Lover's Kryptonite

Closer

Amber made the most of Amita's visit, asking her to let her know when she wasn't with her friends so that she could take her out, and Amita agreed. Amber also suggested that Amita spend some time with Samiya and get their sisters Naina and Chandi on board with them too. Samiya needed someone in her blood to let her know that she was loved. If she could even find a way to incorporate their brother Jahi, that would be even better.

Amber was watching a Spanish daytime talk show when she heard her door buzz. Confused, she got up and pressed the pager. No one ever really stopped by without letting her know in advance to be sure she'd be home. "Darling residence."

"It's me, Amber," Brandon told her.

With a smile, Amber gladly let her boyfriend up and went to sit back on the sofa to wait for him. When he entered the condo, he walked over to where she sat and lifted her face to kiss her.

"There's usually another pretty lady here this time of day."

"The other pretty lady went to spend some time with her sisters. May I ask the occasion, Officer?" Amber asked as Brandon walked around the sofa.

"You're the occasion, beautiful," he informed her, moving to sit and pulling her into his lap.

She grinned, leaning down to kiss him.

"I don't mind being the occasion."

"Good. Why don't you change the channel to something we can both understand."

"I have a better idea."

Amber turned the TV off and straddled Brandon. "Hey, this is what I was talking about," he reminded her, holding her waist. "Every time we're together, we end up naked."

"That's not a bad thing." She pouted.

"Can I tell you something, Amber?" he asked, removing her from his lap.

"What's the matter?"

"You know when I introduced you and Sammi to my folks, my father told me I was your living, breathing, warm dildo. I thought I was okay with that at first, but I'm not, Amber. Boyfriends and girlfriends do stuff that's not sex. I love you, and showing you outside of one of our beds would be nice. I would love to make love just as much as you. But not if my father is right."

Amber froze, staring at Brandon before she got up to walk away. Brandon assumed she was upset because he didn't give into her advance and followed her only to find her throwing herself into her bed and beginning to sob.

He sat on the bed and placed a hand on her back. "Amber?"

"Get out."

"What did I do?"

"Get out!" she demanded, her sobs heavy and broken.

Brandon stood there at a complete loss watching Amber crying. He didn't know what he had done, but he would've given anything to fix it.

He decided, though, to leave the room as she had demanded, sure that him trying to talk to her could only invoke her rage.

He left the room and went to sit on the sofa in the front room, shaking his head as he tried to find reason in Amber being upset.

When he got up to go back to work, he saw Samiya coming home with Amita and two other women he didn't know but who looked like the other two.

Samiya's face lit up when she saw Brandon as she pranced over to him, wrapping her arms around him. She leaned up to kiss him and when she pulled away, she noticed the ridge between his eyes and she stroked his cheek. "What's the matter?" she asked softly.