Day 2

That evening and the next day, continued on as normal and Saphire got another call from Varington asking if she wanted to come hang out with him again. She said sure and asked if they were going to the same place to chill with the same people. Varington informed Jade that they were actually going to Raven's house. Eugh, she thought but still she agreed. It was something to do. So when Jade got off work, they met up and this time they rode to Germantown. Saphire Jade, hadn't been that far out since she lived in Potomac and her mom was married to Sasha's dad or was it when she spent the weekeends in Damascus with Sasha and Sasha's daddy's new wife and new family? Either way it was a hike and a half to Germantown. When they arrived, Saphire Jade was shocked to notice Raven's place was nice and neat and cozy aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand not only that, but all the bm and the kids stuff had been moved out. Yes kids. Eugh, she thought. (Nothing against kids, just the thought of dating a man w kids, eugh, she shuddered, trembled inside) Raven's bm, Kaylin had a daughter by another man that was 2, Leylu. Raven and Kaylin's son Alekzander was just a lil over a year old. Saphire Jade had heard enough and was in no way interested in Raven. She couldn't be any further from interested in Raven. He was nice and he had a nice place, apparently came from money but that was not at all a pro is his favor. Jade had her issues about men with money, so he was definately in no way, in any way, even close to be thinkin about gettin with her.
Saphire Jade inquired about his profession. How could he afford this apt and take care of a g/f & two kids and be home two days in a row? He replied he was an internet broker. Saphire Jade didn't know what that was but she wondered how he accomplished that with no computer. He told some lie that she soon forgot bc she didn't much care anyway. She was just makin conversation til Varington returned and Raven could stop looking at like her like she was lunch. They shot the shit and chatted a bit more this and that, but it was hard for Saphire to keep the small talk up. She had long ago been hushed and by all the physical, mental and verbal abuse over the years. She was a beast when it came to business talk but when it came to interacting w a human being on a personal level, Saphire Jade was only able to muster enough words for just polite intro and bs small talk. When world events, weather, and work talk all ran dry. It was time to play everyones favorite sparing game...men are from mars, women are from venus. It never fails that put two people from the opposite sex in a room and the opposite sex is going to come up. Sooner or later the conversation will be full of men do this and women do that and why do people do this when they really want to do that or say this when they really mean that. It's inevitable. Saphire Jade knew once she retreated inside her shell there would be no comming out and she didn't want her shyness to take control and make her look like a doe eyed idiot, so she took control of the situation and asked questions. People love to talk about themselves and well Raven,(holding true to his PG County Boi imgae) didn't take much to get him talkin all about himself and his bm. It was Saphire's job, to sit back and listen. But she didn't listen, didn't pay attention at all bc Eugh, she thought to herself. Baby mamma = baby mamma drama even tho you will break your arm and bust a move right now tryin to convince me otherwise all bc you wanna hit. She giggled quietly to herself and shuddered inside thinkin, eughghghghghg.
Saphire Jade's tolerance for alcohol was low, so low that she was still buzzin from the two drinks she had yesterday. Smokin had been her thang for as long as she could remember. Anyway, when Raven broke out the blender, it was on. Jade liked to have fun and enjoyed the thought of letting go and chillin in the nice oversized apt. Varington hung around for a quick milisecond. (She'd never seen a PG County Boi move so fast, well then again, almost any time pussy in involved, they almost always know how to move like the world don't work on their watch)All of sudden he had to "go to the store"...damn! they got her, Jade thought. She had grew up in a crew of niggaz and always had more male friends than female friends...point being she knew better. She had been lied to, abused and taken advantage of enough to spot game a mile away and ward off any lame who thought he could get over on her. But poor poor Jade, all niggas aint friends and Varington had set her up, royally. But she wasn't trippin. She saw thru their lil attempt to get her to holla at Raven and she was not having it. Shot him down left and right. But Raven a was a persistant lil bugger. Saphire eventually let the drinks and smokin get the best of her. She was so relaxed and his apt was so clean. He said he wanted to see her phone, so she thru it to him and kept jammin to music that played in the background. It was another sunny February day and the weather was suprisingly nice. It was warm with just a slight, chill in the air. Saphire a nature freak got lost in the day and didn't notice Raven typin in and saving his number in her phone. He asked if he could get hers and she replied, " Ohhhhh, I'll just get it from Varington later." She was so beyond not interested. On the ride home she tried to talk nice about Raven bc Varington was probing for her for information. Trying to see if she liked Raven. She didn't want to embarrass the man, so she didn't say anything bad about him. She tried not to say anything too nice so as not lead anyone on but yeahhhhhh....noooo. Saphire Jade slept thru the traffic on the way back to her car and ran off to live her life as normal.
A few days later Arington called and was just talkin to Jade like they conversed on a regular. Jade went along with the interogation that was masked as general converstaion and within a matter of minutes, Varington was asking her more questions about Raven. Eugh, she thought and giggled to herself that the boy must be damned depserate if he is this persistent. She entertained Varington and said she would consider callin Raven but wasn't do it as soon as they got off the phone or anything. She didn't want to look press (bc she really wasn't) but Varington got all guy vs girl on her and was like, see man (PG County Boi prelude to bs) dats what I be talkin bout (extended version of the PG County Boi prelude to bs), all you girls be de de de and da da da, and der der der....whine whine whine. Saphire thought to herself Eugh man shit, if you goin be campainin for dis nigga so hard then ok! shit! Aight! I'll fuckin call him! And call him she did