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I’m sorry I haven’t updated in forever! I’m really going to try hard on getting updates done. It’s a short chapter but I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 8: Day 2

Noelle:

“Okay, I’ll be there in 15 minutes, 20 minutes tops…great…thank you. See you then.” I ended my call rushing out to the car where Xavier was waiting for me. “Thank you.” I told Xavier when he closed the door. Almost 20 minutes passed when we made it to the factory. “Thank you, Xavier. I’ll see you later!”

“See you later.” I shut the door before rushing into the factory. Something came up in the factory and I had to get here a little earlier than usual. I placed my purse and things into the locker. Then, I washed my hands before putting on my gloves and lab coat.

“Is everything okay?” I asked Malisha stepping into the room

“The shipment that was supposed to come at 7 is going to be late. They messed up with the shipment.” I just nodded as she continued to talk about what is going wrong today. This is the second time within a couple of weeks that shipments have been messing up. I really need to talk to these people about that.

“Okay, we’ll figure something out. Nick, has anyone found out anything about the competitor’s product I was asking about before my trip to California?”

“Yes, I have the folder with the information right here.” He handed over a manila folder to me.

“Thank you.” I sat down to look through the pile. After reviewing the file and making notes. I came up with an idea.” I have a plan. Because the shipment is going to be late, we’re going to be here a little longer than anticipated.” Everyone nodded in understanding. “Here’s my idea…”

Xavier:

Today has been very exhausting. I looked at the schedule for today to see what else has to be done. I already went grocery shopping. I went by the dry cleaners. Laundry is in the dryer now. Well, I do that voluntarily. Noelle says I don’t have to but I still like to help as much as I can. I’ll start on cleaning up the house. I got the mop and mop bucket to begin mopping up the house since I already swept and vacuumed. I put some music on and began to mop. I was finishing up mopping by the back door when the message tone on my phone went off. I stepped outside to squeeze the excess water from the mop and dumped the bucket of dirty water out. I placed the bucket in the sink so that I could check my phone. Looking at the time, it took almost two hours to mop. Noelle does have a big house. I go to the messages tab to see who texted me. It was J.J. 

“I need to take a short nap.” I mumbled to myself. I went upstairs to my room. I set the timer on my phone to thirty minutes before flopping on the bed.

***

Thirty minutes later…

“Shit.” I mumbled turning my alarm off. I felt like that was five seconds. I sat up on the bed running my hands down my face. I walked to the bathroom to take a piss before making my way downstairs. I checked the schedule again on my phone to see what task I should tackle next. I decided to go ahead and cut the grass. For someone living in New York, Noelle has a huge yard with her rich ass. Sometimes I forget Noelle is rich because of how humble she is. I went outside and walked to the shed where the lawn mower is kept. I checked the gas tank to see if it needed to be filled before working on the lawn and it did.

Once the tank was filled, I went to my usual starting point. When I’m out here cutting the grass, I get a lot of thinking done. I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life. Don’t get me wrong. I love working for Noelle. This isn’t something I want to do forever. I’m thinking about going back to school. Cooking has been a passion of mine for a while. I already went to school for culinary arts. I have the knowledge and talent of cooking down pack. I want to open my own restaurant. I’m not too knowledgeable about the business aspect of owning a restaurant. I want to go back to school to get a degree in business. I’ve been saving a lot of money working for Noelle and I’m ready to take that step. I just have to find the time to talk to Noelle about it. I want to know if it’s possible for me to work for her and go to school. Hopefully it doesn’t come down to me choosing. If so, I’ll have to think about me first and choose school. I doubt Noelle would make me choose.

Noelle:

“Thanks, boo.” I told Jonathan when we approached my house. Since Xavier had a lot to do today, I told him I’ll have Jonathan take me home.

“It’s no problem. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Okay.” I kissed his cheek then exited the car. When I walked inside, there was rap music playing throughout the house. I placed my jacket on the rack before walking further inside. I walked into the kitchen to see if Xavier was in there. He wasn’t but I saw some pots and cooking utensils spread out on the counter. I checked the living room and peaked my head out the backyard. I decided to go upstairs and shower and look for him later. When I reached the top of the stairs, I bumped into Xavier I’m assuming.

“Sorry.” We both said simultaneously before lightly laughing. I stopped first though when I peeped he wasn’t wearing a shirt. “Jesus.” I whispered to myself.

“How was your day?” Xavier asked.

“It was a pretty crazy day. How about yours even though I scheduled it.” I laughed.

“You really kept me busy. Let me get started on dinner while you get settled.”

“Okay, thanks. See you when I get down there.” He smiled before making his way downstairs. I continued my way to the room. I put my things down, undressed, then hopped into the shower.

Once I finished washing and getting dressed, I headed downstairs to the kitchen. It smelled good down here. “Smells good.” I announced when I spotted Xavier setting the dining table.

“Thanks.”

“No problem.”

“What time will Denise and Jasmine be here?”

“Oh shit.” I mumbled. “My day was so busy I completely forgot they were coming.” I shook my head lightly.

“Today must’ve been crazy huh?”

“You don’t even know. About the girls, who knows. Probably soon.” As soon as I finished saying that, I heard the doorbell. “I got it.” I said when I noticed Xavier walking towards the door. I opened the door to see Denise, Jasmine, and an extra guest.

“Hey, Noelle. I tried to leave him at home girl.” Jasmine greeted laughing referring to Kendrick.

“Damn, it smells good.” Denise said. “Hey, boo.”

“Don’t listen to her Noelle. You know she can’t stay away from me too long.” He smirked. I shook my head at my crazy friends before following them inside. “Aye, wassup man.” I heard Kendrick speaking to Xavier.

“How was your day? You look tired.” Jasmine asked sitting down at the table.

“It was crazy. Another shipment was messed up, so we had to stay longer. I’m in the process of making a new product to go against the competitor’s product. Just a lot of busy work.” She nodded in understanding.

“Yea, work was crazy for me today as well.”

“Same. It’s okay now because we’re about to eat some good food.” Denise said

“Girl.” I laughed. Xavier was setting down the last of everything, then sat down himself. After saying grace, we gathered food onto our plates.

***

“Thanks for coming loves.” I hugged them one by one.

“No problem.”

“Catch up with you later.”

“See ya.” I closed the door behind them and went to go help Xavier.

“Noelle?”

“What’s up?”

“After I finish cleaning up, I gotta talk to you about something if you don’t mind?”

“Yea, that’s fine. I can help.”

“Nah, I got it.”

“Okay, well…I’ll be in my office when you need me.”

“Cool.” I walked to my office to look over what I need to do tomorrow. Almost half an hour later, I heard a light knock on the door.

“Come in.” Xavier walked in looking a little nervous.

“Are you okay Xavier?” I asked a little concerned

“Yea. There’s just been something on my mind for a little…”

“What’s up?”

“Okay…uhm..I’ve been wanting to go back to school but I still would like to work for you. I just…I don’t know. Not really sure how that will work.” I stood up and walked around the desk.

“Xavier, I have no problem with you going back to school and never will. Remember, I’m here rooting for you.” I smiled. He released a breath before smiling himself.

“Thanks. I really appreciate you Noelle.”

“Aww, that makes the heart flutter.” I smiled before we both laughed. “Alright, I’m gonna head to bed. Have a good night.”

“Good night, Noelle.”

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Update

I apologize about not updating in a minute. I’ll be going on my spring break this week! *Fingers crossed* I’ll have an update this weekend.

