"Real Love" Part 1

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Real Love

[glow=red,2,300]“Tired of you stressin’ me/Why won’tchu let it be/Comin’ ‘round testin’ me/Cufkin’ with me mentally”
—Jonell: Round & Round (remix)[/glow]

"Isht, girl!!! Yo' @$$ ain't no joke!", Tamir heavily breathed as he stared up at the ceiling.

"What can I say? That's what I'm best known for when it comes to pleasin’ the finest na I know.", Tanisha grinned as she snuggled up next to him. "But why don'tcha stay ova all night this time?" She proceeded to plant a light kiss on his cheek.

"Look...as much as I hate to leave, ya know I still got a girl.", he replied as he sat up on one elbow to look at her.

"Why don't you juss cut that isht off?! I mean, you said you're unhappy with her so what the cufk?!", Tanisha snapped as she glared at him while shrugging her shoulders.

"It's not that easy...man, you wouldn't undastand so I'm about to be out. I'll call ya lata though.", he huffed as he leaned over to give her a quick kiss. However, she turned her head that caused him to kiss her cheek instead.

"Don't be like that.", he sadly stated.

"Yeah, whateva, na!", Tanisha huffed after turning her back to him. "Lock the door on your way out."

Tamir stood up in silence and proceeded to go the bathroom to take a quick shower before slamming Tanisha’s front door behind him without going back into her bedroom to tell her goodbye.
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"Girl, he's late AGAIN?!", Carlise asked in surprise while talking with Desiree on the phone.

"Yeah...it's like he's comin' in lata and lata and lata! I'ono what's been goin' on with us lately. He snaps at the slightest thing I say and man...I just don't know. But the bad part is that I’ve been tryin' my best to please that na in every way that I can!", Desiree replied while fighting back tears. “I think he’s gonna ask for some space again. But I’ve already made up my mind that if he does it, I’m not gonna take him back. I’m sick of goin’ around in circles with him. I’m too good for that!”

"Dn, Ray! Well you need me and Mimi to come ova there so we can kick his @$$ when he do come in?!", Carlise anxiously asked. As far as she was concerned, no na would do her or her two best friends wrong.

"No, Carlise! That won't be necessary! I'll handle it my way!", Desiree chuckled with a roll of her eyes. "You know you should really check into some anger management classes!"

"Whateva, girl! I'm juss sayin'!", Carlise laughed with a shake of her head. "You my girl, and I don't wanna see you go through no bullisht, that's all!"

"I know.", Desiree smiled. Just then she heard Tamir coming up the stairs. "Well listen, speak of the devil, I hear him now. I'll talk to ya tomorrow. Bye."

"Aight then, bye girl! But juss say the word and we there!", Carlise laughed.

"Yeah, okay.", Desiree laughed as she ended their call.

"Hey.", Tamir nonchalantly stated as he casually strolled into the bedroom.

"Hey? It's 2:20 in the mornin' and the only thing yo' @$$ can say is hey?! What's goin' on, Mir?", she demanded to know as she stared at him in disbelief.

"Man, I don't feel like hearin' yo' mouf tonight.", he huffed as he removed his shirt. He then proceeded to head out of the room to go downstairs to grab a snack from the kitchen.

"Oh you gonna hear my dn mouf! Don't walk away from me!", she yelled as she jumped up from the bed to stand face-to-face with him. That’s when she noticed some bright red scratch marks down one side of his neck. That’s when she REALLY went off.

"Na, who is you cufkin'?!!! And don't say some isht about nobody because may I remind you that yo' @$$ got scratch marks on ya that I KNOW I didn’t put there!" But before Tamir could answer her, she took her open palm and slapped the isht out of him.

"What the cufk is wrong wit'chu?!", he barked as he grabbed her by both arms. "I told you to leave me alone but you so dn hard headed you don't know when to stop!"

"Cufk you, Mir! Cufk...You!!!!!", Desiree yelled and cried as she broke out of his embrace.

"You know what? I'm so dn sick and tired of this isht that I think we need to chill for a while.", Tamir calmly stated as he walked over to the closet to remove some of his clothing.

"Yo' punk @$$ ain't gettin' outta this isht that dn easily! For once you gonna stand here and talk!", Desiree yelled as she walked up behind him and grabbed his arm.

"Look...juss go on somewhere!", he warned without turning around to look at her.

"Or what?!", she challenged him.

However, he didn't answer her. He just continued to pack a few of his belongings. "I'll be back for some more of my things lata."

