Chapter 13: Don't Give It Away
April

Don't give it away
You know it's mine, tell me who gon' make you feel this way?
So many times I fucked up with you, but I'm done with the games
Act like I wanted you to leave, but girl, I need you to stay
Don't give it away, no, no
[By: Fridayy ft. Chris Brown]

Later That Night...

Knock Knock

The sound of someone knocking on April's bedroom door turned her away from her laptop. She was in the middle of doing a few things for work while she had a little down time. It was late night and the kids were sleep while everyone else was doing their own thing so it could only be one person in particular.

"David what do you want" April asked laughing already knowing that it had to be him. The kids would've bum rushed inside of the room like it was theirs.

"Damn what I do now" he asked as he opened the door and poked his head inside.

"Bothering me while I'm working" she answered as she looked up from her glasses at him then back at the screen of her laptop.

"It looks like you need some help"

She laughed. "You do remember what I do for a living right"

He shrugged. "You have a lot of jobs so I don't know which one ya working at right now but it looks like you need help"

"Lawd just bring ya ass in" she said and shook her head. She still didn't know what was going on between her and Dave. He wasn't being pushy but he was worming his way back into her life. It felt like he wasn't giving her a second to even think about wanting to be with someone else. He wasn't necessarily clingy either. He was just present.

"Real talk I just wanted to check on you and this was the only time I had to get you alone since the girls are sleep. I know we're trying not to confuse them or get their hopes up" he said as he eased inside, closed the door behind himself, then made his way over to the bed. Getting himself comfortable he kicked off his slides and sat up against the headboard.

She nodded. "I feel like you've been checking on me a lot lately" she said while her fingers tapped danced across the keyboard.

"Can't help it" he shrugged. "Besides today was an emotional day for you"

"It was but I'll manage. I don't feel bad. I'm actually relieved. It was something I wanted to do for a while now and now I got some answers. I'm a just take it one day at a time and see if I actually get my sister back" After her talk with Hazel she had been feeling so much better. She had received the answers she was searching for as well as she got to release some steam. Let alone she was just glad that Hazel had realized that she had never been the problem and that it was all in her head as well as self doubt and plain ole jealousy. April was just an easy target for her to take her frustrations out on.

Dave nodded understanding. "Gotchu...you sure you good though? Y'all was in there rocking. That shit wasn't like the fights you had with Agnes and that Kae chick"

"Now I ain't even gonna hold you on that. I forgot her ass had hands. My body feels like shit" she said thinking about the fight she had earlier. She was trying to save face at her parent's house but her body was aching. The first thing she did when she got home was take a hot shower to ease her aching bones. Those gut punches and punches to her ribs had did her in. Dave was absolutely right though it wasn't like the fights she had with Millie or Kaerrueche. They really didn't have hands or knew how to correctly defend themselves. Hazel on the other hand had given her a little run for her money.

"Get up let me see the damage"

"I'm busy right now" her eyes were glued to her screen. She was testing out some new software that she wanted to release at the start of the new year.

"That's not what I asked you. Get up so I can see the damage" He said with a little more base that made her pussy jump.

"I left my daddy at his house earlier" she quipped.

"We both know I'm not ya daddy and never been. I'm Papi and you know that already now stop being hard headed and bring ya ass so I can access the damage" they went back and forth with April being her ole stubborn and petty self.

"You don't have that privilege anymore" she laughed as she shut her laptop down.

"You wasn't saying that a while ago" he smirked thinking about how he had her ass in a sex craze coma in Barbados. The way they had fucked and made love it damn sure didn't feel like his privileges had been revoked. If anything he felt like they were reinstated.

"Let a nigga get a lil Grade A and now he thinks he runs the place" she said as she got out of the bed and went to stand by his side.

"Yup and I ran all through that shit too for hours on end. Knocked that ass out and woke ya ass up giving you all this good wood" he said then bit down on his fist then turned around to her and sat up on the edge of the bed. Unbuttoning her long sleeve silk pajama top he opened it up wide enough for him to get a good look.

"Boy bye" she said and smacked her lips. Yet he was absolutely right he had done her body something good in Barbados. He had given her exactly what she wanted and needed and sent her ass home on an emotional and sexual high.

"Damn ma she bruised you up a bit" he said as he lightly ran his hand down by her ribs and then to her stomach. Pulling her shirt off her shoulders and off altogether he spent her around and noticed a few more bruises on her back. "They aren't too bad but she left a few marks. I can only imagine what she looks like though"

"This shit is gonna hurt worse tomorrow. Not to mention she got my damn leg too when we dropped to the floor" April groaned. Her body ached but luckily it wasn't an unbearable pain.

"You took a bath or a shower"

"A shower" she answered as she kept her eyes on his as he looked her over and examined all of her bruises as if he was a doctor or a magician who could just poof and take them and the pain away. Luckily the bruises wouldn't last long. That's exactly why she had stayed away from face shots.

"You said ya legs too ma" he looked up towards her and asked.

"Yes" she nodded all caught up and captivated in him as usual.

