"Eve"

July 19th
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I stopped and put my water bottle down on the ground and started doing my squats while everybody else was jogging past me.

"Twenty two, Twenty three." I counted in my head. I was only going up to 50 it helped me keep my shape good if I did more than the usual.

I picked my water bottle back up and then kept jogging back down the park pathway.

A few minutes passing by...

"Damn you late as hell shorty." He chuckled getting off the bars after he did a few hanging bar crunches as his dark-toned abs glistened from the sun beaming off it.

"You was trying to kill me, sorry not sorry." I said while we walked back to his car together.

He laughed as he opened up the passenger door for me and I got in as he walked over to his side.

"Alright imma drop you off now and still we on for tonight right?" He said.

He asked me out to dinner after we followed each other on Instagram and we talked for a couple of days and I guess you can say I'm feeling him a little bit but I don't know if it's coming from the lack of love from Shawn or that these are my true feelings.

"Yeah of course you know I'll take free food whenever." I laughed as he pulled up in my driveway.

"Ok lil girl, get out so I can watch you go in." He said unlocking the door.

"Don't rush me, you know you going miss all this." I hopped out the car looking back at him as he stared at me while I blew him a kiss.

"Yeah I'm already missing you." He smirked licking his lips as I left walking up the driveway.

I opened the door and went inside and then waved bye at him when he pulled off in his black Range Rover.

My mother stood at the living room chair watching me as I came inside and I knew that stare from a mile away.

"Who the fuck was that Evia Marie Meadows?" My mother asked with her hands crossed. She always seemed to forget that I was 19 and not 9.

"He was a friend mother chill out." I said grabbing my purse off the floor.

"Yeah a friend alright, Is he fucking you?" She said as I was now at the top of the stairs.

I looked at her with disgust because every guy I was around she automatically thought I was fucking him even Chase and he's not even into women.

"You know what, leave me alone." I said going into my room muffling her exaggerated yelling through the door.

She must've woke up on the wrong side today and I wasn't about to argue with her every second. I love my mom but sometimes she was always in my business.

I couldn't wait until I got out of this house and I didn't know what was stopping me either because I had the money i just didn't wanna leave everything.

My phone rung as I finally sat down on my bed and I picked it up to see who it was calling.

Dad calling...

"Hey dad." I said.

"Hey sweetheart I'm just calling to tell you some news." He said I was hoping that it was about Shawn getting out.

My dad was a lawyer and I bribed him for a couple days of doing some assistant work for him to see if he could let Shawn out a little early then his actual bail date. I had paid it off but they still told me that he wouldn't get out until the next few months.

"Ok wassup?" I said waiting on him to tell me.

"So Shawn has been released." He said.

"Daddy thank you so much! Where is he at?" My mind went ballistic and i was just waiting on this moment to see Shawn back in my arms.

"But he is on house arrest Eve so just be careful with him ok." He said.

"Ok but you never answered my question, Where is he?" I said again.

"I don't know Evia they said he just went with a relative." He said.

"Oh ok I'll call you later then." I said hanging up so that I can text Shawn.

I opened my messages going to Shawn's contact and went passed Zaion's he was the guy who was taking me out tonight and it automatically made me feel bad that I was all ready to leave him for Shawn and we barely even got started on knowing each other.

"Hey Shawn where you at?"
ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ 3:30ᴘᴍ.

Even though I felt bad about doing it I still texted Shawn just to make sure he was ok and it sent through but he didn't read it so I just decided to get my mind off of him and get ready for this date I had tonight.

...

"I'm trying to pick out a dress Micah not no suit." I laughed showing her options of my dresses through our FaceTime call. 

"Well I don't know girl, they all damn near look the same." She said.

"Ugh you be no help, what about these?" I put the dresses down and then decided to show her the shoes instead.

"Yes we Stan for the Christian Louboutins." She said raising her hands up.

"Ok we have a winner!" We both cheered through the phone. Me and Micah have been closer even more ever since the quite incident that we solved a few days ago.

"So who's the gentleman taking my girl out?"
Micah asked which reminded me that I didn't even tell her about it let alone anybody.

