Forever and a Day - By Jasmine Barber Page 0,40
My main concern is the fact that he thinks he own you enough to ask you to cut down your work hours. If his ass can't even spend the night he has no business talking about the hours you keep at your business. He done fell and bumped his damn head." Michelle went off.
"I know that's right, look at you going off. Let me find out you about that life," Brielle laughed at her mother.
"Girl bye, you know how your mother get down, I don't play no games behind you. You know you’re my princess," Michelle said.
"I know. You are definitely one of my best friends. So let me tell you about Kiyan." Brielle said getting back on topic.
"How is he? I like him Brielle. When I first met him I instantly fell in love with him. I don't know why you didn't give that boy another chance. I haven't even met your new little boyfriend so I know for a fact that he won't be around for long," Michelle told her daughter.
"Well dang ma, tell me how you really feel," Brielle laughed.
"You know me. I keep it real, so what is wrong with Kiyan," Michelle laughed along with her daughter.
"Well it's like this ma, sometimes Kiyan is like one of the best male friends I have, but then its times when he will just spaz out on me out of nowhere. I don't know if he don't want to just be my friend anymore or if he is just tired of me," Brielle began.
"What do you expect him to do Brielle? You know the boy wanted you from the beginning. You constantly pushed him away, he is only your friend because he would rather have you as a friend than nothing at all," Michelle explained.
"I understand where you’re coming from ma, but at the end of the day all I can offer him is a friendship. Plus Kiyan has a girlfriend and I'm not looking to get into anything serious. Jaiden hurt me bad. After Jaiden I promised myself that I will never let anybody else hurt me." Brielle stressed.
"Brielle listen to me, behind every beautiful girl, there's a guy who did her wrong and made her stronger. Jaiden was that for you. I think you need to live and learn from that, but don't cut yourself off from love. Kiyan can be the one that makes you happy as a boyfriend than he could do as a friend. His girlfriend is what Kris is to you.”
“And what is that?”
“Kris is just a safety net for you." Michelle said.
"Kris is my boyfriend, so I'm not using him as a safety net or he wouldn't even have that title," Brielle reminded her mother.
"Yeah whatever you say Bri, but you don't love that boy, shit I can't even see you liking him if he hasn't spent the night with you. Kiyan spends the night at your house and he is only your friend, so why can't your boyfriend spend the night? Kiyan met your mother, but you boyfriend hasn't. You see where I'm going with this? Kiyan may have a girlfriend but not for long." Michelle asked.
“Yes, I see where this is going,” Brielle responded.
Brielle thought about what her mother said and it was true. She did more couple things with Kiyan than she did with Kris. She knew that she didn’t really want to be in a relationship with him. She instantly felt bad; she had this boy in a relationship that was going nowhere fast. She had decisions to make and she wasn’t sure that she was ready to make them.
Brielle and Michelle continued their conversation and Michelle left her to make her own decisions. She raised Brielle to make good choices, so she knew that Brielle would definitely do what was right for her. After their conversation, they left the kitchen and went into the living room to catch up on the reality shows that were on. Brielle loved nights like this, just her and her mother. She wished she could stay here forever and a day, but she knew that she had to leave tomorrow and start changing things around in her life.
Chapter 20
"As long as we're friends, you got that shit forever." -Kiyan
Friday night had finally arrived. Brielle sat in her bedroom watching all the reality shows that she missed though out the week. She had been busy at work the last couple of days. It was getting closer and closer to basketball season, so most