There goes my baby, there goes my destiny
Onliest one for me, there go my baby
There goes my lady, she gon' be the one
We gon' fall in love, we gonna have some babies

I was still in the shower just freshening up and having a mini concert before my date. I had a date. It just felt so good to know that after so long we were finally back to how we were. I didn't want to jinx us but these last few days have been like heaven on earth.

Knock Knock

"Aye baby you almost done in the shower? I still gotta use it after you. You're not the only one that needs to get sexy tonight you know."

I laughed. "I'm about to come out in a minute. Don't stress me out just because you need to shave your coochie cat and exfoliate your legs."

He didn't reply but he did turn off the lights to the bathroom trying to be petty.

"Turn them damn lights back on Tyrie Lamont! Stop playing with me."

I stopped the water and wrapped myself up in a towel. I started to dry off in the dark anyway because he wanted to be petty and not turn the lights back on. I felt around for the light switch and flipped it. I looked in the mirror and tried to convince myself that I loved what I saw. My hair was still wet and had reversed back to its coily state. My skin had a few blemishes now from eating bad. My chest was sagging and I had stretch marks all over. My stomach was still the same as before but I wasn't sure if that was so good or bad.

I shook my head like trying to physically shake the bad thoughts out of my mind. I know better than to ruin my own night by beating myself up.

"What to do, what to do, what to do.." I couldn't pick a fucking hairstyle and I still had to choose a dress and do my makeup. I settled on putting gel in my hair and letting it air dry, and putting Bobby pins in the sides of it to give off a fake Mohawk look with my curls. It wasn't personally my favorite but it would have to do.

"Tyrie! What didn't you give me any clothes to put on when you brought my towel?"

He didn't answer but I know he heard me. I guess I was walking out in a wet ass towel.

I tried to creep behind him on the couch to sneak to my room. He would try to make a big deal about me being in a towel and I wasn't sure I wanted the attention. I only had three steps left to reach the door when my right foot hit a squeaky floorboard.

"You out alrea-dy...shit." He looked at me wide eyed and was basically drooling. I was uncomfortable cuz I didn't feel all that cute yet. Plus being in a towel was too close to being fully naked.

I bit my nail nervously, "The showers free now so, yeah." Then I rushed in the spare bedroom and locked the door. I heard him laughing from the other side.

Oh that was so sexy Shunt'A

******

I was done getting ready know and I don't like to toot my own horn but beep beep bitch. I look good enough to eat. My hair was dry now and my makeup was giving natural beat baby.

I had on a soft pink ruffled dress that was off the shoulder and had long sleeves. I paired it with a clear chunky heel. I had never worn a dress this girly or short. I was in a mood to try something new. I wanted Tyrie to feel proud to take me out tonight. He looks like a model all the time so I have to match his fly. I definitely did that.

Can you say chef's kiss? Most importantly I felt really fucking pretty.

Tyrie has been waiting on me for at least twenty minutes but I told him he can't rush art. After that he sat he happy ass down somewhere. Now I was ready for my huge reveal.

Yes I'm all for the dramatics

I opened up the door and waited for him to hear me walk out. He got off the couch and started spouting out the compliments left and right.

"Bae, wow..like just wow. I didn't even know you had clothes like that. Fuck I could bend you over right here. Should we say fuck the dinner so I can eat you instead?"

I didn't respond to that but I'm sure my face said it all. He was so nasty I couldn't even say anything.

"Where you been hiding this dress at? Give your man a spin ma." He pulled out his phone and started recording me, just being silly.

"Am I over dressed?" I asked softly giving him a slow spin. He was dressed pretty casual so I was sort of confused since he told me to go all out.

He grabbed his car keys and we headed out the door.

"Yes and no. Yes because we aren't going to a super fancy place and no because I'm under dressed to make sure all the attention is on your fine sexy ass. I wanted to look like the help next to you my Queen."

I laughed at his extra ass comment. He was really doing the most tonight. I didn't have a problem though. He felt like my best friend from the first time we hung out at my house and shouted out movie quotes at one another.

He kissed my neck and made that made me smile. He was sometimes corny as fuck but he was so random with it that it was cute to me. Or maybe I was corny too but who knows.

We got off the elevator in the parking lot when he unlocked the doors. I was going to open my own door when he spoke out.

