Not My Mother's Footsteps
stood to his feet.
    “That’s why your lil pretty ass all fucking smiles, some chick done finally got your ass” Geno said laughing. He and everybody else knew that a female had to be something if Terrell was calling her his girl.
    ‘Fuck you’ Terrell mouthed as he fist bumped Geno, he didn’t want to be disrespectful since the nurse was still there. “Imma holla at you” he said walking to the door.
    “Aight, won’t be long for my ass be up out of here anyway. Geno said before Terrell left.
    ~
    “Mariah, you and I need to hangout” Phoenix said as she lay across the bed in the guest room. Though she and Terrell were officially a couple she still slept in the guest bedroom and they hadn’t had sex; she just wasn’t ready for all that.
    “How the hell we gonna hang out, if your ass up Terrell’s ass 24/7, his ass might as well be your best damn friend” Mariah voice blared on speaker phone with jealousy in her voice.
    “Whoa seriously?” Phoenix asked with disbelief.
    “I’m just saying Phoenix, I am supposed to be your best friend and I aint heard from your ass in forever. Lately all I hear is Terrell this, and Terrell that, like I’m happy for you and all, but you can’t forget your friends.” Mariah said feeling hurt because she was losing her best friend.
    Just as she was saying that Phoenix heard Terrell clearing his throat ‘shit’ she thought to herself as she turned around and saw him standing there leaning on the wall; she didn’t hear him come in. “Mariah it’s not like that at all I promise,  and we will hang out” Phoenix said feeling horrible because she was dissing her best friend. “But Mariah let me call you back, I promise” Phoenix said sitting up on the bed.
    “Whatever” Mariah said before hanging up in her ear.
    “You in trouble” Terrell said joking with Phoenix.
    Normally Phoenix would laugh, but she didn’t find it funny that her only friend was mad with her, because before anyone else there was always Mariah. “It’s not funny” Phoenix said burying her face in her hands.
    “Why don’t you just go chill with her baby?” Terrell asked sitting on the bed next to her.
    “Terrell, you know my situation about my car” Phoenix said never looking up.
    “Shit, what you want to drive?” he asked handing her his sets of keys. Phoenix looked up when he said that, and her face read ‘are you serious?’ “Just don’t wreck my shit, or I will have to wreck your ass” he said with a smile.
    “You gone let me drive your car for real?” Phoenix asked getting excited, not because he was going to let her drive his car (well just a little) but because she could hang out with Mariah.
    “Nah for fake” Terrell said mocking her voice.
    “Thank you” Phoenix said holding her hand out for whichever key he was going to give her.
    He handed her the keys to his 2013 silver Audi tt coupe  “Now get the hell on” he said jokingly before kissing her lips and blowing in my mouth.
    “Ewe, that’s nasty” Phoenix said lightly pushing him away.
    “Yea well” he said with a smile as he got up. “Have fun though for real, and if you ever need something don’t hesitate to ask I aint no damn stranger.” He said seriously as he was digging in his pocket.
    “I know” Phoenix said sounding like a little girl who had just gotten scolded by her daddy. She was really feeling Terrell and he seemed to be right for her, but for some reason she felt he was too good to be true.
    “If you need me, just call me, I gotta make a few runs away” Terrell said kissing her as he dropped something beside her that she didn’t see right away.
    “Okay, I will” she said as he was leaving the room. Phoenix stay sitting on the bed as she heard Terrell leave back out the house, and once he was gone, she called Mariah back. Mariah told Phoenix to meet her at her house, even though she was still a little mad, she really wanted to hang out with her best friend.
    Phoenix stood to get ready,

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