Savages 3…

“….. So this is how you are?

You decide to get back at me for what happened with my ex by sleeping with another woman?”

She continued putting her clothes on as quickly as she could. I tried to speak but she cut me off.

“You are just horrible!

I never tried to hurt you but this? This was just low even for you Mono”

I was shocked but trying to contain the situation.

“Ava come on. Calm down and let me explain…”

“Calm down!”

She barked back at me.

“You must have lost your fucking mind. Just don’t fucking speak to me!

You’re just fucking disgusting. “

The insults hit hard but I just wanted to explain myself. But if you know women well enough, once that nerve is struck, all bets are off.

She was clearly upset. One could even say hurt.

I knew how it looked and it looked really bad but I just wanted to explain things to her.

“If you just waited a second, I can explain that this is all a big misunderstanding. I am not that kind of man…”

I calmly said to her. She flashed me a piercing look as she said,

“You have clearly shown what kind of man you are Mono. You’re a disgusting coward!”

She snatched up her purse and out the door she headed.
There I was still wrapped in my towel. Practically naked.
I chuckled in surprise at how quickly things went from 0-100. I looked over to my right side, next to me on the bed were the earrings and the lipstick.

I knew what had happened but I might have lost my window to speak the truth.

I got up and walked to my phone on my side of the bed. I dialed Nate’s number and it went straight to voicemail.

I slumped onto the bed. It just wasn’t my day apparently.

.     .     .     .     .

I came over to speak with my mother the next day about the recent developments. I wanted her take on everything.

“So you’re telling me that you never told her what happened with Kiki”

My mother placed a glass of Horchata in front of me as she spoke.

I looked up at her as she returned to chopping the cilantro on the kitchen island.

“Mom, there was nothing to tell.
How was I supposed to come back and try to tell her that a friend she has known for almost a decade tried to have me have sex with her?

I couldn’t tell her that.

Girls would never believe that”

My mother looked up at me and smiled.

She turned around, poured the cilantro on top of the boiling chicken and stirred it. She walked over to the sink and washed her hands and then dried them on the towel. She picked up her own glass of Horchata and came to sit down with me at the table.

“Kimon, the truth is always better. Not easier but better.

See that’s the problem with this young generation, you lot think a white lie here, withholding this here and you’ll get away with stuff.
It pays to be direct and upfront.
Ava would have been hurt as she should but she would have appreciated it in the long run.”

I wasn’t really buying it.

“Ma, so you’re saying that Ava would have chosen to believe me?

A guy she only met weeks ago over a friend of almost a decade?”

My mother laughed as she took a sip from her drink.

She said,

“You would be extremely shocked the amount of women that don’t trust their friends with their men.

You men have to believe in women a bit more. You just seem to think that we can’t handle anything thrown at us.

But we are incredibly strong. Having faith in your woman over the difficult issues goes a long way son. We are strong”

I believed her and I was starting to wrap my head around the whole concept of complete honesty with partners.
Sigh.

I really wanted to talk to Ava then but I teased my mother,

“You keep saying you’re strong but the bible says ‘women are the weaker vessels’”

She laughed with me as she said,

“So you’re saying your mother is weak vessel?”

I put my hands up as if to surrender.

She got up laughing and walked to the stove to check on the chicken and she said,

“Kimon love, I know it’s not easy but if you didn’t do anything wrong, it will come to fore.

Tell her the whole truth and maybe give her some time.

I know men hate silence but sometimes it’s good for a relationship. She’ll come around.”

I nodded and said,

“Thanks mom.

So what’s the next move? How long do we have you for?”

“Two weeks and then Burundi”

I was surprised at the location as I replied,

“Wow mother, you don’t get tired of travelling do you?”

“Nope”

she replied.

“It’s been in my blood since I conceived you. Now come over here and taste this chicken for me.”

I got up and walked over. Standing beside her, she dabbed a bit of the chicken broth on my hand. It tasted amazing.

Home was always safe.

…..

It was about 9pm when I left my mother’s house. She tried to convince me to spend the night as usual.

She hated me driving after nightfall but I really wanted to be in my bed.

Besides, I had an important meeting the next day.

