“ What Zoe? Am I that bad?”
All the ladies yelled out, yes! and continued laughing.“ So, how does he look? says Diamond.”
“ Giirrrll!!! He is fine as hell. Chocolate, tall, nice body, beautiful eyes and sexy lips. I can tell he exercises a lot.”
“ Damn, my bestie got her a man!”
“ No, he isn’ t my man. We only went out today for the first time. I would like to go out with him again.”
“ And you didn’ t invite him to my big Valentines Day bash tomorrow night?”
“ No, Lisa I didn’ t!”
“ SMH, girl you better holler at him and move them cob webs!”( laughing, chuckles)
“ its going to be a whole bunch of good looking guys there anyway. He will be the last person on your mind.”
The ladies talked for another two hours. Everyone left and drove their separate ways. When Rasheeda got home, there was something on her porch. When she got closer to her door step she saw a bouquet of flowers. She already assumed they were from Alonzo. She opened the door while sniffing the sweet fragrence of roses, tulips, and lillies. Walking over to the kitchen, she took the flowers out the vase and added it to another. Taking off her clothes she looked over at the time realizing its 1:00am. Alonzo was on her mind, grabbing the phone she attempted to call him but couldn’ t. She slipped into something a little more comfy. Sitting at her desk going over some paper work, her phone rings.
“ Hello!”“ Hello beautiful! Is it too late to call you?( clearing his voice)“ Yes, it is but... imma talk to you this time.”
“ How are you doing? I hope you wasn’ t sleeping. I couldn’ t stop thinking about you.”
“ Me too, I... wanna see you.
” Me too. Can I come over?”“ Ah,( heart beating fast) yes you can. I live at 2120 Roswell Road”.
“ See you soon!”
Hanging up the phone, I took the longest shower ever for five minutes. I made sure I put on something sexy for her and my favorite cologne. Twenty miutes later, I was pulling up at her door. Nervous as hell, heart pounding, I was ready for this night. Just to sit and chill with her or a few and come back home.( talking to myself) I’ m not looking for anything. I just wanted to be around her for the moment.
Doorbell rings. She opened the door. Looking sexy, beautiful and smelling so good with her hair up in a bun. I could see her long neck with that model body and those curves were sick. She invited me in.
“ You have a beautiful place. I love the paintings. Wow is that one of Katie McGarry?”
“ Yes, how did you know?“ I love romantic paintings” he said.
“ I love art and for you to love romantic paintings and be single that’ s weird.”
“ Wateva, have a seat, I will fix you some wine or would you rather have something hard?” she asked.
“ I will take some wine for now.”
“ I never let guys come to my house. Especially this time of night, but for some reason I feel like I know you. Do you want white or red?”
“ I will take red.”
Rasheeda brought over two glasses of wine and a few finger foods. Alonzo enjoyed looking around at her house.“ Your house is like a museum.”
“ Yes, I wanted to be an artist a long time ago, but I ended up doing something different. I do collect.”
“ Nothing wrong with that.”
The night was becoming short. Looking into each other eyes, Rasheeda was mezmorized from the words that were coming from Alonzo’ s mouth. Talking sweet things in her ears. The music came on, he grabbed her and started dancing with her. They enjoyed each other company like they always knew each other. They kissed romantically, touching her all over her body they both wanted each other so bad. Trying to resist temptation, Alonzo stopped in the middle, kissed her hand and left.
The next day was the day for the big Valentines bash. Rasheeda woke up smiling from ear to ear. Stretching, she jumped up realizing that she drank a little too much last night and Alonzo was not there. Looking down at herself she was still fully dressed with her night clothes. Singing and dancing she skipped over to the bathroom and took a long shower.
Alonzo woke up with his manhood hard as a rock. Smiling from ear to ear he layed in bed thinking about last night. That was the best night he had in a long time. Being a gentleman and not having sex with Rasheeda.
Getting ready for work his morning was going by pretty good. He stopped by his favorite spot and ordered his favorite drink. The cashier sees him enough times, his cocoa was already waiting for him. He smiled, placed the money on
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