Free Honey Flavored Tears by Love N. Joy Page B

you.”
    “Yeah I know you are,” she replied looking at me out the corner of her eye. Maybe I was tripping but it seemed like she was giving me a somewhat seductive look too. I shook the thought from my head and decided to change the subject.
    “So where is Pierre at?” I asked looking around the apartment noticing he hasn’t announced his presence yet.
    “Oh he’s out with Kevin again,” Ava said.
    “Damn , again?” I asked. Ava nodded her head yes. “Wow I guess he’s really feeling this one.”
    “Yup , you can say that,” Ava said. “So you know what that means…no more of the clubbing Pierre who pimps these hoes as he would say.”
    “I don’t know if I can get use to this Pierre just yet,” I said as I rested my back against the couch.
    “Well damn , that sounds pretty selfish of you,” Ava replied with a little defense in her tone.
    “I mean don’t get me wrong , I want Pierre to be happy. Lord knows he hasn’t been happy in a long time. I’m just saying it’s going to be a lot of lonely nights for me here now that he’s spending so much time with Kevin.”
    “ Awww don’t worry about that. Pierre left it up to me to keep you company.” Hearing Ava say this caused me to suck my teeth. I looked straight at her and said, “It’s not your responsibility to keep me company. I’m grown I know how to take care of myself. Besides you’re here to enjoy yourself and spend time with friends and family. Speaking of family have you even had any time to spend with your family?”
    “Damn , you must be getting tired of me or something,” Ava said.
    “No I’m just saying I know you came up here to spend time with them too and we have been taking up most of your time since you been here.”
    “Oh…well I don’t mind spending time with y’all, besides I went to go visit them today after Pierre left,” she replied.
    “Oh ok, well how long will it be before you leave and go back to Georgia?” I felt like me asking that question was wrong because right then and there Ava’s mood went downhill. She leaned back against the couch and sighed deeply. “I don’t even know ,” she replied.
    “Why the change in your mood, did I say something wrong?” I asked.
    Ava shook her head no and silence fell upon her.
    “What’s wrong?
    She looked at me and asked, “Jaidyn have you ever done something you regret?”
    I sucked my teeth and said in return, “Shit for the last two years I have known someone I regret even meeting. But why do you ask?”
    “I feel like me moving to Georgia was a bad idea. Thought I was ready for change but it’s not too comfortable with me just yet,” she replied.
    “Yeah change is hard to compromise with at times,” I replied referring that comment to my own situation.
    “I know right, tell me about it.” She became quiet again. I observed her, it seemed like something was on her mind that was dragging her mood down. I wasn’t use to seeing her like this so I decided to change the subject. I’m pretty sure if she wanted to talk about whatever was on her mind she would eventually tell me.
    “So what you watching?” I asked.
    “Oh I fell asleep watching snapped on the Oxygen channel.”
    “How can you watch a show about women letting love make them go crazy and convi nce them to kill their partners?”
    “Hey sometimes people don’t know what the power of love can do to them. It has you doing things you probably never thought you would do before,” Ava replied. Hearing her say that made me realize she was right. I never thought I would allow or even give Quincy all the chances I gave him. Usually I don’t put up with the love games and bullshit but there was something about Quincy that had me stuck in a trance. Words couldn’t explain how I feel when I’m around him, I just know right now, not being near him is killing me but I have to learn to move on and let him live his life. I can’t allow him to be in my life watching him enjoy a chapter with another