Forever and a Day (12 page)

Zo: Is everything good on your end?

Brielle: Everything is good. We are all at my house getting ready to go out for the night.

Zo: Good! Does she suspect anything?

Brielle: Nothing at all. She just thinks it’s a normal night out with the girls.

Zo: Perfect. Her nosey ass done called me like four times asking what I was doing tonight.

Brielle: I know, lol. She was pissed that you weren’t answering your phone earlier.

Zo: I know she was. But I was making sure everything was in order and I had my phone in my jeans.

Brielle: It’s cool, we calmed her down. Lol.

Zo: Iight cool. What time is your boy getting here?

Brielle: I don’t even know. If he’s coming he should be there around 8.

Zo: If? But okay. I’ll be here. My boys are getting here around the same time.

Brielle: Cool.

Zo: Iight. Remember text me when y’all are leaving your house. That lets me know y’all are like 20
mins away from the place.

Brielle:
Kk. I’ll text you.

             
Now that Brielle confirmed everything, Zo finally exhaled. He didn’t want anything to go wrong for her birthday because he knew that Shanice was working overtime to make sure his birthday was nothing less than perfect. He looked at his iced out Luxurman watch that Shanice helped him picked out and noticed that he only had about an hour before everything would start and was waiting for his boys and Kris to show up. He pulled out his ringing phone and saw that he had two unread text messages.

#1 Supporter: Hey babe. Just wanted you to know I’m going out with the girls tonight, but I’m coming to spend the night at your house when we leave. Wait up for me.

Ty: Aye brah, I know your going to kill me but something came up that I can’t get out of so I’m not going to make it to Sha’s party. I’ll explain everything when I see y’all. Give Sha a kiss for me and tell her I got her gift when I see her.

He smiled at
Sha’s text and sighed at Ty’s text, then texted them both back.

Zo: Ok ma. I’ll be at the studio tonight, but I’ll be at my house way before you get there. Be safe and don’t get
nobody hurt.

Zo: Ite man. You got some explaining to do and I’ll tell Sha when she gets here.

Just as Zo was about to walk out to his car, Cam, Kiyan and Samara walked in.

“Wassup boy,” Cam said.

“
Supp man,” Zo said dapping Cam up.

“My boy,” Kiy smiled.

“Wassup man,” Zo responded back to Kiy.

“Hi you doing Alonzo,” Samara smiled.

“I’m good, wassup Samara,” Zo said answered while giving her a hug.

“Nothing much. Your boy here done rushed me to get dressed and then gone realize we were early when we got outside,” Samara said giving Kiyan the eye.

“I said my bad ma. I thought the text said get here at 7. I thought we were late,” Kiyan laughed.

“That’s good
tho. I’m going to text and tell Bri that they could bring her early. Ty can’t make it, so we not waiting on anyone special. Kris should be here any minute if he’s coming but Bri wasn’t too sure.”

“Sayless, do you need help setting up anything?” Cam asked.

“Yeah man. Can you check and make sure they have the cake ready?” Zo said to Cam.

“Kiy, can you make sure they got the V.I.P. section at the club reserved for us? You got the number right?” Zo asked Kiyan.

“I got you.” Kiyan responded to Zo. “I’ll be back ma. Let me make this phone call outside.” He turned to Samara and said.

“Do your thing.” Samara answered back.

“Do you need me to help with anything Zo?” Samara smiled.

“Yeah, I want to show you something and tell what you think about it?” Zo said walking towards the front table.

              Once Zo got to the front table he sent a quick text to Brielle telling her to meet him at the restaurant in about twenty minutes if they could. As Zo began to pull out the gifts that he bought Shanice, Hakeem walked in with a handful of gifts that he picked up from his house.

“You know these girls was
gonna go crazy,” Hakeem said laughing at Zo.

“I knew they were gonna go crazy but damn. Did they leave anything at the mall for other people.”

“You think this is bad, there’s more. Kiy and Cam bringing the rest in,” Hakeem reveled to Zo.

“Damn, why would you let them go crazy?” Zo laughed.

“I didn’t they’ve been shopping for Shanice’s birthday for weeks now. Everyday something new was being delivered.”

“Oh my bad,
Keem this is Samara. Samara this is Keem. Samara is Kiy’s girl.” Zo introduced the two.

“Nice to meet you. Has anybody ever told you that you look like quarterback Hakeem Jones?”

“I’ve heard that a lot seeing as how I am Hakeem Jones. Nice meeting you too.” Keem smiled.

“Oh my god! I love you man. Your like one of the best quarterbacks ever. My nephew makes sure I watch every game you play. You’re his role model.” Samara said.

“That’s wassup. Before the night is over, I’ll give you an autograph for your nephew.”

“That’s great.” Samara smiled.

“I love my fans, it’s not a problem. Just remind me before I leave.” Hakeem said before walking out to help Kiyan and Cam bring in the rest of the gifts.

             
Zo was finishing up with Samara when he got a text from Brielle.

Brielle: We are leaving my house, we’ll be there in 10 mins. Danni’s driving so I’ll text you when we’re outside.

Zo: Sayless. Come through the front side, all of our cars are in the back.

Brielle: Okay, cool. We’ll be there in a min.

Zo told Samara that she could go inside the bathroom and finish putting her make up on before his girlfriend and her friends came. He was going outside to help Hakeem, Kiy and Cam with the rest of Shanice’s gifts. Before they knew it, Zo was getting a text from Brielle telling him that they were about to pull up and come upstairs.

“Where Mara go?” Kiy asked.

“She’s in the bathroom. She said she had to finish getting ready.” Zo answered.

“She’s going to be in there for a while.” Kiyan laughed.

“Aren’t they always.” Hakeem joked.

