"Xstacey Jones" Part 2

[CarolinaCutie]

[glow=red,2,300]“Everything’s gonna be alright/I listen to my heart and I/Take the strength inside/To help me live my life”
—Groove Theory: It’s Alright[/glow]

About a month later, Scola decided to throw a party for his family and friends with Nita, Cookie, and Stacie being included since he knew they were close friends with each other.

"Dn...Sco's my boy and all, but I wonda if he's serious about wantin' to get with Stace?", Sisqo thought to himself as he leaned up against a wall and watched him trying to spit game at Stacie. The fact of the matter was that Sisqo was into Stacie for real but decided to back off since Scola was trying to stake his claim on her.

"What'cha thinkin' about?", Woody asked Sisqo when he joined him a few minutes later after seeing that he was deep in thought about something.

"Oh, nothin' in particular.", he replied with a shrug of his shoulders as he quickly looked away from Stacie and Scola.

"Gon' and admit it...you ova here wantin' to laugh at how Scola is strugglin' with Stacie. Personally, I think he needs to give up.", Woody chuckled with a shake of his head.

Sisqo began to laugh. "Yeah, man. Ya got me! I'm ova here havin' fun watchin' him tryin' to win that girl ova!", he lied.

"So, where do you feel like goin' after we leave here?", Nokio whispered in Nita's ear as they danced closely to 50’s “21 Questions". They had been hanging out with each other ever since the first night they met and he was still trying to get closer to her. But Nita just wasn't ready to go there yet. She was comfortable with them just being friends for the time being.

"Noke! We only been here a lil' ova two hours! Slow your roll, boy! Slow your roll!", she whispered back while giggling.

"I coulda been talkin' about takin' you to a movie or out to eat or somethin', girl!", he lied as he pulled her closer to him.

"Yeah, right!", she chuckled.

"I'm serious.", he whispered before he glanced over at Scola who was sitting down next to Stacie.

"Dn. That na's @$$ is sooooo wrong!", he thought to himself.

Not too long after Scola met Stacie, he told Nokio that he was going to stop at nothing to get what he wanted from her according to what Demetrius had told them. However, Nokio told him that he was wrong, but Scola just brushed it off.

"So maybe I can take you and Javon out tomorrow afternoon to the park or somethin'.", Scola stated as he placed all of his attention on Stacie. He figured that if he mentioned the baby, maybe this would look good on his part.

"You don't have to do that. I know you stay busy with different things, but thanks for the offer.", she replied as she watched some couples dancing around the large den.

"Nah, I'd really like to. It'd give me a chance to get to know your son betta.", he grinned as he placed his arm around her shoulder.

"Hmmmmm...maybe this could be the start of somethin' nice.", she thought to herself. From the time she took Javon into her home, none of the guys that she went out with had an interest in him. They were always after one thing only.

"Okay...well, remind me to give you my number before I leave.", she smiled as she looked into his eyes.

"I finally get the digits?!", he joked as he playfully stared at her in shock. He then put his hand up to his chest. "I'm touched...really I am!"

"Boy, shut up!", she laughed with a shake of her head.
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"W'sup, lil' man?", Scola grinned when he walked inside Stacie's place the next afternoon. Javon was standing in front of her when she opened the door.

"Hello.", Javon smiled as he reached out to give Scola a pound. Latrell had taught Javon, at the age of two, how to give and receive one.

"You look nice, ma.", Scola smiled when he looked at Stacie. He noticed that her braids were pulled up into a high ponytail on top of her head that came back down in a flow of loose curls and she was dressed in a long white Reebok t-shirt, a pair of denim capris and a pair of white and blue slide-on Reebok tennis shoes.

"Thanks. You too.", she smiled back as she admired him in a black Nike football jersey, a pair of baggy jeans, and a white pair of Air force Ones. He also had a black and white bandana tied around his cornrows.

"What about me Aunty Stacie?", Javon innocently smiled as he tugged on the back of her shirt. He was dressed in a gold Shaquille O'Neal jersey with a white t-shirt underneath, a pair of jeans, and some white socks.

