“ and what , who is Rasheeda ?”
“ The girl I was telling you about , man she is amazing . I think I ’ m in love with her .”
“ Yo , man you tripping after one date ! You ’ re in love . But hey I fell in love with Lisa . I hope you know what your doing .”
( shaking my head ) “ I do man ! I do ! But anyway , whats good with you ?”
“ Oh , yea I was calling to see what you getting into tonight . Man , you should bring this Rasheeda lady .”
“ Naw , not yet .”
“ Ok , Alonzo . I ’ m just saying . I hope you got a date . Better yet , I have one for you .”
“ Johnny you love hooking me up . I really don ’ t need a date , but , okay man .”
“ You want to go to the Bar tonight ?” “ Naw , I think ima go home and chill .” “ You ’ re going home to think about Rasheeda .” “ Bye man !
( Knocks at the door ) “ Hey girl !” as Rasheeda answered the door , her girls greeted her with hugs and bags of goodies . “ Ladies I got us three movies !”
“ Rasheeda ! I ’ m so happy honey ! How was it ? Who is this lucky man ? You have to tell me !”
“ What are yall two talking about ?” ( ladies smiling ) “ Ah , ( looking around ) nothing Rasheeda said with a soft voice .
“ Oh , its something Rasheeda . What ’ s going on ? I see you have a glow , but I didn ’ t really wanna say anything .”
“ Zoe , did you know about this ?” “ Know what Lisa ?” “ Shut up Lisa !”
“ That our best friend has something to tell us . She was in the kitchen talking to Diamond and not us .”
“ Calm down ladies .” “ I met a guy .” “ You did what ?”
“ I know it wasn ’ t cold as hell for no reason ? Who did you meet Rasheeda ?”
“ I meant this handsome guy , maybe a few weeks ago at that coffee shop . We all used to go to Spring Street and I kind of bumped into him .”
“ Let me guess , Chick flix ?” “ You know it !” “ Zoe , get the wine and lets get this party started !”
The ladies laughed and talked while watching movies all night . They planned the big night that everyone couldn ’ t stop talking about . Lisa is known to have the biggest and baddest party of the year .
Rasheeda walked in the kitchen .
“ Hey are you ok Rasheeda ?” “ I ’ m fine Diamond , I was just thinking about earlier today .”
“ What about earlier today ?” “ I went out on a lunch date .” “ OMG ! Rasheeda you did what ?” ( rambling on loud )
“ Shhh !!! I havent told the other girls yet , so you need to be quiet .”
Jumping up and down with amazment .
“ Ah do you mean you cut in front of him ?” Looking over at Zoe , “ and how would you know that ?” “ Because she told me about it .” “ Ladies could yall please stop it ! Let me tell ya what happened !”
The ladies went back in the den . Everyone poured a glass of wine , while Rasheeda told them every detail about this mysterious guy that noone knows about .
“ Well I think its beautiful that you actually considered having feelings for someone .”
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