As promised, I got up this morning and headed to Khia s house. When I pulled up in the driveway, I saw her mom's car still there. I ain't never seen her mom here so often so it was kinda awkward pulling up behind her. I was nervous to knock on the door because I knew it wouldn't have been Khia who would've answered.

"Hi mr. Rodriguez",her mom said greeting me.

"Hi Ms. Kim. Is Khia home?"

"Yes she's upstairs. Come on in",she said opening the door for me.

"Wasn't You just here last night?",she asked me.

"Yes ma'am",I said getting nervous.

"I see you can't get enough of my daughter huh? That's young love for ya",she said smiling. I smiled. She offered me a glass of orange juice while yelling Khia's name to come downstairs.

"Mama you realize I'm not death right?",Khia said coming down in her sundress. Her hair was in a curly ponytail and she came downstairs putting her earrings on.

"If you weren't death then you would've heard me the first time",her mom snapped handing me the glass.

"Thank you Ms. Kim."

"Anytime honey. If your going out Khia, remember to lock the doors because I'm on my way out",she said facing Khia.

"Alright mama. Hey you",Khia said giving me a hug.

"Hey. Is all this for me?",I said looking at her.

"Yes. I wanna go out today",she said smiling and sitting next to me.

"Where you wanna go? I don't have work until 3 so you have me all to yourself right now."

"The Park Maybe. I'm feeling naturery today."

"Babe you out here making your own words and stuff",I said laughing. She looked at me and I could tell something was on her mind but I'll ask her later.

She took my keys out of my pocket and handed me her house keys.

"I'll wait out in the car",she told me and kissed me on the lips before leaving.

When I was done drinking my drink, I washed the cup and turned it over in the dishwasher with all the other cups.

"Oh you didn't have to do that honey",her mom said behind me.

"It's no problem Ms. Kim",I smiled and said.

"Wow handsome, respectful, and Can wash dishes. What else can you do?",she said examining me.

"I cook, don't mind cleaning either", I told her.

"You would make a great son in law."

I laughed when I said that. I'm glad I already have her blessing by the looks of it. I said my goodbyes to her and locked the door on my way out with Khia's keys.

I got in the car and gave Khia her keys.

She was on her phone the entire drive to piedmont park but I don't mind. Every now and then i glance over at her and she seems frustrated to the point where she threw her phone on the carpet floor and sighed.

"Woah woah woah babygirl wasup? Want me to pull over?",I asked her.

"No I'm fine just kinda frustrated. And your on the highway, that's dangerous."

"You know I wouldn't mind. Wanna talk about it when we get there?"

"Yes",she said looking out the window. I found somewhere to park and opened the passenger door open for her. The park was actually empty for the most part since it was early. She spotted a empty bench and we sat on it. The wind blew a little causing the leaves to sway back and forth.

"Ebony called me the day we had that huge argument. She called me prior to that like a while ago but I never answered or picked up her calls. The day we had that argument, I was really sad cause I didn't have someone to talk to about the situation & in those situations, Ebony was my rider. She would give me advice. I answered her call and she was saying that she apologizes for what she did. She never meant to cross me it's just that Trey kinda forced her and i hung up on her because it sounded like a whole bunch of bs to me. Trey doesn't have a forceful bone in his body to make you do that. She thinks I'm stupid. I know both of them and how they act so her story wasn't making no sense. So in the car, we was texting and she kept sticking to her story & I'm just pissed off because you supposed to be my best friend. Why are you lyin to me? You say you apologize so tell the truth. I'm so upset because I miss her. I miss my best friend but if she can't tell the truth then what's the point of letting her back into my world. I'd rather her tell me, 'Khia I been had a crush on Trey and when you wasn't with him, I made a pass at him and one thing led to another and we had sex. Sex led to us being into a relationship.' Or whatever You know what I mean?",she vented to me. I shook my head understanding her because Juan and I went through something similar to that.

"I miss my best friend and I need her."

"I understand babe. Juan and I been through that phase. I never finished the story of when i caught Marisol with him. I went months without talking to Juan and i dumped Marisol that same day. Just how Ebony is your rider, Juan was the same for me. I considered him as my bro like my cousins but once he crossed me, I cut him lose with no hesitation. Without him, I felt like I was in a dark place because someone so close to you hurt you so bad."

"So how did you guys become best friends again?"

"I just got tired of being angry at him and forgave him. It took a lot in me to even do that but God helped me through it. I forgave him but me being prideful, I never told him. We was at the club this one night, and he approached me. I was getting ready to fight him if it came to that but it didn't. He just wanted to talk. We went outside, exchanged a few words and I told him I forgive him. He promised me he'll never cross me like that again and I took his word for it but I'd always look at him sideways cause I didn't 100% trust him until that night I was in jail for whipping trey's a.. I don't know if you remember but I told him to take you to his house. I was testing him to see if he was still a snake or not and ever since then, we haven't had any problems",I explained to her.

"So this is recent."

"Yea Juan and I became friends again this year. I spent an entire year having hatred in my heart for him crossing me. The decision is yours to make if you want this chick around or not. Granted y'all situation worse than ours because this is a full blown relationship she having with your ex but it's up to you."

"What would you do?",she said looking at me. I chuckled because Ebony wouldn't have a second chance if we were best friends. "I would go out and make new friends. I wouldn't let Ebony back into my circle especially because 1. She dating Trey still even after you found out and 2. She ain't being real about the situation. She not trustworthy and I promise you if you let her in, ima always look at her sideways because I don't feel like she got your best interest at heart. I get it, y'all got history since kids but sometimes you gotta cut people like that loose."

I put my arms around her.

"It's good to have friends but you need positive people around you babe. At this point your in life, you don't need no one bringing you down. Plus you too pretty to be stressed over these girls",I said caressing the side of her face. She cracked a small smile.

"Just forget her and let it go. Tell you what, I'll introduce you to some girls at the church that I think you'll be cool with. How does that sound?"

"Lame but okay",she said smiling.

"Just give them a chance",I said laughing.

"I will",she said getting up and putting her hand out to me. I took her hand and we walked around the park.