"C'mere, boo!", she laughed as she turned around and picked him up in her arms. "You know my baby is the finest one in here!" She proceeded to kiss and tickle him as he squirmed around in her arms and laughed.

"But we have to go put your shoes on so we can leave, so c'mon on.", Stacie smiled as she placed him back on the floor and took his hand. She let Scola know that they would be right back.

"Aight...take your time.", he grinned with a nod of his head as he sat down on her sofa. He found it almost hard to believe that somebody that seemed so caring and sweet could be the type of girl that Demetrius had been describing to him and the guys.
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"So what time should I come pick you up?", Nokio grinned while talking with Nita on the phone.

"Ummmmm...let's say 6:30. Where we goin' tonight?", she smiled.

"It'll be a surprise.", he slyly chuckled.

"Then that means I should wear somethin' nice?", she asked.

"You don't have to wear nuffin' if you don't want to!", he joked.

"Shut up! I'm serious!", Nita laughed. "Now what should I wear?"

"I'm sure that whateva you put on will be nice.", he stated in a serious tone.

"Awwwww...ok.", she bashfully giggled before they talked for a few more minutes.

When 6:30 rolled around, Nita was putting the finishing touches on her hair with a few spurts of spritz to keep her headful of long curls in place. As soon as she was stepping into her open-toed heels, she heard her doorbell ringing.

"Comin'!", she shouted as she ran out of her bedroom to open the door.

"W'sup, ma!", Nokio smiled as she let him inside. "These are for you." He handed her a dozen long-stemmed red roses and a small box of assorted chocolates.

"Awwwwwww...thanks, Noke!", she grinned as she gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. "I'ma go put these in water real quick and then I'll be ready to go."

"Aight.", he slyly grinned as he watched her walking away in her nicely-fitted navy pantsuit.

Throughout their candlelight dinner at an Italian restaurant, they laughed and joked about both serious and crazy things. However, he decided to get slick when they talked about some of the ol' school games from back in the day.

"You know you woulda been a good person to play hide and go get it with, Nita.", he slyly smiled.

"Oh really?", she chuckled. "But what if I didn't want you to get it?"

"Oh, you'd want it.", he whispered with a wink.

Nita became a little fidgety by this point since she had declared celibacy after she and her ex broke up. She vowed that she wouldn't let anotha man get with her unless she knew that they were "for real" for real. Nokio noticed her nervousness.

"Am I makin' you jumpy?", he laughed in a sexy tone.

"No!", she snapped while laughing.

"Oh...good because I was juss gettin' ready to ask you somethin'?", he replied.

"What?", she asked.

He cleared his throat before speaking. "Well, I have this close friend that's been kickin' it with this coo' female a lil' ova a month now. He told me that they have a lot of fun togetha and he was wonderin' how should he ask her to be his girl?"

"Oh? Well what advice did you give him?", she slyly smiled as she placed her elbow on the table and rested her chin on her hand.

"I'm not good at these things, so I told him that I would get it from a female's perspective at the first chance I had since yall know what yall like and whatnot. So do you have any advice for me to take back to him?", Nokio smiled while looking into Nita's eyes.

"Hmmmmm…well tell him that he should come right out and ask. If she says yes, then coo', but if not...oh well.", she smiled with a shrug of her shoulders.

Nokio pondered with what she had told him for a few seconds before speaking up again.

"Nita, will you be my girl?", he smiled as he slid his chair over next to hers.

She felt her cheeks glowing bright red as she put her head down out of shyness. Then she slowly looked back up at him and nodded her head yes.

"So I guess my advice will work for your friend too.", she joked.

"Yeah, I guess so!", he laughed as he leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
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[CarolinaCutie]

"Aight, boo bear! C'mon and let's get you ready for bed!", Stacie smiled after putting Javon's food that he didn't finish eating at dinner away in the fridge.

"Now?", he whined as he and Scola watched Ed, Ed, and Eddy from the floor.

"Yeah, man...tell him g'night.", she grinned with a shake of her head as she approached them.

