“That’s not true, for the most part. Y’all both would be surprised by how many men are on the DL. I’m saying, if anyone knows I know.”
“I bet you do,” Dawn remarked, giving Shane a dirty look.
Things were starting to get a little heated between them, so I interjected. The last thing I wanted was for my sister and bestie to be beefing when I knew my sister didn’t really care for Shane in the first place.
“If anything, I would be more concerned with why he can’t keep a girl, especially now that ya’ll are talking. I’ve always considered Tate to be a player, so I’d feel some type of way if he wound up doing you wrong,” I said to Dawn, letting her know what she was up against.
“I hear you, but we not talking about gettin’ married, sissy. We’ve just been having good conversations and tonight, we’re having dinner together. Like I said, we enjoy each other’s company so I guess we’re just seeing where things could go. It’s nothing serious.”
“Well, just be careful cause I would hate to have to hurt my husband’s bestie for hurting my sister.”
“Why would you have to hurt my bestie for your sister?” Justin asked, walking into the kitchen startling the three of us.
Looking over at Dawn, I didn’t know how she felt about me sharing the news of her and Tate talking.
“Hey, babe, I didn’t hear you come in,” I said, walking up to Justin and giving him a hug and kiss.
“Hey J,” Dawn said, giving Justin a hug.
“How you doin’, Justin?” Shane asked, giving him dap.
There was a weird vibe in the room as we all just stood there.
“Welp, let me get my things so I can get home. Lord knows I have a ton to do,” Dawn said.
“I’m right behind you, D,” Shane said as he and Dawn went into the living room to get their bags. I walked them both out as Justin left the kitchen, headed to our bedroom.
After saying goodbye to Shane and Dawn, I joined Justin in the bedroom. He was taking a shower in the master bathroom. I figured I’d surprise him, so I stripped out of my clothes and joined him in the shower.
“Hey baby, I missed you so much,” I said as I started to rub his back.
He didn’t turn around like he normally would, shocking me.
“I missed you, too, babe. Let’s switch places cause I’m all done.” He stepped to the side, so that I could get in front of him.
When he stepped out of the shower, I continued to wash off as I heard him leave out of the bathroom and go into the bedroom. I just knew he was going to be all over me being that it had been some days since we last had sex. We’d gone from fucking literally every day, sometimes more than once in a day, to no sex at all this week.
Once I was done in the shower, I headed back into the bedroom to get dressed. To my surprise, Justin wasn’t in the room. I just knew he’d be lying in bed or at least waiting for me. Deciding to wear a cute pair of black boy shorts with a crop top, my plan was to try to get my husband’s attention. I heard him stirring around in the kitchen so I stood there for a few minutes trying to decide if I should go in there with him or if I should get in bed and watch TV until he came back into the bedroom.
I decided to wait for him in the room.
Getting in bed, I flipped through the channels and forty-five minutes later, he still hadn’t returned to the bedroom, so I got out of bed and went to see what he was up to. I found him sitting in the family room with the TV on scrolling on his phone.
“Hey, babe, I thought you was coming back to the room?”
“I’m not tired. Those pancakes you made was bomb. Thanks for saving me a plate.”
“Always, babe,” I replied, taking a seat next to him. Out the corner of my eye, I saw that he turned slightly so that I couldn’t see what he was looking at on his phone. “Is everything okay?”
“Yeah, why wouldn’t it be?”
“Things just feel a little off between us.”
“Things are fine, babe. You have something on your mind you feel you need to get off your chest or something?”
“Do you?” I asked, finding the question a little weird.
Putting his phone down then turning to face me, he replied, “No, why are you asking me that?”
