"Here's the man I been askin for?",Juan said dapping me up. His spot was lookin nice and the kickback was lookin lit, only person that wasn't was me.

"Wasup wasup",I said to the fellas.

"Nun much was waiting on you to get here. You all late and stuff to ya own party",Juan said with a bottle in his hand.

"Man to be honest with ya, I wasn't about to come."

"Yea right. Where's lil mama? She ain't on your arm",he noticed.

"I don't know where she at."

"What you mean? Y'all broke up or somethin?"

"I don't know. We haven't talked all week. We had a lil fallin out, got a lil violent."

"Violent? You ain't put your hands on her did you?"

"Nah. She slapped me and I pushed her against the wall but that's as far as it went. I ain't the type a dude to put my hands on a woman."

"Oh okay. Well why she slapped you."

"Called her a sidechick."

"Ohh You deserved that hit then."

"I know I did. She feels like I ain't giving her my love, she feels she's a project for me. Someone to fix and then I'll leave. The argument we had was just real intense."

"Damn im sorry man."

"It's cool. Crazy thing is it all started when Marisol hit my line and she picked up. I could kill the hoe right now if she was here to be honest."

"Yea you messed up right now. Well we got bottles and women all over. Choose your pick",Sean said causing me to laugh. I grabbed a bottle of ciroc and poured some in a cup. Vibing to the beat of Chris Brown's 'blow it in the wind', I looked around and fed of their energy.

"We haven't been talking for only a week and you already tryna get intoxicated",i heard a familiar voice behind me say. I turned my head and it was Khia standing before me. I didn't know whether to give her a cold shoulder or to kiss her right now. I missed her a lot.

"I been blowing your phone up and doorbell",I told her.

"I know",she said showing me her phone in her hand. I saw her wallpaper still had a pic of me so I guess we still got a chance.

"How you been?",i asked her.

"I'm better. I needed space."

"I see",I said checking her out in her booty shorts and see-through black shirt.

"You know your not a project to me right?"

"So I've been told."

"I'm serious",I said pulling a piece of her hair behind her ear.

"You made me feel that way."

"I'm sorry baby."

"You don't get to call me that. Enjoy your party",she said and walked away from me. I don't think she was gonna make it easy for me to get her back. Throughout the whole party, i made myself busy by standing next to the boys by the grill and drinking. I didn't want to do Nothing. But it was cool though cause my boys did a good job at keeping me distracted. Once the party was over, I knew Juan's house was trashed. Cans and bottles everywhere, plates on the couch and grass.

"Man You know what I hate about throwing parties?",Sean asked me.

"You gotta clean the damage",I said laughing.

"Yes no matter what type a party it is",he said picking up the cans. I helped out by picking up whatever else we had left on the floor.

"I saw Khia in here earlier. Y'all talked?",he asked.

"We talked but it was real brief. No real conversation."

"Yeah It's gonna take more than you sweet talker her to get her back. You gonna have to work a lil harder on this one."

"Yea i know but I don't know what else to do or say to her."

"Just keep apologizing and show her you want her back."

Sean was right, after helping Sean out I decided to head over to her house. I saw her mom's car in the driveway so I looked at my watch to see if it was okay to be at her house. It was nearly midnight so I knew visiting hours were over. But I needed to talk to Khia so bad so I walked out the back of the house and tried to figure out a way to get in. This was out of the norm for me to do. I took a small rock and aimed for her window, that's what I've seen in the movies. Her light was turned off but soon as she heard the rock, I saw her turn it on but she didn't lift the window up to see me so I tried again. Third time is a charm so I tried again but I still had no luck. Suddenly the back door opened, and her mom saw me and asked, "Santiago honey what are you doing back here?"

I couldn't tell if she was mad or not. She tied her robe up because she was cold.

"I'm sorry Ms. Kim. I just wanted to talk to your daughter."

"You couldn't call her?",she asked me confused.

"She hasn't been picking up my calls."

"Hmm okay. Let me see if she's awake. I'll see if I can get her to come down for you."

"Thank you so much. I'm sorry to wake you Ms. Kim."

"It's no problem honey. Come in, it's really cold outside",she said inviting me in. She told me to sit in the living room and wait while she went to go get Khia. I was uneasy so I decided to stand instead. I looked at the pictures of Khia and her mom when she was little and she looked like a angel. I smiled to myself because lately she hasn't been acting like one to me. Got me here stressed out over her, can't fully concentrate on the restaurant when she's the one that gave me the idea.

Moments later, Ms. Kim came down by herself and I knew I was about to get rejected. "She'll be down in a second. Don't you go up there",her mother warned me.

"Yes ma'am." Little did she know, I used to be up there every other night. She just didn't know it. Moments later I saw Khia come down and my eyes lit up. She wore sweat pants and a tank.

"Party was getting boring or something? Why are you here?"she said crossing her arms. I could tell if I didn't speak up now, she would waste no time in kicking me out her house again.

"Khia. I know I said sorry already but I really am sorry for calling you names and dissing you. It was really disrespectful of me and I was really out of line."

"Okay",she said. I looked at her and realized I was getting anywhere.

"Baby i miss you",i told her.

"Okay." I didn't know what else to say here to make her feel that I needed her back. She was cold to me and there's nothing I could do at this time. So I looked down and made my way towards the front door to leave. She walked up behind me and tugged on my arm. I turned to her and she kissed me passionately in front of the door before I had a chance to open it. I took the opportunity and kissed her back locking my tongue with hers.

"It's called i miss you, idiot",she said looking into my eyes.

"I'm not an idiot."

"You are if you was gonna walk out that door and leave me",she said resting her head on my chest.

"Like i said, I'd be a fool to leave you",i told her. She put her arms around me and hugged me tight. I could feel the warmth of her embrace.

"Can I take you with me tonight?",I asked her.

"I can't. You know she's here so I can't try anything sneaky. I'll see if I can sneak out in a couple hours."

"No babygirl it's cool. You don't gotta sneak out for me. I'll come see you in the morning okay?",i said lifting her bare face and caressing it. She nodded and we kissed one last time before I left.

Khia

I shut the door behind Santiago and just stood behind it. I just kept thinking that he was so much different to what I'm used to. I thought we was done for good because usually when I call it quits, they would eventually leave. But Santiago just kept trying to call me and visit me. Sure I read his messages and listened to his voicemails but I didn't return the favor. I thought he would've gotten the point that I really was not gonna put up with the disrespect. And sure enough he did. He really kept chasing after me, that's something I'm not used to. He's so different from the rest. He wouldn't let me sneak out to go to his house in the cold because he knows I shouldn't have to. Santiago was selfless and I loved that about him. I don't think I've ever met a man that was like this. Maybe that's why it's hard for me to keep him. I tried so hard to find one flaw in him and I can't. He was just that good of a man.