"You are such a stupid @$$!!!", she yelled down the stairs as he headed for her front door.
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”"Hello?", Mina sleepily answered as she squinted her eyes to look at the clock on her nightstand. It was almost 3:00 in the morning.

"W'sup. You busy?", Rufus asked in a sexy tone. He and Mina had been seeing each other a little over two months. However, for the past month after Mina decided to go “there” with him, besides their usual late-night rendezvous’, it was nothing serious although Mina wanted it to be.

"Yeah, I was sleepin'.", she snapped as she lied back down on her back. She decided earlier in the day after talking with Carlise, that she needed to put her foot down and give Rufus an ultimatum. Either they were gonna take their relationship to the next level or there was no need for them to hang out with each other anymore.

"Were you dreamin' of me?", he smiled. He knew that all he had to do was lay a few lines on her and he was in there, so to speak.

"Nope. Look, is it an emergency or somethin' because I need my eight hours.", she heavily sighed while trying to keep her composure. But she was losing the battle because, once again, her feelings for him were beginning to take over.

"Yeah...I wanted to know if I could come over. I can't sleep.", he seriously stated.

"Yeah, and...?", Mina replied. "Oh wait...lemme guess...you wanna juss screw and nothin' more. Am I right?"

"Dn, ma! I juss wanted to talk! I mean, tomorrow's Saturday so I figured you wouldn't have to worry about gettin' up for work in the mornin'. I realized that I love to talk with you because you are so coo'. I didn't know you thought of me as juss some freak-on machine. You know I like you and that's not the only reason why." Rufus sounded so sincere that Mina quickly apologized. "Maybe Carlise and I are BOTH wrong about him.", she thought to herself.

"Okay, well since I'm up now...I guess it's ok for you to come ova.", Mina grinned.

"Aight, coo'...see ya in a lil' while.", he grinned.

"Some talk!", Mina thought to herself as she watched Rufus turning over to go to sleep about an hour later after she had fallen prey to his game once again.

"Ru? What happened to the talk we were supposed to have?", she asked as she continued to watch his back.

He proceeded to yawn before answering her. "We can talk about it in the mornin'.", he replied as he rolled back over to give her a quick kiss on the tip of her nose.

"Dn, I'm such a dumb @$$!", she angrily thought to herself as she turned her back to him to go back to sleep.
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Early the next morning, Desiree was sitting in the kitchen sipping on a cup of coffee when she heard her front door open. However, she didn't bother to say anything because she was still upset about what had happened from the night before.

"W'sup.", Tamir stated as he walked into the kitchen.

"Hey.", she faintly replied as she took another sip of coffee without looking in his direction.

"Look, Ray...I apologize for what I did last night. I'ono...I love you, but somethin hasn't been right between us lately.", he stated after taking a seat in a chair across from her.

"All I wanna know is why the sudden change of ways wit'chu, Mir? Is it somethin' wrong that I'm doin'?", Desiree asked as they looked into each other's eyes.

"Nah...it's not you.", he quietly stated as he looked downward for a moment. The thing was that he was beginning to feel like he was becoming whipped. He noticed that all of his boys, except Mark, seemed to be enjoying the single life and that's what he found himself basically wanting again.

"Then what is it?", she asked as she studied the weary look on his face. "Is it somebody else?"

"What would make you say some isht like that?!", he anxiously asked as his head shot back up to look at her.

"Mir...I really don't want the games right now, okay? I mean it did look kinda suspicious with you waltzin' in here late last night with scratch marks on you.", Desiree sadly stated.

"Man...the scratches came from a fan who was a lil’ too excited when I hugged her last night at the sports bar that Mark and I went to. And that’s it!", he defensively replied.

However, Desiree still had her doubts. "Look, if it's someone else...tell me now, please!"

"There is no one else!", he replied as he grabbed her hands.

"Mir, don't lie to me! We're adults and if it is, then I'll be on my way.", Desiree stated as tears began to run down her face.

"I'm not lyin'. There is no one else but you.", he lied once again. He then stood up and walked around to her side of the table where he stooped down in front of her. "I love you, Ray.", he whispered.

"Mir, I love you too, but we have to start bein' really real with each otha, aight?", she replied as she stroked his face with the back of her hand.

"Aight.", he agreed with a nod of his head.
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"G'mornin', ma!", Mark grinned as he walked up behind Carlise who was standing at the stove making breakfast for them. He proceeded to wrap his arms around her.

"G'mornin', pa!", she joked. "Breakfast is almost ready."