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Update pls. Miss this story

I apologize. I’ll try to update soon. School has been kicking my butt. No promises, I’ll try to have something up by the end of the week. If not, next week!

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I'm a new reader an i must say I love it I'm hoping Xavier will tell Noelle that he likes her cause they both are feeling each other an that Richard guy I don't like him at all he doesn't really care for Noelle like Xavier cares for her I just can't wait to see how this is going to go

I would first like to say welcome new reader! We’ll just have to wait and see what happens with them. Thank you for leaving your thoughts!

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I'm with Symone I'm team Xavier and Noelle lol!! I don't like this Richard guy. It's something about him that's real shady to me. I feel like he hiding something. And he done did something with that waitress it's shouldn't take that long to pay a bill but, we shall see...

You gotta give Richard a chance lol! We’re not totally sure what’s up with him and the waitress. We do have to see what happens lol.

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Chapter 7: Day 1

Xavier:

This morning I had to cook breakfast for Noelle, Jonathan, and Symone. Currently, I’m sitting on Symone’s couch and waiting for her to get ready. I huffed looking at my watch. I have to cook and this girl is taking forever. I’m  under orders to pick her up unfortunately. “Symone!”

“What?”

“Can you hurry up? I have to cook! Damn!” I snapped.

“I’m coming. Sheesh.” I heard her voice closer. Once she made it downstairs, I picked up my keys and made my way to the door. I held the car door open for Symone. “What? Xavier is holding the door for me?” Symone smirked as she took her time walking to the car. “Thanks, bro.”

“Yeah, whatever.” I mumbled closing the door and making my way to the driver’s side. Symone lived about 20 minutes away from Noelle. I opened her door once we reached Noelle’s home. “Noelle should be in her office with her assistant Jonathan.” I told Symone where Noelle’s office is at and made my way to the kitchen. I looked over the list for breakfast. Pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, toasted croissants, and sliced fruit. I hooked my phone up to the speaker via Bluetooth to play music while I cook.

***

About an hour and a half later, I was finished with breakfast. I made my way to Noelle’s office to let them know that breakfast was ready. I knocked on the door. “Come in.” I heard Noelle’s voice. I opened the door to see Symone laying on one of the small couches, Noelle sitting on her desk, and Jonathan sitting on one of the chairs. “Breakfast is read-”before I could finish, Symone and Jonathan squealed before pushing past me to the dining room. “Breakfast is ready.” I said successfully to Noelle.

“Thank you.” She hopped from her desk, smiled at me, then rushed out. I laughed at their antics before looking at her desk. I shook my head before heading to the dining room. I just stood at the entrance and watched them pile up their plates. “Xavier, go ahead and make a plate.” I recited those words in my head. Every time I make breakfast, she tells me that. I grabbed a plate and started to pile food onto my plate.

“I see you know what you’re doing in the kitchen.” Jonathan complimented.

“Thank you.”

“Growing up Xavier never wanted to cook for me.”

“Now you know you lying. I cooked for you.”

“Yea, after mami or papi made you.”  

“Shit. I still did.” I shrugged my shoulders.

“y’all arguing is adorable.”

“Not really.”

“Yea, I agree with you on something. Do you have siblings Noelle?”

“Yes, I have two. I have an older sister and younger brother.” I didn’t know she had a sister. There is more I need to learn about her.

“Oh okay. Are y’all close?” Noelle hesitated before answering.

“I’m more closer to my brother than my sister.” After that, an awkward silence filled the air.

“Well, lets get ready to go.” Jonathan exclaimed clapping his hands together.

“I’ll start cleaning up. Just let me know when y’all are ready.” I began to pick up the dishes and noticed Symone helping. I stopped and looked at her in shock.

“Shut up, X.”  she rolled her eyes before walking into the kitchen. Once we collected all the dishes, I began washing while Symone dried.

“You don’t have to help.”

“I know but…I felt like I made things awkward. I hope Noelle is not upset with me. Do you think she is?” my sister is forever thinking about what people thought of her.

“Symone, what did I tell you about doing that? Stop thinking so much about what people think of you. It’s a headache you don’t need. Don’t worry, I don’t think you did.” I know she didn’t ask all of that, but I know that was her underlying question. Growing up, Symone was always worried what people thought of her and trying to please them.

“I’m sorry hermano.” She mumbled softly. I sighed.

“You don’t have to be sorry. I’m sorry for snapping like that. I just hate what that mindset did to you.” I cleared my throat. “Anyways, excited about checking the store out? Maybe you can find something to fix your big head, yea?”

“First, it’s a skin care store and I know you are not talking Xavier. Mami told me the story about the day she delivered you with your big head. I feel bad for Noelle when she haves your kids. She’s in for a rude awakening.” She laughed.

“Callate, Symone. She might hear you.”

“Oh whatever. Why won’t you say anything?”

“She’s talking with someone?”

“And?”

“Be quiet and keep drying these dishes.”

***

“Where to first?” I asked once everyone was settled into the car.

“We’re going to go by the shop first.” I nodded and started the car before heading to the store. All the way to the store, I could hear all of them laughing and joking. I’m glad the conversation at the table didn’t make things awkward. I was getting tired of hearing them laugh though since I couldn’t. I tried turning up the volume of the radio up. They asked if I could turn it down because they could barely hear. Finally, we made it to the store. I parked in Noelle’s designated parking spot and got up to open the door for them. Once everyone was out of the car, I closed and locked the doors and followed them into the store. They’re just talking up a storm and almost left me behind. When we got to the store, you could guess who was waiting for us with a smile.

“Good morning, Noelle and Jonathan.” She smiled looking at me. I hope Symone doesn’t notice. She’s protective over me even though she’s the younger one.

“Good morning, Ms. Whitaker.”

“Sup.”

“Hello, Xavier.” She smiled biting her lip.

“Excuse me. Hi, I’m Symone and who are you?” I rolled my eyes. Here she goes.

“As Noelle said, I’m Ms. Whitaker. Ashley Whitaker-”my sister interrupted her.

“Okay, but was your purpose for being here?” she gave my sister a stank look.

“I work here for your-“

“I couldn’t tell. The way you’re eyeing my brother down doesn’t look like you’re working. Estás despedido (You’re dismissed). Symone gave her a dismissive hand wave. “Where’s your office?” Symone asked like she didn’t just go off on someone. I chuckled shaking my head as Ashley walked away.

“High-five.” Jonathan smiled towards Symone.

“Y’all are a mess. Follow me.” We followed Noelle to her office.

“Dios mio! Your office is beautiful.”

“You’re so adorable.” Noelle gushed.

“Not really.” I mumbled scratching my head.

“Whatever, Xavier.”

“So what are you going to show them today?” Jonathan asked sitting down.

“Obviously, the first place is my office. Next, we’ll go visit the floor where my dermatologists are on staff and can give you a consultation.”

“Awesome.” We got up and followed Noelle. I lagged a little bit to give them their space.

“Pst.” I heard behind me. I turned around to see Ashley. Damn, she’s like that bug that won’t go away. I ignored her and kept walking until I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and looked down towards her with an eye-brow raised. “Do you think you want to go out-“

“I gotta go actually.” I cut in trying to catch up with everyone else. I caught them just in time when they stepped into the elevator. I shoved my foot so that the door wouldn’t close.

“Where were you?” Symone asked suspiciously.

“Nowhere.”

“Mhm.”

