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Seven

"How does mommy look?" Char asked as she spun around in front of Journey

"Pretty, super pretty!" Journey said back to her mom

"Thank you baby girl, are you sure you want to stay with TT Keyonnie and not with your grandma while mommy is out for a little bit?"

"YESS I WANNA STAY WITH TT!!!" Journey said excitedly as she ran over to Keyonnie and crawled up her lap.

Char heard her phone sound letting her know she had a text and it was Malik telling her he was outside.

"Okay pretty, mommy bout to go I love you be good for your TT!" Char said to Journey

" have fun mommy, I love you too pretty" Journey said not even turning away from playing with keyonnies hair

"Thanks again girl I appreciate it, call me if anything happen and I'm coming right back."Char said to Keyonnie

"No problem boo oh and get some dick" she mouthed so Journey wouldnt hear , making Char bust out laughing

Malik stood at his passenger side door holding it open waiting for Char to get in.

"Wow you look beautiful even on yo chill days ma" He complimented her as he hugged her
"And you always smell so good, I love that sht" today Char went with something simple since he told her to dress causal. She had on a white wife beater crop top tied up showing her tattoo under her boob, a green and yellow cropped plaid shirt,a pair of yellow stacked leggings, and her brown fluffy slides.

"Char blushed and looked down "thank you boo, you look good too" she said about to get in the car.

He grabbed her and stopped her from getting in "how you know I look good with yo head down?, keep yo head up when you with me, you too pretty to be hiding yo face. You don't have no reason to be insecure." Malik said genuinely

"Okay" she mumbled nervously and slightly embarrassed that he noticed why she did that.

"Alright let's go then ma" he said as he waited for her to get in, closed her door then jogged to his side.

Char grabbed the aux immediately after she got in the car, inserted it into her phone and played Rod wave "rags to riches"

"Wow you just get in my car and turn into debo huh?" Malik said laughing and shaking his head. "I see you said fk makeup today huh?" He said looking over at her taking in all her features

"Yea I did" Char said with a slight attitude thinking he meant it in a bad way

"Lose the attitude, babygirl yo natural face hit different." Malik said

"Oh okay my bad, and thank you" she said trying to hold back her smile

The rest of the car ride was filled with nothing but duets of the music that played, jokes, laughs and fights over the aux cord. Char asked Malik multiple times where they were going but he refused to tell her. All he kept saying was sit back and relax .

"Ouuuu how you know I liked arcadessss? Let me find out you been stalking me or something" Char said jokingly as they pulled up to an arcade about 30 minutes outside the city.

"Just a lucky guess I guess" He said as he watched how giddy and excited she was about being here. He really liked how chill she was but seeing her kid like side made him like her even more.

He held the door open for her to walk in then they made their way to the front desk to get their coins to play. Char immediately ran to the dancing game and turned to smile at Malik so he would play with her because it was her favorite. He inserted the required amount of coins and jump into position as he waited for the countdown to end and the music to begin.

"Look it go left, left, right, up, left, back" Char said between laughs. Malik was so bad at this game and it had her bent over laughing.

"We been playing this game for 45 minutes I'm wore out, my brain not functioning right, I think I got amnesia or something" Malik said holding his head dramatically as he stepped down from the game.

"You got amnesia boo? Really?" Char said still laughing

"Yea man and Ight it's my turn to pick a game now, you been beating my ass all night it's time for me to win" he said as he walked over to the basketball game.

Char smacked her teeth "this not fairrrr you know you gonna winnn" Char whined trying to get him to pick another game

"I know you not talking you didn't even tell me you was a pro at dancing. You need to be on America's got talent wit that shit" he joked

After they played basketball a couple rounds the two played a bunch more games until they decided to sit at the built in restaurant and have something to eat.

"Ion know about you but this is probably one of the best nights I had in a while" Malik admitted as they sat down at their booth

"Yea I'm really enjoying myself too, I could get used to this. Especially after being in the house being "momma" all day for a couple years now. It's fun to get out and have fun, relax, not have to worry about anybody else and above all it's nice to just be "Chardeney" for a while you know? Sometimes I be ready to tell my baby call me something else cause im so tired of hearing momma." Char said opening up to Malik a little

"I feel you, I see how that can be stressful and lonely. I can't believe a man could have somebody like you and choose to neglect you of love. Your smile makes me smile, your laugh is contagious and people feel your energy as soon as you walk into the room. He dumb to treat you the way he do. What makes a girl like you fall for someone who doesnt give you what you need?" Malik asked

"Well it wasn't always like this, me and him met in high school and we were bestfriends. Life and our relationship was great we had so much fun and he treated me amazing. It wasn't until he went to college on a football scholarship but was put out his second year because he couldn't maintain the grade requirements. Once that happened he turned to the streets and our relationship failed. Me and our child became second to the streets and he thought love was buying us things"

"Damn ma, I'm sorry ... you still don't deserve to be treated the way you do. You could always be with somebody like me, I'll treat you right until death do us part" he said laughing at the last part. Before she could respond he got a text and asked her to excuse him then made his way to the bathroom.

??: How's it going, is she going to leave him yet?
Malik: this sht takes time, don't be rushing me just do your part and I'll do mine
??: how the fuck long does it take? You pussy footing around taking her on all these dates and still can't bag her? And I already did my part clearly
Malik: man stop texting me I'll let you know what going on, when something is going on

Malik knew he was fucking up because what was supposed to be business was turning into pleasure because he was falling for Chadeney.

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