"My Funny Valentine"--Continuation of Part 1

[Sweet Meat aka CC]

2/14/04 - 8:10 p.m.
I've been lying in the same spot on this sofa all day long with Smokey asleep at the opposite end. I made it a point to watch nothing but upbeat movies though. So far, I had watched Friday, Next Friday, Life, Dogma, and Martin Lawrence's "You So Crazy". Now, I was watching "Men In Black" when my doorbell rang. I stretched before standing up from the sofa to answer the door. It was my lil' sis, Dayna.

"Get your butt in the back and change into somethin' fly! I'm gettin' you out of this house once and for all, girl!", she huffed after pushing her way past me. I began to laugh at her while shaking my head. I noticed that she was dressed in a pair of painted on blue jeans, some high-heeled red sandals and a red low-cut blouse. Her braids were pulled up and held in place on top of her head by a pair of wooden chopsticks.

"I'm fine and how are you?", I sarcastically asked while closing the door.

"Whateva! Now do what I told you!", she replied as she turned on one of my lamps. "You tryna be a vampire up in here?"

"Be quiet!", I sighed as I sat back down on the sofa. "I'd ratha stay in."

"You know what? If I have to, I'ma call ma and THEN I'ma go pick her up and bring her ova here to keep you company!", she threatened me with a dead-serious look on her face.

"You wouldn't dare!", I snapped while folding my arms and glaring at her.

"Try me!", she snapped back as she pulled her phone out of her purse. When I saw her hit the speed dial, I jumped up.

"Aight, aight! Damn!", I huffed as I stomped to the back.

I proceeded to take a shower and went into my room to find something to wear. Evidently, I was taking too long to find something because Dayna came stomping into the room and flopped down onto my bed.

"What's takin' you so long?", she sighed.

"You said to find somethin' fly to wear didn't you?", I huffed as I continued to look through what was in my closet.

"Move out the way!", she replied out of frustration while jumping up from the bed. On her way over to where I was standing, Smokey ran in front of her. "Ewwww...I hate his sneaky lil' ass!"

"You leave my baby alone!", I snapped as I bent over to pick him up. I then sat down on the bed while stroking the top of his head. He began to purr loudly.

"Here ya go right here!", Dayna grinned as she pulled a sheer black blouse from my closet along with a pair of black flare-legged pants with thigh-high slits up the side, and a black tube top for me to wear underneath the blouse. And last but not least, she pulled out a pair of black high-heeled pumps.

"Man, I'ono if I wanna wear that!", I sighed with a shake of my head.

"Why not! You betta go on and take the tags off this sh!t and put it on! You get on my nerves bein' so indecisive!", she replied with a suck of her teeth.

"Then take your ass home!", I laughed.

"Say one mo' thang, and you gonna hear ma's mouth all night!", she teased.

"Anyway! Gimme that so we can go on and get this night over with.", I huffed as I changed into my outfit while she went back into the living room to wait on me.

Once I was dressed, I finished picking out and finger combing my hair until it was full of bushy curls.

"Hmmmm...I do like right curt (cute)!", I joked as I stood in front of my full-length mirror on the inside of my closet door.
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[Sweet Meat aka CC]

2/14/04 - 9:54 p.m.
When we arrived at The Kut-Up Klub, I noticed that there were a lot of people going inside...mainly couples though. It was for damn sure I didn't want to be here. However, I manned up and walked inside with Dayna who already had several guys checking her out.

"C'mon...let's sit up front so we can have a good view.", she stated as she grabbed my hand and literally pulled me up near the front of the club.

"Yeah, so one of these dumb ass comedians can call me out!", I huffed after we were seated.

"LaNaya what the hell is wrong with you?! I get tired of hearin' you downin' yourself like that! There's not a thang wrong with you and there sho'nuff ain't a DAMN thang wrong with me! Shoo'!", she sighed as she began to look around the club. Her eyes just happened to fall on a slim, but muscular built guy with hazel-colored eyes. He smiled at her and she smiled back as he stood around with a few males and females alike.

"Ooh shit!", Dayna chuckled while continuing to watch him.

"What'cha see, girl?", I laughed.

"Cutie ova there in the Orlando Magic Jersey, jeans, and Timbs.", she replied while never taking her eyes off of him.

"But he look kinda young don't he?", I asked with a puzzled look.

"He can't be THAT young if he's in here.", she giggled.

"Yeah, I guess so.", I replied with a shrug of my shoulders.

