Post by Sweet Meat aka CC on Apr 21, 2005 0:50:23 GMT -5
Well it’s been almost four months since Mario and I have become good friends due to our working so close together. A lot of other things have also happened within this time-frame: Michelle and Mark are gonna have a lil’ one in about 5 more months. Tamir has brought it down a notch and treats Tiondra 100 times better which is why she decided to go ahead and move in with him. He and Mark have also put their own singing group together with three of their childhood friends from around the way named James, Larry, and Rufus and they were recently signed to Def Jamz. As for Shelina and Omari, they’re still that same cute couple that you love to hate because of how great their relationship is. Oh yeah, and Omari is also in the process of pursuing a singing career. As for me, like I said, Mario and I have become good friends even though I have to force myself to look at him in a brotherly-type way which is why I decided to start dating a guy named Marques who began working at the label with us about a month ago as a songwriter. In the meantime, Mario has been seeing the lead singer, Kasha, of a group called Dreamcatchers that were signed to our label a couple of weeks ago…
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“You call us the minute you’re on land again, you hear?”, Momma faintly smiled as she hugged me goodbye followed by Daddy, and Michelle. I was on my way to Puerto Rico for a week for a concert showcasing a few of K Records’ latest R&B and rap acts which, of course included Mario as well as Cassidy who was signed to the label not too long after Mario once the top dawgs heard him spitting mad skills on the last demo tape that Mario had sent to them. At the last minute, Marques was also asked to fly down with all of us which I wasn’t too happy about because he gets on my nerves so damn bad lately even though he is tolerable in one area. Anyway…
“Okay, you know I will.”, I smiled back as I reluctantly made my way over to the terminal to leave. However, before boarding the plane, I turned around one last time to way goodbye to them.
“Hey, I was startin’ to worry about you.”, Marques smiled as he patted the empty seat next to him. However, he didn’t know that I had been watching him openly flirt with one of the flight attendants before I finally reached them. I also noticed Mario and Kasha in the midst of what looked like a heated argument in the seats near the back; not that it’s any of my business.
“Yeah, right.”, I sighed as I reluctantly sat down next to him.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothin’.”, I replied with a shake of my head. “I’m juss a lil’ tired is all.”
“Well, you know we can take care of that once the show is done tonight.”, he slyly grinned while purposely letting his hand drop close to the inside of my thigh.
Without saying a word, I lifted his hand up and placed it back on the armrest.
“You must be PMSin’.”, he smirked as he opened up his magazine.
I replied by sucking my teeth and rolling my eyes while trying to eavesdrop on Mario’s conversation with Kasha. From what I could make out, she was telling or rather demanding that he not overstep his boundaries by being overfriendly with his female fans at the show and the after-party. I couldn’t really understand what he was saying due to his whispering, but I could tell from the tone of his voice that he was pissed with her. All I could was shake my head before leaning it back against the headrest to take a nap until we reached our destination.
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“So are you?”, Omari asked as he walked into the bathroom later on that evening where Shelina was sitting on the side of the tub.
Her answer to his question was to lift her tear-filled eyes up to look at him while biting her bottom lip.
“Damn, Lina. We agreed that this wouldn’t happen for at least a few more years.”, he huffed while leaning up against the doorframe and looking up in the air.
“So now you’re tryna say it’s MY fault only?!”, she snapped as she bolted up from the tub.
“Look, all I know is that you said the doctor assured you that changing from the pill to that patch would still keep us from havin’ any surprises. You know how much this music thing means to me and I can’t start out by leavin’ you here alone with TWO babies once I start hittin’ the road by the first of next year if things go as planned.”
“Well if you learned how to keep your damn dick in your pants instead of in me then this wouldn’t even be happenin’ now would it?!”, she sobbed as she pushed past him to march down the hall to their bedroom. “Go somewhere and fuck your music from now on!”
“Lina, you know I didn’t mean it the way it came out!”, he heavily sighed as he quickly ran down the hall ahead of her in order to have her face him.
“Then juss how did you mean it?”, she sniffed while folding her arms and turning away from him.
He gently placed his arms around her and pulled her back towards him while resting his chin on her shoulder.
“What I’m tryna say is that I love you so much that I don’t wanna have you raise our family alone while I’m away. That wouldn’t be fair to you since our kids are gonna be so close in age. You know Shemari is reachin’ those ‘terrible twos’ minute-by-minute.”, he quietly replied which made Shelina chuckle.
