All Mye Queen's Men, Chronicles of Love - Volume II (53 page)

“
Come
with
me
and
I'll
show
you
my
kryptonite.
”
Christian
extends
his
hand
for
Queen.
 
She
accepts
his
hand
and
allows
him
to
lead
her
across
the
big
room.
“
Close
your
eyes.
”

“
Why?
”

“
Just
close
your
eyes.
”
Christian
insisted
as
he
leads
Queen
to
a
giant
mirror
hung
on
the
foyer
wall.
 
He
positions
her
in
front
of
the
mirror
and
then
walks
away.

“
Wait, where are you going?”

“
To check on the food.  Oh yeah, you can open your eyes now.” 

Queen
opens her eyes to see her reflection in the big mirror.  A big smile illuminates her face.  She fixes her hair before walking away and returning to the couch.

“
Smart ass.”  She yells at Christian who was in the kitchen.

“
Nosy ass.”  Christian yells back. 

Christian
returns with two glasses of white wine.  Queen accepts a glass and takes a sip. “Thank you. So, what happened between you and your friend?  What did you say her name was?”

“
I didn't.”

“
Come on stop playing.  Tell me about her.”

“
There's not much to tell.”

“
So then, do tell.”

“
Okay.  I can see that you're not going to let it go. Her name is Isis.”

“
Like the goddess Isis?”  

“
Yeah I guess so.”

“
Really? I mean that's a tough name to live up to.”

“
Yeah, anyway... We met when I was in Medical School.  We dated for a couple of years and then we broke up.  End of story.”

“
What happened? Why did you break up?”

“
We wanted different things out of life.” Christian acknowledged as he sipped his wine.

“
Like what?”

“
Let's say she wanted fame and fortune and the glamorous life.  And I wanted a wife, two kids and a dog named Peppy.”

“
She didn't want to marry you?”

“
I never asked her.”

“
Why not? I thought you wanted to be married?”

“
I did, but Isis didn't want kids and she hated animals.  I take that back.  She loved animals that could be worn on her back.  You know like- minks, foxes, and chinchillas.”

“
Were you in love with her?”

“
Yeah, I thought I was.  At least until I realized she was just another leprechaun in stilettos digging for a pot of gold.”

“
Ouch!  Sorry to hear that.  Oh, you poor baby.  I'm so sorry.”  Queen offers Christian a motherly hug.  He doesn't really need it but he takes it.

“
Don't be, cause I'm not.  She's the reason I left Atlanta.  Since then she's tried every trick in the book to get me back. But I’m not having it.”

“
So you're not even interested in exploring a sexual relationship?”

“
With who, you?  Yeah I'm down if you're offering.” Christian joked.

“
You know that was not what I was talking about.  And no, I am not offering. I got enough pretty boy drama to deal with for now.”

“
You can’t blame me for trying. No… Seriously I’m just kidding around.  No, I don't want to get caught up with her in any shape or form.  I'll fly alone before I hook up with her again.  She's just the kind of woman that would try to trap a man by getting pregnant.”

“
I thought she didn't want kids.” Queen asked confused.

“
She didn't want children, until she realized that it was a prerequisite for anyone interested in marrying me. Then she had a change of heart, at least so she said.”

“
So, is it over?”

“
It is so over.  It's so over its reverted back to under.

“
So when’s the last time you saw her?”

“
I guess a little over a month ago when I finally moved in.  She had made plans to move to Baltimore and she wanted to stay with me while she searched for a place.  I had to cold stop her in her tracks.  I couldn't let that shit fly.”

“
So did she move to Baltimore?”

“
No she changed her mind once I refused to let her move in with me.”

“
When's the last time you slept with her?”

“
When's the last time you slept with Teddy?” Christian challenged.

“
I asked you first?” Queen insisted.

“
And so you’ll answer first too.” Christian pressed.

“
Almost two months ago.” Queen confessed.

“
Damn!  You sure you don't want to schedule an appointment so that I can make sure that cave is still open.  I won't even charge extra to eradicate the bats living in there.”  Christian laughed. “What the hell is going on?”

“
Just answer the question.  When's the last time you slept with Iris?”

“
Her name is Isis.”

“
My bad, I mean Isis.”

“
I don't know.  I guess it's been almost three months or so, by now.”

“
Yet, you’re laughing at me.”

“
The difference is she is not my woman anymore.  I don't have a woman.  You on the other hand claim to have a man.  But, by some stretch of the imagination you haven't slept with him in two months.  Queen, that's crazy shit. What the fuck is up?”

“
I mean, we do live in different states. He lives on one side of the continent and I live on the other.”

“
If you were my woman and I was half as rich as Teddy it wouldn't matter.  I'd wax that bunny slope at least four times a month even if we were on totally different continents.”

“
I work a lot and I can't get away.  And he always has some endorsement promotions, or something else going on.”

“
That all may be true but it sounds like a whole lot of excuses and bullshit to me.  But, I'm going to just leave it alone.  Just don't move too quick in here.  You're probably so hot you'll catch fire and burn all of my little shit up.  Christian laughs as he leaves to go set the table. 