I was a few minutes from my house when Nate called me. He was laughing at the phone call he had just finished.

“Bruhhhhh, soooo… Ava just called me going off about some chick that she thinks you might be fucking… I told her the stuff she found at your place was the stuff from the girl I had over there.

What’s the move bro?”

I stopped at a red traffic light and said,

“Bruhh, I wish I knew. I just left my moms and she said I needed to try to talk to her and tell her the truth about it all but I’m not sure she’s even ready to hear all that.”

“Does she know Kiki tried to have you fuck her?”

Nate asked.

“Nah, I never told her. Like I was just worried that she would believe her friend over me. You know how some of these girls are about men, she would think because of my past that fucking Kiki was something I would even consider doing.

I should have told her but now I’m like stuck”

I replied.

I could hear him sigh as he said,

“Bro, it seems like the only option you have is to get Kiki to tell the truth. That’s your only out here.”

“I know bro. I know”

As I headed home, I thought to myself,

“Is this really how karma was going to get me for all the childish things I did growing up?”

Like I finally found a girl that I like and I was going to lose her even though I didn’t do anything. I wasn’t going down without a fight.

I hit the U-turn and headed towards Kiki’s house.

Something was going to have to give.

I arrived about 20minutes later. I was really tired but I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins.

I was heated and I was going to get the truth.

I knocked.

A few minutes later the door opened.

“So you finally decided to come and play?”

Kiki said with a smile on her face as she pulled me inside the house by my shirt.

She asked.

“Would you like something to drink?”

She walked over to her laptop sitting on her kitchen table and said to the person she was talking to,

“Let me call you back”

as she ended the call.

“Sooooo.. what made you come over this late?

You finally decided to grow some balls and get this pussy?”

She said as she approached me

I smiled and said,

“No. I just wanted to talk. Like I want to understand why you’re doing this. Like why me”

She stopped and said,

“What’s there to understand?

You’re a cute guy and I want to fuck you. Well, I want you to fuck me.

Simple.

I don’t see how that’s confusing”

I was a bit flattered by what she said but I still said,

“So you’re willing to go through all of this even if it means Ava and I breaking up?”

she had a look on her face I really cant explain but she said,

“Break up?

Last time I spoke to Ava, you guys aren’t in a relationship yet, are you?”

I shook my head as I said

“Well technically not yet….”

She cut me off and said,

“Exactly!

So as far as I know you’re fair game. You’re single and that’s all I know”

She came up to me and ran her hand along my chest as she said,

“I’m a big girl. I see what I want and I go for it.”

I pushed her hand down as I said.

“Even if that means hurting your friend?

There are many guys out there. Why go for one your friend clearly wants?”

“Ava is a big girl and we are not really friends like that.
She knows it’s a cutthroat world and you go for what you want. She’s a cute girl but liking her doesn’t stop me from going for what I want.

And we have been talking for too long. Are you going to give me this dick or not?”

She reached down and grabbed my crotch.

I pushed away from her and said,

“Nah, I can’t do this.

You’re the kind of person people need to be careful for. So close but you’re the one causing the issues.

I truly feel for you because you need help”

She smiled at me and waved as I tried to walk out.

“Ava will never believe a single word you tell her….

I will just tell her I saw you with some other girl and now you’re trying to ruin our friendship so I don’t tell on you”

Kiki walked up to me as I was now standing by the door.

“You better come in here and fuck me good and I’ll make you breakfast in bed or go out there and be ruined.

I looked square at her and said,

“I’ll take my chances out there”

I couldn’t believe it. Someone so confident in her lying ways but not that alone, the fact that she was willing to take away from her friend so easily stood out to me and scared me.

How many people are out there hurting their closest friends?

I wanted to tell Ava everything but I wasn’t sure she would believe me. And then I realized that I had left the parking ticket that they gave me on my way into her place as she lived in a gated community.

She could actually use that against me.

What The Heck Man. Just my luck right.

……

You know that uncomfortable feeling, the one you get in your stomach when you’re about to get the result of a test you didn’t study for or well, your HIV results?

Yeah, that knot in your stomach down to the uncertainty of what was to come.