Then it happened so damn fast, casual, and as true form to Dave way too smooth. He had eased her pajama bottoms down like it was the most normal thing to do. Eyes roaming, bottom lip tucked between his teeth he scanned her thighs and legs in search of more bruises. He hadn't even given it a second thought to what he had just done. What had just been a search of bruises had triggered April's body. Tingles and shivers is what she felt whenever Dave's hands touched her. She didn't know when or if the feeling would ever change and as much as she wanted it to continue she couldn't let it linger on too long. She had sort of made it up in her mind that she was just going to go with the flow and whatever happens between them just happened. But she also hated this gray area where it felt like they were tiptoeing and walking on eggshells. For her it was all or nothing but somehow they were teetering and lines were blurring just a bit. She hated being ready and him still trying to figure things out and from what he had told her he was clearly not ready even though he appeared to be.

"Dave" she called his name and closed her eyes enjoying the way his hands felt against her body. It was torture...sweet torture.

"Yea" he said rubbing his hand over a bruise she had on her right thigh. The way she was bruised up was as if she was in a MMA match. It wasn't as bad as it seemed but there were bruises here and there.

"I know you know I don't have any panties on" she was trying her best not to get aroused. He was so close that all he had to do was stick out his tongue and she'd be riding that shit off into the sunset. He knew his face was her favorite seat and here he was just tossing it freely in her face.

"I do. I can clearly see and smell that fresh honey pot" he said as a matter of fact. Like just standing there in front of him booty butt naked was the wave of the week. Shit they still hadn't had sex since Barbados. Lawd knows she wanted to jump his bones again but she was sticking to the one night stand that he had asked her for. Honestly he had been doing nothing but torturing her. He had been there and showing her that he was there and present but he seemed as if he was holding himself back and she couldn't understand why. Well she could but he wasn't helping the situation. He was pulling her in and she was ready to give in but he wasn't in the state of mind that she was in. They needed to be on the same page.

Her head dropped and she deeply sighed. "I can't do this with you. I gave you the night in Barbados and ever since then you've been around just worming your way back into my life. Activities with the kids, spending time with me when they're sleep, you being there for me today dealing with Hazel, and now you're examining my body like it's just an everyday thing to do when we aren't together anymore. Don't get me wrong I'm soaking it in and I'm loving the attention and attentiveness but I don't know what you want from me. You're here but ya not here and we've just been floating around in our bubble and now we're stuck even more in this gray space. We're two seconds away from completely blurring the lines and I don't want to get stuck there when I'm feeling myself falling again and you aren't" she said and stepped out of his hold then picked up her pajama shirt and slipped it back on. She and Dave were playing a dangerous game and with the way they were moving she was falling fast and she honestly didn't feel like catching herself. She was tired of trying to build back up her guard and trying to ween herself off of him. She missed him. She missed what they had and she wanted it all back but she also had some reservations because even though she wanted it all back she didn't want Millie at the forefront of their relationship. She needed for that era to be completely over.

Dave dropped his head, lifted it back up, then rubbed his hands down his face frustrated. Not by April but himself and she could see it written all over his face.

April buttoned up her shirt, approached him leaving no space in between them, and wrapped her arms around his neck. He laid his head against her stomach then wrapped his arms around her waist and inhaled. "What's going on with you" she softly asked genuinely wanting to know where his head was at.

"I'm not quite ready and I know it's not fair to you but I can't help but be around because I'm drawn to you. No matter how hard I pull away to focus on myself all I want and crave is your presence. I don't want someone else to get what I know is mines. It's selfish...shit I'm selfish. But I'm working on myself though" he confessed.

"You do know that you don't have to be 100% ready right. I don't expect you to have everyone of your problems solved. I just asked you to go get some help and focus on getting yourself better. I never needed you to be this person who had all of his shit together. I just wanted you to focus on yourself to where you felt like you could be a better you and stop letting things from the name we shall not speak of end up fucking up every thing good that you have going on which included me. I don't need or expect you to be perfect. When I said give my ring back to me when you're a 100% that was me telling you not to dare ask me to marry you until you knew for a fact that you're ready to make such a huge commitment. I'm not perfect so why would I ask or expect you to be"

Dave sighed. "I've been working hard and focusing on getting myself to where I want to be when it comes to you and our relationship. Trust me I'm getting help. I just don't know if I'm at the point where old shit won't interfere in our shit and I don't want to chance it. I'm two seconds away from asking you to wait for me but I don't want to be that man where you pause ya life for me. But at the same time I don't want a repeat of what happened to us the first and second time around. I don't want to do life without you or watch you get comfortable with another man. That shit doesn't sit right with me"

"David I'm not looking for a relationship or anything serious with someone else. I just chose not to wait for you because I did it before and thought you were ready but you weren't. I'm just tryna protect myself and my heart as well as get my back blown every now and then. You know look good on a niggas arm and be spoiled from time to time. Something along the lines of wined and dined"

Dave looked up at her and mugged the fuck out of her. He wasn't here for her shit especially no shit like that.
April laughed as she watched his sexy ass face morph into an even sexier mug. Yes she was being her ole petty self but she was being honest with him.