"I thought I already had my breakfast this mornin'.", he joked as he nuzzled her neck.

"You are so bad!!! I'm too through with you!", she laughed as he let go of her.

"Well, hey...I juss call it how I see it!", he laughed while swatting her on the butt before sitting down at the table.

"Buzzard!", she stated with a shake of her head. "But look...you and the guys hangin' out tonight, right?"

"Yeah, our usual Saturday night ritual. Why, w'sup?", he asked.

"Well, I need for you to talk with your boy, Mir, to find out what's really goin' on with him. Ray called me last night because he was out until real late...AGAIN!", Carlise huffed as she began to make their plates.

"Carlise, I told you I don't like to get into none of my boys' personal affairs. That's somethin' that Mir and Ray are gonna have to work out.", Mark replied with a shake of his head.

"So, you're not even concerned that our friends are havin' trouble?!", Carlise asked as she slammed his plate down on the table in front of him. He quickly grabbed her around the waist and pulled her down onto his lap.

"You know I love it when you're mad!", he laughed as he tried to kiss her.

"Stop!", she laughed. "Don't try to change the subject!"

"I'm not...but it's best if we don't get into their business. That only leads to more trouble. Okay?", he asked as he kissed her on the cheek.

"Aight...maybe you're right.", she sighed as she went to sit down across from him. "I guess I'll juss have to talk to that na myself!", she thought.
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When Rufus woke up, he heard Mina in the shower. "Dn, am I really fallin' for this girl like that?!", he thought to himself as a slow smile spread across his face. It was true that he was going out with other females, but to him, Mina was different. She was someone that he could actually see himself chilling with but he just wasn't ready to settle down. He sat up on the side of the bed and began to gather up his clothes so he could take a shower next.

"Ummphh!", Mina mumbled when she stepped back into her bedroom while buttoning her jeans.

"What's wrong, Mimi?", Rufus asked as he walked around the bed and over to her.

"Nothin'.", she replied as she went through one of her dresser drawers to find her favorite pair of socks to put on.

"Yes, there is...wanna talk about it?", he asked as he took her hand and lead her over to the bed where they sat down next to each other.

"Ya know...it's funny you should use that word since we still haven't had our TALK that we were supposed to have when you first came ova here!", she snapped as she placed her socks on her feet.

Rufus began to chuckle as he thought about the nice time they ended up having without the talk.

"This isht ain't funny, Ru!", she huffed as she stood up to face him as he continued to sit down.

"What's wrong, girl?!", he asked in a shocked tone when he saw the pissed off look on her face.

"Look, what are WE gonna do about this?", she asked as she waved her hand back and forth between the two of them.

"Oh isht!", he thought. He knew exactly what she meant.

"I thought things were goin' good with us right now.", he replied with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Oh, okay.", she stated with a nod of her head as she looked away from him. After placing her hands on her hips, she slowly walked away. "Well, don't think that when you're always out that I'm juss sittin' here waitin' for one of your booty calls."

"Hol' up!", he shouted as he jumped up from the bed and grabbed one of her hands. "Look...like I said, I don't want you to think of me that way because I'm gettin' past the point of juss likin' you."

Mina immediately began to blush as she looked away from him. It had been so long since she heard someone saying this to her that she thought she would leap for joy.

"I feel the same way about you too!", she smiled.

He proceeded to give her a soft kiss on top of her head as he pulled her into his arms.
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"My na! What's goin' on bwoy?!", Larry grinned as he reached out to give Rufus a pound.

"Nothin' much. What'chall 'bout to do?", he asked as he followed Larry and the rest of the guys out to Tamir's ride. They all decided to meet up at Tamir's place and from there they would decide where to go.

"I'ono...I guess we juss gonna ride around until we find somewhere.", Larry replied with a shrug of his shoulders. "That is if he would hurry up and c'mon!" He proceeded to nod his head back at Tamir who was standing in the doorway while talking on his phone.

"Look, Tani (Tah-nee)...I think we should juss kinda chill for a minute. I'll be by to see ya sometime next week though.", Tamir explained with a shake of his head.

"What? You only wanna come to see me when you wanna hit it and quit it, na?! I'm tellin' ya, I'm gonna find someone else if you keep goin' at this rate! I don't have time for you to say you leavin' your girl, then you say you're not leavin'! I wanna know right now if this is it!", Tanisha shouted into the receiver.

"You tryna say that you'll go elsewhere if I don't spend as much time with you like I've been doin'?", Tamir sadly asked.

