Chapter 12

Ding ding ding

"Autumn" Ty shakes me out of my sleep.

I remove my leg from hers and turn the other way pulling the cover over me.

"Come on Autumn. I have a meeting today"

"A meeting?" I ask turning over looking at her. Taken aback by her morning beauty, i stutter to speak.

"Yes. Come on, i could give you some clothes or we could stop by your crib" she answers moving the cover off of me.

Feeling unwanted, I began to regret last night.

NO, we didn't fuck. We just slept together. I regret coming over here.

Slowly, i got up and followed her to the bathroom.

"You have a toothbrush?"

She pointed to her a drawer under the sink and i  it grabbing a toothbrush.

We brushed our teeth in silence and no one spoke until we were finished with hygiene and in the living room.

"You wanna go get something to eat or you wanna cook real quick?"

"No. I'll eat at home"

"So no?"

I nodded and cleaned up her living room, folding and putting the covers up and fixing the pillows.

"You ready?"

I grabbed my jacket and followed Ty out of the door.

"Good morning Charlie" i spoke to him and he spoke back then Ty spoke.

We drive silently with no words being said.

"You wanna eat before or after?" Ty asks facing towards me.

"I'll eat at home" I rebut.

"Sorry, is there a problem? I do something?"

"No"

"Why you acting like this?"

"Like what?"

"Like you acted when we first met"

"Oh"

"So wassup?"

I huffed and just decided I'd speak my mind. She was gonna keep pestering me about it until I told her.

"I don't like that I finally let my wall down and you try to kick me out like I'm some skank. Like if it was just to fuck with my head, you could've just said that and we could've avoided this whole situation"

"Autumn who is kicking you out?"

I ignored her question.

"Aumari?" She asked calling me my middle name.

"How'd you find that out Ty'elle?"

"Don't avoid my question. WHO kicking you out? Cause I'm not. What made you think that?"

"Because.."

"Because what?"

I shrugged.

" Autumn, don't just be saying shit. I'm literally taking you with me. How could I kick you out? Why? Cool out"

I looked away slightly embarrassed but at the same time, turned on. Yess, put me in my place.

We rode in silence for a little bit.

"Ty'elle" I called out, scooting over and turning her head to me.

"I'm not no crybaby ok. I don't bitch about any and everything. I just felt some type of way"

"I know but you have to communicate with me. Not throwing attitude everywhere"

" I know"

Our eyes searched each others for the longest and again, our eyes found each others lips.

"If I ever get really crazy. Like really crazy. It's your fault" I say removing her leg from my grip and scooting away.

"I'll take it" she whispers in my ear, pulling me back and kissing my neck.

I bite my lip but then she stops and I let go of my lip.

"But just because you wanna have an attitude, we gonna eat afterwards"

I shrug.

"I don't have appetite in the morning anyway"

I nudges my shoulder but pulls me back to her.

"Come on" she opens the car door.

I look up at the tall about 50 floors building and scoot back in the car.

"This an artist meeting isn't it?"

"Yeah but you can come"

"Can I wait in the car?"

"You still ashamed?"

"It's not like that and you know it's not"

"I'm kidding Autumn. I'll be back ok?"

I nod and she smiles softly before closing the door and heading into the building.

"Sooo... Charlie" I face to him.

"Uhn uhnn Charlie. You can't put a plus 2 on top of a plus 4" I exclaimed out to Charlie referring to the incorrect uno cards he put down. Just suddenly Ty'elle opened the door.

"Ty'Elle. Tell him he wrong"

"What happened?" Ty'elle asked lost but giggling.

"She tryna say I can't put plus two on top of plus four" Charlie defended.

"Aw man Charlie" Ty rubbed down her face and getting in the car and shutting the door.

"You know I got your back on everything" she started.

"But you cannot do that. You can add another plus four but not a plus two" she finished.

"Ain't right" Charlie exclaimed.

"Yep yep. Pluck your four" I said handing him his four cards.

"You gotta get a card cause you can't pick up nobody card for them" Charlie explained while taking his four from me.

"Man that's whack. You just made that up"

"Nah bae, that's the rule" Ty'elle said giving me a card.

"I don't count cause I'm not in" Ty said throwing her hands up in surrender.

"Bullshit. I never heard of that" I say taking the card.

We finished up our round and played another so that Ty could play. She won that round.

"So how was your meeting?" I asked Ty'elle.

"Exhausting. The same shit over and over again. It's like the talk gets boring and boring. Talking about "when's the new release? When will your song be written?"

I grabbed her legs and pulled them on my lap to rub while she kept talking.