"Well the mystery guy name is Zaion, but that's all I'm going to say." I said giving her a wink.

"Ohhh boohoo girl, how am I supposed to stalk then." She said pouting.

"Girl that's the point, you not stalking him this time." I said. Micah was the only girl I trusted with telling my lovers too but I wanted this one more private if it worked out.

"So what about Shawn?" She asked and I knew this question was coming I just didn't know when. I genuinely didn't know about me and Shawn anymore after having a deep conversation with my brother about his friendship with him.

"I don't know if I could deal with him anymore." I said even though I was half lying because in all honesty I still had feelings for Shawn but they just weren't as strong as they used to be.

"Hmm, I wouldn't especially if your trying to mend the relationship with Corbyn." She said and she was right. Corbyn and Shawn had a longterm beef with each other and that was weird for me to be liking my brothers enemy someone who tried to kill him once but yet here I was doing that.

"Your right Mi, but I'm gonna have to think about it." I said trying to end the topic about him because it was starting to stress me out.

"Alright girl but I'm gonna check up on you after your date, I'm bout to get some." She said winking hinting that they was about have sex.

"Gross but love ya." I said throwing up the deuces and hanging up.

It was currently around 8:30pm and I had about an hour to get ready before Zaion came to pick me up and I didn't even have a dress picked out because Micah was no help.

So I posted on my Instagram story the options of my dresses to see which one I should wear making sure I muted Zaion from it so he wouldn't see it.

10 minutes later...

I waited around a little while and then picked my phone back up looking at the options they chose and it was to go with the brown dress I guess because it went well with my skin tone.

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Zaion♥️
"Hey mamas I'm otw, be ready cus I ain waitin."
ʀᴇᴀᴅ 9:30ᴘᴍ.

"Ok lil boy what I tell you about rushin me."
ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ 9:32ᴘᴍ.

"Girl bye I see you when I'm there."
ʀᴇᴀᴅ 9:35ᴘᴍ.

Zaion had texted me telling me that he was on his way so I grabbed my heels slipping them on and stumbling out my bedroom door.

"She always think she fucking grown Malik." My mom ranted to my Step Dad as he came in through the door.

I wish people knew the hate passion I had for that man because it was strong. He was always  controlling me and my mother just fell along in the tracks with him.

"Where you going Evia?" He asked.

I walked all the way down the stairs ignoring them both and holding unto my clutch tight.

"He's talking to you Eve, answer him." My mother said getting up off the couch.

"I'm going out." I said leaning against the wall and tapping my heel wishing that Zaion was outside right now.

"No the hell you not, go back upstairs." He said laughing all evil but I wasn't listening to him today.

"I'm not going back upstairs." I shrugged.

"Little girl, you better get your ass upstairs." He said gritting his teeth and raising his voice and my mom stood behind him rolling her neck.

"First off I'm grown as hell so in that case stop treating me like a damn child because that's what I'm not." I said grabbing my house keys and leaving out the door slamming it.

"Damn ma you look gorgeous." Zaion said walking up to me. I was so agitated that I barely could smile at him but I tried my best to not let my parents get to me tonight.

"Thanks Zay I appreciate it." I said holding his hand as he walked me towards his car opening the passenger side for me.

"You know I'm always going to tell you the truth love." He said hopping in the car.

I smiled at him as he started to drive off I just wanted to drift my thoughts away and not come back home. "Can I play my music this time Zay?" I asked.

"Yeah just don't be on no City girl shit, ion wanna hear that." He said handing his phone over to me.

"Does it look like a City Girl type of night?" I said laughing while going over his music.

"Y'all would play them everyday if y'all could." He said.

"Siri play Break From Toronto by PartyNextDoor." I said in his phone and surprisingly it actually showed up and played.

"So I guess I done met my wife huh?" He said smirking at my choice of music.

"I guess you did boo." I said.

20 minutes of driving...

Zaion pulled up in the to the packed parking lot of this Fancy Restaurant that I couldn't even pronounce the name of. He had hurried over to my passenger side and let me out grabbing unto my hand and making sure I didn't fall.

"You ready?" He asked me still holding unto my hand.