"Okay. G'night.", he smiled as he and Scola gave each other a pound.

"G'night, lil' man.", Scola smiled back as he stood up from the floor. "I guess I'd betta get goin'."

"You don't have to rush off so soon do you?", Stacie asked with an innocent smile.

"Well I didn't want to keep you from doin' what you have to do.", he smiled as he looked at her. However, he was hoping that maybe this was an early indicator of things to come later on.

"I juss gotta get Von ready for bed which shouldn't take me long if you wanted to hang out for a lil' while.", she replied.

"Aight. I guess I can stay for a few more minutes.", Scola slyly grinned as he strolled back over to the sofa to sit down.

When Stacie placed Javon under his covers and kissed him goodnight after his bath, she joined Scola back in the living room where they talked and watched tv for about an hour or so. That's when he decided to leave since it didn't look like he would be going anywhere with her.

"Thanks for today. Javon and I had a really nice time. Hopefully, we can do it again real soon.", Stacie smiled as they stood at the door.

"That would be coo'. Ya know...he's a cute kid, juss like his aunty.", he grinned as he lightly tapped the end of her nose with his finger.

"Stop.", she bashfully giggled with a shake of her head.

"What? You don't think you're cute?", he joked as he stepped up closer to her.

"Anyway!", she sighed with a roll of her eyes and a few more giggles.

"So is it okay to call you sometimes?", he asked.

"Yeah, that's fine.", she replied with a nod of her head.

"Aight...well, g'night.", he whispered as he leaned forward to kiss her. However, she quickly turned away causing him to kiss her cheek instead.

"Take care.", he smiled as he slowly ran his finger down her face where he had just kissed it.

"You too.", she replied as she turned and walked back into her place. He stood watching her until she shut the door.

"Dt! I'ma kick D's @$$ for makin' me go through all this trouble!", he grumbled under his breath as climbed in his ride to leave.
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"Now that you're my girl...is it okay to come in for a lil' while?", Nokio asked when he walked Nita up to her front door.

"Sure! C'mon in.", she grinned after unlocking and opening her door.

"I'ma go make me some green tea. You want anything?", she asked as she headed for the kitchen.

"Nah, I'm coo'!", he replied as he grabbed the remote to see what was on tv.

A few minutes later, Nita joined him on the sofa as she sipped on her tea.

"Find anything good to watch?", she asked.

"Nah, not until now.", he devilishly grinned as he placed his arm across the top of her sofa while giving her a sexy look.

"Whateva!", she laughed as she playfully swatted his other hand that had come to a rest on her knee.

"Seriously though, there's nothing on.", he replied as he handed her the remote. "Maybe you can find somethin'."

Zooming through every channel, she realized that he was right. "Dn! There ain't nothin' good to watch!", she laughed.

Well that was all it took because after a brief moment of chatting, she found herself making out with Nokio. However, when things began to get out of hand, she quickly stopped him.

"What's wrong?", he asked as she pulled away from him.

"It's juss that I made a vow after my ex and I broke up that I wouldn't jump right into the sex thing again.", she softly replied while quickly buttoning up her blouse. "I hope you understand."

"I do. This will be worth waitin' for.", he whispered as he lifted her chin with his hand so she could look at him. He then leaned forward and gave her a passionate kiss.

"No-o-oke! We gotta stop!", Nita giggled as she pulled away from him.

"Oh, aight.", he chuckled. "Well, is it okay if I juss hold you for a lil' while? I promise I won't do anything else...unless you change your mind.", he chuckled as he sat back with her in his arms.

"Shut up!!!", she giggled with a shake of her head as they talked before he decided to leave since it was getting late. However, he didn't leave before sharing one more passionate kiss with her.

"Night, Nita.", he smiled before heading for his ride.

"G'night!", she grinned with a wave before going inside. She had to call Stacie up to tell her about her night.
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After about two months of dating Stacie, Scola was becoming frustrated with the fact that he had yet to find out what he really wanted to know about her. That's why when he and Demetrius decided to hang out at the Ballas Playground without the rest of the guys, Scola became angry with him when they saw Stacie waiting on her tables during the night.

