Henry looks down at the floor and I grab his hands.

"I really wish you'd give Kye a chance and get to know him. He's somewhat tolerable."

I say making him look away irritatedly.

"Pwleaseee"

I say the word like Khloe while giving him the puppy dog lip. I know he can't resist it.

He has never been able to.

Henry reluctantly looks back at me.

"Fine."

He responds with a sigh and I open my arms motioning for him to give me a hug.

He hugs me back with a smile and I rub his back.

"I actually almost started to miss you."

I respond while letting him go.

"Almost? You stopped talking to me for 168 hours, and still you had not fully missed me? I feel hurt."

He responds.

He is so extra to be counting the hours.

I just shrug my shoulders as I walk back to the couch and lay down.

"I was going to forgive you regardless. I had to; you're family. However, I wanted you to realize what you did really hurt me."

I lean up so Henry can take a seat next to me. He sits down and I lay down resting my head on his thigh.

"You better not fart by my head."

I threaten him and as a result we both start laughing.

I close my eyes and just relax.

"So how have you been?"

Henry asks me while looking down at me.

"Overwhelmed."

I did miss Henry's presence allot. One of the things I loved about Henry is that he knows how to read my emotions and is there for me to confide in so that I do not have a mental breakdown.

"Why?"

He asks with much concern.

"For starters, you and Kye! You both are ridiculous."

I say rolling my eyes.

He lets out an exasperated grunt.

"This man has said so many fowl things about you guys, and I'm ridiculous for how I reacted to him? I will admit I was a total åsshole to you and I sincerely apologize, but I do not regret how I have behaved to the Fucker!"

I roll my eyes.

"Whatever."

I respond sitting up and going to the other end of the couch.

"What did I do now?"

Henry asks clearly irritated.

"Who cares?"

I mumble upsetting Henry even more.

"I swear, that NFL player came into our lives to just mess everything up."

He states grabbing my attention.

"Everything up?"

I ask out loud.

He opens his mouth to speak, and then closes it.

"Nothing."

He states getting up and walking away.

"Damn talk about PMS. Someone is leaking heavy today. Want a tampon?"

I say out loud for him as he walks to the direction of the bathroom.

In return he sticks up the bird at me.

"Childish Cuñt."

I mumble for him to hear, and in return he chuckles at my statement before he slams the door.

...........................................

"So you are telling me that you never thought about participating in a threesomé before?"

Anthony says to Christina quite loudly.

People are staring at us and I don't blame them for the glares. It is too early for this kind of conversation in a public restaurant.

He, Melissa, Christina and I decided to go out for lunch during our break, and I am starting to regret it.

"It depends on with who. If it is with a man that I love, I can't do it. I refuse to share. If we are friends with benefits and their's another girl involved then sure why not."

Christina says surprising me.

I thought she was a good girl.

"It depends on if it is two women or two men in the threesomé too."

Melissa says.

Everyone then stares at me. I am grateful when my phone rings and I excuse myself from the conversation.

"Excuse me"

I tell everyone as I get up to answer my call. I am a little surprised when I see that it is Kye calling.

"Hello?"

"Hey firefly!"

He greets me happily, and immediately I hang up on him.

How dare he call me a pet name. Like who does he think I am?

He calls again, but I ignore the call as I walk towards the direction of the table.

"Hey!"

Oh no!

I don't look back when I hear that man's familiar voice.

I keep walking and try to ignore Kye's voice behind me.

Unfortunately I realize that does not work once I feel his hand on my shoulder.

"Where you going firefly?"

He smirks at me making me more angry.

How dare he get a kick out of this.

"What is it?"

I ask with venom laced in my vocal chords.

I should first ask why he's following me, but I would get no where since he always pops up randomly where I am.

"I wanted to tell you that I am bringing people on Thanksgiving night at your house next week."

My house? It sounds weird.

Wait- he couldn't text me that?

I roll my eyes irritatedly. I am not going to give him the satisfaction of asking why he had to tell me that in person. He loves arguing with me too much.

"Who?"

I ask duly.

"You don't know them."

He responds walking away.

I roll my eyes and follow him.

