Nicki Pov ;
A sweet aroma of what smelt like french toast filled my nostrils causing me to slowly wake up.
Kaliel couldn't cook at all so who the hell was in our house?
I slowly got up out of my bed, making sure i grabbed my taser.
I mean whoever breaks into someone's house to cook for them can't be too dangerous, but with what i've been through i could never be so certain.
When i finally approached the kitchen, i was greeted by nearly me & Kaliel's whole family.
Well, close family.
I quickly put my taser in my robe pocket, now feeling embarrassed by how scared i was.
"Sorry if startled you honey." said Kaliels mother.
"We just wanted to make sure you had a great first morning in your new home, Kaliel asked us to come." said my mother.
There sat Kaliel smiling at me softly.
I fall in love with this man more & more everyday.
After brushing my teeth & washing my face, i headed back down stairs where a plate full with french toast topped with whipped cream & fresh strawberries & lots of bacon.
I guess they knew that my baby didn't like lots of foods, he often throws them up.
Being able to sit & have a good time with the people i love most really made me think, maybe things are getting better.
I really hoped so.
Naomi Pov ;
Since me & the girls had each been tied up in our own personal situations, i decided to call together a little "date" for us.
We had a plan to all meet up at the new restaurant called "Dinner in the sky."
"Sooooo... Pootie y'all heard about Brandon? How he got arrested." said Muffin.
"Fuck that boy, he can go die." said Pootie.
Speaking of Brandon, Pootie seemed to be doing good without him. It was rumored that he had moved on, being the time of person he is ain't no telling.
I'm just glad she's not worrying about him anymore.
That's all that matters.
K's phone consistently buzzed against the table as we sat eating.
"Damn girl who blowing you up?" said Destanni.
Khloé's silence let us know exactly who it was "blowing her up."
For like 2 weeks now she's been ignoring all his calls, texts, etc.
By him i mean Kentrell.
She even leaves the register when he comes to her job.
I don't know why, but i honestly feel like there's something else behind that story.
Kentrell not that type of guy.
Aside from Khloé's buzzing phone, i saw Destanni steadily sneaking & staring at London.
I mean it's obvious as fuck that she likes her, i don't know why she won't just talk to her.
Never mind, i take that back.
I do know why she won't talk to her, the bitch really sit there looking mean as hell all day long.
I shot a quick text to Muffin and told her to make sure Pootie & Destanni rode home ALONE.
She was already knowing what i was trying to get to happen, so she told Choppa to come pick her up from the restaurant.
This way being that all three of them rode together in Destanni's car, if Muffin left with Choppa those two would be alone.
Hopefully Destanni takes a hint this time, shit this her shot right here.
After Muffin left, i motioned for Khloé to come on so i could take her home.
When Destanni wasn't looking, i did a funny face at Pootie, tryna be slick & tell her to be nice to the poor girl.
She needed a change, maybe Destanni would be a good type of change for her.
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Pootie Pov ;
After riding in silence for like 10 minutes, she had finally broke the silence.
"So.. have you been noticing me?" she said.
"Noticing what?" i said, trying my hardest not to sound rude or come off in a sarcastic manner.
"Noticing me noticing you."
"Ion think so."
"I'm not good at "shooting my shot" aight? But since i got here, i've been looking at you. Not even on no weird shit i just want to know wassup with you. You talking to anybody?"
"Nah. Ian fw relationships right now."
Naomi told me not to be mean, she never said anything about being honest.
"May i ask why?"
"Last nigga i confided in, broke me. Bad. It hurt to even think about the shit i thought, the shit i went through, over somebody who can just up & say fuck me when they wanted to. Didn't even have enough respect for me to tell me that he had a baby on me. Shit like that's not love, that shit was toxic. And not no social media toxic, i mean real life toxic. Not wanting to eat or even wake up in the morning toxic. Ian tryna go through that again, i'm better off alone."
"Wow." she said.
"Yea, "wow.""
"I don't even mean to come off rude or nothing cause it ain't my business, but you can't up & put a guard up because you allowed yourself to deal with one persons bullshit. It's obvious you got self worth, which i both respect and adore, i also see that you got feelings too, feelings of which i can nurture. I'm a totally different person, i got totally different things to offer you. I just don't think it's right for you to have yo mind made up about me without even giving me a chance, especially since my slate clean as fuck."
I felt water well up in my eyes, & i didn't even know why.
Was it because she was being honest? Or was it because she understood my situation better than i did myself?
Whatever the reason was, i batted the water in my eyes away.
"I've got trust issues, and i need healing. You wanna sign up for all that?" i said.
Before stopping at a red light, she responded "Just let me take my time & heal you."
I felt those same waters well up in my eyes again.
This time, i couldn't bat away the tears.
One tear fell from my face and onto my cheek, which she wiped away before kissing me on my lips softly.
I sat looking at the world through my window the whole rest of the ride.
This was something i was gonna think about & replay in my head all night.
Khloé Pov ;
After telling my bestfriend bye, and thanking her for the ride home i walked onto my front door step.
Out of the woods came Kentrell, just staring me in my face.
I quickly attempted to unrattle my keys so i could get in the house quicker.
His warm hands touched mine softly and looked into his blood shot red eyes.
"Please Khloé," he said "just sit out here & talk to me."
