Page 94 of Don Caselli

“Uh huh. You already brought me here, so I wanted to do something for you. Just the two of us. Beans and Greene will meet up with us later.”

“How you know I didn’t have anything planned for you?”

“Not my birthday yet, and I’m very simple. All I want to do for my day is to read on the beach… maybe that beach club we drove by yesterday.”

“I can make that happen.”

“Butter pecan ice cream, and a banana flavored cake,” she called off what she wanted and what she wanted to do for her birthday.

“Got it.”

“Now, go and shower so we can get our day started… Mr. I Own a Jet.” She stood up and I slapped her ass while biting down on my lip.

She walked away, purposely doing a stank walk with her ass poked out. “Chop, chop.”

I workedout and was the most fit person I knew.

Nah.

Menace was, but I was damn near up there with him. I may have skipped a workout or two every now and again. Lately, I had been focused on other shit and not hitting the gym like I should have. When Navy changed out her dress and put on a pair of biker shorts and a sports bra, I should have known something. She had us hiking a nature trail to see the best views of St. Lucia.

As someone that wasn’t into nature like that, I wasn’t expecting this shit. She was so excited to do something for my birthday, and I wasn’t about to complain when no one had ever done this for me. I watched as she jumped back and then started rubbing her skin because she walked through a spider web.

It was clear she wasn’t into nature like that either.

“Lan, I feel like something is crawling all over me… is it something on me?” she asked, fear in her voice.

I looked as she did a full three-sixty and backed away. “Pooh, relax… there’s som?—”

“Ahhhh! Get it off me! Get it off me, Landon!” she screamed so loud, as I laughed, holding my stomach at the way her face looked as she jumped around with her neck stiff because she didn’t want to move too much.

“I’m fucking with you, baby.”

She ran toward me and pummeled me with her small ass fist. “Why… the… fuck… would you do that?”

I scooped her ass up and continued up this long ass trail while slapping her ass, as she tickled me. “Not ticklish, Pooh.”

“Really?”

“Uh huh.”

“That’s fucking sad.”

“How?”

“Everyone should experience a laugh when someone tickles you.” She busted out into laughter as I tickled her while still carrying her up this hill.

She was holding us up with her stopping every so often because she felt something was crawling on her. “I got along in life just fine, baby.”

Navy was quiet and I felt her little ass hands trying to get a chuckle out of me. “Dammit.”

“Told you.” I put her back down when we finally reached the top.

She gasped as she took in the picturesque views of St. Lucia. It displayed everything from up here. Neither of us rushed to take our phones out to capture the moment. We both were focused on the view and how it stole our breath away. Navy came and stood beside me, and I pulled her closer to me as other people that were on the same trail as us, finally made it up here.

Recommendation: “So Alone” by Men At Large

“I feellike I can’t breathe… that’s just how powerful this view is.” Navy was nearly moved to tears as she stared out at the view. “My parents… all those years ago celebrated the start of their love here.”

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