ass goin?" I looked at him. "You worried bout the wrong thing lil nigga." I grabbed my keys and left. I hopped into my car. I stopped by the drug store and picked up a bottle of cough medicine for Lauren. I made it to her house in thirty minutes.
I rung the doorbell. It took her a few moments to get to the door. She still looked good with her hair in a ponytail and with her pajamas on. She had on Elmo pajama pants and a red t-shirt. "Come on in." I stepped in and closed the door behind me. I followed her into the living room. I sat down next to her on the couch. I gave her the medicine I bought for her. "Thank you." She smiled at me. "You in here watching my favorite movie." Lauren was watching Juice. "This my favorite movie too." she said. "Take off your shoes and get comfortable.' I slid my shoes off and got comfortable like she told me.
"I got one question." I looked at her. "Okay, ask." Lauren said. "Why are you sinlge?" She sighed. "Because these niggas out here don't know how to treat a lady." I crossed my arms over my chest. "But if you ain't dated all the niggas in the world, how you know they all the same?" Lauren waited a few seconds before she said anything. "I don't. I just had a bad experience." I nodded my head. "I understand that. But you can't make other men pay for a mistake they didn't make." She smiled at me and laughed. "You're right." I threw my hands up in the air. "I know I am." Lauren smacked her lips. "Whatever."
