Things Hoped For by Chencia C. Higgins

Author:Chencia C. Higgins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EKOL Media

When You Really, Really Know

"What is this place?" Trisha asked, as soon as I pulled up to the tiny, red shack just off the highway, about twenty minutes west of the skating rink.

Putting the car in park, I smirked. "I thought you were a go with the flow type of person. What happened to that? Huh?"

She rolled her eyes but amusement curved her lips into a smile. "First of all, I never said that. I said I was chill. Those are not the same."

I tapped my chin like I was thinking it over. "Nah, you definitely said you were a go with the flow and down for whatever type of chick. A fuck on the first date type of chick."

Her mouth dropped open and she stared at me for a full minute before she shrieked with laughter. The sound pulled me out of character and I joined in, laughing so hard my ribs hurt.

"I think I changed my mind from earlier," she said suddenly, wiping a few tears from her eyes. "You are definitely strange."

Jumping out of the truck, I locked the doors and pulled her toward me, pressing my chest against her back and wrapping my arms around her similar to how she'd done me at Skate Central. "So, are you saying you're not a fuck on the first date type of chick?"

Curving her neck to the side, she glanced at me, a smirk firmly planted on her once-again glossy lips. "I could be."

"Mmhm." Grinning, I urged her forward and we walked up the well-worn path to the front of the shack. "This is the Red Roof Shack. You'll find the best burgers in the city at this place and anyone who claims different is either a transplant from out of town or from the north side. Either way, you can't trust 'em."

"Uh," Trisha eyed the building in front of us that couldn't be more than five-hundred square feet. "The roof isn't red, it's gray."

"Shh!" I told her, looking behind us to see if anyone had heard her. "Lesson number one, never point that out."

Brows furrowed in confusion, she nodded. "O—okay."

Reaching over her shoulder, I pressed the buzzer next to the window and waited for the window to slide open.

"Can I help you?" The person on the other side of the window sounded annoyed and I sucked my teeth.

"Come on, nah, Ms. Gina. You can't be having all that attitude when I bring a date around. What if I had told her that you were nice, huh?"

A salt and pepper head poked out of the window and brown eyes widened when they landed on me.

"Xenobia?!" the older woman screeched.

"The one and only," I replied.

She pulled her head back inside and the window slammed shut. Moments later, a door on the other side of the window was yanked open and tall, thin woman with an apron tired around her waist came toward us. Before I could say anything, Trisha stepped out of my embrace and made room for Ms. Gina to pull me into a tight hug.

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