“Mhm my ass, stop being nosey.” She rolled her eyes and focused her attention on Noelle and Jonathan’s conversation.

“Here we are.” Noelle announced when the doors opened. I’ve never been on this floor so I’m quite interested as well. We walked to a desk that was near the entrance.

“Good morning, Ms. Garner and Mr. Green.” The man sitting at the desk greeted.

“Good morning, Frank. This is one of my employees and friend Xavier and new friend of mine named Symone.” We all greeted eachother. “Frank is the receptionist for the floor. He’s who you talk to when you want to make an appointment or have questions on how to start the process. If you want to speak with any of the dermatologists we have on staff, he’s like the liaison between you and the doctor. Follow me so that I can show y’all the office where you get a consultation.”

“Cool.” We followed Noelle down to a room. She knocked on the door and waited until we were granted access.

“Hey, Kevin.”

“Hello, Ms. Garner. Hello everyone else.” He smiled at us.

“Kevin, can you explain to us the process when a client comes to this floor?”

“I’m sure she already briefed you all on Frank’s job. Once Frank informs me that a client needs a diagnosis, he will contact one of the many dermatologists on staff and finds out what time he or she will be available. Let’s say I have an opening and the time comes around to meet up with me. You will give me a sheet of paper, that Noelle gives to new clients, that you must fill out. I keep it on file for your records with us. I’ll use the equipment you around you to examine your skin. Then, we find out what products you should use on your skin based from your results.

***

After talking with Kevin, Noelle showed us the rest of the building. Right now, they’re in her office doing whatever before we head out to lunch. I was sitting in the lounge watching TV when I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. When I saw the name that displayed on my phone, I had to do a double-take. “Yoooo!” I answered.

“Aye, X. What’s up man?”

“Waiting on Noelle, Jonathan, and my sister Symone. How you been J.J?”

“Living life. I wanted to call to let you know I’ll be coming to the states soon. I want to surprise Noelle.” J.J has been out of the country for about three years. He was the one that got me the job with Noelle.

Flashback~ 4 years ago

I was in the gym lifting some weights. When I finished, I saw J.J walking into the gym looking annoyed. When I first came to the gym, I met him because he needed someone to spot him while he was lifting weights. That was about three months ago. I didn’t get to introduce him to my boys yet since he is always busy. “Wassup man.” I greeted him with a dap.

“Sup.” He barely mumbled. Throughout the workout, I could tell he was out of it because he was messing up. When we were walking out of the gym, I decided to see what was up.

“Yo. Wassup with you?”

“Man, my sister.” Hm, I didn’t know he had a sister.

“Is she okay?” I asked carefully. I didn’t want to overstep any boundaries.

“I honestly don’t know. She just opened her own business, so she haves a lot on her plate. On top of that, she’s not f*cking taking care of herself. She’s barely eating and just working, working, working.” He sighed shaking his head. I just stayed quiet because I wasn’t sure what to say until he stopped walking abruptly and smiled. I looked him like he was crazy because that’s how he appeared right now.

“Am…am I missing something?”

“X, are you still looking for a job?”

“Yea.”

“How about you work for my sister?”

“Doing what?”

“You can be her…uhm like some butler or shit.”

“Could you explain more?”

“You can be like Geoffrey from ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’. Cook meals, clean up, and things along those lines.” I was thinking about his proposition.

“Will I be able to support myself with the pay?” I asked unsure of taking up this job offer.

“You will. After a month, if you’re not feeling it, I’ll help you find a job.”

“Alright.” I replied giving him a dap.

Present

“Really? When?”

“I’ll be there Friday. I was thinking we set up a dinner with friends and family or something. Or we could host something at my place. I don’t know yet, but I’ll let you know.”

“Okay.”

“I think I might go with the dinner at a restaurant. If we host it at my place, she’ll probably be suspicious and not too surprised.”

“Yea. I gotta overlook her schedule because this week is busy. Also, let me know where and I can give you the list of friends.”

“Yea, yea that can work.” I looked up to see Noelle, Symone, and Jonathan coming out her office.

“I gotta go. They’re coming now. I’ll hit you up later.”

“Ight’, peace.” I slipped my phone back into my pocket and stood up.

“Y’all ready? Are y’all hungry?”

“We could eat.” Symone nodded.

“Before you take them to get food, can you drop me off at home.” I nodded as we made our way to the car.

“Yea.”

“And where are you going miss?”

“Richard is taking me out to eat.” She smiled.

“Who’s Richard?” I snapped my head back fast when I heard Symone’s voice. I tried to tell her with my eyes to chill out, but she was avoiding my stare.

“Richard is a guy I’m dating.”

“Oh okay. How do you like him so far?”

“So far, he’s a great guy. I’m still feeling him out though.”

“Hmm, I have to meet this Richard guy.”

“You will.” She laughed. “As long as you stick around.”

“Don’t worry, I will. I already can see you being a great friend. I just want to warn you that I can be nosy.” Symone laughed. She’s not lying.

“So are my besties.” Noelle laughed.

“Good…how’s the sex?” she cheesed.

“Symone, qué te pasa (what is wrong with you?)” I snapped. This girl can be so embarrassing.

“Never mind. Since my brother wants to be a sore loser, we’ll take talk about it later?” she winked at Noelle. “Anyway, if you and Richard don’t work out, I got someone for you.” Is this girl serious? She was just claiming Noelle as her sister-in-law. After all of that, I dropped Noelle off and Jonathan, Symone, and I got something to eat. Once we finished eating, I took Jonathan home and now I’m at Symone’s place. I sat at the island in her kitchen mugging her. I tossed the keys in the air before I spoke.

“So…what was that earlier?”

“What was what?” she asked turning away from her refrigerator.

“If you and Richard don’t work out, I got someone for you.” I mocked her voice. “I thought you were rooting for us?” I just realized how childish I sound.

“I am. I was talking about you. What’s got you on edge? Chill out.”

“Don’t say nothing to her.”

“Avoiding my question I see. I think you’re jealous and that’s why your temper is on 100.”

“Bye, Symone.” I announced getting up.

“Running away from the truth I see.”

“See you later.” I chucked her the deuces and left. “Hm, what can I get into?”

Noelle:

I was sitting on the couch waiting for Richard. I scrolled through my work e-mail while waiting. A few minutes I heard the doorbell ring. I exited out of my e-mails and locked my phone before reaching the door. “It’s just lunch.” I mumbled to myself. “Hey, baby.” Richard greeted giving me a hug.

“Baby?” I questioned sarcastically. “You better slow down kiddo.” I laughed shutting and locking my door.

“Don’t deny it.” He replied opening the door for me. I thanked him before sitting down.

“So where are we headed?” I asked after a few moments of silence.

“One of my favorite diners I like to go for lunch.”

“Which is?”

“You’ll see.” I nodded and continued to reply to some work e-mails. About fifth teen minutes later, I noticed the car slowing down. I looked up to see a cute sized building with the name on the front stating ‘Gina’s Spot’. I stepped out of the car and waited as Richard locked his car doors. He grabbed my hand and we made our way to the entrance of the diner.

“Thank you.” I mumbled as he opened the door for me. It was like a seat yourself diner. We searched for a clean booth by a window. We picked up the menus to search for what we wanted to eat.

“Hey, Richard.” The waitress said before facing me. “Hello, my name is Tasha and I’ll be your waitress for today, what drinks can I start y’all with?”

“I’ll have a sprite.”