"I'm not tryna say isht! I'm tellin' you!", she snapped.

"I can't make any promises right now be...hello? Tani? Dt!", he shouted as he shoved his phone down in the pocket of his jeans.

"Man, c'mon and let's go! You got plenty of time to talk to yo' hoes!", Mark joked as he cupped his hands over his mouth.

"Cufk you, na!", Tamir yelled back as he headed down the front steps and over to his ride with the guys so they could be out.
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"Dt, man! I'm tellin' yall right now that you need to stop lettin' these nas stress yall out!", Carlise stated with a shake of her head as she sat with Desiree and Mina in her living room. They had begun to have one of their "waitin' to exhale" get-togethers.

"But, Ru said that he's past the point of likin’ me now!", Mina whined as she laid back on the sofa.

"Yeah, girl...but was that before or AFTER yall did the do?", Carlise asked as she shook her head at Mina.

"After! Dn!", Mina snapped as she covered her face with a throw pillow. Then she quickly sat back up. “But if you had a na like him that could make you scream and spell his name backwards AND forward, then you’d know the predicament I’m in!”

Carlise sucked her teeth at Mina before speaking. “Well, until he can make you yell his name and spell it in Braille like my na makes me do, you really ain’t got much to say. Face it, girl! You’se a ho! Bottom line!!”

Desiree, who was sitting on the floor next to Carlise proceeded to lie down on her back while laughing hysterically and kicking her feet in the air.

“Cukf you, Carli!”, Mina angrily shouted as she threw one of the throw pillows at Carlise. It hit her upside the head. Just as Desiree was trying to sit back up, she fell out again when she saw the pillow hit Carlise who really became heated.

"Ray, I’ono what the hell is so funny because you and Mimi are so ready to commit yourselves to sorry @$$ nas that you don't take the time out for you!"

"Well aren't you the cufkin' expert!", Desiree huffed with a roll of her eyes before glaring at Carlise.

"Look, don't be mad 'cause I got my na in check! Shoo', he know w'sup!", Carlise slyly grinned as she winked at Desiree.

"Yeah, whateva!", Desiree replied with a wave of her hand.

"Yo' check this...I'm not gonna sit here and argue with you two bammas! I say we go out and have some fun! There's no reason for us not to!", Carlise grinned as she stood up from the floor.

“Okay...well I’m wit’ it if Ray is.”, Mina smiled while looking over in Desiree’s direction.

“Aight! Coo’ with me!”, Desiree grinned. She proceeded to take Mina back to her place so they could get dressed. They would meet back up at Carlise’s place in an hour to ride with her.
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“Dn, man! These females in here are fine as hell!!!”, Rufus proudly grinned as he joined the rest of the guys at a table near the back of “The Good Life” nightclub where they had been hanging out for the past two hours. He proceeded to pull out 4 numbers that he had already collected in that short period of time to show off to the fellas.

“Ru, man...you are somethin’ else!”, James chuckled with a shake of his head. “I thought you were into Mimi?”

“I am, but I’m not ready to retire my playa jersey juss yet!”, he replied with a sly grin.

“Well I think she’s coo’! But you betta be careful man. You know that females are onto us men after a while. Now you keep hangin’ out without her and she’s subject to move on!”, Larry stated as he glanced at Rufus.

“I know man. She did kinda throw that in my face this mornin’...but I think she’s only bluffin’.”, Rufus replied.

Just then, Tamir happened to glance over at the entrance of the club and saw Desiree, Carlise, and Mina walking inside.

"Oh isht!!! They playin' the jammmmmmmm!!!", Carlise shouted as she and Mina began to do the bump to Meth's rap verse of Mary J's "Love @ First Sight". Meanwhile, Desiree stood there a bit embarrassed as some guys began to check them out. However, when she looked across the dance floor and her and Tamir's eyes met, a sly grin spread across her face. She then proceeded to step out onto the dance floor with a handsome balla.

"Oh snap! Yall see that?!", Mark blurted out as he turned around to look at his boys.

"Yeah, na! I'm not blind!", Tamir huffed as he continued to watch Desiree and ol' dude dance.

"Where Mimi at?!", Rufus asked as his voice rose in both anger and jealousy while scanning the floor.

Larry quickly swatted him on the chest with the back of his hand. "There she go!" Larry was trying his best to hold in his laughter.

"Oh isht no!", Rufus snapped as he jumped up from his seat. He was heated when he saw her dancing with a Pretty-Ricky type of na.