"Move your fucking hand. You know you don't touch doors around me."

If he could have read my mind I would have been embarrassed. Inside my head I was jumping up on down like a middle school girl when her crush first noticed her. Like "ooh bitch I think he likes me" type shit. Okay okay let me act natural so he doesn't know I'm freaking out right now.

I cleared my throat as he opened my door. "T-thank you boo."

Yup..that was real cool and grown woman like

He shut the door and went over to his side. Then we were on our way.

"Bestie where are we headed? You never even told me. You know I like to look up the menu so that I can have my meal all planned out."

I am really socially anxious and planning out what I might say in my head helps me not stutter and look stupid when the sever asks what I want. Maybe it's just me, but it helps and makes me feel comfortable.

"I would argue and say it's a surprise but I know how you are about your food. We're going to Harry's grill. While you're looking it up pick me out something to."

I did that and started playing Sims on my phone. I was really into my game, just enjoying his company in silence. After a while I felt a cold hand crawl up my thigh.

The way I was sitting was kind of hunched over looking down at my phone in my lap, so I could see Tyrie's hand just calmly resting on my thigh, thumb just rubbing my skin back and forth. I tried to use my peripheral vision to look if he's looking at me. He wasn't, it just seemed like he was completely focused on the road ahead. I think he was touching me unconsciously. Touching me somehow must calm him. I tried not to get excited and shift around from his touch even though it was hard. I just didn't want to turn something so sweet into something naughty. I also just put this god damn underwear on and I wasn't about to ruin it.

"You excited?" He asked looking at the road. He was moving his hand up my thigh a bit higher. Almost to the point where I could feel the warmth from his hand on my underwear. I don't know if he's realized that he's been moving the bottom of my dress up to get closer to that certain area.

"I-uh what? What for?"

He glanced at me for a second confused. "About our date? You know where we're headed to now."

"Ooh yeah yeah I'm really excited. I'm just kind of spaced out a little from the long car ride and having not been out with you in a while."

Plus your hand damn near in my panties, you little horny freaky fuck

Tyrie sighed. "Yeah that's my bad. I been off my shit ever since we got to Florida. I been going out early, getting cross faded, staying out late, and have been neglecting you and the relationship. You don't deserve that shit man. You deserve a boyfriend that's gone be there when you wake up or at least when you go to sleep. A boyfriend that will answer his phone when you call and that will take you out and show you off. One that isn't out with people you ain't never met being reckless and still expecting you to be on top of your own shit. We took a big step by moving in together before a full year in our relationship. I don't want you to feel like you should regret taking this chance with me."

"I don't regret it at all. I said all that because it was pent up anger towards you from loneliness that wasn't all your fault. Yes you could have taken more time to be there with me and maybe tried to help me with the transition to a new state. I understand that you want to go out and do shit with your friends that doesn't involve me. All I ask is that we don't suddenly change from being the best friends that we were in our little city high school. We used to talk all the time sunrise to sunset about nothing at all. We live in the same apartment and for weeks I couldn't get more than two sentences out to you before you were gone again. I don't ever regret taking a chance with you though. From the moment we met there was a connection, so for me starting the journey of the rest of our lives together just made sense."

Tyrie doesn't need to beat himself up about what he has or has not done for the past few weeks. I just wanted him to do better. Don't focus on the negative, instead look towards the positive.

We pulled up to the place in comfortable silence. His hand stopped rubbing my inner thigh to get out and open my door. This time I just sat still until he got it so he didn't try to chew my head off.

I saw a line out the building and I asked him if he wanted to go somewhere else instead so we wouldn't have to wait.

"Nah, we good I made a reservation. I didn't want you having to wait to be seated in heels. Them shoes sexy on you bae, but I know they can hurt."

We walked in the little lobby before you get into the full restaurant and I immediately felt eyes on us. Not like we were celebrities or anything but we did just skip a long ass line that was out the door.

I peaked over my shoulder and saw men with their families looking at me and just staring like it could make my clothes disappear. I started shifting around, which I really couldn't help when I feel like I'm being undressed by strangers eyes.

Not to mention the women that were trying to sneak peak at Tyrie like I wasn't there. I rolled my eyes, but decided to let it go. Well, after I grabbed his hand, interlocked our fingers, and gave him a small peck on the cheek. He calmed me down as he tightened the grip on my hand and smiled down at me before throwing me a wink.

