Excuse me mistakes!!
Nyla and Dex been texting and FaceTiming ever since that day he got her number. He kept her smiling all the time even when they wasn't talking. When she doesn't hear from him she would randomly go through their conversation and read them over. Just to brighten up her day.
Today was the day he was taking her out and she was nervous. She looked at herself in the mirror and bit her bottom lip. All morning she been trying to figure out what she was going to wear.
She settle with a white crop top that showed off her light abs and belly button ring with light ripped up mom jeans that she cut up herself and baby blue Puma sneakers. Over the week she let one of her friends do box braids in hair and since they were freshly done she kept them down so it wouldn't put too much pain or tension on her hair and scalp.
She heard a beep outside and her head snap towards the window. She crawl onto her bed and looked out the window seeing Dex car sitting out front. She walked over to her dresser and sprayed herself with her favorite perfume, Reb'l Fleur by Rihanna. Grabbing her chapstick and lip gloss along with her crossbody tan purse she looked at herself in the mirror one last time before walking out her room heading downstairs.
She headed into the living room seeing her grandma sitting in her rocking chair watching her daily favorite tv shows. "Grandma I'm going out" she said kissing her cheek.
"Okay baby have fun and be safe" she smiled looking over at her granddaughter watching her walk out the door.
Dex seen her open the door and he couldn't help but smirked. She was naturally beautiful. The first day he saw her walking he knew he had to get her. And now he was starting to understand why King had to have Santana. When you see a beautiful woman and see how innocent they look you can't let them slip away.
"Hey" she greeted hopping into his car.
"Wassup? You ready?"
"Yeah" she smiled. "Where we going?"
"Chill I got this the whole day planned out" he smiled. "You look nice"
"Thank you"
She looked at his outfit today seeing him wearing green army cargo pants with a black shirt with Freddy Kruger face and a pair of special edition Nike uptown's when one sneaker was blue and black and the other was red and black. His hair was in neat little braids that sat on the top of his head while the rest was cut down short like a fade and Nyla couldn't help but think about the rapper Travis Scott as she looked it at. The only jewelry he had on was a gold Rolex watch. His cologne wasn't too pungent like Gino's. It had a light, clean, crisp smell like the one her father would wear.
She heard Don Pablo by Dave East playing through the speakers and she was tempted not to rap along. She may have grew up in the suburbs part of Detroit but she loves rap music, something her parents couldn't stand especially her father.
As they bumped to his music, he heard her humming along to most of the songs. Old and new, she knew most of the songs that was playing on his car. After about thirty five minutes of driving they finally pull up to their destination.
"A shooting range?" She questioned as he killed the engine.
"Yeah ever been to one before?"
"No"
"Well now you can cross it off your bucket list" he smirked hopping out his car. Nyla sat there and thought about what he said. She was starting to think this was a mistake.
Who takes a girl to a shooting range on the first date, she thought. But she snapped out of it when he opened the door for her.
***
"Dex I still don't know what I'm doing" Nyla whined putting her hand on her hip. She seen him shooting his gun at the target with no headphones, focused. "I'm not even hitting the target"
Dex looked at her and smiled. He placed his gun down and walked over to her. He chuckled, "Here let me help you again"
Nyla felt him walk up behind her and her body tensed up. He didn't make her uncomfortable but she would get butterflies in her stomach. They way he talks, the way he walks was sexy to her and his attitude was something she wasn't used to but she was growing to like it.
Dex felt her nervous demeanor and he couldnt help but chuckle again. "Relax I got you...put your arms like this and focus on the target" he lectured. "Don't be scared of it...don't tighten your arms too tight just relax" he placed his finger on top of her and pushed the trigger down letting the gun go off. When he seen her hit the target he slowly moved his finger and placed his hands on her hips.
But she was too busy focusing on shooting the target she didn't even notice until she was done and he let go. "I can't do this" she whined facing him.
"Stop saying you can't when you know you can" he smiled. "You hit the target"
"Yeah like two times" she pouted.
