My Best Friend (2 page)

Kay hugged Amy. “Happy birt
hday.” She sat down beside her, not
want
ing
to be there, but it was Amy’s birthday.

J
ason said from across the table.
“Happy birthday, Amy.” She nodded and t
ook a drink of her drink.

Jason walked over, leaned down besid
e Kay, and whispered in her ear.
“What do you want to drink? Water, juice or milk?”

She looked at him. “A Coke, smart ass.”

He smiled
leaning up, walking
over to the bar to order her Coke and his Hennessey on the rocks. The bartender served him his drinks and handed him a napkin with her phone number. He picked it up and smiled; she was a
cutie. He was flattered, giving
her a smile and turned back to their table.

He sat down in front of Kay, handed her the Coke, and he started drinking his drink. He could tell she didn’t want to be there.

John stood up and walked over to Jason. “I saw that. Are you going to give her a call?”

“No, she’s not my type,
” Jason
answered, looking over at Kay.

John kissed Amy, asking
her to dance,
and she said yes. They walked over to
the dance floor.

Jason looked at Kay. “What’s wrong? Do you want to leave?”

“No, it’s Amy’s birthday. I’ll be ok.”

He leaned in. “Let me know when yo
u’re ready to leave.”

A smooth
dark
brother came over and introduced himself to Kay. “
Hi Sweetie, m
y name is Carl. You want to dance?”

She answered with a firm “no”
but he was persiste
nt. She repeated “no”
and he l
ooked over at Jason and nodded, walking away.
Jason knew she could handle herself, but it was starting to get to him.

Some time passed, and Ja
son was on his third drink when
another guy came over hitting on Kay. He was getting tired of men hitting on her. “Motivati
on” by Kelly Rowland came
on,
he got up, walked over to her, and reached for her hand. “Let’s dance
. Maybe they’ll leave you alone,” s
he smiled, took his hand, and walked
out
to the dance floor with him.

They started dancing. He grabbed her waist, and she started rotating her hips. H
e pulled her in closer, and
started grinding. She forgot how good he could move.
White boy sure has soul. I wonder if he moves like this in bed,
she thought. He placed his hands above her ass while she moved her hands around his neck.

He laid his head a
gainst her neck. Her smell,
warm vanilla was driving him crazy.
I’m tipsy,
he thought.

She turned her head and laid it on his chest. He was wearing her favorite cologne
Euphoria
, smelling
of raw masculinity.

He started whispering in her ear. “You know you can trust
me. I’ll always be here for you,” h
e started rubbing her back.

“I know. I
will always be here for you too,” s
he turned around, her back turned to him. She started grinding up and down on him, and he held her waist and followed her lead.
He started getting aroused, kissing
her neck. His hands started moving up and down over her legs, and she realized the dance was getting too sensual.

When she turned back around, he saw lust in her eyes.
I’m seeing things,
he thought.
I had too much to drink.
She continued dancing on him. The song finished, and she started walking off, but he pul
led her back. “I’m not done yet.
” She smiled. The music slowed down. “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This”, by Toby Keith, started pla
ying. He grabbed her.
“I know you don’t like country music, but this
is
one of my favorite songs.”

She leaned in closer to him.
“I like this song.” They continued dancing. She took his hands
,
placed them around her waist, and stared into his eyes. She thought she saw desire in his eyes but thought
,
i
t can’t be... He would never.
She
started moving in a sensual way. She placed her hands around his neck, and he bent his head to her neck.

He didn’t know what came over him, but he started planting little kisses on her neck.

She started getting goose bumps
, not wanting him to stop
because it felt to
o good. H
e looked at her, kissed her left cheek, and they just stood there staring at each other
.

He wanted to kiss her
, staring at her lips, he leaned in
and
placed a feather kiss on her lips
but right before he took it further,
he decided to pull back
.
What am I doing
? T
his is my best friend
,
he thought.
For a second, he thought she looked disappointed.
They
finished their dance
and returned to the
table. John and Amy just stood there
staring at them when they
walked by and sa
t down. Jason didn’t drink
for
the rest of the night
,
and Kay sat in silence
.

“What was that? You almost kissed her.”
John asked Jason.

“I’m tipsy
,
” was his excuse.

“She’s pregnant man
. I
t’s
a little
too late
.”

“Too late for what?
” he asked a little agitated. “
Were just friends
.” He was ready to leave moving away from John.
After the kiss on the dance floor Jason and Kay hardly
spoke or looked at each other.

Amy and Kay had been talking about their presentation at work, when Amy suddenly changed the subject. “Kay
, is Jason your baby’s father?”
Kay rolled her eyes at A
my and ignored her question, and
looked over at Jason
. She
could tell
by his facial expression
he was ready to leave.