I was just going to follow what my mother had suggested and speak to Ava.

If she believed me, great and if not, then oh well! I would have tried my best.

I remember sitting in front of her house like I did on the night of our first date.

Considering backing out and weighing other options, I decided to get out of the car.

This was going to be hard no matter what way I sold it but I had to do it.

The door slightly opened and Ava stood in the way. It was clear that she was trying to prevent me from coming in.

Ava let out a sarcastic laugh as she turned back into the house and said

“Look who it is, the liar of the year”

I forced a smile back and said

“Hi Ava, may I come in?”

“No”

was her sharp reply.

“I have guests over and I’m about to leave and even if I wasn’t, I don’t really want to talk to you.”

“Please just let me explain?”

I begged Ava to listen as I stood in the doorway trying to have her hear me out.

“What do you want to explain?

That you’re a dog. That all men can’t be trusted?

Or that you went to Kiki’s house for advice the other night?

You are a joke of a man and I am begging you to stay out of my life before I call the police.

Kiki already came and told me everything”

“Kiki?!?!”

I replied in shock.

And to compound the slap on my face, Kiki walks out with Ava’s bag and hands it to her.

Kiki the tried to tell me

“Mono, just let it go. She’s really upset.
I suggest you move on”

I stopped for a second and stared at her in disgust. If there was ever a moment to pray for pain in someone, it would have been then.
This lying conniving witch really got to Ava first and tried to paint me as the bad guy.

I turned around and ran after a departing Ava.

I had to continue begging as she tried to make her way towards her parked car.

“Ava, please just hear me out.

5 minutes and I’ll be out of your hair. I promise.

If after 5 minutes you don’t believe I’m innocent, I’ll leave you alone for good.

I swear on my life”

She stopped without saying anything.

I asked her,

“Did you find out about Nate and your boss?”

“Yes, he came by the office. I guess they have a thing but that doesn’t eliminate you and what you have been trying to do with Kiki?
Even if I overreacted about the stuff I found at your house. It doesn’t take away from the fact that you were trying to sleep with Kiki. She told me everything”

she snared back before I could even continue.

I sighed and before I could respond, she got heated again and said,

“Mono, just leave. Leave now before I get even more upset.”

I wasn’t about to give in a second time.

“Ava wait!”

“No, Mono you need to leave. My friend is coming to pick us up and you don’t need to be here”

I ignored her and frantically clicked through my phone and hit the playlist.

I screamed out loud,

“Ava! Just fucking listen to this first!”

I hoisted the phone upwards and towards her. She couldn’t believe her ears as the sound travelled out…

I turned around and looked at Kiki, her face looked like it was about to fall off her head.

She didn’t believe that I recorded the entire conversation the night I went to her house.

Ava looked at her like Esau must have looked at Jacob when he realized that he had been betrayed and his birthright stolen.

She stood there.

Speechless.

The audio played while we all stood frozen with visible shock written across their faces. Suddenly I could hear loud music that was now drowning the audio coming out of an approaching car.

The noise drew closer till the car stopped behind Ava.

Out came Ava’s ex from the party and he said

“Whats going on here?

You ready to go babe?”

“Babe?!”

I slowly lowered the phone. All I could think was #WhatTheHeckMan    PLEASE COMMENT and let me know what you think!!!!!!

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Savages

 Jasi by Banky W.

“…. So I was like I’m a good man. Well I try to be…”

I chuckled as I listened to my best friend on the phone as he recanted his escapades with an unassuming girl the weekend that had just passed.

I picked up my cup at the coffee store and laughed at how they had spelled my name on the side of the cup; Kimona.

It is still a common mistake but my name is actually Kimon.

I still don’t understand how I ended up with a name with Greek foundations but my mother claimed she just loved how the name sounded and how it was written.

So 25 years ago my father a Korean engineer, got my mother pregnant while he was in London finishing up his masters, she put the name to use.

My mother, an African American from Indiana, was on a study abroad program.

They got married a year after I was born and they’ve been together ever since.

“Mono, how was your weekend?”