“I will like sweet tea with a lemon please.” She wrote down our drinks before starting she’ll be back with it. “So what do you recommend Mr. Richard?”

“I like getting the bacon cheeseburger with fries.”

“Hmm, that sounds good. I think I’m going to try this spicy grilled chicken sandwich.”

“I’ve tried that before. It’s really good.” I looked up and noticed the waitress coming back.

“What can I get you to miss?”

“I’ll like the spicy grilled chicken sandwich with a side of seasoned fries.”

“No problem. Bacon cheeseburger, no pickle, and a side of fries, right?” she smiled wide. I just raised my eyebrow looking at them.

“Interesting.” I mumbled. Richard cleared his throat before speaking.

“Yes, thank you.” I was arguing with myself on if I should say something slick or not.

“You must come here a lot.” I stated more than asked glancing out the window then him.

“Yea, it is my favorite diner.” Duh, Noelle. Chill out girl. Still…that girl was very friendly and I know I couldn’t mistake that look in her eyes.

“I see.” I mumbled sipping on my tea. Let me chill out.

“So, how was your day?”

“It was pretty good. I showed a new friend of mine the ins and outs of my shop. How we run things and everything. How about yours?”

“It was interesting. I had a meeting with a potential client. This guy is trying to take his ex-girlfriend to court for damaging his property. Here’s the catch though. His girlfriend came in right after him with a counter-argument. Apparently, she claims that he damaged is own property and is trying to pin it on her. This whole situation is just a mess.” He finished with a shake of his head.

“Wow, that is interesting.”

“Yup.” We continued our small talk until the food came. This food is good. I’m gonna have to come here again. While we were eating, this Tasha girl came frequently to see if we, more so Richard, needed anything.

“The food was delicious boo.”

“I know. I got great taste.” He laughed.

“Yea, okay.” I joined. “Tasha must be a real big fan of yours.”

“What makes you say that?” I gave him an ‘are you serious?’ look.

“Richard, really? She’s practically been throwing herself at you the whole time. Just drooling out the mouth.” I said followed by a fake laugh.

“Is someone jealous?”

“Never that, I just don’t want my time to be wasted. What’s good?” he put his hands up in defense.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Don’t get so hostile. I was just joking with you.” He paused then grabbed my hands. “I am not wasting your time and I don’t plan on doing it.”

“Okay.”

“Can I get a kiss?” he smiled that charming smile of his. I tried to hold my smile in but it eventually came out. We both leaned over the table until our lips met. I backed up fixing up my area.

“Here, take my keys and head to the car while I take care of the bill.” I looked at him confused.

“Are you sure? I can just wait.”

“I’m good.” I grabbed his keys and my things headed to the car. I switched through the radio stations until I found a song I like.

“Hope I wasn’t too long.” Richard said once he got in the car. It did take him longer than I would expect for anyone to just pay the bill, but whatever.

“No, it’s cool.”

“You have any plans tomorrow night?” he asked after a while of silence.

“Hmm…maybe. Why?” I smirked. He side eyed me before licking his lips and chuckling.

“Well, if you don’t have anything planned, I would like to take you out to dinner.”

“We’ll see.”

“Really?” I just shrugged my shoulders.

“Damn, it’s like that now?”

“You know I’m just playing with you. I will love to.”

“Cool, cool.” We laughed and joked until we reached my house.

“I enjoyed myself Richard and I’ll talk to you later.” I smiled.

“I’m glad you did and okay.” I waved at him once I reached the door and beeped his horn before pulling off. I walked in and made my way into the living room. I see Xavier setting up his PS4.

“Oh, hey. Noelle, I was just about to text you. Is it cool if the guys come to play the game?”

“Says the person already setting the game up.” I laughed sitting down on the couch. “Did you finish what was left for you today?”

“Yes, I wouldn’t be asking if I didn’t.” he laughed saying the rest in Spanish.

“Did you say something slick?” I squinted my eyes at him. He just shrugged his shoulders with a grin. I looked him up and down before speaking. “I guess so. As long as me and the girls can join.”

“I mean…it was supposed to be a guy’s thing but I guess.” He said dramatically.

“Well…I can always change my mind.” I mocked his tone.

“I was just playing.”

“Mhm, I’m going to change and call the girls up.” As soon as I finished that sentence, my doorbell rang. I looked at the door then at the Xavier with a raised eyebrow. He just cheesed at me in response.

“You think you’re slick.” I mumbled making my way upstairs.

“Thank you, Noelle!”

Xavier:

“Yo.” I greeted opening the door for the guys. There were scattered ‘heys’ and ‘sups’.

“What game are we starting with?” Devone asked.

“2k!” Kendrick said.

“Noelle inviting the girls over by the way.” They all said okay. “Y’all brought y’all controllers, right?”

“Duh. Now lets start.” Ricky said. I think about thirty minutes passed before a knock came at the door.

“I got it.” I heard Noelle’s voice. No one spared a glance as the game between Kendrick and Devone was getting intense. “Wow.” She mumbled. I heard her greeting the girls followed by footsteps.

“I’m not sure why y’all so focused. Your defense sucks and you miss your free throws.” Denise announced making the girls laugh.

“Aye, I got D. just ask Jasmine.” Kendrick said slickly laughing.

“Shut up.” Jasmine said. All the girls filled up the empty spaces. Except Jasmine who just sat on Kendrick’s lap. She kissed his temple and settled on his lap.

“Y’all are so cute it makes me sick.” Noelle laughed.

“Thanks boo.” Jasmine smiled. In the past couple of hours, we passed controllers and switched games. I felt Noelle shift beside me. She stood up stretching.

“Is anyone getting hungry?” she asked looking around at everyone.

“I could eat.” Porsha said.

“Same.”

“Yea, I’m starving.”

“Okay, I’ll order us some pizza and wings.” She announced. She walked to the kitchen and I got up myself following her. I just now noticed what she’s wearing. It looks like she’s becoming more comfortable with her body. “What’s up Xavier?” she asked. I quickly looked up hoping she didn’t notice me checking her out.

“I was just seeing if you needed any help with ordering the food.”

“Sure, what kind of wings should we get?” Noelle pulled out a local pizza place menu. “They have a spicy buffalo, honey BBQ, honey chipotle BBQ, lemon pepper. Here. They have a lot of sauces.” She laughed and slid the menu over to me.

“How about we get multiple flavors? I mean if you don’t mind.” I don’t want her to think I’m taking advantage because she got money.

“It’s okay Xavier.” She laughed. “What flavors were you thinking about? One should be spicy honey mustard.”

“Okay, we’ll do that. Honey chipotle is good and we should get the spicy buffalo.”

“Sounds good. Now onto the pizza.”

“Do they have any specials going on today?” I mumbled looking at the menu.

“Let’s do the two large pizzas with two toppings. I’ll just add a medium cheese just in case.” I nodded as she went to grab her house phone. “Oh, should I get the Brooklyn style thin crust or you think I should I get the deep dish?”

“Get the deep dish.” She nodded and called up the pizza place. I just kind of did nothing while I waited on Noelle.

“Uhm, can you give me a second please? Xavier, can you ask them what they want to drink? They have sprite, coke, orange fanta, and mountain dew.”

“Yea.” I walked back into the living room just to see Denise get hit with a head shot in COD and her groaning. “Aye, do y’all want sprite, coke, orange fanta, or mountain dew?”

“Just get sprite and coke.” Jasmine waved me off. I put my hand on my chest in fake offense. “Well then.” I walked back to the kitchen to tell Noelle and sat down at the stool.