"That shit ain't funny" he said and unwrapped his arms from around her waist.

"Ouuu you big mad" she teased while she grabbed his arms making him wrap them back around her waist.

Dave snarled. "You wouldn't like that shit either" he shot back.

"Yea, yea, yea" she said but she knew like he knew that she wouldn't like that shit either.

"Yea, yea, yea my ass. I'm outta here. I came in here to check on ya lil ass and this is how you do me" he unwrapped his arms from around her waist once more. She couldn't do shit but laugh at him as she unwrapped her arms from around his neck.

She was honestly happy just to see him get out of his head for a second. Sure she wanted to apply that pressure on him but he was already applying it to himself. She didn't want to push him to the edge. She just wanted to know if he had really taken her advice since he was so headstrong on not getting help in the first place.

"I'll see ya lil ass in the morning" he said as he rose from the bed.

"But what about my bruises" she asked pouting.

"You'll be aight go ahead and hop in a cold shower it'll help"

"Man bye" she sucked her teeth and waved him off.

Dave chuckled. "Goodnight ma I love you" he said then kissed her forehead before making his way towards the bedroom door.

"I love you too and remember you don't have to be perfect for me. I just needed you to work on yourself because you deserve so much more than what you think you do. Your worthy of a good loving" she said as she watched his back as he opened the door not really wanting him to leave. But this was their reality.

"Heard ju" he nodded and walked out making sure to close the door behind him leaving her to dive back inside of her mind wondering what was going to happen between them and what would be their actual end game be.

With the door closed behind him Dave leaned against it and leaned his head back. He was frustrated with this whole situation. Sure he was getting help and he was focusing on himself but every day that he was close to April and not being with her hurt. Being around the one he loved but couldn't have just yet was the worst. He didn't know how many sessions or how long it would take for him to get to a point where he felt like he was ready. Sure he didn't have to be perfect because let's face it no one was but how long would it take before he could claim her as his again. His self healing journey was proving to be good for him but why couldn't he do both. Why couldn't he take care of himself and be with April at the same time? Logically he understood why but emotionally his heart had him ready to make some shit shake. This time around he was trying to think with his head and not let his heart guide him but it was proving to be difficult. The heart wanted what the heart wanted.

Sometimes it seemed like she was so close yet so damn far. She was at an arms reach and he still couldn't touch her. Maybe he was trying to prove to himself that he could go through the whole process without her. But he felt like he still needed her and he did. Shit he wanted her too. The few days that they had spent together in Barbados and then him being more active and attentive by stopping by the house and spending more time with the girls as a whole and even time with April in the mix had been what he needed. He wanted to continue it but he didn't want to push his way back into April's life when he knew he couldn't give all of himself to her just yet. He had done the hardest part which was speak to Millie but still with the triggers, insecurities, and issues she left him with he just knew he needed more time to get himself to where he needed to be. But it was something about how he and April had fallen back into their bubble and a smooth routine. They couldn't help it. The pull they had was too damn strong. They were like magnets.

Sighing and pinching the bridge of his nose he leaned off the door, made his way down the hall, and made his way downstairs to the kitchen bumping into Bully.

"Bruh what's wrong with you? It look like somebody done kidnapped nephew" Bully asked talking about Teddy B as he curiously looked him over then grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge.

Dave sighed and rubbed his hand over his face before leaning against the kitchen counter. "I feel like I'm torturing myself. I'm not gonna go into detail because I realize that this is shit I should be talking to ma bout. Like everything I told y'all she should've been the first person to know. So with that in mind I'll tell you that this shit is killing me to have her at my fingertips but not have her at the same time. Like we're in the same house right now and I know if I went to our room she'd let me stay the night but here we are in separate bedrooms. If I wanted her right here and now there's no doubt in my mind that she'd let me back in" he vented.

"Come on" Bully said and waved him over as he started making his way out the kitchen.

Dave followed alongside him as they ended up outside in the backyard at their at home basketball court. Bully picked up a basketball from the ball rack and sent Dave a chest pass. Dave caught it with ease. He looked at the ball smiling. This is what he needed. Basketball was one of those activities that eased his mind and even though it was type chilly outside he welcomed the chill.

"Aight stupid question but I'm a ask you anyway even if I already know the answer" Bully said watching Dave dribble the ball.

"Shoot" Dave said before shooting that ball into the hoop making a shot.

"Do you love lil sis" Bully asked as he always did. It was sort of to remind Dave of why he was feeling a certain way when it came to April.

"With my whole heart" Dave said as he picked up the ball before it could roll down the court.

"Have you been working on yourself" he questioned.

"Every day since the day I left" he answered and shot the ball again making another shot. He still hadn't told any of his brothers that he had been on a self healing journey.

"Bet, out of all the things you've been doing to help ya self what's one of the major things you think you need to do to make it back to her" Bully questioned.

"Real talk Bull I handled that shit already. I just need to do a lil more working on myself before I come running back with my tail between my legs" he said not giving him more than that because it was a conversation he needed to have with April first.

