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skittles”.
    “Oh, you can still get them. They sell them and they’re just
as expensive as the ones at the movies”, I joked. We took the next exit and
headed to Blockbuster Video. We decided on Love
and Basketball and Blue Streak .

 
          We pulled up to
Jake’s house to find it empty as usual. His parents left a note on the counter saying
they had to go visit his grandpa and would return the following evening. “Glad
we went to Popeye’s”, Jake joked, “Cause as we can see ain’t no dinner come
with this note; come on”, he said motioning for me to follow him upstairs.

 
          The entire second
floor belonged to Jake. His parents rarely came up there because the steps were
bad on their knees. Jake and I got along fairly well. Like I said, he was like
a brother.   I don’t know why, but, he
felt the need to confide in me about every detail of his life, which was fine
because it gave me insight on how men think. This simple little fact was also
the reason I never looked at him affectionately. I knew too much of his
business. You see, my little friend was a bit of a whore. He was very handsome
and had a nice body so I could see why the girls loved him. Plus, he was very
charming. He wasn’t a dog per se, he just liked women. A lot of women. Let me
stop lying, dude was a dog. Period.

 
          He put the movie in
the VCR as I sat on the chaise and got comfortable with my blanket, chicken,
popcorn and skittles. “I don’t see how you eat like that”, he said turning up
his nose. I stuck out my tongue at him and continued with my meal.
    “I don’t understand why we have to watch the chick flick first
but, whatever”, he sighed.
      “Well, you put the
movie in”, I replied, “I didn’t say either way”.
    “Well let me just change it then”.
    “It’s too late now. It’s already started”, I said rolling my
eyes.
    “Yeah, that’s what I thought”, he smirked. “I heard it was
pretty good, though”.
    “Oh, it is. I saw it when it first came out”.
    “What the hell? Why you have me rent this if you already seen
it”?
    “Because it’s a good movie and I thought that you’d like. Now
shut up and enjoy the movie”, I commanded.

 
          Throughout the
movie, I noticed that Jake kept looking at me in an awkward type of way.
    “Is there any particular reason why you keep staring at me,
son”, I inquired.
    “You know Kam”, he started, “you’re really pretty. And you
don’t even try hard. You’re sitting up here in some old cut off shorts, a shirt
that you probably got from your brother ‘cause it’s way too big for you, your
hair is in a ponytail that I know you just threw together and, you’re
beautiful”.

 
    “Well thanks for the compliments, I think”.
    “Seriously Kam. You’re beautiful and you’re a good friend. I
mean, I can chill with you and talk to you about anything and you’re always
real with me no matter what. You need to educate these hoes on how to act man,
like for real”.
    “Well”, I cut him off, “maybe you should stop dealing with
hoes and start dealing with more real people like me. You’re not so innocent
Jake. You wanna play the field and expect someone to be loyal to you and that’s
not right. You need to put out what you expect back. You gone keep playing with
these girls and one day somebody is gonna get tired and do something to you”.
    “You know what. I can’t even argue with that. You right. But
man most of these girls just want what they can get out of you. They don’t want
no relationship. All they really interested in is what type of car you drive
and what you can buy them. So, I play them before they play me. Then, if they
feel like somebody else got your attention they wanna be all up in your face.
You know, on that messy type stuff. I ain’t with that, man. Anyway, back to my
original point. You’re something special and I appreciate you for being my
friend. Now come rub this cream on my back