****david in m****
Jazz POV-
"You're David?"
I surveyed my prospective employee DJ had picked out. He was dressed professionally in a suit and he weirdly resembled August.
Although I had only seen August's siblings through pictures, he looked more like him than they did to me.
"Yeah." He stood up and extended his hand to shake mine.
"Jazmine. Nice to meet you." I shook his hand.
"Follow me." I pointed to my office.
He followed closely behind me.
"You can have a seat right there." I pointed to the chair across from my desk.
We both sat down.
"You're friends with DJ?" I asked curious as to how he knew DJ.
"Nah. His brother."
"Oh Derrick." Derrick was DJ's younger brother who lived in D.C. He went to Howard and just stayed there after graduation.
"Yeah we went to Howard together."
"Oh cool. You from DC?"
"You can say that. Moved from New Orleans when I was a baby, so that don't count." He slightly chuckled.
"And you're about 23?"
"24."
"Okay. Is being a publicist something you want to do?"
"Umm, I don't yet. I just need some work honestly and I was getting sick of the monotony of DC. So when DJ said he was looking for someone to take his place, I thought it was the perfect opportunity."
"I see. You're still young. You'll figure it out. On top of that you majored in advertising so that experience will help."
I looked over his resume. He seemed a bit nervous.
"You don't have to be nervous David. You got it. I'm just going through preliminary questions."
"Good." He let out a sigh of relief and chuckled. He even laughed like August which I found interesting.
"Any family or friends down here?" Trying to see if he was related to August.
"No. Don't have much family really. It was just me and my mom. But she died while I was in college. Then my dad died when I was younger. During Katrina days I think. I never met him. So I don't know if he had any other kids or not."
"Aww I'm sorry to hear that." It was sad to hear he had nobody.
"Thank you." He looked down and back up.
"Well as my assistant you will basically do clerical things. And Accompany me interviews. Media events. Tour when we're invited. Etc. okay?"
"Sounds good to me."
"Alright. Well be here tomorrow at nine. Here's a card with my work and cell number in case of an emergency." I handed him a business card with my info.
"And if you need anything else personally you can call, seeing as you don't know anybody out here. I don't want you completely stranded."
"I appreciate it." He stood up.
We shook hands and he left.
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"Augusttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed to the top of my lungs. After work I went over his house and wanted to take a shower to get rid of the elements of the day.
He took every towel out the bathroom and my entire luggage and clothes out the room.
"Auuuugusttttttttttt!!!!!" I screamed even louder he continued to ignore me. I waited in the shower like five minutes hoping he would come but he never did.
I got out the shower dripping wet because I had nothing on and had access to nothing because August was being an ass. I didn't want to drip all over his house but be did this.
Why am I still trying to be accommodating?
I went to his bedroom he wasn't there. That only meant he was at one other place. His living room, where he relaxed when he wasn't in his bedroom.
He was watching television, eating some Salmon and cheese broccoli he had cooked for us.
I stood there with my arms folded, giving him the meanest mug I could give.
"Baby why you ain't go no clothes on?" He said with a serious face eating. Looking at me like he was really perplexed as to why I didn't have clothes on.
"August where are my clothes and the towels?"
"Where you left them. I wouldn't do you like that bae." He wiped his mouth with a napkin trying to hold in laughter.
"August I'm not playing." I said unamused.
"Where did you leave them?"
"Okay." I took his phone off the table he stood up.
"Give me my phone back." He started chuckling.
"Go get my clothes."
"I told you I didn't touch them." He tried to reach for his phone.
I ran upstairs to his room and locked the door.
"Open the door Jazz." He knocked on the door.
"Go get my clothes then."
"They under the bed."
I looked under the bed to see all my clothes and the towels stuffed into my roll luggage.
I rolled my eyes and pulled it out.
"Open the door na'." He knocked.
"You wait until I get dressed." I pulled out my night pants and tank. Put them on then opened the door.
"Where my phone at?" He held his hand out.
"What you hiding?" I held it up wiggling it, while sitting on the bed.
He snatched it then laid on the bed next to me.
"Sleep naked." Aug tugged at my tank, while laying down twirling one of his twist.
