Love, Live, Laugh

"Is the Vaks on their way over here, Faree?!"

"Yeah!"

"Then hurry yo ass out the shower, Safaree!"

I closed my twitter app and dropped my phone down on his bed. I looked up towards his bathroom door when I heard the shower stop. I smiled successfully and plopped myself down on his bed, and picked up my phone again. I scrolled through my e-mails skimming over all of the annoying shit. Manny, Manny, Manny, Manny, James, Manny, Ebro, G, Manny, Manny, Manny. Okay so, Manny needs other things to do. Damn. I get it. You want me to remember all this shit. But I have a week off, let me be. I turned my attention to SB's bathroom door when I heard it open.

"You in here to watch me get dressed?" I looked up from Safaree's chest and met his eyes. I twitched my lip.

"You watch me get dressed!"

"That's different." Safaree unwrapped the towel from his waist to dry his body. God is so good. I caught his eyes when I heard him speak up again. "You get dressed in MY room. What else I'm supposed to look at?"

"I don't know. These walls..." I looked down at my phone before my eyes looked up at the ceiling really quick. "Pauz." I said quickly before we both fell out laughing. "Whatever." I clutched my phone up while giving Safaree's body a look over while getting up from his bed. "Hurry up. I'm ready to start this day with everybody."

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"They're here!" I squealed and ran towards the front door.

"Relax." Safaree groaned while trailing not too far behind.

"No!" I'm too excited. I really needed this. Just to be around them and hang with them and talk about any and everything. I swung the door open and screamed out in excitement at the sight of Candice, Lauren, and the Vaks. I threw my arms out hugging Candi and Lauren before they could even step through the door. I guess SB was tired of waiting for me to move because I noticed him step around me to dap up the Vaks.

"You can let us go now, Nic."

This bitch. "How'd I know your smart ass was gonna be the first to say somethin today?" I released them from the hug and gave Candi a stank face. "I just KNEW." I rolled my eyes and moved to the side letting the Vaks enter.

"Yeah, so anyways. Did you cook? I'm starving."

"Yo, me too." CLS Fresh spoke up while he entered my hug right before he messed up the bangs on my wig. I hate him. I smoothed my hands over it and rolled my eyes at Rex who was whining too.

"Yeah, Nic. Niggas is hungry. That flight was forever long. You cook?"

I closed the door and followed behind all of them who were making their way to the kitchen whether I had cooked or not. I noticed they all left their luggage sitting by the door. Yeah, they'll be back to get that cuz I sure in the hell ain't.

"Yes, I cooked. You hungry heathens." I walked around all of them who were hovering over all the food that was sat out on the island and opened the refrigerator grabbing my Snapple.

"Whenever y'all decide to stop breathing over all this good food and shit, could y'all bring that outside, please? We set everything else up out there." I caught eyes with Candi, because I just knew yet again she was giving me a smart ass look.

"Love you, too." I made my way outside and sat down in my chair. I opened up my Snapple and looked up at Safaree as I seen him walking around me to sit down a tray of food.

"You need to help too." Boy, please. I continued drinking my Snapple.

"For what? I set up everything else out here."

"Nah. I did."

"I helped!" Everyone else came walking out with the trays of food and sat them on the table. I looked at everyone as they began taking seats. I locked eyes with Safaree when I seen him heading towards the other end of the table with that damn smirk on his face.

"Oh?" I adjusted my seat making it face the table more and crossed my legs. He laughed and made his way back down to the seat next to me. Yeah, he knows better. I saw Candi and Lauren exchange a look before looking over at me. They mad I got Safaree in check while they can't keep Fresh and Rex in check? I gave them a look and rolled my eyes.

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Me, Lauren, and Candi sat around laughing about any and everything.

"So..." Candi said. I rolled my eyes and picked up my phone looking at the time. I already know where this conversation is headed.

"Oh yeah, so..." Lauren spoke up as well. Not this bitch too.

"What?" I looked up from my phone dropping it in my lap. I looked at Candi and Lauren as they exchanged looks between each other before Lauren nodded her head at Candi and shrugged. Candi crossed her legs and leaned back into the couch before she pointed at me.

"How is you and SB's... "arrangement" going?" She put air quotes around arrangement.

"Don't say it like that."

"Like what?"

"Arrangement. It sounds like I'm having an affair or something. I don't like it."

"Well, relationship?"

I looked down and played with my nails before I looked up.

"We're good, it's just..."

"He's not cheating, is he?"

"No. I feel bad that I actually questioned that though. I know he would never." I adjusted myself on the couch, fixing the pillow behind me, sinking into it and leaning my head back. "I don't know when I became so insecure when it came to him but it's weird. There's this new feeling I have... I don't know what it is, but it's weird."

"Feeling? Like what?"

"Like something weird is going on, or...?"

