“Get up before my dick get hard again.” Tapping my thigh, I got up and had to rush to the bathroom. It was so much cum running down my leg.
“You might want to bring a towel back for this couch, too. Good thing it’s leather or you and that tight slip and slide gon’ leave a mess on the couch.”
“Shut up. Here.” Tossing him a warm towel, I walked back into the bathroom and started the shower. “Shit, I knew it was something I was forgetting. My brother knows where Teddy is.”
“The fuck Bronx, you should have led with that. Where that nigga at?” His whole energy changed when I mentioned Teddy’s name. Brooklyn jumped off the couch and wiped his dick off like he was giving himself a hobo bath. I felt down but still walked over to the table to get my phone. I was enjoying him for once. I didn’t think about Teddy or the arguments, just him. We had finally gotten back to us and then it was like he forgot all about me... about us. I know I said his name but I wasn’t expecting for him to just jump up and be ready to leave right then.
He paused for a second then looked at me. “Damn, Baby... I’m sorry.” With only one leg in his jeans, he walked over to me and hugged me. “We’ll handle Teddy tomorrow. Tonight, it’s about us, ok?” Cupping my chin, he lifted it up to him and still had to bend down a little to reach my lips.
“Ok.”
“Let’s go shower... together. Tomorrow though, I need to talk to your brother. Once this nigga is out of the way, I’ll be able to rest with my lady. You won‘t have any worries other than if your period gone come on or not.” My eyes bucked when he said that.
“Well, good thing I’m the coach and not a player, right?” Winking at him, I put the phone back down, and we both headed to the shower.
“Hey, Brother.”
“Hey, Sis. You good?”
“Yea, I’m fine. What about you?”
“I’m straight. I took your advice and been on a job hunt. That street shit and fucking with these bitches ain’t gon’ get me nowhere. Having these babies on the way, woke my ass up, too. Pops sat me down and had a long talk so I'm good. Things take time but I’ll be good.”
“Aww, BJ, I'm so proud of you. You have no idea how I’m excited to see this new you.”
“Me too. Thanks for the push.”
“You already know you may be the big brother but I'm the little sister with the brains, and I know what's best for you. Come inside, they are in the living room waiting on you.”
I hugged BJ as he walked into the house. Sin, Brooklyn, and Zoo were already there and they all mimicked the same mood. Brooklyn bluntly stated the less I knew, the better so instead of sticking around to hear the crime they were about to commit, I left out the house after introducing them to BJ.
I was so into the music playing that I didn’t realize how far I'd walked and where I ended up. It was a basketball court a few blocks away from my house, and I always went there and just sat. I never played, just watched the guys have a game then I’d go home. Since I tore my ACL, I hadn’t picked up a ball to even attempt some plays. I did what I did with the girls when it came to practicing during the season but it was nothing that I’d gotten a hard sweat from. When Mimi did try to get me out of my head, I froze. The court wasn’t the place for me anymore.
Coaching is what I was created to do because if I were meant to be out there with my best friends, then I would have been. Mentally, I don’t even think playing was what I could do anymore. After my injury, I didn’t have the confidence to go out there and be the beast I once was.
“What you doing over here?” Hearing Brooklyn, I turned around to see him being dropped off by BJ. “Your brother told me I would find you out here, lost in thought. You straight?”
Nodding my head, I walked up to him and his hands smoothly found their way around my waist, pulling me in close. “Everything good with y’all?”
“What I tell you?” Brooklyn scolded.
“Don’t ask because if they call me into the courthouse to testify, my ass really won’t know shit.”
“Right. Just know that you won’t have anything else to worry about. You’ll be able to move around without fear.” Taking my hand into his, we walked off the court and headed back to my house. “Your bother seems like a cool dude. After we talked about everything, Sin and Zoo left so we sat and talked for a little while before I came outside looking for you.”
“Yea, BJ is a good dude. He just doesn’t know how to get and keep his shit together. It’s always someone new, a new adventure, or something that keeps him from actually sticking to one thing and being committed.”
“Sometimes, you just gotta let people ride whatever wave they get on. They’ll eventually fall off and see that you can’t do everything. He’ll either sink or swim.”
Realizing Brooklyn was right, I just brushed off any thoughts I had of BJ and all of those damn babies he had on the way. Right now, I just wanted to enjoy this time with Brooklyn and forget about anything or anybody else. Especially what was about to happen to Teddy. I lowkey wanted to know the details but I guess it is what it is.
BROOKLYN
Sin, Zoo and I waited until the call came through from BJ to let us know that Teddy was back at his brother’s restaurant. From what BJ told me the other day, he always walked in through the back around nine before the restaurant closed at ten. We’d been sitting across the street from Freddy V’s since six. I wanted to make sure this nigga didn’t try to pop up early tonight. Teddy had consumed too much of my fucking life since the night he popped up on someif I can’t have her, no one canbullshit.
Sin wanted to fuck Teddy up just off the strength of him doing that dumb shit at his proposal dinner. Looking over my shoulder at Zoo sitting in the back seat, he was wiping his gun down. He had always done this before he went out and did some dumb shit. That bitch could have been cleaner than a dog’s mouth, and he still would have wiped it down until he got ready to use it. I think it calmed his nerves or something. Some people had different ways to get their minds together before they did shit like this.
Me, I thought of the many ways my daddy and uncles taught me to kill, wrap, and dispose quick. Disposing is where my cousins would come in tonight, though. Gatah and Stephan would make sure everything was sealed tight and nothing linked to us or my girl. That’s the last thing I wanted to happen. She had so much going for herself and the death of Teddy would not be her downfall.
