Alaysia Martin
January 13, 2025
My phone started ringing as I was scrolling through instagram reels. It was Amari and my face lit up as I read his name but I didn't answer right away because I wanted to finish the video of this girl installing a wig first.
The video took longer than I thought to end so the call had went to voicemail before I finished it. My phone dinged notifying me that I had a message. Amari had texted me.
amari.ð
why u aint answering tp? ik u on it
I was doing smth. call me back
My phone started ringing again and this time I answered right away.
"Wassup, baby." He said after the FaceTime connected.
"Wassup Mari." I said mocking him.
"Why you talking like that?" He mugged me.
"Why are you talking like that? Im not one of your homeboys." I responded with a soft chuckle.
"Im sorry baby. I meant 'good afternoon, pretty girl'" Amari smiled at me.
"Thank you. Anyways are you coming to see me today? I miss you, bubba."
"I'll come see you. You don't wanna come to the house?"
"I don't feel like going all the way over there." I whined softly.
"Alright alright. I'll be over there in about an hour."
"Mkay. Can you actually pick me up and we go to the mall since we didn't get to go the other week? Please?"
I got up from my bed and set my phone up on my dresser so that Amari could still see me. I pulled a pair of clothes out of my closet and started getting dressed. I set my phone down to where it was facing the ceiling before I started to get undressed from my pajamas.
"Yes, baby. Why I can't see you?"
"Im getting dressed." I said as I pulled my pants over my legs.
"Aint nothing I haven't seen before."
I rolled my eyes. "It's not about that, I just don't like being naked on video. What if my phone is spying on me and secretly recording me?" I said totally serious.
Amari started laughing.
"Im being so serious. Stop laughing."
He didn't stop laughing and I was going to hang up on him but I decided against it because then I would be doing too much.
I finished putting my clothes on. Â I was wearing some baggy jeans and a baggy black tee with a white long sleeved shirt under since it was cold outside. I paired the outfit with Timbs and then went to the bathroom to wash my face and do my hair. I had already brushed my teeth earlier this morning when I had woke up.
Once I finished freshening up and getting ready, I returned to my room and saw that Amari was still on the phone.
"You on your way here?"
"Yeah, I'll be there in fifteen."
"Alright." I said and hung up. I wasn't mad at him or anything but I wanted to play with him so I hung up without saying anything further.
I grabbed my little purse and my coat before exiting my room so that I could wait him in the living room. I watched TikTok while I waited for him to arrive.
I heard knocks on my door and assumed it was Amari. I sprung up from the couch and went to go open the door for him.
"Hi, bubba." I said with a smile on my face as I stood up on my tippy toes and placed a kiss on his lips.
He didn't kiss me back.
I stepped away and looked up at him. "What's wrong?" I asked with a frown on my face.
"Why you hang up on me and didn't say shit?"
A smile crept up on my face and I laughed softly. "I did say something. I said 'Alright'"
"Fuck's funny?"
"Calm down, Amari. Im sorry I was just playing with you." I said while laughing but I wasn't sorry.
He grabbed my chin softly and brought it to  his face before kissing me. I kissed him back. The kiss slowly got more intimate before I eventually pulled away and then placed a quick peck to his lips.
"Okay. Lets go." I walked out of my apartment and locked up the door before grabbing Amari's hand and walking to his car.
When we arrived to his car, I went to let go of his hand so that I could get into the car but he didn't let go of me. I looked at him questioningly. He stepped in front of me and opened the passenger for me so I could get into the car.
"Since you want to forget every time."
I rolled my eyes. "Thank you."
We got in the car and made our way to the mall. His hand rested on my thigh the whole way there.
Once we got to the mall, I took off my seatbelt and decided to actually wait for Amari to come open the door for me. He got out the car and came to open the door for me.
"Thank you." I said as I got out the car.
Amari placed his hand on the back of my neck as we started walking inside the mall. I liked him having his hand there. It made me feel like I was his and I liked that.
We walked around the mall and stepped into different stores.
"Im hungry as a bitch. Let's stop at the food court." Amari said to me as we walked out of a store and towards the food court.
"Mkay. Can we stop by Elite Kickz and HomeGoods after?"
"Of course, mami. What you want to eat?"
"Im not hungry right now."
"You ate today?"
"Yeah."
"What?" He asked me.
"I had a bowl of cereal this morning." I said as I looked around the mall and avoided eye contact with him.
He smacked his lips and grabbed my chin to make me look at him. "It's damn near four, mami. You gotta eat something."
"Im not hungry, bubba."
We arrived at the food court and we walked over to the Jamaican spot. Amari ordered his food and I stood by him. After he ordered and got his food, we found a table and sat there.
"Baby, why you aint eating? You good?"