“Okay, thank you.”

“How long will it be?”

“30 to 45 minutes. They have a busy night.” I nodded.

“How was your lunch date?”

“It was nice. Thanks for asking. Alright, let’s head back.” I nodded following behind her.

“Y’all were in there for a minute.” Denise said.

“Yea, yea. It’s going to be about 30 to 45 minutes for the food.”

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Chapter 6: Back in New York

Sunday

Noelle:

“I’ll see you at work tomorrow, Jonathan, Renae, and Darius. The rest of y’all, we’ll see each other whenever we can. Bye and drive safe!” I said my good byes before heading to my car. Xavier grabbed my things placing them in the trunk as well as his.

“Ready?”

“Yup” I nodded. I was going through my work email on the way back home.

“So…we’re going to head by my folks place around six. Is that cool?”

“Yea, I’m going to take a nap really quick. Wake me up if it seems like I’m sleeping too long.” He nodded. I walked up to my room to look for something nice to wear. I haven’t seen Joyce in about two years I think. Once I found what I wanted to wear, I hanged it up on the hooks on my door. I took my pants off and slipped into bed.

Xavier: I noticed it was after four and decided to go check to see if Noelle was up getting ready. I lightly knocked on her door. “Noelle” I waited for a response, but I didn’t get one. I tried the knocking again and it was the same. I tried the knob and her door was unlocked. I opened it slowly walking in. I spotted Noelle curled up under her blankets looking comfortable. I stepped closer to admire her before waking her up. “Noelle” I called out louder. I began to shake her lightly.

“Mmm” she groaned.

“Noelle, wake up. It’s after four.” I shook her again but a little harder. She opened her eyes looking up at me. She yawned covering up her mouth. “It’s four” I repeated once I noticed she was fully awake.

“Oh crap, thank you” she got up and walked towards her bathroom. I noticed she wasn’t wearing any pants and looked away. I took that as my cue to head back to my room and get ready. I already took a shower before I checked on Noelle so all I had to do was put on my clothes. I took off my sweat pants I had on and put on my jeans and t-shirt. I walked to my dresser and put on my watch and chain. I looked in the mirror to brush my hair. It was growing out and I’m conflicted between letting it grow out and getting a haircut. I sprayed on some cologne and grabbed my things before heading downstairs to wait for Noelle. “Noelle, I’ll be waiting downstairs.” I yelled through the door.

“Okay.” I continued my route downstairs. I sat on the couch stretching my legs out. *** I felt someone shaking my shoulder. I opened my eyes to see Noelle and then my eyes widened noticing that I fell asleep. “Shi- I mean shoot. What time is it?” I asked standing up abruptly almost knocking Noelle over, but I grabbed her. “Sorry.”

“You’re good.” She laughed lightly. “It’s…5:53.” She answered glancing at her watch.

“Alright, let’s roll.” I grabbed the keys to my car and straightened my jeans out. When I got to the driveway, Noelle was standing by her car that we frequently use when I’m driving. “We’re taking my car.” I announced unlocking the car doors and opened the passenger door for her. Once she was settled in, I closed the door and walked to the driver’s side. We got there in about 10 to 15 minutes later.

“Wow, the garden is beautiful.” Noelle complimented my mother’s garden. I nodded agreeing. We both got out of the car and I locked the doors.

“What’s that?” I asked Noelle just now noticing the container in her hand.

“I thought I could bring a side dish for dinner. I didn’t want to come empty handed.”

“You didn’t have to do that.”

“It’s no problem.” She mumbled. I nodded and allowed her to walk in front of me. I like that dress on her.  The color complements her. I used my key to unlock the door.

“Ma, estamos aquí (Ma, we are here).”

“Stop all that yelling in here now.” I laughed shaking my head and closed and locked the door.

“Come on.” I mumbled to Noelle walking towards the kitchen. “Hey, ma.”

“Hello, Xavier.” She smiled and I bent down to give her a hug.

“Hi, Mrs. Joyce. I brought a side dish for dinner.”

“I thought I told you to call me Mama J.” she jokingly pointed her finger at Noelle. “You didn’t have to and thank you.” My mother took the dish and sat it down on the counter before giving her a hug. “You are looking as beautiful as ever. It’s been forever.” Mama complimented Noelle.

“You too Mama J and thank you. I know it has been forever.”

“Mami, was that Xavier at the door?” I heard Symone’s loud ass mouth.

“Yes and what I tell y’all about that yelling?” Symone walked into the kitchen laughing. She gave me a hug then mushed my head before running behind our mother before I could retaliate.

“No puedo soportar el culo infantile (I can’t stand your childish ass).” Mama glared at me and I cheesed.

“Oh dios mío, who is this beautiful Nubian queen?” my sister greeted. I forgot they never met.

“Hello, I’m Noelle.”

“Are you my brother’s new girlfriend? That’s why that girl has been going crazy. You know Xavier’s-“ I had to cut her off because she talks too much.

“Symone, this is Noelle. The Noelle I work for.” She blushed in embarrassment.

“Sorry, I’m Symone. This big head’s sister.” She gave Noelle a hug.

“Xavier, why don’t you go see what your father is doing while I catch up with Noelle.” I looked at Noelle to make sure she was good and she smiled at me in reassurance. I nodded before looking for pops. ***

Noelle: “I have to go by your store one day. Only when you’re there though, I want you to help me.” Symone laughed. This girl is really a character.

“Okay. I’ll make sure to let Xavier know. Actually, you can come by tomorrow. I can have Xavier pick you up.”

“Cool. I’m off tomorrow anyways.” We continued to talk until mama J announced that dinner was ready. Symone and I walked towards the dining room table. I saw a man in there already and I’m assuming he’s their father.

“Hola, Noelle, I’m Xavier and Symone’s father Nelson.” He stuck his hand out for me to shake and I did. I sat down beside Symone. Mama J had already set the table and was coming in followed by Xavier. Nelson waited for mama J to come to the chair to pull it out for her. That was sweet. Xavier sat beside his mother while Nelson sat at the head of the table. Mama J proceeded to say grace before we began to eat. For the first half of dinner, it was silent excluding the sounds of forks scraping the plates. The second half was filled with general conversation.

“Everything was delicious mama J.” I said when we finished up eating dinner and dessert.

“Thank you, sweetie. Y’all go on to the living room to relax while I clean up.”

“I can help you.” I offered.

“No, it’s fine Noelle.” I ignored her and helped anyway along with Nelson. I’m not sure where Xavier and Symone slipped off too.

Xavier:

“Xavier!” Symone called me causing me to look away from Noelle. She was smirking at me.

“What?” I asked annoyed.

“Mhm, I see you. We’ll talk about that later. I need to talk to you about Selena.” I rolled my eyes once she said that. I walked towards the backyard and told her to follow me.

“What happened?”

“Remember what I told you what she did while you were gone?” I nodded. “She came by my job again claiming that you were taking her out on a date.” She raised her eyebrow at me.

“Why would she do that?” I questioned myself more than Symone. She shrugged.

“You tell me.”

“First of all, it’s not a date. I don’t know why that delusional girl told you that. Second, I just agreed to meet up with her to talk.”

“You better not be getting back with that bitch, Xavier! Gosh you’re so stupid. After-“I had to cut her ranting off.

“Symone! I am not getting back with her. Trust me; I’ve been over that girl for a long time. If anything, I’m trying to finalize this divorce.” I stressed running my hand down my face.