I nodded and we walked inside the place. We looked like a cute nicely put together couple, He was far from the dudes I ever dated they probably would just take me over to Chick Fil A.  Zaion seemed like he had it going on for himself especially while in college still.

We had made it inside and I stood over in the corner while he went to go receive our table from his reservation. It was a lot of people in here tonight which most likely meant a lot more kids being born today.

"Come on." Zaion said grabbing my hand again and walking us to a more reserved section of the Restaurant.

"Your waiter will be out shortly, enjoy." The old lady gave us a small smile leaving us with our menus.

"So you just got it like this huh?" I said smirking at him as he adjusted his Rolex watch over his wrist.

"Nah, it took me sometime to get this way, now I'm just highly blessed." He said grabbing his menu.

"Great answer usually most guys would just brag." I said which was true especially in our generation filled with Rappers and Fake Trappers.

"Yeah everybody from the hood is not the same though, I just favor that I made it out alive." He said as the tone of his voice got a little deeper which kinda turned me on but it seemed like he wasn't interested in talking about that so I tried to switch the topic over.

"So what do you want to do after coll-

"Hello, I'm your waitress Malia and I'll be here to take your order, can I start you guys off with any drinks?" The young lady said cutting me off and putting her full attention on Zaion.

"Ladies First." Zaion said and the waitress rolled her eyes only for me to see and I already knew how this was going to go but I wasn't letting her ruin this day for me.

"I'll take a glass of water thank you." I said keeping it simple because all the rest of the drinks they had on here were mostly liquor and I was only 19.

"Ok and for you sir." She said smiling hard over at Zaion. It made me a little jealous but he was a good looking guy so I couldn't be that mad but she was just disrespectful with it at least do all the flirting on your own time not in front of me.

"I'll take a Moscow Mule." He said putting down his menu.

"Ok and are you ready to order your meal or should I give you some more time?" The lady asked him but didn't even acknowledge me which was fine because I was going to let it go.

"Are you ready to order?" Zaion asked me.

"I'll take the Shrimp Scampi." I said handing her over my menu as she slightly snatched it from my hand. She was lucky my reflexes weren't on tonight because it wouldn't be pretty.

"I'll get the same just add a Steak to mine." He said giving her his menu as she took it rubbing over his hand but he flicked her off.

"I'm sorry, I'll be out with your orders shortly." She said embarrassed and walking away.

"Sorry about that females be on that weird energy, what was you saying before?" Zaion asked.

"It's fine I'm used to it by now, I was going to say what were you plans after College?" I said. We didn't go to the same college but I have seen him around a lot before.

"Well since I'm in Medical School, I'm trying to become neuropsychologist." He said.

"A neuro what?" I said.

"A neuropsychologist, it's someone who studies the brain and the nervous system." He said chuckling.

"Oh that's a big word, you could've just said doctor." I said.

"Well there's different types of doctors, smart one." He said smiling at me.
...

As we're finishing up our food a group of young people came by us sitting in the group table next to us. They were pretty loud which made me take a quick glance at them but when I looked I swear I wasn't looking right.

"Uriah...And Shawn?!" I said out loud but quickly covered my mouth.

"Who's that?" Zaion asked looking at me confused.

"They're no one, no one at all," I said putting a small smile on my face to cover the fact that my chest felt like it was getting stabbed 1000 times.

"You sure, you ok?" He said.

"I'm fine Zay I just wanna go." I said as my voice cracked. I tried to hide it but I couldn't glass over the fact that my Ex-lover and this "bitch" we're next to each other and to even make it worst they kissed.

Zaion left the cash on the check and grabbed my purse for me in his hand and his other held unto mine. I gripped it tight and he noticed so he pulled me closer.

It was just only the beginning...

To be continued.

This chapter was really hard and it might've not seemed like it but I was in writers block because I didn't know when I wanted to write this about Eve but i decided to put it all in one so Enjoy!

They just extended my schools closing even more and I don't know whether to be happy or just...idk 😂 but that means more chapters coming.

And yes Eve's real name is Evia.

But stay tuned for more chapters Love y'all and thanks so much for getting me to 200 reads♥️

Xoxo, your author Ari.