"Understood" Bully nodded. "So if you handled that what's really stopping you from getting ya woman back" he asked as he stood with one arm folded across his chest and his hand resting on his chin.

Dave put the ball down and gave it some thought. He talked to his father on a regular. He talked to his Imam and went to the masjid frequently for guidance. He was in therapy and this shit was actually paying off and most importantly he sat down and had a face to face with Millie. He said what he needed to say with Millie and with his whole chest and he made things right. He was just waiting on the outcome of it all. So what was really stopping him from making his way back to April?

The only thing that was stopping him was himself. "I guess nothing but me" he finally answered.

"So my question to you is what are you scared of? You've been putting in the work and making changes why are you scared? That woman upstairs loves you. She doesn't expect you to be perfect" Bully said as a matter of fact.

Dave shook his head. Bully sound just like April. "Nigga I fucked up not once but twice. I don't have room for error. I'm on my last leg"

Bully laughed. "My boy you look like you shitting bricks. But third times a charm and this time around you already know all you need to know on how to make this right. The first time sis shook ya ass up and brought something new to the table and you got scared and ran back to Agnes even when you knew it wouldn't work out. Second time you ran because ya ass wasn't ready because you needed to let shit go and work on ya self. Now here you are doing all that you need to do and ya scared. You've been without ya woman and family as a whole for what five months. Crying bout how you want to make it back home and here you are at home where it all started with ya home in the bedroom alone and you down here with me when you could be working on getting her back. The same way you got her is the same way you keep her. You gotta date her. Fuck a relationship right now. She might say she's looking for fun but we all know she wants to have fun with you. Y'all are no longer on the low. The world knows bout y'all so this isn't like the first time y'all got together where y'all were sneaking around and keeping shit on the low. So ask her out on a date and show her a good time. Get to know her and let her get to know the new you. Call her up and spend countless hours on the phone talking bout everything and nothing. Wine and dine her. You know what she likes. This works to ya advantage this time around. If she gave you another chance would you fuck up again or runaway" Bully said breaking it down for him.

Dave thought about it. Bully made perfect since. "Hell fuckin no! Lesson learned. I know what I want and I know who I want. I know what's at stake and I'm not willing to risk that shit again"

"So my boy if you don't stop talking to me and go get ya woman" Bully said then walked off on him leaving him on the court in his thoughts.

Dave laughed at himself. He was really outside stressing himself out when he had the power to change all of this. The ball was literally in his court. If he played his cards right this could be a win for him. Taking a few deep breaths in and out he shot a quick prayer up to Allah before making his way back inside the house. He locked up behind himself then made his way back upstairs and up to their bedroom with a purpose. Not even knocking Dave opened their bedroom door and stepped inside only to stop dead in his tracks as a familiar voice rang out in his ears. He couldn't pinpoint the voice just yet all he knew was that it rubbed him the wrong way.

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"Hey I know it's pretty late and I'm sorry if I'm overstepping but I've been starring at ya number all day.  Well honestly since you left. So I decided to bite the bullet. You've been on my mind since the day my eyes landed on ya gorgeous chocolate ass" he heard a man say through the speakerphone of April's phone.

"Yea ya overstepping my boy" Dave said pissed as hell as he walked over to the bed causing April's eyes to shoot up at him realizing that he was back inside of their bedroom. "Hang that shit up ma" he commanded.

April sighed in frustration but Dave didn't give a fuck how she felt at the moment. Shit right now he felt violated and disrespected. This is not what he thought he was going to walk into when he rushed back to their room. Hearing another man openly wanting what was supposed to be his wasn't a good feeling at all and left a bad taste in his mouth. It was one thing to see her dancing with another man in Barbados but Barbados wasn't supposed to come following her back home.

"Hey Manny let me let you go. I'll give you a call tomorrow" April said as she mugged the fuck out of Dave giving him the same energy.

"Nah my boy don't expect shit. She won't be calling you back tomorrow or ever" Dave said all hostile as he picked up her phone and banged on Manny then tossed it in the middle of the bed. He now knew why the voice had sound familiar and he knew the name all too well. It was the dude from Barbados who had come checking on them while they were at the villa. From jump he had saw him checking out his woman with nothing but lust in his eyes but he kept it cool because he wasn't worth it. Besides he could look but he couldn't touch.

"Really David" she looked up at him furious. Yet he still didn't care.

"Really David my ass! Word April this the type of shit we on now" he questioned as he watched her turn away from him but he wasn't letting this shit go. He was working too damn hard on himself to even let another man think he was going to swoop in and try to get at April. Nope it wasn't happening.

"You're clearly big mad and I ain't got time for it so good night David. You can go ahead and argue with ya self" she said and pulled the covers over her body as if she was getting ready to go to bed.

Dave yanked the covers off of her. "Nah ma this ain't it and it ain't over. I'm talking to you" he shook his head peering down at her.

"What's ya problem now" she asked sort of fed up as she sat up in bed with her arms folded giving him her attention.