"Man, sit'cho @$$ down!", Mark laughed as he waved his hand at Rufus. "All she doin' is dancin'!"

"Oh, aight...well you won't be mad at YOUR girl I guess!", Rufus snapped as he nodded his head at Carlise who was dancing with a well-dressed guy.

"Wha' tha' cufk?!!!!", Mark shouted as he began to march over to Carlise who was getting her groove on to Missy's "Work It". It infuriated him to see her in her hot pink and white extra short jersey dress with her matching hot pink Manolo Blahnik Timbs.

"'Scuse me, na, but can anotha na cut in?!", Mark hissed as he tapped the guy Carlise was dancing with extra hard on his shoulder.

"Isht! Well if ya gotta have an attitude about it, be my guest!", the guy replied as he walked away. Carlise was still backing that thang up while Mark stood behind her. However, when she turned around, she was shocked to see him standing there.

"Hey, boo!", she grinned as she took his hands and began to dance closely with him. At first, he had a pissed off look on his face which quickly broke out into a wide grin.

"You betta be glad I love yo' @$$, but you coulda covered some of it up before comin' in here!", he snapped as he wrapped his arms around her booty so no one else would get a peek-a-boo look at what she was blessed with.

"I thought you liked this outfit!", she giggled as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Yeah, but not all out in the open!", he replied as he pulled her closer.
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"What'chu doin' here?!", Rufus snapped as he grabbed Mina by the hand and snatched her away from the guy she had been dancing with. When he took a look at her twins that were on the verge of spilling out of her denim corset that she was dressed in along with her mini denim skirt and red crocheted duster with a pair of matching red, knee-high boots, he really went off. "And cover that isht up!!!" He proceeded to grab both sides of her duster to try to close it.

"Na, what's wrong wit'chu?! I'm juss dancin'! Dn!", she huffed as she quickly pushed his hands away. He was beginning to embarrass her.

"Look, c'mon and let's go outside and talk!", he sighed as he grabbed her around the waist and walked with her out into the lobby.

"Why you tryna show the whole dn world what'cha got?!", he snapped as he stood in front of her so no one coming inside would see what she had to offer.

"Ru, if you would've been takin' me out before now, you would know that this is the way I roll!", she replied with a roll of her eyes and a shake of her head.

"Yeah, but still...", he began before she reached up and gave him a deep kiss in front of everybody just to shut him up since she had it like that. She then gently shoved him away and rolled her eyes at him as she went back inside the club. However, he quickly ran back in behind her and held her close to him as they danced together during a few more songs. Nevertheless, Mina was pissed because she felt like he was controlling her.
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"To the windowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwws/To the walllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllls/Till sweat run down my ballllllllllllllllllllllllls...!!!!!!", the club cheered as Desiree and her dancing partner did their thang. Meanwhile, Larry and James were cracking up at Tamir who was still standing frozen in the same spot where he had been since he saw her stroll into the club. However, when he saw Desiree about to bend over to the front and touch her toes, he jetted to over where she was. Larry was lying across the table by this time cracking up.

"Ray!!! Ray!!!!!!!!!!!", Tamir shouted as he tried to get her attention. He was already pissed about her being dressed in a white and black off-the shoulder blouse, an extra-short black skirt, and black thigh-high boots, but when he saw her being surrounded by two more dudes who came over to dance with her, he had had it.

"I know you heard me callin' you!!!!!!", he snapped while unknowingly pushing one of the guys from in front of her away so she would see him.

"Man, what's wrong wit'chu?!!", the guy asked as he stepped back up to Tamir. Tamir slowly turned around with a pissed off look in his eye.

"Look, fo'get it!", Desiree told Tamir as she pulled him by the arm. "Wha? Am I not s'posed to have some fun?! That's what you and yo' boys seem to be doin' lately since you been stayin' out late! So what'cha gotta say about that?!"

Tamir took a deep breath before answering. "See, why ya gotta bring that isht up?!!!"

"Because you 'bout ready to start isht...that's why!!!", she snapped.
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"Whewwwww...now THAT was the best 3 1/2 minutes I have eva experienced!", Carlise laughed as she and Mark walked from the very back hall of the club.

"Ummmmm...what'cha mean 3 1/2?! That was a solid FOUR!", he laughed as he winked at her.

"Yeah, okay.", she laughed with a shake of her head. Just then they bumped into Desiree and Mina who were on their way to the restroom.

"Okay...yall are some of the nastiest dawgs I eva seen!", Desiree sighed with a shake of her head.

