The Fix 2 by K'wan

spilled out onto the bed sheet. Li’l Monk looked embarrassed that he had been unable to control himself and that was the moment Sophie realized it was his first time too. Sophie and Li’l Monk had sex twice more that night. Each time was a bit better than the last. The following morning, they went back to their regular lives and playing the role of best friends. Thought they tried to act as if it hadn’t happened, they both knew that it did.
    After the night they shared, they both expected it to cause some type of awkwardness, but it actually brought them closer together. They still hadn’t crossed the line of becoming an actual couple, but it pushed them into the “friends with benefits” zone. Li’l Monk continued to chase something that he couldn’t have, while Sophie watched from a distance, suffering in silence. She had tried to move on with her life by having other boyfriends, but always found a reason to break up with them. She was lovesick and only Li’l Monk could cure what ailed her. Eventually Li’l Monk came around, and with great hesitation she let him into her heart. Li’l Monk and Sophie’s romance blossomed into something magical, which drew adoration and hate from others.
    None of the girls in the neighborhood would give Li’l Monk a second look when he was broke and dusty, but now that he had status it seemed like every time Sophie turned around she had to chase away some skank who was trying to invade his space. A time or two, Sophie even found herself having to lay hands on chicks over Li’l Monk. She had worked long and hard to land her childhood crush, and she had no problems making a women bleed for trying to take what belonged to her.
    â€œYou’re right, ma.” Li’l Monk took one last swig of the beer before pouring the rest out on the curb and placing the bottle down on the side of the crate he had been sitting on.
    â€œDamn, my girl got your pouring your beer out? You must be sprung on her goodies,” Tasha teased Li’l Monk.
    â€œAin’t nobody sprung on nothing,” Li’l Monk disputed. Times like that he was glad he was dark skinned so that they couldn’t tell that he was blushing. “So, where are y’all just coming from?” He changed the subject.
    â€œHad to do a little shopping,” Sophie told him.
    Li’l Monk looked at her empty hands. “How you shopping and I don’t see no bags in your hands?” he asked suspiciously.
    â€œBecause I dropped the stuff off at home already,” she told him.
    â€œUmm hmm, probably because you didn’t want me to see how you fucked up the money I gave you,” Li’l Monk said, half jokingly.
    Sophie sucked her teeth. “There you go on your bullshit. If you must know, I bought the books I needed for school, not clothes. Furthermore, for as much as I appreciate what you give me, I do have a job, remember?”
    â€œHow can I forget when you’re always throwing it up in my face?” Li’l Monk asked.
    â€œI don’t throw it in your face. I just like to make sure that you don’t lose sight of the fact that I ain’t no slouch. I’m more than willing to go out and get it instead of waiting around for it to be given. Besides, I’m proud of the fact that I have a job.”
    â€œEven if it’s just a little supermarket gig,” Tasha said slickly.
    â€œTasha, fuck you with your hating-ass. At least I got a job that don’t require me to get checked for STDs every thirty days,” Sophie shot back.
    â€œSophie, you know you don’t have to keep working at that supermarket. I can take care of you while you’re chasing that college degree,” Li’l Monk told her. Nobody had been happier than him when Sophie graduated high school that summer. Li’l Monk suggested that she take some time off to enjoy being out of school for a while, but Sophie wanted to immediately