Monet DaSilva

"I'd have to say yellow... what's yours?"

"I don't have much of a favorite color but if I had to go with one it would be blue."

"Typical."

"Very, what's your favorite number?"

"5." I smiled and he did the same in return. "you?"

"You already know the answer to that boo." He kissed my cheek and got comfortable. Dejounte laid next to me, with his arm wrapped around my waist and his head buried in the crook of my neck, his body heat was doing wonders against mine. The fact that I hadn't had a real boyfriend apart from Ze... she who shall not be named; so, I didn't really experience just getting to lay up with a partner. Anyone else after was just sex, hit it and dip kind of thing. The feeling was new, and I was loving every minute of it.

We laid in silence for a moment just listening to the ocean outside of our bedroom. It was so peaceful.

I reached for the pamphlet by the night table. I was really looking for room service but stumbled upon the excursions instead. "Ouu, I want to go swimming with the dolphins." I cooed flipping through the book. I felt his breathing growing heavy and I knew what was happening. "Don't go to sleep!"

"I'm not, I promise." He gripped onto my side and I continued to browse through the options. Since we were in Hawaii I had so much that I knew I wanted to do. Apart from the obvious jet skiing that we had bet on, I wanted to go snorkelling, surfing and parasailing before having to head back to Texas.

My phone vibrated against the nightstand, I checked it and once I realized there were two messages from both Zahra and Myles, I deleted them and blocked their numbers. D and I decided to block the distractions and just have some fun. The devil was not about to try and ruin this getaway for me. What was done did hurt, but I'm choosing to let it go because I'm glad that I knew now as opposed to later down the line.

I loved Myles from the bottom of my heart, but a man that loved me would never do certain things. A person can act a certain way over the net but when they show you their true colors in person; it's important to not ignore them. Myles showed me that he was a dog, a cheater, a scum, a hoe, and an amazing liar all wrapped up in one. Things that he promised me he wasn't. I believed that this trip was set up for me to realize who it was that I was actually talking to all this time.

Thankfully Dejounte swooped in right on time, no red flags were being shown as yet. I was able to break down and be as transparent with him as I had ever been with anyone else on this planet. There was just something about him, I didn't know if this was going to last due to him being who he was. However, deep down I could see potential with us, and if it was to become serious I genuinely wouldn't mind.

"There's a cruise as well, we could do that tonight?" I asked, but there was silence. "What do you think? The boat leaves at 7:30." There was silence again and I looked over to see that he was fast asleep. I smirked and continued browsing.

After mentally making my selections I slowly removed his arm from around me, crawled out of the bed and practically limped over to the washroom. My legs were beyond sore; but after so many rounds, and positions; I couldn't say I was expecting anything less.

I hopped in the shower and put the water silencer on so that I could get in a good shower before he woke up.

Once I was done, I completed my hygiene routine and just let my hair air dry while I dressed in a red suede bikini along with a black mesh pull-over. I slid my feet into my fuzzy black slides before walking back into the room.

Dejounte was still sleeping, I figured I would give him a bit more time. I grabbed my phone and made my way out onto the balcony, shutting the door behind me. I swear I couldn't get over this view. I took a quick snapchat and made the caption 'it doesn't get any better than this. Thanks boo xo.'

I sat down on one of the chairs and put my legs up on the railing while I scrolled with my social media outlets. Whenever I was around D, I would forget to even check in on these things because of how captivating his company was. My mentions on twitter were overflowing and the amount of follow requests I had on Instagram was overwhelming, even though I had just accepted over several hundreds of them.

Ever since TMZ released pictures of Dejounte and I boarding his private jet as well as the first snap he posted; its been like this. I was a low-key kind of girl but obtaining this amount of tension for something good actually made me feel important. Which is something I hadn't been feeling for a long while.

I opened my account to allow the followers in, then closed it back. I then went for the call symbol and as if he read my mind; my phone began to ring.

"Hey dad!"

"Hello pumpkin, how are you?"

"I'm good, how about you?"