"No." I shook my head sitting up and adjusting myself yet again. "Like..." I sighed looking up at the ceiling trying to figure out how to put this out there. I dropped my eyes back down to level and looked at both Candi and Lauren who seemed to be so intrigued and was just waiting for what I was gonna say. Smh. These bitches LOVE to talk about what I'm going through and never wanna talk about them.

"You guys know how I was when I first figured out my feelings for Safaree when we were younger?"

"THAT feeling again?"

"Oh, you had it bad when we were younger."

"Yeah, it's THAT feeling again, but more. And I feel like...why don't we go ahead and be together but in the back of my mind something keeps telling me no."

"I don't get it." Lauren said before she looked over at Candi then looking at me. Ugh. What does she not get?

"I don't either." Not her too. If they don't figure it out.

"What do y'all not get? Don't start."

"There is nothing bad that could possibly come out of y'all actually getting together."

"Yes there is." I said back quickly.

"What?"

"Yeah, what?"

"Us not working out. I wont have him as a friend or anything more. You guys know what happened the last time me and SB tried this. I don't want that to happen again."

"Nicki, you two are not kids anymore." Lauren said.

"Yeah, and when are you gonna make a decision about something you want for you? For your personal life? Cause all this business mess has had you stressed and bitchy, and quite frankly, I'm not here for it."

"Right."

"And you're just gonna agree with her, Lauren? Wow, I see how it is."

"I mean, she's telling you the truth. And atleast you don't still treat him like you used to back in the day. I think maybe that's why it didn't work the last time."

"And how exactly did I used to treat him since y'all knew so much about our relationship?" I crossed my arms across my chest and cut my eyes at them.

"Stubborn."

"Selfish."

"Bitchy."

"Playing with his emotions."

"Intentionally at that."

"Doing things to make him jealous."

"Oh yeah, especially with that boy Dr-"

"OKAY. OKAY. OKAY." I held my hands up signaling for them to stop. "Just go in on me while I'm sitting here. Where's the sympathy for me?"

"Look, all we're saying is, is give it a try."

"Yeah, maybe you'll actually be happy for once and not so bitchy."

"Wuuuuh? I am happy, I'm just stressed. Shut up, Candi."

"I'm just saying. You've been acting so strange lately. You need some, don't you?" I dropped my jaw and looked at her. Is she serious? I mean, it has been a while, but what. How she just gonna disrespect me like this? In MY house? Y'all see what kind of friends I have? Lol, gotta love them.

"No, I don't actually, so hush." I lied.

"Lies."

"You know what?" I tossed a pillow at both her and Lauren who dodged them and started laughing. "How are y'alls relationships since you two are all up in my business? Huh? How is it?" I placed a pillow under my head and stretched my legs out, adjusting the blanket on my legs and getting more comfortable.

"We good. Like always. I'm glad my relationship ain't all that complicated dramatic mess like yours, Nicki. You be going through it."

"It's only dramatic and complicated because she makes it that way. She needs to just play her woman role and let Safaree take over."

I rolled my eyes. How did this conversation direct back to me?

"Exactly. Let him be the man."

"Yes, and he DOES look like he could be the BEST man."

What. Hold up. I raised up my head looking at Candi.

"Oh, so now you checkin' for my man?"

"No, I'm just saying. He is fine though. But I would never. That's like my brother. And oh so he's YOUR man, again? We're back to this?"

"You know he's only her man when it's convenient."

"I don't have to sit here and listen to this, y'all can leave." I said as I pointed them to the door.

"Whatever. Where are Safaree and them anyways?"

"In the game room down stairs. Probably talking about who knows what."

"Cars."

"Jewelry."

"And hoes." We all laughed and talked about what we could all do tomorrow, and before I knew it we were all sleep.

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I woke up and looked around. Damn, when the hell did we all fall asleep? And when did we all go into the family room? I looked over at Candi on the pull out couch with Rex and they were both knocked. I looked back over in the other direction at Lauren and Fresh on the other pull out bed. I looked behind me when I noticed I didn't feel Safaree's presence where I was sleeping. Where the hell is he? I sat up looking around the room for him. Throwing the covers back I slid out of bed and walked out of the room trying not to make too much noise when I shut the door. Walking down the hall, I peeped into an extra room seeing what time it was. 3:13 and I feel wide awake. I walked down the hall tugging at the bottom of my shirt and adjusting my sweats. I can't believe I fell asleep in all these clothes. Ew. I slowed down stepping up to SB's door and pushed it open. I stepped in the room and pushed the door closed and walked over to SB's bed, and stretched out beside him.

"What are you doing up?" he looked over and looked down at me.

"I don't know, but I'm wide awake. Why'd you leave the family room?"

"Wanted to watch a movie. I'm not tired either."