"What?!", Carlise asked in surprise as she made sure her dress was in place. However, it was Mark's clothing that gave away what they had done. One side of his shirt was tucked into his jeans. But he didn't know until Desiree and Mina both looked downward at his pants.

"Oh isht! My bad!", he laughed as he pulled his shirt out.

"I'll be right back!", Carlise laughed as she joined the girls in the restroom. "So what'chall been up to for the last few minutes?", she asked as she went through her purse to pull her makeup kit out.

"You don't EVEN wanna know!", Mina huffed with a roll of her eyes as she leaned up against the wall. She proceeded to shake her head and fold her arms.

"Wha', girl?!", Carlise asked as she looked at Mina then Desiree who also had a disgusted look on her face.

"Guess!", Desiree snapped as she went into a stall that someone had just come out of.

"I don't wanna guess! W'sup wit'chall, Mimi?", Carlise asked once again; this time with a bit of irritation in her voice.

"Juss our nas actin' up 'cause we rolled up in here to have a good time! I'ma let Ru's @$$ have it when he drops me off at home." Mina felt herself becoming heated all over again.

"Oh, well see I told yall! They wanna be all controllin' and isht!", Carlise sighed as she checked out her freshened makeup in the mirror.

"Don't nobody control this here!", Mina snapped as she shook her head and waved her finger around.

"Oh no? Well, he controls you when he wants to durin' certain times of the night!", Carlise chuckled with a shake of her head.

"Keep right on, hear?!", Mina warned.

By this time, Desiree, had just walked over to the sink to wash her hands. "Ummmmmm...Mimi...Carli does have a point!"

"Both of yall can kiss my pinky toe!", Mina snapped as she headed for the door. Both girls laughed as they followed her out, but their laughter suddenly ceased.

"Well, dn!", Desiree spat when they noticed Tamir and Rufus standing near the entrance of the restroom. Mark and the rest of the guys weren't too far away.

"Well, dn, what?!", Tamir demanded to know as he quickly walked up next to Desiree. However, she wouldn't answer him.

"Uh oh...!", James laughed when he saw the look on Desiree's face. In the meantime, Mark ran over and grabbed Carlise from the back as they all headed for the exit.

"Man, what tha' hell you lookin' at?!", Rufus snapped when he saw the Pretty Ricky dude that Mina was dancing with earlier staring at her as they walked through the crowd. Ol' dude proceeded to shake his head at him and turned back around to talk to his friend again. However, Mina started chuckling along with Larry and Mark until Rufus proceeded to pull her as close to him as possible while taking his free hand to try to pull her duster together once more.

"Stop! I already told you one time not to do that!", she shouted as she tried to walk out of his embrace but he didn't let her go until they were all in the parking lot.

"Ok...here's the deal...Mark and I will take Larry and James back to your place so they can get James' ride and Ru and Mimi can ride back there with you two so he can get his ride.", Carlise stated as she looked over at Tamir and Desiree.

"Aight...sounds good to me, ma!", Mark grinned as he climbed behind the wheel of Carlise's convertible.

On the way back to Tamir's place, there was a deadly silence in his ride as he and Desiree sat up front and Rufus and Mina sat in the back. The only sounds that could be heard was the late-night traffic and the radio playing the latest hip-hop/r&b songs.

"Juss take me home!", Mina snapped as she quickly walked over to Rufus' ride once they reached Tamir’s place.

"Man...I'm 'bout to go handle some business so I'll catch up with ya lata!", Rufus huffed as he gave Tamir a pound.

"Aight, I'm 'bout to go handle some too!", Tamir replied with a shake of his head before turning around to look at Desiree who was standing on his front porch with her arms folded.

As soon as Tamir opened the door and stepped into his place behind her, he was about to speak about everything that had just happened. However, Desiree caught him off guard as she whirled around.

"I don't wanna hear a dn thang you got to say until after I speak first for a change!", she shouted.

"What?!!", Tamir asked in a pissed off tone.

"Yeah, na...ya heard EXACTLY what I said! For once, I'm not puttin' up with the bullisht you been takin' me through for the last few months. We're gonna get this isht settled once and for all and then you can take me home!", she yelled as she held her hand up in front of his face.

Tamir slowly stepped back and sarcastically stated that the floor was hers.

"Now is not the time to be a smart @$$, Mir, aight?!", she snapped.
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"Wha'?! So I'm not s'posed to look out for my girl?!!", Rufus shouted as he jumped out of his ride to stop Mina who was already half-way up her walkway to go inside her apartment.

