Thug Luv Pt. 1: Beginnings

Creep

"Babyy, stop! He's coming back," I said pushing Darryn's hand off my thigh underneath the table. Nash was headed back with our drinks and he was tryna get a feel in. "All this time he been gone now you wanna do freak shit?"

"That's what makes it fun! I feel up on you under the table and you try to keep face in front of the company," he said, pulling my skirt back over my thigh. I laughed at him and grabbed a sweet roll from the middle of the table, Nash approached us with our drinks and we took them from him.

"There's your soda, Ms. Bryant, your beer, Darryn," he smiled at us. All he had for himself was a glass of ice water with a lime in it. We had already ordered and would be sharing a bunch of seafood.

"So how long you been in the music business? I dabbled a bit in it years ago and helped produce an old friend's single but thas about it," Darryn said.

Nash took a few swallows of his water and held back a belch. "About ten years now, I got into it when I was eighteen. Van Morrison is my uncle so I had a lot of connections."

Darryn leaned back in his chair, "Word? Damn that's cool! You hear that, KD?"

"I dunno Van Morrison but that's cool," I said

"Damn girl, I see I gotta put you on some more good shit," Darryn said fixing one of my fly away hairs for me.

Nash chuckled at me and shot me a wink when he wasn't looking. "That's quite alright."

I cleared my throat and tucked my hair behind my ear. "You should check out Boyz N tha Hood if you haven't. That's another movie Darryn was in, he didn't have a big role but he still did amazing."

His face lit up. "That's where I recognized you from! I couldn't put my finger on it but that's it!"

"Yeah that's me," Darryn said smiling as he ate.

"I used to date this wonderful black girl back when I first came to the states and that was the first movie we watched together. Her name was Tonya, she was very..How do you say..I don't want to offend.."

"Ghetto?" Darryn laughed wiping his mouth.

Nash snapped his fingers, "Yes! But I loved it! It was something different. I would always deal with snobby white gals and she showed me a whole other world."

"What happened to her?" I wanted to know.

Nash shrugged his shoulders, not really saying anything.

Darryn stood up from the table and sat his fork down. "I'ma run to the bathroom real quick before I get into eating."

"Okay baby, hurry back," I said leaning into his kiss on my cheek.

I grinned as I watched him walk towards the bathroom at the back of the restaurant and go in.

"You look beautiful tonight, Ms. Bryant," Nash said once he was sure Darryn was out of earshot.

"Thanks. You can drop that "Ms. Bryant" stuff, call me KD."

He picked up his ice water and took a sip, "As you wish, KD. You're welcome."

I didn't respond, instead I started putting food in my mouth so I wouldn't have to talk. Ya know that weird vibe I wasn't getting from him yesterday? I could feel it right now, but only a little bit. It wasn't anything too alarming but I felt like the more we talked and made eye contact the more intense the feeling got.

Maybe I'm trippin'..He seems cool.

"May I ask you something?" He said, resting his elbows on the table and linking his fingers together.