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The last few days I did my best to stay away and not talk to people outside unless I was working, while I detoxed Jaysun from my mind, body, and soul. He had called me a couple of times after he left the other day, but I didn’t answer any of his calls because he did some real fougasse shit taking the car he bought for me back. It wasn’t that I needed the car, it was just the principle of it. This was the reason why I didn’t do relationships. People be too weird for me to let them into my heart only to break it.

When Claudia asked me if I wanted to go to a party with her, I was down and ready to get outside. The day the repo man came to take the car back was one of the most humiliating things I had to experience. The only saving grace I had was the fact that my name wasn’t on the paperwork, and it wouldn’t be affecting my credit. Jaysun could’ve just asked for the car back, and it wouldn’t have been any issues. Had I done that to him, he be all over the world discrediting me cause that was the type of shit niggas did. They liked to dish it but couldn’t take it.

The whole ride to the lounge we vibed to the music and just chilled. It was always a vibe whenever me and Claudia hung out. Once we pulled into the back parking lot, we got out and valet took my keys. Claudia’s homegirl, Dymond, had met us up here because she was kicking it with Claudia’s boo, Ermias’s homeboy.

“Damn, that Alfa looks like the one you just had.” Claudia pointed out as she and I walked toward the entrance.

I glanced over to the car, and it was the same color as the one that I just had but I wasn’t sweating it because I knew my shit had been repo’d and wouldn’t be back out on the streets that fast. When we went inside, the atmosphere was an entire vibe and did no justice to the description that Claudia had given me.

It was hella nice inside, it gave a club, lounge yet classy and sexy vibe. There were quite a few already there and within seconds of us walking in the door Claudia’s boo approached us.

“Hey, you, come meet my sis,” Claudia smiled as she gave her boo a hug and very long and sensual tongue kiss. “This my sis, Kimmie; Kimmie, this my man Ermias.”

“Nice to meet you. I’ve heard a lot about you.”

“I hope all good things,” I replied as Ermias, and I gave each other head nods.

He had this familiar look to him, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on where I knew him from. He just had a very familiar face.

“Nothing but love.” Ermias responded.

He gave Claudia another hug and told her that a section was roped off for us to chill in. We went over to the section, and it was filled with plenty of food and bottles on top of bottles of alcohol. Mainly tequila, I’m guessing because that’s Claudia’s go-to, and a couple of hookahs filled with THC. I thought that was dope of him.

Good music was flowing so of course I started dancing as I surveyed the room. Claudia was right, this was a whole vibe, and I was glad that I had come outside cause it was long overdue. Something Special by Pop Smoke started playing then the music lowered just a bit. You could hear the song playing still but it wasn’t as loud as it was when we first walked in.

“Alright! Alright! Alright Y’all,” Ermias announced. “I appreciate everyone for coming out tonight. We doing it big for my boy, JayTee, who just proposed to his lady, Ms. Princess. It’s ‘bout time, nigga! Big congratulations to the both of you, y’all show out and show them some love!”

Red and white metallic confetti fell from the ceiling and when I looked up and over at the crowd that had formed around the lucky couple I had to take another look. My heart started racing because I just knew that my eyes were deceiving me.

I was so taken aback that I started heading toward the crowd of people and the closer I got the clearer the confirmation was that I was right. JayTee’s ass was Jaysun and to see him standing up there with some chick cheesing and grinning really did something to me. Even though we weren’t talking right now, and it was fuck him til the world blow, I still couldn’t shake the audacity of his ass.

All sorts of thoughts started to flood my mental; the weak ass dick and taking the car back. That made me wonder if that was the car parked in the lot. Just as I reached an arm’s length to Jaysun and his fiancée, he looked toward me, and our eyes locked for the first time that night.

His eyes were as big as saucers as Spin Bout You by Drake and 21 Savage started playing and the DJ turned the music back up. People were bumping into me as they made their way to Jaysun to give their congratulations and I didn’t give not one damn as I raised my arm and slapped the shit out of him.

“What the hell?” His fiancée shrieked, as Jaysun stood there holding the side of his face.

“You sorry as hell!” I jeered at Jaysun then turned to his fiancée who was looking at me like she was afraid I was going to slap her ass next, but I didn’t. I just shook my head and wished them well. “Congrats on your engagement. Good luck ‘cause you gon’ need it.”

“KIMMIE!” Claudia yelled from behind me, but I kept walking toward the door. I needed to get some fresh air and fast before I embarrassed myself any more than I already had. “Kimmie, wait!”

“That nigga just blew me! I’m so done with his ass.” I huffed as Claudia gave me a hug.

It wasn’t that I was emotional, sad, and crying, but more embarrassed, pissed and definitely disappointed in Jaysun for not keeping shit real with me.

“Fuck him, sis, he don’t deserve this much energy.”

“And don’t. One thing I hate is for a person to play in my face and I feel like that’s what he did. If I would’ve known that he was in a whole relationship there would have been no way in hell we would’ve been getting down like we were,” I ranted.

“I’m already knowing,” Claudia said but was cut off before she could say anything else by a loud ruckus next to us.

When we looked in the direction the noise was coming from, Jaysun was standing at the Alfa Romero arguing with his fiancée. When she got in it that confirmed that Claudia was right when she first saw it and thought it was my car. That sorry nigga took the car back and gave it to his fiancée.

“You see that shit.” I smirked. “And you want to know why I don’t do relationships. Niggas ain’t shit for real.”

Princess tried to pull off, but Jaysun was able to still jump into the car with her. They were in the parking lot doing the most.

“Looks like his punk ass is leaving. Let’s go back inside. We gon’ hit this hookah, get drunk and fuck the night up,” Claudia suggested, and I was game.

I really wanted to leave but I didn’t want to ruin her night. Plus, I felt like I owed her boo an apology for turning out his party. When we made it inside, I got a couple of stares here and there from a few people, but for the most part, everyone was partying and had moved on from the fiasco that had just gone down.

“You good shorty?” Ermias asked as he wrapped his arms around Claudia’s waist.

“Yeah, and my bad. I didn’t mean to go there but your lil homie bogus as hell. It’s all good though, life goes on.”

“Right cause fuck him!” Claudia co-signed, “It’s his loss, sis.”

“The night still young, I hope you decide to stay and try to have some fun. If you need anything just let me know,” Ermias said as he and Claudia started dancing and vibing doing their own thing. While they did their thing, I went back to the section where our drinks and hookahs were and partied like it was 1995. I wasn’t about to let Jaysun dim my light.

Made for Me by Muni Long started playing and I had to get up and move my body. Even though I really wasn’t in a lovey-dovey mood, this song was my jam. I was in a whole vibe singing along to the song and just enjoying the moment when I felt someone walk up behind me and start to sway to my beat with the music. If it wasn’t for the fact that I was in a zone, I would have felt some type a way about how whoever it was had they hand on my waist, barely touching my ass.

“Twin, where have you been? Nobody knows me like you do,” I bellowed, sounding damn near as good as Muni. “I'm never gon' love like this again. You were made for me.”

“Only for me,” whoever it was dancing with me whispered into my ear. “Nobody knows me like you do either, baby, but what I do know is you betta be singing ‘bout me, KK.”

Then it hit me. The voice was very familiar, yet for over a decade, I fought with my entire life to forget it. There was only one person that called me KK. Then he grabbed my hand and turned me around to face him, and when my eyes locked with his, my knees got weak.

“Big D is back,” Darius beamed, leaving me at a loss of words.