That Awkward Moment

Old Flame

As promised, here's the next part enjoy!

Ebony and Aubrey had rejoined her friends who were sitting by the pool, smoking and drinking. Shameik was the first to notice that his big sister was back and was the first to jump up to greet her, and her old friend. Sheila stood up with a sly smirk on her face and walked up closer to her best friend nudging her arm.

She then wraps her arm through Ebony's and held her close whispering only loud enough so that she could hear. "So, how was your talk?" She said with a sly smile.

"What do you mean?" Ebony played coy.

"Oh please stop that shit, you and I both know you two did more than just talk, that hickey on your neck gave it away." She said pointing to her left side of her neck where a hickey was starting to form.

Ebony quickly covered her neck with her hand and cursed underneath her breath.

"Yeah, 'just talking' my ass. You know you're my best friend you could at least tell me the truth."

"Well you know, your fiancé is best friends with my ex and I know you tell him everything...but I don't want you to tell him about Aubrey and I. He's a big celebrity and he's a very powerful man. I want us to remain private as long as possible especially if I decide to start dating him." She whispered loudly as the two stepped aside from the group of friends to talk.

"You know, you're ridiculous I tell Jamal almost everything but I hate the fact that you don't trust me enough to know that you can talk to me about anything. There are some things that I still have never told him about me and you, and if secrecy is what you want I'll respect your wishes." She says empathetically.

Ebony nods with a smile on her face and hugs her best friend.

"I'm sorry I just want to keep things under wraps until I know things are official between us, besides can you imagine if Bakari found out that I could potentially be dating him? Nigga would freak!" Ebony chuckles and pulls away from her best friend.

"This should be interesting though, we thought Bakari was fucking loaded because of his family but Aubrey is in a whole other tax bracket. AND it's his own," Sheila emphasized and continued, "sis you are about to be spoiled as hell and I am here for it." Sheila and Ebony squealed like little school girls and laughed when others looked at them weirdly.

"I mean as I should be after that shit that, that nigga put me through. I was in a dark place for a really long time. I just hope my gut instincts are right about Aubrey. We have history, we've been friends for yearsss, but I never knew he actually liked me. I mean he had a whole crush on Rihanna...then there's that beef that he had with Nicki."

"But Can you blame him for having a crush on Rih? Shit, I have a crush on Rihanna...bitch we all do. But I mean you two were both in and out of relationships and you'd rarely see each other so it's only a given that he wouldn't fully admit that he had feelings for you. Just give the guy a chance, he really likes you. I can see by the way he looks at you when you're around. Everyone sees it, and that's why bitches are jealous of you. Go for it, and try something new." Sheila encourages her best friend.

Ebony nods in response to what she just said, and was getting ready to say something when she was interrupted by Aubrey coming over to say his goodbyes before he'd leave. He places his hand on the lower arch of her back and bent down to kiss her cheek. She bashfully smiles at his small romantic gesture and looked up at him with admiration in her eyes.