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" You were good which was the only reason I
did
stay. You put it on my ass." Darien said laughing. " Imma get on up and out your way in a few minutes though. " Darien said.

" Take your time and wake up good." Kita said throwing the covers off of her naked body and standing up and looking at him " Girl you have a beautiful body,you already know that though." Darien said looking her over again now that it was morning. His eyes and the drinks from last night had not deceived him. Kita was stil as fine as he thought she was when he came home with her last night.

" I have an extra toothbrush why don't you have breakfast with me before you leave?"

Kita said.

"Sounds good to me." Darien said following Kita into the bathroom where they had sex in the shower, and later came up for air and breakfast. Darien looked at her observantly " You're real free with yourself aren't you?" Kita laughed " By free are you asking me if I'm a ho and do I bring men home al the time? No and no." Kita said laughing." I mean I wont lie. I love sex and I know what I like because I had a great teacher."

Darien started to laugh." What's so funny?"

" Nothing. I'm laughing because that's exactly what I thought to myself. I was like damn whoever she's been with showed her every trick in the book...I'd like to shake his damn hand!" Darien said laughing with Kita joining in." Whatever! You men always want to take credit for something. Maybe I'm just a naturally sexual person." Kita said.

" Whatever. Yeah some women are sexually free but we did way more than you do with someone you met at the club last night. Don't get me wrong though baby,I aint judging you. I was doing the same thing as you. I try not to be a hypocrite in these type situations." Darien said smiling .

"Wel you were just what I needed. I've had a lot on my mind lately. Trying to get over a break-up, even though I real y don't want to." Kita said sadly.

" Looks like we have a lot in common then. I'm trying to get over someone too...even though I don't want to. I'm the one that fucked up in the relationship though." Darien said." You don't miss what you had until it's gone though and someone else is enjoying your good thing." Darien said standing up "Let me get dressed and head on out. I had a good time with you though,we should keep in touch." Darien said leaning down to kiss her.

" Let's make sure we do that." Kita said smiling. Darien went into her bedroom to finish getting dressed.

Kita went about throwing their breakfast dishes into the dishwasher.

" Kita! Can you come here please." Darien cal ed from her bedroom.

When she walked in Darien was holding the picture of her and Tyson that was on her nightstand.

" What are you doing in here touching my stuff?" Kita said walking towards him.

" Girl please. Aint nobody touching your stuff. You aint got shit up in this muthafucka nobody want." Darien said frowning" I thought the shit was turned around on accident and went to fix it for you. That's besides the goddamn point anyhow." Darien said.

" What's this muthafucka's name in this picture with you?" Darien asked angrily.

"It's my ex-boyfriend Tyson." Kita said bewildered by his sudden mood change and interest in the picture.

" What the fuck
is it
with goddamn cracker? Can I not get away from seeing or hearing about this honky for one goddamn night?" Darien said ranting and pacing the floor.

" Umm you need to tel me what the hel is going on. Now. You're starting to scare me and what the hell does my ex-boyfriend Tyson have to do with you?" Kita said snatching the picture out of his hands and placing it gently back on the nightstand.

" Aint
this
some shit right here." Darien said shaking his head " You know how
you
said you're trying to get over your ex? I said I'm trying to get over
my
ex? Your ex-boyfriend is Tyson and my ex-girlfriend is Jazzlyn.
Our
ex's are a couple now. Now that I'm thinking about it when we met upstairs on the balcony we were both looking down at them on the dance floor weren't we?"

"That bitch with my man is your ex-girlfriend?" Kita said.

" Watch your goddamn mouth ho! We've been cool so far but keep my Jazzlyns name out ya damn mouth ya hear me? Hel what kind damn spel is this white boy putting on you sistas? Had his dirty hands all over my Jazzlyn!" Darien said.

"Wel don't you say anything about Tyson! He's perfect and any woman with sense would want to be him. I want him back." Kita said sitting on the edge of the bed.

