"I'm your best friend now",I told Khia as she sat on the chair across from me. She been stressed out lately over ebony. At least I hope it's her that she's really stressed out about and not her ex. She laughed and said, "that's not gonna work out.

"What you mean?",I said cocking my head to the side.

"When I'm mad at you, I ain't have nobody to complain about you to."

"That's not somethin you'll have to worry about bae."

"Yea it is. Out here talkin to your ex's and what not",she said tying her hair back into a ponytail.

"What ex? Now I know you playin games",I smirked.

"Who was that girl you was talkin to at the cafeteria?",she asked me.

"You talkin about Marisol? I wasn't talkin to her, she came up to me and started talkin."

"Why does she feel comfortable talkin to you whenever she wants?"

"How am I supposed to know",I said crossing my arms and smiling. Khia was cute when she was mad. Her jealousy caught my attention because that's another sign that she really was feeling me.

"Have you told your parents about cutting your vacay short?",she asked me.

"Nah. I haven't gotten to it yet bae. I don't know if I'm gonna go to be honest with ya",I said taking my shades off.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't feel comfortable leaving you here."

"Aww your gonna miss me?",she smiled.

"Yeah that too but that's not the main reason."

"So what's the reason?"

"I don't feel like our relationship can withstand long distances yet."

"Why do you say that?"

"No reason. Just feel like we ain't that strong yet."

"You don't trust me",she said.

"I'm not bout to sugarcoat it so no I don't."

"So why are we in a relationship then if you don't trust me?",she said.

"I'm in too deep to cut it off now babe. I never had this trust issue before."

"Your scared I'm gonna go back to my ex?"

"Scared is not the word. At the end of the day your a grown woman. I don't control what you do."

"Good. I'm glad you know",she said with a lil attitude. It got a lil quiet between us and we didn't say anything for a hot minute. Khia got up from her chair and surprised me by sitting on my lap.

"I'm not gonna mess up a good thing",she said looking at me.

"How you know you got a good thing?"

"I just know. Go to Dominican Republic and have fun with your family, I'll be fine and I won't do nothing to jeopardize this",she said running her hands down my chest on my white shirt. She leaned in for a juicy kiss from me and I gave her one. I was a little convinced that she wouldn't do nothing to make me mad at her. It was getting late and I had to take her home. After taking her home, I went back to the crib and found my dad's car out in the driveway so I'm guessing he was here. I tossed my keys on the kitchen counter and grabbed a beer from the fridge.

"Hijo is that you?",my father yelled from the living room.

"Yea Dad",I said before getting a sip.

"Ven aquí."

I went to him and sat next to him on the sofa. My dad was always watching the news no matter what time of day it was.

"You went to school today?"

"Yeah."

"How's Khia?"

"She's good. I just dropped her off."

"Okay good. You haven't started packing for the trip. Why?"

Since he brought the trip up, I thought now was a good time to finally tell him.

"I was just thinking about cuttin my vacay short."

"What do you mean, hijo?"

"Instead of doing a month I was thinking about cuttin it down to two weeks."

"Why are you cuttin it so short? You know how long since you haven't seen your primos."

"Yeah i know. It's because of Khia. Trust is, i don't feel like our relationship is secure enough for me to go and spend a whole month away from her."

"Oh I see. Would you feel better if she was on the trip with you?"

"Yeah But Remember ma shut me down at dinner."

"Yea...I'll talk to her tonight. She'll say yes. Go on and tell Khia to pack."

"Ight thanks pops",i said hugging him.

I knew he would understand me but now the other challenge was to get khia's mom on board. I had my dad call her mom and they talked for a while. I guess her mom wasn't bout to let her daughter go overseas with me but of course, my dad pulled his charm on her and she agreed.

I watched as he paced back and forth and then gave me a thumbs up. I was excited than a mf.

Khia

I watched as my mom paced back and forth with her phone on her ear. Unfortunately I couldn't hear the convo or with whom she was talking to because I was stuck in the kitchen seasoning chicken for tomorrow. She looked at me for a while and then walked back to the living room. After she was done, she came to wear I was and asked me, "you wanna tell me why I was just on the phone with Santiago's father?"

"No because i don't know. What happen? Santiago's okay?",i said turning to her.

"I heard they want you to meet their family in DR. So they wanted to extend a invitation out to you so you can go with them on their family reunion."

"Really?",I said surprised.

"Yea. I'll let you go this one time. But I need to meet those people to know what their all about",my mom said. I hugged her in excitement and when I was done, I went to my room. I looked at my phone and I missed like 5 missed calls by Santiago. I called him back hoping he wasn't sound asleep yet.

"Yo wasup baby",he answered.

"Hey babe. I'm going to DR with you?"

"Yea. I already booked the flight so you ain't got no choice but to go",he said.

"Aww Your awesome",i said.

"Oh yea? How awesome?"

"Very awesome."

"You got school tomorrow?"

"Yea same time as your class."

"Ight I'll pick you up. But afterwards, ima need you to start packing okay."

"Okay. But what about your mom."

"Ain't nobody worrying about her babe. I'm gonna get some sleep, I'll be at your house in the morning ight",he said. I agreed and hung up. I can't believe I was about to go to DR with Santiago. This is so surreal and I couldn't wait to start packing. I was happy but part of me was sad because that still prove that he didn't trust me.