Chapter 17
Dos arrived late to the after party. I filled him in on what took place.
“Damn. My dick is hard just thinking about this shit. Ivy wanted to fuck Crystal. That’s some hot shit.”
“The best part was Crystal was down for it all.”
“Nigga.”
I sat on the barstool resting as Dos went back into the room to take a look. He came back into the front. “You rocked them good. They still sleep.”
“Yeah, but they also had been drinking.” I laughed.
“Fuck. How I miss out on this?”
We must have been talking too loud because Ivy walked in the kitchen naked. Her body was sticky with sex, and you could smell her essence as she walked by me and went to give Dos a kiss.
“Thank you for such a wonderful birthday.”
“Anything for you baby.” They kissed again. “You taste good.”
“That would be Crystal you taste. Her pussy was sweet.” Ivy grinned wickedly.
She must have heard her name, because in walked Crystal. She was draped in the sheets from the bed, and I swear she was still sexy.
“Hi,” she said waving at Dos.
“I hear you taste sweet. Sorry I missed it.”
She blushed as she leaned against me.
“It’s still my birthday,” Ivy said as she bit down on her lip. She knew that shit drove me crazy.
“So, what you saying, Ivy?” Dos asked.
“You missed out on round one, anyone up for round two?” she said as she ran back into the bedroom.
“Awe shit, That’s why I fucking love her,” Dos said as he followed right behind her.
I looked at Crystal. “You don’t have to do this. I can take you home. Or we can just stay out here.” Without saying a word, she took my hand and pulled me back into the bedroom.
Dos and I took turns fucking Ivy and Crystal. I watched my brother enjoy the woman I had always loved and shared someone I wanted to build something special with. She looked so hot as she allowed Ivy and Dos to make love to her. When it was my turn to please her, I stroked her hard and long making sure I touched all her spots. I tasted her sweetness, and she drank my seed. We must have gone four rounds before we all crashed. Dos held Ivy in his arms, and I held onto Crystal as she slept peacefully on my chest.
A few days had passed; I gave Crystal some time to sit with what happened. I told her I would give her all the space she needed. I had to take care of things with Ivy. It was my rotation with her, and I told Dos I would sit Ivy down for a discussion. At first, he wanted to be there, but I convinced him that this was something I needed to do on my own. Ivy and I needed to be able to talk this out, argue, fight and come to grips with the reality that what we had was coming to an end. And we didn’t need anyone around to watch the fallout.
I fixed dinner for us. By the time she arrived that evening, the aroma of a delicious meal could be smelled from the elevator.
“Uno, It smells so good in here. What did you cook?”
“I made honey glazed salmon, roasted veggies, and yellow rice. So, I hope you’re hungry.”
“I am starving. Let me go wash up and I’ll be right back”
I fixed out plates while Ivy freshened up. By the time she came back into the kitchen it was time to eat. We sat down at the dinner table and dug in. Neither one of us had much to say while eating. It was always odd to me because I knew her and Dos had conversations all the time especially when they sat down to eat. I asked him and he told me.
“Ivy, I need you to be truthful with me.” I stopped eating to look at her.
“Ok, “she said confused at my statement.
“Why don’t you and I have the same connection as you and Dos?”
“That is a bold assessment. Both of you are different.”
“That’s not what I’m talking about. We don’t talk. The only time we communicate is when Dos is around or we’re fucking.”
“That’s not true. We talk.”
“What’s my favorite book?”
Ivy was silent.
“Ok, how about my favorite TV series?”
No. Ok I’ll make it easy, What’s my favorite color?”
Ivy just stared at me. “Where are you going with this? Why are you asking me these questions?”
I took a deep breath. “Ivy, we know nothing about each other. Not the way you and Dos know each other.”
“We grew up together. I’ve known you practically my whole life. What do you mean you don’t know me?”
“I knew you then. I know nothing about the woman you are today. For eight months we’ve been in a relationship, and not once have you asked me anything about myself. At first, I was just giving you space, and some time to get reacquainted with us. You and Dos, now that’s a relationship. Y’all even have cute lil names for each other. Y’all laugh, talk, and do shit together. You and me, well we fuck. We fuck. We eat and then we fuck some more.”
“That’s not true! We do a lot of things together.”
“Name one thing, Ivy. You name one thing, and I drop this conversation.”
Ivy just stared at me studying my face. I wasn’t mad, or angry. I was just confused. She asked me to be in this relationship and outside of my bedroom it showed no signs of being anything other than what it was – a good fuck. As we stared at each other I knew she could feel what was coming. It was well overdue. I was holding on to a past and history only for it to repeat itself. Dos ends up with the girl. The girl I had based all my female interactions on only to find out I was wrong. I held Ivy on a pedestal that tripped me up and left me unbalanced emotionally. I couldn’t do this anymore.
Tears fell from her eyes. I was still waiting for a response. But her eyes told me she couldn’t answer me honestly. And it was ok. I wasn’t expecting her to have answers. I had merely observed what wasn’t there. It was a reflection of being in love with someone who could never truly belong to you. She felt obligated and history made me loyal.
I walked over to her and knelt down in front of her. She couldn’t look at me. The tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes.
“Uno, I do love you.”
“I know Ivy, just not the way you love Dos. And it’s ok,” I said as I kissed her tears.
“I… a..”
‘It’s ok, Ivy. I’m not mad at you, Dos, or myself. I was so happy to have you back in my life, that I would have done anything to make you stay. And I did. I’m not saying it wasn’t fun,” I smiled trying to lighten the mood. “We just don’t have what it takes. As much as we want this, it shouldn’t be this hard. What you and my brother have is something special. I want both of you to be happy. “
“Oh Uno,” she cried harder. “I’m so sorry.”
“Don’t be. You taught me a lot about myself and for that I will always be thankful. I now know what I want. And believe it or not, I’m open to love again.
I pulled Ivy out of her chair and held her in my arms. She breathed a sigh of relief as whatever happened all those years ago had finally been resolved and laid to rest.
That night I held Ivy in my arms for the last time. She slept peacefully and for the first time I had no regrets. When she woke, Dos was ready to take her home. The throuple had become a couple and no one got hurt in the process. I think the way I ended things with Ivy gave her the freedom to love Dos the way he deserved to be loved and for her to love him without restraints. I dapped Dos up.
“You good, Uno?”
“Man, I’mma be ok. You make sure you take care of her.”
“Oh, you already know.”
“Brothers.”
“For Life.” Dos said as they left out.