Forever and a Day - By Jasmine Barber Page 0,32

as Zo was about to walk out to his car, Cam, Kiyan and Samara walked in.

“Wassup boy,” Cam said.

“Supp man,” Zo said dapping Cam up.

“My boy,” Kiy smiled.

“Wassup man,” Zo responded back to Kiy.

“Hi you doing Alonzo,” Samara smiled.

“I’m good, wassup Samara,” Zo said answered while giving her a hug.

“Nothing much. Your boy here done rushed me to get dressed and then gone realize we were early when we got outside,” Samara said giving Kiyan the eye.

“I said my bad ma. I thought the text said get here at 7. I thought we were late,” Kiyan laughed.

“That’s good tho. I’m going to text and tell Bri that they could bring her early. Ty can’t make it, so we not waiting on anyone special. Kris should be here any minute if he’s coming but Bri wasn’t too sure.”

“Sayless, do you need help setting up anything?” Cam asked.

“Yeah man. Can you check and make sure they have the cake ready?” Zo said to Cam.

“Kiy, can you make sure they got the V.I.P. section at the club reserved for us? You got the number right?” Zo asked Kiyan.

“I got you.” Kiyan responded to Zo. “I’ll be back ma. Let me make this phone call outside.” He turned to Samara and said.

“Do your thing.” Samara answered back.

“Do you need me to help with anything Zo?” Samara smiled.

“Yeah, I want to show you something and tell what you think about it?” Zo said walking towards the front table.

Once Zo got to the front table he sent a quick text to Brielle telling her to meet him at the restaurant in about twenty minutes if they could. As Zo began to pull out the gifts that he bought Shanice, Hakeem walked in with a handful of gifts that he picked up from his house.

“You know these girls was gonna go crazy,” Hakeem said laughing at Zo.

“I knew they were gonna go crazy but damn. Did they leave anything at the mall for other people.”

“You think this is bad, there’s more. Kiy and Cam bringing the rest in,” Hakeem reveled to Zo.

“Damn, why would you let them go crazy?” Zo laughed.

“I didn’t they’ve been shopping for Shanice’s birthday for weeks now. Everyday something new was being delivered.”

“Oh my bad, Keem this is Samara. Samara this is Keem. Samara is Kiy’s girl.” Zo introduced the two.

“Nice to meet you. Has anybody ever told you that you look like quarterback Hakeem Jones?”

“I’ve heard that a lot seeing as how I am Hakeem Jones. Nice meeting you too.” Keem smiled.

“Oh my god! I love you man. Your like one of the best quarterbacks ever. My nephew makes sure I watch every game you play. You’re his role model.” Samara said.

“That’s wassup. Before the night is over, I’ll give you an autograph for your nephew.”

“That’s great.” Samara smiled.

“I love my fans, it’s not a problem. Just remind me before I leave.” Hakeem said before walking out to help Kiyan and Cam bring in the rest of the gifts.

Zo was finishing up with Samara when he got a text from Brielle.

Brielle: We are leaving my house, we’ll be there in 10 mins. Danni’s driving so I’ll text you when we’re outside.

Zo: Sayless. Come through the front side, all of our cars are in the back.

Brielle: Okay, cool. We’ll be there in a min.

Zo told Samara that she could go inside the bathroom and finish putting her make up on before his girlfriend and her friends came. He was going outside to help Hakeem, Kiy and Cam with the rest of Shanice’s gifts. Before they knew it, Zo was getting a text from Brielle telling him that they were about to pull up and come upstairs.

“Where Mara go?” Kiy asked.

“She’s in the bathroom. She said she had to finish getting ready.” Zo answered.

“She’s going to be in there for a while.” Kiyan laughed.

“Aren’t they always.” Hakeem joked.

“Who you telling?” Cam cosigned.

“Iight, they’re coming upstairs with her.” Zo said.

Thirty seconds later Brielle, Danni, Sabriya, Chloe came in first with Shanice complaining about the quietness in the restaurant. Before she knew it she heard someone say, “Damn, you just love to hear noise in a restaurant.”

She knew that voice anywhere and she smiled as Brielle and the girls stepped to the side so she could see her man.

“Surprise!” Zo, Cam, Keem, and Kiy smiled.

“Oh my god! Y’all set me up.” Shanice started crying.

“No, we surprised you,” Zo walked to her and kissed her.

“Thank y’all so much.” Shanice started hugging all of her friends.

“Anytime. Let me