"Jessekins!" I called out as I walked thorugh the front door. It had been a long and busy day at work and I was tired. I put my keys down in the key rack.
"Do you have to call me that?" Jesse called out from the kitchen.
"Yes I do, my love!" I walked into the kitchen. Jesse was assembling tacos he leaned over so I could give him a peck on the lips.
"I hate this kitchen, it's too damn small. How was your day, Love?"
"Too long. Some dumbass mislabeled one of our test runs so we had to do the three hour test all over again. And guess who the dumbass was? Me! I was the dumbass who wasn't paying attention and had to stay an extra two hours to rerun the test. I could've slapped myself. I'm tired. How was your day babe?" I leaned against the counter, facing Jesse.
"You're not a dumbass. I got some interesting news today from the studio. I don't think you're going to like it though."
"Okay, great start. What's up?" Jesse snuck a glance at me and then started to talk.
"So the studio is sending me to L.A for a couple weeks to work with some new artists they signed." He started.
"That's great isn't it?" I asked as I washed my hands.
"Yeah except one of the artists I'll be working with is my ex, Imani."
"Imani is a singer."
"You've heard of Imani Redd?"
"Wait, wait, wait. Hold the phone, stop the presses, rewind the tape. Imani Redd is your ex? The ex that cheated on you and then dumped you? Imani Redd is that ex?" Imani Redd was a rising R&B singer. She was always in and out of the gossip blogs and always in some social media beef.
"Thanks for that and yeah, Imani Redd is my ex. I never told you? My mom never told you?"
"No, negro! No, you never told me that Imani Redd was your ex! You guys always went by her first name so I just assumed it was some girl named Imani, I didn't think it was the singer! How could you not tell me?" I said as I slapped his arm.
"I thought you knew. She's one of the artists I have to work with while I'm there."
"You're right, I don't like that. Why do you have to work with her?" I asked as I stole a piece of meat from one of the tacos he was making .
"Because if I don't, I won't be working with anyone good anytime soon. They'll stick me with crap projects." He said finally turning around to face me.
"How do you feel about it?" I asked.
"I'm not thrilled but I gotta do what I gotta do." I rolled my eyes at him.
"Don't be like that. I don't want to work with her, it's strictly professional."
"It always is until you get to talking and working together and then all of a sudden you're reminiscing, and old feelings start to reappear, and then someone catches feelings and I end up going to jail because I stabbed you after catching you with your ex."
"Why do you jump to violence so quickly?"
"Don't push me and you'll never have to find out."
"Baby I promise, nothing's going to happen. We'll work on a few songs and that's it. No catching feelings, and more importantly no stabbing."
"The most important part is the catching feelings part because if that doesn't happen I don't have to stab you."
Jesse held my waist. "Seriously Jay, nothing's going to happen. You trust me, right?"
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Love And Marriage
RomanceJaleia's got a life she could have never imagined. A great career as a doctor, an even greater husband, a crazy mother in law and amazing friends and family. There's only one thing her fairytale is missing - a baby. However life has other plans, and...