"Same old, same old. Just getting home from work. My mind was on you and I had to call, how's the trip been going?"

"Oh, just counting down the days."

"That bad, huh?"

"Trip from hell." I smirked, "but in no time I will be right back to where I belong. In a library behind a textbook."

"Or blazing up the track."

"Or blazing up the track." A smile snuck on my face, "how's mom?"

"She still alive so I say she's good."

"Good to hear." I picked at my nails.

"How's the weather in Hawaii today?"

"It's actually nice, the little breeze that blows is lik-. Wait... how do you know that I'm in Hawaii?"

"The real question is; when were you going to tell me?"

"Dad."

"Monet, I've been waiting for you to tell me or at least inform me of what's been going on... I'm seeing your picture all over the internet and on ETalk daily with this NBA player. I didn't even believe it was you until I saw the article TMZ wrote today."

"Dad, it's nothing serious just a little spring break fun."

"Well watching this boy grope up my daughter on national television isn't fun Mo. I've raised you to be better than that."

"It really isn't that deep. Dejounte is someone you'd like dad."

"You know I want you to have the best, don't let his money reel you in."

Just then Dejounte stepped onto the balcony, using the blankets to cover his bottom half. As he stepped out I couldn't help but bite my lip; I don't know if I was sprung or something but this boy was too fine.

"Dad, honestly. I'm not trying to have this conversation right now. I'm just trying to make the best out of this vacation as I possibly can." I sighed, "I apologize for not telling you but I've been going through a lot right now and this is what I needed. Dejounte is a very respectful man, someone I am not ashamed to be around or caught on camera with and I promise that if things become serious I will bring him right to your front door." A smile appeared on D's face as I spoke.

"I don't know, I just hear about those guys a lot... like Tristan Thomas and the one that cheated on Iggy after so many years. Look at Lala Anthony. I don't want you to get hurt."

"I won't. I am keeping my guards up but also keeping in mind that I can't judge him based on someone else's actions."

"You're right Mo, I just want you to really keep me in the loop. I am your dad at the end of the day and I care about what's best for you. I can see you glowing which means that you're happy so that makes me happy. You know I love you."

"I love you more dad."

"Now enjoy Hawaii, and don't forget to bring me back a shark fin or something. Matter of fact; you're with that guy so you can afford to bring the whole shark."

I giggled, "I'll see what I can do."

"Alright, also before you go I also wanted to say that I think you should come visit your mom."

"I will in the summer. I have no time for that dad."

"Monet, she's your mom."

"I understand and she'll be there when I get back."

Mon-."

"Talk to you later." I hung up and placed the phone down onto the table, taking in a deep breath and scratching my scalp.

"Everything okay?" Dejounte asked.

"Yeah, just my dad being an overprotective dad."

"With a girl as beautiful as you; I would do the same. Is he okay with you being here?"

"After talking to him yes."

"I understand, I was wrong for not asking for his permission in the first place."

"Oh, don't worry... he's just old fashioned."

"No but that's how it should be done. I'll have to fix my mistakes, mind if I get his number from you?"

"You really don't need to."

"But I want to."

"Fine."

"I don't even know how I fell asleep." He yawned, then stretched. "good pussy will do that to you." He stood in front of me and tapped my leg for me to get up. I did and he took the seat, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me down to straddle him. I placed my hand against the back of his neck and kissed his lips softly. After a few pecks I looked up into his eyes. "What are you in the mood to eat?"

"Nothing fancy, I could really go for some pizza."

"Pizza? In Hawaii?"

"it could be Hawaiian pizza?" I shrugged, "I just like to stick to what I know."

"Got ya, Pizza is okay for now. Tomorrow night I have something a bit classier planned for us so I guess we could keep it simple tonight."

"Fancy? As in?"

"As in; you'll see when you get there." he gripped my ass, "you gotta learn to just roll with the flow and allow me to wine and dine you."

"You need to learn that I will never like surprises so it's better you just tell me."