" You know it's funny in a way how this happened. Kita last night I was so close to walking downstairs and starting a scene last night but I held myself back because I didn't want Jazzlyn to be mad at me and think I hadn't changed at all." Darien said sitting down next to Kita.

" Same with me. Tyson had me meet him for lunch a few weeks ago to tell me to stop cal ing and sending gifts to his job. He said if I didn't stop he'd have to see about getting another restraining order out against me." Kita said.

"Damn! It's that serious?" Darien asked looking at her sideways.

" Yep. It got that serious." Kita said.

" Wel the way I see it, you and I have the perfect opportunity to make some shit happen here. Regardless of how I messed up in my relationship with Jazzlyn, I know she loved me and stil has some love for me. If she found out I was dating her current mans ex, I don't think she'd be too happy about that. Does white boy have any feeling for you?"

" His name is Tyson,Darien. I know at one time he loved me very much. We were talking marriage before I messed it all up. I do think he cares for me though. I can't say it's love though to be honest." Kita said.

" Tyson don't know what he's going to feel when he see's us together. I can tell you right now we've almost gotten into it a couple times. He aint gonna want to see you with me even if he
don't
want you. So I think if we play this thing out right,it could get us both what we want." Darien said.

" I think you're right" Kita said a smile spreading across her face " Even if it doesn't work,it'l be fun to fuck with them a little bit. Hel why should they have al the fun?"

Fighting Words

"Baby how long do you think you'll be helping Nicole get moved?" Jazzlyn asked Tyson as he was putting on his sweat pants and t shirt.

" Damn if I know. Nicole said she has everything packed and ready to go. It's just a matter of loading it all in the truck and into the new place. That better be all it is because I'm tired as hell after last night." Tyson said.

" Hey?" Tyson said smiling " You think Jevon made it home last night or what?"

"I want to say yes because I know how Sherica is, but Isiah stayed the night at her moms house so I
do
know she had the place to herself. Jevon better not be playing with my friend Tyson. If you slip up and tell me anything bad he's doing, I'm tel ing you right now I'm telling Sherica!" Jazzlyn said rolling her eyes.

" Baby for some reason I think they're going to work. At least I hope they do. Jevon is a good dude. He just needs the right woman to come along and make him want to be the best. Now tell me this...what happened last night at Romanos that made you mad?"

Tyson asked.

"Oh my God" Jazzlyn said " You know Sherica and I went into the bathroom after we ordered right? Well how about as soon as we went into our stalls we hear two women talking about you and I !" Jazzlyn said.

" What were they saying?" Tyson asked.

"Wel it was real y just one woman going on and on about how black women need to stick with black men and here she is out with her female friend and yet I'm walking in with you and how good looking you were. I wanted to explode. But I just checked her real fast and they left."

" OK, that wasn't nothing then. You handled it." Tyson said putting on his shoes.

" What do you mean it wasn't nothing? I don't want to hear that mess every time we're out!"

" Wel baby you can't stop people from expressing their opinions. As long as they aint directly coming at you with the shit or putting their hands on you what are you going to do? Get into it with everyone you
think
is looking at you sideways? Come on Jazzlyn you know better than that. Hel when we walked in the club last night I heard some dudes saying how good you and Sherica looked but at least she was with a brotha."

Tyson said laughing.

" You heard that?"

" Of course I heard it Jazzlyn but I don't give a fuck about that. What am I supposed to do? Get into it with some dude that's mad he's posted up at the door with a bunch of other dudes with no women and I'm walking in with one? A fine one at that."

Jazzlyn sat there looking pissed off.

" Baby let me explain some things to you. I know you've only dealt with black men before and some things having to do with being with me you have to get used to but a lot of things don't have anything to do with race. If you put it al in perspective it's really not a big deal. Now I aint trying to toot my own horn but goddammit toot-toot."Tyson said running his hands over his face and striking a pose.

I'm white,but I'm
not
an ugly man. I have women of
all
races hit on me all the time. I basically can truthful y tell you I get hit on Every.Single.Day. and have since I was a teenager. What you dealt with last night wasn't really a race thing. It was you have a fine ass man thing. You feel me? Do you really think those two broads in the bathroom would have had anything to say had you walked in with ol boy that lives down the hall?

