"What's good Baby Girl?" he extended his arms for a hug I smiled and accepted his embrace. Just standing there with them brought back so many memories.
"What's the deal, you finally coming out of hiding," asked Danny while he pulled me away from G putting me in his embrace.
"I wasn't hiding, When did you guys come to Cali?"
Before either of the two got to respond
Shaunie chimed in...
"You know them?"
"Yeah, we went to college together."
"So I know we gettin in here then."She motioned for the rest of the girls that was with us to come on. I shook my head, Danny spoke...
"It's cool Baby Girl you know we gone take care of you. How many of you guys is it?"
"Four."
"Ahight, G I'ma take them up. I can't wait to see the look on Mike's face when he sees her." They both laughed, I asked
"Is everyone here?"
"Yeah." Danny held my hand as we walked through the crowd making various stops people everywhere was trying to get Danny's attention. I smiled thinking of all the college parties they use to throw and people would beg them to get in free or on a guest list.
"How long have you guys been out here?" slightly he squeezed my hand, I laughed. He always did to let me know he was right by my side.
"A few months trying to make a name for ourselves. Yo' Baby Girl its good as fuck to see you, we miss you."
"I miss you guys too. I just couldn't stay something, somewhere, would've gone wrong and I couldn't do that to you guys."
"I feel you but at the end of the day you knew it was nothing for us to handle that. We'll holla about it later doe, we all here so you can't get up and bounce the way you did before."
"Same Danny."
"Til' the day I die." He held me at the bottom of the steps for a minute hugging me. We walked upstairs to a VIP room there I found Mike, Ray, and Chris entertaining some females. Not long after the girls were being escorted back downstairs by Danny. Chris and Ray came and gave love and asked me a million and one questions then turned their attention to my friends who didn't seem to mind. Last but not least Mr. Michael Lee he walked over to me hovering over me before he could get anything out tears rolled down my cheeks he wiped them and hugged me tightly and whispered...
"I miss you the shit outta you."
Michael...Michael how can I explain my relationship with him? He was the one that was there from jump a lost Freshman who's mind was everywhere without his help and guadiance I don't think I would've made it through college without him, Danny to but Mike was my strength. You know how your just feeling down and out like nothing is going your way or things are so messed up you think things cant or wont get any better then God sends you someone special to change your view? Thats what he was for me. Somewhere along the line signals got crossed and Danny and Mike began to want more than friendship from me I didn't and couldn't choose between them. So one day when they went out of town to do a party I packed my things and came home to California without either of them knowing. That was one of the hardest things I had ever done. All five of those guys took care of me, they always made sure I was okay. We were a family, to them I was each and everyone of their Baby Girl, which is my nickname that they call me.
My tears flowed I guess I felted more than what I was telling myself. My words were almost a whisper but loud enough for him to hear...
"I miss you too, I miss you like crazy."
"As much as I would like to ask where when and why, this isn't the time or place to do such."
"I agree."
"Know that now that you're here, you can't bounce without us knowing."
"Time meant nothing?"
"Nope, I don't know exactly why you bounced but I can't put the blame all on you like we didn't have a part in it...dig me?"
"Like a shovel." he smiled that made me smile, I wrapped my arms around his waist and took him in as much as I could. He kissed my forehead and said...
"You comin home with me."
"Can't I drove."
"It's nuthin' Baby girl, I'm sure ya girls won't mind. Check this out doe I'm bout to make some rounds and I'll be back."
"Ok." He kissed my forehead again once all the guys left all my girls came over to me, the first one to speak was Shaunie...
"What the fuck Lee? You went to school with all of them?"
"Yeah."
"Before we get into that Lee are you okay?" asked Sam.
"Yeah, seeing them just brought back a lot of memories."
"So which one did you date?"
"Neither of them. They all share a place in my heart."
"What was it like being in school with them?"
"The best, I just felt like what they were offering was to good to be true I got scared and ran."
"What the fuck was they offering?"
"In college we all shared an apartment me and them all of them. I was like the Mom of the house cooked cleaned we all had our moments of attitudes and what not but they all made sure I had what I wanted especially Mike and Danny. They gave me everything I just thought it was to good to be true. Maybe if one did it but all five of them was doing it and you don't get things like that ever."
"They babied you?"
"In a nutshell."
"They babied you and you left. Shit I can't get one man but yo' ass had five."
"Why did you leave?"
"I felt if I stayed something would have ruined our friendship but we're not here to discuss this were here to have fun."
"We still wanna know."
"Later."
"Umm hmm." A waitress came letting us know that she would be our server tonight and to get whatever we wanted it was on the house. As everyone began to order I felt Samantha moved into my space and whispered
"I wanna know the real deal, you don't just walk away from five dudes who gave you the world ontop of that you've never said anything about them ever."
"Would you believe someone else if they told you that story?"
"No I'd think they were full of shit but you're suppose to be my best friend, my sister and never have you ever mentioned them. I don't care what these other bitches know I wanna know." I laughed "You kept these muthafuckas under wraps for real what else are you hiding?"
"Nothing."
"Yeah right and really do they all look as good as they appear or is it just the lights in the club?"
"They look better."
"Shut the fuck up!!!" I laughed "Are they related?"
"G and Ray are cousins but they all have been friends since jr high. G is the only one who really looks at me like a lil sis. I gotta pee come with me to the bathroom." we got up to go to the restroom and was stopped by Mike who was coming up the stairs...
"Where you goin Lil mama?"
"To the bathroom oh hey my bad Mike, Sam, Sam ...Mike."
"Nice to finally meet you."
"Wish I could say the same but she's never mentioned you."
"I know, she didn't want people to know or better yet judge what they didn't know."
"Well said. Can I ask you a question?"
"Whats up?"
"Do you love my friend?"
"With everything in my body what makes you ask?"
"You've been talking to me but your eyes never left her."
"He's always been that way. I gotta pee Mike."
"Come on I'll take you to the private one."
"You guys go, I don't have to I was just accompanying her."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
Mike and I walked upstairs to an office he led me to the bathroom I did me and came out Mike was sitting on the desk he pulled inbetween his legs wrapping his arms around my waist his hands moved up my back to my face my body shivered at his touch like so many times before I felt his tongue part my lips and come into my mouth kissing him was like riding a bike you never forget how with ease we shared moist kisses
"What did we do to make you leave?"
"I didn't want to hurt you guys better yet you or him."
"Who said you had to choose, I never did."
"It could never work."
"You never tried."
"Mike do you still feel the same way?"
"Nothing's changed Mami." He kissed my lips, my body could have melted in his hands that's the thing with them just from their touch I crème and taking it any further with them would have been something else in my mind.
