"Nah I don't think so" I replied shaking my head. My heart was pounding in my chest. What if he's subscribed to my OnlyFans account? I've never been called out in public before. I don't even have that many subscribers to be recognized out in public.

He stared at me for a little while longer, "You work at that footlocker. I tried to get your number but you wasn't folding"

"Yeah that's me" I say with a chuckle.

"Damn you tried to fuck with my girl?"

"Aye I ain't know this was your shorty. My fault" Jalen laughs and puts on his skates.

"You ready?" Q asks me standing up holding his hand out. I nod my head yes and took his hand in mine. We skated out to the floor and I was taking little baby steps trying to get used to it. I haven't skated in years so I was trying to activate the memory in my head.

"Unh unh slow down" I say squeezing his hand tighter trying not to fall.

"I gotchu I gotchu" He chuckles "C'mon step step glide. Step step glide"

I started to lose my balance but managed to regain it. He let's go of my hand and started to skate backwards.

"Oooh Mr. Professional" I say sarcastically throwing up my hands. He chuckles and skates off. I got in my zone, focusing on not falling on my ass. I managed to do a couple laps without falling. Until The End of Time begins to play and I immediately got happy. This was my song.

"I woke up this morning and heard the tv saying something about disaster in the world and it made me wonder where I'm going" I sang a loud just in my own world.

I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist causing me to jump a little but I knew it was Q. He rested his chin on my shoulder "You good?"

"Mmhmm" I nod my head yes as I held his arms. I tried my best to hold in my emotions. I could feel butterflies in my stomach and my cheeks were burning from smiling so hard.

"I see you haven't bussed your ass yet" He laughs

"You just jinxed me"

"My fault." He says before kissing my cheek.

"Oop y'all cute as fuck" Autumn smirks skating besides us. I just smile slightly. I didn't know if she actually meant it or if it was a slick remark. I really just hated a "y'all cute" ass girl. She skated away leaving Q and I alone.

"So do you got anything you wanted to do this weekend?" Q asks letting me go and skating besides me.

"Nah I'll just go with the flow. We could really just stay in all weekend, it doesn't matter" I shrugged my shoulders.

"Cool cool" He nods his head "I'm gonna go get something to drink. You thirsty?" He asked as we approached the exit.

I nod my head and followed him over to the concession stand.

"You want an icee?"

"Do you got cooties? I'm not really that thirsty I can just drink some of yours"

"Nah ion got nothing. We can share" He chuckles, "Lemme get a large blue raspberry icee" He says to the cashier as he handed over his card.

"Oooh a large? You got money" I say just like Quinta. He just laughs and hands me the drink. I took a big sip from the straw "Ahhh shit. Brain freeze" I squeezed my eyes shut and handed him the cup.

"Damn that shit hurt"

We sat down at the table and just talked about anything that came to mind before his friends decided to come steal him from me so they could be on some Roll Bounce type shit. I pulled out my phone and started to take some selfies. Chantel and Autumn appeared behind me posing for the picture.

"Y'all are funny" I laugh holding a smile and snapping the picture.

"Girl you are pretty as hell" Chantel says sitting down beside me and Autumn sits on the other side.

"Thank you" I smile locking my phone and sitting it down on my lap.

"Sooo where are you from? I hear a little accent in your voice" Autumn asks turning her body towards me showing that I had her full attention.

"Chicago"

"Oooh how long have you lived out here?"

"I don't. I'm still in Chicago"

"You flew out here for Q light skinned ass?" Chantel says surprised and laughs.

"Do you know about Syd?" Autumn questions.

"The other girl? No. Is there something I should know" I raised an eyebrow looking at Autumn then over to Chantel trying to read their faces just in case they decided not to tell me.

"That's his ex." Autumn states glancing away. Chantel and I followed her eyes over to the rink where she was skating with all the dudes but standing specifically next to Q.

"Mmmh. I didn't know that was the ex. Why'd they break up?" I asked just trying to get all the tea. They had no reason to lie to me.

