was no smile on his face at
all.
“ We
work together at the restaurant. He's also a teacher. Knock your crap
off. Did I get all fifty questions on Renee when I met her?” I
asked.
“ It's
different,” he said. “You're my little sister.”
“ Younger
by ten minutes. I think it's time you got over that. The whole big
brother thing doesn't work anymore. I'm not a little girl. I'm a
grown woman. I've been with way more than just him since I left
here,” I said with a loud laugh.
I
heard Jackson take a deep breath and grumble something under his
breath. My brother looked at me. His eyes were wide, and his mouth
was open. Better get used to the new me, I thought to myself. I
looked up at Chris. He had a huge smile on his face. Then I looked at
my brother.
“ Is
that shocked look on your face because your little sister hasn't been
a hermit all her life, or is it that I said that in front of Chris?”
I asked. “We've been very good friends for over five years. He
knows more about me than he probably wants to.”
“ What
the heck happened to you?” Tim asked.
“ I
woke up and realized that the person I was wasn't good enough, so I
made some changes,” I said.
I
watched Jackson's jaw tighten and his chest puff out.
“ Don't
we have something to rehearse for?” I asked.
I
grabbed Chris by the hand and started to pull him along with me down
the aisle. He leaned down close to my ear.
“ We
will be discussing this, woman. You owe me huge after what I'm about
to go through,” he whispered, as he reached down and grabbed my
butt.
I
let out a laugh, as I looked up at him, puckered my lips, and got him
right on the cheek.
“ You
can sit here while we rehearse, honey,” I said. “It won't
be too long.”
“ Anything
for you, dear,” he said.
I
knew I was going to pay big for what I had done.
Chapter
3
Tina
Everyone
else that was in the wedding walked to the front of the church. I
walked behind them and happened to be right behind Jackson. There was
no way I could help but look at his ass. It was tight and looked
perfect in those pants. I swear those pants were made just for him.
It was like they held onto his ass perfectly. I was starting to see a
pattern in the way I looked at asses. I'd heard men say they were a
breast man or an ass man. I guess I was an ass woman.
I
heard Chris clear his throat. When I looked back at him, he narrowed
his eyes at me. Busted, I thought. I let out a laugh that had
everyone turning to look at me.
“ Sorry,”
I said.
When
we got to the front, I noticed the woman that Jackson was touching
standing there with us. Renee began introducing the other girls in
the wedding party to me. When she introduced Jackson's woman as
Bridget, the maid of honor and her best friend, it took all I had not
to puke everywhere. I looked between Jackson and my brother and
pulled out the Tina I had become.
“ How
sweet are you guys,” I said without thinking. “Best
friends dating best friends. Isn't that just the cutest thing I've
ever seen?”
A
huge smile spread across Bridget's face and she giggled. When
Jackson's eyes shot over at me, I could see his nostrils flare. He
quickly narrowed his eyes. That seemed to be happening to me a lot
since I'd walked in those doors.
“ I
just met Bridget a little bit ago. It was while we were all passing
time while we waited for you to arrive considerably late, Tiny,”
he said sarcastically.
Who
the heck did he think he was? I felt my blood beginning to boil. That
punk wasn't going to get away with scolding me for being late.
“ There
wasn't much I could do since there was no plane at the gate. If there
had been, I would have flown it myself just so I could be on time,
Jackie,” I said, being sure to say Jackie as harshly as
possible. “I'm so sorry if I wasted any of your precious time.
I'm sure you have so much to do. If I knew it was going to bother you
so much, I would have gone to the hotel so I didn't have to come here
looking like
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