Several minutes later, the lights were dimmed as an emcee by the name of Jason Weaver hit the stage. I sat with my elbow propped on the table and my chin resting in the palm of my hand. I could be at home having a bowl of butter pecan ice cream while waiting to catch one of the many repeats of BET‘s Saturday night movie. However, just as I was about to sneak a nod in, I was surprised when my neighbor introduced as Nick Cannon walked out on stage.

When he noticed me, he did the lil' head nod with a small smile before going into his routine. He actually ended up being funny. Especially when he began to talk about relationship issues. I was reminded of some of the stupid things that Xavier used to do.

In between sets after he left the stage, Dayna stood up to go over to the bar to get something else to drink since she said our waitress was taking too long to take another order from her.

While I was alone, I watched the couples sitting around me being all lovey dovey and shit. When Beyonce's "Me, Myself, and I", which was my theme song at the moment, began to play, I found myself quietly singing along to it.

"Hey, stranger!", I heard a male voice say as it walked up behind me. When I turned around it was Nick approaching me.

"Hey.", I blushed.

"So where yo' man at?! It's Valentine's Day!", he grinned as he sat down in the extra chair that was at our table.

"I'ono, you tell me where he's at.", I smirked.

"Ohhhhhh...so it's like that! Well it's alright, gurllllllllllll!", he joked as he leaned forward while jokingly waving a limp-wrist in the air.

I couldn't help from laughing. "You were pretty funny."

"Thanks.", he smiled. "This your first time here?"

"Yeah. My sister finally talked me into comin' out. I'm more of a homebody though.", I replied with a shrug of my shoulders.

"Well you gonna have to come here more often. I need all the support I can get, ya know what I'm sayin'?", he whispered while holding his hand up to his mouth as if what he was telling me was top secret.

"Yeah, aight.", I giggled with a shake of my head.

"Hey.", Dayna smiled after coming back over to us.

"Hey, how you doin'?", he smiled back at her.

"This is my younger sister, Dayna.", I stated as I introduced the two of them. "This is my neighbor, Nick...Cannon?", I asked after wanting to make sure that I had his name correct.

"Yeah.", he smiled while giving me a sideways glance. He then stood up. "I'ma go for now so yall can get your lil' sisterly bondin' on and stuff.", he joked while pretending to talk in a gran'momma voice.

"Yeah, aight.", I chuckled. "It was nice talkin' to you."

"You too.", he smiled while speaking in a serious tone while lightly touching my shoulder as he walked away. I didn't turn around to watch him, but from where Dayna was sitting, she told me that he turned around at least two more times to look at me while continuing to smile.

"Yo, man! Who was that you were mackin' ova there?", Shad asked when Nick reached him and Jason.

"I wasn't mackin' her. That's my neighbor that I was tellin' yall about though.", he replied with a small grin.

"Oh...well do you know anything about the otha female she sittin' with?", Shad asked while rubbing his hands together.

"Now here you go!", Nick laughed with a shake of his head. "That's her lil' sister. Go say w'sup to her."

"Nah, nigga. I need for you to take me back over there to introduce me so I can put my shy role into effect!"

"You need some serious help, man!", Jason laughed as he noticed Nick's cousin and the owner of the club named Dennis talking with several patrons.

"C'mon, man.", Nick chuckled as he and Shad made their way back over to me and Dayna.

[Sweet Meat aka CC]

"Hey! It's me again!", Nick grinned as he approached our table once more. This time I noticed that he had the guy with him that Dayna had been checking out earlier.

"Yeah, I see!", I laughed.

"I wanted to introduce a good friend of mine to yall. He's a lil' on the shy side. But shhhh...that's a lil' secret between us only, okay?", Nick replied while placing his finger up to his mouth and quickly shaking his head.

"Man, shut up!", Shad laughed as he nudged him with his elbow.

"Oh, my bad, dawg! Didn't mean to call you out like that!", Nick chuckled. "This is Dayna and LaNaya! Uh oh...that would make a tight song! Dayna and LaNaya, LaNaya and Dayna!" He began to do the Reebok while rapping our names.

"He hasn't had his medication, so don't mind him.", Shad laughed while shaking my hand followed by Dayna's. I noticed he held onto hers a lil' longer.

"So what do you do?", Dayna bluntly asked Shad as they continued to look at each other.

"I'm tryna get my rappin' thang off the ground.", he proudly grinned.

"Oh really? That's coo'!", she smiled.

"Yeah...err'body around here knows me as Bow Wow.", he chuckled.

"Bow Wow?!", Dayna and I both asked at the same time.