"Look, I don't need a bunch of nosey @$$ neighbors listenin' to us!", she sighed as she unlocked her door and went inside.

After slamming the door shut, he began to talk again. "How you expect me to react when I see anotha na all up on ya and isht?!"

"Well if I was your girl like you said...you would've told me you loved me by now instead of juss sayin' you're past likin' me and you would've been takin' me out a loooooong time ago! Ya know what? I'm seriously beginnin' to think that you only told me what'cha told me this mornin' juss to hear yo' @$$ talk!" Mina proceeded to throw her purse onto a nearby armchair before heading to the back to get ready for bed. However, when she heard him walking down the hall behind her, she stopped in her tracks.

"I didn't tell ya that you could stay so you need to raise on up outta here!", she huffed when she turned back around to face him.

"I ain't goin' nowhere until you tell me what'cha meant by that!", he loudly replied as he walked up closer to her.

"I meant what I dt said! Now you take it how you want it!", she snapped as she went inside her bedroom. She proceeded to slam and lock the door in his face.
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"...And then you keep poppin' up late when we're supposed to be spendin' our quality time together. Mir, are you positive that it's not anotha woman?!", Desiree pleaded as a look of somewhat disappointment began to show on her face.

"For the last time, it's not anotha female! How can I convince you that it's not?", he demanded to know as he walked over to her.

"You coulda started by not showin' up at my house last night with those dn scratches on your neck! I mean, c'mon, Mir...what else am I supposed to think?!"

"Ray, it's like I told you...I've been under a lot of stress with puttin' this new album togetha and everything and I guess I've been slackin'.", he sighed.

"Well, I feel like we should end it right here. I can't keep goin' through this day in and day out.”, Desiree stated with a shake of her head. "You can take me home now!" She began to head for the door.

"Wait a minute.", Tamir faintly replied as he grabbed her by the hand to stop her. "Ummm...", he began as he looked around the foyer that they were standing in. "Ray, have I really been THAT bad?", he sadly asked as he looked into her eyes. He could see that she was on the verge of crying.

"Worse!", she answered with a slow shake of her head. "I can't keep goin' on like this. One minute we're coo', the next we're not! The ride stops here." She tried to take her hand out of his but he wouldn't let her.

"Don't do this to me, Ray. Please don't do this to me!", he begged as he pulled her into his arms.

Desiree tried breaking away. "Stop, Mir! This only prolongs things between us. I juss don't want to anymore." However, the more she fought him off, the tighter he clung to her.

"I'm REALLY ready to make this work this time! I can't let you walk out...not this time!", he whispered as he began to kiss her anyone that his lips would land.
"Stop, Mir!", she cried as she continued to try to push him away, but he wouldn't listen.

"I can't...please take me back.", he pleaded some more until their lips finally met in a passionate kiss. They didn't make it any farther than the living room floor next to the foyer.
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[CarolinaCutie]

"Mimi...I juss wanna go to sleep! I'm too tired to drive home!", Rufus shouted as he pounded on her bedroom door several times.

"I tell ya the truth!", she huffed as she climbed out of her bed and grabbed two spare pillows and a blanket from the top shelf of her closet.

"Here! Take yo @$$ to sleep on the sofa then! You ain't slick and I ain't fallin' for your isht this time!" She proceeded to throw everything in the middle of he hallway before slamming the door in his face.

"Dn...I gotta think of somethin'!", he thought to himself as he stood in disbelief while watching the door.

"Oh isht!", he slyly grinned as he removed every piece of clothing except his wife beater and boxers once he reached the living room. "I got juss the thing!" And the first thing he did was pull his organizer from the pocket of his jeans to get rid of every female’s name, number, and address, but Mina’s.

“Dt, why that na go be so dn fine?! Isht!!! You can do this, Mimi!!!”, Mina thought to herself in frustration as she stood back up to turn her ceiling fan on full-speed to cool her off before climbing back in bed for the night.

The next morning when she woke up to get a drink of water from the bathroom, she smelled breakfast cooking. She remembered that Ru had spent the night on the sofa so she didn't bother to go back into her room to grab her robe because he had seen her in her t-shirt and panties numerous times.

"What are you doin'?", she asked after stepping into the kitchen and witnessing him fixing a breakfast tray for the two of them.

