Distraction by Kehlani "My life can get crazy, I deal with shit on the daily but baby I'm thinking maybe, we could agree to work it out like this."

"Come over here, I wanna show you something," David called out to her. It was a gloomy November morning and the weather outside made them want to laze around all day. Most days you could find them doing things out in the city but not today. Sage hated the rain and how dull it made the sky look. When it was rainy outside she felt lethargic and unmotivated but now she looked forward to spending these kind of days because of him.

He passed the blunt to her and lit it again before she took a drag and exhaled a couple of o's. "Oh, you a smoker smoker now," he teased. Now all he has to do is teach her how to roll a blunt. He hates when she tells him stories about accepting blunts from people at functions.

"I'm hungry, let's order food." Her focus was more on smoking and some Netflix original she put on a half hour ago, but now food was calling her.

"Okay but come here, baby." He motioned for her to come closer with his hands. Sage crawled across the bed to him.

"Yes?" She was on her knees staring down at him through her droopy eyes. Placing a hand on her hip she waited for him to show her what he was talking about.

"Lay down," he gently pushed her back with his hands and placed either leg aside her. Before executing his plan he crushed the roach in the ashtray.

She was perceiving everything they were doing as slow, the exact opposite of her heartbeat. She giggled when he began planting soft kisses further and further down her torso. "I'm ticklish." She admitted.

She could feel his smirk when he inched closer and closer to her pelvis and the kisses getting wetter. Soon the giggles turned into soft moans and she was ready for him to get closer to the main spot.

"Beg for it," he ordered before taking his fingers and putting it in her mouth. He thrusted his fingers in her mouth back and forth before she murmured, "Please baby."

He took his fingers back before pulling her panties further down and sliding them in between her fold. She whimpered for him to keep going but he took his fingers out and teased the spot around her clit until he finally took it into his wet mouth. He licked her juices off his fingers and while he did so he maintained eye contact. She thrusted towards his lips pleading for him to carry on.

His wet thumb circled her clit before he took it back into his mouth, carefully keeping up a rhythm. She rode her orgasm out by grabbing his head and holding it in place.

"F-fuck," she breathed out and tightened her legs. Dave realized her cum was all on his mouth. He grabbed her neck, dipped down and stuck his tongue in her mouth. Sage caught it and matchted the kiss with intensity.

"What I taste like?" Sage asked unexpectedly breaking from their makeout session.

"You taste like you mine and that shit taste good," was all Dave could get out before grabbing her neck again.

***

"Yo I can't slide to that function, my baby girl got something going on that night," Dave disclosed while plopping on the leather couch in Aubrey's condo.

"Oh, East is in love? Perhaps smitten with the kitten?" Aubrey said in a bad English accent. He couldn't believe what he was hearing from the certified hoe of the two.

You see, Aubrey wanted to take things slow this time to make sure he can make things official. When things didn't work out he would bounce back quickly, finding himself right back into the dating world. Dave on the other hand didn't fall fast, but when he did it was hard and the comebacks weren't that quick.

"Man I dunno what it is about her...sometimes I feel like she gotta spell over me." He admitted. He couldn't imagine he'd ever be in this position where he's head over heels with a girl in such a short amount of time. Sometimes he'll do certain things he's never even done before and catch himself wondering what he's gotten himself into. He's really a simple and straightforward guy but with Sage he found himself to be more complex and profound. She brought out many different sides to him that he didn't even know existed within him.

"She ain't even give you no cat yet, that's how you know you in deep for real." Aubrey laughed.

"Nigga whatever. What's up with you and your shordy though?" Dave inquired before sparking a blunt. He knew his friend cared for her but something was holding him back from taking that next step for sure.

"I dunno if I wanna keep what I got with Cassie, man. I know I'm probably just holding on to the fact that we got history." Aubrey was referring to his on and off again girlfriend of a year and a half. All their fights mess with his head and each time they get back together he has hopes for a less toxic relationship with her but he's always disappointed. They both have a temper and instead of being each other's peace they were always at war. Their last break up has been the longest they ever been broken up but they still check in with each other here and there.

