She accepted the hug and wrapped her arms around my neck. I took the opportunity to kiss her on her cheek. She pulled back from the hug with the most beautiful smile. “You look so handsome.”
I thanked her before I grabbed her hand to usher her to our section. I noticed the eyes that ogled her, and I didn’t like the shit. I had to remember that she wasn’t 100 percent mine yet.
When we got to the section, she sat next to me. “I’ve never been here before. I heard it was nice though. I’m not really a club kind of girlie, though.”
“Right, you’re a stay in the house or at your homegirl’s spot and read. Wait, you love LEGOs too.” My cheeks were as high as my brow. “I like that shit.”
She giggled. Her body turned toward me. “You like that I read or that I like LEGOs?”
My arm wrapped around her. It was like we were in our own little bubble. “I like both. I love that you’re comfortable being out of the way. When I’m not in the octagon, I love doing the same thing. If I’m not with my family or my boys, I’m by myself. I’d love to be out of the way with you.”
There go those high cheeks again.I loved it when she blushed. “You do, do you? I think I might like that too.” Herface contorted a little. “I don’t know if you’re cool enough to be around my LEGOs, Tookie, and Cookie. We’re pretty cool, so we gotta keep our cool points up.”
I stared at her blankly for a second before I burst into laughter. “Yo, you are so corny. I love that shit, though.”
My face moved toward her, then stopped midway. I wanted her to meet me the rest of the way. I was relieved when she did. If she hadn’t, it would have been awkward. Her moan invigorated me after I gripped her neck lightly. When we pulled back from the kiss, she bit down on my bottom lip just enough for me to feel it, but not so that it was painful. “Watch yourself, Gorjess.”
“What if I don’t want to watch myself?” Her head tilted to the side, and a devious smirk covered her face. “I’m not very good at watching myself.”
I snickered. “Don’t worry. From this moment on, I got my eye on you. Trust me when I tell you that it’s going to stay on you too.”
She smiled, then said, “I love being the center of attention, especially when it’s your attention.” Her lips moved back to mine.
For the rest of the night, we all vibed together. I wasn’t a dancing type of dude, but I damn sure let her dance on me. If you were a person who looked at us from the outside, it appeared that we were in a relationship. That was how I wanted it to look. That was how it would be soon if I had anything to do with it.
Three Pups Are Not a Crowd
A Short Time Later . . .
Issac continued to stare at me. I was concerned because I never knew that a person could not blink for that long. “You good?”
“Sol, what the fuck, man? There is no way that you are serious right now.” He sat there with his ear lowered to his shoulder.
I glanced at him for a moment before I pulled the rope toy to play with my dog Thor. His ass was so playful. “What are you talking about?”
“You really took your as to the damn shelter and adopted not one, not two, but three dogs. What the fuck! Who does that?” He seemed bothered, which bothered me.
I sat on the floor with my three fur babies around me. Thor, She-Ra, and He-Man were three-month-old Labrador retrievers. Their names were cool too. “I did. I been talking about getting a dog for a minute. You know that.”
“A dog, Solomon, not three. What the fuck?” You don’t even have shit for them,” he pointed out.
I shrugged. “I’m not worried about that shit. I got someone coming out to fit one of my rooms for them. Gorjess coming in about an hour so we can go to the store to get what they need, and then she’s going to groom them.”
He chortled. “I know you lying. Now it makes sense. I don’t know how you got it this bad for her already. It’s been, what, two weeks or something like that?”
My face tightened. “And? I don’t care if it was two days. Once I decide I want something, I want it. I want Gorjess.”
“That’s wild, but I’m not mad at you. Go for it. It seems like the feelings are mutual.” He shook his head. “I hope this shit works out for you. If not, your ass is going to be left with a dry dick and three damn dogs.”
I didn’t need to say anything, because he was partially right. I didn’t mind my dogs. I had my dogs for a few days already andhad grown attached. I did know one thing: I planned to put their little asses in puppy training.
I must have tired them out because by the time Gorjess got to my house, they were knocked out on my couch. She had to wake them up. “Oh my God! They are so beautiful. Hey, babies.”
She-Ra, He-Man, and Thor were excited to see her. They were more excited to see her dogs, Tookie and Cookie. “Why the hell did you name that man Tookie? What did he do to you?”
Her beautiful face scrunched. “First of all, my daddy brought me these dogs for my twenty-first birthday. I wanted to find a name that rhymed with Cookie. I felt like Tookie sounded better than Mookie.”
“I guess I can agree with that,” I told her. I watched her as she lay on the floor and played with the dogs. She looked like she was in her own personal heaven. There was a peace over her that brought a peace over me.
