"Latch"

Valentine's Day

(Melanie's POV)

Valentine's day had approached, and although I wasn't too excited for it as I had been in highschool, I still wanted the day to be special for me and Shawn.

August was nice enough to give me the day off, so I spent that time to pamper myself and get ready for the evening with my boyfriend.

I dragged Myla with me to the nail salon, got my nails done pointed/stiletto tip shaped with a cotton candy pink polish and heart studs on them. We then both sat in the chairs to get our feet done.

"So you and el jackass goin' out tonight?", she asked.

"No.", I said before taking a sip from my water bottle. "We're going to have a nice romantic night in."

"Just do me a favor and don't get pregnant by him please.", she said. "Like, get up first thing in the morning and go get a Plan B... I refuse to have my future niece or nephew as his child."

I shook my head as I laughed a little at her sarcasm, but I knew she was serious. "Why don't you like Shawn?", I asked.

"It ain't that I dislike Shawn... I just dislike him with you.", she stated. "It's just somethin' about him that be havin' me like 'Ugh!'... I only put up with him on the strength of him bein' wit' my sis."

Before I could reply to her comment, a notification on my phone went off. I picked it up from my lap to check, which was Instagram notifiying me that @AugustAlsina started following and that I was mentioned in a pic.

I opened the app and saw a pic that he posted of his cast with the caption "A couple more weeks left. Shoutout to @Bombshell_Mel for holdin' me down! #DisCastPutPoundsOnDisSkinnyNigga #ICantWaitTilItsOff #BabygirlTreatedMeRightTho"

I smiled and double tapped the pic, along with a pic he posted of Stacy for Valentine's day, and a promo pic of his video release for "I Luv This Shit".

"What are you grinnin' for?", Myla asked.

"Just lookin' at August's instagram.", I said.

"Someone who didn't want the job developed a crush, huh.", she said.

"No.", I said. "I mean I find him attractive and what not but it ain't nothin' more."

"Whatever. I'm sure you see how many bitches are on his page tryna get at him.", she said. "You be in the same house wit' him! You can easily dump Shawn's ass and hop on that Alsina wagon."

I shook my head at her, "I'm not thirsty for him, whether I be in his house everyday or not. We're cool, nothin' more, and I love Shawn.", I said.

She shrugged her shoulders, "You're buggin'...but I love you anyway."

We finished our girly things then I stopped in Victoria's Secret to pick up some intimate wear before going home.

Once I got back to my apartment, I did a quick clean up before taking a shower.

I lotioned down and sprayed myself in Beyonce's Heat perfume. I crinkled my hair and put on my red and black lingerie set of a corset, lace boyshorts, lace thigh highs and a garter belt, with some red stilettos.

I was a little behind time so I just ordered some food from The Olive Garden and set up the table with some candles.

Shawn got home shortly after and then we sat to eat and mingle.

"Why didn't you cook?", he asked.

I looked at him as if he had two heads. "What you mean why didn't I cook?!", I said, rolling my eyes. "I didn't have enough time to... don't be ungrateful!"