After crying like a baby about my only memories I have of my mother ding dong ditching me Prince actually let me skip my Saturday evening lesson and let me go to bed. I almost wanted him to take me back to the orphanage but at the same time I'm glad he didn't. The more I thought about our somewhat forced therapy session the more I felt like I should have picked his brain about what his story is since he got me to tell what happen to me. He thinks he just got away clean without filling me in about his failed marriages. No sir I'm gonna pick, pry, and interrogate him the same way he did to me. When I went to stand up from the bed there was a loud knock at the door to my room.

"Wake up kid the house is on fire!" I heard Prince scream from the other side of the door.

"Yeah right dude. That's what the fire alarms are for." I scoffed to myself as I went to answer the door.

He was standing in the hall way with a big smile like he was happy to see me.

"You ain't Ed McMahon and I don't see no check in ya hand so what do you want?" I said rubbing my already tired from crying eyes.

"I just wanted to check on you that's all. How you feeling?"

"Like shit can go to sleep?" I grumbled.

"Since you've had such a crap day I'm gonna let that one slide."

Now that his smug face is in front of me I have my golden opportunity. Better now than never!

"Well since your here his royal shortness let's talk!" I said pulling him inside my room by the arm forcefully.

I closed the door and quickly pushed him to the bed before he could say another word or try to leave.

"What's gotten into you little girl?" He asked confused.

"You and you're stupid reverse psychology now sit!"

"Well I wouldn't say that but ok!"

He sat down on the bed and I jumped on the bed next to him and gave him my hardest mean mug.

"Alright it's your turn! Since you wanted to expose my pain were exposing yours." I said smugly.

"What are you talking about Carlyn?" He asked as if he never wanted to talk about it.

"You know what I'm talking about Prince. Why you had two marriages that sucked!"

His face went pale and his eyes got big. He almost looked scared. Like me.

"I don't think this topic is a conversation for you."

"Well neither was my life but you managed to pull that outta me! Start. Talking!"

"No. Got to bed. You have a lesson tomorrow."

He got up and started walking towards the door.

"Oh no you don't!" I shouted and jumped from the bed and blocked the door with my body so he wouldn't leave.

"Goodnight Carlyn." He said annoyed.

"Damn a good night Prince! What are you hiding? Tell me or you don't leave!"

"Move it kid!"

"No!"

"CARLYN!"

"PRINCE!"

It always seemed like when we argued they always ended with us grilling the hell out of each other. I could tell when he was getting mad because his face would turn a bright pink. Think about it! A black man in blush but not really. Crazy right?

"Listen my personal life ain't ya business alright?"

"No! Not alright! My personal life wasn't you're either yet here we are! Sooooo....."

"Last chance little girl."

"Or what? Gonna put me back on the streets? Been there done that man."

Prince huffed angrily and rolled his eyes.

"Then I'll just call Tony."

"Call him! How's he gonna get in?"

He knew then I had him and he was now out of options. It was either talk or stay. Prince wakes over to the window on the other side of the room and sat on the ledge.

"What you wanna know so bad for? You don't even like me remember?"

"It's not that I don't like you. I just don't like how you think you can get people to do for you when you can't return the favor."

"That's not true. That's not true at all!"

"Then why are you such an angry prick?"

"Hey! Your mouth!"

"No! I'm being real here! Your a jerk! You let your over inflated ego run your life because that scared little boy inside of you wants to stay hidden!"

"I'm not doing this with a child."

"Now I'm a child! If anything you're the child! Can't get your way you run away or wanna snitch to make yourself look good."

"Don't start! Your treading on deep water now stop it!"

"Ooo somebody's pissed! What's wrong baby? Did you leave your wives because they weren't as submissive as your precious fans?"

"Lay off Carlyn."

"Maybe because the sex game was weak I bet."

"Carlyn I said stop it."

"Ooo ooo ooo or maybe it's because they were tired of you wearing their clothes and having to replace their eyeliner. Don't worry your cross dressing secrets are safe with me I promise."

"ENOUGH CARLYN!"

His deep angry voice echoes in the room and it did put the fear of God in me. He sat over in the window with his head down. Maybe I took it too far. I went and sat down on the ledge next to Prince.

"Hey. If you don't wanna talk about it it's cool. I was just trying to get you to talk the same way you did me that's all."

"You wouldn't understand Carlyn you're just a child." He said deeply.

"Why wouldn't I understand pain Prince.?That's what it is and you can't call it anything else. We all go through it. What makes you different? Status?"

"It's not that simple. I loved both of them but Manuela didn't really like the other things that came with my life and Mayte.....we both wanted a family but we lost two children and I couldn't handle it."

"So try again. There's no law that says that you are only allowed to get married to one person and stay that way. They weren't the ones for you that's all. Just try again. There's always that one person that will love you for you. If you were my dad I would love you no matter what you do."

Prince and I sat and stared at each other. He looked like he wanted to say something but he couldn't. Maybe he thought I was lying to him. I really wasn't though. I wouldn't mind him adopting me. He can be rather annoying but I still wouldn't mind.

"You want me to be your father?" He asked still looking at me.

"That's not definite. But at this point I just want a parent in general."

He stood up from the window ledge and went back to the now unguarded door.

"Get some sleep. Lessons are in the morning." He said.

Just as fast as he opened the door it closed behind him. He's lonelier than I realized.