"You want me to what?!" London exclaimed, not believing her ears at the moment.

E sighed "I know man...Don't blame me" He threw his hands up in defensive at the mug she was giving him.

She sat down and grabbed her head.

"I don't feel good, and then you come over and tell me this. Great"

He laughed "Well first of all, you don't feel good because you got a little too turnt up last night"

"I don't know what you're talking about I was only tipsy" She said. She was aware that she went beyond her limit but she was also embarrassed.

He scoffed, eying her up and down. He knew she was gonna try to act like it never happened. "Tipsy? Yeah no, you was crying and shit"

She rolled her eyes before getting up to grab another Advil. When she returned Ethan was on his phone, sending threat after threat to Isaiah.

Isaiah knew E would be pissed about the stunt he pulled but he would be pissed either way.

Zay didn't know their mother was gonna ask who when he told her E had a girl. He's never in a relationship so Isaiah assumed she wouldn't pry, he was only playing.

But when she did ask he knew he had to jump right back in. He refused to be the blame for his mother having to deal with the bozo.

"I just wanna punch him ugh" London whined, taking a drink of water to wash her pill down.

E laughed, looking up from his phone. "I wanted to do more than that trust me I still do."

He stared at her for a moment. "Aye stop that, what the fuck is that?" He scrunched his face up.

"It's called pouting" She informed him

"Well stop that ain't cute" Her mouth fell open

"It's cute when I do it though" She pointed out, cheesing widely. He shook his head and laughed at her.

"Mhm whatever"

"Plus you better get used to it because your kids are gonna be pouting all day with a mean ol daddy like you" She stated matter-of-factly.

He looked at her "False" he started.

"Whenever they want something that they can't have you know what Ima do?" He quizzed, looking at her amused face with a smirk.

She rolled her eyes "What are you gonna do?"

"Ima tell them to ask they mama but Ima tell her to say no. That way I ain't gotta deal with all that, she do" He said with a shrug.

London shook her head, silently praying that he hadn't went anywhere and knocked somebody up. "Wow"

"Yup but you gone do it?" He asked in reference to her meeting his mother.

"You're making this hard" She confessed.

He raised his eyebrow "What exactly?" He asked, coming out of his Moncler.

"The whole feelings thing....Ethan you want me to meet your Mother" He cringed at her use of the word 'want' because that was most certainly not the case.

"I wouldn't say want" He reminded, giving her a stern look.

"Well asking–whatever. Did you stop at all to think about how this would effect our whole friendship we have going on?" She asked calmly.

"To be real no but look ion wanna do this no more than you do. I ain't got a choice Lon" He said with pleading eyes.

London looked into his eyes and saw need. She felt needed, it was the best feeling she had ever experienced. "A-alright fine. I'll go"

"Thank you" He got up, walking to where she was seated to pull her up into a hug.

Caught off guard at his sudden gesture she didn't hug back instantly "Oh!" She giggled when he embraced her.

Getting on her tippy toes she finally placed her arms around his neck. She took in his scent, closing her eyes in the moment.

Slowly, his arms began to drop from her mid back to her waist.

"Maybe we should let go" She suggested in a low voice, her arms still around his neck.

Instead they stood there a few more seconds before releasing each other.

"Damn this shit hard" He chuckled nervously causing her to laugh

"Definitely–wait. You weren't talking about...." She looked down between them.

He gave her a straight face and shook his head "You would've known if that was the case Ma"

London cleared her throat "....Oh" She wanted to take a step back but it was like her feet were glued to the floor.

Ethan found it funny seeing her so uneasy because she, most of the time, had everything together and under control. He noticed that wasn't the case when it came to him.

He looked down at her, a smirk tugging at the corner of his lips. "Why you doing that?"

"Huh? Doing what??" She asked, her face skewered up in confusion.

"Squeezing ya legs together" He said nonchalantly with a raised eyebrow.

Her eyes widened and he knew he'd caught her red handed. She gave herself away.

"I... I have to pee! Be right back" She power walked to the stairs.

Ethan waited for her to disappear before doubling over in laughter "Oh shit" He wiped a tear and tried to gather his breath.

About 10 minutes of him sitting in the living area went by.

"Hey Ethan!" He heard her call out.

"Yo!" He got up and walked over to the bottom of the steps so he could hear her clearer.

"Do you wanna just come up here to watch a movie or something!?" Instead of answering her he went upstairs.

When he entered her bedroom he noticed that she had different bottoms on.

He decided against saying something to her about it, as long as he knew wassup she could be in denial all she wanted.

It wasn't long before his mind started to wonder off. He began trying to estimate the last time she had sex. He knew it had to be a long time ago because she got excited over the littlest things.

"Helloooo Ethan! Why aren't you listening to me?" He snapped out of his thought process to see her sitting on the bed Indian style. She was holding two disks.

"I am, I am" He reassured her, taking off his balenciagas and going to lay on the side he always did.

"So what did I say?" She quizzed, giving him a straight face.

He rubbed at his facial hair "Something about those?" He pointed to the two disks she held in each hand.