"What's it look like? I'm fixin' breakfast for my girl!", he grinned with a wink. Mina sucked her teeth and was about to walk out of the kitchen after noticing that he still hadn't said what she wanted to hear. When he saw her about to walk out, he ran to stand in front of her. "Look, wait a minute...you wanna know why I'm doin' this?"

"Yeah, why?", she asked as she ran her hand up her forehead and through her out of control curls and kinks.

"Because...I love you.", he almost whispered as he placed his arms around her waist.

"Do you really mean it?", she asked as she tried to fight back a shy grin that was forming on her face.

"I can show ya how much I mean it if you feel like holdin' off on breakfast for a while.", he slyly grinned as he pulled her closer to him.

"Okay.", she giggled as he took her by the hand and led her back to her bedroom.
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"Lemme see if this na up yet.", Tanisha thought to herself as she began to dial Tamir's cell number. However, after trying several times without an answer, she figured he must've been at his own place.

"Hello.", Desiree yawned into the receiver since Tamir was in the shower. Desiree heard an immediate dial tone. She then checked the caller ID but it was a private number. She thought nothing of it as she laid back down on her pillow. However, about five minutes later, the phone began to ring again.

Before answering, Desiree checked the ID and noticed that it was a private number again.

"Yes?", she asked. Once more she heard a dial tone. "Who in the world is playin' on the phone this time of mornin'?!"

"He really does have her at his house!", Tanisha stated in disbelief as she stared at the phone that she was still clutching in her hand. "That's aight, na! You ain't gonna string my pretty @$$ along no more. I'm kickin' yo @$$ to the curb...but before I do so...", she thought to herself as a sly grin spread across her face.

"Mir! Somebody from a private number keep playin' on the phone. They've called here 2 times in a row now!", Desiree snapped as she sat up in the bed when he walked back into his room to put on some clothes. He was gonna go play some ball with James down at the gym.

"Oh dn!", he thought to himself while trying to keep a calm look on his face.

"Oh well...maybe they weren't convinced the first few times that they had the wrong number.", he stated with a shrug of his shoulders. He didn't notice, but Desiree was studying his face for the slightest of suspicious looks. However, she didn't notice anything.

"When you comin' back?", she asked as she watched him pulling his t-shirt down over his head.

"Prolly in 2 hours or so. I'll pick up some breakfast for us on the way back.", he smiled as he walked back over to the bed to give her a kiss goodbye.
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"Hello?", Tanisha answered as she sat up in her bed.

"Tani? How many times do I have to tell you not to call my place without callin' my cell first?!", Tamir barked into his receiver as he drove down the empty streets to head over to the gym.

"I did call your dn cell phone, but you didn't answer!", she huffed as she laid back down across her bed.

"Oh...well anyway I told you that we need to chill for a minute. I promised you that I would be by sometime soon to see you, but my girl and I are tryin' to work through some things right now.", he replied.

"Aight...well that's all I needed to know and you have now confirmed it for me...Lata!", she shouted as she slammed her phone down in his ear. As soon as she hung up, she began to brew up a devious plan on how Tamir would pay for stringing her along.

"Oh well!", he nonchalantly replied as he flipped his phone down.

[glow=red,2,300]“Can’t blame it on her/She can’t be that smart/Messin’ with you/She gonna get a broken heart”
—Jaguar Wright: The What Ifs[/glow]

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[Nina]

DAMNNNNNNNNN! :oYa too make great story's.This story is off the hizzle 4 sizzle.LOL(snoopy talk).Ya should always do story's.CC,did you get this from mary j?You did right(the title),but i'm luvin' it.Ya know this story is banggin' ,i'm just like"DAMNNNNN"like chis tucker and ice cube in Friday.I know ya worked hard on this and your work has paid off.Keep doing homie's.Cuz i'll surport ya,all the way.HOLLa!

[aDRUfan4LiFe]

From my girl Monica's song "Knock Knock" --It's funny how the tables turn, now it's you runnin after me... That's what Ru and 'Mir get for playing games! lol
Good story! I like the part when Rufus got mad after getting all those numbers!!!!

[Jewlnmbr1]

How Tamir gonna be playing Ray like that? She needs to go off on her own...get with Woody or something lol. LUVIN THIS GIRLS! KEEP IT COMING!

[CarolinaCutie]

Thanky! ;D

Nina said:

CC,did you get this from mary j?You did right(the title),but i'm luvin' it.

Yup!

On to parts 2 and 3 if my 'puter doesn't act up!

[VirgosAngel19]

Kinda late on reading this one but damn girl. I likes this. Ru and Noke both know they need that you knows kicked.