"What's my problem" he mocked. "What's my problem" he repeated as he now paced back and forth. "You wanted to be free and dance with niggas is Barbados cool no problem you were on vacation. I knew you needed that trip so I didn't intervene. But bringing a nigga back from Barbados ain't it"

"I'm single David! What do you expect me to do" she shot back. "Besides he called me I didn't call him. The only man that I brought back from Barbados was you and you weren't even supposed to be there" she said and questioned with her face screwed up.

What did he expect? He expected her to give him a minute to figure shit out. But he knew he couldn't ask that of her. "Not this"

"First off you barged into my bedroom without even knocking so it's ya fault you heard what you heard. Two the last time I checked I was single...single" she said and raised her left hand and wiggled her ring finger showing him that there was no longer a ring on her finger. "Three you just came in here not too long ago telling me you weren't ready. Four you said you'd let me go until you figured out whatever you needed to figure out but I should've known that was a lie. So with that in mind you can't expect me to wait for you. All I've been doing since our very first break up is wait for you"

Dave sighed and took a seat at the edge of the bed just frustrated with everything at this point. When he had raced up here he had no idea what he was going to say to her. All he knew was that he was ready to open up and let her know that he had heard her loud and clear. He was getting proper help and he wanted to let her know about his progress. Shit he was ready to tell her about what had gone down with the whole Millie situation.

"What do you want from me? Don't speak in riddles either. Just tell me what you want from me" she straight out asked.

He could feel the exhaustion in her tone. She was tired of the back and forth. She was tired of him stringing her along. She was tired of him wanting to be there and not being there and stepping up to the plate.

Dave stood up from the edge of the bed and made his way over to what used to be his side of the bed. He slipped out of his slides, hopped inside, and pulled her into his lap to where she was now straddling him. Getting comfortable he leaned against the headboard and looked into her eyes wanting her to feel every word he was about to say to her. "It's our bedroom" he corrected her. He didn't care if they were sleeping in different rooms it's was still theirs. He took a deep breath and slowly let it out like he had been taught in therapy. "Ma I want you to never stop loving me. I want you to never stop having faith in me. I want you to never stop trusting me. I want you to believe that what I say is true. I need you to believe in me. I want for you to not give a way what I know is mines" he said and placed his hand over her heart feeling it rapidly beat in her chest. "I don't want you giving another man my love, time, attention, and affection. I don't want you smiling in another man's face. I don't want you in another man's arms and I damn sure don't want you in another nigga's bed. I know what I'm bout to ask you is a lot but honestly ma I need for you to wait for me. I'm here. I'm putting in the work. I'm fighting"

April sat in his lap with tears now trickling down her face. "Don't do this to me" she said shaking her head. "Don't...do...this...to...me" she repeated as she cried. "You just said you weren't ready and now all of a sudden you're saying all of this. I don't know what to believe at this point. You're either ready or ya not. Don't play with my emotions. Don't fuck with my heart. You keep telling me ya working on ya self and you haven't let me in not once. What are you doing to work on ya self? What's the progress? What's ya timeline? You told me you spoke to Agnes and you dropped that bomb in my lap but you didn't tell me shit else. What's going on with you" she said and asked fed up with the run around.

He hated to see her cry and what he hated the most is making her cry. "I'll tell you everything but I need you to come with me somewhere important when we get back home. You want to know what's been going on with me and it's bout time I tell you" Dave said as he wiped away her tears with the pads of his thumbs. He knew she needed more than words.

"So until then what do you expect me to do" she asked and sniffed. "I can't put my life on hold you for you. It's not fair to me"

"I understand that ma but I'm not asking you to wait forever. Just give me time to explain when we get back home. Don't count me out just yet. I know you want to have 'fun' but really why waste ya time on something temporary when you know I'm coming back home. You and I both know that I'm here to stay. I'm here for a couple of forevers. What we have is permanent and can't no other man match that"

"I don't know what to say because sure I see changes but you tell me you aren't ready and not even an hour later you come stalking in here saying that you somewhat are? Then you're asking me to wait and whispering all this good shit in my ears. I don't know what to believe and I don't like my feelings being toyed with. I'm not bout to put my heart back on the line for you to tell me you want in and then you come busting in here tomorrow telling me you changed ya mind and ya not ready again"

"I promise ma I'm out here doing exactly what you told me to do. I know my words don't mean shit so I need for you to see it"

She sighed. "Why did you come back in here" she questioned.

"To be with you. Bully just reminded me that this is where it all started. This is where I came racing to every weekend. This is the place where I fell in love with my best friend. This is where we repaired each others hearts. This is where we learned to have faith in each other. This is where I told you I found my wife" he answered smiling thinking about all of the good times they made here.

"I miss those days when things between us were simple and fun. It was no stress it was just us spending quality time together. It was us just getting to know each other and building what we had from the ground up"

"It was dinner, blunts, Henny on deck, and endless conversations" he added with a smile.

April cheesed remembering all the good times they had here as well. This is where she had fell and fell hard in love with Dave. Dinner, blunts, and Henny had become their thing. The nights always ended in smiles as they talked about any and everything under the sun and made promises to each other that they never would've thought would've been broken.

