"I'm getting tired of them Allen," I complain as I enter my house "Why do they have to stare?"
He doesn't say much, he just sits there at his desk looking at me. "What happened this time?" his smooth voice says to me.
That voice alone is all I need to soothe me, that and some other things...but, back to the matter at hand. "They were whispering about me again when I walked down the block." I hang my keys up and frown like a spoiled child.
He toys with his cuff-links and I get a peek of those lovely tattooed arms of his, yes my honey has tatted sleeves...so what? He looks away from his computer screen, "Come here" he calls to me, and I willingly oblige. He pats his starched khaki's and I sit like lil' Ms. Muffin herself. "People will always talk about us-everyone isn't ready for us babe. They aren't all approving of this black/white love thing," he cups my chin lovingly and I stare into his warm eyes "you can't let 'em get to you. "
"Did we have to move here?" I whine, "It wasn't like this in San Francisco...."he hates it when I complain. It's one of my more annoying traits.
"Deb, stop it. We only have to be here for four more months, then I promise we can move wherever you like. Now give me a kiss and quit it." He leans in for his kiss and I know I better or else.....
So the next day I'm outside in the garden, planting my bulbs and then they all come out. These stuck up, day glow orange, out of shape skanks. They're sitting on the resident slore-Marissa's-porch and of course I'm their object of interest. They all dislike, I'd even go as far as to say hate me, because I'm hot and I have a sexy husband. When we first moved here I tried to be cordial and all that other stuff to them, but it just wouldn't stick. I hear them talking about my weave (so what, I love to play with my appearance), my butt (it is pretty big and round), I even heard 'em say that I probably don't fuck Allen right....hmmmppphh if they only knew. So you see who the bitches are? Skanks with boring husbands, how is that my fault? Marissa sits on the stairs twirling her bleach-blonde hair, snapping that loud ass gum that she loves so much. Next to her is Amanda, an over-weight crater face, and then there is the midget (she's vertically challenged)-Kay. They're sitting there talking about me, and I swear I even hear a bit of the word "nigger". Now I'm not one to get all violent, but I'm tempted to, who the fuck do they think they are? I am an educated, beautiful, God-fearing woman; I have no time for the low lives! I continue to tend the soil, until I hear my rescue arrive.
It's a lil' before sundown as Allen pulls into the driveway, and comes over kissing me and grabbing my butt at the same time. I can't help but get a lil' wet, and I know those bitches are reeling. Yes!! He helps me up to my full length and then tilts his head to the side, I can't see his eyes behind his aviator shades, but I bet if I could they would be dancing with mischief.
"You trust me?" he says in that hushed tone of his.
I nod my head, "Yes."
"You sure?" he asks this time with a smile forming across his mouth.