What's his name Charles?" Tyson asked.

Jazzlyn frowned at the very thought of their neighbor who looked like a straight geek.

" Now see your facial expression right now says it al ." Tyson said laughing." They wouldn't have had a word to say had you walked in with his ass...though they would have probably assumed he was giving you al his damn money otherwise why would
you
be with
him
."

"It's jealousy. The same thing goes for you. You're a beautiful woman. You got that pretty ass smooth dark skin, long ass
real
hair. Hell you know I had to mention the hair because some of these sistas won't leave the damn house without they weave or a wig on their head...like your girl Trevonne. She's rocking a head full of damn weave but I guarantee you everyone questions if your hair is real because you're dark and assumes her hair is real because she's light don't they?" Tyson asked.

" All the time!" Jazzlyn said laughing" I've had people running their hands through my hair, weave checking me since I was a little girl." Jazzlyn said." I was born with a ton of hair.."

"Me too." Tyson said " I wasn't one of those bald little white babies." Tyson said laughing. " Imma have my mom show you the pictures. It did kinda look like a toupee though." Tyson said laughing." Our baby is going to have a lot of hair too, I already know." Tyson said.

"My point with all this is that there will always be black men who will see us together and feel like a woman such as yourself should be with a black man. The same goes for white women. They'll feel that way even more if they're single and looking for love themselves."

" Our baby huh?" Jazzlyn said

" Yeah. Our baby. Babies I should say, I want three kids." Tyson said." Don't worry, I'm not in a rush plus I want it to all be the right way....minus the whole pre martial sex thing,since we already messed that up!"Tyson said

"What way is that?"

"The right way is I want us to be married first."

" You could see yourself spending your life with me Tyson? When I get married I want it to be one time. I'm not try to have a starter marriage."

" Honestly Jazzlyn I could. We have some work to do first but I want you in my life as long as God allows you to be."

" I know I need to get used to some things but I do love you Tyson. You've had al your life to get used to the way a lot of people are and I've had a couple months but know this. I love you. I feel more for you and look forward to every day with you more than I ever did after four years of being with Darien. I'm just not used to sometimes feeling like we're under a microscope. I just need to find the best way to handle it for me. Trust me I don't want to walk around on the defensive al the time and I do realize I can't go around cussing everyone out." Jazzlyn said.

" Truthful y Jazzlyn more often than not people are looking because they just see a nice looking couple. I try not to ever bring up ex's but Kita and I got that all the time."

Tyson said.

"The only thing you need to know is that I'm going to always be proud that you're my woman and I hope you feel that I'm your man. Now give me a kiss so I can go help my sister with this stuff. What are you getting into today?" Tyson asked.

" I'm going to catch up on some papers I need to grade for class then I'm going to start some laundry and call Sherica. Not too much baby. I'll be here,hurry back. Are you sure you don't want me to come help?"

"Nahh because as it is there's Nicole, her room mate Janay and Janay's boyfriend.

I'm really just there to be the second guy for the heavy stuff. I already told Nicole that shit better be packed up and ready to move or I'm leaving. Hel let me go so I can get this over with. Bye baby."

Three hours later,Tyson looked around his sisters new home after having just brought in the last of her boxes. Nicole had finally been able to move out of the apartment she'd been sharing with a room mate and purchased her own home." I'm proud of you Nikki." Tyson said looking around his sisters new three bedroom ranch style home. " Tell me what you need for a housewarming present and I got you. Maybe a new washer and dryer set?" Tyson said looking around " I know one thing I'm hungry as hel let's go get something to eat."

" I know right! Let's go to that little Mexican spot it's practical y right up the street and they have good food." Nicole said.

They locked up Nicole's place and talked during the ride there." So how are things going with Jazzlyn?"

" I'm in love with her Nikki. I mean there are a couple things I think she has to get used to dealing with because she's never dated anything but black men. So you know she aint used to the whole some people gawking at you and making comments and shit.