The Neighbor

Chapter 17

I'm about to put yall on to some great music. The song above is Storm by Jon Vinyl. 

Enjoy.

"Dia, we're gonna go." I say as I stand at the door of her office. Tyler looks like he's bothering her. Dia's face is scrunched up in aggravation. I have no idea what he said or did, but it's time to go.

"Please take him." She sighs as the look of relief beams off of her. 

"I say one thing and this is how you do me? I thought I was your favorite nephew." Tyler laughs around her desk with open arms. Dia quickly moves her arms out in front of her, blocking Tyler from hugging her. What did he do? 

"You're my only nephew." She sighs looking over at me. "Your check." She turns around in her desk chair, opening the top drawer, grabbing an envelope and hands it to me. I hurriedly put in my back pocket before I put it down somewhere and lose it.

"Thank you, D. I work tomorrow right?" I really need to get some hours in before the trip. 

"Yes, ma'am." Dia answers and then turns to Tyler. "Please escort your big headed boyfriend out of my shop." She jokes leaning into Tyler's waiting arms. 

"See you tomorrow babes." I blow her a kiss. "Let's go Tyler." I smile as he walks towards me. 

" I have a promise to stick to." He whispers in my ear while walking behind me. 

"Just help me grab the bags." I laugh. All my bags sit on the counters waiting for mama to take them home. 

I go to grab a couple bags until Tyler wraps his arm around my waist, pulling me away from the counter. I watch as he picks all five bags, carrying them on two arms. 

"Thank you, kind gentleman." Walking towards the door, I yell bye to Johanna and open the door for Tyler to walk out. "What pocket?" I ask as we reach the car. 

"Front right pocket." As I dig into his pocket, I could feel his penis brush against my hand. "Don't start this here." Tyler groans looking down at me.

"It's not my fault that it's there." I giggle as I retrieve the keys out of his pocket. I pop the trunk and walk over to the passenger side, climbing in, and buckling up. When Tyler gets in the car, he starts the car puts on his seatbelt. 

"How was work?" Tyler reaches over and grabs my left hand. 

"Fun mostly. It was busy today." I lean over the console and place a kiss on his check. "How was your day?" I ask taking off my sandals and pulling my legs up so that I'm sitting criss-cross applesauce.

"Alright, I ended up going home to find Devin waiting on my porch." Tyler glances over at me, waiting to see a reaction from me.

"And?" I ask when he doesn't say anything. 

"We did not really talk about the fight or us. We just played 2K." He shrugs his shoulders. "So I guess we're good." He sighs. 

"So let me get this straight, yall just ignored the fact that you had a huge fight and just played 2K?" I just cannot wrap my head around this bull. Are men really this simple?

"We're friends still I guess." Tyler laughs. 

"I'm so confused." I pull out my phone and check the time. "It's not even 5 and I need a nap." I joke as we pull into Tyler's driveway. 

"My house." I smirk getting out the car. I walk across the street with Tyler following me into the house. As soon as I close the front door, Tyler's arm wraps around my waist pulling me into his embrace as he places a kiss on my cheek. I lead us to my room, closing the door behind us. 

"I'm gonna shower and then we could take a nap." I walk towards my bathroom and close the door behind me. 

As I shower, I could hear my television being cut on. By the time that I dry off and walk out the bathroom, Tyler was comfortable snuggled in my bed, fighting to keep his eyes open.

"Just close your eyes." I laugh, walking over to my dresser and pulling out one of my nightgowns.

"Why should I when I got the perfect view?" He groans, sitting up on his elbows. I drop my towel and take my time to throw my gown on. 

"I want a nap first." I pick up my towel and hang it back on the hook on the bathroom door before climbing in the bed. 

"I agree. You will need all of your energy later." He pinches my right hip as I lay my head on his chest and placing my right leg over his left thigh.

"Oh really now?" I ask snuggling into his side more.

"Most definitely." He responds, placing a kiss on my forehead before tightening his arm around my waist.

"We'll see about that."