"Man...all I can say is that she's playin' hard to get with ya!", Demetrius stated with a shrug of his shoulders as he watched a stripper who went by the name Lexxxus perform to Kelis’ “Milkshake” on stage directly in front of their table.

"Whateva, yo! This isht is gettin' tired!!! Every time I see her, she ends our nights with a dn kiss and that's it. No panty-draws or nothin'! And the more I think about it, the more I feel like you lyin' about the way she is!", Scola replied as he glared at him.

"You ain't nobody important for me to lie to, na! I hit that thang more than once and always left her place a satisfied customer!", Demetrius replied without taking his eyes off of Lexxxus.

"Yeah, whateva!", Scola huffed with a roll of his eyes. When he turned his head, he saw Stacie talking to Latrell and the same two guys that he always came to the club with.

"I think yo' na want'chu!", Latrell laughed when he noticed how Scola was staring at her.

"I'll get to him in a minute.", Stacie replied with a nod of her head as she folded her arms before beginning to finish up her conversation with him about some work on her next song. However, Latrell began to laugh before asking her a question.

“Boy, what’s wrong wit’chu?!”, she giggled while watching him lose it. His two friends with him began to laugh as well while looking at him. They figured that maybe he had a little too much to drink.

“Yoooooo, Stace!!!!!! Is it me or does that’ na sittin’ next to your na look like a broke @$$ Flex on crack?!!!”, Latrell laughed. Stacie and his two friends fell out. However, he never knew that Stacie had messed around with Demetrius in the past.

“And we know that Flex na ALREADY skinny as hell!!!”, one of his boys roared with laughter.

“See?! I’m too through with yall crazy @$$es! I’ll catch up wit’chall lata!”, Stacie laughed with a wave of her hand as she made her way over to Scola.

"W'sup?", Scola forced himself to smile once she reached him.

"Pretty good., she replied with a half-smile before a look of disgust came over her face when she saw Demetrius staring at her.

"Well, ummmm...is it coo' if I come by tonight after you leave or will that be too late?", Scola asked with a bit of hope in his voice.

"That'll be fine. Since Javon is stayin' overnight with his cousin, I have no problem with it. But lemme get back to work. I'll catch up with ya lata.", she replied as she quickly left the table.

"My na! Now you KNOW this is your chance!!!", Demetrius grinned as he nudged Scola with his elbow.

"Hopefully your @$$ is right about this!", Scola replied.

However, that wasn't the case when he followed her home after she helped close the club up for the night.

As they sat together on her sofa to watch some late-night tv, Scola began to make his move. He started out by turning the lamp off. Then he wrapped his arms around Stacie while lightly kissing her neck and cheek. But she sat frozen and confused while continuing to watch tv.

She really liked him, but she still wasn't ready to give in for the fear of resorting back to her old ways. That's why the minute he began to kiss her passionately on the lips, she tried to pull away. However, he wouldn't let her. Instead he kept telling her to relax and enjoy what they were doing. Little did he know that she was enjoying it which is why she was finally able to shove him away.

"What's the matter with you?!!", he snapped as she stood up from the sofa.

"I can't do this! I like you too much!", she blurted out.

"Well, duh! If you like me then why is your @$$ standin' there and I'm sittin' here?!", he asked out of anger as he gave her a pissed look.

"Because I'm not ready to take it there! That's why! Look, maybe you should leave...I'm sorry.", she replied as she walked over to her front door to open it.

Scola heavily sighed and left without turning around to say goodbye.

Stacie proceeded to close the door and walked over to her sofa where she cried and sobbed until she fell asleep.
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[CarolinaCutie]

Soon after Nita arrived home, Nokio picked her up to take her out for a late night bite to eat since she didn't have time to eat earlier that evening before going to work.

"I hope you don't mind what I have on.", she joked when she met him at her door. She was dressed in a pair of jeans, a gray sweater, and a pair of Reebok classics after taking a quick shower and pulling her hair into a ponytail on top of her head.

