going through. Shopping eased that pain for the moment. My girl was all smiles, swiping away.
We made plans to go out clubbing, but we hadn’t figured out what club we wanted to go to. Jillian suggested we hit the strip club and I didn’t think that was a bad idea. So, I dropped them off at theirs houses and went to get ready, but first I had to make a quick stop at my grandmother’s house. She called me earlier and asked me to come over to help her with something.
“Grandma, Dorian!” I yelled walking through the front door. The house was unusually quiet for a Friday evening, “Grandma! Dorian!” I shouted again.
“What you doing all that yelling for girl?” my grandmother said, walking into the house from the backyard.
“I didn’t hear anybody and it’s kind of quiet in here,” I said, giving her a hug. “Where’s Dorian?”
“He was upstairs playing that damn game. Did you see Colin?”
The look on my face was pure astonishment when she mentioned that man’s name. I asked her what she said because I wanted to make sure I heard her right, “Did I see who?”
“Girl, you heard me. I said, have you seen Colin, he’s back in town. He came by this morning and asked about you.”
Colin Hall was my high school sweetheart; my first love. Back then there was nothing bad you could tell me about Colin; nothing. I loved everything about him; everything. I lost my virginity to Colin, went on my first date with him, my first kiss; we did everything together. I loved me some Colin, but our relationship didn’t last because he was getting into trouble, so his mother made him enroll in the army once he turned eighteen.
“Why is he looking for me? I don’t have anything to say to him,” I replied. I was trying to act like him being in town didn’t mean anything, but I was fronting.
“Oh, cut it out, Cherish. You know how much that boy loves you. He’s handsome too. Got all tall and stuff, you should see him,” she said, smiling.
“I don’t wanna see him, grandma,” I walked out of the kitchen and into the living room, and the front doorbell rang. I looked back at my grandmother and she was still smiling.
This better not be Colin at this door , I thought. “Who is it?” No one answered, so I opened the door to see who it was.
“Wassup, Cherish, Dorian here?” Kevin asked. He was my little brother’s friend.
“Hey Kevin,” I let him in. “He’s upstairs.”
I could hear my grandmother in the background giggling. “That’s not funny, grandma.”
I stayed for almost an hour. She fed me, we talked about everything and I helped her hook-up her new surround sound system that Dorian had given her.
“Where he get the money to buy this, grandma? This is nice,” I said.
“I don’t know, Cherish. I don’t even ask anymore. I told you to talk to him.”
“I did talk to him,” I told her. When I looked up Dorian and his friend were coming down the stairs. He had new sneakers, new clothes; other than what I had brought him, and he had a gold watch on.
“Whaddup, sis,” he smiled.
“Where you think you going, it’s nine o clock?” I said.
“C’mon sis, don’t embarrass me in front of my friends. I’m going out for a minute, I’m comin’ right back.”
“You know we still haven’t talked about everything that happened,”
“I know sis, we’ll talk.” He rushed out the door.
My grandmother just stared at me. “Is that what you call talking to him?” she shook her head.
________
We decided to go to Sues Rendezvous which wasn’t too far from where my grandmother lived. The girls were pretty, the music was good, and the bottles were on deck. Jill grabbed some bad Spanish chick and had her dance on the pole that was in our section. I had five thousand dollars in singles on our table and Raquel was getting wasted, making it rain.
Jillian tapped me on my shoulder. “Look, she’s drunk,’ she pointed at Raquel.
“I know right, look at her!” we laughed
We made plans to go out clubbing, but we hadn’t figured out what club we wanted to go to. Jillian suggested we hit the strip club and I didn’t think that was a bad idea. So, I dropped them off at theirs houses and went to get ready, but first I had to make a quick stop at my grandmother’s house. She called me earlier and asked me to come over to help her with something.
“Grandma, Dorian!” I yelled walking through the front door. The house was unusually quiet for a Friday evening, “Grandma! Dorian!” I shouted again.
“What you doing all that yelling for girl?” my grandmother said, walking into the house from the backyard.
“I didn’t hear anybody and it’s kind of quiet in here,” I said, giving her a hug. “Where’s Dorian?”
“He was upstairs playing that damn game. Did you see Colin?”
The look on my face was pure astonishment when she mentioned that man’s name. I asked her what she said because I wanted to make sure I heard her right, “Did I see who?”
“Girl, you heard me. I said, have you seen Colin, he’s back in town. He came by this morning and asked about you.”
Colin Hall was my high school sweetheart; my first love. Back then there was nothing bad you could tell me about Colin; nothing. I loved everything about him; everything. I lost my virginity to Colin, went on my first date with him, my first kiss; we did everything together. I loved me some Colin, but our relationship didn’t last because he was getting into trouble, so his mother made him enroll in the army once he turned eighteen.
“Why is he looking for me? I don’t have anything to say to him,” I replied. I was trying to act like him being in town didn’t mean anything, but I was fronting.
“Oh, cut it out, Cherish. You know how much that boy loves you. He’s handsome too. Got all tall and stuff, you should see him,” she said, smiling.
“I don’t wanna see him, grandma,” I walked out of the kitchen and into the living room, and the front doorbell rang. I looked back at my grandmother and she was still smiling.
This better not be Colin at this door , I thought. “Who is it?” No one answered, so I opened the door to see who it was.
“Wassup, Cherish, Dorian here?” Kevin asked. He was my little brother’s friend.
“Hey Kevin,” I let him in. “He’s upstairs.”
I could hear my grandmother in the background giggling. “That’s not funny, grandma.”
I stayed for almost an hour. She fed me, we talked about everything and I helped her hook-up her new surround sound system that Dorian had given her.
“Where he get the money to buy this, grandma? This is nice,” I said.
“I don’t know, Cherish. I don’t even ask anymore. I told you to talk to him.”
“I did talk to him,” I told her. When I looked up Dorian and his friend were coming down the stairs. He had new sneakers, new clothes; other than what I had brought him, and he had a gold watch on.
“Whaddup, sis,” he smiled.
“Where you think you going, it’s nine o clock?” I said.
“C’mon sis, don’t embarrass me in front of my friends. I’m going out for a minute, I’m comin’ right back.”
“You know we still haven’t talked about everything that happened,”
“I know sis, we’ll talk.” He rushed out the door.
My grandmother just stared at me. “Is that what you call talking to him?” she shook her head.
________
We decided to go to Sues Rendezvous which wasn’t too far from where my grandmother lived. The girls were pretty, the music was good, and the bottles were on deck. Jill grabbed some bad Spanish chick and had her dance on the pole that was in our section. I had five thousand dollars in singles on our table and Raquel was getting wasted, making it rain.
Jillian tapped me on my shoulder. “Look, she’s drunk,’ she pointed at Raquel.
“I know right, look at her!” we laughed
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