Devilish Taste

Proof?

"Come on girls pick up the pace!" My trainer said as the group of us was currently trying to pick up our pace in our workout. We were jogging on a treadmill, with the speed of 4.5 MPH. The girls next to me were whining so much that our trainer had to kick some of them out. I had my earphones on to block the whining nightmare from the girls.

"I don't know why Sky is making us work out." I said to myself as I continue to catch my breath on the treadmill. I was doing great surprisingly, probably the music I was listening to was helping me.

"Great job Sunset. You can get off now." The trainer said as he sent a smile to me. I sent a smile back to him as I press the pause button stepping down the machine. I grab my towel wiping the sweats that were on my face. I look over to our trainer to see him getting frustrated with the girls. Sky would be the one to get a trainer that is very good looking. He was tall, probably six feet with brown caramel skin filled with tattoos from his neck down to his arm, chest and back. What stand out about him was his hazel eyes that had all of us wanting his attention. I couldn't lie he was too fine and his accent had us wanting him to talk more, but I wasn't going overboard like some of these girls and I decided to leave it alone once I saw him getting frustrated.

"Alright, we are going to be doing a circuit so make sure you follow me as I instruct on what to do." He said getting all our attention.

"This is what we're going to do." He said as he begins to perform the exercise. After he showed us he put some music on and I jump right into the circuit to finish quickly.

"I think I need help squatting." A girl next to me yelled over to our trainer. I shake my head, knowing where this was going to lead to. The trainer walks over quickly showering her the proper way to squat. He comes to the side asking her to do one to see if she's doing the correct way to squat.

"Do you think my ass is low?" She asks him and I giggle at her stupid question to get him to look at her ass. He paused for a second, glancing down to her ass which is covered in black tights. She smiles hard making sure she licks her lips to catch his attention and He coughs after a while.

"Yes, it's low enough."

"You sure? Maybe I should wait after this session and do a private one on one with you." She said standing up straight from the squat position. They stare into each other eyes and I can tell he looks very nervous and uncomfortable.

"I think I need to go help the other girls." He said to quickly and turn scurrying away fast to the other side.

"Girl, I think you went too hard on him." I said laughing out loud. She turns to me smiling.

"You think so?"

"I know so." I said still laughing.

I continue to exercise finishing the circuit our trainer gave us. Sky walk in the gym heading over to me with a big smile. I roll my eyes at her smiling at me.

"You look like you went to hell." Sky said as soon as she reaches to me.

"I don't know why you are making the girls exercise now." I told her grabbing my water bottle to drink.

"Do you not see them? They're getting bigger and not at the right places." She said, glancing over to the girls behind me.

"They can get surgery like some of them do."

"But those surgery is not necessary sometime."

"You had surgery." I said, pointing at her chest.

"That's different, I was flat chested Sunset and back then people use to think I was a transgender!" I bust out laughing at her reaction.

"Maybe you were supposed to be one, I mean look like you." I said teasing her.

"Forget you Sunset." She said walking away. I jog over to her, grabbing her arms to stop her. I was still laughing.

"Okay, I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I'll cook for you tonight."

"That would be great, but not tonight I have to leave the underground to check up on my mom and give her some money." She said offering me a small smile. I nod my head in understanding.

Sky left and I decided to leave the workout and go back to my room to take a shower. Once, I got inside and finish my shower, I decided to open up the phone package Noel sent me. I rip the wrapping off and I gasp lightly to see it was the same phone Noel has. His was black and mine was a rose pink color. I press and hold on to the power button and a picture of Noel smirking at me is the phone wallpaper. I shake my head at his picture and proceed to take a tour on the phone.

A knock on the door has me jumping slightly as I wasn't expecting anyone at this time. I look over to the clock on the wall to see it's seven in the evening. I look through the peep hole to see it's Eli and my heart automatic begins to pound harder. Why am I even feeling like this? He knocks on my door rapidly and light and I begin to panic. Do I even answer the door?

"I know your in there!" He yells at me. I sigh sadly, knowing he knows I'm here. I unlock the door and let him in. His cologne hits me first taking him in my nostril. He walks in glancing around the room to see if we're alone. I shut the door after him glancing at his outfit. He had on a wife beater with basketball shorts and an expensive sneaker on. His muscles on his arm has gotten bigger and I had to force myself to look at something else other than his muscle.

"Can we talk?" His voice is said loud and clear watching me. I nod my head walking pass him to the couch.