"No boy move." I moved his hand.
"I'll sleep naked with you."
"Uh... No thanks fool."
August yawned. My cellphone rang. I reached in my luggage to get it.
"Hello?" I didn't recognize the number.
"Hey Jazmine it's David."
"Hey!" I looked at August who had sat up looking at me curious.
"I don't mean to bother you, I was just wondering you know of any good restaurants around here?"
"Yeah. If you like Italian Sicilys is good. That's by Platt Road. For Chinese it's an amazing hibachi grill called Chi-wang a couple of blocks up."
"Oh cool. Thank you. I didn't interrupt anything did I ?"
"Uh...no."
"You free? I'll buy you dinner as a thanks for giving me the job."
"Ahh that's sweet David, but I gotta take a rain check. My boyfriend already fixed me dinner, but thank you." I tried to throw that in there.
August got up and left.
"Oh ok. Well see you tomorrow."
"See you." I hung up.
I went downstairs to find August in the living room looking less than happy.
He had his legs up on the table and was laid back on the couch, watching television.
I came in and sat on his lap. He act like he didn't see me. He just put his hands behind his head and looked at the tv.
"That was my new assistant babe. That's it."
"You got a male assistant?" He finally looked at me in my eyes.
"Yeah. He's DJ's brother's friend. DJ was helping him out by giving him a job."
"Why you ain't tell me you had a male assistant?"
"August I just hired the boy this morning!"
"And that's when you should've told me."
"Oh my God." I got off of him and instead sat next to him on the couch.
"Is he gay?"
"I don't think so."
That really pissed him off. He turned off the television and went back upstairs.
I rubbed my head as though I had a headache.
But I'm dramatic when I talk about his dancer Princess and her grinding on him? The double standard I didn't get it. 😩😩😩😩
I decided to do him like he does me. Not baby him. So I turned back on the television, got his Saints Throw off the chair, turned off the light and laid on the couch.
My phone started buzzing.
Aug: so your assistant just calling you at 10 huh? Ain't shit about that professional
Me: he was calling to ask me about restaurants in the area August. He doesn't know anyone here
Aug: bull shit!!! That nigga got google. Yelp. Hell call DJ ass.
Me: I'm not about to argue with you. I told you the truth. He was nothing but professional earlier
I didn't get a response. I sighed and went upstairs. He called me spoiled but in actuality it was his ass.
He was laid in the bed under the covers watching television.
"August stop being a hypocrite. You want me to trust you, but you're not trusting me."
"It's not you I don't trust. It's niggas. They don't give a fuck if you got a man."
"You think women do?"
"I know how to handle them."
"And I know how to handle men to."
"Whatever." He sighed.
"Bloop." I playfully pulled his cheeks.
"Stop Jazz." He moved my hand.
"Bloop." I did it again and laughed. He hit me with a small pillow he had on his bed.
I gasped, not believing he did that. I took one of the bigger pillows and put it over his face.
He grabbed the pillow and flipped me.
"Get offa me."
He was holding me down by wrist.
I wrestled with him until I had him on his stomach with his hands behind his back.
"Jazz let me go shit."
He was in pain.
"Leave me alone then." I muffed his head into the bed and let him go.
As I was trying to get away he grabbed me by my ankle toward him.
I accidentally kicked him in the mouth.
"My bad baby." I softly grabbed his face to see if he was okay.
"Shit. You and your monster claws."
"Sorry. Sorry." I kissed his lips hoping that would ease the pain.
"Just for that I'm putting your ass on Instagram." He grabbed his phone.
"August no." I hid underneath his covers.
He pulled the covers up and took a quick picture.
The caption read: found a monster in my bed. I love it tho. Whatever it is. 😂😂😂😂
"Delete it August."
"No." He put his phone on the charger.
I took it and deleted it.
"Asshole." I rolled my eyes and got under the covers.
He came up behind me. Putting his face on mine and his leg in between mine.
"Love you bum." He kissed my neck.
"Don't love you."
He chuckled.
"One day imma put you on instagram and I'm not gon delete it. You beautiful. You mine. And need to know. Anyway goodnight."
"Goodnight."
He turned off the tv and we went to sleep.