“I know that’s right.”, she smiled while looking down at the floor. “I juss thought you’d be happy to know that I’m pregnant since you were the first time around when you found out about Shemari.”
“Look at me.”, he whispered while turning her around to face him. “I neva said I wasn’t happy with findin’ out, I’m juss concerned for you; that’s all.” He proceeded to pull her close to him and placed a light kiss on her forehead.
“Well I’m glad that you’re not unhappy about it.”
They proceeded to hug and hold one another tightly.
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“You call us the minute you’re on land again, you hear?”, Momma faintly smiled as she hugged me goodbye followed by Daddy, and Michelle. I was on my way to Puerto Rico for a week for a concert showcasing a few of K Records’ latest R&B and rap acts which, of course included Mario as well as Cassidy who was signed to the label not too long after Mario once the top dawgs heard him spitting mad skills on the last demo tape that Mario had sent to them. At the last minute, Marques was also asked to fly down with all of us which I wasn’t too happy about because he gets on my nerves so damn bad lately even though he is tolerable in one area. Anyway…
“Okay, you know I will.”, I smiled back as I reluctantly made my way over to the terminal to leave. However, before boarding the plane, I turned around one last time to way goodbye to them.
“Hey, I was startin’ to worry about you.”, Marques smiled as he patted the empty seat next to him. However, he didn’t know that I had been watching him openly flirt with one of the flight attendants before I finally reached them. I also noticed Mario and Kasha in the midst of what looked like a heated argument in the seats near the back; not that it’s any of my business.
“Yeah, right.”, I sighed as I reluctantly sat down next to him.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothin’.”, I replied with a shake of my head. “I’m juss a lil’ tired is all.”
“Well, you know we can take care of that once the show is done tonight.”, he slyly grinned while purposely letting his hand drop close to the inside of my thigh.
Without saying a word, I lifted his hand up and placed it back on the armrest.
“You must be PMSin’.”, he smirked as he opened up his magazine.
I replied by sucking my teeth and rolling my eyes while trying to eavesdrop on Mario’s conversation with Kasha. From what I could make out, she was telling or rather demanding that he not overstep his boundaries by being overfriendly with his female fans at the show and the after-party. I couldn’t really understand what he was saying due to his whispering, but I could tell from the tone of his voice that he was pissed with her. All I could was shake my head before leaning it back against the headrest to take a nap until we reached our destination.
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“So are you?”, Omari asked as he walked into the bathroom later on that evening where Shelina was sitting on the side of the tub.
Her answer to his question was to lift her tear-filled eyes up to look at him while biting her bottom lip.
“Damn, Lina. We agreed that this wouldn’t happen for at least a few more years.”, he huffed while leaning up against the doorframe and looking up in the air.
“So now you’re tryna say it’s MY fault only?!”, she snapped as she bolted up from the tub.
“Look, all I know is that you said the doctor assured you that changing from the pill to that patch would still keep us from havin’ any surprises. You know how much this music thing means to me and I can’t start out by leavin’ you here alone with TWO babies once I start hittin’ the road by the first of next year if things go as planned.”
“Well if you learned how to keep your damn dick in your pants instead of in me then this wouldn’t even be happenin’ now would it?!”, she sobbed as she pushed past him to march down the hall to their bedroom. “Go somewhere and fuck your music from now on!”
“Lina, you know I didn’t mean it the way it came out!”, he heavily sighed as he quickly ran down the hall ahead of her in order to have her face him.
“Then juss how did you mean it?”, she sniffed while folding her arms and turning away from him.
He gently placed his arms around her and pulled her back towards him while resting his chin on her shoulder.
“What I’m tryna say is that I love you so much that I don’t wanna have you raise our family alone while I’m away. That wouldn’t be fair to you since our kids are gonna be so close in age. You know Shemari is reachin’ those ‘terrible twos’ minute-by-minute.”, he quietly replied which made Shelina chuckle.
“I know that’s right.”, she smiled while looking down at the floor. “I juss thought you’d be happy to know that I’m pregnant since you were the first time around when you found out about Shemari.”
“Look at me.”, he whispered while turning her around to face him. “I neva said I wasn’t happy with findin’ out, I’m juss concerned for you; that’s all.” He proceeded to pull her close to him and placed a light kiss on her forehead.
“Well I’m glad that you’re not unhappy about it.”
They proceeded to hug and hold one another tightly.
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