Chapter 10
Dionne was seated comfortably in Leon's lap, as he and Dom talked. Sipping on beer, which was still quite full after about half an hour, she realized she was having a good time. She smirked, as she knew she probably never would have come to the party if Leon hadn't asked her. Smiling she glanced shyly at Leon, and was rewarded with a kiss on the cheek.
Feeling her cheeks turning red, she excused herself saying she had to go to the bathroom. Trying to get through the crowd of people without shoving anyone, she absently looked down at her watch, noticing that it was almost 11pm, still pretty early. Walking with her head down she slammed hard into someone.
An apology on her lips she looked up and caught the person's eye.
Dionne blushed. " Sorry---Oh hey."
Ice narrowed his eyes at her, running his eyes down her body, acknowledging to himself how good she looked. He couldn't remember ever seeing her in a skirt as short as the one she was wearing. Momentarily he forgot that his arm was around another woman.
"It's a'ight. My bad." He smiled slightly. " You a'ight here, havin fun?"
Dionne swallowed as her heart melted at his smile. Dammit! One smile and she forgot whom she'd come here with. Brushing her hair out of her face, she nodded.
"Uh, yeah…. yeah…you?"
Dionne finally noticed the girl to Ice's right, which he had his arm wrapped around. She could feel the hurt sneakily creeping it's way into her, dampening her mood. God! What the hell was wrong with her? It wasn't as if she hadn't seen this particular ho around Ice before. Clearing her throat and adverting her eyes, she shifted on her feet.
Ice followed her eyes remembering Janine beside him. " Yeah I'm cool. I think I better call home soon though, check on D.A. and Carla . . ."
Dionne lighted up at the mention of her niece. She caught the glare pointed her way from the other woman, and grimaced slightly. " Yeah…. Know what? Don't worry about it. I'll call, I was going to anyway…"
Ice frowned. " You sure?"
Dionne nodded and was about to break away, when she felt a hand on her shoulder, turning she saw Letty grinning with a Corona in her hand, her hair now in a messy pony tail.
Letty grinned at Dee. " Sup Gurl! How you livin? Shit . . .You shoulda seen me I was going crazy on the dance floor." she said while laughing.
Dionne grinned back, glad to see Letty, if not only to get out of her awkward and prolonged conversation with Dwayne. " Yeah I saw you…. I think everyone did." She pointed behind her as she spoke. " Dom's back there with Leon, if you're looking for him."
Letty rolled her eyes and took a swig from her drink. " Oh please, he can be on his own for a little while…well at least until I take a piss." Noticing that Dee's eyes had left hers, she saw Dwayne in front of them with a cheap looking ho on his arm.
Raising and eyebrow and shook her head at Dwayne. " You never learn huh?"
The skank, Janine, wound her arm around Ice's waist tighter. Looking at Letty and Dionne with disgust she smirked. " Ice knows not to let a good thing go. I don't understand why he's standing here talking to Martha Stewart . . ." Looking pointedly at Dionne as she spoke.
Dionne looked away from Janine and cringed. Not hearing Dwayne say anything in her defense, her shoulders dropped. God! Do I really look like Martha Stewart? Shaking off Letty's arm, she made a move to leave, and was about to mumble a goodbye when she heard Letty talk.
Turning her head towards the skank Letty threw her head back, a hard look in her eyes. " Listen skank, why don't you run off before I need to run you outta here."
Ice was a little taken aback at Janine's words. What the . . .?? He had been about to say something but was cut off by Letty. Rubbing he forehead with his free hand he stepped away from Janine. He pointed behind Letty, " Yeah, I'll see you later Janine."
Janine whipped her head to look at Ice. Oh well, he'd find her if he wanted to fuck again. Giving Letty a glare she walked past her.
Letty smirked. " Yeah, go on…get …bitch."
Dionne nudged Letty. " Hey can I borrow your phone?" Seeing Letty's nod, she took the phone from her and moved away from them. " I'm just gonna phone D.A., thanks. I'll give it back later." She spoke quietly, not daring a look at Dwayne, and walked away.
Turning back to Dwayne Letty turned her glare on him. " That how you stick up for you family now Dwayne??" Pushing him in the chest she glared at him again, then turned and walked towards the bathroom.
Dwayne shook his head, rolling his eyes, but still feeling bad. He glanced around the room and saw Dionne heading outside and followed after her.
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D.A. pushed the door in front of her open. Not prepared for the sight that presented itself.
A couple was standing with their arms wrapped around each other kissing. Ready to walk back out and find the bathroom, she moved to turn around.
"Oh shit, My Bad." She moved to turn away but not before the couple broke apart and she recognized Lina first.
Smirking she folded her arms over her chest. " Well damn Lina . . . I leave you alone for 5 minutes and you're already getting freaky with someone. But do you know where the bathroom is, cause I really need to pee . . ." He words died on her lips as unfortunately for her, she recognized the man Lina had been kissing.
