The next day
June
Today was date night and Lena and I decided on dinner and a movie but when I went to buy the tickets they were all sold out.
So I decided that we'll do dinner and go wherever the wind blows us afterwards.
I picked her up from her house and we went to this expensive French restaurant in Manhattan that I can't even pronounce.
It was her idea to come here but had it been up to me we would've went to McDonalds or something.
Either way, Jarron is going to pay me back for this. Money ain't no thing to me but I'm not really trying to pursue this girl, I'm just trying to prove a point.
The waitress took our orders, leaving us with breadsticks to munch on.
As I looked around the restaurant to scope the place, I felt Lena staring at me. She has a really bad habit of doing that.
"Can I help you with something?" I laughed.
"I only agreed to go on this date because I want to know what your deal is" she scoffed.
"What you mean?"
"You keep trying to pursue me and I want to know what's up with that" she chuckled, "You're June, Mr. Money Man and you have women willing to do whatever it takes just to be in your face and I know I'm fine but there's always someone out their that grabs our attention even more so like I said; what's your deal?"
She picks up on things easily and I like that about her. Keeping me on my toes and prepared to answer.
Lena dang near had me ready to confess what my true motives were but that'll be breaking the bet with Jarron and them and it's only been on for a few days.
"Oh so you did your homework huh?" I laughed.
She definitely knows way more about me than I do her.
But since I used to be a dope boy and in these streets, everybody got they own story to tell about me.
We all have a past and there's some things in my life that I'm trying to get right so I won't be constantly living in a pool of negativity.
My younger years were hectic but if I keep getting judged for the things I did back then, people won't get to see who I am today.
It's something I should've thought about before I started serving but when you're down bad and broke, you move out of desperation.
"Just be real" she said, "because normally a friend of Jarron is not a friend of mine but I'm here trying to give you a chance to explain what you want with me."
"You sound insecure or bitter, I can't tell which one but you need to calm that down. I brought you here to show you a good time and see where we can go from here, you're attractive and I plan on making you know that."
"I know I'm attractive, I don't need anyone thinking that they can teach me something that I don't already know about myself" she snapped "and I'm not into men that play games with me so like I said no friend of Jarron is a friend of mine so what's your deal?
"You the first woman that I've come across that don't want nothing to do with me and it's refreshing so it's making me chase you because you showin' me something I've never seen before" I told her "but you don't know everything about me."
"I didn't say I did, I just know what I see on the surface and the things that I heard that's all."
"You can't believe everything you hear" I told her.