"Ooh girl where do I start" Chantel laughs sitting up straight and turning towards me. "So basically she's always had this lil crush on him so he decided to pursue it which he wasn't supposed to do because we all promised not to date in the friend group so we wouldn't throw off the dynamic of the group"

"But you know niggas. They always wanna get their dick wet" Autumn added in. I laughed and nodded my head.

"To make a long story short, she wasn't fucking with him quitting his job and making art a career. She would always just make remarks about how he was gonna be broke. She grew up with money so that's all she know. She bougie but it's Syd, so you get used to it"

Syd is exactly what people would think of me if they knew my parents had money. That's why I try so hard to get it on my own. I hate people who think money is everything. That's not the way to live, you can wake up one day and all that shit can be gone. I could understand if you was grinding and that's how you acquired your money but if you're only rich because of your parents, humble yourself.

"How long ago did they break up?"

"He broke up with her like last month. She want him back though, I guess dick too bomb" Autumn answered

"Mmhm last month you say?" I nodded my head just taking in the information. When we were on Facetime a couple weeks ago he told me he had been single for three months. Not that he was freshly out of a relationship.

Did he only fly me out here to make her jealous?

Am I just a rebound?

"Oop I know that look, what lie you just catch him in?" Chantel asks. I opened my mouth to speak but Autumn nudged my side to shut me up.

"What y'all talking about?" Q asked skating over to the table with the rest of his friends.

"Nothing was just getting to know Paris" Chantel says with a smile resting her head on my shoulder.

"Yeah I like her. She gotta fly out here and hang with us more often" Autumn adds in. I watched as Sydney's face filled with confusion.

"Wait you aren't from here?" Sydney questioned.

"Nahhh she got flewed out" Tez says with a laugh rubbing Q's shoulders.

"You flew her here?" Sydney asks Q and he nods his head not making eye contact with her.

"I guess the art money is coming in" I said under my breath looking down at my drink before taking a sip.

"Bitch" Chantel laughed slightly pushing me. I looked down at my phone on my lap ready to tell Michelle everything.

I zoned out as they all engaged in conversation I just had so many thoughts in my head.

Why are dudes so fucking stupid? He really left me alone with these girls like I wasn't going to ask them questions. It all started to make sense. Him not texting me back in the beginning, him wanting me here this weekend to rub it in his ex's face and him being affectionate once we got here. We met almost two months ago, meaning he was still in a relationship.

I wanted to go home, this trip was a waste of my time.

"You good?" Q asks me reaching across the table to touch my hand.

"Yeah I'm straight" I nod my head pulling my hand away from him. He played it off as if he was just reaching for the icee.

We stayed at the skating rink for another hour before heading out. I climbed into the passenger seat and buckled my seatbelt. I laid my head back against the headrest and stared out the window. Q started driving headed back to his house.

"What did Chantel and Autumn say to you?" Q asks turning down the radio.

"What?" I asked looking over at him.

"You've been quiet ever since I saw y'all talking. What did they say to you?" He asks taking his eyes off the road for a split second to look at me.

"Why didn't you tell me Sydney was your ex? Why did you lie about being single for 3 months?"

He just sighs and shakes his head "I shouldn't have lied but I knew you wouldn't have taken me serious if you would've known I was fresh out a relationship"

You're damn right I wouldn't have.

"When we met at Starbucks y'all was still together. Is that what you do? Holla at other girls while you're in a relationship?" I questioned with a frown upon my face "You don't have to answer that it doesn't matter. You don't owe me an explanation"

"Listen, yes technically we were together but that relationship was practically on its last leg. I've been checked out of that relationship for a few months. I broke up with her shorty after we met. I was single when we started talking. "

"I get it, you're fresh out a relationship and you're looking for an entanglement. I'm not your August Alsina though"

He just shakes his head and starts to laugh at my remark. "If I just wanted to be entangled with somebody, I would've chose somebody in my city. I told you from the beginning I was tryna be with you and I still stand on that."

"Are you sure? I'm not tryna waste my time, I'm giving you the chance now to back out, it won't be no hard feelings."

"I'm sure" He replies with a nod of his head.