"Yeah...see he's not quite housebroken yet, so until he is, we have to look at him as a lil' puppy. Bless he heart!", Nick joked as he playfully patted the top of Shad's head.

"Man, cut that shit out! Damn!", Shad laughed while pushing Nick's hand away.

Dayna and I began to laugh harder than we already were.

"So have you danced yet?", Shad asked while glancing at my sister with a sly grin.

"Hmmm?", she asked with raised eyebrows while in the middle of sipping her drink.

"HAVE...YOU...DANCED...YET?!", Nick jokingly shouted while leaning across the table to shout at her.

"I...HEARD...HIM!!!!", she shouted back.

All I could do was shake my head while chuckling at how he and Dayna were carrying on.

"Man, leave her alone!", Shad laughed. "But...you know...if you feel like dancin' with someone like me, I'd be happy to join ya."

"Aight...I can do that.", Dayna grinned as she stood up to join him out on the floor.

After they left the table, Nick asked me if I wanted to dance. However, I told him that I was a lil' tired and didn't feel like getting up on my feet.

"Oh, that's coo'! We can sit here and dance!", he smiled while flopping down in the chair next to me. He began to cabbage patch real hard while bobbing his head to Usher's "Yeah".

"Are you always like this?!", I chuckled with a roll of my eyes.

"Like what?!", he asked while continuing to look up in the air while table dancing.

"Are you always silly?!", I laughed.

"Nah, I can be very serious! Wanna see?!", he asked before immediately stopping. He turned in his chair to face me with a hard look on his face. After about three seconds or so, we both began to laugh.

"I had no idea you were so hyper. Wheneva I see you back at home, you appear to be really quiet and reserved.", I smiled before taking a sip of my drink.

"So how long have you been stalkin' me, girl?!", he joked while watching me closely.

"Oh puh-leeze!", I huffed with a roll of my eyes and a shake of my head. "It's not EVEN like that!"

"What?! You don't think I'm cute enough to stalk or somethin'?!", he laughed with a shake of his head.

"If you don‘t stop!", I laughed. I found myself loosening up more and more around him though. I was beginning to think that maybe it was a good idea to come out with Dayna tonight, after all.

We chatted for several more minutes while Dayna and Shad danced to a few more songs.

"I could dance with you all night, ma.", Shad whispered in her ear as they swayed to JS' "Love Angel".

"Is he serious?!", she thought to herself with a roll of her eyes.
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[Sweet Meat aka CC]

2/15/04 - 2:02 a.m.
After several hours of some nice chit-chatter with Nick, I decided to call it a night. However, Shad acted a lil' salty when I walked over to a table that he and Dayna were sitting at to let her know that I was ready to be out. That's when he was forced to give her his number after she wouldn't give him hers.

"I'll call you soon.", she smiled. With that, we left the club and headed home.

"Cat Daddy!", Nick joked when Shad reached him and Dennis several minutes later. Most of the patrons had left, leaving the club partially empty.

"Man, I'm tellin' yall! I gotta tap that!", Shad grinned in regards to speaking about Dayna.

"Hol' up, man. That won't be such a good idea.", Nick advised him with a shake of his head.

"Why not?! Did you see what ma was workin' with?!", Shad asked in disbelief with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Besides that…I'm her sister's neighbor and I'll have to be the one facin' her everyday knowin' that you played her lil' sis. Not to mention, she would prolly blame me as much as you since I introduced you to Dayna tonight. That's why!", Nick sighed with a roll of his eyes.

"Yeah, man...whateva!", Shad replied with a wave of his hand as he walked away.
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2/21/04 - 10:27 a.m.
"So have you bumped into the cutie that you were talkin' about at the club last week?", Jason asked Nick as they as well Shad sat in Nick’s living room watching tv.

"Nah, not really. We’ve juss been speakin’ in our usual passin' by of each otha.", Nick smiled.

"You betta hurry up and jump on that!", Jason joked.

"Anyway!", Nick huffed with a roll of his eyes.

"I'ono why you won't because like I said, I'ma have to jump on her baby sis.", Shad slyly grinned while leaning back on the sofa.

"Aight, man. Rememba what I told you.", Nick warned him with a stern look.

"What?", Jason asked while looking back and forth at the two of them.

"Nothin' except he's worried that I'ma play ol' girl across the hall's sis which will make him feel like he'll be in trouble with her.", Shad sighed.

"Well I gotta agree with Nick on that.", Jason replied with a nod of his head.

