{*}Underneath All the Make-Up{*} A Novel... (+ 11/1/10)

Chapter 34



While shopping for clothes I decided that tonight Marcus Cooper was going to wish he had never made that mistake. ‘Hey y’all what you think of this?’ I held up a Victoria Secret bra and matching panties. It also had a sheer lace dress.
‘Damn you gon be a heartbreaker tonight?’ asked Janae
‘Yep...sorry Lisa, but your brother needs to learn a lesson’
‘and who better than to teach him huh?’ Lisa replied smiling.
‘Gurl you know I’m a good teacher’
We shopped around until we had everything we needed and each had more bags then we could handle. It was late afternoon so we gathered at MacDonalds for a late lunch.
‘So Janae...Mr Pooch? Tell us about him’ I was eager to hear what she had been up to.
‘Ohh Rae, the nigger can lay it down RIGHT’ she bounced up and down with joy as we all stared.
‘Ok, relax now...Sammie does it too but I’m not bouncing right now’ joked Natasha
‘Oops! Well we been fucking around, only 2 times that I remember right now. Anyway I was taking to Rache about this and she gave me some advice, because I honestly don’t need another Tyrese situation right now’
‘What you talking about?’ asked Lisa stuffing herself with some fries.
‘Well, he is engaged! Thing is I can’t bring myself to tell him to choose. Me or her and Rachel said that I should step away and let him decide or else I’m going to get hurt because I’m getting too attached you guys’
‘Rachel is right. Pooch needs to be a man about this, he can’t be playing you like that even if You are the other woman’ I agreed completely with what Rachel had said.
‘What can I do?’

We all sat and thought about this for a minute. I realized that suddenly everyone of us had a particular dilemma that needed our attention. It dawned on me that we have become the best of friends and I was really glad about that.
‘Why don’t you ignore him for a week or two?’ suggested Natasha
‘Yeah...that’s good Nae. Ignore him until he realizes how much he wants you so he’ll have to make a choice’ Lisa clapped her hands in delight and we laughed.
‘What if he realizes that we were just a fling?’
‘Than it means you weren’t meant to be’ said Lisa. She had a sympathetic look on her face but I think Janae agreed with what she had said because she nodded and smiled as she sipped her diet coke.
‘I better get ready for the movie shoot tomorrow than. Mission number 1 is to ignore Pooch Hall’
We raised our glasses and giggled like high school girls as we finished our drinks.

‘Well girls, I need to be off now. Gotta prepare for tonight. Lisa, your brother gon tell you about this night’
She laughed and shrugged and waved me off. ‘Girl, you do what you gotta do to tame the guy. I’ll owe you one. Take the player of the field’
I waved goodbye as I left. Thinking about what Lisa had just said I chuckled because contrary to how I felt last night now I decided that once his lesson had been learnt he was going to be mine all mine. I smiled as I walked towards my car placing my bags in the back and climbing. Tonight’s gonna be a good night. I turned up the radio and sang out loud.



All the girls had left and I was walking to my car when I felt a hand grab me. I jumped and turned around.
‘Oh it’s you Trey!’
‘Sorry I called out but you didn’t hear me’
‘Oops’
‘You going home?’
‘Yeah’
‘Can I get a ride? My car is with Marcus and I’m tired of waiting for his ass’
I laughed at the look on his face. Damn the nigger looked fine. ‘Off course’
‘Give me your bags I’ll carry them for you’ I handed him my bags and we walked to the car with smiles on our faces. All of a sudden out of no where a man jumped out with a camera and began snapping shots of us. I looked at Trey and he pulled me close. ‘Give me your keys’ Without hesitating I handed him the keys and we ran to the car and climbed in.

‘Are you ok?’
‘Yes’ I was breathing heavily but I was fine and the man had gone.
‘Damn paps. Now we gon be on the internet and in the papers’
I chuckled a bit. ‘I’m your internet girl’
He laughed with me as we drove him, but I suddenly saw a far away look on his face. Even we reached the house he headed straight up the spare room and locked himself in. I was a bit puzzled. Was it something I said? I shrugged it off and unpacked my things placing them neatly in huge walk-in wardrobe. I was so proud of myself for my organization skils.

I needed a shower and it was almost 5. I headed into my bathroom and stripped out of my clothes. I sang a nice tune as I lathered my body with soap and then washed my body down. I felt so good and my body was smelling good as I stepped into a loose fitting dress that I liked to wear around the house. I made sure my face and hair looked fresh and nice before heading down to the kitchen where I found Marcus.
‘Nigger what you doing to Rae?’ I asked with my hands on my hips.
‘What? Oh...Look I told her I was sorry and I’m going over to apologize’
‘You better set it straight’
He laughed before eating a sandwich and then stepping out. ‘See you later or tomorrow’
‘I’d rather it be tomorrow in hospital’ I replied smirking thinking about what Rae had planned for his sorry ass.

