Post by Sweet Meat aka CC on Jul 8, 2004 21:41:44 GMT -5
After leaving NBC’s studio and climbing into the back of his chauffeured SUV, Marlon leaned his back against the headrest while thinking back to me like he's always done whenever he performs his stand up routine and talks about the crazy things that went on in his teen-aged life. As the driver weaved in and out of the busy traffic to take him back to his hotel where he'd stay until the next morning, a song from the radio caught his attention. It was Babyface‘s “Whip Appeal". A small smile spread across Marlon’s face as he thought back to the special time he heard it...
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Summer 1989...
Marlon and I were sitting on his porch listening to his boom box while talking about what we were gonna do for the summer when my new favorite song came on.
"Oh snap!", I grinned when Special Ed's "I Got It Made" started playing. I began to rap along with the opening lyrics as Marlon shook his head while looking at me.
"Is there a song that comes on that you DON'T know, girl?!", he chuckled as he threw one of his arms around my shoulder.
"Why are you askin' me a question that you already know the answer to?", I giggled.
"Because I felt like askin', dammit!", he joked in a stern tone while glaring at me.
"Anyway...be quiet so I can hear my bay...I mean Ed.", I smirked.
"Gone and say it. Your baby! That's aight because I rock Spinderella's world 24/7! So how 'bout that?!"
"And how 'bout this?!", I warned while holding up my fist at his nose.
"Man, shut up!", he huffed as he playfully tightened his arms around me while leaning me back on the porch. He proceeded to steal a kiss from me.
"Stop! I don't need your momma comin' out here thinkin' I'm a skeeza!", I giggled after our kiss.
"She already think that anyway, so what's the big deal?"
I was about to have a comeback when he started laughing.
"Sike!", he stated with a big cheesy grin.
"You about five seconds away from me clockin' ya!"
"Girl, you know you love me too much to do that.", he winked.
"Anyway!", I sighed with a roll of my eyes as I began to bob my head to Special Ed's flow once again.
"You don't love me?", he asked with a hurt look.
"Yes, I love you, but you can make me sick at times! Now hush!"
"How much you love me?", he whispered as he lowered his arm until it was around my hips. When I felt his hand going lower to grab up to some of my booty and thigh, I quickly nudged him away with my elbow.
"Stop!", I huffed.
"C'mon, pleeeeeeeeeease!", he whined. "Gimme somethin' to talk about when it's time to go back to school."
"Marlon, no! I told you that juss because Shawn and Nessa are gettin' busy already doesn't mean that we're gonna do the same."
Truth of the matter was that I was scared of getting pregnant after Dori became pregnant by her boyfriend and Marlon’s cousin that everybody called Twist a couple of months ago. Daddy and Pam constantly stayed on me and Vanessa about how we'd better not start having sex and end up pregnant.
"Look, how long we been goin' togetha now?", Marlon asked in a serious tone while watching me closely.
I rolled my eyes and looked out at the cars driving by before answering. "Almost two years.", I huffed with a shake of my head.
"And in those two years, how many times have we almost done it?"
"Twice.", I sighed.
The first time we almost did it was on last Christmas when we thought we'd have my house to ourselves. However, at the last minute, Daddy came down with the flu and couldn't go with Pam and Vanessa to her aunt's Christmas party. The second time it almost happened was on Marlon's prom night last month. But when Vanessa and I pleaded with Pam and Daddy to extend our curfew by two hours, they stood their ground which meant our plans of going with the guys to a hotel was out of the window. That’s when I realized that both of these "almost" encounters had to have been a sign that maybe I shouldn't go through with giving it up to Marlon until I was grown and out of Daddy's house like he warned Vanessa and I to be before we start having sex.
"So why not juss gon' and get it done?", Marlon asked while resting his chin on my shoulder after wrapping his arm back around my other shoulder.
"I already told you why."
"Girl, do you know how many condoms I have stashed up in my room?"
"Lemme guess. You got 'em from the clinic right? If you think you gonna use them floured lookin’ thangs on me, you gotta be outta your mind!", I replied with a suck of my teeth as I turned my head to face him.
"Well, if I borrow some from Shawn since he buys his, then can we?"
I took a deep sigh and thought about it for a minute. "Yeah.", I faintly replied with a nod of my head.
"You mean it?!", Marlon happily beamed as he sat straight up while grinning at me.
"What did I juss say?", I huffed while glaring at him.
"Okay. I'll be right back...hey, Shawn!!!!", he yelled as he went running into the house.
