Two days ain't never go by so fast in my life.

Even now as I stood in my mirror, lookin like the freshest nigga in New York, I felt like a damn mess.

My stomach was doing flips under my suit and my hands were moist from nervousness as I looked at my reflection.

Fresh cut.

Full beard.

White smile.

Sparkling chain.

"Damn I look good." I chuckle softly to myself as I hype myself up a bit. It felt weird getting dressed up without Jocelyn to kiss my neck and compliment me.. and distract me before I leave. This feeling was just a small reminder of why I needed her in my life.

And I'm going to have her.

I take the tiny box out my pocket once more time and pop it open, looking at the soft sparkle of the diamond under the light. She's gonna faint when she sees it. It was only a matter of hours at this point.

Tasha just left to the Nail Salon with Lyn, on time, and I have 2 and a half hours before it's time for our dinner.

I make my way back to the bedroom and quickly get everything together for Jocelyn's arrival.

I place a large red box on our bed and make sure to sprinkle rose petals all around it, "Needs more.." I mumble softly as I grab another bouquet and start shaking the petals on the floor as I make my way to the door. I smile triumphantly at my rose petal trail and sigh, "I'm a good ass husband." I could feel my heart jump at the thought before I turn off the lights and head out the door, getting the rest of the night together.

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JOCELYN POV:

"I can barely remember the last time I had my nails done!" I gush as I watch the nail lady start putting on my acrylics. Tasha sat next to me, a big smile on her face as she nodded her head, "Girl me too! Work keep us so busy." She shakes her head annoyed as she starts talking on about how the schedule changes were so out of pocket and how her hours almost doubled.

I laughed along as I enjoyed her company. She could talk about the end of the world and still somehow find a way to make it absolutely hilarious. She even had the nail techs giggling as she went off about our boss, "I'm not a judge mental person but if your gonna complain about my hair havin a swoop, then you need to have hair yourself." She snapped and I gasped softly, "He cant control going bald." I had to bite my lip to hide my giggle as she sent me a side eye, "Yeah but he can control that mouth.. Okay then." She sent me a pointed lip as we all burst out in giggles.

"I'm happy we got to hang out today and be pampered." I change the topic before she violates that poor man even more. Her lips lift to a smile, "Me too. I can't remember the last time me and you actually went out to do something like this.." She sighs softly and I refuse to let my thoughts creep back into a dark space.

I felt my eyes water as I scrunched my nose, "W-We can do this more, right? And bring the rest of the gang along?" Tasha nodded her head as she looked up from her nails, "Girl of cour- Hold up. Don't u dare let a single tear fall. Your cry baby ass is not gonna do this today." She snaps and I giggle as I close my eyes, trying to force the happy tears back, "I'm not a cry baby!" I snap back and she hums, "Mhm.. And I'm skinny with a yacht." Her tone dripped sarcasm and I held back my laugh as the nail tech burst into giggles.

"You gotta get some kind of color.. like white or a pastel pink." She looks at my long acrylics and I nod my head, "I was thinking white French tips.. with some jewels." My eyes greedily scanned the jewel container as the nail tech got up to grab the nail polish.

"French tips, yes. Jewels, no." Tasha shook her head quickly, her ponytail swishing dramatically, "I think a sparkle would look waaay better. Plus if one falls off, your gonna be sick." I nod my head in agreement, "I guess.. We are trying on clothes later." I watch as the nail tech comes back with a smile as she shakes the bottles, "Yes! A French tip perfect for your pho-" Tasha coughs loudly and the nail tech quickly shuts up, "Sorry. But yes, We gotta take pics for when we are done our nails!" She gushes and I nod my head excitedly with her, "I'm gonna send it to Dion! He is paying after all." I wiggle my brows and she smiles, "Girl if that's the case, lemme get a design." I laugh as the nail tech nods her head in agreement.

After four long tea filled stories and some hard work from the nail techs, me and Tasha's nails were dazzling. We stood up together and posed as the nail tech took a video of us and our new nails, "Girl!! We look cute as hell!" Tasha excitedly captioned the video before posting it on her story. "Send that to me too!" I peek at her phone and watch as she sends me the vid, making me smile, "Lemme send this to Dion real quick." I grab my phone and struggled to open it with my nails before clicking Dion's name.

I meant to text but it instantly started FaceTiming him, "Guess he'll see in person." I shrug and Tasha does too as we pay and make our way out of the store.

"Hello?" Dion's face popped up on my screen, making my smile almost tear my face in half, "Looooook!!" I sing as Tasha and I both show him our nails. He gasps, "Oh.. my.. Gosh!" He copies my voice and I burst into giggles as he laughs, "I like yo nails, bae. Come home and lemme see them." I try to hide the warmth on my cheeks as Tasha 'oooohs' beside me, "M-Maybe later, baby. We still gotta go shopping." He hums softly, "At least stop by and get some food. I got Chinese." He knew he had me hooked when both of our smiles got bigger, "Mkay.. Just a lil stop and theennn we are going shopping." I giggle as he nods his head, "Perfect.. hurry or imma eat without you." I laugh and blow him a kiss before hanging up.

"Imma send you home alone this time." She fake rolls her eyes as I laugh, "You don't have to. I don't want our day to end." I pout and grab her hand as we walk to her car, "Nope. You go have fun with your boo while I go find one." She wiggles her brows as she unlocks the car and we both climb in.

