The Right One

Ch. 7 Birthday To Remember

ATL Wed Nov. 25 7:00 P.M.         Jamal's Birthday.

Erin Pov

To send a message or not. I mean he was probably going to get a lot, but should he get one from me? I would definitely be at his party. He and Andre insisted. Fuck it.

Me: Happy birthday, hope you have a nice one.

Someone knocked on my door. That should be Andre. We were going shopping for the party. Theme was all black. I grabbed my purse and walked out. Andre looked so good. His hair was in a high ponytail the way I liked it; he had on a crisp long sleeve black tee, and some black sweats with his Taxis. I stared in his piercing blue eyes. He looked at me and smiled. I needed to change my undies.

"How long are you going to think about seducing me?" he asked.

"Shut up. I wasn't even thinking about you." We got in the truck. He drove us to the mall. We went in this fancy store. I grabbed this black long sleeve wrap around dress and some black pumps. Andre found a nice Armani suit with Armni shoes. I bought our stff against his will. I started making my way to Victoria's Secret. He started to follow me but I stopped him. He looked at me questiongly.

"I refuse to go in here with you," I said sternly.

"Girl move." He moved me out the way and I pouted. We went to the underwear section and he kept trying to pick out panties for me. "Hey get this." He held up a black thong. I pointed to the door and he left laughing. Ibought some shirts and jackets, and I ended up buying all his suggestions with matching bras. I walked out and looked for him. I finally spotted him talking to a girl. Was I angry?

Andre Pov

I finished talking to Hailey and went to find Erin. The look wasn't hard becaushe she was staring at me. I wonder if she saw me talking to that girl.

"I saw you," she commented. I think i heard a little jealousy. "I'm not jealous or anything." Denial.

"My sweet little Erin, I don't want her. I'm not even checking for her." She just shrugged and we walked to the car. She was mad. I opened her car door and stared at her. "Erin you know who I want. Stop tripping." She stared at my lips and I grabbed her and hugged her. I wouldn't kiss her. That would be crossing the line. I smirked at her and we drove home. My phone rang. Chaz. What the fuck?

"What you want?" I asked.

"Hello to you too Brother."

"Don't call me that."

"Look, we're coming to Atlanta tonight around twelve."

"For what? Plus my patna' having a party. It'll still be going on."

"We're invited. Your boss already know."

"Whatever."

"Oh yeah, I'm bringing my girl. You got somewhere sher can stay?" I looked over at Erin. She was staring out the window.

"Yeah man."

"Cool. See you soon." He hung up. She looked at me.

"Who was that?" Lie. No, dont lie.

"My pain in the ass brother."

"You have a brother!?"

"Look, you're going to find a lot about me tonight. I just hope you still consider me a friend."

8:00 P.M.

Erin Pov

Taylor wanded my hair to perfection. This dress looks betteron me than I thought. I wonder how Andre is going to react when he sees me. Our conversation played in my head. He said he hopes I will still consider him a friend, What could that mean? I swear he was going to kiss me, but he only hugged me. Talk about friend zoned. That was a good thing though. My girls and I took pictures and we left the crib. Jamal's house was already booming with music. We walked in and place looked amazing. The place was all white. I was scheduled to sing. Jamal wanted me to sing 1+1 by Beyonce. We had planned this while we were bestfriends and I guess he didn't change his mind. The place was crowded and I was trying to find Andre. A man came up to me with a tray full of champagne. I took one and sipped. I walked around some more.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we present to you the birthday man himself, Jamal!" He walked downstairs in all white with Asia on his arm. Her white dress was beautilful.They looked like they were about to get married. Everybody cheered. I even found myself clapping. Scanning the room, I finally saw Andre. He was sipping champagne out of a glass watching as well. Then he turned to this girl and they started talking and laughing. Did he know her? I sipped the rest of my drink and walked to the front. "If everybody would make room for the man and his girl, they will have their first dance. Presenting Erin Nicole Johnson to sing for them." Cheers went everywhere. I walked on stage and my eyes fell on Andre, who was looking right at me.

Jamal Pov

"Happy birthday Jamal. I love you," Erin said smoothly. I love you too I thought. The music started. I remember telling her to sing htis for me at my party. This was our song. Plus she sounded so good singing this. Her voice came through the mic and it sent chills down my spine. I looked at Asia. She was staring at me the whole time. I wasn't dancing with her in my mind. I was dancing with Erin. She looked so beautiful up there. Her eyes were clsed as she sang. Then she opened them and looked far away. I followed her eyes. She was looking at Andre and some girl hanging on to his arm. That was not some girl, that was Kelise. They were early. Erin hit her high note and I stopped dancing and looked at her. Everybody started cheering. "Make love to me..." she sang. I saw Andre maneuver hi way to the front of the crowd and watch her. The band played the rest of the song. She bowed and walked off stage. She walked to me and hugged me.

"Thank you," I whispered. She smiled and walked to Andre. He huggeed her and whipsered something in her ear. They walked away. I looked at Asia. She was really beautiful tonight. My mind was toying with me. We went up to my room to change into all black like the guest.

"I love you," she said. I stared at her.

"I love you too."We kissed for a long time. We walked back into the party and went to VIP. I really needed to prepare my mind for this drop. Rican was in town. We had a eting at one and I didn't know how this was going to go.