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Kendra

"Are you serious right now, he said that to you!?" Dani was counting out drawers for the cashiers for the next shift coming in soon. I was re-counting to make sure they were correct.

"Yes girl, but I don't know if he was serious, he's been playing with my head for a long time." I said while I put the money down and leaned on the counter in our tiny office.

Dani licked her thumb and counted off some ones before finishing up another drawer and turning to me.

"Mona I think now he wants you to play with his head…and I'm so talking about the one in his pants." I smacked her arm and snatched the drawer she was handing me.

"You are so nasty, but I'm for real D. He was my crush, than I got over him and now he is in my life again and showing me some attention…but why?" I asked the last part really to myself, but Dani answered anyway.

"Maybe he's waiting for you to become legal. From what you use to tell me about him, he's always had a thing for you Mo. The man showed jealousy when Randy was around, he flirted a lot, protective of you…to me I think he always liked you, but had to do it from a far." I finished the drawer and sighed.

"He said that, but I didn't believe him." I said while Dani shook her head and checked to see what time it was.

"You are truly simple. I love you, but you need to get it together and quick…are you going to go up there?" I simply shrugged my shoulders and just stood there.

"What if I'm not experience enough for him?" Dani looked around before closing the door and turning her attention to me.

"Check this out, the way you had that asshole Cody up your ass and the way you have John on you now…whatever you don't know, trust me, he will assist you and roll with it…either way you two will get to where you're going…relax and just do it Mona." I saw one of the girls at the door waving and tapped Dani so she could open the door for her.

"Think about it Mo." I passed the girl her drawer and nodded my head.

"I will."

"New Jersey, that's what you want to do for your birthday?" My sister asked while we laid in her bed and watched Hangover 1.

"Yeah, John invited me up so why not?" I said nonchalant, but was waiting for my sister to react and she did.

"John? What's up with you two lately?" My sister kicked me almost off the bed and laughed. I glared at her and sat up some.

"Nothing is up, we're just cool you know-" Marla threw a pillow at me and stuffed a double stuffed oreo in her mouth.

"No, you tow are more than cool…I think he likes you…honestly I think he's always have. I threw the pillow back and smirked.

"I don't know about all of that, but it was just an invite to get out of Baltimore for a bit before I go to college." I wasn't going to tell her the truth, hell I don't even know if what he said was to truth to even repeat it to her.

Marla eyed me for a moment before shaking her head and putting a spoon full of ice cream in her mouth.

"All I'm going to say is use a condom." My eyes damn near bugged out and I got up to leave.

"Oh come on!" I said while placing my hands on my hips. Marla paused the movie and looked just as surprised as me.

"Oh come on Mona! I'm not stupid! I know what may happen. Look you are an adult now so I don't care about you two doing whatever. All I'm saying is make sure you make him strap up…I don't want to see any little Cena's in nine months.

"MARLA!" I walked out of her room and slammed the door.

I walked into my room and sat on my bed. I knew my face was red, but I couldn't help but to think about the what ifs and how I would play things out.

I picked up my phone and looked at my calendar and saw I had four days until my birthday. I took a deep breath and searched for John's number and pushed dial. I put it on speaker and laid back on my bed.

"Yeah?" I scrunched my face up at the deep voice and turned over onto my stomach.

"John?" I asked a bit confused and heard a few things moving and clinking before I heard the voice again.

"No, this is his partner Roman, hold on…YO JOHN! PHONE!" I bit my lip at the voice and mouth out "OMG". After a few minutes I heard John ask him who it was and then Roman say he didn't know.

"Of course you don't, yeah this is John." I smiled at his voice and bot my lip.

"It's Mona." I simply said and after hearing the name John's voice lighten up.

"Mona! Hey babe what's up?" I rubbed my forehead trying to work in that I wanted to come up and enjoying my birthday with him.

"Well…I was just calling to see what you were up to-"

"Yes Mona I still want you to come here and I meant what I said too." I felt myself blush and sat up some.

"Well when should I come up?" I heard a pause before he yelled for someone to wait.

"Hello?" I called out, but heard John say it again before he returned to the phone.

"Fucking assholes! …Mona are you still there?" I bit my lip at the anger in his voice.

