Okay,I thought.Alright then.
part two
FALLEN
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grown folks
alyssa
My phone buzzed and “Carter Sisters” flashed across the screen. A FaceTime call. I almost didn’t answer, but I knew if I ignored it, they’d just call again… and again. I’d told them about the moment Julian and I had after the gala, and they knew that he had been out of town and would have been back by now. They wanted an update.
I hitacceptand three faces popped up at once.
“Goodmorning,glow worm,” Jada sang, squinting into her camera. “Oh, yeah. Look at that skin. That’s a man-glow if I ever saw one.”
“Oh my God,” I groaned. “Can y’all not?”
Jordan gasped. “Wait. Hold up. She ain’t denying it. Youdid!Didn’t you?”
Tamika dropped her fork. “Alyssa Carter! Did you finally break your fast?”
I couldn’t stop the grin that crept up, even as I shook my head. “Y’all are ridiculous.”
“Don’t try to play us,” Jada said. “You got that post-game serenity all over your face. That’s not sleep. That’ssatisfaction.”
Jordan fell out laughing. “She got that‘my back still sore but I ain’t mad about it’face!”
I buried my face in my hands, laughing. “Y’all are the worst people I know.”
“So?” Tamika pressed. “How was it?”
“Tamika.”
“How many times?”
“I’m not telling y?—”
“HOW. MANY.”
I peeked between my fingers and held up four. All three screamed like somebody won the lottery.
“FOUR?! FOUR?!” Jordan clutched her chest. “Sis, that man got superpowers!”
Jada fanned herself. “You mean to tell me you been celibate for damn near a decade and came back with four rounds on the first night? Won’t he do it!”
I couldn’t stop laughing long enough to speak.
“No, ‘cause you know what that means, right?” Tamika said. “That man wasstudying you.He done wrote a whole dissertation on your body.”
“Why are you yelling?” I asked, still laughing.
Jada smirked. “You happy?”
That quieted me. For a moment, I just sat there, rubbing my lips together, thinking.
“I am,” I said finally. “Reallyhappy. It’s just… weird. Feels almost like I dreamt it. Peaceful, but scary at the same time, you know?”