"Are you available to record? It was supposed to be a chill 2 weeks. Playtime over now I guess" she continues.

"Well are you?"

"Available to record? Yeah but I'm not tryna. I just wanna spend time with you" she admits.

I blush and look away.

"You have a career to focus on. Not me"

"Why not both?"

"Cause you can't. I'd rather you take your career seriously. Like dead serious"

"But I'm tryna take you dead serious" she said dead serious licking her lips.

"You sound like a fuck boy. Can we eat now?"

"Yeah. What you wanna eat?"

"Whatever you wanna eat"

"I could cook"

"Can you cook?"

"Wanna see?"

"Whatchu gonna cook?"

"What you want?"

"Uhh Ty'elle. What you gonna cook?"

"Uhhh Autumn. What you want?"

"Whatever you cook. What about that?"

"Ok fine"

"Wanna instcart or grocery shop?"

"It don't matter"

"You still don't wanna be seen in public with me?"

"I look a hot mess"

"You look good"

"I dont wanna be in nobody's picture. You know you have paparazzi and shit like that"

"Well instacart" type decides and we head back to her place.

"The order should be here in a few minutes. Grab it for me?" Ty asked.

"Gotchu"

I took off my shoes and grabbed her tv remote and put on the show from last night that we never finished.

"You starting without me?" Ty asked sitting beside me.

We got comfortable under her gray couch throw and watched first kill.

Knock knock.

Ty gave me that 'go ahead' look.

"It's your door"

"You said that you'd get it though"

"Because you was about to shower" i say getting up.

"Go get the door" she got more comfortable.

"Mchtt. You still gotta cook anyway" i say throwing a pillow at her.

"Ok"

I grabbed the bags from the instacart person, took them in the kitchen and unpacked everything onto the counter observing what she ordered.

"Ou you finna throw down" i excite looking at the breakfast foods in front of me.

"You can't watch the show while I'm cooking" Ty admits looking me in the eyes seriously as she walked into the kitchen.

"What? No"

"Yeah. That ain't gonna be fair"

"Why not?"

"Cause it's OUR show. Not YOUR"

I shrugged agreeing and walked out.

"So what am i supposed to do?" Making myself useful and folding the cover back up.

"Just come talk to me" Ty says pulling out her needed pots and silverware.

"Nah. I'll pass" I say sitting on the floor outside the kitchen.

"Why you on the floor?"

"Where else ima sit?"

"Your ass clean?" She says pulling me up.

"Is it?"

"I hope so"

I hopped up on the counter and watched her cook.

"Even if this is good. I'm not gonna tell you" I admit to Ty as she places the plate infront of me and sits down herself.

Taking a bite of my food, I turned away.

"Yeah okay then" Ty starts.

"Pipe down"

"It's not even good"

"Whatever"

We ate and talked. After breakfast, I offered to clean and we sat on the couch and finished an episode of our show.

"Ty'elle, when you talking me home?"

"You stable enough to go home?"

"I'm grown. She grown. He a bitch. I shouldn't have reacted how I did last night" I shrugged.

"You sure?"

"You genuinely care or you just tryna keep me here?"

Ty shrugged.

"Both maybe"

I smiled and got up.

"Come on. I got stuff to do"

"Like?"

"Sleep in my own bed. And do my face care routine" I named out

"We can get your stuff here"

"Not my bed"

"Why not?"

"Kidnapper"

"I'm sure you love it" Ty expressed grabbing me from behind and pecked my collar bone.

"Your mom here?" Ty asked nodding towards my mom's car in the driveway.

"Yeah"

"Call me if you need me"

"How? No phone remember?"

"Wanna go get you a new one real quick?"

"No. I'm fine"

I kissed her cheek and got out of the car.

"Aumari" Ty'elle called out to me as I headed up the stairs.

"What time should I pick you up?"

"What?"

"I beat you last night. Remember?"

"Ty we spent all day together"

"It wasn't a date though" Ty admitted.

I kissed my teeth and told her

"7 should be fine. Outside or inside?"

"Whatevers fine" and she rolled up her window.

I rolled my eyes and went into the house.

"Autumn. Where have you been?"

"I was at a friends"

"You had me worried"

"I would've called but-"

"No phone" she held up my broken phone.

"Let's talk?"

Me and ma talked about last night. She expressed to me that he's a "changed man" and he's better. I wasn't hearing that bullshit. She also asked if I had drank and I told her that I'd take a test so she could know for real but she believed me. Lastly, I told her that I'd be going back out tonight and I didn't know if I was coming back home tonight and she demanded that I tell her who's been making me happy. Overstatement huh?