"See?", Nick asked Shad.

"But Jay here hasn't seen juss how fly ol' girl is!", Shad chuckled.

" Damn, man! You say that about every girl you run across! And to tell the truth, some of them weren't all that fly!", Jason laughed while falling back into the chair he was sitting in. Nick couldn't help from laughing and reached out to give him a pound.

"I'm tellin' you...this girl is on point!", Shad argued while glaring at the two of them.

"Yooooo, man. He's right about Dayna though.", Nick smiled with a nod of his head.

"Well, damn! I gotta see for myself!", Jason grinned while leaning forward in his chair.

When Nick heard the sound of two car doors slamming, he stood up and walked over to his front window. "You can see now if you want to.", he smiled while glancing over his shoulder at both Jason and Shad.

"Why? It's them?", Jason asked although he was already up and running across the living room to join Nick at the window.

Dayna and I were just coming back in from breakfast after she spent the night before with me since we were out until late. As soon as we were climbing the stairs to my place, Nick, Jason, and Shad walked out onto his patio/balcony.

"Uh oh...there goes your new man.", Dayna whispered to me.

"Hush up!", I quickly spat.

"He wouldn't be breakin' his neck to get out here like he's doin' if he wasn't feelin’ you. And if I didn't know any betta, I'd say you were feelin' him too since I noticed how much you've been talkin' about him for the past few days.", she slyly grinned.

"Oh, so juss because I talk about him on a totally innocent level, I gotta be feelin' him?", I sighed. However, our conversation was interrupted.

[Sweet Meat aka CC]

"How you durn?!", Nick joked while waving at us.

"Hey!", I laughed while waving back as well as Dayna.

"You weren't lyin', man! Both of those girls are fly! Which one is you?", Jason whipsered while standing next to Shad.

"Mami in the braids. She's got about three years on me, but I’m coo’ with it!”, he slyly grinned while checking Dayna out and waving at her next.

"Mmmm mmmmph!", Jason mumbled under his breath.

"W'sup, ma!", Shad grinned as he walked towards Dayna once we reached the top of the stairs. He was the first one to step out of Nick's front door.

"Hey.", she smiled as she waited for me to unlock the door.

"Hey, ladies!", Jason smiled several seconds later after sticking his head out of the door to take a closer look at us.

"Why do I get the feelin' we’re bein' watched?", I joked as I glanced over at Dayna.

"Maybe because we are.", she chuckled.

Once I unlocked the door, I stepped inside while Dayna stood out in the hall for a minute longer to speak with Shad.

"So how come you haven't used my number yet?", he smiled.

"Because I've been busy. But I'ma use it soon...VERY soon.", she slyly grinned with a wink before strolling inside and taking a seat on the sofa.

"Why didn't you close the door?", I asked as I hung my jacket up in the hall closet.

"Because your man told me to ask you to come out to see him for a minute.", she sighed while grabbing the remote and turning the tv on.

"Oh. I wonda what he wants?", I asked myself out loud as I walked back over to the door.

"He prolly wants to ask for your hand in marriage.", she giggled.

"Will you cut it out?!", I huffed with a shake of my head before stepping back out into the hall. I saw him sitting on the top step while leaning his back up against the banister and looking in my direction.

"Hey, Nay Nay!", he smiled.

"Hey! W'sup? Dayna said you wanted to see me.", I replied as I walked over to him. However, I decided to stand up as opposed to sitting down next to him. I had made a rule a year ago that I wouldn't dare get close to another man for a long, long time.

"Oh, I was juss wonderin' how you have been this week since I hadn't really had a chance to talk with you.", he replied.

"Awwww…thanks for bein’ concerned. It’s juss that I've been really busy down at my job and hadn't had much time to do anything else but come home and relax.", I stated with a shrug of my shoulders.

"Okay, well I was juss wonderin'.", he replied while slowly standing up. "I'll see ya around."

"Aight.", I replied while heading back to my own apartment.

It was so spooky that as soon as we reached our separate doors, we both turned around and looked at each other at the same time. I quickly told him goodbye before rushing inside and closing the door.
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2/22/04 - 3:07 a.m.
I heard Nick when he came in a few minutes ago since I'm still having trouble falling asleep each night. I don't know how I've been functioning at my job so well since I have to be there at 8 which means I have to wake up around 6:30 after finally falling asleep around 4 or 5. Anyway, although I really enjoyed chatting with Nick last weekend, I didn't feel like going down to the club with Dayna tonight. She ended up taking one of her friends from college with her.