"Yeah, when should I come up?"

"Tomorrow if you like." I almost dropped the phone at that.

"Tomorrow, I haven't even packed, or even shopped for the clothes to pack-"

"Woman I've seen your closet, you don't need to shop for anything. Besides if you really need anything I will take care of it…hold up, let me call you back, I'm going to kill Roman…I'll text you the address and everything; details or whatever." I got off of my bed and walked over to my closet.

"Okay, bye John."

"Bye Mona Lisa." I hung up and ran over to my door and opened it to see Marla standing there and eating her cookies.

"Roman sounds good girl…" I watched her stuff the cookie in her mouth before I slammed the door in her face.

"Loser." I mumbled.

"Dani maybe this wasn't a good idea to come up here. I mean he told me to come up here and I hope my ass up here without really a second thought…I know better than this." I know I was rambling, but everything just set in that I was standing outside of John's apartment holding his key.

It was the day before my birthday…correction, it was a few hours before my birthday and I was in Newark, New Jersey while John was still at the shop and told me he left his key under the mat for me when I came. I was looking at my bags and the key in my hand while on the phone with Dani's crazy ass.

"Girl get your black ass in that apartment and set up shop, what is wrong with you, this is just John…remember this is John we are talking about. He's not going to hurt you so chill the fuck out!" I looked down at the key again and sighed.

"Okay fine, I'll call you when I get settled." I heard Dani mumble something before answering.

"Good, okay girl bye…OH! Use a damn condom!" I hung up the phone on her and unlocked the door. I opened it and was met with the living area that on the left and the kitchen off to the right. I grabbed my bag and walked in and looked around and saw the entertainment center against the wall and dvds and cds up and down the sides of the tv. A few game systems set up down bottom and the dvd, dvr, and stereo next to them.

"This guy has no life." I said to myself while going into the kitchen and seeing it clean, minus a dirty glass in the sink. I opened the fridge and it looked as though he just went to the market from the dates on the stuff. I saw on the door he had about four cans of whipped cream and shook my head.

"At least he's prepared." I mumbled. I shut the fridge and walked out of the kitchen and to the back of the apartment.

I saw his bathroom was huge and smiled. He had a big tub that was also deep and across from it was the shower. I backed away and looked for the bedrooms, but came across only…one.

"Mona?!" I turned around and walked back down the hall and saw John in his jumpsuit and looking around.

"Right here." John looked over at me and smiled.

"Made it here safe I see, what happened to calling me when you got here?" I bit the inside of my cheek before mouthing that I was sorry.

John emptied his pockets and unzipped his jumpsuit and took his arms out to show his beater, I rubbed the back of my neck while he tied the arms around his waist and went into the kitchen.

"Want anything to eat or drink? I stocked up yesterday after work. I tried to remember all of your favorites." I walked into the kitchen to see him looking in the cabinets and pulling out a cup.

"I'm good right now, how was work?" John sat the cup down and turned to look at me.

"It was fine, it was work…how was the trip here?" I shrugged while leaning on the wall and looked down at my hands.

"It was fine, not as long as I thought it would be-" John crossed his arms over his chest and I just realized how big his arms were.

"Are you nervous to be around me alone Mona?" I blinked a few times and shook my head no.

"Not really, just something new I have to get use to." John looked a bit shocked before nodding his head.

"Get use to, so you plan on coming up here more often?" I squint my eyes at him and walked into the kitchen more and stood across from him.

"Well as long as you invite me I will…when I have time." John smirked and turned his back to me and started washing his glass.

"Make me sound like an after thought." I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"And you sound like Orton." I watched John flinch and laughed.

"That stung young lady." I walked out of the kitchen and sat on the couch.

"You will be fine…I can't believe I'm going to be eighteen in a few hours." I looked at my phone and saw I had four text messages, two from Marla, one from Dani and one from my dad. I told my dad I was fine and told Marla and Dani to go to hell…you don't want to know what they asked.

"I know, it feels like it was just yesterday you were skipping school or hanging around those little girls." John came out of the kitchen stretching his arms and sat down beside me.

"Yeah I know, weird huh?" I said while still looking at my phone.

"Yeah, but look at you now…you have grown into a beautiful young woman Mona…I'm proud of you." I looked up at him and winked.