“You better. I don’t need you hurting my sis-in-law.” I looked at her confused.

“Who?”

“Noelle. I saw how you were looking at her.” She stated before going back inside the house. I shook my head before going inside myself.

“You ready to go?” I asked Noelle when I approached her. She nodded and we said our good byes to the fam.

“Don’t be a stranger now.” Mama smiled at Noelle.

“I won’t. See you tomorrow Symone.” What’s tomorrow?

“See ya.” I opened the door for Noelle and then walked to the driver’s side.

“What’s tomorrow?” I asked once we got on the road.

“Symone wants to go by my job. Before it’s time for us to leave, can you get her?” I nodded. I’m glad they got along.

“What’s the schedule for this upcoming week?” I asked while we were walking up the steps.

“It’s on the calendar in the kitchen and I emailed it to you earlier.”

“Okay. Good night, Noelle.”

“Good night, Xavier.” I sat down on my bed and pulled my phone out of my pocket. I unlocked it and checked my e-mail for the schedule. I ignored the e-mail from Selena and continued to scroll to find Noelle’s e-mail. Once I found it, I looked it over groaning a little. It’s going to be a busy week.

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Im looking forward to them getting to know each other better. Friendship is definitely the first step to getting into a relationship. Richard or whatever the dudes name is needs to go away; he's so irrelevant.

Definitely! I totally agree with building a friendship first is a good move.

 Lol, Richard gotta be relevant now.

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Chapter 5 part 4: California

Noelle:

“Noelle, I’m tired.” Denise whined. I mumbled a ‘mhm’ checking to see if everyone is here. I had a wagon filled with ice and water bottles for everyone.

“I’ll get that for you.” Richard offered.

“No, it’s okay I got it, but if I get tired, your offer better still stand.”

“No problem and it will.” I nodded. I did one more scope of the crowd in front of me and noticed everyone is here. We walked outside to the van, so Johnny can drop us off in Hollywood.

“We’ll stay in Hollywood to about four or five. I figured we can go back to the hotel to rest, change, shower, or do whatever y’all got to do. Around 8, we can meet in the lobby to go to the universal citywalk.” An hour later, we arrived in Hollywood.

“I’m in Hollywood, mama!” Devone exclaimed making us laugh. “All right, love you too.” We laughed more at the fact that he was really talking to his mom on the phone. We all climbed out of the van and onto the sidewalk of Hollywood.

“What’s first?”

“It’s up to you guys. I kind of got the hook-up here. Was there something any of y’all want to do or see?”

“Can we go to the Hollywood wax museum?” Renae asked sheepishly.

“No problem, hun.” We began to walk.

“By the way it’s going to be kind of a long walk.” I heard Denise groan which made me smile.

“Sooo…” I heard Denise’s voice after about ten minutes of silence.

“Sooo…” I repeated.

“What’s up with Xavier calling you friend yesterday?” I was hoping she wasn’t going to ask about that. I know she’ll just make a big deal out of nothing.

“To answer your question yesterday about what Xavier and I talked about was that. He asked me to be his friend and I said okay.” I shrugged making sure no one was listening.

“He’s making progress?”

“What?”

“Nothing.”

“Are you hiding something from me?”

“No.” Eventually, we made our way into the Hollywood wax museum. I looked to Renae to see her smiling in excitement. That made me smile. I like putting smiles on people’s faces. I told the person at the desk how many of us was there and got passes inside.

“We’ll meet back here in two hours, okay?” Everyone nodded and went separate ways. My workers and their guest went one way and my peeps and I went another. The girls had pulled me a different direction while the guys kept walking.

“Noelle tells me that her and Xavier are friends.” Denise announced like it was some important discovery. I rolled my eyes at her. All the girls began to smirk at me.

“What’s the next step?” Jasmine questioned sneakily.

“I swear she doesn’t know what’s right in front of her.”

“What are you talking about Denise?”

“Nothing child.”

***

“Who wants to pick where we go next?” I asked no one in particular.

“Can we get something to eat? I’m hungry.” Jasmine announced.

“I feel you. My stomach is meeting my back as we speak.” Jonathan exaggerated.

“You’re so dramatic Jonathan.”

“I mean, I did minor in theater in college.”

“I see. So, where do you guys feel like eating at?” They started announcing different things. “How about we go to the road where there are a lot of food places and split up. I’ll give y’all two hours to do that.” I suggested. They nodded in agreement and headed to the food area. Once we got there, we started to go separate ways when we figured where we wanted to go. I decided on going to this chicken place. I looked over the menu to see what I wanted.

“Hello, how may I help you?” a worker asked.

“Hi, can I get the 5-piece chicken wings with a side of fries?”

“Yes ma’am. Would you like anything to drink with that?”

“Can I get a medium sweet tea?” He nodded before he began to ring my order up.

“Your total will be $7.41.” I pulled out a ten dollar bill and gathered up forty-one cents.

“Here you go.” I waited patiently for my change.

“$3.00 is your change. It should be about five to ten minutes.” I nodded before sitting down off to the side. I heard a familiar voice ordering which caused me to look up from my phone. It was Xavier. I didn’t notice he was behind me. After paying for his food, he sat down diagonally from me silently.

“How are you enjoying the trip so far?”

“I’m enjoying it. Thanks for letting me come.”

“No problem.” We stayed quiet until our food came.

“You’re tearing those wings up, girl.” Xavier laughed causing me to burst out in laughter.

“They’re good. You can’t be talking you’re already finished. Didn’t we just get these wings two minutes ago?” I asked sarcastically.

“You got jokes huh?”

“A little something-something.” I shrugged.

“Can’t blame me, I like to eat.” He winked. I don’t know, but I just had to watch as he licked the sauce he had on chicken off his lips. A smirk was forming on his lips.

“I gotta go to the restroom.” I said standing up before he could say anything. He nodded and I made my way to the restroom. I closed the door and took a deep breath. Though I didn’t want to admit it at first, I think I’m sexually attracted to Xavier. No, I know that I’m sexually attracted to Xavier. Perfect timing for us to become friends huh?

Xavier:

I know she wants me. Now that I know she’s attracted to me, I just have to convince her to be my girl. I still got to take into consideration what Kendrick advised. I need to get to know more about Noelle. Hell, she gotta learn about me as well. For now, I’m just going to work on becoming a friend. We’ll see how that works though. Noelle has avoided me the rest of the time after leaving the chicken place. I’m not sure why though. It’s not like we did anything. I just now know that she’s attracted to me. On top of that, she is seeing someone at the moment. Maybe I should find someone to kick it with until I get my chance. I don’t know. It was almost eight and I was finishing up getting ready. I looked in the mirror to make sure I look straight.

Once I was pleased with what I looked like, I grabbed my wallet, keys, and phone and headed out of my room. I stepped into the elevator and patiently waited as it went down. When I got downstairs to the lobby, I noticed I was the last person. “It’s 8:41. What were you doing up there?” Ricky asked.

“Everybody waiting on you.” Devone added.

“I’m here now. Let’s go.” I announced already walking towards the exit. I could’ve sworn it was just almost eight. Oh well. They’ll be alright. Everyone got into the truck so that we can head out.

***

It was really nice out here. A lot of bright lights and people out here enjoying themselves. We’ve been walking around out here for like two hours. “Is there a arcade out here?” Kendrick asked.

“Yes, there should be.”

“Yo, we should go!” he exclaimed getting hype.

