Page 25 of Suleem and Yahzi
“Let me worry about that. Get yo’ ass in the car.”
She smiled and nodded, letting me take the bag while she fumbled her way into the passenger seat, kicked off her sandals, pulled her feet up, and crossed her ankles. I tossed that shit in the back, leaned in to buckle her seatbelt, then kissed her before I closed the door and made my way to the driver’s side.
“Do I look cute? Tonight was cute. I had fun.” She grinned lazily and turned her face toward me with her head back against the seat.
“Yeah you’re cute, Yah. I’m glad you had fun. My aunt gone already?”
“Mhm.” She nodded. “She left with Shelia…Sharon…no, Sylvia. They said they were going to find some strippers since Miss Chandra didn’t have any.”
Yahzi laughed and covered her mouth with her hand. “Wait, I wasn’t supposed to tell you that. Girl code.”
“Bruh…” I wanted to be mad but I didn’t have the energy to stress about what the fuck my aunt was about to get into and deal with Yahzi’s tipsy ass. When she drank too much she got giddy as hell and wanted to fuck.
“Don’t tell her I told you, okay? She said you need to mind your business because she’s grown.”
I chuckled. “I’m not gonna tell her with your snitching ass.”
Yahzi turned in the seat, leaning her shoulder against the back and extending one of her legs across the console as she placed her foot in my lap. I looked down at them pretty ass toes with white polish on them then shook my head when she moved them over my lap.
“I missed you. You gonna give me some dick?”
“Yeah, after I put some food in your stomach. Did you eat tonight?”
She nodded. “We had cute little stuff. It was really pretty but small.” She frowned.
“So basically your ass was turning up but didn’t eat shit.”
When a smile spread across her face, I laughed and shook my head.
“You gonna take care of me?”
“Yeah Yah, I got you.”
I drove us to Pancake House and ordered a stack with grits. I skipped the bacon and hash browns because that shit was gonna be too greasy on her stomach. I also added two bottles of water to help sober her up. When I got back in the car, I opened her container, cut up her pancakes and poured the syrup on them before I placed it in her lap. Before we pulled off I opened one of the bottles of water and positioned it in the cup holder.
“You’re not eating?” she asked as she stabbed at some of the pancakes and shoved them in her mouth, moaning. “Oh, this is good. I missed these.”
“Nah, I picked up something with Serious before we pulled up on y’all.”
She frowned up her cute ass face and glared at me. “Why you call him that?”
“Habit. It ain’t nothing.”
She shook her head. “He can’t be that and you can’t be Bank. Things have to be different and Rebel won’t stay if they’re not different. She can be my friend and I want her to stay. I don’t have friends but she’s my friend.”
Her drunk ass was rambling and repeating herself so I wasn’t about to argue. “Rebel said she staying?”
Yahzi nodded, then grinned again. “But you can’t tell her I said she was staying because Kassir isn’t supposed to know. Girl code.”
“Bruh, your code is weak as fuck.” I chuckled and she shrugged, shoving eggs in her mouth. “And you don’t have friends because your ass don’t like people.”
When she frowned hard then smiled, shrugging again, I shook my head. My baby was a loner. She was cool with people but never had a tight circle. I was glad she fucked with Rebel because it was gonna be hard to make this shit work if they couldn’t be around each other. Kassir was family, which meant Rebel was family.
“I like Rebel so she can be my friend. Well she won’t if you tell her I broke code. You gonna tell I was snitching?”
“Nah, I’m not gonna say shit. You’re good with your drunk ass. Finish your food, man.”
I drove around long enough for Yahzi to finish eating. When we pulled up at the crib, she was in one of her baby me moods. She wanted me to carry her ass to the door. One thing I never denied was how this damn woman had me on some soft shit for her. As soon as we were out of the car, I had her legs around my waist, her arms around my neck, and my hands under her ass to hold her in place. I carried her through the lobby to the elevators and into the apartment straight to the bathroom where I set her on the counter while I turned on the shower.
