SPIRIT!

The Mess and the Proposition

I woke up the next morning with a banging headache. I rolled over in my bed and did not see Marco in his. He must have decided to stay out. I grabbed some asprin and drank some water that was in the fridge. I definitely drank too much last night. I looked at my phone and saw no missed calls or messages. I looked at the time and saw that it was 11:35am. I definitely was in need of some food so I washed up and headed to the cafeteria for lunch. As I arrived I saw that not many people were there which is typical for a early sunday afternoon. I grabbed some food and headed to a table. As I started eating I could see Niecy sitting at the back table near the window. I was about to go sit by her and try to sort out our issues but the way she glared at me when she saw me, I decided that it may be best to wait until another time. I continued to eat and went back to my room. As I opened the door I saw Marco there.

"I just came to grab somethings and then I am out of here", Marco said as soon as he saw me enter.

"We better than this man. You and Niecy decided that you all wanted to be mad at me when I was clearly looking out for the both of you. I know you can not understand that but you have to know that I would never want to disrespect you or my cousin", I said.

"Bullshit O. You knew she was fucking some other dude and you had the audacity to invite me to one of his parties. That is low I mean lower than some of my enemies have done to me. Do me a favor and stay away from me", he said angrily.

I looked at him in shock and threw my hands up. If he did not want to listen to me that's fine. I watched as he grabbed a couple more of his items and head out of the dorm room. I sat on my bed trying to make some sense of it all. I was trying to prevent anyone from getting upset or hurt and it still did not work. My whole plan backfired and now both Niecy and Marco were upset with me. I decided that I need to take a quick drive to clear my mind. I grabbed my keys and headed to the parking lot to get my car. I got in and realized I had no clear destination of where I wanted to end up at, I did know that I needed to get away from campus for a few hours at least until practice time later.

I drove through uptown and saw a few people outside shopping and enjoying some food. I ended up at the mall. I went to some stores and saw some clothes that I was interested in but did not see anything that I was actually going to spend my money on. I made my way to the food court area a bought a pretzel. As I turned around I heard a familiar voice.....again.

"So you still following me I guess", Ejay said.

"I think it has something to do with the old saying, great minds think alike. What are you doing here", I asked.

"Picking up some clothes and sneakers for this party tomorrow."

"On a Monday?", I asked confused.

He laughed, "yes it is a appreciation party for one of my coworkers. What are you doing here?"

I took a deep breath and thought before answering. I could not tell him all my business. "To be honest I don't know just needed to clear my mind."

"I can understand that", he said studying me. "I am not trying to be funny but I am free until later on this evening in case you need that haircut."

I smiled because I had been neglected my regular haircut this week because I had been so busy. I thought about it for a moment and thought to myself that I do not have shit else to do until practice so I should take him up on his offer. "Although I feel as if you were throwing a jab in there, I do need a hair cut so I will take you up on that offer."

"Cool. What's your phone number so that I can send you the address?", he asked.  I smiled probably more than I wanted to and gave Ejay my phone number. He texted me the address and I made sure to save his number as well. We headed our separate ways towards our cars. I put the address in maps and saw that it was about 15 minutes away from the mall. As I drove through the streets on the way to his place I felt some sort of excitement and mostly because I was now lacking friends since Niecy and Marco had ditched me over a misunderstanding. Ejay and I could now probably become friends.....at least. I continued my drive and ended up coming into this new subdivision where all the homes looked exactly the same except for maybe the shudders. I pulled in the driveway and saw that he had already arrived because his car was parked. I rang the doorbell and waited a moment. He opened the door and let me in. The house was really organized and clean. There were a slight smell of cologne in the home as well as what smelled like some dessert.