"Duh!"

Dumbass.

"Is your wife coming?"

I ask his retreating back, and he tenses.

"She's not my wife."

He responds harshly surprising me.

He stops walking and pinches the bridge of his nose.

"Not yet."

Right?

"Everyone is trying to rush this marriage."

He mumbles as he takes a seat on a nearby bench.

"You don't want to get married soon?"

I ask confused.

He does not respond and as a result, I sit next to him.

"It's none of my business, so I know you won't hesitate to tell me not to mind it, but even though I know nothing about being in love and stuff, I am pretty sure a fiancée is usually more happy about marrying than you are."

Kye does not respond but I know that he's listening.

I remember him telling me he's getting married next summer.

A few minutes pass and we both seem to be deep in thought.

"You've never been in love before?"

Kye asks surprising me.

I look up to see his intense blue eyes burn a hole into me.

"Quite frankly, I don't believe love exists."

I state making Kye's eyes widen.

"But aren't you in love with Henry?"

I roll my eyes at his serious yet very stupid question.

"I love Henry as a brother, but I am definitely not in love with my brother. I believe in love. Love is a strong thing. The love I have for my family is strong. However, I don't believe in the existence of being in love."

Kye is speechless and looks to be in shock.

"Oh please give me a break! Which is harder to believe? A girl like me never being in love, or a disrespectful, asshole like you not only believing that he is capable of being in love, but also will be getting married in less than a year."

I laugh at my statement, but Kye is still speechless.

My phone rings, and I look at the caller ID to see that it is Anthony.

I completely forgot about them. oh shit.

"Hey. I'm coming back now."

I rush before he can even speak.

"Good because I was starting to think you stood us all up and forgot about the lunch date we are having."

I chuckle at his words.

"I did not forget about our lunch date Anthony. I am coming now."

"Well hurry up beautiful. Don't think because you are attractive we will wait on you."

He then hangs up the phone, and I can't help the blush in my cheeks.

I get up from my seat and start to walk away.

"Well tell Anthony I said hi on your lunch date."

Kye states and I then remember I am forgetting him.

"Oh I'm sorry I will."

I state to him turning back around, but Kye just ignores me as he walks away from me with an irritated expression.

I swear these men have more mood swings than me.

I walk back to the table with all my coworkers and sit back down.

"Damn. What were you doing. We were waiting over half an hour for you to comeback for us to order."

Anthony states making me feel so bad.

"I'm so sorry. I ran into someone and lost track of time. I feel so bad."

The waiter comes and takes our orders. I order a chicken salad.

"Yea, we were talking about. What is a deal breaker or pet peeve in a relationship?"

Christina states.

I hand the waiter my menu and look up at her.

"Too much pride. If my boyfriend has too much pride, then he would never admit when he fucked up. I can't deal with him always blaming me and never apologizing. Like, just take responsibility for your actions."

Michelle says making us nod in agreement.

"You know what mine is? Being with someone with no ambition. You don't have to be rich or whatever- hey you can even hate your job. However, make sure you have a direction towards your career, and have work ethic. I am not your mother and you are not my child. I will not babysit you, and I will not allow you to run up my bills because you don't feel like being an adult."

Christina's response make us clap our hands.

"What about you Laila?"

Anthony asks smiling.

Great. let me think about all Selena's failed relationships since I was too busy trying to secure a future for her kids to have a real one.

"My biggest pet peeve is when your partner takes you for granted. What makes you think you can stop treating me well once you feel secure in the relationship. What is the difference between the Laila back then when you were trying to court me, and the Laila now once you've got me. You're feeling quite too comfortable in this relationship for my liking. So, you know how I'll fix it? No more relationship."

On cue our food comes and I am momentarily distracted from the food on my plate when I hear clapping.

"You hit the nail on the head for that one."

Christina says.

"Mine is when a female who has her heart broken by a scumbag treats every other guy the same way. I am not the prick, so stop treating me like I am."

I roll my eyes at Anthony's response for the simple fact that I know Anthony is a player.

"How many girls have you cheated on?"

I ask before he can continue. His eyes widen.

"None."

