Ebony, Mi Amore

A Brief Entanglement

EBONY

I sat at my desk groggily. Literally drilling a hole in my watch from staring at it so much. Why couldn't my lunch break come any faster? Melissa my coworker comes over to my cubicle her coffee breaths fans over my face. I scrunch my face. " Ebony, Boss wants to see you." My heart rate automatically speeds up. Nervously I ask " Why? What happened?" I start breathing fast. Melissa Looks at me with concern " Um...are you okay?" I take a deep breath to calm myself and bid Melissa goodbye. I'm still anxious so I walk the walls hurriedly. My head is in the clouds. I snap out of it when my body collides with a fairly tall figure.

"OH MY GOD!" the lady shrieks. her face is flushed with anger. " YOU BITCH, PICK UP MY STUFF! YOU STUPID BLACK BITCH!" I collect myself, cooly. I muster up my nastiest glare. I sneer at her. " I am not your maid or slave. You will not speak to me that way Ms.Ma'ame." It seems my standing up for myself made her even angrier.

She cleared her throat, and before I realize what she is about to do she spat right into my afro. I gasp loudly my blood is simmering. I go to punch her but before my fist collides with her face I hear a loud and stern voice yell. " Ladies cut it out!" I look Towards The direction of the voice and see the one and only Mr.Jackson. My Boss.

"Ms. Mensah, I am sorry to say that you are being let go" My boss well, former boss glowered at me unrepentantly. I suddenly began to shiver and my mouth goes dry. " May I ask why please?" He responds with " At first, Ms.Mensah I was calling you over to tell you that Ms.Rosado here" He points to the lady with who I had an entanglement earlier. " Is going to be taking over your cubicle and you are free to take over the janitorial duty."

My blood starts to boil with anger. I slam my fist hard on top of his desk and stand up so fast that my chair topples over. He looks at me surprised. " You can take your janitorial job and shove it up your ass!" And with that, I storm out of his office my heels echoing in the hallway.

I storm out of the building. People move out of my way sensing my anger and knowing I didn't want to be bothered. I'm not a block away from the building before I hear a snap and then I tumble forward and land on my knees. The heels on my left shoe are broken off. It seemed my shoe being broken was the last straw. A wracking sob passes through me harshly and I don't stop it from coming out. I don't even try to get up. I bow my head and cry. I feel it start to rain. My sobs get louder.

MASON

My timer for lunch goes off and I take in a deep breath. I get up and stretch my long limbs. I hear the soft pitter-patter of the beginning of a rainstorm on my wall-length windows. I look out my big fancy windows and sigh. My body was really starting to feel the tiredness. I grab my phone and an umbrella and tell my assistant Lucas goodbye. He was busily scribbling on his paperwork so he nodded a little and returned to his papers. As I walk through the building to leave I see people scrambling to get to work so they could look good for me. Too bad I know all their antics. I smile at them. Suckers.

As I leave the entrance of the building I almost crash into a small figure. Thankfully I move out of the way quickly enough. I let my eyes follow her. Her round hips move swiftly in her colorful attire. Her gloriously big Afro bounces freely. Her dark skin had a natural glow to it. She was beautiful. I gasp when all of a sudden she falls to her knees. She doesn't get up. I start to worry.

I instinctively hurry to her. When I get closer I hear hiccuping and sniffling. Her hair was soaked and drooping. Her clothes were soaked. I hurriedly open my umbrella and put it over us. I kneel in front of her and instantly get a whiff of coconuts and pineapples my mouth starts watering. She looks up at me her beautiful hazel eyes looking a little glazed over from her crying from before.

Her face was so full of kindness and innocence. My cock twitched as I took in her beautiful face. Her eyes, her cute button nose Her thick plump lips, were so kissable. And her dimples are so cute. Another tear slips down her face and without thinking I cup her cheek and rub the tear away with my thumb. Her skin was so soft.

EBONY

I stared into the beautiful blue eyes of the dangerously handsome man in front of me his expensive cologne wafting gently to my nose. His smell was so intoxicating my mouth started to water. His big warm hand on my cheek calmed me down a lot. His long fingers graze my cheek carefully as if I would break if he was not gentle, He wiped away my tears. Slowly his fingers start to explore my face. Grazing my forehead, cheeks, nose, and chin. He hovers over my lips. After a pause, he gives in and feels my lips. Gently caressing my lips with his thumb.

He jerks when I graze my teeth over his thumb. His reactions make my body jolt with need. Slowly he retracts and picks me up with him. I clung to his broad shoulders tightly. He set me down and I went to take my shoes off. They were completely useless now. We continued to stare into each other's eyes. He held me tight in my embrace.

I felt the muscled ridges of his stomach through his expensive suit and pressed my head against his muscled chest. It made me feel calm and relaxed to be in his embrace. A loud ringing broke our moment. His phone was ringing.

He reluctantly let go of me and took the call. The call sounded urgent and by the looks of it, I was right. If looks could kill I would be dead even though I know his glare was not aimed at me. He started speaking rapid-fire Spanish, His Velvety voice had a dangerous tinge to it. The call had ended. He sighed an angry sigh. He looked at me sadly "I have to go Mi Amore" He grabbed my head and kissed my forehead. His lips were so soft. His phone started ringing again he picked it up quickly and started yelling in Spanish again He walked away quickly. I knew for sure it was curses that flew from his lips.

EBONY

I walked the whole hour home in the rain. It lifted my mood a bit to hear the calming pitter-patter of the rain and feel it on my feet. I thanked the handsome stranger for the umbrella.

When I get home I run myself a nice warm bath. I fill the tub with pineapple and coconut-scented soap those were my signature smells, and they calmed me down a lot. I stay in the tub for almost an hour. When I get out my body is nice and relaxed. My brain is calmed and relaxed. I sit on the couch and have ice cream for dinner. My best friend Jensey calls me like she does every night. I vent to her I tell her about me being fired from my job and being replaced by some dumb bitch. It makes me start to get uneasy again. I start to worry about my bills and rent. Jensey being the good friend she is clams me down.

" Ebi everything is going to be alright. It's actually great timing because yesterday my supper visor was telling us that we were running short on people because the work was starting to double and we were going to send emails around and post-hiring forms all over. Ebi you could get in easily because we need all the help we can get. I'm going to call my supper visor Rosy right after this if you want to give it a try?"

I beamed happily at Jensey through my phone. "oh, Jensey thank you so much. Give it a try because I need this and you guys need help. I'm so excited, you don't understand how happy I am to have such an amazing friend like you Jensey. I love you so much!"

Jensey laughed army reaction. "I love you too girl. Alright, so I'm going to call Rosy now because it's getting late. I'll update you on what she says later today okay or tomorrow okay?" I agree with her and end the call. I get off my couch and grab my laundry basket. I head downstairs to the laundromat. I had a pep in my step.