"How bout you let me take you out tomorrow" he asked hoping she would say yes. He needed to have her to himself with no interruptions and a chance to show her what they both been missing.

"Hmm I don't know" she said wiping her eyes. He already knew she was going to play hardball.

"Come on ma I promise to show you a good time. Besides this time it'll be different. Let me take you out and show you off to the world"

"It sounds nice but I don't know"

"You gonna make me beg for it huh"

"I mean I ain't ever been the easy type so" she said shrugging her shoulders.

"You right" he smirked then pulled her closer and nuzzled his face into her neck.

"Nope...nope...nope" she said pulling back and trying to get out of his lap.

Dave chuckled into her neck causing goosebumps to cover her skin. He slowly licked her neck then nibbled on it making her whimper.

"That's not how this is supposed to go" she whined and squirmed in his lap.

"I think you might need a lil persuasion" he said before biting down on her neck making her moan.

"It was supposed to be one night. Ya not bout to fuck me into submission. It ain't happening" she said trying to stick to her guns.

Dave cut her off by making her moan as he continued to nibble, suck, and lick on her neck while gripping and kneading her ass.

"I don't...ouuuu I can't" she moaned. "I don't want to be ya fuck buddy Dave" she managed to get out causing him to abruptly stop.

Dave frowned and pulled back looking at her like she was crazy. "Ya definitely not my fuck buddy and I would never put you in that position or class"

"So what you call ya self doing now" she questioned with her brow raised.

"This is just a lil incentive"

"Boy bye" she laughed and shook her head getting ready to climb out of his lap once more.

Dave stopped her before she could get up by holding her down by her waist. "You gonna go on a date with me? You said you wanted to be wined, dined, spoiled, and we both know you already look good on my arm"

"Somebody was just trying to wine and dine me but you just blocked my shit"

Dave mugged the fuck out of her. "Stop playing with me. You mind as well tell that nigga to skip rocks and any other nigga that's checking for you. I ain't out here getting my shit together for nothing"

April chuckled. "What if I want him to show me a good time? I mean I could tell he was trying to get at me in Barbados. He looked like a good time" she said smirking and he just knew she was trying to get under his skin.

"Ain't no smile on my face. Stop fuckin with me like that. Yea I did some fuck shit and I'm working on myself and making my way back home to you but don't disrespect me and what we got" he said sternly as his brows furrowed. He wasn't here for the bullshit she was trying to pull.

She rolled her eyes. "Single remember"

"Say less" he nodded and spat knowing just what to do to fix her attitude and stop all the petty shit she was trying to dish out. Dave kept her pinned down with one arm around her waist as he swiftly unbuttoned the first few buttons of her pajama top then popped out her left tittie. Latching onto her breast like a newborn he leaned up some and pulled his sweats down just enough to release his semi hard dick.

"Shittttt" April moaned in his lap as her head fell backwards and eyes closed as he sucked and bit down on her now hardened nipple. "Mhmm" she moaned instantly making him brick up.

"Shut up before you wake my babies up" Dave said as he lifted her up and slid her down effortlessly on his hard dick making them both moan. Wet was an understatement. That pussy was sloshing. Lifting her up and down until she fit around him perfectly he went back to sucking on her nipple happy that she hadn't put her pajama pants back on. He loved easy access.

Wrapping her arms around his neck April moved up and down slowly making sure every time she met the base of his dick that she came down harder just to feel him even more deep in her guts as she met him thrust for thrust.

"That's right ma give me that pussy" he whispered in her ear making her body shiver in his arms. "Whose pussy is this" he asked feeling nothing but warmth radiating around his shaft as they met each other stroke for stroke.

"Mines" she answered as a matter of fact.

"Keep fuckin with me April. I'm a have ya ass bent over with that deep arch fuckin up ya whole life. Bet that ass be walking around carrying all of me" he threatened. She stayed trying to piss him off but tonight he was going to do everything in his power to change her attitude. She could be petty all day but he knew for a fact once he gave her a good dose of act right her tune would be different.

April moaned and laughed at the same damn time. How he didn't know but what he did know was that he was about to fuck up her whole life. He wasn't here for her games.

"You think this shit a game?! I'm bout to ruin you for every other man out here that want you but ain't me. They can't have you" he promised as he lifted her off his dick and lap altogether, hopped out of bed, pulled his sweats down to his ankles, and grabbed her legs pulling her to the edge on the bed until her ass was damn near hanging off of it. "You really think you bout to be out here smiling in another man's face? It ain't happening" he snapped as he grabbed her legs, opened them as wide as they could go, then grabbed his dick and thrusted deep inside of her making her scream. He groaned from the feel of her wetness. It was no way in hell that her pussy didn't belong to him with the way it greeted him each and every time he entered her. It always gave him a warm welcome as it clung to him like a glove but not any ole type of glove. It was the perfect fitting glove. A glove that had no slack.

"PAPI...PAPI...PAPI" she screamed his name over and over and over again singing beautiful music in his ears.

"Now whose pussy is this" he grunted out as he beat her pussy down hitting her with long deep daddy strokes.

"Mines" she answered again which only pissed him off even more. She was playing way too many games and he was tired of her shit.