"You look good as always. Let's go.", he smiled as he took her hand.

After they grabbed a quick bite to eat, they decided to head back to his place to hang out since it was going on 4:30 in the morning. Besides, his place was closer and he noticed how sleepy Nita looked.

Once they were inside, he showed her to his guestroom upstairs so she could go to sleep. However, she quickly woke up once they were sitting on the large bed together.

"Thank you for lettin' me stay the night.", Nita smiled as she leaned over to plant a light kiss on his cheek.

"Anytime, ma.", he smiled back as he took his turn to kiss her back on her cheek.

Without saying a word, she slowly laid him back on the bed as she proceeded to give him a passionate kiss.

"Hol' up, Nita.", he whispered in between kisses. "You know if you keep right on, I won't be able to contain myself.", he chuckled.

"That's the whole idea.", she replied in a husky tone never missing a beat as she continued to kiss him while removing his shirt.

"Okay...now I can go to sleep happy!", Nita heavily sighed while giggling as she and Nokio laid together an hour later.

"Me too!", he heavily breathed with a chuckle as he pulled closer. They both quickly fell asleep just as the sun was beginning to come up.
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The next week after visiting Gayle, Stacie decided to take Javon to his favorite toy store in the mall as her way of cheering him up. Today was the first day Stacie had ever seen Javon cry and not want to let go of Gayle when it was time to leave. Stacie also felt like she had to cheer herself up as well because Gayle wasn't doing so good. A few days beforehand she had been released from the prison infirmary after spending close to two weeks in there when she suffered a setback from her condition.

While walking through the mall with Woody, Sisqo noticed Stacie holding Javon on her lap on a bench in front of the toy store. Javon decided that he wanted to get ice cream first before going in the toy store.

"Who you see?", Woody asked when he noticed that Sisqo had stopped in his tracks.

"Stace and her son. I gotta say w'sup to her right quick.", he grinned.

"Oh, aight.", Woody agreed with a nod of his head as they approached her.

"Hey, Stace!", Sisqo smiled shaking her out of her trance as she stared at a pair of boots in a store's window across from her.

"Oh hey! W'sup yall?", she smiled when she saw him and Woody walking up beside her.

"Nothin' much. Juss thought I'd holla at ya. Is this your son?", Sisqo smiled as he sat down next to her.

"Yeah...this is my lil' man.", she proudly grinned as she kissed the top of Javon's freshly cut head.

"I see my girl...I'll be back in a minute.", Woody stated when he saw his girlfriend and her sister walking on the other side of the mall.

"Aight.", Sisqo replied with a nod of his head.

"So how ya been? I haven't seen ya lately.", he smiled when he looked back at Stacie. She was trying her best to clean Javon's hands with some napkins. They had become sticky from his ice cream cone.

"Busy...as you can see right now!", she joked with a shake of her head.

Sisqo loved it whenever he would see her smile. However, he knew that she was seeing Scola so he continued to draw the line at his feelings for her.

"I see!", he chuckled. Just then Javon began to plead to go to the toy store.

"Aunty Stacie! Can we go in there now?", he half-whined while pulling on her arm before she could stand up.

"In a minute, Von. Aunty is talkin' right now.", she replied in a calm but firm voice. However, he continued to pull on her hand and arm non-stop.

"Von, boo...you gonna have to stop or I won't get you what you wanted.", Stacie warned him with a faint laugh.

Javon turned into a complete angel and climbed back up in her lap. He then proceeded to lay his head on her chest.

"That's my lil' man!", Stacie smiled as she glanced back over at Sisqo. However, Sisqo noticed that she seemed to have a sad look on her face although she tried to hide it. In addition to feeling gloomy about Gayle, she thought about Scola the minute Sisqo came over to join her since they were boys. She hadn't heard from or seen him all week.

"Awwwww...don't make lil' man wait.", Sisqo grinned as he watched a sad look come over Javon's face. "I'll go in there with yall for a sec."

"Oh, aight.", she replied with a small smile as they both stood to their feet.

