“Oh my God, Ava! You doin’ too much, babe. I swear I don’t know why you enjoy nagging me like you do.”
“Nagging you? You just sent me out of our bedroom so you could rest, and not even ten minutes later, you talkin’ about you goin’ out. What’s going on with you?”
“I just need some air.”
“Why, what’s wrong? Why do you feel you need to leave to get air?”
“Just leave it be, Ava, seriously. I can’t with all of this nagging.”
I was really trying hard not to snap out on her ass and hurt her feelings, but she just wouldn’t let up.
“Really, J! Ion want to leave it be! What’s going on with you?”
“YOU!” I bellowed as loud as I could. “You’re the problem! You crowding and smothering the hell out of me, Ava. All I want to do is chill and be left alone, and you just don’t get it, man!”
“It’s not my intention to make you feel crowded or smothered, Justin. I just enjoy being with you is all. You makin’ me feel like you don’t like being around me.”
“Are you serious right now? If I didn’t like being around you, I wouldn’t have married your ass. I didn’t realize that once we got married, if I’m not working, you’d expect me to be up under you all the damn time. Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Hell, you don’t give me enough space to miss ya ass. I’ll be back!” I spat, shaking my head, then went into the garage, slamming the door behind me.
I hated that I had to get into it with Ava, but damn! You would think that she would be just as tired of being up under me as I was of being up under her. I could tell from the look in hereyes that I’d hurt her feelings, which was something that I was definitely not trying to do, but she pushed me over the cliff that time.
Hopping in my truck, I backed out of the garage then headed to get a little peace of mind.
AVA
Standing there looking at the garage door after Justin walked out, making sure to slam it on his way, had me really feeling some type of way. All I wanted to do was spend a little time with my husband, and he was making me feel like I was asking him to go mountain climbing in a winter snowstorm. Then for him to tell me that he was feeling smothered and I was crowding his space really struck a nerve with me. Like what did he even mean by that? For the past week, if he wasn’t at work, he was hanging out at Tate’s house.
Was it really too much to ask him to chill with me today? And this time, he couldn’t say he was going to hang with Tate because Tate was about to go out with my sister. So now, I was really feeling concerned wondering where and who he was going to be with that was more important than I was.
I needed to vent so I decided to call Shane. I knew that my sister was more than likely busy getting ready for her date, so I didn’t want to bother her. Going back into the family room, I grabbed my cellphone and called Shane up.
“Hey bestie, you missin’ me already?” Shane’s crazy ass asked when he answered my call.
Breathing in heavily then sighing loudly, I couldn’t even laugh at Shane’s humor because I was feeling some type of way. “I just need someone to talk to.”
“Oh my God! What’s wrong, bestie?”
“Justin is what’s wrong. For the past week, he’s been acting real distant towards me.”
“How so, boo?”
“If he isn’t at work he hanging out with Tate. Then his ass gon’ tell me that I was making him feel smothered… what kind of shit is that though?” I cried.
“Awww…boo, don’t cry. Y’all just got married and now that both of y’all are back to work, you just missin’ him being with you all day, every day is all. I get it, but you know how men can be, especiallyyourman. He loves his space, boo, so try not to take that personal. You knew what you were getting into when y’all got married, honey.”
“Yeah, I know, and I get that, but he promised me that he was going to make us a priority. Now he acts like he doesn’t want to be bothered with me.”
“Girl, you might need to take a pregnancy test ‘cause your ass is being super emotional over nothing in my opinion. It’s only been a week friend, and y’all were attached to each other so tight I can see him wanting just a lil’ bit of space, at least enough to miss you. Y’all need to get back to y’all’s normal activities, or routine, I should say for a lack of better word. You still stuck in the honeymoon phase chile.”
“Why are you picking his side? It must be a man thing ‘cause you not gettin’ how I’m feelin’.”
“Aht, not true. I’m not picking a side, boo.”
“It sure sounds like you are to me ‘cause I honestly don’t think I’m being emotional. I mean, I’m emotional because I want to hang out with my husband? That’s just crazy.”
“Oh, trust and believe, I get where you comin’ from. I just think you expected things to change with you and Justin once y’all got married, but he is who he is. Some people just need their space, and there is nothing wrong with that.”
“True, but he said I was crowding and smothering him, Shane, like really though!”