Ooooh...my favorite movie, Mahogany, is getting ready to come on at 3:30. I need to go make myself a bag of popcorn right quick and grab my box of Kleenex from the bathroom. Since I can't go to sleep, at least I'll have something good to watch on tv since I'm about sick of the movies in my video and DVD collection.
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After Shad followed Dayna over to her friend's house to drop her off, Dayna in turn followed him back to his place.

As soon as they were seated on his sofa, he immediately began to kiss and feel her up.

"Stop!", she huffed as she quickly pushed him away.

"Why, what's wrong?", he asked with a bit of anger in his voice.

"You're gonna have to go by my rules.", she replied while standing up and smoothing her halter dress out.

A big grin slowly spread across his face. "I'm down with that, ma."

"Aight...that's betta.", she smirked as she reached up behind her head to take her braids done that were down in an updo.

"You want somethin' to drink?", he asked while nodding his head towards his kitchen. Dayna wanted to laugh when she saw how uneasy he seemed to become all of a sudden.

"Nah. C'mere.", she replied while slowly walking back over to him after stepping out of her heels. Once he was standing up in front of her, she leaned forward and placed a kiss on the outer corner of his mouth. When he tried to kiss her, she quickly moved her face away.

"Ma, what are you do...?", he almost whined before she cut him off.

"Where's your room?", she asked while looking down the hallway behind him.

"C'mon...I'll show you.", he smiled while taking her by the hand.

[Sweet Meat aka CC]

After arriving in his room and flipping on his light switch, she sat down at the foot of his bed, crossed her legs, and leaned back on her elbows while watching him walk towards her. However, when he was about to join her on the bed, she placed one of her feet up against his chest to stop him. "Take your shirt off, but slowly, for me."

"Whateva you say.", he grinned as he began to pull his Sean John hoodie up over his head, followed by his wifebeater. "Now what?", he asked with a shrug of his shoulders as they stared at each other.

"Hmmmmmmmm...I want you to tell me how sexy I am.", she slyly grinned as she sat up and moved backwards on the bed until her back was resting up against his pillows at the headboard.

"Oh no doubt, girl! Yo' ass is sexy as hell!", he smiled as he began to crawl onto the bed. Once again, she stopped him.

"I didn't say that you could get up here yet!", she huffed.

"Look, ma...I'ono what type of game you tryna play, but...", he replied with a suck of his teeth before she cut him off.

" Does it look like I'm playin'?", she asked with a serious look.

" Damn if I know!", he snapped while rolling his eyes.

"Oh, well in that case...", she replied as she threw her legs over the side of the bed. She then headed over to the door while telling him goodbye.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Aight...I'll go by your rules!", he quickly stated as he ran up behind her. He gently grabbed up to her hand and turned her around to face him.

"I got this foo' right where I want him.", she laughed to herself when she saw the urgent look on his face. Without saying another word, she led him back over to the bed after turning the light switch off.

Once they were settled under his sheets, Dayna took the liberty of placing what was needed on him before taking complete control of the situation at hand and doing her thang.
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2/22/04 - 4:38 p.m.
"...And that's when she made me grab my wifebeater that I had thrown on the floor so she could tie my hands to the headboard. I don't even have to tell you what happened after that!", Shad grinned the next afternoon as he, Nick, Jason, and Dustin sat around in Shad's living room to watch a game after playing football in the park for a while.

" Damn! That was some freaky sh!t!", Dustin chuckled.

"Fo' sho'!", Shad agreed with a nod of his head while wearing a big grin.

"So ummmmmm...have you heard from her at all today?", Nick asked him with a smirk.

"Nah. Why?", he asked with a puzzled look.

"Looks like the playa got PLAYED!!!", Nick and Jason laughed at the same time.

"Man, fo'get yall!", Shad huffed with a shake of his head.
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While at our parents' house, Dayna and I went into her old bedroom to talk so we could have some privacy from ma, granny, and daddy.

"So what'cha gotta tell me?", I asked her once she was sitting on her bed while I sat in the chair at her desk.

"Girllllllllllll...I put it on Shad BIG TIME last night.", she giggled with a wink.

"Say wha'?", I asked with widened eyes.

"Yeah, girl! He had been spittin' all that big game in my ear for a week, so I had to show him what he was gonna be workin' with. I had him beggin' for me to stay with him last night, but ya know how I do.", she boasted.

" Dayna! You ought to be ashamed of yourself!", I tried to tell her in a serious voice. But I ended up laughing.