"Nah, I think I'll pass. You're sexy when you get frustrated."

"You say this now but don't worry, I'll find a way to get you to tell me every time."

"I doubt it."

"Hmm..." I kissed his lips seductively meanwhile caressing the back of his neck, I did a slight grind against him and began to feel him tense up. just the reaction I was going for. I sucked on his bottom lip and as I pulled away I looked deeply into his eyes. "Are you sure about that?"

"That is off limits, tempting me is not fair game."

"I don't see why not. I'm just using my talents..."

"I've got some talents of my own that hand your knees buckling a couple hours ago so if that's where you wanna go..." his hand went under my dress, his finger pulling on my panties. "We can go there."

"Okay fine, fine. It's off limits." I said gripping onto his shoulder.

"Thought so."

"Whatever, get your ass in the shower so we can go eat and then swim with the dolphins. I don't want to miss their evening slot."

"I aint getting in the water with no dolphins."

"Why not?"

"That's the sharks cousin, and who knows if them dolphins been hanging around their cousins as of lately? I'm not trying to be anyone's snack tonight."

"So, you're just going to let me do it alone?"

"We can sit on the boat together and watch the crazy white people do it. As for me, I'll be staying far away from them."

"C'mon Dejounte. Don't be a punk."

"Punk I aint, I'm just being smart. I'm not getting in no dolphin water."

"For me? Please?" I did the best puppy dog face I could come up with.

"You're cute, but I'll pass. I'll take you to get some food then we can go jet skiing or in a wave pool or something safe."

"I want to see the dolphins though." I whined.

"Monet."

"Please Dejounteeeee." I whined and rubbed the back of his neck again. I witnessed him on the verge of saying no again but before he could I brought my lips to his, tongue kissing him. I could tell him was trying to talk in between kisses but I wasn't having it. I started removing the blankets and continued to do my little grind again. Dejounte pulled away and closed his eyes.

"Okay Monet, fine. We will go swim with the dolphins."

"Yay!" I got up and slapped his thigh. "go get your fine ass ready!" I said stepping back into our room. I plopped down onto the bed and flicked on the TV. "I'm ready to go when you are!"

Dejounte took a while before he stood up and came in as well, he glanced over at me with a defeated look and I couldn't contain my giggles. "Laugh all you want, tonight just know you'll be finishing what you started out there."

"I'm fine with that." He went into the shower, turned it on and turned his back to me. As if it hadn't already seen what he had to offer.

I laid back, and his phone vibrated next to me. I ignored it the first time, the second time and third time, but after that it began to ring. I took a peak to see the name Renee on the screen.

It finished ringing again, then vibrated a few more times. I propped myself up on my elbows and hit the home button, making sure his back was still turned to me. I saw a few messages from that seemed to be too long to read; however, the last few caught me. It was two picture attachments that I had to squint to see, eventually realizing they were her nudes. The last message saying; I know you think about me while you laying next to her. She's cute but she aint me.

Only if I knew this niggas password...

I scrolled down a bit more to skim through the messages and see that a few were filled with I'm sorry's and I love you's. a couple key words that stuck out to me was her regretting her choice and how she wishes things were different. How she wishes that when he reached out to her a couple days ago she should've seized the opportunity.

I shook my head and continued to just watch the TV and ignore the constant vibrates.

Dejounte eventually got out of the shower and dried off. He went for his suitcase and took out a pair of swim trunks, throwing them onto the bed.

He grabbed his lotion, and as he moisturized his skin he walked over to the bed kissed me before hit his home screen. I side-eyed him and watched his freeze before he picked it up and scrolled through the messages. Dejounte glanced over at me and cleared his throat.

"You okay?" I asked.

"Yeah... this girl." He laughed, and sat next to me, showing me the messages. They were quite similar to the ones that Myles was sending me. I was so surprised that he even showed me, most guys would've lied or hid it. Dejounte laughed again before deleting the thread and blocking her contact. He shut it off then put it back on the night stand.

"Pathetic, but don't you need your phone for work?"

