Unconditional

Chapter 5

•••Chris•••

Me and the boys were nodding to Kim's music enjoying the vibe. But Kim was all into her phone. She was smiling and typing her life away. After she had put her phone away she was still smiling. I didn't know what to think though. When she looked up I stared at her intensely. Then her smile dropped immediately.

"Yo, maybe she in there texting another dude," Kareem suggested out of no where.

"Man, no she not," I said defensively. My lips were tight, like in a frustrated way.

"Watch yourself," he warned, "that's not protective. That's jealousy. Plus, I saw her expression. She was cheesing one minute then next she saw you eyeing her down and that smile feel right from her lips. She IS talking to someone else"

"How? If she so in love with me?"

"Easy. He's giving her all the right kind of attention and appreciation. And from the look of it, they knew each other for a good minute."

"And who the fuck are you. Are you analyzing or making shit up? You know what don't even answer that, she's coming right now anyway."

Dionne, Malayka, Tiffany, and Shantel just arrived at that moment also. Kim went over to them and just started whispering. I heard somebody say something about some man named Rashad and then something about them going out somewhere. Kim's back was to me but I could see the rest of them just fine. And from what I can see in there faces, they were excited and they knew of him too.

So, I've came to the conclusion that they knew who this cat was. I'm definitely going to need some answers later. Why can't Kim just chill out? Got me stressing and playing detective. Really? Who the hell is this Rashad nigga?

- - - - Inside the restaurant - - - -

•Kimberly•

The waitress was taking everyone's orders but the vibe felt all off to me. I had a feeling that tonight was going to get complicated. Or, basically tonight Chris and I will have to address the issue that's been created from lack of communication. Well, all I can say is I have a feeling that tonight is going to get very interesting.

While we were enjoying our meal and having a great conversation, it felt like we were going to have an okay night until Tiffany talked.

"So Kimmy," Tiffany started, "what do you think is going to happen between you and Rashad?"

I wasn't about to answer that because I noticed how Chris acted whenever someone brought up his name. Well everybody noticed. Tiffany probably did that shit on purpose because it was no secret that she hated Chris for everything he put me through over the years. If I forgave him then Tiff shouldn't be so stuck on that shit, it's in the past and we were both young.

Everybody stopped and looked at Chris for a reaction but his head was down. Now! What I say? He didn't like the idea of me being with a man. But, he needs to speak on why he feels that way and stop giving me them bullshit ass excuses talking about he's trying to protect me. I'm a grown ass woman.

"What?" Chris asked finally acknowledging the silence, "Yall can finish ya little convo."

"Why you do that shit?" I whispered to Tiffany, "We'll talk about it later."

"I don't know why you care about what he thinks and his little feelings? He never seemed to care or even consider yours."

"Look, Tiffany I understand where you're coming from but I'm trying to enjoy my night out. If I wanted the stress I would've been at work."

"Okay, I'll let it go... for now. But we going to talk about this later."

When we were done dinner, the guys did there part like they promised and paid for dinner but I wasted no time going out to my car. I left immediately to go home and get dressed for the club before I change my mind about going.