Reaching down and grabbing her neck squeezing it he dug deeper and deeper into her abyss fuckin her as if she was his life source. "Just know you signed up and asked for it and I told ya ass to shut up before you wake up my babies. I know you didn't forget bout the quiet game so why you trying me" he said as he took his other hand and smacked her ass making her whimper and quiver around his dick.

"Ask stupid questions win stupid prizes" she moaned out taunting him. He had enough. Letting go of her neck and pulling out of her he flipped her little ass over on her stomach with ease. That being little shit always worked to his advantage when need be.

"Get into position" he commanded back on his drill sergeant shit letting her know that he was officially done with the games. Not having to repeat himself April got into position with the perfect ass arch. She needed no assistance. Face flat against the bed and ass arched high in the air. She knew exactly what to give him. Thrusting back inside of her wet warm walls without a warning he groaned and grunted as she screamed out in pleasure. In and out he thrusted in her warmness loving how it embraced him and welcomed him home. "I told ya ass to be quiet" he barked as his palm came crashing down hard against her left ass cheek making it ripple. Of course he knew she couldn't be quiet with the way he was feeding her dick but he knew damn well she still remembered how to play that game.

April whimpered as she grabbed a fistful of blanket. "PAPIIIIII" she screamed and dragged as he continued digging her out.

Her screaming his name fed his hungry soul but he wasn't going to tell her that. He still had a point to prove. "So now you hard of hearing" Dave grunted as he dipped in and out of her enjoying the feeling. "So my kids not sleep huh" he said stroking her as he grabbed her waist with one hand and snaked his other between her legs and pinched her hardened clit pulling a guttural moan out of her. That pussy was talking to him.

"Ssssss" she hissed as her body shook under his. "Papi you making it hard" she panted and whined as she threw her ass back against him fuckin him back.

A moan escaped his lips. "That's right fuck this big dick" he said looking down watching his dick move in and out of her spreading her thick cream along his shaft.

"Mhmmm" she moaned as her eyes slammed shut and rolled to the back of her head. "Damn it get that shit Papi...right...there"

"I'm a ask you again whose pussy is this" he grunted out as he rocked her insides and fiddled with her clit as she continued throwing that ass back on him. The way her pussy was talking to him and clenching around him he just knew she was seconds away from exploding. With the way she was feeling he was close behind her.

"Yours Papi this pussy is all yours" she finally gave him the correct answer. It was the answer he had been craving for and an answer he already knew. No other man was going to do her like he did. No other man was going treat her shit right and take care of it. No other man was going to listen to her sweet warmness talk and ask questions that only he could answer.

"Good girl and who got ya heart" he asked as he decreased his speed now rocking into her slowly.

"You do Papi. It's yours" she moaned. "Only if you treat it right" she added.

"I gotchu ma. This pussy and that heart of yours are safe with me. Just like you got all of this dick and my whole heart ma" he said as he began to make love to her.

"Take care of it please" she begged him and this time he knew it wasn't from the dick he was handing her. She meant what she had said. He knew that she didn't have anymore room left to be crushed and he didn't want that for her or himself. He knew that he had to handle her heart with care and to cherish it and not take it or her for granted.

"I promise I gotchu ma from here on out. I gotchu" he promised and this time he meant it. This time he knew what was at stake and this time he was more than ready.

"Ouuu" her body shivered and her pussy clenched around him tightly in a death grip. "I'm bout to cum Papi" her pussy was pulsing and vibrating all over his dick.

"Damn" he mumbled barely hanging on himself. "You gonna cum on ya dick? You bout to cream me up" he said as he slowly stroked in and out of her listening to the melodies of her cream against his dick make beautiful music.

"Yesssss"

"Yes who" he groaned with his head falling forward. His nut was damn near at the tip just waiting for her to go off first so he could follow suit.

"Yes Papi"

Dave gripped her waist with both hands and picked up speed. He dug her out sending her powerful strokes as he buried himself deep at the hilt. He rocked in and out of her and kept her body shivering and shaking under his. Her moans grew louder. Her juices got stickier. The sounds of her wet ass pussy echoed throughout the room as his balls slapped against her ass adding extra pleasure for the both of them.

"PAPIIIIII" she screamed clearly not giving not one fuck who heard her at this point. The dick he was serving her was too damn good.

"Ma be quiet" he said as his own body jerked ready to come undone with hers.

"Mommaaaa" Kairi's voice rang through the door as the handle began to jiggle halting their movements.

"Shit" Dave and April both cursed. Dave immediately pulled out and pulled up his sweats making sure to secure his dick down with the waist band of his sweats while April scrambled to pull the cover over herself heavily panting.

"Yes Love Bug" April called out as she tried her best to regulate her breathing while Dave made a beeline for the bedroom door just getting to it before Kairi could barge in. Allah had to be on his side tonight because any other day Kairi would barge in like the room was hers.