"They can email my manager, who will find a way to me if she needs me." He said meanwhile getting dressed. He stood in front of the mirror for a bit, using the twist brush to get himself right. When he was done he rubbed his hands together while looking at me. "You ready?"

"Hell yes, the earlier we at. The earlier we get to see the dolphins."

"Here we go again." He rolled his eyes and I grabbed a hold of his hand and walked him out of the room before he tried to come up with an excuse.

We got out to the public side of the resort. I got a pineapple drink for starters meanwhile Dejounte went to order us food at the little stands, I thought it would be better to sit by the pool than in a crowded mess hall right about now. I also didn't want to be too far from where we boarded the boat for our excursion but he didn't need to know that.

I took off my pullover and drank the pineapple juice from the actual pineapple. I leaned back and took a glance at my phone while I waited. My DMs were filled with brands trying to get me to do promo and gossip blogs but what stood out to me, was that in the midst of it was a username that was familiar to the name on the texts I saw on his phone.

I opened it and it was filled with screenshots of messages from before we left to come here.

D. Murray:

You know how I feel about you... aint nothing coming in between that. I'm just going on this trip because it's the right thing to do and I need a break so why not throw some pussy in the mix since you no longer wanna throw it my way? Not to mention that it's good for my career.

Relationships sell. Monet is beautiful, which means more money in my pocket.

This isn't serious, it never will be. Just some spring break fun. No need to be jealous.

I'll be coming back home to you, in no time.

I locked my screen and looked up to see D standing across, looking like he was snapping a picture of me. I played it cool, and when he was done he placed the small pizza boxes down before us. He plopped down next to me, then kissed my cheek. "Let's eat." He said.

"Let's." I said, faking a smile.
It's okay Monet. Just a couple more days and I would be out of there.

Myles Thomas

"If there's one thing I am not; it's a cheater. I've told you everything you needed to know and even gave you proof that's sitting right in front of you. I have been with anyone but you ever since we came up with this plan. My intentions were to get with you... not to get pregnant." Karla whined, "I love you and all but I'm just as shaken up as you are."

I sat at the dining table looking between the pregnancy test then over at her phone that I had just searched completely. All her calls, messages, emails, her direct messages on her backpage account. It said her last client was accepted on the day that we came up with this plan. Everything, everything, everything and it was all clean. I also looked at the date of the condoms for the fiftieth time.

How could I have missed this?!

I took a huge gulp of the Crown Royal concoction I had mixed up. It burned my throat as it made its way down, I was trying to get as drunk as I possibly could so that I could knock out, wake up and this all be a dream.

"I'm going to have a shower, then hopefully we can go get something to eat because I'm starving." She rose from her seat and went up the stairs.

I heard the front door open, and for some reason I was hoping it was Monet. However, Elijah came around the corner with a couple boxes of pizzas and some brown paper bags that I'm hoping contained some liquor bottles. "I passed the beach on my way from the pizza store and I'm telling you, the amount of baddies out there should be illegal. All I know is that I need a piece before we leave."

"I don't know man. I don't think I even want to see another female after all of this." I pulled on my beard, "today has just been ... crazy."

"Crazy aint even the word right now."

"I'm saying... I was always so careful. I don't understand how this could possibly happen to me. With both Zahra and Karla."

"You know Karla works with the devil, she probably did some evil chant or something to trap you. Zahra on the other hand, that was just what you guys get for being slimes."

"I was drunk!"

"You were sober enough to find your ways home, then you were sober enough to stop it before it got that far."

"Sleeping with it was no where near my intentions. I don't know what came over me."

"The fact that whoever did his surgery is a sorcerer or something? Because I almost fell for it too."

"We gotta be extra careful out here man. I swear If I was sober enough to remember it all; I would've probably killed myself by now." I shook my head and took up the pregnancy test. "And this just to top it all off!"

He pulled up a seat, placed a bottle of Cognac on the table and took up the pregnancy test. "You might have to blame Trojan for this