Encounter

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——— Mahalia's POV ———
Zaire unlocked his front door and opened it for me. I was unsure to come inside because I didn't want a recap of what happened last time. I hate to have to slap his ass and block his social media. His house smelled like pussy and I rolled my eyes because I just recently got out of the damn hospital. I didn't have time for the drama.

"Zaire, I'm not coming in this house, it smells like a can of bounce dat ass in here." I put my hand on my right hip and looked up at him. He cleaned up nice. Zaire had on some black socks, blue t-shirt and some black sweatpants. He smelled good too, but it wasn't cologne, it was like a natural smell. I couldn't get my nose to focus on his smell because of that loud ass pussy scent.

He laughed at me then peaked down at what I was wearing. I cleared my throat once I saw his eyes did not come back up in the next three seconds. When I saw that he didn't budge, I turned around.

"'Cause damn, this what you thinking about. You see it?" I turned back around and fixed myself before he started laughing. His laugh was contagious and reminded me of happy memories so I couldn't help myself. I smiled big and giggled right along with him.

"To answer the question you dying to ask, my homeboy and his bitch in the basement for a couple days. He lost his apartment so I'm being generous. I ain't have no hoe in my place since you stormed out that day and my niece moved to California, her and her mama."

I nodded my head and went to sit down on his couch. He closed and lock the door back and went and came beside me. I felt his black ass staring at me so I huffed and shifted myself closer to him. If he wanted my body heat that's all he had to say. Fat girls were warm and comfortable.

"So..what you told me come over here for?" I got straight to the point and looked him dead in his eyes.

"I wanted to apologize. I ain't wanna ask to come over to yo' place because you might not like me like that yet." He smiled again and that's when I realized he was actually handsome when he wasn't being an asshole.
He had a great personality but I think he just said shit the wrong way without knowing it.

"The other day...I said some shit I regret. I asked the Most High what I should do and he told me to apologize to you. Like I know I fucked up, but I'm hoping we can start whatever we had over. I'll communicate better. My heart been broke so many times, I don't know why I feel so comfortable saying that, but-"

Before he could finish we heard a headboard knocking against the wall and moaning from downstairs. I'm guessing that was his homeboy and his girlfriend cause the smell got louder and I gagged thinking about what they could be doing down there.

"Hold up, let me throw a brick at they ass." Zaire got up and I followed behind him. I stood away so whoever it was couldn't see me, but I was close enough to see them. Zaire knocked on the basement door and then shortly a petite white girl opened the door.

"Yes?" She rolled her eyes and kinda said what she said with an attitude. Like miss ma'am if I was living here under someone's roof and not paying a bill, I would pipe down and lose the attitude.

"Y'all keep that shit down, Avery. I got my old lady in the damn house and y'all down here making fucking babies. Ion wanna be rude or nothing but this my fucking house. One more damn time and I'm gone slap the fye from y'all ass." He walked back up before she could muster another word and I followed him. I heard the door slam and lock so I'm guessing she was mad. With that attitude, they was gone be out within a week.

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——— Zaire's POV ———
"Bra, I am so sorry for that. They get on my nerves screwing in there, Imma have to redecorate the whole basement when they leave. Like I was saying, I feel comfortable telling you this and I dunno why. I want so badly to be loved the right fucking way but every bitch I been with hoe'd me, so I'm guessing my behavior the other day was because of that hurt and I sincerely apologize, Mahalia."

She looked down and fidgeted with her fingers for a few seconds before she looked up at me and said,

"Nah, nah..I totally understand. But you can't go around and talk to everybody like that because of what some fucked up person did to ya. I mean look at me, my knee is in a damn cast because of an accident I got into and I'm still walking. I mean I know I didn't deserve it, but I'm still doing better each day. I accept your apology and yes we can start over. I'm Mahalia, nice to finally meet you."

She extended her hand and titled her head slightly waiting for me to shake her hand. I got up from the couch and looked at her for a while before picking her up and spinning her around. She was heavy, but I mean she's a juicy piece of meat and ian have no problems with that.

She laughed loudly as I spun her around before I set her down on the carpet floor.

"Stop doing that! My ass gone break yo' back!"

We stood there looking at each other and not breaking contact. Her eyes were a beautiful dark brown but it complimented her skin tone. She also had big, full lips and the lipgloss she had on made me wonder how it felt for her to give top. I shook my head at my thoughts and went to sit back down.

"Thanks for coming over, shorty. You wanna spennanight?" I raised an eyebrow and she came and sat back down beside me before yawning.

"Nah, nah..not tonight. Can you take me home? I'm starting work again in the morning because I been out on sick leave too long and ion wanna use all my days up."

"What about college?"

"Switched it to online. I might need a ride to work in the morning, if you don't mind. I'll give you gas money. My car got tore up in the..um accident and I ain't have enough to rent one then. I could rent one now that I think about it. But I rather wait."

I nodded my head in agreement and got up and we walked out the door. I grabbed a couple black "bags" and we were out the door. I had to make a couple stops tonight so I'm guessing driving her home wouldn't be too bad.

I think I was slowly beginning to fall for this girl, man.

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Hey, everyone! My mouth feels a whole lot better but it's still numb. I was gone relax today and let it completely heal but I said why not surprise my loyal readers with another chapter. I started with twenty reads and now I'm at 286 if I'm not mistaken. Thanks for reading!!! Tell a friend to tell a friend. I love you guys! Be safe and Beautiful!

✨ Kia