Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 – Charlotte, NC
Cedric laid on a queen size bed in his bedroom in his parent's house in Charlotte, NC. Next to him lay the woman that he had been looking for, for the past few years. She was the woman who he had first seen on the bus ride taking him back home to his neighborhood. The woman who he had been chasing ever since his sophomore year in high school. The woman who he promised that he would have her in the future. She was the woman who had seen him at his worst times and had never left his side and hadn't even thought about it. She was the love of his life in his mind or at least he thought so.
Cedric's eyes slowly started to open as he then looked up at the ceiling and blinked his eyes a few times before he looked around. His eyes had fell on Kalani who had her back to him exposing her back to him. While she was sleep, he started to take this time to pay attention to fine details. He also noticed how she had her grandmother's name Elise tattooed on her wrist in cursive. How she had her name tattooed on the back of her right ankle. And how she had a tattoo sleeve of roses on her left wrist. She was all-natural with stretch marks and everything and she had dimples with a beauty mark on her cheek. And she had a body that a lot of girls wanted and it was all natural with assets that fit her build perfectly. A smile soon came onto his face before it then started to fade as he thought about Analise. For the first time in a longtime, the girl he wasn't focused on was Kala. Normally, she would be the only woman in his life but Annalise somehow made her way in and it was starting to get to him.
"I'm going for a run." He whispered as he then gave Kala a kiss on the forehead. She started to shift around in her sleep making him chuckle before he walked over to his suitcase.
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After a few minutes, Cedric walked outside in the damn near 30-degree weather in his white and black joggers with Black Nike Air Huaraches with a grey Nike hoodie with a white check mark. Cedric cursed to himself before he took off running. He needed this run. This run was a chance for him to clear his mind and get his thoughts straightened. He then heard the door open behind him making him smile as he turned his head back and saw his dad coming out of the door behind him. He chuckled and slowed his pace down a little bit as his father came running beside him.
"I thought you don't run dad."
"There's a lot of things you don't know about me son." Cedric Sr said making CJ chuckle as he turned his head and looked at his son.
"Yeah alright pop. I know a lot of things about you."
"Like what?"
"Like the fact that I can beat you in a race." CJ said as he then started running faster laughing on the way.
"Ah hell no." Cedric Sr said as he then took off running trying to catch up to his firstborn son.
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Both CJ and Cedric Sr sat on a park bench with a pond in front of it. CJ looked on with a serious look on his face while Cedric Sr turned his head and looked at his son who was looking on at the pond.
"So what's on your mind Superstar?" Cedric Sr said making CJ give off a light chuckle.
"You been calling me that since I was 16."
"Yeah well, it was true. You were a superstar in the making just like your siblings."
"I guess so. Sometimes it's heard being a Superstar. The money, the fame, the women. Especially the women." CJ whispered that last part making his dad give off a brief chuckle.
"What's on your mind?"
"Women. I have this girl back home in Miami who I've been seeing now for about a month and in my mind, I want to be with her. But then there's Kalani who I just got back into my life and she's the girl I've been hunting for my entire life and when I had her, I blew it. I chose this over her and now I've been given a second chance with her. And my heart yarns for her, I want to be with her but my mind is telling me not to put her through that again." They sat there for a few minutes in silence as Cedric Sr looked at the pond while CJ had started to look down at the ground.
"I can tell you to pick Kala because she makes you the happiest man alive or I can tell you to pick this new girl to stick things out to see if things can possible be better for you two but I'm not gonna do that. You're a grown ass man it's up to you how you wanna live your life and who you wanna live your life with. All I can do is sit here and support you and show up to your wedding to eat the cake." Cedric Sr said making CJ chuckle.
"I will gladly invite you to my wedding just to eat my cake." CJ said making Cedric Sr chuckle then.
"Come on let's go ahead and go home. I'm sure the ladies miss us and are wondering where we are now. Besides it's supposed to rain later today."
"Yeah, you're probably right but let me ask you one more question."
"Yeah?"
"Who would you rather have make your grandchildren?"
"Well, I only know Kalani. I don't know the other woman so I'm gonna go with the safe answer."
"What's the safe answer?"
"Which ever one you fall in love with. Now come on before I leave you in my dust." Cedric Sr said as he then started to run while CJ came running after him shortly muttering something to himself.
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Unfortunately, the two men weren't fast enough to outrun tha rain and they both came into the house soaking wet. CJ walked into the house first and could see his mother and Kala both sitting on the coach looking at the two men. Cedric Sr followed hsorly after and looked at his wife nervously while she shook her head and said nothing. Instead she stood up to her feet and walked over to him and grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him upstairs. She was saying something that CJ couldn't make out while they walked up the stairs.
CJ then turned his head towards Kala who had stood up and walked towards him and grabbed him by his wrist and led him up the stairs to his bedroom. Once they were in his bedroom, she closed the door behind her and just gave him a hug and said nothing.
"What's wrong babygirl?" CJ asked as he wrapped his arms around her and looked down at her.
"I thought you didn't want me. I thought you left to go with one of your Charlotte girls." She said as she then started to hide her face in his torso.
He made up his mind in that very moment. It was time. It was time to finally reveal to himself and to her, who he wanted. Who he loved. Who was the woman that he wanted to be his future.
"Nah, Babygirl I only want one girl." It put a smile on his face as he noticed how she had slowly lifted her head up to look at him and look him in his eyes.
"Who is it?" She asked almost like a whisper as her eyes had trailed down to his lips looking at his lips.
"You." He said as he leaned down to lock lips with Kala. As he locked lips with Kala, he could feel the spark that she had sent tingling through his body. He picked Kala up allowing her to wrap both of her legs around his waist. He had stopped kissing her on her lips and instead had trailed down to kiss her on the neck as she moaned at his affection.
"I don't think you have protection." She managed to get out.
"Don't worry about it."
"But what if I get pregnant?"
"Then we'll figure it out then." He said as he then went back to work while she smiled.
A/N: So that's Chapter 10, short chapter I know but I wanted to just go ahead and show you guys who he's picking to be his love interest for the story and I have picked Kalani.
Later Guys and Gals!
