LOVE NOT EASY

chapter 3

MJ
I like my house. I mean it's nothing all crazy but I like it. I have a 2 story 3 bed room, 2 bathroom, 1 man cave with a built in back yard pool, house. nobody comes to my house. my Nigga/potnah Ace may come through but that's it. the type of job we do won't allow us to really have company like that. overall my main niggas is Ace,Nino,DJ and my bestfriend April. April like a sister to me. been cool since diapers. she moved to New York though but she come down a lot. I'm hungry ass shit. I took my shoes off and went to the kitchen. I pulled out a pork chop, velveta cheese and green beans. I took out my seasoning, flour, pots, greese etc. after about 2 hours my food was ready. I made mac and cheese, green beans and a pork chop. I fixed my plate and went to my kitchen table. i can't lie some nights like this I wish I had a girl to be here with. Oh well. I ate and put my plate in the sink. I took a shower and put on my basket ball shorts. I was about to go to sleep when my phone started ringing.

"hello" I answered

"wassup MJ this B. I got a job for you"

"okay how many?"

"4, should be easy they tied already"

"iight you know that's 10k for each right"

"yea MJ I know" he said in a duh tone

"okay text me the address and I'll be there in 30"

"cool cool" and we hung up.

Fuck! I don't want to but I gotta get this money. I put on my black boots, black hoodie, black jeans and grabbed my work sack. everything dealing with work is in my man cave. that's down stairs locked up. I grabbed my keys for my work car and went to my garage.

Kaycee

Monday afternoon.

"hey girl" I said to Danni. I'm finally off work and Danni wanted me to meet her to tell me the tea on her and Reggie. today ima wearing burgundy skinny jeans, cream cropish top, brown heels and jewelry. my hair is curled. dude my feet HURT! I've been having customer after customer today.

"hey" Danni said in a tiresome tone.

we took our orders and I said "so Danni are yall okay?"

"i don't even know girl. like he didn't cheat but just having that hoe number in his jeans made me flash"

"Danni now you know ima keep it real with you. to say it was something small to make you get so mad is it something else that made you do that?" I asked

"well kinda. like girl I don't trust well. you know this, so finding that just had me totally convinced that he cheated."

"well thats something you gotta tell him so yall can work on that"

"I know but it's like we been in this relationship for 4 years and I really do love him even with the drama he come with. I'm still scared he's gonna hurt me CC" she said looking down.

"best I know exactly how you feel. remember when I told you about me and D? yea it took a long time too. I actually really loved him beyond anything like really and that boy broke my heart. I had trust issues for the longest and still do. it's a way of protecting myself. he did me wrong a lot but when you really love someone you look pasted it. you gotta learn how to trust him Danni. hurt comes with love that's just apart of it." I said dropping a tear.
yea D and I are like brothers and sisters but that's because I'd rather that then him not being in my life period.

"yea CC you right. it's so hard though."

"I know, girl I know" and our food finally came.

we ate in silence mostly because we were lost in our own thoughts. I never really tried thinking of what me and D once had. it brings back to many sad memories and feelings.