Thug Luv Pt. 1: Beginnings

100 Miles & Running

"I missed you today baby," Darryn said, feeding me another piece of popcorn while I sat on his lap.

"I missed you more," I said with my mouth full. He had been feeding me too much at once.

"You remember the name of the movie?"

I shook my head no and both of us started laughing. We were in the backseat at a drive in movie theater blowed as fuck from hotboxing his car.

"Whatever it is it looks wack," he said glancing up at the screen

"You picked it, that's your fault."

He sucked his teeth at me, "Shut up girl. Ohh by the way KD, how much you make me today and how was the baby?"

"Kaamil was kinda fussy but I think he just had tummy problems 'cause I had to change him a lot today. About the money though, I want you to see when we get home," I said grabbing the popcorn bucket from him. "Itsa surprise, I think you'll be happy with the job I did."

"Ohh shit. I'm proud of you for handlin' that for me, baby. You held it down," he said squeezing me to him.

I laid my head on his shoulder, "I did my best. I didn't let nobody in and I made sure I weighed everything right just like you showed me."

"That's good KD I'm glad, you want something else to eat?"

"No baby but I'm thirsty, can you go get me a grape soda?"

"I can go get you anything you want," he said stroking my bottom lip with his thumb, I gave it a kiss and got off his lap to let him up.

He kissed me on the cheek and opened the car door to get out. "I'll be right back, don't run off or nothin'."

I made myself comfortable again and tried to give the movie a gander while he was gone.

"Damn this shit is wack." It was some kinda romance flick with this white couple and they were having this cheesy scene bathing together in a hot spring beneath a waterfall. I rolled my eyes when they dove underwater together and started making out. Just as I sat the empty popcorn bucket down on the floor the front door on the driver side swung open and Darryn jumped in the car quick, starting it up.

"What's wrong baby?" I asked climbing over into the passenger seat as he backed out and sped out of the parking area.

"We gotta get outta here fast KD, I'll explain once we get home," he answered as we flew up the highway.

"No tell me what's wrong now and slow down before you get us pulled over."

"I can't. We gotta get to the house before they catch up with me and see where I'm at," Darryn said as he gave the car some more gas, cranking it up to 120mph.

"Baby who is they? What's wrong, what happened?"

"I bumped into two of these crip niggas. They got beef with Monte and a couple of his boys right now and they think I'm in on it with 'em since we're cool. They peeped me in line at the concession stand and I saw em talking shit and pointing at me so I bailed. They followed me so I dipped between a bunch of cars and lost em. I ain't got nothing to do with whatever they got going on but I'm an associate so it don't matter," he explained.

I rubbed his arm while he drove, trying to calm him down. I could tell he was nervous by the way he constantly glanced up in his rear view mirror.

"Maybe we should skip town for a couple days, baby, just until all this dies down. I can explain things to Shonda and she can find someone else to watch Kaamil while we're gone."

"I'm not one to run but a little vacation sounds real good...But what about the movie..Shit, the fucking movie I forgot!" He said punching the steering wheel.