The Playa Chronicles (5 page)

The thrill of the hunt.

The excitement that you only get from the pursuit of a woman. But lately, once they take their clothes off and
laid
down, the thrill was gone. Once the act was over I’d lose interest, except with Laura. Somehow it was different with Laura.

When we got to April’s house, she was ready to talk. As soon as we walked through the door, April said,
“Rick, you and I need to have a conversation.”

“What about?” I asked.

“I think we need to take a break from each other.”

“Why April?”

“Laura,” she said, as she sat down on the couch.

I sat in the chair across from her. “What about her?” I was so shocked that April knew about her, that I didn’t even ask how she found out.

“What’s going on between the two of you?” April looked at me. “Never mind. I already know the answer to that. There is no point in you denying it. There really isn’t too much you can say to convince me otherwise. I know you. And to be honest with you, I’m tired of playing the role like you got me fooled.”

“You’re right, there’s nothing I can say, so I won’t. But I know you ain’t
nobodies
fool, April,” I said, trying to do a little damage control.

“I’d convinced myself that as long as it didn’t cut into my time, when I wanted to see you, it was cool. But I was a younger girl then. It was cool back then ’cause we had that kind of understanding. I was going out with other men. Back then, you were struggling, trying to find a direction for yourself, and you didn’t have any money to do anything. Remember how we would lay in bed at night and talk about how we were gonna do this and that? And how you would tell me all about how it was gonna be once you made it in sales?”

“I remember those days too. Those were good days between us. I know I didn’t have much, but I tried my best.”

“I know you did. But I still wanted to go places, do things that I knew you couldn’t afford. So I did. I did some things that I’m not proud of. Looking back, I can’t believe some of the things I did.”

“Like what?” I asked, but I really didn’t want to know. “Never mind. Even though those were good days, I still remember how it felt sitting there watching you get dressed, knowing that you were going out with another man. But what could I possibly say about it?”

“So how do you think I felt? That’s what sent me out there. You. I’m not saying you made me do it. You didn’t make me do anything. But you know what’s good for the goose and all that. And to be honest with you, I never thought that we would still be together after all these years. I never in a million years thought that I would still love you the way I do. And I do love you, Rick. But this has got to stop.”

I got out of my chair and went a sat down next to April. “I know you’re not gonna believe this, but I been seeing things a lot differently lately. We’ve been spending a lot more time together and it’s been really great. I know that I never want to be without you. I love you, April.” I kissed her on the cheek. “But I had convinced myself of basically the same thing that you did: As long as it didn’t cut into your time, it was all good. But now I see that it’s really not worth it.”

“You’re just saying that ’cause you got caught.”

“No, that’s not it at all.” I laughed to myself as I thought about something that Mr. George told me once. “Until your woman catches you in the pussy and sticks her finger in your ass and says I got you, you ain’t caught. You can always deny it.” I started to share that little tidbit of playa logic with April, but I knew this wasn’t the time.

“I wanted us to start thinking about the future, Rick. Our future—our future together. Not you,
meand
Laura, or anybody else for that matter; just you and me. I wanted to get married one day. I wanted to marry you. But I can’t, not like this.”

She said it.

Twice.

The M word.

I cringed when she said it the first time. But when she said that she wanted to marry me, somehow it didn’t seem as bad.

“I’m not saying that we should run out and get married tomorrow. I know that you’re not ready. But all I want is for you to show me some respect.”

“I do respect you.”

“How could you say you respect me? ’Cause you don’t parade your women all up in my face? I know Victor knows what you doin’, doesn’t he?” I didn’t answer. “I’ll take that as a yes,
playa
. I’ve heard him call you
playa
. So if he knows, I know that Keisha has to know it too. So how is that respecting me?”

Once again, she had me speechless. I hate it when that happens. But all in all, I knew she was right. And so did
she
. All I could say was, “Okay.”

“Okay, what does that mean? Okay?”

“Okay, April. You’re right; I’ve been wrong. But if you give me some time I’ll show you.”

“We’ll see,” April said, as she got up and walked toward the front door. She looked back at me. “But I think you should go home. Like I said, I think we need to take a break from each other.”

“Don’t do this, April. You’ll see, I’ll change,” I pleaded with her, thinking that this couldn’t be happening.

“Come back when you’ve changed and we’ll see. But I won’t play the fool anymore.”

I got up and walked to the door. April opened the door and I stepped outside. I turned and looked at her. “Good night, Rick,” April said and closed the door in my face.

I felt bad as I drove away from April’s apartment, like a beaten man. It felt like I had lost the only thing that was really important to me. And I had. Now, what I should have done was gone straight home and called April. Talked to her on the phone until the sun came up the way we used to in the old days when we couldn’t get enough of each other. But I didn’t, I started rationalizing.
Why does April want a break all of the sudden? She got another man on hold? Yeah, that’s it. That’s why she was so quiet tonight. She had to get rid of me so she could get with that nigga.

I took out my cell phone as I drove and called Laura. But as fate would have it, I got voice mail on all of her numbers. “Damn, who can I call?” I asked myself, still unwilling to accept the obvious answer. Go home, call April, and beg her to take you back.

