"Briiii!" I said, showing just as much excitement in my tone.
I spoke again, "Is that Demi?" I questioned as she came out of the house.
"Y'all know it!" She cheered, making everyone laugh. Sabrina and Demi were always the life of every party.
For a while everyone sat around the pool, joking around, listening to music, snacking, whatever everyone's hearts desired.
"Why you ain't talk to Cameron, Ryn?" Demi randomly asked.
"Who the hell is Cameron?" I asked, confused.
"The guy at the restaurant, from the other day." She explained, making that night come back to mind.
"I didn't wanna talk to Cameron apparently, and why you invite me to dinner with a bunch of randoms?" I asked, steering the conversation away from that guy.
"For you to talk to Cameron girl. He's opening up his own restaurant soon too." Demi replied, forcing me to roll my eyes.
She always wanted to play cupid, or match maker. Demi had me go on multiple dates with men she knew, but nothing was ever successful. Instead of telling me that dinner was another one of her plans, she made it seem like just another night out, which was a little annoying.
I pushed out a huff, "Stop doing that, If I wanted a relationship I would look for it myself."
I was going to continue on— but my oldest niece interrupted, "Tete why is Cairo Morant in your backyard?" She asked excitedly while furiously tapping my thigh.
"How do you know Cairo?" I asked, she hasn't been over in weeks, so she couldn't have met him over here.
"What you mean? He play point guard for the NBA." She explained, making me realize I didn't even watch sports enough to notice that.
"Laurynnnn!" Karter yelled while running in my direction as I walked toward her.
I reached my arms out— embracing her in a tight hug, "Hi Karter!"
She smiled brightly, "You wanna get in the pool?" I asked the toddler, as she pulled on her life jacket. I walked down the stairs slowly, and let her float around while I held her hands.
She kicked her feet, splashing water into my eyes, but I didn't mind. I played around with the girls for a while, Karter even played with my youngest niece. They seemed to be around the same age.
After spending enough time in the pool, I took a seat on the lounge pool chair. I put my sunglasses on and sipped on the lemonade.
Minutes later, I started to doze off until I felt my legs being pushed aside. Cracking my eyes open, I spotted Cairo taking a seat at the end of my chair.
"Why you sleep?" He asked.
"I can't sleep now?" I jokingly asked, making him pinch my ankle, while he still focused his attention on me.
I took the time to focus on his appearance, like usual. He's only wearing his Versace swim bottoms and a matching pair of slides, leaving his upper body tattoos to be on full display. His locs are pulled up into a ponytail and he's wearing his silver chain again.
He sat playing with my anklet, looking up, I caught my sister and best friends making faces with their tongues out, forcing me to put up the middle finger discreetly.
I don't know where the feeling came from, but after a few interactions with Cairo, I was starting to develop something. Just the simple action of sitting on the same chair had me jumping inside. Maybe I've just been so deprived of male touch and attention from an attractive male, that my body feels so alive.
I can tell just from looks that I have years on Cairo's age, but I just want to live carefree. I want to do spontaneous things, and have people questioning if I'm the same Lauryn they used to know. I'm at the point where I'm letting life take its natural course.
"Karter loves you." He expressed, making me fight off a smile.
I continued laying, playing with my bracelet, "Yeah, kids come natural to me." I spoke honestly.
"I could tell from the day we moved in. Karter is always trying to play in your sprinklers, now she's gonna want to come swim everyday." Cairo confessed, leaving my heart warm. It was upsetting that I didn't have kids of my own, but being the rich, cool auntie would suffice.
"That's the most you've ever said." I replied, while pushing my sunglasses up into my braids.
"Mhm." He replied, and I knew I was back to the quiet, reserved side of Cairo.
We sat for minutes, with me now playing with the strings of my bikini.
"You look good in that swimsuit." He said in his low, leg clenching voice— causing me to put a hand over my face to hide whatever emotion was consuming me.
"Thank you." Was all I had enough courage to say, no man has ever had me this speechless. Most of the men my age were corny, narcissistic, or provoking.
"Mhm." He hummed, still playing with the jewelry.
"Dada!" Karter ran to her father. She sat on his lap as they started their own conversation. I didn't care to listen in, just enjoying the scenery. Summer had to be my favorite season.
After a few hours, Demi and Sabrina left. Then my sister, but my nieces wanted to stay which I allowed because why not.
Now I was walking up the driveway towards the front of the house with Cairo right beside me. I kept a slow pace, while he walked even slower. Him and Karter went home, and me and the girls called it quits on the pool for today.
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