“Let’s go then. I think around midnight there’s supposed to be a firework show and I want to see it.” Noelle said. We made it to the arcade and it was huge. We were all trying to figure out what games we wanted to play.

“X, let me whoop your behind in this shooting game real quick.” Devone called out.

“Yea right.” We got tokens and everybody went different ways once finding a game they wanted to play. Devone put three tokens into the machine. I chose my person and stuff as well as Devone.

“Hold up. I gotta put on my hype music.” Tell me why this goofy nigga put on ‘lil jon- lets go’. I shook my head trying to hold in my laughter. “Stop screen watching, boy!” Devone snapped.

“Ain’t nobody screen watching. This is the reason why I don’t play call of duty with you anymore.” I huffed continuing to shoot.

“Lies.”

“Lies my ass. You’re like the boy who cried wolf. Instead you cry screen watching.”

“I know you’re not talking. Every time you lose in 2k you claim the game is cheating. Maybe you just suck.”

“When we get back to the hotel, I’ll show you what I’m claiming and that’s a win, nigga.”

“Are y’all serious right now?” I heard Noelle’s voice laughing.

“He started it.” I responded taking a second glance at Noelle.

“Let’s go!” Devone yelled. I looked back at the screen to see that he shot me and won the game. He started to hit the milly rock to the ending of the game song. I sucked my teeth before pushing him and placed the fake gun back in its holder. “Don’t be a hater.”

“Nobody is hating. What are you doing?” I turned towards Noelle.

“I kept losing in the game I was playing, so I gave up. Now I’m looking for another game.” She lightly pouted.

“Show me where the game is.” She nodded and told me to follow her. It was one of those games where you have to throw balls at the bottles and knock them over. I paid the guy and got the balls so I can knock the bottles. I knocked them all over in one try.

“Pick a prize from the top row.” The man said in shock. I looked down towards Noelle.

“What do you want?”

Noelle:

You. I thought to myself. I turned towards the top shelf that the huge stuffed animals sat on. I spotted the big brown dog that caught my attention at first. “That big brown dog.” I spoke up pointing towards it.

“Aye, lemme get that big brown dog on your left.” The man nodded before reaching to get my prize.

“Here you go pretty lady.” He handed the stuffed animal to me.

“Thank you.” I smiled. I looked at Xavier to see him frowning. I wonder what’s up with him. “Thank you, Xavier.” I said.

“It’s no problem.” I nodded and suggested we go look for everyone else. We found everyone else by the skee ball game.

“I haven’t played this game in a while.” Luckily there was enough lanes where we could all play and compete.

***

After playing a couple of games and watching the firework show, we were heading back to the hotel. “Thanks for the trip, Noelle. I really enjoyed myself.” Porsha spoke up with everyone else agreeing with her.

“No problem. It was fun having all of you here.” I smiled.    

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Xavier is so petty!! I love it. I'm so glad you updated its been way too long

He is lol! Yes, it has been a while. I think I’ll update again. Also, I want to say you’re the real MVP for your messages or liking my posts. Thank you so much! I really appreciate it.

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Chapter 5 part 3: California

Xavier:

I was awakened by my phone ringing. I groaned not wanting to answer it. Dang, I got a killer headache. It finally stopped ringing. I closed my eyes getting ready to go back to sleep. “What. The. Fuck.” I groaned when my phone started to ring again. Only time I’m okay with waking up before I normally do, is when I have to. Even then, I’m still upset. “What do you want Symone?” I mumbled once I answered the phone. I sat up in the bed stretching.

“Why didn’t you take me to California with you?”

“How do you know I’m in California?”

“Mom. Don’t answer my question with a question.”

“It’s one of Noelle’s business trips and she decided to have a select few come with her.”

“You should’ve let me come.”

“Well, Noelle doesn’t know you, so why would I do that?”

“You’re a jerk. Anyways, that’s not the reason I called.” She trailed off.

“Hold up, I gotta take a piss.”

“Ew.” I heard Symone say before I sat my phone down. I walked to the bathroom to take care of my business before returning to my phone.

“All right, what’s up?”

“You need to talk that crazy woman.” She kind of snapped. I groaned knowing who she was talking about.

“What did she do this time?”

“She was fucking howling at me these past few days at my workplace about your whereabouts, then she had the audacity to show up at my home place. Es necesario comprobar que la perra loca, sheesh” (You need to check that crazy bitch, sheesh.) I screwed up my face at the phone.

“Aye, first you’re going to watch your language, chica. I’m going to handle her when I get back in town.”

“Xavier, I am 23 years old and you cuss you hypocrite. When will you be back in town anyways?”

“I’ll be back Sunday. I’m going by mom’s and dad’s house.”

“Cool, I should see you there. Hold up, yes mami.” I heard my mother’s voice in the background. I couldn’t quite decipher what she said though. “Xavier…okay. You’re on speaker.”

“Hello, Xavier.”

“Sup ma.”

“Glad I got both of you guys here. What do y’all want for Sunday dinner?”

“I want chicken alfredo.” Symone replied.

“Nah, I want lasagna.”

“No, I don’t want that.” Symone retorted.

“Oh lord.” My mother sighed. “You know what, I’ll figure it out. Xavier?”

“Yes ma’am.”

“I want you to invite Noelle for Sunday dinner.”

“Maybe. I’ll see what I can do.”

“No, she will be there. You hear?”

“Yes ma’am.” I sighed. “Like I said, I’ll see.”

“She walked away.” Symone snickered. I sucked my teeth. “Anyways-“ she stopped talking. “What the fuck…” I heard her mumble. Where the fuck she get this dirty mouth from? Probably from me.

“What’s up?”

“This crazy bitch. I’ll call you back, Xavier.” She said before hanging up. I just shook my head. I checked the time to see that it was 9:46 am. Why were they up so early? I decided to head to the pool the hotel had to chill out. I brushed my teeth, put some swimming trunks on, grabbed my stuff and I was on my way out.

When I got outside, I noticed somebody out there. I looked closer to see it was Noelle. I decided not to bother her and sat down on one of the chairs and placed my stuff on the side table. I laid back and heard the message tone on my phone go off. I reached over to grab it. It was someone named Ashleigh with a wink emoji.

Ashleigh;): Good morning Xavier!

Why is this girl texting me? Do I even know an Ashleigh?

Me: Morning

I decided to keep it simple. I heard voices from behind me. I looked to see it was Denise, Jasmine, and Jonathan. I guess they didn’t see me because they kept walking and continued to the pool. I just watched Noelle’s beautiful self swim around the pool before my phone went off again.

Ashleigh;): I can’t get the taste of you off my tongue. We should meet up again and maybe you can do more…

I was really confused on what was going on. I remember the guys and me going to the club, but after that, everything’s a blur. No wonder I woke up with a headache. I’ll just respond to her after I talk to the guys. I texted them to come down. When I was scrolling through my phone, I looked up to see Noelle smiling down at me. “I thought that was you. Morning, Xavier.” She sat down on the chair next to mine.

“Morning, ma.”

“I’m surprised you're up this early. I know you hate mornings unless you have to get up.”

“Yea, my sister called me.”

“You have a sister?” she exclaimed. “You never told me that.”

“Oh, well yea.”

“I feel like there’s so much I don’t know about you.”

“Let’s be friends and you’ll find out more.” I spoke before I knew what I was saying.