"Why should I be ashamed of what I did? Shoo'...I had to show him that a playa can't be played! Well no...because he was a playa wannabe that end up getting’ played!", she laughed back.

"I can't believe you, girl!", I laughed even harder this time around.

"What's so funny?", ma and granny asked as they walked into the room.

Dayna immediately sat up on the bed. "Nothin'!"

" Didn't sound that way to me.", granny chuckled while sitting down next to her. Ma proceeded to sit on the other side of Dayna.

I wanted to laugh when Dayna shot me a pissed off look. However, I managed to keep my composure.

"We were juss havin' some sisterly talk!", I smiled at granny.

"Was it about boys?", granny teased while giving ma a sideways glance as well as a smile.

"Most definitely!", Dayna laughed.

"I hope my babies are bein' careful.", ma decided to throw in.

"Ma, if we weren't...don'tchu think you'd have some lil' grandkids runnin' around your house tearin' it up.", I chuckled with a roll of my eyes.

"I mean really though!", Dayna sighed.

"Havin' some great grandbabies would be nice.", granny smiled while seeming to stare at me.

" Don't look ova here!", I huffed while waving my hand at her.

"Nay Nay...I love you, but granny's gotta tell ya that your biological clock is beginnin' to tick very loudly. You're almost 30 and still single.", she replied in an almost sad tone.

"What's wrong with that?! I'd ratha be single than to be with someone who's gonna make me miserable!", I snapped.

"La La...I know you're not disrespectin' your grandmother?!", ma snapped at me.

"No, I'm not! But I'm not gonna sit here and let yall start on me either!", I quietly replied while looking away from them.

"Yeah,ma...Nay Nay has a point.", Dayna replied while siding with me.

"What's all this back talk?!", Ma asked the both of us with an angry look.

However, granny quickly stopped her. "Actually, I can see where the girls are comin' from. But I hope you two understand that your momma and I juss want what's best for yall."

"I can appreciate your honesty granny, but Dayna and I can still be happy without the husbands or the kids.", I replied.

By the time ma and granny left out of the room, we were all on one accord again although the moment they were gone, Dayna and I looked at one another while shaking our heads. Then we ended up laughing.

"Thanks for havin' my back, lil' sis.", I smiled as I stood up to hug her.

"No prob.", she smiled back.
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[Sweet Meat aka CC]

2/22/04 - 5:42 p.m.
About an hour or so later, I arrived home so I could stretch out and relax since tomorrow was going to begin another workweek. As soon as I pulled my ride into my parking space, I happened to glance out in front of me and noticed Nick walking up the stairs. However, when he heard my car pull up, he decided to wait on me.

I was hesitant in getting out of the car for two reasons...
1. I was afraid because I was secretly beginning to like him and
2. I was afraid that he was beginning to like me according to what Dayna had been telling me about the signs she picked up on from him.
However, I knew I couldn't sit inside my car all night, so I slowly climbed out.

"Hey, stranger!", he waved with a big grin as I headed in his direction.

"Hey.", I chuckled as I began to climb the stairs.

"You juss comin' in from gettin' your praise on?", he joked once I was beside him. We began to climb the stairs together.

"No!", I laughed with a roll of my eyes. "I did that this mornin'. I've been at my parents' house all day after that."

"Oh...so when am I gonna get to meet the Mr. and Mrs.?", he asked. By this time, I noticed that we were in front of my door.

"What are you talkin' about?", I asked with a smile as well as a puzzled look.

"Your ma and pa. If we're gonna jump the broom one day, I feel like I might as well be introduced to them.", he winked with a devilish grin.

"You are too crazy!", I giggled. I turned my back to him and began to unlock my door.

"Yeah, crazy about you.", he thought to himself while smiling at me.

"So now I'm crazy?", he laughed once I turned around to tell him goodbye.

"Not in a bad way.", I smiled at him while trying my best not to blush.

"Oh...thanks, I think.", he smirked.

"Anyway...I'll see ya lata.", I replied as I stepped inside my apartment.

"Aight. Bye.", he stated with a quick wave of his hand.

" Damn! What's wrong with me?!", I quietly huffed to myself after leaning my back up against my door once I closed it.

" Damn! What's wrong with her?!", he thought to himself out of frustration while heading over to his apartment.

[glow=yellow,2,300]*Part 2 Comin' Up Shortly*[/glow]

[~One Of Three~]

Dang what IS wrong with y'all?? Good one...can't wait till the next part.

[Tanee78]

I like it! I think you did a good job writing Nick's character.