Dex smiled softly as she poked her bottom lip out. "Stop that if you want to come back and practice just let me know" he told her shrugging his shoulders. "Soon you be shooting like me" he continued aiming his gun at her target before pulling the trigger.
Nyla paid attention to Dex shooting at the target with one hand with no problem. He wasn't flinching every time the gun went off like she was. And she had on headphones to reduce the noise. She stared at Dex seeing how focused he was and she started to get turned on. This was different for her.
"Headshots baby" he smiled looking over at her bringing her back to reality.
"You done this before haven't you?"
He chuckled, "Let's just say I have a lot of practice"
"Since?"
"Since I was thirteen"
"Here?"
"Nah...on the streets"
Nyla eyes widen for a quick second, she wasn't the type to judge people but she had to ask a question that's been on her mind since they spoke on the phone over the week. "How was your life growing up?"
"You really wanna know?"
"Yeah I do"
Dex stared into her eyes, "My mother was a crack head, sold me for a rock when I was just a kid that same night I fought the dealer off and ran away and been on my own ever since" he told her truthfully. "King found me sleeping at a park one day and took me under his wing"
"King?" She questioned. She heard that name a couple of time around the city and she knew what he did. Shit, everybody knew. "Are you a drug dealer?"
"I only sell weed baby girl after what my mother did to me I promise myself not to sell that shit on the streets" he answered staring into her eyes.
"What about your father?" She asked.
Dex shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know about him" he said. "But honestly King was more like a father figure to me without him I wouldn't be where I am now"
"Really?" She asked listening to him.
He nodded his head, "He encouraged me to get my GED when I was sixteen, I got my own car, I'm trying to get my own spot but right now me and my boys share a place or I go knock at Kings place random nights"
Nyla nodded her head, "Do you ever think about her?"
"Who?"
"Your mom? Do you ever think if she doing good now?"
Dex thought about the question. There was some days he would think he seen her walking down the street holding another little boys hand but he just deny it. Every time she would pop up in his mind he would shake the thoughts away. "Nah not really" he half lied.
Nyla nodded her head taking everything he told her in. Getting to know Dex and about his past made her feelings for him grow stronger.
"You hungry?" He asked snapping her out her thoughts. She nodded her head. "Come on" he demanded grabbing her hand.
***
Santana added seasoning to the flour for the chicken she was going to fry for dinner, a meal August requested along with baked Mac and cheese and fresh string beans.
"Yoo Khalil is this the girl?" Flaco asked walking into the kitchen with his phone in his hand. He passed his boy his iPhone showing him Nyla Instagram page.
"Yeah he showed me her the other day that's the same girl how you find her?"
"You know I'm the detective around here" Flaco answer knowing he is the detective out of everybody out the crew. He was the one that found out the man Q was being sneaky with King product and money last year.
"Nah you just nosey" Khalil chuckled.
"Man fuck you but she bad tho I can't lie" Flaco complimented looking at her pictures. He went through some more seeing that she knew his girlfriend, Sara. "Oh she knows Sara too"
"Really? How?" Khalil asked as Flaco shrugged his shoulders.
"Fuck ya talking about?" King questioned helping Santana out with dinner.
"Dex went on a date today with this girl he's been eyeing lately" Khalil answered.
"Stop lying!! Dex?!" he chuckled not believing anything his boys was saying. "I don't believe that shit"
Khalil chuckled at King face expression. "Nah I swear on everything King"
"Let me see her, she young or old?" King questioned.
"Young like eighteen" Khalil answered as Flaco passed him the phone.
"I thought he likes older woman like in their twenties" Santana chimed in. "Let me see"
"He does" King chuckled. "Thats all he fucks around with" he continued looking at Nyla dancing videos. They watched her move her body to the beat of Level Up by Ciara along with two other girls.
From splits, twerking, whining, to milly rocking they watched a few more videos of Nyla dancing to Chris Brown, Jacquees, and Cardi B music.
"She's cute and she can dance" Santana complimented watching her move as King agreed. "And she does ballet" she continued looking at the ballerina shoes on one of her post. She continued to scroll down seeing a post with Nyla showing off her thick, natural afro. "Awww Dex got himself a naturalista" she smiled.