Now wasn't the time for interruptions but he knew if he didn't get to that door first Kairi would've walked in on something that she clearly didn't need to see. She didn't need to see her momma's ass arched in the air while he was behind her feeding her some bomb ass dick. "Lil Butt what you doing up" he asked smiling at her as he opened the door as his chest heaved up and down still trying to come down from the natural high he was on. He was so close to busting and now he had to wait. He already knew once he slid back in that it was going to be all over. He'd be spraying his kids all over her wet walls.

"Daddy momma was screaming" Kairi peered up at him ready to get to her momma to check on her.

"I know I heard her too. She was having a bad dream so she was calling me to come help her" he said making something up on the fly as he scooped her up in his arms. He just knew his heart still had to be racing.

"Let me see her" Kairi said trying to peek inside the room.

Dave looked back to check on April to see if she was decent enough to let Kairi in. Once he seen her sitting up right and sitting up on her side of the bed fully covered with the blanket only then did he bring Kairi fully into the room.

"Momma you ok" Kairi asked concerned making both Dave and April smile at her.

"I'm fine Love Bug it was just a dream. Daddy came to check on me and make sure that I was ok" April said as she yawned feigning sleepy.

"Daddy take me to momma" Kairi said bossing him around. She didn't play about her momma just like her momma didn't play about her.

Dave chuckled and took her straight to her momma and placed her on April's lap.

"Momma you sure you ok" she asked looking her over to make sure.

"I'm fine Love Bug I promise" April said smiling at her then wrapped her up in her arms giving her a hug.

"You want me to stay with you like you stay with me" she asked. "I can beat up the monsters like you and auntie Lala and auntie Nene showed me" she said as her little mug surfaced on her cute little face looking just like her damn daddy. Kairi was about that action.

April and Dave laughed.

"I know you can baby but momma's ok. Daddy beat up the monsters already" she said trying to assure her that everything was ok.

"Daddy beat up more than the monsters" Dave mumbled under his breath. "How bout I take you back to ya room, tuck you in, and come back and stay with momma and make sure she's safe" Dave suggested just hoping to get her back to her room so he could come back and finish what he started. He knew if she wasn't pregnant that her ass would've damn sure been tonight with the way he was deep stroking and dicking her ass down.

Kairi placed her pointer finger in her mouth contemplating on what she wanted to do. "You promise to stay with momma daddy" she questioned looking over her shoulder at Dave.

"I promise"

"Ok Teddy needs me"

Dave and April looked at her and shook their heads. She was every bit of four going on fourteen at this point.

"Night, night momma daddy gonna stay with you just in case the monsters come back. Then he can beat them up" Kairi said then hugged April tightly then kissed her cheek.

"I know daddy got me. Night, night Love Bug I love you" April said hugging her back then kissed her all over her face making her giggle.

"Love you tooooo" Kairi dragged.

Dave scooped Kairi back up in his arms and made his way out of their bedroom. Making his way next door to her bedroom he walked inside, placed her back in bed, and tucked her in while Teddy made himself comfortable beside her snuggling up next to her.

"You want me to stay until you fall back to sleep" Dave asked.

"Yes then go back to momma's room" she instructed him. All he could do was shake his head.

"Ok Lil Butt" he said then bent down and kissed her forehead. He sat there watching her and Teddy with a smile on his face. He had to do right by April. He had to have both of his kids back under the same roof again. He had to have his family back together and he was going to make it happen. Fifteen minutes later and knocked out with her arm around Teddy Dave got up and eased out of her bedroom then headed to Charlie's to make sure she was straight. These days she slept through the night. Kissing her forehead and making his way out of her bedroom and back to his and April's he walked in without even knocking.

"We'll damn I guess I won't be busting a nut" he said shaking his head as he watched a sleeping April on his side of the bed. Closing the door behind him he made his way to the bathroom to freshen up. He already knew he was looking a mess underneath his sweatpants. After freshening up he grabbed a fresh wash cloth out of the bathroom linen closet, wet it with hot water, rang it out, and made his way back inside the bedroom and pulled the covers off of April. Careful not to wake her up he wiped her off the best he could then made his way back inside the bathroom tossing the rag into the dirty clothes hamper. Back inside the bedroom he slipped back into bed. April instantly made her way into his arms. Smiling down at her he pulled the covers over them then bent down and kissed her forehead. "Goodnight ma I love you"

"Goodnight Papi I love you too" she whispered as she draped her arm across his chest and wrapped her leg around his waist.

A good night it was and hopefully she wouldn't give away what they had.

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-Hey boos happy reading I hope y'all enjoyed.
-As always April is on her 👸🏾 petty ish. But she high key wants Dave back and she's enjoying the time that he's spending with her. She just isn't feeling the fact that they're in their bubble but still in the gray area. She can't help but fall. Dave's her person.
-As far as Dave we already know he's working on himself and he's accomplished a lot. Him even talking to Agnes is huge and that's one of the main things he needed to do. He's ready but he's scared and that's alright because he doesn't want to fail again.
-I hope y'all didn't think Manny wasn't going to pop back up. Who would I be if I didn't. I gotta make papi sweat some. 😈
-Do yo think Dave is asking a lot by asking April to wait? Do you think she should wait or should she continue to do her?
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