Jason and Kay
said their goodbyes to John and Amy. When they were on their way out of the club, Carl came up to Kay, “Oh I’m not good enough to dance with, but you can dance with him?” He looked at Jason with disgust.

Jason turned around
,
but was pulled back by Kay
.
“
H
e is not worth it
.
”

He turned back around and was about to start walking when
Carl yelled
.
“You fucking sellout
!
”

Jason pulled awa
y from Kay and rushed up to him.
“Fuck you. She doesn’t owe you any
fucking
explanation.”

“Just because you’re fucking a black woman, you think you have guts.”
Carl yelled
.

Before he could say another word, Jason punched him square in his jaw. Carl stumbled back and, got up to jump Jason, but missed. The bouncer came running over, separated them, and told Jason to leave.

Kay yelled,
“Jason, stop! He’s not worth it. Let’s go.” She pull
ed him out of the club, and
started walking to his black M3 BMW. They stoo
d next to his car, and she said.
“They’re still ignorant people in this world. Don’t let them get to you.” She took her hands and cupped his face. “Calm down.”

He placed his hands
over hers. “He disrespected you.”

She removed her hands from his cheeks, took his hands in hers, and kissed them
smiling
. “Thank you for defending my honor. Th
at’s why you’re my BFF.”

He tired to smile back, but he was still steaming.

After helping her in the car, he got into the driver’s seat and started the car. The entire ride to her house was done in silence. He pulled up to her driveway, and as he helped her out, he asked, “Are you ok?”

“Yes, thanks to my hero,” she answered.

He walked her to the door. “I’ll call yo
u tomorrow.” He bent down. “Bye
little one,”
he said and kissed her stomach.
F
or a split second
,
she had forgotten she was even pregnant until that moment.

“Goodnight.” She opened her door, went in and closed the door.

He jumped in his car and headed to his house.

Chapter
Two

Two
months
later.
Kay
still
had
n’t
heard from Tommy. Her morning sickness had faded away
. S
he could even eat without getting nauseous. She was at work
,
sitting at her desk,
wo
rking on one of her projects,
when her phone rang.

“Good morning B & Price
. T
his is Mrs. Parker
. H
ow can I help you?”

“Hey baby
, how are you doing?
I’ve missed you.”

She was surprised when she h
eard the voice on the other end, and
waited a second before answering.
“Really
Tommy
?
I couldn’t tell.”

“I’ve done a lot of thinking. When can I see you? We need to talk and make up.”

She held her breath knowing what she was about to do went against her better judgment. “How about today?”

“
I’ll be at your house at five.”

“Ok.” After hanging up the phone, she felt a bit relieved he had come to his senses.

***

It was already six o’clock, and Tommy hadn’t shown up or called, so she decided to leave to go meet Jason at their spot. When she was about to open the door, someone knocked. She look
ed through the peephole, and i
t was him. He was standing there looking as handsome as always. He wore jeans, a white polo shirt, and white Nike’s. White clothes always made his brown skin look more delicious. He was late, but no remorse showed on his smiling face. But she needed to talk to him to see where his head was, so she opened the door before she could change her mind.

He looked down, and his smile disappeared
.
“What the fuck?”

“What?”

“What the fuck? Why are you
still pregnant?”
He p
ushed past her, and entered
he
r
house.

When he passed her, she closed the door, smelling the liquor from where she was standing.
“
Y
ou’re drunk.”

“I had a few drinks, but I can see you’re
still fucking pregnant.”

Damn, I’m almost five months pregnant
, s
he thought.
“I told you I was going to have this baby. I never lied to you.”

“I thought me walking out on you would give you the hint that I wasn’t kidding and you would get rid of it.
Bitch,
I don’t want another kid
,
I’m happy with the three I’ve got
.
”
B
y this time he was getting angry
. “I
t’s over between us
. D
on’t call me
and
don’t ask me for nothing for that baby.”

“That baby? You mean
our
baby,
”
s
he yelled.

Sh
e
could see by his expression that he was getting
angrier. “Bitch,
that’s not my baby.”

She pushed him. “Get out, you bastard, and don’t come back. I’ll see you in court.”

As soon as those words came out of her mouth, he punched her in the face. She fell to the ground, knocking over glass vases from her side table. He couldn’t control his anger. He bent down and hit her again. “You’
re not getting anything from me.
” He started throwing things around. He finally realized what he was doing and stopped himself. He looked at her. “This is all your fault. You kept pushing me, and I lost it.”