"Don't be jealous Tana" Khalil joked making her laugh lightly.
"I should go fight her right?" She went along with the joke passing Flaco his phone and King couldn't help but shake his head.
"You always wanna fight somebody Ali" he chuckled.
"Be quiet but I'm so proud of Dex he's growing up" she smiled.
"For real I can't wait to tell Trig about this" King laughed lightly.
***
"So we got wings, fries, shrimp and crab legs since they are your favorite" Dex stated making her smile from the passenger seat. Dex took her to his favorite food spot and she was awe, specially when she seen seafood. He told to pick whatever you wanted and she picked two of favorite food while he grabbed his wings.
He pulled up to the park and drove to the other side where it was just the field. He parked his car in a parking spot and killed the engine before hopping out grabbing the food from the backseat.
"What are we doing here?" Nyla asked stepping out looked around the area seeing nobody around. She watched him walked to the back of his car and popped the trunk taking out a small weaving basket and a blanket. "Aw a picnic" she smiled. He grabbed her hand and they walked down the field together
He placed the basket on the ground, along with the food and opened the blanket, laying it on the cut grass.
"I'm a hood nigga I don't know much about dates and romantic shit but I thought maybe you'll like this"
She sat on the blanket and took a look around enjoying the view. Dex carefully took the food out the bag and opened up the styrofoam containers along with the bags full of cooked seafood.
"You like henny?" He asked her taking a personal bottle out the basket along with cups, dry and wet napkins packets, spoons and forks.
She shook her head, "Never tried it I'm not really a drinker"
"Want too?" He asked her. "You don't have too if you don't want-"
"No it's okay, I'll try it but not a lot"
"Here" he said passing her the small personal henny bottle, opening it for her.
Nyla took the bottle out his hand and looked at the dark liquor. She took a small sip and swallowed feeling the burning sensation in her throat. "Ew" she cried out twisting up her face passing it back to him.
He shook his head, "Nah try it again Nyla the second time isn't so bad" he chuckled.
She took another sip but this time a little bit more than the first one. Twisting up her face again she felt the burning sensation go down her throat but it wasn't strong like before.
"Alright that's it no more" he chuckled taking the bottle out her hand. "Here drink this to chase it down" he continued passing her a water bottle.
"It's kinda nasty" she told him sipping some water.
"This my favorite drink" he said taking a big sip like it was nothing. She watched him close up the bottle and look around. "I know this is a different scenery for you but.." he shrugged his shoulders.
Nyla smiled, "It is but I like it" For the first time in a long time, She was actually enjoying herself.
"So tell me how you grew up" He said as they ate their food together.
"Well..." she started to say swallowing the food that was in her mouth. "My life is different from yours" she continued getting his attention. "My parents were there but then they weren't they love to work and travel a lot so I was always with the nanny or my grandma it's whatever I can't complain though" she answered shrugging her shoulders. "But like I told you over the phone after I graduated last year I moved in with her she's my world"
"I can tell, you love talking about her" he smiled. "What's else?"
"I love to dance been doing it since I was a little girl it became my therapy"
"What kind of dance do you do?"
"Ballet, hip hop, sometimes pole dancing it depends" Dex bit his bottom lip as he stared at her. "No you can not see me on a pole Dex" she chuckled making him laugh.
"A nigga can dream right?" He asked her making her laugh lightly.
She shrugged her shoulders stuffing her mouth with more food, mostly crab meat. "Are we done after this?" She asked him after she swallowed.
"Why? You don't like hanging out with me or something?" He teased making her smile.
"No I do I just want to know what else you have planned?"
"I'm taking you shopping if that's cool with you?"
"Of course I love to shop"
His phone lit up and he looked down seeing Flaco and Khalil texting in the group chat.
Yoo Dex- Flaco
Don't be bitchin up on us nigga- Khalil
Stfu, he texted back.
You trying to hit this house party tonite-Flaco
"You want to go to a house party tonight?" Dex asked Nyla who was enjoying the food specially the crab legs and shrimp.