‘Hey there you are. Thought you were in your room’ I turned just as Trey walked in the kitchen.
‘Nops, you were locked up there, not me’
‘Yeah, sorry but I had like this inspiration for a song and I just had to get it down’ I was relieved at his answer. At least it wasn’t my fault.
‘Oh that’s cool’
‘Yeah...I wanna run by it you though’
‘Urm...why me? I’m no expert’
‘No, but it’s meant for two. Me and You’

Chapter 36



I strummed my fingers on the table as I sat in my silk robe waiting for Marcus. My hair was done and my make-up was flawless. I know I looked good enough to eat. And Marcus was going to find out why he should never make a fool out of me. I glanced at the clock seeing that it was 7:30pm and Marcus has half an hour late. Where is that nigger?

The doorbell rang and I walked slowly to open the door and allow him in. ‘Sorry I’m late’ I didn’t let him finish the sentence. I turned around and walked to the living room while he spoke about traffic and other bullshit. I know his eyes were glued to my rear end as he followed me and watched as I sat down on the couch crossing my legs seductively letting him get a peak at what I had underneath the robe. I noticed beads of sweat forming on his forehead and I smirked.
‘Sit down Cooper. What did you come here for? I have plans as you can see’
‘Plans with who?’
‘None of your business’
‘Fine’ he sat down and pouted causing me to laugh on the inside. I had to force myself to keep a straight face. I reached for my glass of wine and my robe accidently slipped of my shoulders revealing my plum right breasts. I wasn’t in a hurry to fix it as I sipped my wine and smiled as Marcus nervously looked away.

‘Look Rae. I messed up big time with that hoe from the club. But it meant nothing. Believe me’
‘Why should I?’ I asked as I fixed my robe.
‘Because, me and you were good that night. Do you think I forgot how your lips tasted? Or how your body felt against mine? No way’
‘Try again’ I said dryly looking bored.
‘Don’t fuck with me Rae’
‘WHAT DID YOU SAY? Are you insane to come to my house and tell me that bullshit?’ I got up and walked to the door. ‘Get out Marcus Cooper. I want you out of my house this instant. I don’t know who you think you are trine run your game on me. But I’m no airhead like your other hoes. I’m real and when I get a man I expect to be treated with some damn respect. I’m not interested in your dick. It’s you I wanted, not your dick or your money’
His face registered a look of pure shock as I yelled loudly to him. He had got me on my last nerve. Everything I had planned for tonight went out the window as he got up and walked towards the door where I stood impatiently tapping my feet.
‘I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that. I’ve had a stress full day and I can tell you were playing with me there and that got to me. I’m tryna be real with you. Yes I’m a player...but I can change the game for you’
‘I don’t trust players’
‘Give me chance. One is all I need. I can forget about all the others. All I need is you.’
My face fell as he said those words. How can I trust a player? He approached me and I tried to read his face for something genuine. But instead I felt my robe fall off and suddenly I felt very cold as the cool November air blew past me into my house. His lips were all over me as were his hands. Yet I just stood there not feeling anything but pleasure from the feel of his lips on my skin. Then he stopped.
‘I’m leaving now’
I looked at him with my mouth opened wide. ‘Don’t be mad Rae. But this is how it’s gonna be. I’ma prove to you that I’m not after your pussy. I’m after your heart’
He kissed my lips and stepped out leaving my body feigning for some physical love, even if what he said was right; but right now I wanted to fuck and he was gone. I chuckled as I realised I’d been beat at my own game.

That Marcus Cooper is something else. I wondered if he would really be able to resist my body or some other girls’ body. I began to imagine myself with him sexually because I was still standing in my thong with the door wide open. I rushed upstairs and opened a drawer I hadn’t touched in years. Marcus was unleashing the inner freak in me. The same freak I had to bury years ago because it ruined me. I gasped as I opened the locked pink box which contained a range of sex toys. I shut my eyes remembering the last man who made me use these. He was the only men I had ever loved and whenever he had been away from me these were what I used to replace him and then I had let it get too far, to the point where I had began to look for it elsewhere because he wasn’t around to fuck me. My ex had turned me in a hoe that was addicted to dick.

Would I become the same again now? Marcus was trying to prove something to me wasn’t he? That he can capture my heart without having my body. But what do I do in the mean time? I wanted to try the same thing he was doing, but as my hands glided over the vibrators, my thong felt wet and I began to imagine Marcus on top of me. I couldn’t stop myself. I only pray that I can control my urges after this because I only know this isn’t as good as the real thing and if I keep using it without getting the real thing, I may find myself trying to look for it elsewhere. Fuck I’m sick. I need to go see Kamaria.