I smiled up at him. I really was fine, I just wasn't hungry.
"I promise I'm fine, baby." I pecked his lips and pulled out my phone.
"Take a picture with me." I held up my phone and turned the camera so that we were taking a selfie. I grabbed Amari's chin and placed my lips on his cheek before snapping the picture.
We did a couple for poses for more pictures before he started eating his food. His food did look good though.
"You sure you don't want some?"
I thought about it for a little bit.
"You do, don't you?" A smirk crept up on his face as he held up his fork to my mouth.
I opened my mouth and took a bite. I didn't say anything to him as we both continued to eat. Every once in a while he would raise his fork to my mouth and I would take a bite.
"I knew your ass was hungry." He chuckled and continued eating.
I rolled my eyes and went back to looking at my phone when I heard Amari start talking to me. I put my phone down so that I could've him my undivided attention.
"I was thinking of getting back into cooking.. like seriously."
I turned to look at him with a smile on my face. I was happy to hear that.
"That's great, baby. How do you want to go about doing that?"
"I think I want to go back to culinary school just to get back into things and then I can start looking for jobs but I really want to open up my own restaurant and be the lead chef." His face lit up as he talked about it.
"This sounds great, Amari. I'll be by your side every step of the way. But what does this mean for your 'business'?" I made quote marks with my fingers.
"I think I'm going to keep running it but if things work out, I plan to step back a little and maybe put someone else in charge. I have a bunch of savings but I want to keep getting money while I put myself through school so that I won't have to start using my savings, you know?"
"I understand." I said before I picked up Amari's fork and took another bite of his food. "Im really happy that you're getting back into this. I think that I can take some credit because I got you some new cooking stuff for Christmas." I joked.
"Yeah. Whatever." He shook his head and finished up his food.
"You ready to stop by those stores before we go?" He said as he stood up from the table and did a little stretch before throwing away his trash.
I followed him and we made our way to the stores that I wanted to stop at.
We looked at some shoes and I found a pair that I wanted but I was contemplating on buying it because I know I didn't need them. I had tons of shoes back at home.
"You want these?" Amari said to me, pointing a the pair of toes that I wanted.
"Mmm... I guess, I just don't know if I should get them because I have hella shoes at home."
Amari called a worker over, "Can I get a pair of these in a size 8?"
The worker nodded his head and walked away.
"I just said, I don't know if I want to get them or not."
"I decided for you."
The worker came back with the shoes and Amari urged me to try them on so I did. They looked really good on me so I decided to get them. As we approached the register, I pulled out my card but Amari snatched it from me.
"Bruh."
Amari plucked my arm with his finger and pulled out a wad of cash as he said, "I'm not your bruh." He placed four bills on the counter.
He paid for my shoes and we left the store.
"What you wanna got to HomeGoods for?"
"To see if I can find cute decorations for my place."
"You don't need new stuff for your place. You'll be living with me soon enough." He mumbled the last part and I couldn't tell what he said.
"What was that? Didn't quite catch it." I held my hand up to my ear.
"Don't worry about it."
"No tell me."
"I said you'll be living with me soon enough so you don't need stuff for your apartment unless you wanna put it in my house."
"Nigga, who the fuck said I was moving in with you anytime soon?" I laughed.
"Me. And watch your mouth."
"Alright, buddy. Let's not get ahead of ourselves."
"You think I'm joking."
I ignored him and decided to focus on something else as we continued to walk around HomeGoods.
As I was looking at some stuff on the shelves, I felt Amari's arms wrap around my waist and he rested his head in the crook of my neck. I smiled and kissed his head before going back to looking at stuff.
"You getting tired, bubba?" I said as I ran my fingers through his locs.
He nodded his head in my neck.
"Alright. Let's head home. You wanna go to my place or yours?"
He took his head out of my neck, kissed my cheek, and stood up fully. "You sure you done?"
"Yeah." I took his hand and started walking out of the mall.
"Alright. We finna go to my place."
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When we arrived to his house, I went to put my stuff away in the closet and then I wanted to take a shower.
"Im gonna take a shower."
"You hungry?"
"Mhm."
"I'll make something quick while you shower."
"Thank you, baby." I walked up to him and placed a kiss on his lips that was supposed to be quick but his hand wrapped around my neck and he deepened the kiss. His tongue made its way into my mouth and I moaned into the kiss.
His grip on my neck tightened and I could feel wetness pooling in my center.
As he pulled away from the kiss, he pulled my bottom lip with him between his teeth before letting it go.
"I love you." He pecked my lips and let go of my neck.
"I love you too."
He walked out of the room and I got busy with getting ready for bed.
After dinner, we cuddled on the couch and watched Shameless for the rest of the night.
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