Beyond

139

*Zion

We made it to the restaurant and were instantly seated. Milan put her purse on the back of my chair and then opened the menu.

"I think I want some wine tonight..." Milan said

She looked at the wine for a lil longer before looking up at me.

"Baby what's that wine called at the restaurant we went to??" She asked looking at me

"The one on the trip for the photoshoot??" I asked

She nodded as she continued looking through the menu. I picked up my phone to look through my camera roll. After a few, I found it and showed her. The waiter came through and she showed her the picture. They had it so we got enough for the whole table. Miles got a beer tho. Our food orders were taken too.

"Milan your birthday is the day after tomar. How are you feeling??" Cam asked

"I'm getting old. Catching up with you old hoes..." she says earning a gasp from all of us

She started laughing.

"Fuck you..." Crystal said

"You bitch..." Lalani said

"I'm not old hoe..." Red said

Milan laughed a lil more.

"I'm just kidding. I love you old hags..." she says laughing harder

I pushed her making her look at me.

"JK..." she said blowing a kiss at us
"But forreal, I'm happy. To still be here, be here with y'all, and to feel free. I'm here with my woman, what else could I need..."

We smiled at her as she smiled.
The wine bottles were brung out. We ordered 2 of them and if we need more, they were On the house. Fine by me.

Everybody poured their glass. And took a sip.

"Okayyyy..." Crystal said nodding

"Yes girl, it's fire..." Milan said

"Baby taste it..." Crystal told

"You know I don't drink wine..." he said looking at her

"I know but pleaseeeee..." she said before doing that lil pout Milan does when she wants her way

"Milan do the same thing??" I said pointing at Crystal

"Do what??" Milan and Crystal asked at the same time

"That please and that lil pout so she could get her way..." I said

"No, I don't..." Milan said

I staled faced her cuz why was she lying?

"So baby you don't do that??" I asked

"No..." she said smiling

"That's why I'm not sharing my food with
you..." I said

She gasped.

"Why??" She asked

"Cuz you lying..." I said and she did that lil pouted

"I take it back..." she said

I shook my head.

"Pleaseeee..." she said hugging me from the side

"Y'all see this shit..." I said looking at everybody and they started laughing

"Baby come on..." Crystal said holding the wine glass to his lip

He looked at her and she started pouting again.

"Okay let me see..." he said making her squeal happily

Everybody started laughing.

"Milan that's you..." I said to her

She playfully rolled her eyes at me and turned to talk to Lalani.

"You like it??" Crystal asked Miles

"It's good. Like actually good, but I can't see myself drinking it..." he said and nodded

After a while, the food came which looked a-fucking-mazing.  Everybody's food was set in front of them. We all started eating. The table was quiet as hell.

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We had just finished our food, and we were sipping on the 2nd bottle of wine. Talking about nothing specific.

"I wanna make a toast..." Crystal said making us look at her

She stood up, looked at Milan, and smiled.

"Milan, I've seen you go from being a teenager to being this mature adult. You've grown so much ova these few months it's crazy. I'm happy that you found someone who makes you happy. I'm happy you're here with us today. I love
you..." Crystal said as Milan had a smile the whole time

"I love you toooooo..." Milan said getting up

She went around and hugged Crystal.

Everybody went around talking about her. She had the biggest smile on her face. Red as a tomato. She is so beautiful.

After my speech, I looked at her as I sat down. She had the cutest pout on her lip with tears in her eyes.

"You gone make me cry..." she said softly

"Awwww baby..." I said smiling at her

I grabbed her face and pecked her lips repeatedly. She started giggling.

"I love you so fucking much baby..." I said softly while holding her face close to mine

"I love you too..." she said looking into my eyes

I pulled her closer and kissed her. We pulled away as she pulled my tongue with her tongue.

"Keep on..." I said and she laughed

We continued talking. We ended up ordering dessert cuz why not. Ngl dessert was good as hell. Milan only ate a lil, and I ate the rest. After dessert, We stayed seated for a while before getting up. We loaded the truck up and went back. Once we got back, we changed our clothes and met back in the back room. The house we were at had a projector on the ceiling so we were going to have a movie night. We sat up and grabbed blankets and pillows. We got in our spots and started the movie.