With Ella he didn't want to mess things up, he wanted things to be right this time. No more patterns of on and off again relationships because of the rush and passion in the beginning. Anyone that knows these men well enough could see it's like they switched bodies, each of them trying the other's approach. Dave takes eons to figure out if he wants to be exclusive with a girl, so much so that his relationships almost always turn into 'situationships' or the girl gets tired of waiting for the next step and leaves (or tries to). But this time he felt like he couldn't risk it with Sage because he knew she would slip through his fingers. Aubrey took his time trying to feel Ella out beyond the initial stages. So far so good except he had to figure out Cassie.

"I'mma be real...if you fucking with Ella you already moved on from Cassie. That's on some real shit my G." Dave explained before taking another hit from his blunt. A big cloud of smoke left his mouth causing the living room to fog up some more.

"You ain't never lied. I guess I gotta let that shit go but before I do that, let's hit though." Aubrey gestured to the little bag of coke. They don't normally like using their supply of the white substance but today they needed it.

***

"Gege?" That's the nickname specially for Mrs. Baglio's daughter. She knew what she wanted to name her daughter years before she was even conceived. Sage meant "wise" or "prophet" in Latin and she felt that anyone with that power could rule the world. When her daughter was just born, only a few seconds old, Ezra sputtered "Gege, my love" but made sure to let the nurses know that her name would be Sage. To this day Ezra understood that the 28 hours in labor was worth it as it meant her dreams came true and in her world her dreams were forever, that she made sure of. She knew that the power she manifested within her daughter would live beyond her and her Sage, it would flow through all their descendants and create a better sphere.

Mrs. Baglio waited a split second before turning the knob and peeking her head inside her daughter's bedroom. She saw Sage laying on her back tapping away at her phone and giggling to herself, something she's been doing a lot lately. She caught herself smiling at her when she realized she was doing the same thing she would do as a kid but instead of a cellphone it was the house phone. That was the thing, Sage didn't understand how much alike they actually are and how that meant they were on the same team. However, Sage knew her mother all too well. She knew that Ezra wanted to keep the peace between her and her father but it actually seemed like she was never on her side.

"Hey, love, your father and I are taking you to brunch." Mrs. Baglio spoke a little louder as she shuffled over to the king sized bed. Sage sat up with her back against her headdress, shut her phone and peered up at her mother. Her mother was clad in an Azzedine Alaïa dress and flats to match. She hasn't had a good look or even talk with her mother since she started seeing David. Sage believed her mother would never understand why she ever entertain boys by the way she sides with her dad in every discussion they ever have, so she doesn't tell her anything either.

"Okay." Was all Sage shrugged before she went back to texting on her phone. That little gesture hurt so much more to Ezra than it should have. The way her daughter was so distant from her when they used to be best friends wounded her heart. She prepared for the typical teenage years that put a wedge in their relationship but she was oblivious as to how and why things are worse than before.

"Your father wants you to meet a boy and his family! You probably know them..." Mrs. Baglio exclaimed, hoping it'll open the conversation about something, anything going on in Sage's life. But she just scoffed and stared at her mother in disbelief.

"Really mom? My whole life, it's been very unnecessary measures to keep me away from boys because of him and your co-sign but now it's all fine?" She spat.

"Hey now, that's normal for a parent to not want their daughter falling down the path of destruction!" Ezra threw up her hands in exasperation. She didn't even know where the conversation was going to go but it was certainly not here.

"Mom, what changed then? Huh? I wanna know! Did you have to beg your dad not to send you to an all girls boarding school because you had one crush in the 8th grade? Did you have to beg for him to stop putting apps on your phone to spy on every word?" Before she could even register tears were forming in her eyes. Ezra sat in silence because what was there to say on her part? Somehow her daughter believed she had failed her and that was the greatest pain of all.

"I just want the best for you. He does too." Ezra spoke after a moment of silence.

"Don't you get it, mom? He doesn't know me? So how could he want the best for me?" She wiped her tears furiously. "He doesn't know me." And the tears kept flowing nonstop and all Ezra could do was be there. For once.

Endnote: So ya that's how we starting this shit! Lmfao a lot just went on and Mama Ezra made an appearance. What y'all think of this chapter? What are your predictions for the upcoming chapter?