Brittney smiled wanting to kiss him again, "So we agree no more of this?"
"No more, you're hurting, and I'm hurting, so no more." Jerome replied squeezing her hand, it was like the last and final good bye.
They sat that way for the next few minutes, not moving, not speaking, until they heard her truck pull up beside his Thunderbird. Druex and Jarrell stepped out looking at the two strangely, Jerome looked up, "Hey Rell, Dreux."
"Wat up." Jarrell replied handing Brittney the keys, wondering what was going on with her and Jerome.
"Wat up Rome." Dreux replied, his stomach felt weird seeing the two this close. They looked like a little family, Jerome, Brittney, and the baby. And for some reason the way her eyes looked like they were fighting a thousand tears left him eager to get closer to her.
Jerome stood up and handed Rishon to Brittney, "Ima go, walk me to da car B?"
"Yea." She replied standing up and taking his hand as he lead them to his car.
Jerome turned to her and kissed lightly on the cheek, pulling her into another hug, almost smushing the baby, "Bye B, I love you."
"I love you too, be happy." Brittney tried to smile as he got in his car and rolled down the window.
"You too B, bye Rishon." Jerome replied putting on his glasses and backing out the driveway.
Brittney took a deep breath and held Rishon close to her and turned back to Jerrell and Dreux. She tried her best to avoid his eyes as she walked back toward them, but every time she looked up his eyes were all she saw.
Jarrell reached for Rishon but Druex got to him first, "Can I hold him?"
"Sure." Brittney replied handing him the baby, Dreux just started playing with him making Rishon giggle.
Druex turned to her as Rishon found pleasure out of pulling his braids, "What his name?"
"Rishon Amir Parker, meaning The First Prince." Brittney smiled watching her nephew smile like she did the first time she touched his braids.
Jarrell sat next to her at the patio table, "So what happened?"
"We decided to leave it alone, for good. No more checking dates with each other, no more late night phone calls, no more little kisses, no more visits, no more anything together. We ended it for real, after years together, we now we aren't each other's future." She said turning toward him, he sat there quietly for a moment not saying anything, Jarrell's eyes looked over at Druex who was quietly eyeing Brittney.
Druex sat between the two, and Jarrell was about to speak when the phone rang. "Hello?" He answered.
"Is this Jayson?" Brittany asked over her cell on her way over to Brittney's.
"No, this is Jarrell, who is this?" He asked thinking he knew that voice on the other end.
"This is Brittany." She smiled tapping the steering wheel to Ashanti.
"Hey Bri! Girl, what's up?" He asked, not only did she like him, he liked her.
"Nothing just on my way over, so tell yo girl to be ready, I'm almost there. Holla." She replied hanging up she need to grin like a fool for a minute.
Jarrell smiled hanging up the phone, "Britt, B, said she was on her way so be ready. Where are ya'll going?"
"Shopping." Brittney answered simply, taking Rishon in the house to change him, and Jarrell and Druex followed.
Brittney stood with her back to him, and took all he had not go over there and wrap his arms around her, "Can me and Rell tag a long?"