Most of my friends call me “Mono” from my teen reggae days while we lived in Lagos; in the Western Part of Nigeria. I was fascinated by the culture, the arts, the music and I had gotten the nickname “Mono” from my fascination with people like Daddy Showkey and of course Ras Kimono.

“Bruhhhh.. I went to that kickback thing at Sosa’s house. It was chill but I met this girl.”

He laughed on the other end and said,

“I trust you. Did you smash?”

“Nah bro. Not one of those.

This one is different bro”

I replied,

“Different?

You know how many times you have said that about girls and still had sex with them?”

I knew what he was talking about and I said,

“Nate, I’m telling you that this one is different.

It’s funny how it actually happened too. I walked in and saw her best friend Eileen first and I was like “I gotta talk to her”

And then like 15 minutes later, she walks in and I swear I was thanking God I never approached her best friend. Cos you know how some girls get if you have talked to their friend or something.

We hit it off though and I really like her bro”

“Damn bro. Already.

She must be really cute then. What’s her name?”

“Bro when you see her, you’ll know what I’m talking about!

Her name is Ava. She mentioned something about her birthday coming up soon.

We gotta go.”

I told him.

He replied in typical fashion,

“Is her best friend going to be there, cos I’d just go for that”

We both laughed as I sat at my desk. And replied,

“Alright bro. I gotta work.”

He teased me and said,

“Your dad is like the boss there and you have to work. Pussy!”

I smiled as I placed the phone down. A text message came in.

It was from Ava. What did I say about work again?

.     .     .     .     .

“You hang up?”

I said

“No you hang up”

She replied with her cute laugh.

“Ava, you know you have work in the morning and so do I”

“Soooooooo… I don’t’ want to hang up yet.

I’ll just fall asleep with you on the phone”

This was typical for us in those first few weeks. Late conversations into the morning because we just couldn’t give our time to anyone else.

Talking about any and everything.

You could slowly feel someone growing on you. It was actually a thrilling ride.

I eventually got her to go to bed and then spent the next hour or so, combing through her Instagram page.

Don’t look at me weird.

We all do it.

Besides, she was just the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. I couldn’t help but be consumed by everything that was her.

Our first date was about a week and half after we had met.

We talked every single day and night, texting throughout the day.

Thoughts of her occupied every free moment I had. Nate had alluded to it before that I had a way with women in my life but I tell you, Ava had me.

It didn’t mean I was going to become a saint overnight but I was certainly captivated enough by her to begin to think about my “ways”.

That night, I sprayed my cologne behind my ears and on my wrists. I rubbed them together.

Walking into the bathroom, I poured a cap of mouthwash into my mouth and I straightened my outfit in the mirror.

I dusted my head and ran my hands along my face.

I spat out the gargled mouthwash into the sink and rinsed it out.

A few short minutes later, I was walking towards my car.

I was nervous.

But the good functional kind.

The kind that made you feel happy for the things you were doing even though they could contain uncertainty.

The plan was to pick her up and do something different, something most guys wouldn’t have done with her.

Most women appreciate spontaneity now. The age of the movie and dinner days have long passed and will not be returning. Blame Netflix.

I arrived at her door and pulled out my phone to call her. I looked to my right and there she was walking out of her apartment.

Beautiful as ever.

I was so happy

I bet she could tell from the beaming smile on my face.

I stepped out of the car and walked around to her side. I opened the door and gave her a hug as I said,

“Good evening, you look beautiful tonight”

She smiled and said,

“Thank you.

You don’t look so bad yourself”

I nodded with a smile as she sat in the car.

I closed the door and walked back around into the driver’s side.

“How was your day?”

I asked as I started the car.

“It was good.

Kinda chill. How was yours?”

“It was busy and kinda flat but I’m here now.”

I replied.

“Yes you are and I’m sure it’s already gotten a lot better”

she responded. I smiled as I made the turn around the corner.

We arrived at the laser tag place and we made our way in.

I got more kills than she did on the night but the laughs that came from her floored me all night. She was just so beautiful.

We left and walked to the restaurant where were to have dinner in the same complex.

It was my first time trying Greek food and I actually enjoyed it more than I had expected to.

The conversation was fluid and discussions engaging and enlightening as I saw a different side of her.