"You and me both. I saw two of the girls yesterday while doing some last minute shopping…they looked like brats. I'm so glad I chose to go down a different path. I said while looking at my facebook account.

"Yeah, so am I." I saw I had a few friend request and checked them out.

"Why is that?" I asked while accepting one and declining the others.

"Because I don't think I would feel the same way I do about you now." I stopped what I was doing and looked up to be met with his ocean blue eyes. I bit down on my lip and held my breath.

"I really like you Mona." I smiled and touched his hair.

"You know I like you as well." I watched John's breathing grow uneven as he started to lean into me. I moved up to meet him…

But at the very last second he moved back and stood up.

"I need to take a shower!" I glared at him while he walked into the back and soon heard the door shut.

"I WISH YOU WOULD STOP DOING THAT!" I screamed while laying back onto the couch.

"Pepperoni pizza, napoleon ice cream sandwiches, cheese curls, cupcakes, fruit punch and beer for you…I think we have everything." I pointed out everything on the coffee table while John stood there looking at everything.

"I can feel the heartburn already." He said while rubbing his chest. I snapped my fingers and ran to the bathroom and grabbed my tums I put in the medicine cabinet.

"I knew I forgot something." I breathed out while returning to the living room.

"I can't believe you've never seen Monsters Ball." John said while kneeling down and looking for the movie to put in. I grabbed a cupcake and took a bite.

"I heard about it, but never had the time." I watched John's bare back flex while he moved.

I looked down at my Betty Boop night shirt and boy shorts and thought that maybe I should have put on something a bit more sexy…but then again, I didn't want to look like I was pushing to jump on his dick…if it happens than it happens.

"Okay here it is, the famous Halle Berry scene…I love this!" John sat on the floor by my feet and grabbed a beer.

"Freak." I whispered, but John heard me.

"You have no idea." I eyed the back of his head and felt my cheeks grow warm.

"John I have a question." John looked up at me while taking a sip of his beer.

"What's up?" I finished my cupcake and licked my fingers.

"Where am I sleeping?" John eyed me for a moment before turning back around.

"In my bed." I nodded my head and reached for a slice of pizza.

"And you?" John grabbed a slice of pizza and cleared his throat.

"I have a king size bed Mona…where do you think?" I stared at the back of his head for a few minutes before returning back to the movie.

"Ok."

"I just want you to make me feel good." I was halfway sleep when I heard that part and saw John shift a bit. I opened my eyes more and looked down to see half the food was gone and it was now two in the morning.

"What's going…oh shit." I said while watching Halle pull her shirt down.

"Yeah I know." I looked down at John again and saw a big ass smile on his face.

"You are disgusting!" John grabbed my foot and pulled me down onto the floor.

"I am a man and this is Halle Berry here!" He hugged me to him and we watched the fuckfest continue.

After it was over and I watched John's smile the whole time I stood up and pulled my shirt down and glared at John.

"Well, now that you "Scene" is over, I am going to bed.

"Oh come on! It's only two on the morning, live a little Mona Lisa!" I gave him the peace sign and kept walking.

"You're jiggling baby!" I laughed and dropped my index finger and walked into the bedroom.

I took my socks off and walked over to his windows and opened them both halfway to let some night air in. I walked back out and went into the bathroom and started brushing my teeth. I poked my head out to see John cleaning up and still laughing to himself.

I rolled my eyes and finished up in the bathroom and put my hair into a high ponytail and went back into the bedroom.

I got under the blanket and sheet and stretched out while yawning.

I heard some movement and then water running for a while before I heard the toilet flush and then the lights went out. I turned onto my side and saw the street lights shining on the trees blowing slightly.

I felt John get into bed bedside me and out of nowhere start laughing. I forward my brows and sat up.

"What's so funny?" John tried to calm himself down, but only ended up fall back on the bed.

"It's officially your birthday, you are finally legal…and what I want to do to you I can't." I sat up on my knees and looked at him funny.

"And why is that?" John finally calmed down and pulled me on top of him.

"Because I just realized I don't have any condoms." I whispered wow and looked down at his chest.

"Well…I do." John face slowly started to relax and he grew serious.