“Who you telling?” Cam cosigned.

“Iight, they’re coming upstairs with her.” Zo said.

              Thirty seconds later Brielle, Danni, Sabriya, Chloe came in first with Shanice complaining about the quietness in the restaurant. Before she knew it she heard someone say, “Damn, you just love to hear noise in a restaurant.”

She knew that voice anywhere and she smiled as Brielle and the girls stepped to the side so she could see her man.

“Surprise!” Zo, Cam, Keem, and Kiy smiled.

“Oh my god! Y’all set me up.” Shanice started crying.

“No, we surprised you,” Zo walked to her and kissed her.

“Thank y’all so much.” Shanice started hugging all of her friends.

“Anytime. Let me go get you some tissues.” Brielle said walking towards the bathroom.

             
As Brielle walked in, she saw the hottest bootie heels ever. She looked up and seen that the girl wearing the booties obviously had a lot of fashion sense because her turquoise dress was hot.

“I love your shoe,” Brielle said.

“Thank you. I just bought them.”

“Where did you get them from? If you don’t mind me asking.”

“Girl no, I got them from Bakers.”

“Wow. I have to try them out. Those are hot.”

“Thank you.” Samara smiled.

“I love your dress too.” Brielle smiled.

“Thank you. I know the woman who designed it. She picked this out for me to wear.”

“She is obviously amazing. I love it.”

“Thank you so much.”

“Well it was nice meeting you. I only came in here for napkins,” Brielle said grabbing the napkins and walking out.

“Nice meeting you as well,” Samara went back to putting on her makeup.

             
Brielle walked out and handed Shanice the napkins. Shanice smiled and thanked her.

“Girl I just seen some chick in the bathroom with the
baddest shoes and dress. We need to go to Bakers,” Brielle said the group of friends.

“Damn, could we get through tonight before y’all start talking about buying some more damn shoes.” Zo joked.

“Hush it. But thank you babe, I really appreciate you doing this for me.” Shanice said kissing Zo again.

             
Just as Brielle was about to respond, Kris walked through the door with his slacks, button up, and tie.

“This nigga could never dress regular,” Zo mumbled.

“Be nice,” Shanice said laughing.

“I guess man,” Zo said.

“Happy Birthday Shanice.” Kris said handing Shanice a card.

“Thank you Kris,” Shanice said hugging him loosely.

“Well let’s sit.” Zo said.

“Okay.” Shanice and the crew said walking over towards the table.

“Zo did you do this by yourself?” Shanice asked amazed.

“Yeah man. Brielle helped me set some stuff up.” Zo answered.

“Awe! I love it.”

             
Everyone sat coupled up, when everybody heard heels clicking behind them. Nobody paid it any attention until Samara sat down next to Kiyan.

“I’m sorry it took me so long.” Samara said not making eye contact to anybody.

“Who the hell is she?” Danielle asked first.

“Oh my bad. Everybody this is,” Kiyan started.

“Samara!” Chloe, Shanice and Sabriya said at the same time.

“How do y’all know her?” Kiy asked.

“Yeah how do y’all know her and why is she here? I thought this was a private affair and everybody else wasn’t coming until we went to the club later,” Danielle said.

“Hi. I’m Samara. I’m Kiyan’s girlfriend.”

              When Samara broke the news to everyone, all the girls dropped their forks and looked from Samara to Kiyan. Then from Kiyan and Brielle.

“Well, this is awkward.” Brielle said.

“Who are you telling,” Zo added.

“Mara, well you know Chloe, Shanice and Sabriya. This is Brielle, her boyfriend Kris, and Danielle.” Kiyan said while pointing to each person.

“Nice to meet y’all” Samara smiled.

“Pleasure to meet you,” Kris answered.

“Nice meeting you,” Brielle spoke up.

“Yeah, hello. How do y’all know her?” Danielle asked her friends.

“We met her last week at Styles by S?” Shanice spoke up.

“Last week when?” Kiyan asked.

“When she was obviously looking for a dress to wear tonight.” Chloe answered.

“What they said. I helped her pick out her dress.” Sabriya added.

“Well damn. Since when we don’t tell each other about new friends?” Danielle asked.

“Not now.” Brielle said.

“Why not? They know this girl by face and name, but didn’t even mention it,” Danielle responded.

“Danielle stop yo,”
Cam said.

“Okay damn, I just wanted to know. Don’t shoot me for wanting answers about her. I was just asking.” Danielle rolled her eyes at Cam.

“Don’t start your shit Danielle. I mean it.” Cam said.

“I said I was done. Damn. Move on,” Danielle yelled.

“Well, maybe we should move on to gifts.” Zo said.

“Yeah, why don’t we start with that,” Hakeem smirked.

              Zo got up from the table, grabbed Shanice and put her into the chair that Brielle decorated for her to open gifts. Shanice began opening up the gifts that her friends gave her. She received everything, bags from next season, shoes that were not being advertised, and money from the boys. Shanice was nearly in tears after opening all of her gifts.

“Thank y’all so much for my gifts. I really wasn’t expecting anything from anyone, but I ended up with everything. I really love y’all.” Shanice smiled.

“I got one more thing for you.” Zo said handing her three envelopes.

“What are these?” Shanice asked.

“Open them and find out. These are your gifts from me,” Zo smiled.

             
Shanice opened the first one and smiled when she seen that Zo gave her a couples spa day for them for the next day.

“Thank you! I can’t wait,” Shanice smiled.

              She gave Zo the open envelope as she started opening the next one. She screamed, “Oh my god! Zo, you didn’t!”

“Yes I did.”

“He got me my 2012 Range Rover.” Shanice stood up and did her happy dance. She went over to Zo and gave him the biggest smile and kiss ever.