She sucked her teeth and pushed him with her elbow. "I was asking if you wanted to watch ATL" She held the first disk up

"Or Love & Basketball?" She held the second one up. It only took E a few seconds to decide.

Love & Basketball was definitely a classic for him. Especially because basketball was his first love and dream as a kid.

"Okay then love and basketball it is" She got up to put the movie in.

When she hopped up from the bed her shorts had ridden up, as she pulled them down she turned around to see if E was watching.

He definitely was but he quickly turned away in time for her not to catch him.

"So I was wondering..." She said curiously, getting back in the bed.

"Have you ever played for like a team? I noticed you always wear this gold hoop" She fiddled it between her index, middle and thumb.

"I know you have other chains. Is it important to you?" She looked up at him and he shrugged

"Yes and no" He answered truthfully.

She stopped "Yes and no you've played for a team? or yes and no it's important to you?"

"Yes and no it's important to me. Yes because Ball is my first love and no because it was given to me by my father" He said, keeping it short. He felt no need to go in depth.

London saw right through his nonchalant attitude. She knew there was more to it then what he was leading on but she chose not to ruin his mood. She had asked enough.

"I bet you not better than me!" She joked to avoid him from unintentionally going down memory lane.

He smiled "Yo ass wouldn't even be able to beat me in a game of go fish"

She gasped "Could fucking too"

"You can't even curse right. Proper ass" He teased pushing her to the side of him.

"And press play woman"

She scoffed but got the remote to do it anyway. "You ain't my boss" she said, purposely using ain't in hopes of impressing him.

He wasn't gonna call her out on the failed attempt so he acted as if he simply didn't hear it.

As the movie started they both got comfortable, making sure to keep a fair distance between them.

"See that just sums up most of the women in today's society. Why in the hell would you kiss a guy who just pushed your ass?" Lon caught an attitude, shaking her head at the tv while Ethan watched her like she was crazy.

"No the real question is why they kissing in the first place?" He scrunched up his face.

"Lord please don't give me a girl whenever I do have a kid" He prayed with his eyes closed before looking back at the movie.

They were about halfway into the movie when E's phone rang. He looked at the number and recognized it as Kianas, he sent it to voicemail and texted her he was busy.

"This scene always gets to me, he was so gentle with her oh my god look at that" London cooed at the current scene that played. It was the part when Q climbed into Monica's window after prom.

"Duh stupid" E responded, laughing at her various comments.

She rolled her eyes. "Seriously though I'm glad he left that hoe for Monica because it's obvious they're meant to be"

Ethan nodded, agreeing with whatever she said because if he didn't she would start a debate.

"Oh yeah!" London turned around with her face turned up.

"Who was that girl you had with us last night? Not that I care that she was with you or anything like that. Just asking" She added sure not to give him the wrong idea.

She honestly didn't care that she was with Ethan. That was none of her business.

"A friend" He said dryly

London watched his facial expressions closely for any signs that he was lying. "Mm..okay"

He flashed a slick smile "Why? You jealous?" He teased watching her go from on her back to sitting up.

"Jealous for what?" She took her hair down just so she could flip it. He laughed at her antics. "Whose house are you at right now?"

"Yours" He nodded

"And whose bed are you in?" She waved her hand around as she talked in her fake ghetto voice.

"Yours" He pointed, gassing her up while she was in character.

"Oh okay that's where I thought you were. That was probably her calling right there and you talking about jealous? Boy" She flipped her hair again sending them both into hysterics.

"You a trip yo" He held his stomach as he got the rest of his laughs out.

She laid back down "That's you. I swear"

He turned his head to look at her "I guess you do got a sense of humor lil one"

"Whatever light bright" He immediately shook his head. "That's a fruity ass name b"

"Well maybe you fruity you never know" She giggled but he didn't find that funny.

"Wanna find out if I'm fruity?" He asked seriously. She stopped laughing and shrugged "Maybe"

They stared at each other for a minute before she laughed again. "I mean no. I don't."

He smiled and moved closer to her. She watched him as he got close but not too close.

"Nah. The cat out the bag now" He rubbed through her hair. "Yo I got a serious question and don't get mad at me when I ask this"

She sighed. People always said that when they were about to ask something they knew would get you mad.

"Okay shoot"

E opened his mouth to speak at the exact time his phone pinged. "Ima get back to you on that"

He fished his phone out of his pocket and checked the notification. It was a text from Zay.

Zay: I need you to come to Warehouse 6. We got a problem.

He sucked his teeth and locked his phone. He gave London an apologetic look

"I gotta go handle some business Lon" He told her.

"I understand I wouldn't wanna stop you from doing that" She said but he could tell she didn't want him to go.

"When I'm done I'll text you, wait up" He winked, getting a smile out of her.

"Whatever Ethan...Next time" She pointed at him as he finished getting his shoes on.

"Next time." He nodded.

-

Thoughts?

On Kiana?

On London?

E & Kiana?

E & London?

Ethan?

Isaiah?

Zay & Lyric?

Lyrica?