Beautiful • OBJ (under editing)

Chapter Fifteen

Raj.

"James?" I asked standing completely still.

"Yea, hey Rajuri." He said going in to touch me. I quickly back away.

"What are you doing here?" I asked avoiding eye contact.

"I heard you worked here. I've been trying to catch up with you for days, I guess I kept missing your work hours...." He stated with a chuckle.

"Well, what do you want?" I asked picking up the sign and going about my work.

"I wanted to talk to you. I miss you. " He was following me as I walked and when he said that I stopped dead in my tracks.

"You missed me?" I turned to him and raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, I was so dumb to leave you. I know I've made some mistakes but I want to make it work with you." He placed his hand on my shoulder.

"No thanks." I said simply and went back to work.

"Come on, Raj! Don't be like that. " He said jogging to catch up with me.

I sighed and turned back around. "What is it going to take for you to leave me alone James?"

"Go out to dinner with me. I'll remind you about all the good times we used to have." He smirked.

"No James." I said walking away.

"Please!"

"No!" No said agitated.

"Go out with me and after that I'll never bother you again." I turned around and looked at him.

I couldn't help but crack into a small smile looking at his face. He reminded me of when we were in high school.

"Alright, James. Now go I have to do my work."

We exchanged numbers and he left. Wow. I had hoped and prayed for so long that I would never see his face again.

Now I was going out to dinner with him.

He had another thing coming if he thought he was going to talk about all the 'good times' we had and me not throw in all of the not so good times.

After work I headed home. As soon as I got there my whole mood turned sour. Why is this bitch always in my house?

"Oh your still here.." She said turning up her face as I walked in the door.

"Yes, very much so. Why are you here?" I whined.

"I'm looking for my gym bag." She said looking all over.

"Well you can stop.." I said looking at my fingernails.

"Why?"

"Because I accidentally may have purposely thrown it off the balcony." I said simply and walked in to my room.

She said something but I wasn't listening to her irrelevant ass. I was just ready to kick my shoes off and take a nap.

I heard the door slam and did a little victory dance. She's mad. About thirty minutes later after I took a shower and hopped in bed ready to relax I saw I had a missed call from Odell. I called him back as soon as I saw it.

"Hey Raj." He said with a sigh. " Hey, Odell. Wassup?" I said curiously.

"Why did you throw Taylor's gym bag over the balcony?"

"Because, she deserved it. She has no right to be mean when all I've tried to do is be nice." I stated boldly.

"Listen, I couldn't care less about her damn gym bag but I don't want her upset. I really just want my two favorite girls to get along..."

"That's not going to happen. She hates me." I said laying back in bed.

"I don't know why, tho. You're so lovable.." He said making me blush.

"Well thank you, Mr. Beckham. Hey, guess what?"

"What?" He asked dramatically causing my to laugh.

"I saw my ex-husband today...he asked me out to dinner." I said anxious for his response.

"I hope you hit him with your Bentley.." He said sounding very serious.

"No...I accepted. " I said very hesitantly. The line was silent for a while.

"Odell? Say something, please." I pleaded. I needed to know how he felt.

"You're grown. Have fun. I gotta go. Bye." and he hung up the phone.

I wasn't sure how to feel. Was he upset? I hope not because that would not be good. Odell and I have managed to always stay on good terms. Ya know, once he got past the 'jackass' stage.

It would really make me feel bad to go on a date with James if Odell didn't approve.
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Justise Winslow as James

He's no Odell but he is cute.