Page 32 of In Just One Night
I’d let London get the first round, but she didn’t know she was in for a long night.
Genesisand I had some time to ourselves since Paris was with my parents, so we decided to take advantage of it. The weather was nice, so we had lunch outside at a local restaurant, then we headed to a nearby mini golf place.
Genesis drove with one hand on the wheel and the other on my thigh. I stared at him as he rapped along to the song that played on the radio.
“Okay. Principal by day, thug by night,” I teased.
He glanced in my direction and smirked. “Don’t let the slacks fool you, baby. I ain’t no punk.”
“I know you aren’t.” I giggled.
Genesis didn’t peg me for the scary type, but he had a career, so I knew he didn’t move without intention. At least when it came to things that could send him to jail.
“This my shit, though.” He continued rapping to the song until it went off.
I enjoyed watching him enjoy himself. It was fun getting to know him outside of being a father to Paris. Genesis was sweet. He always checked on Paris and me.
“I can tell,” I mentioned.
When the next song came on, he turned the radio down.
“Have you ever done drugs?”
“What?” My eyes widened by his random ass question. “Where did that come from?”
Genesis squeezed my thigh, then made small circles on it. His hand had been there from the moment we left my house. I think he only took it off once for a quick second, then it was right back on me. I found comfort in the way he had to have at least one hand on me whenever we were together.
“It was just a thought. The other day when I was at work, someone mentioned the program they used to have about drugs, and I realized they don’t do that anymore in the schools, and that’s crazy to me. I smoked weed and ate some edibles, but that’s about it. I wasn’t trying to do anything beyond that.”
“Is this a judgment free zone?” I asked.
Genesis looked my way as we came to a stoplight. “Aw shit. I promise not to judge you as long as it wasn’t crack or heroin.”
I playfully punched his arm and laughed. He grabbed his arm like it hurt, even though I knew it didn’t. When the light turned green, he slowly pulled away but kept looking at me, waiting for my answer.
“Wouldn’t matter because you are stuck with me. We share a child together.” I stuck my tongue out when he looked at me again. “Anyway, I have tried molly before, and I hated that shit.It didn’t do anything but keep me awake all night. The dude I was with—well, I won’t tell you about all of that. Just know that I didn’t like it. It was my first year of college.”
Genesis cut his eye at me and shook his head.
“Remember, no judgment,” I reminded him.
“I guess.” He chuckled. “Nah, for real. I think we’ve all done shit in college we aren’t proud of. Why won’t you tell me about the guy, though?”
We arrived at the mini golf place, and Genesis found a parking spot. He didn’t immediately turn the car because he was too busy worried about my response.
“I’m sure you don’t want to hear about any of my sexual experiences.”
“What you did before me ain’t got shit to do with me. I already know it ain’t gonna be another one after me, so . . .” He shrugged.
“Let’s just say he had trouble staying hard, even though he wanted to keep having sex. At some point I was uninterested, but he insisted on continuing. The night turned out long and boring as hell. I told myself I wasn’t doing anything besides drinking and maybe weed. I haven’t smoked in a while, and we see where drinking led me.” I giggled.
Genesis shut his SUV off, then leaned over the console so he was right in my face.
“It led you to your future.” He kissed my lips, then took off his seat belt. “I hope you know how to play golf,” he said as he opened his car door.
When he came to my side of the car, I put my hand in his outstretched hand and got out of the car.
“I do know how to play,” I told him as we walked toward the front desk.
