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“Hell yeah. He the reason we gotta go re-up now,” Damien added. “I thought the bags we had would last us at least three days. His ass went through the shit all-fucking-ready.”
“What y’all expect? His tolerance is high as hell. Of course he’s going to have to smoke all day to feel the effects of the one or two blunts y’all smoke,” Haley replied, and I wasn’t sure if she’d noticed she was taking up for him or not.
“Tell ’em, stink,” Antonne replied, and I chuckled when she rolled her eyes.
“I told you not to call me that.”
“You told me not to call you baby or pooh, so what else you want me to call you?”
“Haley works just fine, thank you.”
“Aight… Haley.” The way he enunciated each syllable of her name had me and Kahlil locking eyes and shaking our heads before we chuckled.
“If y’all don’t just get together already,” Hosea said, linking his fingers with Cartier’s.
“That man in a whole relationship,” Haley replied, moving from between Antonne and Hosea to the other side of Cartier. Even with everyone in our crew getting along, we still had our little clicks. Haley and Cartier were really close which made sense because Cartier was with her brother Hosea. Honey and Janae were locked in naturally, but Harmony had joined them to create a trio instead of a duo, and Nicole and Denali were like two peas in a pod.
They all were my brothers, but Kahlil and I were closest, as to be expected. I think I was closest to Antonne and Elite outside of him, though. Those were the two I hung with a few times out of the week, but I would kick it with everyone else on the weekend.
“How you feeling?” I asked Kahlil low enough for only him to hear. When he first told me that he was going to propose to Honey, my first question was what the hell had taken him so long. I knew they were going to get married the first time he talked to me about her. His tone, expression, and word selection were different with her compared to the other women he’d dealt with. And when I spent time with Honey while he was taking care of business, I gained confidence that she could give him the love he had for her in return.
“I’m feeling good, brother,” he replied, eyes glossy from the alcohol he’d consumed. “I’m with my people to celebrate marrying the love of my life. Only thing that could make this moment better is having Pops here with us.”
My gaze was unfocused as I smiled slightly while sadness filled me. Kahlil recovered quickly, masking his sadness with a genuine smile.
“What’s up with you and Janae? Something is different.”
I shrugged, lowering my head to hide my grin. Felt like she had a nigga blushing and shit. “Somethingisdifferent.”
He stared at the side of my face for a few seconds before realization set in. When it did, his eyes widened and mouth hung open before he wrapped his arm around my neck and pulled me away from the crew.
“Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”
“We haven’t committed but we did have sex. And that shit was the best I ever had. I’m even more sprung now.”
Kahlil chuckled, and I smiled, but my statement was true. “So what are you going to do, Tyreek? Youknowshe doesn’t want to be in a relationship.”
“I know she doesn’t and I’m not on that with her anymore. Right now, I’m just focused on making sure we both have a good time.”
“Yeah, but are you going to be content with that when we get back home?”
I looked back at her, smiling at the sight of her talking to Honey and Harmony while she looked at me. They were probably having the same conversation we were. Men swore they didn’t gossip as much as women did, but we did, and thoroughly enjoyed that shit too.
“I’ll release her if she wants me to.”
“And what about you want?”
“If I put her first, I’ll get what I want too. I’m confident about that. The better I treat her, the better God will bless me. If He decides there’s someone better for me than her, my new woman will be my reward. If not, I’ll get Nae when the time is right.”
“That’s what I love to hear,” he said, dapping me up.
It wasn’t lost on me that he and a few others believed I’d given up on Janae too easily. They weren’t the ones struggling with her lack of effort the way I was though. Did I believe we could have a healthy relationship? Absolutely. But the right love at the wrong time was just as toxic as being with someone who was no good for you. Regardless of how much I wanted Janae, things wouldn’t work until we were on the same page, and I had a feeling this trip was going to speed up that process.
CHAPTER10
Janae
I knew my ass was good and drunk when I started trying to fuck Tyreek in front of everybody. We’d gone to this day party that had all of us drunk off mimosas. It hit me out of nowhere, and before I could stop myself, I was gripping his dick and kissing his neck like we weren’t in a public place. Thankfully, it didn’t take us long to get back to the suite, and as soon as the door closed behind us, I was pressing him against it and getting down on my knees.