She shrugged her shoulders, "Sure, here have some" she told him stabbing the shrimp with the fork. She brought it to his mouth and he open it allowing her to feed him. They locked eyes and Nyla felt something she never felt before and she quickly looked away hearing Dex chuckling. She knew he felt it too.
***
Night has fallen and after their mall trip Dex drove her to her place to drop the bags off and they both headed to the party.
"I thought we was going to the hood or something" she chuckled seeing people standing outside a big gorgeous house.
Dex couldn't help but chuckle lightly, "Nah"
"Who house is this?"
"My nigga Cash he's a local rapper, you'll meet him"
"Is he just a rapper?" She asked him.
He stared at her knowing she was catching on to his lifestyle, "Nah" he answered truthfully as she nodded her head. The closer they got the louder the music got. Backin' it up by Pardison Fontaine ft Cardi B was blasting loudly through the large house.
Dex held her hand as they walked through the house. Nyla seen him dapped and spoke to a few people. "You know a lot of people!!" She said over the music.
"This my nigga Cash" Dex introduced was he reached his boys. "This is Nyla"
She waved at him nervously seeing how muscular and built he was. "Make yourself comfortable!!" the guy shouted. "And don't be nervous if your his girl your family!!" He continued before dapping Dex up and walking away. "Yooo don't be fucking with my shit!!" He yelled over the music to some man.
"Nyla?" She heard her name and she turned around seeing one of her friends from dance class.
"Oh my gosh Sara" she smiled walking closer to her.
Nyla met Sara at a hip hop dance class and they been dancing together ever since. She was four years older than her. She was mix with Italian and Puerto Rican with burgundy curly hair down to her mid back. She was tatted up on her fingers, arms, and thighs but her tanned gold brown skin went well with all the colorful ink. Her dark brown eyes and chubby round face with rosebud lips like a baby. She was skinny with b cup firm breast and a little booty but Flaco loved it.
"What you doing here?" Her friend asked her. Nyla pointed to Dex behind her who was talking to Khalil and Flaco.
"What you doing here?"
"I'm with Flaco" she said pointing to him. Nyla knew Sara had a boyfriend but she never met him. She had to admit he was kind of cute and she seen why Sara been dealing with him on and off for almost two years
"You know Gino's here?" Sara said.
"What?!" Nyla questioned loudly getting the guys attention. The girls looked at them and Sara gently pulled her to the side. "He told me he was going to the casino with his friends but honestly I don't even care I broke up with him"
"I was going to text you but never mind" Sara said shrugging her shoulders. "I'm glad you left that nigga anyway he ain't shit" She encouraged her friend.
"Nyla!!" One of her good friend, Andrea screamed over the music hugging her, tightly. Andrea was someone Nyla met senior year of high school. She was a thick girl with firm perky breast that sat up right and a nice luscious plumped ass. Her brown skin went well with light brown eyes. Her hair was always fleeky, you'll never see her walk around with her natural hair out it was always braided under weave or wigs. Right now she was rocking a 24" straight Brazilian weave.
One of the things Nyla peep about Andrea was how she loved the guys attention, even when she has a man.
"Hey!!" Nyla greeted hugging her back.
"What you doing here? Gino said you was home"
Nyla couldn't help but rolled her eyes. "I came with someone else"
"Who?"
"Dex"
"Dex?! Where is he?" Andrea asked turning around seeing him talking to a couple of others guys from around the city and she couldn't help but bite her bottom lip. "Are you talking to him now?" She asked facing Nyla.
"Yeah something like that" she smiled.
"Oh" Andrea said eyeing Nyla up and down like she sniffed an unpleasant scent before sipping the liquor that was in the red cup.
Sara peeped Andrea face and squinted her eyes, "I think your mans want you Nyla come on" she said grabbing her hand guiding her through the crowd.
"Everything good?" Dex asked her.
She nodded her head, "Yeah"
"These are my niggas Flaco and Khalil and that's Khalil girl Treasure" Nyla waved at them as they greeted her kindly.
"You have pretty eyes" Treasure complimented.
Nyla flashed her a friendly smile, "Thank you I like your hair" she complimented back looking at her long curly full hair.