He states offendedly while looking away from me.

"Your full of shit."

Christiana intervenes.

"Look I never was in a relationship with those females. They knew that sleeping with me did not entitle that we were in a relationship."

I shake my head.

"You think a female wont judge a man like you?"

I state rhetorically.

"They do and I don't know why-"

"Because you're a slut so she automatically thinks you have commitment issues and can't be faithful."

Michelle says shaking her head.

"I'm not a sluth. I just get hörny... allot."

Anthony says while carelessly laughing.

I swear Michelle, Christina and I roll our eyes at the same time.

"Let me ask you a question Anth."

I start.

"What do you look for in a wife?"

I'm curious to hear what his more than likely absurd response will be.

"Well, she has to be beautiful. I want my wife to have a beautiful face and even more banging body, especially if she wants me to be banging only her for the rest of our lives. No kids. No offense Michelle."

"No offense taken"

Michelle more than happily responds and I know it is because she is more than okay with conceited and stuck up Anthony Lopez not finding her attractive.

"I still find you very attractive Laila."

Anthony says to me making me uncomfortably blush.

"I want my wife to be a lady in the streets and a pornstār in the bedroom... kitchen table, living room floor, car, public bathroom-"

My jaw drops at his statement.

"Basically wherever and whenever I want it. She has to be good cook too, because I love food, and she has to have not had many body counts-"

"Body counts?"

Christina questions.

"Meaning number of people she slept with. I don't want sloppy thirds or thirties, and I don't want a loose pussÿ wife. In addition she needs a job, her own car and needs to dress nice. Try and make me look better if possible."

He says arrogantly, and irritating me.

"And what do you have to offer in return for a female like that?"

I ask him making his eyes widen.

"Is that a trick question?"

He asks.

"No it is not. You demand all these things, but what are you offering to match those requirements."

I respond.

"Uhh me duh."

He responds causin me to shake my head.

"We'll let me know how that works out for you."

I respond while going back to my food.

"So what are you guys doing next Thanksgiving?"

I ask them all.

"Why you have something in plan?"

Michelle asks while raising a brow.

............

"You should have seen Kye! He ran like he had superpowers. Everyone was so shocked at the way he played. I'm the most popular boy in practice because I brought an NFL player."

Kyle says as I pick him up from practice.

As we walk to the car, I can't help but notice that Kye has a happy smile on his face as Kyle speaks.

"Is that so?"

I ask while smiling at Kyle.

"Yes it is! Even the coach was being a but kisser to me!"

Kyle's response makes me burst out laughing.

"So you're quite the celebrity."

I say to Kye and he smiles at my response.

"Actually Kyle is. Aside from being the most popular boy at practice, he actually has a strong arm for a five year old-"

"-Aye! Watch it dude. I'm five and three quarters."

Kyle states making us laugh.

We finally get to my car, and I unlock the door for Kyle to climb in.

"I'm hungry Lai-Lai."

Khlo says as Kye puts her into her car seat.

I close Kyle's door after him and go to the driver's seat.

I put my keys in the ignition and of course Kye uninvitedly takes a seat in the passenger's seat.

"Aren't you rich enough to own a car?"

I ask with annoyance.

"You know I am rich enough to have plenty and in fact I do, but I prefer being chauffeured."

I roll my eyes at his offensive statement and smirk.

"Yea I am hungry too. Can you get us some lunch please Lai?"

Kyle states behind me.

"What do you sugarplums want?"

"Burgers!"

Kye shouts making me abruptly turn my head to meet him.

"Burgers!"

"Burgers!"

Kye and Khloe shout out loud, mimicking Kye.

"Fine burgers it is."

"I know an awesome steakhouses that has the best burgers in the universe!"

Kye says way too excitedly while looking at Khloe and Kyle.

"So."

I respond dismissively to him, but he still keeps going.

"So... Chop chop! Plug in the location into your GPS."

He has the nerve to say to me while clapping his hands.

"Don't ever order nor clap at me again."

I give him a deadly glare, but he in return has an amused look on his face.

...

"What are you ordering?"

Kye asks me from across the table.