Her eyes opened wide as she looked between the two. " What the fuck??"
Jordan moved away from Lina, swearing under his breath. This was just fucking great!
Lina smiled cautiously at D.A., having no idea about D.A. and Jordan's involvement, but noting her agitation. " Hey . . . yeah we were just. Uh . . . talking."
D.A. narrowed her eyes, her hands clenching into fists. " Juss talking huh? Then how come his tongue was in your mouth??" she said to Lina while staring hard at Jordan.
Lina smiled slightly. Looking between the two, laughing nervously as she added, " Well it was mine in his actually." Her eyes flew open in surprise as D.A. flew at her.
Jordan rushed to grab D.A. by the waist, before she could do any damage to Lina. Trying hard to keep Lina out of harms way, he tried to calm D.A. down. " CALM THE FUCK DOWN D.A.!! JESUS!!"
D.A. struggled against him still glaring at Lina. " CALM DOWN?? CALM DOWN!! SHE HAD HER TONGUE DOWN YOUR THROAT AND YOU WANT ME TO CALM DOWN?" She tried again to reach for Lina. " YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU USED ME JUST SO YOU COULD GET TO JORDAN DIDN'T YOU??"
Lina had taken several steps backward, her eyes still wide, her face now a mirror of confusion and surprise. " Jesus! D.A. What the hell is wrong with you?? Of course I wasn't using you. He's my boyfriend. . . "
Jordan swore out loud. He felt D.A. go still in his arms.
D.A. stared at Lina. Not comprehending, or willing to comprehend what she'd just heard. " He's your what??" With a calmness she didn't know she possessed she wrenched herself away from Jordan, backing away from him, towards the door.
Jordan closed his eyes, tongue in cheek. Fuck! " D.A. . . It's not what it sounds like . . . I haven't seen her for like a year . . ."
Lina still stood shocked, suddenly realizing that there was more going on in front of her. It was almost as if….
D.A. felt an instant of recognition. This was Lina. The Lina he had gone out with for a year. She couldn't believe she hadn't put 2 and 2 together. Her eyes hardened as she turned them on Jordan.
" You piece of shit. You knew when she came to the house that day, and you didn't say SHIT! " She shook her head in disbelief. She was too angry and too hurt, to really think about anything and words just flew out of her mouth. " Oh okay, I see it now. I see it. You're just fucking me for the hell of it right? I mean we never really said that we were together. I mean shit. I'm not anybody important, I DON"T DESERVE THE COURTESY TO KNOW WHEN YOUR FUCKING GIRLFRIEND SHOWS UP AND YOU DECIDE TO GET BACK WITH HER!!!"
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Letty was exiting the bathroom, about to go meet Dom, when she heard the yelling from the room next to hers. Usually she would ignore it, but the voice sounded familiar, real familiar. Curious she walked up to it, having a suspicion who was behind it.
"I DON"T DESERVE THE COURTESY TO KNOW WHEN YOUR FUCKING GIRLFRIEND SHOWS UP AND YOU DECIDE TO GET BACK WITH HER!!!"
Letty's eyes widened in shock at what she heard. If this was who she thought it was, this could get mighty interesting. Putting her hand on the doorknob she pushed the door open.
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D.A. felt the door open behind her and moved out of the way, still breathing hard from shouting and a shitload of anger waiting to be released. She turned on the stranger, ready to unload. Before rolling her eyes and throwing her hands in the air as she saw who it was.
" Just fucking great, I find out the guy I'm fucking is now back to fucking his GIRLFRIEND and this bitch shows up . . ."
Letty scanned the room seeing Jordan and some expensive looking ho in the room. Her eyes cut upward at D.A. giving her a warning. " Watch your mouth little girl."
D.A. could feel her eyes welling up with tears of anger; she ignored Letty and turned back to Jordan. " Stay the FUCK away from me." turning to Lina she spoke again. " You can have him. He wasn't that good anyway, I've had better." Turning on her heel she pushed past Letty and left the room.
Jordan's jaw clenched at D.A.'s parting words. Which hit one of the questions he'd had about her that had bugged him severely. He glanced at Letty cautiously, knowing she knew what was going on now.
Letty raised her eyebrow at him. " Robbing the cradle huh?? Wonder what Ice would think about that?? 'specially his little cousin." clucking her tongue she looked at the two people left in the room, then followed D.A. out.
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Letty left the alcove of rooms, smirking slightly. She almost felt bad for Jordan, cause if or when Ice found out about this, he would not be happy. She toyed with the idea of telling him. . . . this could get very interesting. She shrugged then scanned the area seeing Dom, standing with a skank whispering something in his ear.
What the fuck??