Our table was clean now and we were immediately seated. Our waiter came up to us after barely a minute.

"What can I get started for y'all today? How about a drink for the gorgeous lady?" The waiter was kind of cute in a boy next door kind of way. He was short, caramel toned, and had a baby face. He almost looked like a young Diggy Simmons. He flirty Diggy Simmons from the way he was staring me down and grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

"I-uh.."

"Cat got your tongue sweetheart?" He asked, smiling hard in my face. He just completely ignored Tyrie which he wasn't going to be happy about.

Jones

Does he not fucking see me here or does he have a death wish?

Let me tell y'all what's going down. Alright so my wife is looking good enough to eat and I guess the waiter thinks that I'm a pussy. If there's one thing I hate it's disrespect. Blatant disrespect is double that.

How you gone grin all in my girl face and think I'll be okay with it?

Not to mention he making her uncomfortable and shit. Damn homie, can you not see her stuttering and looking away from your ass?

He obviously one of them niggas that don't take no for an answer.

I was trying not to get mad and hoped that my baby could handle it herself, but she's not strong enough for that yet which I understand. She's socially anxious and probably doesn't wanna make a scene. And men can be scary as fuck, especially knowing that some men kill and rape, just all kinds of crazy sick shit, especially after being rejected.

That's okay bae, you're man will handle it

I decided to jump in when he started leaning in too close to her, I guess trying to breath her air I don't fucking know. I just know that Tae was backing up and he still wouldn't budge.

"Lil niggas like you make me sick." I said taking a sip of the water in front of me. That got his attention immediately.

"What are you talking about man? Do you have a problem or something?" He said I guess trying to act tough with me.

Tae looked up me about to tell me to not start anything. It didn't help my anger none since her eyes were getting pink from almost crying. This dude lucky I don't carry my gun no more.

"Hell yeah we have a problem nigga. You see me here with my wife trying to have a nice dinner and you choose this time to try to lay your whack ass game on her. You so damn busy trying to look down her god damn dress that you can't even tell that you making her nervous and uncomfortable. That ain't how you treat a woman. Your young prepubescent ass wouldn't know all that though would you? Take my advice and leave the women to the real men."

He started to speak but I wasn't finished.

"Keep all that shit to yourself playa. Your lucky I don't get up, drag your Mindless Behavior looking ass out this restaurant into the street, and stuff my size twelve shoe up your ass for even thinking you could get with my girl. If she wasn't here you would be on the way to the nearest hospital by now, but since she is and she don't like violence I'm gone let it go. Leave my fucking table. And don't forget to send me a new waiter while you at it nigga."

I tried not to get loud or draw too much attention, but I guess it didn't work that well cuz I peeped a few tables look our way. I really couldn't give a fuck though, they can suck my left nut. I'm not going to act like it's all good vibes and cool.

He ran off somewhere, I wasn't even looking. I was too busy wiping under Tae's eyes catching a couple tears. She didn't need to be crying, it would mess up her makeup and that would make her cry more.

"You crying cuz of him?"

She shook her head. She was pouting and looking at her nails. I could see right through any act she has. She's my best friend and I know her like the back of my hand.

"Stop lying yes you are. I know that boy made you feel uncomfortable and probably unsafe. Just know you don't have to worry about nobody doing anything inappropriate to you while I'm around. Your dad trusted me to take care of you and that's what I'm gone do."

"Okay but I feel silly for crying." She laughed but it came out pained.

I shrugged. "Don't. Men can be scary. Just wipe your snotty nose so we can eat without all those germs on my food." I joked, trying to lighten the mood.

This time I got a real laugh and felt like I could breathe again. She made me feel so happy just by doing regular things it was crazy.

"Shut up. My nose is not snotty. You're just being mean because I look better than you."

"Best friend I don't know told you that. We both know I'm the baddest bitch here." I said in a high pitched voice and flipped my dreads over my shoulder.

After that our date went great. We ate great food she picked and the vibe was awesome. We talked about shit we hadn't talked about since the first day we met. It was like going down memory lane. I can't wait to marry this girl.

Help! Give me ideas for the next chapter.

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