BANDIT

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Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you. - Erich Fromm

Zee... 

I moan in satisfaction taking the cheese cake off the fork that Bricks feeds to me. We rescheduled the dinner to tonight since its my night off, and honestly I'm glad I came out with Bricks instead of staying in or going out with Ryan and the crew.

I'm actually enjoying myself that I have done in all long while. We've actually been out all day to be exact. We went to a movie, shopping and now we're ending it with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. He was spoiling me, yes but he's not winning my heart over. I hope he knows that.

"You got something on your lip." He smirks. I giggle with hooded eyes as he leans over the table, kissing me passionately. It was a little sticky because we were both eating strawberry cheesecake and the syrup we devoured made our lips stick. He pulls back, smiling as I smiled back.

"Is it gone?" I question.

"Yea." He stretches out smoothly as he took a seat. I lick my lips, laughing going back to my dinner. We both had already ate, but I ordered another round of food. I haven't really been eating these last few days. Mostly because the worry of my brother's safety was getting the best of me. I haven't heard from him months sometimes I really do believe he's dead.

"You ok?" Bricks questions concerned. I guess he could sense me in deep thought.

"Yea just a lot on my mind." I mummer, playing with the broccoli on my plate.

"Like what?" He questions. I shake my head and sigh. Being as though Bricks is my best friend, I tell him almost everything but most things I keep to my self.

"I don't want to talk about it."

"So my parents asked about you the other day. They invited you to dinner next Friday night." I nod slowly. The Gomez family was nothing but nice to me. They actually treated me like family. 

I use to love going over there when I couldn't stay home by myself. We would go on family trips to water parks or the beach. It was what I always wanted as a child. And they gave me that. 

"I'll see what my schedule is looking like tomorrow and I'll let you know." I smile.

"Don't bullshit me Zee."

"I'm not. I got you." I tell him, cutting into a piece of chicken with my fork. I know this means something to him, and I really do want to see his family. I haven't seen them since graduation, and I moved right of my parents home.

"They still in the old house?" He nods.

"Yep. They ain't moving no time soon." We both laugh into a comfortable silence.

"So what are you going to tell them when they ask about your occupation?" I raise a brow, sighing as I sit my fork down. He always seemed to bring my job up in almost every conversation.

"I'm an entertainer. You known me since day one Bricks. I keep it real, I always have. So if they ask, Ima keep it a hunnid. I'm a stripper I work at Envy. Your twin brothers know, they come there almost every night." Bricks has two older twin brothers, they're a year older then us. They real cool, I see them almost every night but I don't dance for them. If I'm bartending, of just walking the floor they always speak and keep it moving.

"Great. You can't even lie if you wanted too." I furrow my eyebrows as he shook his head.

"What did you tell them Bricks?" I question furious. He shrugs, sitting back.