"Aiight girl, good luck holla." Brittany said about to hang her phone up.
"Thanks holla." Brittney said hanging her phone up, and watching the fine ass man that was her ex get out his car.
Jerome smiled as he stepped out of his clean ass car, dressed in some Fubu shorts, white K-Swiss, and a blue Fubu shirt. And his sunglasses, "Hey B, wuz up?"
She smiled and just held Rishon, holding on to him wouldn't force her to feel his arms around her again, "Nothin, Rome."
Brittney tried not to react as he kissed her on the cheek and sat down on the other side of the table and she did the same, "Oh, let me hold the baby for a minute."
She handed Rishon to him and she had never seen anything as adorable as Jerome holding Rishon. They looked like they could be father and son, Rishon was high yellow with a thick head of hair that his mother had painstakingly braided, and his little eyes were like gray.
Brittney noticed his newly braided hair and trying to unnerve herself she asked, "So who did your hair?"
"Nikki Maclin, you know Tracy's sister." He replied while Rishon had his finger and was pulling it with all his little might.
"Yea, so how was your night?" She asked looking from him and over to Jarrell house, hoping he would come back soon.
Jerome sighed and let Rishon play with his glasses, "My night, it was aiight. Nothin big happened, we went to Marq's party, stayed for a little bit, then went to Keshia's party over on Richmont, and then we went to Envy for a couple hours."
"Cool, hope you had a good time." Brittney said trying to force a fake smile on.
"You know I don't like this seeing other people thing, Xavier called me at Envy last night talking 'bout some young nigga tryin to blow up my spot. What is that?" Jerome asked frowning at Brittney while he bounced Rishon on his knee.
Brittney rolled her eyes at him, and looked at her fingers thinking of her next manicure, "Oh, it's cool for you to be with Alexi, but I can't have someone new in my life? Real fair Rome, real fair."
"I told you about Alexi, and you said it was aiight! You don't even tell me about this nigga, and Xabo said he was at the house too, come on B!" Jerome replied raising his voice then looking down at Rishon he lowered his voice.
Brittney turned to her pure anger on her face, and her eyes were flaming, "First of all their ain't no other nigga, it was me Dreux and Jarrell here last night and we watched a movie that's it. You need to check yo' boy and ask why was he here in the first place. And we agreed that we would see other people, and I have told you over and over again I don't care what you think 'cause yo spot is up for grabs."
Jerome exhaled loudly, looking at her sadly, "I thought you loved me?"
Brittney stood up and walked over to the ledge that surrounded the pond and sat down pulling at her skirt, "I do J, you know that, but we gotta stop this. You know nothing good is going to come out of it if we try again, why can't you just leave me alone?"
Jerome stood up baby in tow and sat right beside her sitting the baby on his leg after sat, "Because in my whole life with my "black prestigious family", a successful doctor mother and a successful businessman father, I never had much love. Until I met you, and I got so much love, and you were all I ever really wanted. I realize that no matter where we are or how far apart we are I'm always going to love you. That's why I can't just go a way and leave you alone."
Brittney smiled and took his free hand, "I know J, I know, that's how I feel too but we can't be together. And that I know you know, I'm not who your whole life is supposed to end with. And you aren't that for me either, but we can always love each other and be there for each other. I'm not perfect Jerome and my whole life you have treated me like I was perfect and for that I will always hold you in my heart. But we shouldn't do this to each other anymore."