Now it was my turn to sit straight up. I didn't think he'd mean for us to do it this soon! And to think, I opened my big mouth and told him that Pam and Daddy wouldn't be home for a few hours. In the meantime, Vanessa was spending the weekend at her cousin's house out in Queens. Needless to say I became a nervous wreck.
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Summer 1989...
Marlon and I were sitting on his porch listening to his boom box while talking about what we were gonna do for the summer when my new favorite song came on.
"Oh snap!", I grinned when Special Ed's "I Got It Made" started playing. I began to rap along with the opening lyrics as Marlon shook his head while looking at me.
"Is there a song that comes on that you DON'T know, girl?!", he chuckled as he threw one of his arms around my shoulder.
"Why are you askin' me a question that you already know the answer to?", I giggled.
"Because I felt like askin', dammit!", he joked in a stern tone while glaring at me.
"Anyway...be quiet so I can hear my bay...I mean Ed.", I smirked.
"Gone and say it. Your baby! That's aight because I rock Spinderella's world 24/7! So how 'bout that?!"
"And how 'bout this?!", I warned while holding up my fist at his nose.
"Man, shut up!", he huffed as he playfully tightened his arms around me while leaning me back on the porch. He proceeded to steal a kiss from me.
"Stop! I don't need your momma comin' out here thinkin' I'm a skeeza!", I giggled after our kiss.
"She already think that anyway, so what's the big deal?"
I was about to have a comeback when he started laughing.
"Sike!", he stated with a big cheesy grin.
"You about five seconds away from me clockin' ya!"
"Girl, you know you love me too much to do that.", he winked.
"Anyway!", I sighed with a roll of my eyes as I began to bob my head to Special Ed's flow once again.
"You don't love me?", he asked with a hurt look.
"Yes, I love you, but you can make me sick at times! Now hush!"
"How much you love me?", he whispered as he lowered his arm until it was around my hips. When I felt his hand going lower to grab up to some of my booty and thigh, I quickly nudged him away with my elbow.
"Stop!", I huffed.
"C'mon, pleeeeeeeeeease!", he whined. "Gimme somethin' to talk about when it's time to go back to school."
"Marlon, no! I told you that juss because Shawn and Nessa are gettin' busy already doesn't mean that we're gonna do the same."
Truth of the matter was that I was scared of getting pregnant after Dori became pregnant by her boyfriend and Marlon’s cousin that everybody called Twist a couple of months ago. Daddy and Pam constantly stayed on me and Vanessa about how we'd better not start having sex and end up pregnant.
"Look, how long we been goin' togetha now?", Marlon asked in a serious tone while watching me closely.
I rolled my eyes and looked out at the cars driving by before answering. "Almost two years.", I huffed with a shake of my head.
"And in those two years, how many times have we almost done it?"
"Twice.", I sighed.
The first time we almost did it was on last Christmas when we thought we'd have my house to ourselves. However, at the last minute, Daddy came down with the flu and couldn't go with Pam and Vanessa to her aunt's Christmas party. The second time it almost happened was on Marlon's prom night last month. But when Vanessa and I pleaded with Pam and Daddy to extend our curfew by two hours, they stood their ground which meant our plans of going with the guys to a hotel was out of the window. That’s when I realized that both of these "almost" encounters had to have been a sign that maybe I shouldn't go through with giving it up to Marlon until I was grown and out of Daddy's house like he warned Vanessa and I to be before we start having sex.
"So why not juss gon' and get it done?", Marlon asked while resting his chin on my shoulder after wrapping his arm back around my other shoulder.
"I already told you why."
"Girl, do you know how many condoms I have stashed up in my room?"
"Lemme guess. You got 'em from the clinic right? If you think you gonna use them floured lookin’ thangs on me, you gotta be outta your mind!", I replied with a suck of my teeth as I turned my head to face him.
"Well, if I borrow some from Shawn since he buys his, then can we?"
I took a deep sigh and thought about it for a minute. "Yeah.", I faintly replied with a nod of my head.
"You mean it?!", Marlon happily beamed as he sat straight up while grinning at me.
"What did I juss say?", I huffed while glaring at him.
"Okay. I'll be right back...hey, Shawn!!!!", he yelled as he went running into the house.
Now it was my turn to sit straight up. I didn't think he'd mean for us to do it this soon! And to think, I opened my big mouth and told him that Pam and Daddy wouldn't be home for a few hours. In the meantime, Vanessa was spending the weekend at her cousin's house out in Queens. Needless to say I became a nervous wreck.