Unwilling to CrossPaths

Friction and Plotting

Shawn looked at her waiting for his answer. "Why you care so much, anyway." She said looking over at his confused. "Em, you know you got a problem with dropping niggas like flies and gives no fucks about it. You think you can do whatever and no dude is suppose have feelings or have a say about it. You gonna end up having regrets and looking crazy." "Oh, yeah like you did me. Look Shawn don't try me no speech about niggas because you one of them." "I know and that's why I'm telling you if the nigga that was there for you when I fucked up don't you fuck up." He said playing the ball out of her hands.

She stood there for minute really thinking about what he just said. I let him go on his rant because he had a point now where all that came from I had no idea. "So, you still mad at me for what again?" "That's all you got out of that Em?" I said looking over at her. "No, I received that it's my fault that Aug was mad at me and he had every right to be. I know I can be naïve when it comes to dudes at times. I just try to give people the benefit of the doubt." "Well, that benefit of the doubt going have you single." "Yeah, like it did when I thought you wouldn't do me foul." I saw Shawn stepping closer to Emerald and I knew that was my time to step in. "Shawn, you got Shannon now." "He got Shannon but he using the same tactics that I caught him." I was confused now. I thought this mess between these two were done. I felt like I was becoming apart of Emerald and her dudes soap opera. Emerald walked away, ""Keith call me when you ready to have a serious conversation." I watched as she walked away and Shawn stand there mugging her like she did something to him.

"Now, I'm not mad at what you said, but where did that come from?" "Man, I don't know. I just saw her trying to play that innocent role and I wasn't about to let her. Emerald forgets that your dude seen what kind of person she is behind doors and that makes them nervous when you are around someone else. We fear you gonna show someone else that same attention." I knew where he was coming from but I didn't think he would still feel some type of way. I think Em using him actually did something to him even though he knew what it was. "Maybe, you need to talk to Emerald then." "Nah," "Yea, she would understand it better coming from someone that was with her the same way that August is with her." He looked at me before agreeing to talking to Emerald.

Shawn

I was only going to talk to Emerald because Keith asked me to and also I knew Emerald needed to hear this from someone that was once in a situationship with her. We both didn't call it a relationship because we both felt like it was long but still so short to be walking around talking yeah he/she my ex. Plus, we rather no one knew we were once committed to each other. I was hoping Shannon wasn't home because she would more than likely question as to why I was coming to talk to Emerald and not her. I knocked on the door and stood there. No one came to answer. I called Emerald phone no answer. She texted me yeah. I told her to come answer the door. She came to door with her attitude in tow. "Yes," She said standing there. "We need to talk." "I told Keith he could talk to me when he was ready." "I'm doing the talking." She sighed as she walked towards her room. She sat on the bed with her computer sitting in her lap. "Emerald, you know what I said at the court was right." "Shawn, why you right? Because you know everything." "No, but I know how old dude feels." She looked at me like I oh really. "And how does he feel?" "Like at any moment you going leave and find someone else. I know he got it worse because he don't see you everyday. Emerald, I know you don't think of yourself as clingy or needed, but when you in the room with the person you feeling you become that. We see the soft side of you and we know that's a rare sighting that not everyone should see." She sat there again silent as I went on about how he might feel and how she needs to drop this act. "You know Max is feeling you and just waiting for his turn." "He knows he doesn't have a turn." "He's a male. We always have a turn." She sighed confirming that she knew she was in the wrong and needed to apologize. She also needed to have a sit down with Max and just tell him that this act he putting on is no longer going work. "Thanks for coming to talk to me. I respect it." I nodded, "You know I got a special spot for you." "Boy, leave before I lose Shannon as a friend." She had a point finally.