Page 20 of River & Crown
"Yeah, gotta go make some shit right."
"You and Four good?"
"We straight."
"Love you."
"Love y'all too. Lock up behind me.
I left their crib and headed toward River's car. She was sitting in the driver's seat, dazed. The far-gone look in her eyes wasn't new to me. I saw it every morning that I stayed at her place. Four loved waking up at the crack of dawn to watch the sunrise. After she went into her closet, where she stayed for thirty minutes, she came out with a look that let you know she wasn't here. The first time I asked her about it, she chewed my head off. I let it go since we weren't official. With us now together, I was learning there was a lot about Mrs. Gravehart I didn't know.
"Come take a drive with me, and before you say anything about your car, you know it's safe here."
Without fighting me, she got out and walked over to my whip, waiting for me to open the door.
"You look and smell good as fuck Four," I complimented.
"Funny because I didn't get any flowers."
I chuckled at her sarcasm.
"That's 'cause you out here letting hoes play in your face 'bout me." I closed the door before she could say some back. The shit was short-lived. As soon as I got in the car, her juicy ass lips were running.
"Oh, your hoe let you know your secret is out."
As I pulled off, I laughed hard as fuck.
"Did I tell a joke?" She frowned.
"Hell fuckin' yeah. Ain't no way you believe that bullshit you just said."
"What if I do?"
"Then I'm doing something wrong and gotta figure out where I fucked up to have you thinking I'll step out on you."
"Men do it all the time."
"They do, but I said to make you thinkI'llstep out onyou. What I'm saying has nothing to do with the everyday nigga and his bitch. I'm speaking on us... Crown and fucking Four."
I waited to see if Four had anything to say. When she didn't speak, I connected my phone to the dash. Coming to a red light, I used that time to scroll until I found the song that always seemed to change Four's mood.
"You lift my heart up when the rest of me is down."
"You think playing my favorite song is going to fix this?"
"Nah, I think your favorite song is gon' ease that attitude outta you before I gotta do it."
"Whatever, Cortez."
Rolling her eyes, Four couldn't stop the smile that came across her face. She mouthed the words toLatchby Disclosure and Sam Smith. I hated this fuckin' song but would suffer through it if it fixed her fucking attitude.
"Aye, come outside real quick," I spoke into the phone.
The question of who I was speaking to burned in all four of Four's eyes.
"Why, Crown?"
"'Cause I fuckin' said so. I'm tryin' to be a gentleman 'bout this shit."