“Okay.” She responded surprising me. We heard the girls calling her over. “I’ll be back…friend.” She smirked before walking away. I watched her walk away, but I was knocked out of my trance by getting hit upside my head. I looked to see Ricky’s ugly ass. Dang, my head still hurts a little.

“Chill out.” I mugged him placing my sunglasses on. The sun was shining bright this morning.

“I’m surprised you're up.”

“Yea I know. Symone called me.” he nodded. “What happened last night? I got some girl named Ashleigh texting me.” Ricky began to laugh.

“I don’t know, you tell me. You’re the one that disappeared somewhere with her. When you came back, and I quote this “My dick is not going in any girl’s pussy unless it’s Noelle’s.” I sighed shaking my head. Hopefully it was good. It’s been a minute since I got some sexual attention. I went back through my phone to delete her number.

“Ayo!” we heard Devone’s voice from behind us. He sat down. A few minutes later Porsha came out. She kissed Ricky, and then proceeded to the girls and Jonathan.

“What’s the plan for today?” we heard Kendrick’s voice come out of nowhere. We gave him a dap before he sat down.

“Not sure. Anyone know if Noelle got anything planned?” Devone replied. We all shrugged and looked at the girls. We saw them look this way, and then burst out laughing though Noelle looked more embarrassed.

“I think they're talking about us. Let’s go over there.” I announced getting up. When we reached them, they got quiet.

“Why y’all so quiet now?” Kendrick smirked before doing a cannon ball jump into the pool.

“Kendrick!” Denise snapped. We all followed his steps by jumping.

“Can’t take y’all nowhere.” Noelle said.

“So what were y’all talking about?” I asked once everyone settled down.

“Yea, what were we talking about, Noelle?” Denise smirked. Noelle began to blush.

“Uhm, we were talking about how hot it is.”

“I’m sure it was hot, so hot that you're panting with-“ Noelle cut her off by pushing Denise and herself under the water. “What the hell, Noelle.” Denise said when they came back up.

“Shush.” I looked at them strange.

“Okay…friend, do you have anything planned for us today?”

“I actually have a full day planned for us…tomorrow.”

“What’s that?”

“I figured early morning we can hit Hollywood. Finish the day off at the universal city walk.”

“What’s up for today then?” Devone asked.

“We could hit the mall today.” Jonathan suggested. We all nodded and agreed. We continued to mess around until we headed inside to get ready for the mall.

Noelle:

“So what were you and Xavier talking about?” Jasmine asked.

“Nothing.”

“Mhm.”

“Whatever. What are you guys doing out here anyways?”

“I remember you saying last night that you were coming out here early, so I forced these fools to get up.” I just nodded. A few minutes later Porsha approached us. She got in the water where we were.

“What’s up.” She said and we all said our ‘sups’ and ‘heys’.

“You never told us if you invited Richard over that one night.” Denise stated.

“Oh, I did.” I answered nonchalantly.

“What happened?” Jonathan asked.

“I just invited him over for a couple of glasses of wine and talked.” I mumbled picking at my nails.

“Spill it, bitch.” I took a deep breath.

“Okay, okay. Things got a little heated…” I was cut off by Denise.

“You had sex with him?”

“No.” I laughed. “I just got some head!” I laughed making them squeal.

“Was he good? How many times did you cum?” Porsha asked.

“Oop, someone’s a freak.” We laughed. “He was better than what I’ve had before. Twice to answer your question.”

“Were you thinking about your Spanish lover during it?” Denise asked slickly as we all looked at the guys before they laughed. I just blushed in embarrassment.

“Shut up.”

“You don’t want him to get a taste? I’m sure he’ll be more than willing to.”

“Nah, I doubt I’m his type anyways. Wait! Not saying that I’m interested or anything. I’m just saying.”

“Did you get to finish that dream though?” I wish. I shook my head no. I shushed them when I noticed the guys coming over. I do not want Xavier to find out about my dream. That would be horrifying.

“Why y’all so quiet now?” Kendrick smirked before he did a cannon ball jump into the pool.

“Kendrick!” Denise snapped. For some reason all of the guys followed his footsteps.

“Can’t take y’all nowhere.” I mumbled.

“So what were y’all talking about?” Xavier asked once everyone settled down.

“Yea, what were we talking about, Noelle?” Denise smirked. I couldn’t help but to blush since he was the topic. I had to think of something fast.

“Uhm, we were talking about how hot it is.”

“I’m sure it was hot, so hot that you're panting with-“ I had to cut her off before she said more. I pushed her down under the water along with myself. “What the hell, Noelle.” Denise said when we both got up.

“Shush.”

“Okay…friend, do you have anything planned for us today?” Xavier asked.

“I actually have a full day planned for us…tomorrow.”

“What’s that?”

“I figured early morning we can hit Hollywood. Finish the day off at the Universal Citywalk.”

“What’s up for today then?” Devone asked.

“We could hit the mall today.” Jonathan suggested. We all nodded and agreed. We continued to talk and stuff before leaving to the mall.

***

“Dang Xavier, your hotline is blinging.” Jonathan exclaimed as we sat at a big booth in hooters.

“I know right. Who is it if you don’t mind me asking?” Denise asked.  

“Some chick named Ashleigh I met at the club last night.”

“Y’all went to the club? I thought you said y’all were going to an arcade?” Jasmine asked staring a hole into the side of Kendrick’s head. He turned towards her trying to give her an innocent smile.

“We did go to the arcade. After that, we went to the club for a little.”

“Mhm, I bet.” Once again, Xavier's phone went off.

“Y’all do something that got her to be riding you like that?” Denise asked suspiciously. I was acting like I wasn’t paying attention and listening to whatever Richard was rambling about. I was really listening for his response. Xavier licked his lips before smirking.

“I mean, I didn’t do much. I was pretty much on the receiving end.”

“You got her strung from just sucking your dick?” Denise belted putting emphasis on her and your.

“When you got dick like mine, that tends to happen.” I spit out my drink in shock, choking a little.

“Xavier! I didn’t know you had a dirty mouth like that.”

“Oh, it gets dirtier.” He winked before taking a bite into his burger. I began to feel myself blush. Was he flirting with me? Nah, he couldn’t be. I cleared my throat before speaking.

“I want everyone to meet in the lobby at 8:30 am, 9:00 the latest. Make sure you dress comfortably because we’re going to be doing a lot of walking. We can buy some while we’re here, but still bring a water bottle. I want to make sure no one gets dehydrated on me.” I announced. After that, everyone kind of went off to their own conversations. Currently I was listening to Richard talk about work.

“It can be stressful with certain cases.” I nodded agreeing. Richard is a lawyer and some of the cases he had to deal with, I don’t think I would be able to.

“Noelle.” I heard Xavier’s voice call me.

“Yea?”

“Can I talk to you for a minute?” I nodded before excusing myself to go see what he wants.

Xavier:

I decided to be petty and smirk at Richard as he watched us walk away. I can be immature too. “What’s up?” she asked once we stepped outside of hooters. I decided I would ask her about Sunday dinner.

“You're my friend right?” I started off. She smiled before responding.

“Of course, now what’s on your mind?”

“My peoples are having Sunday dinner, as they usually do, anyways, would you accompany me this Sunday?” I asked a little nervous. I rubbed the back of my neck as I waited for her answer.

“I would love to.” She smiled. I nodded smiling as well.

“Cool, cool. All right, lets head back inside.” I wanted to be petty one more time. When I walked in behind Noelle and noticed Richard glaring at me, I mockingly wiped my lips like we just finished kissing. I’m done now…I think.