Dionne was seated comfortably in Leon's lap, as he and Dom talked. Sipping on beer, which was still quite full after about half an hour, she realized she was having a good time. She smirked, as she knew she probably never would have come to the party if Leon hadn't asked her. Smiling she glanced shyly at Leon, and was rewarded with a kiss on the cheek.
Feeling her cheeks turning red, she excused herself saying she had to go to the bathroom. Trying to get through the crowd of people without shoving anyone, she absently looked down at her watch, noticing that it was almost 11pm, still pretty early. Walking with her head down she slammed hard into someone.
An apology on her lips she looked up and caught the person's eye.
Dionne blushed. " Sorry---Oh hey."
Ice narrowed his eyes at her, running his eyes down her body, acknowledging to himself how good she looked. He couldn't remember ever seeing her in a skirt as short as the one she was wearing. Momentarily he forgot that his arm was around another woman.
"It's a'ight. My bad." He smiled slightly. " You a'ight here, havin fun?"
Dionne swallowed as her heart melted at his smile. Dammit! One smile and she forgot whom she'd come here with. Brushing her hair out of her face, she nodded.
"Uh, yeah…. yeah…you?"
Dionne finally noticed the girl to Ice's right, which he had his arm wrapped around. She could feel the hurt sneakily creeping it's way into her, dampening her mood. God! What the hell was wrong with her? It wasn't as if she hadn't seen this particular ho around Ice before. Clearing her throat and adverting her eyes, she shifted on her feet.
Ice followed her eyes remembering Janine beside him. " Yeah I'm cool. I think I better call home soon though, check on D.A. and Carla . . ."
Dionne lighted up at the mention of her niece. She caught the glare pointed her way from the other woman, and grimaced slightly. " Yeah…. Know what? Don't worry about it. I'll call, I was going to anyway…"
Ice frowned. " You sure?"
Dionne nodded and was about to break away, when she felt a hand on her shoulder, turning she saw Letty grinning with a Corona in her hand, her hair now in a messy pony tail.
Letty grinned at Dee. " Sup Gurl! How you livin? Shit . . .You shoulda seen me I was going crazy on the dance floor." she said while laughing.
Dionne grinned back, glad to see Letty, if not only to get out of her awkward and prolonged conversation with Dwayne. " Yeah I saw you…. I think everyone did." She pointed behind her as she spoke. " Dom's back there with Leon, if you're looking for him."
Letty rolled her eyes and took a swig from her drink. " Oh please, he can be on his own for a little while…well at least until I take a piss." Noticing that Dee's eyes had left hers, she saw Dwayne in front of them with a cheap looking ho on his arm.
Raising and eyebrow and shook her head at Dwayne. " You never learn huh?"
The skank, Janine, wound her arm around Ice's waist tighter. Looking at Letty and Dionne with disgust she smirked. " Ice knows not to let a good thing go. I don't understand why he's standing here talking to Martha Stewart . . ." Looking pointedly at Dionne as she spoke.
Dionne looked away from Janine and cringed. Not hearing Dwayne say anything in her defense, her shoulders dropped. God! Do I really look like Martha Stewart? Shaking off Letty's arm, she made a move to leave, and was about to mumble a goodbye when she heard Letty talk.
Turning her head towards the skank Letty threw her head back, a hard look in her eyes. " Listen skank, why don't you run off before I need to run you outta here."
Ice was a little taken aback at Janine's words. What the . . .?? He had been about to say something but was cut off by Letty. Rubbing he forehead with his free hand he stepped away from Janine. He pointed behind Letty, " Yeah, I'll see you later Janine."
Janine whipped her head to look at Ice. Oh well, he'd find her if he wanted to fuck again. Giving Letty a glare she walked past her.
Letty smirked. " Yeah, go on…get …bitch."
Dionne nudged Letty. " Hey can I borrow your phone?" Seeing Letty's nod, she took the phone from her and moved away from them. " I'm just gonna phone D.A., thanks. I'll give it back later." She spoke quietly, not daring a look at Dwayne, and walked away.
Turning back to Dwayne Letty turned her glare on him. " That how you stick up for you family now Dwayne??" Pushing him in the chest she glared at him again, then turned and walked towards the bathroom.
Dwayne shook his head, rolling his eyes, but still feeling bad. He glanced around the room and saw Dionne heading outside and followed after her.
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D.A. pushed the door in front of her open. Not prepared for the sight that presented itself.
A couple was standing with their arms wrapped around each other kissing. Ready to walk back out and find the bathroom, she moved to turn around.
"Oh shit, My Bad." She moved to turn away but not before the couple broke apart and she recognized Lina first.
Smirking she folded her arms over her chest. " Well damn Lina . . . I leave you alone for 5 minutes and you're already getting freaky with someone. But do you know where the bathroom is, cause I really need to pee . . ." He words died on her lips as unfortunately for her, she recognized the man Lina had been kissing.
