Destiny

Chapter 4


Miami, FL

Cedric awoke on a couch in a familiar room. He was still dressed in the clothes he wore out last night while he yawned and sat up slowly with a groan. He looked around and saw that he was in Annalise's living room before he placed a hand on his forehead feeling the effects of last night's actions.

"Dammit." He muttered under his breath. He could hear music and smell fumes all coming from the kitchen. Cedric made his way into the kitchen with a frown on his face.

He saw Annalise in the kitchen wearing red and white striped pajamas with her hair still curly form last night. He looked at her with a smile as he saw her dancing around to her Nicki Minaj before she turned around and saw him making her jump in fear before she started to chuckle while Cedric did the same.

"Did I wake you?" She asked.

"Yeah, but I needed it. I have to go to the gym and go to work."

"Oh, what exactly is it that you do? I mean I heard you were a professional athlete from a few of the other girls." Cedric was about tired of hearing about his past with women. Especially from the woman, he might be trying to make his future.

"Yeah, you heard right. Are those omelets?" He smiled as he looked at her grab two plates from her cabinets and sat them down in front of her on the kitchen island.

"Yeah, one of my favorite things to make."

"Let me help you." He said as he walked towards her taking the pan even with her rejecting his help. He took the spatula and took the omelet out of the pan and placed it on the plate and did the same for the other.

"Voila!" He said making her roll her eyes before she took a plate and grabbed 2 forks. He grabbed his plate and followed the beautiful woman in front of him to the table. They both sat next to each other where she had cups of OJ sitting in front of them.

"So does this count as date number 2?" She asked as she took a bite of her omelet.

"Nope. We'll just call this date 1.5."

"Date 1.5?"

"Yeah cause it doesn't technically count as a date cause it only been like what 9 hours since our first date started."

"Wow, only 1 date and you're already sleeping on my couch." She joked making him give her a light chuckle as he started to eat.

"Let's make it a one-time thing."

"Yes please 'cause you are one heavy man." He chuckled at the last statement.

"I'm only 250." He joked. She chuckled at what he said causing him to smile. He was beginning to like her laugh a lot. Not that cute giggle that she was giving him whenever she was trying to be cute with him but that laugh that she would give him whenever she was comfortable with him.

"Bullshit. You gotta be at least 300." She said.

"Now that's bullshit." He chuckled while she rolled her eyes and took a sip of her OJ.

"You know you're the first guy to sleep in my house in over 2 years." She said as he stood up and grabbed both of their plates and walked over to the sink where he placed them.

"Well, let's hope I'm the last and only guy who gets to sleep in your home." He said as he turned around and stole a glance at Anna when she wasn't looking. Anna stood up and walked over to Cedric seeing him start to wash the dishes in her sink. He was the first guy that she had been with that decided to do that freely making her smile.

"You don't have to do the dishes." She said to him.

"It's okay. I'm gonna help out as much as I can. After all, I do owe you for not leaving me drunk in a bar alone."

"I kind of did dare you to drink that much."

"Yeah but thanks for doing something you didn't have to do. After I finish these dishes, I'm gonna have to leave."

"It's fine, you don't have to do the dishes. I can finish them."

"I just want to help out any way I can."

"You've already done enough by keeping me company last night and this morning."

"Well, I'm gonna go. Hey, I enjoyed our date and I'm looking forward to the 2nd one."

"Yeah, Call me when you're ready for another one or if you're man enough for another one."

He chuckled after what she said before he opened his arms up for a hug. She walked in for his hug and wrapped her arms around his torso as she placed her head on his torso and sighed as her eyes closed and she relaxed in his arm. He smiled feeling the woman in his arms and for the first time ever it actually felt right. He kissed the top of her head causing her to smile now.

'I think this is home.' She thought in her head.


A/N: So I hope you guys enjoyed this small chapter. It was just something light. A light morning-after chapter. Next chapter he will be in action making his in-ring debut.

Later Guys and Gals!