laughed, “ Ladies night?”
“Yes, ladies night, now what do you want, Colin?”
“I want you, Cherish.”
He looked me right in my eyes when he said it. I wanted to grab him by the back of his head and shove my tongue in his mouth, but I didn’t.
“Why Colin, why do you want me? What makes me so special now?”
He turned in his seat and faced me. “You’ve always been special, Cherish. I know things didn’t go the way we thought they would, but look, we got a second chance. We got a second chance to make it work,”
“It’s not going to work, Colin,”
“Why?”
“Because it’s different now,” I was holding back tears.
He placed his hand on my leg. “You’re right, Cherish… everything is different. You’re different, I’m different, but together we can make this work. I believe in us. I love you, Cherish.”
“You can’t do this, Colin!” I could no longer hold in the tears. They came pouring down my face. “This is not right, Colin. You can’t always have it your way,” I cried.
“Cherish,” he touched my cheek and wiped the tears from my face. “I get it now. It may have taken me a while, but I get it. I don’t want anyone else but you,” he leaned in and kissed me.
I pulled back. “I can’t do this,” I said, reaching for the door handle. He grabbed my arm and I jerked away from him. “I’m going back inside,” I told him.
I heard his door slam and he jogged to catch up to me.
“Cherish, wait… let me say something—”
“No,” I turned around and got right in his face. “Let me say something, Colin… it’s not alright for you to come here and think after all these years that everything is just going to be alright, it’s not. My life is great and I intended to live it that way. I don’t appreciate you coming here trying to stir up old feelings. I buried those feelings, Colin, and I’m not digging them up, so please… let me enjoy my night with my girls. Now, I’m going back inside.”
He just stared at me while I walked off.
“Cherish! Cherish Parker!” someone shouted. I knew that voice. I was going to keep walking into Sues, but something told me to turn around.
“What do you want Marlon?” I said.
“Cherish, can I talk to you for a minute?” he asked, stepping closer.
“No,” I walked pass the bouncer and went back into Sues.
When I got back to our section Raquel had her clothes on and Jill was nowhere to be found. I turned around and Colin and Marlon were on my heels. Colin sat right next to me.
“What he want?” he asked, referring to Marlon.
“Nothing, he’s my ex,” I told him.
Colin stood up and looked at me. “Oh, that’s why things are different, huh… you fuckin’ baseball superstars’ n’ shit. I guess you ain’t got no time for me, I’m jus’ a regular nigga,”
“Colin, you need to leave,” I said.
“Cherish, Cherish, can I talk to you!” Marlon yelled.
“No, Marlon!” I turned to Raquel. “Where’s Jill? It’s time to go,” she pointed to the bar. I slid pass Colin and Marlon and went to find my friend. I walked around half the bar and spotted her at the far left corner. “Jill, c’mon, we’re leaving,” I told her. She was talking to two big dudes. They looked like bouncers.
“Hol’ up, Ma,” one of the guys said. “I jus’ brought you that bottle and you jus’ gon’ bounce like that on me?”
I saw it in Jill’s facial expression, she was about to go off. I tried to grab her and pull her away, but she wasn’t budging.
“Wait a minute muthafucka, first of all, I didn’t ask you to buy me shit, I can buy my own bottles,” she reached in her purse, pulled out a hand full of bills and tossed them in the guy’s face. “Fuck you, you broke ass nigga!”
The guy jumped out his seat and mushed Jill. She almost fell, but she caught her balance and before I could react she was charging at him. All I heard was a thump and the big guy was on the floor. Jill stood there with the champagne
“Yes, ladies night, now what do you want, Colin?”
“I want you, Cherish.”
He looked me right in my eyes when he said it. I wanted to grab him by the back of his head and shove my tongue in his mouth, but I didn’t.
“Why Colin, why do you want me? What makes me so special now?”
He turned in his seat and faced me. “You’ve always been special, Cherish. I know things didn’t go the way we thought they would, but look, we got a second chance. We got a second chance to make it work,”
“It’s not going to work, Colin,”
“Why?”
“Because it’s different now,” I was holding back tears.
He placed his hand on my leg. “You’re right, Cherish… everything is different. You’re different, I’m different, but together we can make this work. I believe in us. I love you, Cherish.”
“You can’t do this, Colin!” I could no longer hold in the tears. They came pouring down my face. “This is not right, Colin. You can’t always have it your way,” I cried.
“Cherish,” he touched my cheek and wiped the tears from my face. “I get it now. It may have taken me a while, but I get it. I don’t want anyone else but you,” he leaned in and kissed me.
I pulled back. “I can’t do this,” I said, reaching for the door handle. He grabbed my arm and I jerked away from him. “I’m going back inside,” I told him.
I heard his door slam and he jogged to catch up to me.
“Cherish, wait… let me say something—”
“No,” I turned around and got right in his face. “Let me say something, Colin… it’s not alright for you to come here and think after all these years that everything is just going to be alright, it’s not. My life is great and I intended to live it that way. I don’t appreciate you coming here trying to stir up old feelings. I buried those feelings, Colin, and I’m not digging them up, so please… let me enjoy my night with my girls. Now, I’m going back inside.”
He just stared at me while I walked off.
“Cherish! Cherish Parker!” someone shouted. I knew that voice. I was going to keep walking into Sues, but something told me to turn around.
“What do you want Marlon?” I said.
“Cherish, can I talk to you for a minute?” he asked, stepping closer.
“No,” I walked pass the bouncer and went back into Sues.
When I got back to our section Raquel had her clothes on and Jill was nowhere to be found. I turned around and Colin and Marlon were on my heels. Colin sat right next to me.
“What he want?” he asked, referring to Marlon.
“Nothing, he’s my ex,” I told him.
Colin stood up and looked at me. “Oh, that’s why things are different, huh… you fuckin’ baseball superstars’ n’ shit. I guess you ain’t got no time for me, I’m jus’ a regular nigga,”
“Colin, you need to leave,” I said.
“Cherish, Cherish, can I talk to you!” Marlon yelled.
“No, Marlon!” I turned to Raquel. “Where’s Jill? It’s time to go,” she pointed to the bar. I slid pass Colin and Marlon and went to find my friend. I walked around half the bar and spotted her at the far left corner. “Jill, c’mon, we’re leaving,” I told her. She was talking to two big dudes. They looked like bouncers.
“Hol’ up, Ma,” one of the guys said. “I jus’ brought you that bottle and you jus’ gon’ bounce like that on me?”
I saw it in Jill’s facial expression, she was about to go off. I tried to grab her and pull her away, but she wasn’t budging.
“Wait a minute muthafucka, first of all, I didn’t ask you to buy me shit, I can buy my own bottles,” she reached in her purse, pulled out a hand full of bills and tossed them in the guy’s face. “Fuck you, you broke ass nigga!”
The guy jumped out his seat and mushed Jill. She almost fell, but she caught her balance and before I could react she was charging at him. All I heard was a thump and the big guy was on the floor. Jill stood there with the champagne
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