Her eyes opened wide as she looked between the two. " What the fuck??"
Jordan moved away from Lina, swearing under his breath. This was just fucking great!
Lina smiled cautiously at D.A., having no idea about D.A. and Jordan's involvement, but noting her agitation. " Hey . . . yeah we were just. Uh . . . talking."
D.A. narrowed her eyes, her hands clenching into fists. " Juss talking huh? Then how come his tongue was in your mouth??" she said to Lina while staring hard at Jordan.
Lina smiled slightly. Looking between the two, laughing nervously as she added, " Well it was mine in his actually." Her eyes flew open in surprise as D.A. flew at her.
Jordan rushed to grab D.A. by the waist, before she could do any damage to Lina. Trying hard to keep Lina out of harms way, he tried to calm D.A. down. " CALM THE FUCK DOWN D.A.!! JESUS!!"
D.A. struggled against him still glaring at Lina. " CALM DOWN?? CALM DOWN!! SHE HAD HER TONGUE DOWN YOUR THROAT AND YOU WANT ME TO CALM DOWN?" She tried again to reach for Lina. " YOU STUPID BITCH, YOU USED ME JUST SO YOU COULD GET TO JORDAN DIDN'T YOU??"
Lina had taken several steps backward, her eyes still wide, her face now a mirror of confusion and surprise. " Jesus! D.A. What the hell is wrong with you?? Of course I wasn't using you. He's my boyfriend. . . "
Jordan swore out loud. He felt D.A. go still in his arms.
D.A. stared at Lina. Not comprehending, or willing to comprehend what she'd just heard. " He's your what??" With a calmness she didn't know she possessed she wrenched herself away from Jordan, backing away from him, towards the door.
Jordan closed his eyes, tongue in cheek. Fuck! " D.A. . . It's not what it sounds like . . . I haven't seen her for like a year . . ."
Lina still stood shocked, suddenly realizing that there was more going on in front of her. It was almost as if….
D.A. felt an instant of recognition. This was Lina. The Lina he had gone out with for a year. She couldn't believe she hadn't put 2 and 2 together. Her eyes hardened as she turned them on Jordan.
" You piece of shit. You knew when she came to the house that day, and you didn't say SHIT! " She shook her head in disbelief. She was too angry and too hurt, to really think about anything and words just flew out of her mouth. " Oh okay, I see it now. I see it. You're just fucking me for the hell of it right? I mean we never really said that we were together. I mean shit. I'm not anybody important, I DON"T DESERVE THE COURTESY TO KNOW WHEN YOUR FUCKING GIRLFRIEND SHOWS UP AND YOU DECIDE TO GET BACK WITH HER!!!"
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Letty was exiting the bathroom, about to go meet Dom, when she heard the yelling from the room next to hers. Usually she would ignore it, but the voice sounded familiar, real familiar. Curious she walked up to it, having a suspicion who was behind it.
"I DON"T DESERVE THE COURTESY TO KNOW WHEN YOUR FUCKING GIRLFRIEND SHOWS UP AND YOU DECIDE TO GET BACK WITH HER!!!"
Letty's eyes widened in shock at what she heard. If this was who she thought it was, this could get mighty interesting. Putting her hand on the doorknob she pushed the door open.
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D.A. felt the door open behind her and moved out of the way, still breathing hard from shouting and a shitload of anger waiting to be released. She turned on the stranger, ready to unload. Before rolling her eyes and throwing her hands in the air as she saw who it was.
" Just fucking great, I find out the guy I'm fucking is now back to fucking his GIRLFRIEND and this bitch shows up . . ."
Letty scanned the room seeing Jordan and some expensive looking ho in the room. Her eyes cut upward at D.A. giving her a warning. " Watch your mouth little girl."
D.A. could feel her eyes welling up with tears of anger; she ignored Letty and turned back to Jordan. " Stay the FUCK away from me." turning to Lina she spoke again. " You can have him. He wasn't that good anyway, I've had better." Turning on her heel she pushed past Letty and left the room.
Jordan's jaw clenched at D.A.'s parting words. Which hit one of the questions he'd had about her that had bugged him severely. He glanced at Letty cautiously, knowing she knew what was going on now.
Letty raised her eyebrow at him. " Robbing the cradle huh?? Wonder what Ice would think about that?? 'specially his little cousin." clucking her tongue she looked at the two people left in the room, then followed D.A. out.
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Letty left the alcove of rooms, smirking slightly. She almost felt bad for Jordan, cause if or when Ice found out about this, he would not be happy. She toyed with the idea of telling him. . . . this could get very interesting. She shrugged then scanned the area seeing Dom, standing with a skank whispering something in his ear.
What the fuck??