But then I thought about, Karen, or was it
Sharon
? What her name was didn’t make a difference. All that mattered was that she answered the phone on the second, and after she made sure that I knew her name was Sharon and not Karen, she invited me over. When I got there she opened the door wearing a leopard print teddy and a thong to match.

She quietly led me into her candlelit bedroom.
Sharon
put her arms around my neck and kissed me. At first I couldn’t get thoughts of April out of my head, but as I let my hands roam freely over her body, they began to fade. Her body shook from the excitement of the sex we were about to have.

I slid one of her straps off her shoulders and lightly bite her. “
Ooooh
, I like it like that,” she whispered. Then she moved my hands back from her body.
Sharon
undressed me slowly, kissing and caressing me as she removed each article of my clothing until I stood before her naked. “Lay down,” she whispered in my ear.

I
laid
down across the bed and watched
Sharon
seductively slid the straps of her teddy down her shoulders. She moved a little closer and I watched as she eased them down slowly and revealed her beautiful breasts, then she let the teddy drop down her body until it hit the floor. She turned around and slid her thong off her hips and let it drop next to her teddy. At that point, any thoughts of April and whatever game she was playing were gone from my mind.

When she was naked,
Sharon
lay down in bed next to me and I ran my hand across her breasts and teased them with my tongue. I got up on my knees and slid my tongue slowly around her beautiful, dark circles, never touching her nipples. At the same time, I gently spread her legs and fingered her clit. I felt it getting hard and she moaned her approval.

I guided my tongue along her body, then kissed her naval.

Sharon
gently rolled me to my back. As I lay on my back with my eyes closed, I enjoyed the taste of her tongue darting playfully in and out of my mouth, followed by the sensation of her lips, soft and wet, against my chest.

I opened my eyes and watched as she began gliding her hands across my skin to my now throbbing hardness. She reached out and slowly began to massage it.
Sharon
looked at me and then kissed me passionately as she continued to stroke my erection. I reached out for
Sharon
and gently moved her body so I could taste her. I ran my tongue along her lips and proceeded to lick her clit. She moaned while continuing to slide her hand up and down my shaft. When she straddled my face and I inhaled her scent, I began slowly tonguing her lips and sucking lightly on her clit.
 
Once again, I closed my eyes, felt Sharon move, and soon I felt the sensation of her lips sucking my dick,
 
slowly sliding up and down on my erection. Her body began to tremble.

Sharon
quickly repositioned herself and lowered herself onto me. While she took my erection into the wetness between her thighs, she stared into my eyes. “You’re dick is so damn hard and feels so good inside me,” she said as we moved in unison.
She moved her body slowly up and down and then in
circles.
She
leaned forward and kissed me. She moved from side to side, rubbing her nipples across my chest.

I grabbed her ass and ran my
hands up and down her back and across her cheeks.
Sharon
started to move her hips faster. I pushed harder, and I felt
Sharon
’s body begin to shake and saw her eyes open wide. “You’re gonna make me come!” she screamed and grabbed my shoulders. She dug her nails in and slammed her body into mine. Her mouth opened and she then collapsed on my chest.

Sharon
rolled off of me and I laid there watching as she crawled around on the bed. I got on my knees crawled over beside her and ran my hands along her back and around her ass.
Sharon
spread her legs and I fingered her clit and played with her lips.

Sharon
looked over her shoulder. “Come on. Fuck me, Rick.” I entered her from behind. Her pussy was so soft, so wet and I felt her bucking, pounding that pretty ass against me. I felt the muscles inside her pussy tighten around me and she screamed. Sharon rolled over on her back and I crawled between her legs. She smiled and touched my face. I dropped my head between her thighs
and began to suck her pussy again. She
came again.

Then she pushed my head away from her pussy and pulled me toward her. She was so wet that I entered her in a single stroke. I placed the weight of my body on my arms, and she arched her back and rotated her hips in perfect unison with me, until we screamed together.

I rolled over on my back.
Sharon
scooted close to me and laid her head on my chest. I put my arm around her and she moved closer. “That was great, Rick,” she said and put her leg over mine. I stared at the ceiling and I saw April, standing with her hands on her hips.
I won’t play the fool anymore.

 
“This is Rick.”

“I figured I’d find you there.”

“How you doing, Laura?”

“Working, baby. But what else is new?” Laura said.

“Tell me about it. I been here every night this week and I’m still not done.”

“I’m about to wrap things up here. What about you? How much longer you gonna be there?”

“I don’t know, Laura. Another couple of hours I guess,” I replied, even though I was tired and probably wouldn’t be here much longer. “Discipline, playa,” I told myself. I had something to prove, not only to April, but to myself. I was going to change. I was going to get all these other women out of my life and become the kind of man that not only April wanted me to be, but that I knew I could be.

“That’s too bad. I was hoping that we could get together and have a drink. Then we can have this talk you’ve
been wanting
to have with me.”

“Yeah, well, we do need to talk.” I thought about it.
Might as well get this over with before I change my mind
. “Where do you want to meet?”