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I stared at my phone as it lit up and my ring tone filled the room with Ella Mai's Naked. It took me a few seconds to pry my feet from the spot where I stood staring at it.

I leaned over and peered at it as if it held a message of doom. I sighed and reached for it when I discovered that this time it was my friend Nicole's number.

From seeing those all too familiar eyes in Clarkey's rareview mirror I was plagued with a plethora of unforgotten feelings and it caused me to craved for more than just a chance encounter and more so now that he had called.

"Gyal get dress mi a come pick yuh up," her voice echoed in my ear as I answered.

I sighed ready to turn her down when I heard another voice chime in. "You owe wi fi guh a Can'D Bring Yuh Own Bar dance an yuh know wi nuh chat to ar."

"Like seriously Debs", I said and laughed as I began to relax.

"Yes, put on something short and tempting wi a guh Simone's Round Robin," Nicole cut in as Debs was now chatting away in the background.

"Guys mi not in the mood," I told them sitting down on my bed and reaching for the happy face emoji cushion that Deenie had left there.

A chorus of protest escalated to a fevered pitch as the two began to loudly shout their annoyance on the phone letting me know they had me on speaker.

"We jus a guh buil a vibes an cut. Yuh know Simone a mi one time sister-in-law, an wi affi support wi one anahda," Nicole said in her final argument.

I rolled my eyes and stared down at the cushion. Simone was quite a few people sisters-in-law and she has no siblings.

The drive up to Belgrove would do some good, it could offer some much-needed distraction from the voice that still rang in my ear. It had caused my body to tingle in a way that should by no means result from such a basic greeting as 'Hi'.

My face burned red as I thought how I had practically croaked in surprise before promptly ending the call.

As much as I secretly hoped for something to transpire to make our lives materialize into many of the fantasies and desires that plagued my thoughts so many times to count, his call was not expected.

Who would have thought wishful thinking would manifest itself in such a way. This day was just full of surprises.

Maybe Nikki and Debs were onto something. What was the use of hiding myself away from life because OD was back?

No fucking use! It was summer, school was out and with it more time to get my social life back on track. Whatever was happening I knew Odean was by no means locking himself away in his room, moping over what was and never had a chance to truly be.

"Mi naah stay long," I told them and their excited screams filling my ear had me wishing I had put my phone on speaker.

"Ok we a pick yuh up in an hour," Nicole said after they quiet down.

It so happen that their hour turned out to be almost two hours of me ready and waiting. I was about to undress as my patience had reached its end when I heard my phone beeped. I look to see that it was a message from Nicole telling me to come out to the gate.

It was now minutes after ten and it was no use waking up Mama to tell her that I was leaving so I just slip out the back door and ran around the side of the house and rushed to the gate.

I was there for a second when a familiar dark blue Honda Civic Hatchback pulled up and the driver's window rolled down. Familiar eyes gazed at me and a boisterous voice wailed.

"Sexy Slim, gyal it nuh right fi yuh one look good so!"

I had to admit as much as I was pissed I had to wait so long, it was a pleasure to have my efforts acknowledged with Nicole's conventional hype.

I was wearing a tie n dye ruffled tube top ruched shorts stretch to fit drawstring waistband romper and white sneakers. I ascentuated with big square gold studs, gold braclette, bangles and a leather rhinestone gold chain shoulder bag that held some cash and my phone.

My hair was done up in a top bun with my edges well slain. With smokey eye shadow and a slightly curved Cleopatra swoop adding the right flair to my full eyes and my natural make-up and glossy lips I knew I was an appealing sight.

I gave a little dismissive shrug as Nicole continue to dish out her share of compliments that had the driver give me a leisurely one-over. I was very much conscious of the fact that the romper hugged me provocatively in places and gave view to my supple curves and full bosom.

"Come inna d car quick deh muma," Nicole said with her loud laughter that seem to fill the night like a firecracker. "Yuh lucky a nuh front yuh a drive, or dem wudda charge Medz fi two a front."

"Nikki shut up!" I snapped rushing to the back door as Medz eyes continue to devour me in the hazy darkness of the streetlight illuminated night.

When I settled in the back seat and close the door I was glad for the darkness of the car and the fact that Nicole did not see how affected I was by the attention she drew to me.

"Where is Debs?" I ask in an attempt to get a hold of myself as I pull out of the awareness that engulf me as Medz eyes had so blatantly travelled over my body. He left me feeling a little too aware.

"A she mek mi jus a come pick yuh up. She a run off the outside bar fi Simone," Nicole answer the giggled. "She piss cause she cyaah get fi see which gyal a push up pan Kronazz as fra night she deh pan d boy case like Hawkeye."

I smiled into the darkness and settled into the comfort of the seat beneath me. Some things never change.

Tonight was the prelude to a series of events that would end with Red Carpet the biggest summer Dance Party. Many competition was raring up as many a hot gyal will be coming full force to turn up the fueds that were raging between various households in the surrounding communities.

Debbie happen to always be in the middle of it all, at some time or the other she was chasing a guy that was too far above being grounded by any woman. Though thirty-nine and a mother of one recently turned eighteen year old daughter and a boy of three she still feels the young guys were not off-limit.

I thought of Kronazz who was quickly building himself as a selector and who so happens was much too apprehensive to be a stepdaddy or a one-woman man to a woman who had a few personality traits that left him not too quick to committ. As much as Debbie knew this she was still in hot pursuit of the twenty four year-old, who still had much to learn as Debbie herself does.

I sighed and push away the drama that was brewing about me and wondered why life could not be a simple affair.

As we pull closer to the event I felt my relaxation which I barely had in hand slip away quickly as I had not Debbie's drama on my mind but my very own.

Was he here?

Was he somewhere in the crowd that was busy enjoying the jams being played by the very renowned young DJ Kronazz himself?

As the car found a parking spot a few feet away from the entrance that lead into the lawn where the event was being held I could hear Kronazz smooth husky baritone compelling the crowd to bounce to the sexy sassy sounds of Mya and Beenie Man, Girls Dem Sugar.

Kronazz imitating Beenie Man's Zagga Zow, ziggy zow, zagga now filled the night as I alighted from the car and step into the cool air my heart pounding in my chest.

I took a deep breath and made to follow Nicole who was now sauntering ahead the sway of her leather-clad hips keeping rhythm to the beat that pumped from the speakers across the road.

"Nuh so fast,"

I look down at the strong fingers that held onto my wrist and then up into dark eyes that were gazing intently into mine.

"Yuh Naah run fra mi tonight."

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