Codependent

What's on the Menu? Part 1

Monet sat on Alani's couch after her classes for the day, watching her stone an outfit she just bought.

"You should really consider selling custom pieces to the girls, that's easy money." She pointed out.

Alani frowned. "So these bitches can look as good as me? Yeah right." She was only joking, Alani was humble but not humble enough to ignore the fact that it would take more than a few bejeweled tops for most of the girls at Luxxe to be even remotely close to her level. But that's what set her apart; her dedication to being unapologetically herself and taking the time to pay attention to every last detail.

Monet let out a snort. "Yeah whatever, how are you and Dominik?"

A smile soon found her face. "We're good! Like really good, it doesn't feel real sometimes. He's so sweet and caring." Alani pouted. "I keep feeling like I'm gonna randomly wake up from a dream and none of this is actually happening."

"Why do you think that crazy?"

"He's just so....perfect. Like he just always knows what to do or say without me having to ask. I'm so not used to that. There's gotta be something wrong with him and I'm so scared to find out what it is." She frowned as she added another thin line of glue to the top she was working on.

"I don't know why you don't think you deserve nice things Alani." Monet chastised while shaking her head. Alani always looked for the worst in every situation and Monet never understood why.

Alani sat quietly to herself for a moment as she added the rhinestones to the sticky glue, a whole laundry list of reasons why running through her mind. She shook it off and changed the subject.

"I could be saying the same to you." Alani hinted with a raised brow. "You ready to admit you like Rhea yet or are you still too busy not being gay?"

Monet bit her lip and fiddled with her fingers in her lap.

"Yeah about that, I kinda have to....tell you something." She murmured.

Alani dropped the fabric in her hands to give her full attention to her best friend.

"Me and Rhea had sex." She said abruptly before covering her face as Alani's jaw dropped.

"WHAT!?"

"Well at least I think what we did counts as sex I don't know. Ugh I don't know how any of this worksssss," She groaned, throwing her head back onto the couch.

"When? Where? How???"

"Sunday in the locker room of the gym," Monet revealed still covering her face.

Alani practically leapt from her seat. "THE LOCKER ROOM!?" She hollered in disbelief. "What in the softcore interracial lesbian porn is going on!?"

"I know, I knowwwww! Bitch she was fingering me in the air, biting on my titties and shit," Monet had to fan herself with her hand at the sudden flashback.

Sitting with her mouth agape. Alani had to resist her urge to ask the million questions running through her mind.

"Oh shit!" She laughed. "Did you like it?"

"DID I!?" Monet exclaimed, joining in on the laughter. "She had me calling her Mami and everything, that shit was wild." She said with a head shake.

Alani observed her with a smirk. "You fucking freak." She teased. "Soooo....are you guys like, girlfriends now?"

Monet let out a scoff, "Oh god no! Rhea hasn't had a girlfriend is years, she just kinda dates around like me. This is just more of a friends with benefits kinda thing I guess."