Star Struck(12)
“I am.”
“Hailey’s not your case or did you forget?”
Trevon’s eyebrow raised. “If I didn’t know better, I would think you wanted my girl for yourself.”
Garrett laughed. Little did he know he already had his girl, but he knew he wasn’t talking about Shereeka. “Man, first of all, Hailey’s not your girl and if I did have a thing for her; it would be between her and I.”
“Why are you here?” Trevon asked. His chest seemed to stick out further.
“I’m here on business. I can’t say the same about you.”
“What else did Shereeka say when she called?” he whispered.
“Oh don’t be asking about your fiancé now. I think its best you ask her yourself. As you keep telling me, I need to stay out of your business.”
Trevon reached in his pocket for his cell phone. “I forgot it’s in the living room.”
“Use mine.” Garrett handed Trevon the phone. “Better hurry up though. You don’t want your jump off to hear you.”
The expression on Trevon’s face was priceless. Garrett laughed as Trevon took the phone and walked out on the back patio.
“What’s so funny?” Hailey asked.
Garrett turned around. “Oh Nothing. Just sitting here thinking about old times.”
Hailey sat on the bar stool next to him. “I know you don’t agree with me seeing Trevon.”
Garrett twirled ice on his tongue. “You’re a big girl. You’ll get tired of playing second fiddle sooner or later.”
“I’m not second.”
“Really now. What if I told you that Trevon is outside right now talking to his fiancé?”
“He wouldn’t.”
Garrett could see the back of Trevon’s head from where he sat. “I’m not saying that he is, but what if he was?”
“I would tell him to leave. Doing something like that is not only disrespectful to me, but to her too.”
“Wow. You do have a conscious.”
Hailey squirmed in her chair. “I don’t believe in messing around with another woman’s man, but Trevon was mine first.”
“That’s the problem right there. You treat people as objects. Ones to be bought or pushed aside at your whim.”
Hailey stood up and came face to face with Garrett. “You don’t know me as well as you think you do.”
“I know enough to know that beneath that diva attitude of yours is a woman who wants to be; correction, needs to be loved.” He paused. “A man like Trevon. He’s not capable of loving you the way you need to be.”
Hailey opened her mouth to say something, but didn’t when Trevon walked in looking at them strangely.
“What’s going on here?” he asked.
“Just waiting on you to finish your business call,” Garrett responded, stressing the word “business.”
“Well, all is well. I think I better get going though,” he responded.
“I’ll be going too,” Garrett said. He whispered, “Remember what I said.”
Hailey walked them to the door without telling either one of them good-bye. She made sure the door was secure and thought about Garrett’s last words.
~ 8 ~
“Man, you know you was wrong,” Trevon said, as he threw Garrett the basketball.
Garrett bounced the ball, blocking Trevon’s attempts to steal it. He took a shot and missed. “I’m trying to save you. Have you ever thought about what would happen if those two met?”
Trevon bounced the ball and made a shot. “That’s not going to happen.”
“Playa, you’re not a player. If you were, you never would have asked Shareeka to marry you.”
“Man, you don’t know what that girl can do in between the sheets. I would give up my right kidney as long as she was in my life.”
“See that’s the problem there. You’re thinking with your little head instead of your big one.”
“You got me mixed up with you. My women are thoroughly satisfied,” Trevon said, as he bounced the ball.
Garrett stole the ball from him and made a shot. The ball bounced off the backboard. Trevon took it out of bounds and they continued their match.
“All I know is a true player doesn’t get caught at the altar.” Garrett stole the ball away from Trevon and dunked the ball. “In your face. I’m tired of playing with you.”
Garrett picked up a towel and his bottled water. He didn’t wait for Trevon to respond. He headed to the locker room to shower and dress for work. While he was getting things out of his locker, Trevon walked in.
“What do you think I should do about Hailey? I can’t keep doing this with her. If you wouldn’t have stopped by the other day, her and I would have.”