The minute they stepped in the store, Javon took off running down the action figure aisle. He had been begging for the talking Sponge Bob Squarepants doll.

"Von! You know betta!", Stacie whispered as she quickly walked up behind him.

"Here it is, Aunty!", he grinned when he found what he was looking for.

"My man likes Sponge Bob too?!", Sisqo joked as he walked over to Javon to check out some other Sponge Bob toys.

"Oh no! Don't tell me you're a follower of that thing too?", Stacie giggled with a shake of her head.

"Yeah, girl! Ol' boy is the man!!!", Sisqo laughed followed by Stacie's laughter. But when she looked away from him to look at Javon who was on his knees looking at some more toys, her cheerful mood seemed to quickly diminish.

"You aight, Stace?", Sisqo asked with a look of concern as he placed the toy back on the shelf.

"Hmm? Oh, I'm fine.", she smiled with a shrug of her shoulders.

"You sure?", he asked as he gave her a look of concern.

"Yes, I'm coo'.", she smiled once more. "I guess we'd betta be gettin' home though. C'mon, boo." She held out her hand for Javon to take.

Sisqo decided to give her his number. "Listen, if you eva wanna talk, I'm here.", he smiled.

"Thanks.", Stacie bashfully smiled as she placed the number in her purse.
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"…Believe me/My words is credible/Ask Nat Cole/Huh/I’m unforgettable/Don’t let the QB get a hold of your guy/Sex him well/Get him high/He might cufk around and die/I guess you know by now who’s #1/Brooklyn/Brooklyn/That’s where I’m from/So if ya got beef betta think again/’Cause you can’t win...!", Stacie rapped along to Lil' Kim's "Who’s Number One" from her Notorious K.I.M. CD later on that night in bed while working on some lyrics of her own. Although, she always wrote and rapped about things that were the EXACT opposite of Lil' Kim's lyrics, she always drew her inspiration from this particular song, weird as it seemed.

Anyway, Latrell told her that he was going to get his boy that was a DJ to listen to her song once she completed it. If his boy liked it, he was going to put it on his next mix tape that he distributed in the streets.

Her phone began to ring the minute a line came to her. Before answering, she quickly scribbled it down before picking up the phone.

"Hello?", she answered.

"Hey, w'sup.", Scola replied on the other end.

"Oh, it's you.", she huffed as she grabbed the remote to turn her stereo down.

"What the cufk is wrong with you?", he snapped when he heard her tone of voice.

"What the cufk is wrong with me? Na, you need to ask your own @$$ that question!", she quietly shouted so she wouldn't wake up Javon who was asleep in his room across the hall.

"Nah, you the one that was trippin' the otha night! I was juss tryna get in some quality time with yo' @$$!", he spat.

"Exactly! You was tryna get some quality time with that instead of with me! I thought you were gonna be different, but you know what? You juss like every otha na I've ever run into.", she replied with a shake of her head.

"Oh? Is that right? Well I thought you liked nas like me and the othas!", he huffed into the receiver.

"What the hell would give you that idea?!", she snapped. However, she took on a calm tone before going on. "Look, this isht is goin' no where so I'm gone. Bye!", she replied before ending the call.

"Ugggh!!! Nas been gettin' on my nerves!", she grumbled as she tossed the cordless phone to the other side of her bed. She was about to turn her stereo back on when Javon came walking into her room.

"Von? What are you doin' up, bookie?", she sweetly asked as he came over to her bed.

"Can I sleep with you tonight? I'm scared.", he replied.

"Come on, boo. What'cha scared of?", she asked as she pulled back her comforter so he could climb in beside her. She then placed the phone back on its receiver and put her notepad and pen in the nightstand next to the bed.

"I'm scared because I juss dreamed that gran'mama came in my room and told me that she was gonna take mommy back with her so she could be with my daddy.", he replied after Stacie had placed him in her arms. "I didn't know that my daddy had already went to heaven.", he innocently stated. "He brought me home this mornin."

Stacie felt the tears welling up in her eyes as Javon spoke.

