By: Lara Lettsome
Life should be about letting go, being free and growing into who you are meant to be. Follow the young character Karlie Sims as she attempts to transition into life after school in a new city; without all of her friends and family.
Antonio is a young man with an unexpected past. Karlie is a woman with a developing unexpected future. The present moments brings them together. Of course love will be an option, but are they ready to Live, Laugh and Learn?
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~*~CHAPTER THREE~*~
DON’T PASS ME BY
(Antonio)
I looked back at the painting and then at them smiling. They
were probably slightly wasted. I smiled. The show ended at about 11 o’clock and
then we made our way back to south haven thinking about our next move. One of
them suggested that we go to club Layers. Club layer’s was a 5 story club that
played different types of music on each floor. There was a Rap, Todays Top
Hits, Throw Back (mostly 90’s to 2000), Salsa and the top floor was usually a
tossup. It would vary between techno, rock, jazz and reggae. We were unsure
what the top floor would be tonight because it’s usually a surprise, but we
decided to try our luck.
The women’s line went fast, they probably got in for free
and we would probably be paying close to 25 dollars for the same experience. By the time we got in, it was about 11:45. We
skipped the rap floor; it was mostly teens dropping it low. Nothing we could
really work with. Today’s hits had a mixed crowd. Which was fine, but they came
to the club to choose, and they loved the black sisters. For that same reason, the salsa floor wasn’t
going to work. It was a cross between older folks who took salsa at their local
gym and couples. We had already eliminated 3 floors. We only had two left. We
stopped in the Throw Backs. EU’s doing the butt was on. The “thug” in them
didn’t want to let them cut loose and do old school dances, so this floor
wasn’t going to hold us for long. I glanced around. One of my brothers hit my
arm to get my attention. His eyes were fixed on a group of about 7 or 8 women
headed for the elevator. They looked good, mature and they fit the get chosen
description. He watched as the elevator number went up to the 5th
floor. He wasn’t the only one watching, my other brothers caught on quickly. 7 or
8 ladies who were that fine were not going walk out of the 4th floor
without being noticed. We all made eye contact as we headed for the stairs.
When we got up to the top floor, it was our luck. They were playing reggae. The
vibe was nice, the roof top was open so the light summer/fall breeze and heat
made it feel like we were on an island. By the bars, they had fans that shot out a
cool mist. It wasn’t too crowded up here, so the girls wouldn’t be that hard to
find. I split up from the boys to go get a drink from the bar.
“Two Rum, no rocks” I said to the man standing behind the
counter.
“10 dollars” He responded.
I handed him my money and took both shots to the head. With a sour face, I turned around to see
where the guys went. I scanned the floor
intensely. A soft voice was trying to increase volume to ask for a pina-colada.
I turned to see a young pretty brown skin girl with dreads. She looked over and
smiled at me.
“7 dollars” the bartender said to her.
“I’ll get it” I handed the bartender the money. I had no
intentions to get at her, just wanted to do something nice. She looked like a
sweetheart.
“Thanks You!”
“No problem at all”, I continued my search
“I’m here with my big sister and her friends. Are you
alone?” She asked
“Naw… I’m here with my frat brothers”, I responded still in
search.
“4 Guys?” she asked
“Yeah, have you seen them?” I turn towards her looking for
answers.
“They are in V.I.P. with us. I don’t like the vodka or the
champagne they have. That’s why I came over here. Plus they kind of all started
flirting.”
“Can you show me to them?” I questioned
“Yea, sure” she said. She led me over to the V.I.P.
section.
She was right; everyone was kind of hooked up except for one
light skin chick and another young looking girl. I couldn’t really make out all
of the faces yet. The young girl with the dreads grabbed the other young
looking girl as they made their way to the elevator. Probably to go to a floor
with more people their age. I look intensely out of place as I sit down at the
sofas with them, next to the light skin girl. She smiled at me.
“Hey, How are you?” I attempted to seem remotely interested.
“I’m ok.” She responded. I nodded. She continued, “These
must be your friends who have my girls intrigued” I scan trying to make out the
more distant faces in the low light. “Stacy and Lia are usually flirty. Its
Quetta’s promotion celebration, so she is feeling herself. I don’t know the
other chicks. Quetta’s cousin Jazz and Stacy’s friend Kimmie Sam or something
like that” I nodded as she told me this uninteresting story. She was too drunk.
That’s probably why they didn’t talk to her.
“Let’s play a drinking game!!” Light skin shouted as
everyone turned away from each other to look towards her. Everyone looked uninterested to play a
drinking game in the club.
Then I caught a glimpse of Karlie. She looked different, in
a good way though. Usually when I see her she is at the gym, natural faced and
gorgeous. Tonight she had on makeup that highlighted all of her features. My
mouth opened as I took a large breath. Her eyes looked sparkling. Her lips were
shiny and plump, like she coated them with honey. She wasn’t dressed like the
others in short revealing clothing. She had on plum high waist skinny pants,
with a tight black cropped top that went up to her neck. She had a small
portion of the top of her stomach out. She put the outfit together with a
bright green clutch that matched her black and bright green pumps. She had
style. My throat got dry as I clothed mouth. Brad was all over her. I got up,
excusing myself from the drunken light skin girl and made my way to where they
were sitting. Like I true cock blocker I interrupted their conversation.
“KARLIE, Brad” I addressed them both. Brad looked confused.
Karlie looked up and noticed me, “Oh……” she paused, looking
lost. Her eyebrows made a slight V as they contracted. “Antonio?”
Brad stuttered, “You guys know each other?”
*Stay Tuned for Part III next week!*
*Stay Tuned for Part III next week!*
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