Embarrassed, ashamed and with nothing witty to say, Queen retaliates by throwing a throw pillow which smacks him up side of his head. “You're such a smart ass.”

“
Don't get mad at me.  Get mad at that nigga.  If you were my woman you wouldn't be so easily agitated and sexually frustrated.”

“
But I'm not.”

“
Then
we'll have to change that.  Cause I can't have you walking around starting bush, I mean brush fires.”  Queen counters with two more pillows.  Christian ducks and laughs even harder.

Again,
she had to admit that Christian was right. Two months without dick, for Queen that shit was absolutely ludicrous. Queen loved dick way too much to go without it for two months, for anybody. Especially since she was convinced that Teddy was having sex at least twice a day. Not to mention he had finally grew a set of balls and forbid her from sleeping with Logic.

“
What
the hell is wrong with you Queen? Why are you letting this man wipe his ass with your emotions?” she thought. Sadly, she could come up with only one answer, unconditional love.

Over
the next couple of months Queen and Christian were inseparable. They dated platonically at least three or four times a week. Although Christian enjoyed spending time with Queen, he felt a little guilty about spending so much time with his friend’s woman. Unfortunately, he couldn’t help himself. He was infatuated by Queen, and he craved her company like a junky craves drugs.

It
’s Thursday afternoon and Christian is at the hospital seeing patients.  In between patients his personal cell rings.  It's Dorian.

“
Hey, what’s up man?”

“
Nothing much, except your boy's in town.”

“
Who?”

“
I know you couldn't possibly have forgotten him.  Especially since you've been hanging out with his girl day and night.”

“
Teddy?  What's he doing here?”

“
What do you mean- what's he doing here?  He came to see his woman.  It's their anniversary or some shit.  He's here to surprise her.”

“
How do you know?” Christian asked confused.

“
He called me when he got to BWI a half hour ago.  Nigga please don't tell me you are nowhere even remotely inappropriate with that girl. Please!”

“
I've already told you that nothing is going down between us.  Besides we're at the hospital, nigga.  It ain't like it's a hotel or some shit. Teddy knows we work together.”

“
Thank God it's not.  I heard about your little slumber parties and shit.  What are you a fuckin  adolescent girl or some shit?  What the fuck are you doing playing pussyless sleepovers with this man's woman?  I told you not to get sprung for this girl.  You know that pussy belongs to Teddy.”

“
Unfortunately, it's a little too late for that.”

“
Nigga, you sprung?  Please don't tell me that you are sprung.”

“
Like a broke ass clock.”

“
Damn!  I'm sorry to hear that. That's really too bad, because you're about to get your heart ripped out of your chest.  Cause her Teddy Bear's in town and he's going to wear that honey pot the fuck out!”

“
FUCK! What the hell was on my damn mind?”

“
I don't know.  But I tried to warn your ass.  But you wouldn't listen to me. I told you not to fuck with Queen. In fact I told you not to even look at her ass. What did I tell you? Huh? I told your ass to say hi and bye and keep it moving. Didn't I?”

“
Well maybe she...”

“
Maybe she what, nigga?  You know what?  I hope that you are around when she lays her eyes on that big dick nigga.  Just so you can see what's up.”

“
Whatever, nigga.  I got a big dick too!  So, what?”

“
Nigga, I got a big dick too.  What nigga on the planet don't boast about having one.  The question is do you have a big dick and sixty million dollars?  No!  I didn't think so.  You better roll off man.  This is not the girl for you. If you ever get a chance to examine that pussy you will see that Teddy has stamped his name all up and through there. In Braille for blind and stupid mother fuckas like you who want to act like they don't know. I told you to walk away a long, long time ago. Didn't I?”

“
It's a little too late for that shit.  And it's not like I haven't tried.  This shit is like an addiction and I just can't turn away from it.” Christian confided in his friend.

“
I understand. Teddy went through the same bullshit. Look, where's Queen?”

“
Nigga, how am I supposed to know?  What do you think I got sonar and shit.”

“
Bitch, don't act like you ain't got a GPS on that fat ass of hers. You probably know her schedule better than she does.”

“
It's a big hospital.  She could be anywhere.  Why?”

“
You know what? As long as she's not there with you I don't give a fuck.  Just don't spoil the surprise if you see her.”

“
I wouldn't dream of it.  You don't think Teddy suspects anything do you?”

“
Why, should he suspect something?  If nothing happened, you have nothing to worry about.  Look let's hang out tonight.  Cause I can tell that tonight's going to be a little rough on you.  I don't want you drinking alone or doing something stupid.  You're my boy and I got to look out for you.  Even though you're stupid as hell.”

“
Whatever nigga.  I'll give you a call when I get home.  Hey, you're driving.”

“
Okay.  But we'll taking the Lexus.”

“
No problem.”

Christian
was understandably upset that Teddy was in Baltimore. Even though he knew that Queen was Teddy’s woman in his heart she belonged to him. And the fact that Teddy was never around only fueled that misconception. Sure he knew that Queen and Teddy were constantly talking on the phone. And yeah, he realized that Queen loved Teddy, and that Teddy loved her, but he also knew that she had a soft spot for him in her heart.