He is sitting next to Khloe, and I am sitting next to my Kyle.

"What we came here for of course."

I respond while rolling my eyes.

"That's not nice! No roll eyes."

Khloe shouts to me from the table takings me by surprise.

I should not be surprised because I always tell her the same thing when she rolls her eyes at me. Its a habit she inherited from Selena.

"Thank you Khloe."

Kye says making me roll my eyes one more time.

"Lai!"

Khloe says and I know it is because I rolled my eyes again.

"Sorry Khloe."

I mumble under my breath while folding my arms.

Kye immediately starts laughing causing me to glare at him.

"What's so funny Kye?"

Kyle asks besides me.

"Oh nothing-"

"No say what it is that is making you laugh."

I hastily say cutting him off.

I want to know what is so funny.

"Fine. I never thought it be a three year old to put you in your place-"

"3 and a 1/2"

Khlo says correcting him.

"You all really love your fractions"

He states causing everyone but me to laugh.

I am still thinking about his statement.

The waiter comes and We all order an Angus burger with sweat potato fries. We also order water with our food.

I do not know if it is because the waiter knows Kye is a celebrity, but we get our food in no time at all.

I bite in to my burger, and momentarily close my eyes to savior the flavor of this delectable food.

"Good right?"

I hear Kye's voice breaking me out of my thoughts.

"It's a burger."

I respond while taking a sip of my water.

"So then why were your eyes closed?"

He asks with an arrogant smirk.

"Why can't you leave me alone?"

I respond back irritatedly.

"Lai why are you so mean to Kye?He's such a nice person and you're being a bully."

Kyle says shocking the hell out of me.

"Me a bully? Kye a nice person?"

My jaw is dropped.

"Yea. Not once has he been mean to us. In fact he has been nothing but kind. He got us breakfast in the past, and he helps coach me in football. I mean look at that big house he got us!"

"Enough, Kyle."

Is the only way I respond to his statement.

"Why? What did I do wrong-"

"I said enough!"

I respond raising my voice at him and immediately regretting it.

"Was that called for?"

Kye states making me snap my neck to his direction.

"You shut the hell up, and let's eat this damn burger so we can leave and you can go home."

I respond rolling my eyes, and this time Khloe does not scold me.

.............

"This place is huge!"

Kyle says as he helps me bake the pumpkin pie in the kitchen Kye got us.

"It is."

I say in response.

"Can we move in already? It has a flatscreen TV in every room!"

Kye says while dramatically hugging my leg.

"We are only here today for the Thanksgiving dinner. Later on we will talk about moving here, but for now, let's focus on tonight's dinner."

"Fine. I can't wait to see what Kye is going to bring. He actually believes he cooks better than you and Aunty Rachel."

Kyle states.

Kyle talks non stop about Kye. Kye does this! Kye does that! Kye's a nice person! Kye at football practice! Kye has super powers!

Ahh! I just want to tell him Kye is his father already, but it has to be at the right time.

"He should be here by now It is 4 and he said he would be here at 3:30. I'll call him."

"Can I call him instead?"

Kyle states and in return I hand him my phone.

Based on how long Kyle stays on the phone without saying anything, I am pretty sure it goes straight to voicemail.

"Leave a message."

I tell Kyle, and in return he does.

"Hey Kye. Just calling to remind you about the Thanksgiving dinner. Lai just put her famous pumpkin pie into the oven, so I want to see how you will top that. Well see you soon. Later."

Kyle hands me the phone and immediately the door bell rings.

I take off my baking mittens and head to the door.

I look in the peephole and see an handsome looking Henry dressed in a blazer and jeans, but what shocks me is the insanely beautiful blonde girl in a tight matching dress next to him.

I open the door with a big smile.

"Who's this?"

I say with a big smile as soon as I open the door looking at the girl.

Henry in return has on a smug smile.

"This is Natasha. I hope you don't mind her coming."

He says with an unreadable expression.

"Oh please! I'm happy. She's beautiful! Nice to meet you Natasha."

I say extending my hand to her and in return she smiles while shaking my hand.

I look at Henry and notice his smile drops slightly, which is weird.