She was smarter than I actually imagined and not that I assumed she wasn’t but she was well traveled and very involved in the daily developments around the world.

After dinner we walked down the street; Broadway. Lit up all night, clubs and bars were filling up for the nighttime exploits.

We walked for a few minutes when she asked that we cross the street and get some frozen yogurt.

Jaywalking with her was fun.

She ran so fast. I thought I was going to be left behind.

That runner’s physique she still maintained from her college days.

We made our way into the frozen yogurt store and got some before heading back to the car.

I didn’t want to leave and I wanted to extend the night but I had to be a gentleman. I pulled up in front of her house and was about to get out of the car as she said,

“Don’t worry about it. It’s fine.”

I insisted and I got out. She had gotten out also and I walked her to her door.

She said,

“Thank you for a fun night. I had a great time.”

I smiled and she hugged me.

I waited till she was in before I turned around and headed to my car.

I couldn’t stop smiling as I pulled away in my car. A few minutes later Nate texted me to fill him in. I called him back and said,

“Bruhhhhh, it was like perfect.

Yooooooo! The girl is too smart! Like everything she said was so on point. I was floored”

I filled him on the big details and of course he took it back to sex.

“So did you get any?”

I laughed and I was like,

“No I didn’t and it didn’t even cross my mind. I was just glad to be enjoying the time with her.”

He sounded surprised and somewhat confused.

“Wait, so not even a kiss?”

I shook my head as I turned into my driveway and said,

“Nope!

Well she kissed me on the cheek but that was it.”

He couldn’t believe it as he said,

“Nah bro, what the hell did she feed you? “

I smiled and said,

“The feeling of something real”

……

I was so angry.

I had been waiting outside Nate’s house for 30 mins and running seriously late for Ava’s bbq.

Nate had asked me to pick him up because he didn’t want to drive alone and now here he was making me seriously late.

He eventually pulled up and ran out of his car. He was wearing sweats.

“Nate, are you serious right now?”

“I’m sorry bro!”

He yelled as he darted past me and into his house.

He returned about 15 minutes later and we were on our way.

I was still upset but it didn’t take a lot for him to help me shake it off.

It was about 7pm and the bbq had started at 5. I was upset because I wanted to make a good impression on Ava’s friends who were going to be at her bbq but there I was waltzing in over two hours late.

When we pulled up, we knocked on the door and one of her friends answered. The music was good. The place looked nice and the food smelled even better.

I introduced myself and some of her friends already knew who I was.

I just kept smiling and shaking hands. Nate placed the bottle of wine we brought on the kitchen counter and asked me where Ava was.

I shrugged and asked one of her friends.

She pointed to the room and said she would be out in a minute.

So we waited.

It must have been about 5 or 6 minutes without any sign of Ava and I was just playing on my phone.

Suddenly the music cut out and I could over hear Ava arguing with someone in the other room. I wanted to get up and intervene but I remembered that I was the new guy.

So glued to my seat I was.

The voices were raised and with the music off, we could hear everything and then the guy in the room said,

“….. I don’t fucking care who you’re with. All we need to do is work on ourselves and we should be fine!”

Ava replied,

“No! We are done! And you need to leave!”

“Done?!

Done?!!!!

Are you fucking kidding me? That’s not what you said last week when you were grinding on my dick?”

He replied as he stormed out into a silent room, grabbed his coat and bolted out of the condo.

The whole room looked stunned but not as shocked as Ava was as she walked out of the room.

She stopped dead in her tracks and stared at me.

All I could think was “last week”???

We had already started talking seriously weeks before last week. I couldn’t believe it but she looked so embarrassed.

If I could put the expression on her face in one word, it will probably be #WhatTheHeckMan.

I’ll see you on Saturday.

Questions

Since they are both technically still single, is it okay for Ava or Kimon to be with other people like in this case?

And if Kimon was your friend, what would you advise him to do?

I will be letting my mother into this side of my life a bit. Showing her some of my material (WITHOUT THE SEX SCENES OF COURSE). So she can know her son writes for real.

Should I do it or not? Actually the real question should be, do you think I’ll make it out alive???

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