Every Kind Of Way.

friend in me.

"That's good, I love that for you. How about the program? The kids good? Leon?"

"The kids straight, they keep me on my toes. Leon, he's opening up to me a lot more. I think he's starting to trust me."

"I like that, um.." Damn. He's...damn. "Zachary, I know damn well that isn't your second blunt." I say noticing his low eyes, no way he got high that quick.

He smiled, "No, i had a roach and then this one."

"Put it down and go to bed."

"That's wasting a high, i'm making me some food when i'm done."

I stare at him for a moment as he took a few hits, "I'm sorry." I say under my breath.

"What?"

"I said i'm sorry," I say it louder.

"For what?" He asked.

"For going off on you, for shutting you out, and for running with one thing you said instead of hearing everything you said."

"Do you understand what I said though? Cause I don't want you to apologize if you don't understand."

"Yes."

"Okay, tell me what I said so I know you understand."

"You basically said that we should slow down because I just got out of a relationship with..Chance who is Chance. You also wanted me to feel like I have control unlike what I previously went through. Which also goes into allowing me to freely do what I want without feeling like I can't which is dating other people. You weren't saying that you wanted to date other people but taking our time gives us both the liberty to do so."

"Okay, I accept your apology."

"Thank you. So we're friends again? I miss having someone to watch movies with."

"Ya boy toy cool with us being friends?" He said laughing.

"My boy toy?"

"Daylen, yall gotta be something with the way yall be on the phone and the way he was looking at you."

"You sound jealous."

"I could never be jealous. He might have more money than me but that's it. Period."

"There's nothing going on with us..anymore at least."

"Mm, okay."

"You're sassy, you know that?"

"Whatever Fatima."

"Are we friends again Zachary?"

"We were never not friends, I was just giving you space to come to your senses."

"Space is a few days, not a whole month. So what's really tea?"

"Man whatever, anyways we cool I guess."

"You guess? Never mind I don't want to be friends with you anymore."

"Fatima, keep playing with me."

"You don't get to call me Fatima, it's Marie to you sir since we not friends."

"Whatever babygirl, you gonna stay on with me while I cook?"

"Yes."

"Aight bet."

The next morning I woke up at seven. I thought about skipping my morning run but I decided to go anyways. After my run, I showered and put on some comfortable clothes. Since I have another week break from filming, I didn't want to do a damn thing. I had nothing but time on my hands so I was going to enjoy it.