"He's not in heaven, boo. Your granny was talkin' about Jesus. He's our other father.", Stacie smiled as she wiped away her tears with the back of her free hand.

"But she still said she was gonna take mommy back with her.", he stated with a sad look.

"Awwww...your mommy's gonna be here with us for a long time, okay?", she smiled as she kissed his forehead.

"Okay.", he replied with a nod of his head.

Stacie proceeded to rock him in her arms until he fell asleep.
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[CarolinaCutie]

When the next Wednesday night rolled around, it was back to work for Stacie. However, she didn't mind since Wednesday nights weren't as busy as Fridays and Saturdays.

"Hey, babydoll!", she heard someone say when she stepped inside the club.

"Hey, Deacon! You came straight from bible study to this place, I see.", Stacie joked as she walked over to his table. "Where ya been?"

"The Missus was catchin' on to me hangin' out a lil' too much so ya know I had to slow down for a while.", he chuckled with a wink.

"You ain't even right!", she giggled with a shake of her head. "I'll be back to take your order in a few minutes."

"Okay, suga!", he grinned as he watched her walking away. "Yes, yes...that young thang been mighty blessed!", he joked. The two other old men that were sitting with him begin to laugh loudly.

"Ewwwwwww...I done told you, girl! You gon' catch the worms from those dirty ol' men! Juss keep right on flirtin' with 'em!", Nita joked as Stacie walked past the bar.

"Girl, please!!!! All the money in the world wouldn't make me run to the ol' @$$ side!", Stacie laughed as she walked in the back to put her things away.

Several hours later after taking a few orders from her usual customers, Stacie decided to hang out at the bar to chat with Nita since things were slower than normal for the night. That's when they saw the guys walking in with Demetrius. They all waved at them with the exception of Scola and Demetrius who headed over to their usual table down front.

"Awwwwww...look like somebody's in love!", Stacie giggled as she glanced back at Nita. "I saw how Noke's face lit up when he saw you."

"He is so good to me!", Nita blushed. "I'm glad that I decided to hook up with him. So what about you and Scola?"

"Ummmphhhh...girl, don't get me started!", Stacie huffed with a shake of her head.

"What?!", Nita demanded to know.

Stacie proceeded to tell her about what had happened between her and Scola from the week before.

"Girllllll...I'm tellin' ya if we won't at work right now...!", Nita started right after hearing Stacie's story.

"Nah, girl. It's coo'. I'm not gonna stress ova that na.", Stacie sighed with a shake of her head.

"Hey, Wood!", Nita suddenly smiled. When Stacie turned around he was walking up behind her.

"W'sup, yall?", he grinned as he leaned on the counter. "Listen, Neet. I need for you to make me one of your special virgin drinks that you’re famous for. Ya know I can't be no wino up in here with the rest of the folkses!", he joked.

"Oh, but you can see these skanks shakin' they money makers up in here!", Stacie laughed while nudging him with her elbow.

"Whateva, girl!", he laughed back.

Just then, Stacie felt two hands covering her eyes. Then she heard Nita sucking her teeth. When Stacie took the hands from her eyes, she turned around and saw Scola standing behind her. She shook her head and turned back around.

"So it's still like that? I juss wanted to say I was sorry.", he replied as he sat down in the chair next to her.

"Yeah, sure.", she mumbled.

"Well fo'get you then!", he huffed as he stomped back over to his table.

Meanwhile, Woody stood there with a surprised look on his face. "Is everything, aight?", he asked as he glanced at Stacie.

"Yeah, things couldn't be betta!", she smiled with a nod of her head.

"Oh...well, ummmm...I'll be waitin' on my drink, Neet!", he replied as he smiled at Nita.

"Lemme get back to work, girl!", Stacie stated as she began to head for her tables. However, Cookie stuck her head from out the back to let her know that she had a phone call.

"I'll take care of your table for ya, Stace.", Nita stated.

"Aight, thanks. I'll be back in a minute.", Stacie replied. When she got to the back, it was Neicy calling to see if it was okay to give Javon some cough syrup since he was coming down with a cold. Stacie told her that would be fine.