"Thank you it's a wig" Treasure answered and Khalil nudged her and she slapped his chest.
"Really?" Nyla questioned surprisingly.
"Yeah girl, I can give you the link before we leave" she told her.
Treasure was a shade darker then Khalil with her huge lips, perfect round face and big round dark brown eyes like she can see through people. Her body was portioned perfectly with c cup perky breast and a round fat ass.
Growing up, Nyla didn't have much friends. She didn't care for a best friend like other girls she knew or went to school with. Her grandma always told her not to get too close with females, knowing how shady and grimy they can be.
A few hours has passed and Nyla was enjoying herself. She wanted to drink and Dex allowed her to have one cup, knowing she was a beginner. The only people she stayed with was Dex, Sara and their crew. And the only guy she danced with was Dex.
Right now, she was outside talking with Sara and Treasure getting some fresh air. More people started to show up and the house was getting hotter by the hour.
"Watch that hoe Andrea" Sarah warned sipping her drink.
"I know I seen how fast she snapped her neck to find him" Nyla said feeling a little nice from the drink Dex made, that consist of a little bit of Henny and a lot of cranberry juice.
"Bitches can be really grimy" Treasure chimed in as Sara agreed.
"Yo what you doing here?" Gino asked Nyla pulling her by her arm.
"Get off of me" She said yanking her arm back.
"Who you come here with?!" He asked.
"Bye Gino go back inside" Sarah told him rolling her eyes.
"Mind your business-"
"Boy shut up you know I ain't the one" She spat stepping closer but Nyla stepped between them.
"You lied Gino I thought you was going to the casino instead your here with some other chick and you worried about me!!" She told him.
"Yo Dex your girl out there arguing with Gino" some guy told him as he smoked in the kitchen with Flaco, Khalil and men from their crew.
He passed the blunt to one of them and heading towards the front door. Once he walked outside he seen Nyla yelling with a guy he sells weed too.
"You always think I'm fucking cheating man-"
"Cause you are obviously!! Go back inside Gino leave me alone-"
"What's up?" Dex asked her once he got closer to them. Sara and Treasure stood next to each other waiting to see how Dex would react to the situation.
"Uh nothing" Nyla answered folding her arms across her chest glaring evilly at Gino.
"Wassup Dex I'm just talking to my girl-"
"I broke up with you stop lying" Nyla stayed cutting him off.
"You good bae?" Dex asked staring at Gino, kissing her cheek. Gino took a step back and Nyla seen the anger written on his face but she didn't care.
She nodded her head, "Yeah"
Gino clenched his jaw and bit the inside of his cheek. He knew what type of guy Dex was and he was not trying to start nothing, knowing he'll be dead in less than 24 hours if he tried it. "Alright I'll fall back" he chuckled waving them off. He walked off shaking his head.
Dex seen the look on her face, he could tell she was annoyed. "You ready?"
"Yeah"
After they said goodbye they both hopped into his car and he drove her straight home. "Thank you" she smiled once they pulled up to her place. "I had a good time today minus my ex-"
"Fuck that nigga" he said cutting her off. "Don't even worry about him"
She nodded her head, "Bye Dex" she said reaching for the handle.
"Give me a hug" he demanded.
"Please?" She smiled.
With a smile on his face Dex looked out the window before facing her. "Please give me a hug" he said kindly. The met half way and hugged each other knowing they both wanted something more.
"Goodnight text me in the morning shorty"
"Alright" she said stepping out, "Goodnight Dex" she sung before slamming the door.
Dex watched her walk up the stairs and waited until she got inside before driving off. Nyla quietly walked inside and smiled to herself. She softly walked up the steps and into her room.
She stripped out her clothes and wrapped her body around with her short satin Victoria secret robe he got her today and headed to the bathroom to shower, washing off the sweat off from the party.
After her shower, she walked back into her room and threw on a pair of comfortable panties and a oversized t shirt before laying down in bed. She grabbed her phone seeing a text from Dex.
I had a good time too
Just reading the text, a smiled quickly appeared on her face as she thought about him before closing her eyes, falling into a deep slumber.