 I shifted in his bed getting more comfortable under the covers and looked over at the TV. I rolled my eyes.

"Safaree, how many times are you gonna watch TED?!"

"Until it's not funny anymore." he chuckled. It was a funny movie though. I die every time at the part where he's in the alley and the guy asks Ted is he alone. Ted's response made me laugh so ugly. "Well, you're never alone when you're with Christ." Simple, yet hilarious. I would've never thought of that. I began to feel hot with all these clothes on. I moved my hands down to my sweats and slid them off my body and tossed them to the floor.

"Aye, don't be makin' a mess in my room."

"Oh, fuck this damn room. It's hot."

"You wouldn't have this problem if you knew what AC was."

"Don't start." I hit him upside his head. Always gotta make a comment. When I went to drop my hand back down he grabbed hold of my wrist.

"You gon stop hitting on a nigga. I know that." Oh, please. I turned and sat up as much as I could without the use of my arm seeing as he still had hold of it and turned to face him.

"Oh really?" I questioned.

"Yeah."

"Or what?" Before he could even say something I playfully slapped SB across the face. He dropped his jaw and looked off to the side. I dropped my head laughing and before I knew it my body was being thrown to the side by a pillow that just hit my face. My laugh got loud and I felt Safaree's hand immediately cover my mouth. I forgot it was 3 in the morning and everyone was sleep. I shook my head side to side trying to remove his hand from my face cause his bitch ass grabbed both of my wrist with his other hand and held them down.

"Remember that next time you just start swinging on niggas." I tried to move my legs to kick him off of me but that's when he climbed on top of me. I bit at his hand and he moved it from my face.

"Shit." he let go of me and looked at his hand. I laughed while bringing the upper half of my body up.

"That's what you get." I fixed my shirt that was all over my body before I looked up into his face. I smirked at him still looking at his hand like he was seriously injured. "You little baby."  I poked out my bottom lip looking at him and he shook his head at me before looking down at his hand.

"You got the teeth of a vampire. You just don't know."

"Suck it up."

"Pauz." I laughed at him and moved my legs from under him as he sat back down on the bed. I grabbed his hand and kiss it before I moved and kissed his lips. "Better now, you big baby?"

"Nah."

I grabbed his chin and made him look at me. Such a grown ass baby. I pulled his face to me and kissed him. It became more passionate and I tossed a leg over his lap and grabbed both sides of his face as things seemed to pick up. His hands squeezed my upper thighs and I giggled against his lips before I felt his hands grab the hem of my shirt. He made my shirt and bra disappear so fast, as he kissed all over my collarbone and over my chest. His kisses felt soooooo good and delicate, as his big hands were caressing my body. I felt him grab at the side of my thongs and I grabbed both sides of his face making him look up at me.

"If you keep ripping my thongs I wont have anymore to wear." I whispered in his ear.

"You say this like it's a problem for me." he said back with a seductive voice. I giggled and bit my bottom lip right before he ripped my thongs anyways. I can't stand his ass sometimes.

He laid me down on my back and I took this opportunity to grab the condom while he took of his boxers. He hovered over me and I placed it on him before Safaree slid in between my thighs. The way I moaned and the way Safaree sighed you could tell it had been a while. He picked me up by my waist still moving me back and forth on him while he laid on his back and my legs took their place by his sides. I wanted so badly to scream out at how deep Safaree was in me now that I was on top but when I opened my mouth no noises came out. I closed my eyes and intertwined me and Safaree's fingers. I rocked back and forth against him with the pleasure outweighing the pain.

Safaree leaned up and kissed over my breast as his free hand rubbed at my clit. I opened my eyes and kissed him so my loud moans wouldn't be heard. I began grinding faster as I felt an orgasm on its way and I squeezed Safaree's hand tighter. I broke the kiss and lowered my head down to his shoulder and praised him for keeping his t-shirt on. My teeth clenched on to the cloth of his shirt as I felt my legs starting to get weak. I moved my hips in a circular motion that I knew Safaree loved, just seconds later he tilted his head back in bliss while licking his lips.

"Damn." he let out. My mouth let go of his t-shirt and I kissed up the side of his neck and face. He let go of my hand and it immediately dropped down. He placed both of his hands on my waist and stopped me from moving back and forth to me moving up and down.  I knew we were both close to cumming by our heavy breathing. I began to tremble as Safaree moved me faster and his groans became more aggressive. I felt both  of us tense up before I felt us both release.

Safaree fell back on the bed and I fell on top of him with both of us trying to catch our breath. His hands caressed my back and he kissed the top of my forehead. I put my hands up his shirt and ran my hands up and down his sides. I wanted to get up and go shower but my legs were still so weak and felt paralyzed. As if Safaree was reading my mind he cupped my ass up and carried us into the bathroom to go shower.