“Nope. We perfect. When things are meant to be they fall into place. I ain’t saying there won’t be hard moments because there will. But when it’s right, it’s right. Nothing or no one can come up against it. And if they try, I bet you I lay their asses out.”
I pecked his lips.Crazy ass.
MALIK
I couldn’t have rushed to Ree fast enough. It was something about her being that had me missing her when I wasn’t around her. It threw me for a loop at first, but after a while I went with the flow. I wasn’t no needy nigga by nature, but with her it brought something else out. In her presence I had to be touching her and out of her presence I had to hear her. Ree was blow for a nigga, and after my first hit I was addicted. With this high methadone wouldn’t do shit because I was too far gone. Right now with her leg layered on my body and head on my chest there was nowhere else I would’ve rather been.
The sound of my phone vibrating and ringing on the nightstand interrupted my moment. Knowing I probably should’ve just allowed it to roll over, I reached for the phone. I didn’t recognize the number calling, but I still answered, because it could’ve been one of the lil’ niggas with a problem.
“Yeah.”
“You know, I don’t like people interfering with my business.”
“The fuck is this?” I sat up and slid from her embrace knowing damn well it was where I wanted to stay. I didn’t want to interrupt her sleep if I got loud.
“Someone with nothing to lose, and everything to gain. You and your partner made a power move, now be ready for the consequences. You both are not the only people who can make those moves.”
“Come see about me then. At least do a nigga the honors of letting me know whose forehead I’m opening.”
“Rikov. You’ll see me soon.” He hung up seconds later.
My first call was to Marbles for him to get me a profile on this Rikov, and my next was to Zero. He had to know we had more than just Georgie and the gang at our heads. By the time Ifinished talking to him, it was six in the morning and shorty was up starting her day.
“Want me to take you to the shop? It’s date night, so I’ma end up picking you up anyway.”
“If you want to, baby. I don’t wanna be rushing you when it’s time for me to go. I only have like three clients today.”
“Nah, you’re good. It’s not a long day at all. I’m just spitting with Ro about some shit, and I have an appointment for an outline.”
She nodded moving around the room to get dressed. “Can we stop atStarbuckson the way?
I chuckled. “Long as you come on.”
I was finished dressing before her, because not only did I really not have shit here, but I was only throwing on sweats. I ain’t have nobody to impress and tonight’s date night was at one of those drive through movie theaters. I’d found one a little way out of the city, and I knew she wanted to see that Final Furious shit.
By the time we left the crib it was a quarter ‘til nine. Yeah, she took forever to get dressed, and even longer to walk out of the door. Ree was a perfectionist, so she went on and on about needing her sister to install a unit in her head. Shit, I didn’t see anything wrong with her hair right now, but I knew not to say anything. I knew straight up to shut the fuck up or we wouldn’t get out of her place until at least twelve.
By the time we made it to the coffee shop that she faithfully went to, the morning rush had slowed down. Last time I nearly cursed a nigga out for grabbing the fucking cup and touching all over it, then saying it wasn’t his. That was some nasty ass shit.
When we got to the front of the line and Ree ordered her drink, I called myself looking up at the menu to see what I wanted, but I didn’t know what the shit was. Even the fucking sizes were different, what the fuck happened to a small mediumor large? What the fuck was a Venti? The only thing I knew on this fucking menu was the word espresso, and I knew that much because it was the coffee addicts equivalent to crack.
“Get me what you got last time. And hold that extra espresso shit.”
Ree laughed but ordered my drink. “You want extra caramel at least?”
I looked at her ass confused, because why in the fuck would I want any of that?
It took them a minute, but when they finally got our shit together, we were on our way, and once again I was pissed that we had to part ways because I was mad stingy with her time, but I understood that she had to get her coins and I had to get mine as well.
“Six?” I asked when we pulled up to the shop.
“Yep, and if you get here early don’t come in. I can’t have you insulting my clients.”
I shook my head. “The fuck I’m supposed to say if a motherfucker asks me how something looks?”
“Shit, I don’t know. Play blind if necessary.”
I chuckled. “Well fine. Ray Charles to the bullshit.”