"What'chall havin'?", Nita emptily asked as she stood at the guys’ table.

One by one they gave her their orders with the exception of Woody. However, when it was Demetrius' turn, he had to take it a step further.

"Dn! You 'bout to be as itchby as yo' girl!", he chuckled with a shake of his head.

"Na! I know you ain't say what I think you said?!", Nita shouted as she threw her notepad down on the table.

"Yeah, your girl is a itchb and you actin' the same way!", he chuckled once more.

"Man, you need to watch yourself! Don't talk to my girl that way unless you want an @$$ kickin'!", Nokio warned as he jumped up to hold Nita back. She was about to throw one to Demetrius' eye.

"Na, I came here to see some T & A...she the one comin' ova here with the attitude!", Demetrius huffed as he turned his attention back to the stage. By this time, Stacie had made her way back over to the table.

"Here's the otha itchb!", Demetrius stated with a suck of his teeth. This time, Nokio wasn't quick enough because Nita grabbed the notepad from the table and threw it upside his face.

"You REALLY gonna see a itchb now, ma!", she yelled.

"Hol' on! Fo'get that na!!!", Stacie shouted as she and Nokio pulled her back over to the bar to calm her down.

"Dn, man! You need to hurry up and lay the pipe on your itchb and I guarantee she'll calm right down!", Demetrius grinned as he nudged Scola with his elbow.

"Cuz I got the magic stick!", Scola sang above the music.

"Man, yall really need to stop talkin' about her like that!", Sisqo angrily replied as he glared at him and Scola.

"Why? You want her or somethin'?", Demetrius asked as he glared back at him.

"Nah, na! But why don't yall juss stop?! The isht is gettin' old!", Sisqo replied with a shake of his head.

"I agree.", Jazz stated with a nod of his head. "I think she's aight."

"Man...I know firsthand how she is, so fo'get yall nas!", Demetrius snapped as he turned his attention back to the stage.
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Later on after Stacie went home and put Javon to bed, she received a phone call from Scola.

“Stace? Why can’t we put what happened behind us?”, he asked as soon as he heard her voice.

“It’s too late to discuss this, Sco…”, she began before he cut her off.

“Why do you keep dodgin’ the issue? I’ve been tryna apologize for the past week!”, he huffed.

“Okay, okay…apology accepted.”, she sighed as she flopped down across her bed.

“So can we pick up where we left off?”, he asked.

“I’ono.”, she replied with a shake of her head.

”Well, when can we get togetha to talk?”, he asked.

“I’m not sure. Right now I have to concentrate on gettin’ my baby betta. He’s come down with a cold so I’ll prolly keep him out of school for the rest of this week since tomorrow is Thursday.”, she replied with a shrug of her shoulders.

“If you want, I could come by to visit yall on Friday and we can talk then. I won’t be able to see ya at work tomorrow night since I already have otha plans.”, he stated. Since he was getting nowhere with Stacie, he had begun to secretly see an old girlfriend that he used to date a few years back.

“Aight…that’s fine with me.”, she stated with a nod of her head. She really wanted to make it work with Scola in spite of what they had been going through recently.

“Aight…well I’ll see you then. G’night.”, he replied.

“G’night.”, she stated.

[glow=red,2,300]“Hurry hurry/Quick quick/I need a man who’s gonna do me right/Hurry hurry/Quick quick/Somebody who is gonna satisfy my needs”
—Brownstone: 5 Miles to Empty[/glow]

[sexysmile]

I hope Javon is okay and it's not what I think it is. I can't wait for the rest!

[VirgosAngel19]

Yeah I was thinking it might be the same thing. But yeah, Scole is tripping out. But good story. Ready for more.

[Jewlnmbr1]

Scoley Scole needs to keep his ass in check! He needs to stop with that mess, fo real! I'm feelin this girl! Keep it comin!

[aDRUfan4LiFe]

Scola needs to be smacked down with his nasty attitude. Waitin for the next chapter!