"And where are you gonna find one?" I laugh as she starts it up and her music instantly starts blasting, "REAL HOT GIRL SHIT!" She screams with Meg before turning it down, "Girl. We in New York. If you can name one corner without some nigga on it then I'll hand you fifty right now." We burst into giggles as she takes off down the road.

"You said a boo, not some random potential homeless man." I look pointedly at her and she sighs, "I knooow but nobody is really giving these days. Tinder is useless and the only niggas I see are half dead.. You better ask Dion if he got a brother or cousin or sumn sis." She gives me a pointed look back and I laugh, "Imma see but he don't talk about his family much.. Neither do I." I shrug and she looks over to me.

"Well for one, your family don't count because those dick heads let that bad shit happen to you. I'll shoot any of them on sight. Especially your father." She snaps and my eyes widen slightly as she keeps going, "You have a brand new family now and you even have the chance to start one. At this point, your future is so bright with Dion, I wouldn't even worry about his family." She shrugs and I nod my head, "I gotta meet them eventually.. it would be weird not to.." I mumble softly and she sighs, "That's up to him. Regardless, I can tell he all for you. Nothing can change that." I smile a little as she nudges me with her shoulder, "I wouldn't let them." She nods her head proudly, "Periodt.. Now go up there and get some dick." She pulls into a parking spot and I laugh as I open the door.

"You want me to bring you down a plate?" I lean into the window and she shakes her head, "Naw sis. Go enjoy yourselves. Imma get me some fancy food. Like crab legs or sumn." She smacks her lips greedily and I laugh as I stand back up, "Byeeee!" I wiggle my fingers and she does the same before she takes off again, driving like a bat out of hell as Megan starts blasting from her radio.

"Fuck bein good, imma bad bitch!" I rap along as I make my way into the building and up to our apartment, "I'm sick of motherfuckers tryna tell me how to live!" I bounce like Meg as I throw up the middle finger, "Wack hoes hate under my pictures on the 'gram." I hop off the elevator and make my way up the apartment, "Bitch, you better hope I never run across your man!" I whisper yell at the door like I'm in somebodies face before unlocking it and swinging it opened, "IM A HOT GIRL I DO HOT SHIT!" I skip to the chorus and scream to nobody before closing the door behind me.

"Yuhhh!!" I cheer myself on just to stop as I notice the dark apartment, only one light on in the back of the kitchen. I frown, "Dion?" I call out and slowly take my heels off, listening to silence as I awaited the familiar voice. I frown and flick the light on, "Baby?!" I yell out again and freeze as my eyes land on rose petals scattered on the floor.

I gasp softly as I watch them trail into the bedroom, "Baby? This is so cute!" I gasp and slowly follow the trail to the bedroom. "My toes look cute as hell too. Period." I giggle to myself as I flick on the bedroom light and look at the bed. The giant red box instantly caught my eye and I couldn't help my excited bounce as I damn near ran to the bed. I look at the label, "To my love.. and my future." I read aloud and look around the room one last time.

I gently unwrap the present and open the lid carefully. A beautiful black dress laid inside with matching heels, a card, and a bouquet of roses. I slowly rubbed my hand down the soft cloth before picking it up, "This is so.. beautiful.." I gasp softly and look over at his card,

"To my love,

I hope your nails came out perfect and your feeling beautiful. I bought this dress for you and want you to wear it tonight. Wear this and only this tonight. Tasha will scoop you back up at 8:00. Be ready.

I love you,

Dion."

My heart fluttered as I read the card over and over, excitement bubbling up inside me as I got up and squealed, "This is like them books I been reading! I'm bout to faaaaaint!" I scream to myself and let my mind soak in the love and attention.

My eyes move to the our clock, "Shit! It's seven thirty!" I quickly make my way to the bathroom and start the shower. With a bit of soap, water, lip liner, and heavy construction, I was ready with three minutes to spare.

I didn't need to be told twice to have my ass ready down stairs and perfectly good to go. My phone was already Buzzing as Tasha spammed me with emojis and phone calls. I check myself in the mirror one last time,

"Perfect." I spin around and fluff my hair one last time before running out the door with my phone. I finally answer Tasha's call, "GIRL HURRY UP!!" She screamed and I run as fast as the dress let me, "IM TRYIN! I CANT RUN!" I yell back and she bursts into laughter as I hopped onto the elevator and rode it all the way down.

"Girl you got three seconds before I get towed out front." She laughs as I flip the camera to my rushing feet, "Stop before I trip and break my head open." I slow down on the steps as the last thing I needed was for these heels to take me out.

"RIGHT HERE!!" Tasha yelled across the street and I didn't need to be told twice as I quickly ran across and hopped in the car. She barely let me buckle my seatbelt as she took off down the street.

"Girl relax before you kill me!!" I yell and grip the door as she slammed on the brakes at a red light. She laughed, "Yo boo is waiting on you, sis. You should be telling me to run the reds instead." I shake my head as I laugh, "Where we finna eat anyway? Did he tell you?" I nosily look at her phone gps and she smacked my arm, making me look out the window.

"Just know, this nigga loves you. The way he droppin money and was damn near fighting folk to make this perfect...Shit. I'm jealous." I laugh and smile, "Well it was all worth it.. It's been perfect." I watch out the window as water came into view, "We goin there?" I point to the docks and she shrugs with a knowing glint in her eyes.

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Long ass chapters Bc yall have definitely been so nice with waiting :)) I'm happy I got to write today and I'm mentally doing so much better. Enjoy these memes:

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