"You got a phone?" I mentally cure myself as I whip my head to see him staring at the package. He takes the phone and turn on the screen to see Noel picture as the wallpaper. He tightens his hand around the phone while his lips shut tight in a grim line.

"Yeah, he brought me one." I said not pronouncing Noel name since Eli should know who I'm talking about. He nods his head, placing the phone back where he founded. He follows me behind to the couch and I make sure there's enough distance between us. Eli realizes what I'm trying to do and he scoots closer to me leaving no distance. His knee brush against mine and I feel the warmth he's radiating. There's no talking as an awkward silence is between us. His eyes are only for me watching my fidgeting with my fingers.

"Umm, what did you want to talk about?" I break the silence with me questioning him.

"About our conversation we had." He said getting right to the point.

"What about it?" I said, asking a stupid question. I know don't judge me.

"I want you to know that I'm sorry for my action." My eyes find his. I didn't think he was going to apologize to me.

"It's okay. You were probably drunk or high. Maybe you had a bad day at work and you weren't thinking..."

"You got it all wrong beautiful, I'm sorry for falling for you. I'm not sorry for kissing you, touching you, watching you dance while thinking nasty s**t I can do to you and most importantly letting you know how serious I want to be with you." He said cutting me off. My eyes get wide and my jaw hangs a little from what he said. There's no trace of a smile on his lips. Eli is freaking serious.

"I think you need to leave." I told him as I stand up quickly removing myself next to him. He doesn't move an inch just watch me as he lick his lips.

"Eli no." I said, shaking my head.

"Why? Because of Nino?"

"Yes."

"He not in love with you."

"Why do you do that? Is this how you get girls? You make them feel like s**t about their niggas or themselves and you think you can win them over?" I said getting upset.

"Why you getting defensive for shorty?"

"My name not shorty!" I yell at him.

"You always feisty." He said chuckling.

"Is this a game to you?" I shot at him. He still doesn't move from his sitting position as I stood in front of him. He leans back, letting his back touch the couch. Is he getting comfortable?

"No, if anything, you playing the game. I'm just going along with it till it's game over."

"What do you want out of this so called game Eli." Crossing my arms in front of my chest.

"You."

"No what exactly do you want."

"I want you and only you. I want to be your nigga and have a nice life that's it."

"And how do you know it's me."

"Because I've been wanting you since I first seen you at your job." I'm lost for words as I stare at him in disbelief.

"You never said anything to me, and when we were alone and I showed you where Jerry office was you never said anything to me after that."

"I thought you were scared of me. s**t you were shaking when I talked to you. Would you have said yes if I ask for your number or ask you out on a date? I wanted you to like me for me and not like me because you scared of me." He was right. I was a little scared when he had approached me alone that night. I sigh deeply.

"You gave me a note from Nino though..."

"I thought you would off rejected him since he treated you like s**t at the restaurant and all." He said as his eyes never left mine.

"I can't be with you Eli..."

"yes you can. Nino doesn't love you or have feelings for you like that..."

"Just stop!" I cut him off not wanting to hear this again.

"Do you want me to prove it to you?" I'm taken back from his question. Should I let him prove it to me? But how would he prove Noel has been cheating on me?

"I take that as a yes, right?"

"But Nino is going to finally..."

"Move you out. Yeah, I'm the one that mentions it to him. Why you think he was calm about it when he told you he would do it."

"You're lying..."

"Ashanti..."

"No, you ain't s**t man." I said walking away from him. I hear his footsteps behind me. He grabs my arm, forcing me to turn around. He takes out his phone still gripping my arm so I won't leave. He places the phone screen in front of me as all my attention is now into the conversation between Eli and Noel.

I read the conversation that he shows me and lets me scroll down reading some more. Eli was right, he did mention it to Noel to let me leave this place. Noel was mostly trying to argue back saying he wanted me to stay and that I'll probably snitch on him and the fact he didn't trust me for s**t. My heart pinches a little because I don't know if he's serious with me anymore. He's telling me one thing while telling other people two thing. Eli puts the phone away in his pocket.

"Do you want me to show you?" He repeats the question and I nod my head accepting the offer.

"How?"

"I know where he at right now." He said walking to the exit waiting for me.

"Wait now?" I question him and he nods his head.

"The faster I show you he's not interested in you, the faster you can see I'm serious about you boo." I nod my head walking to my closet to get my coat. I don't even bother changing my pajamas since I know I'll be back soon.

He picks me up, bridal style saying to fake and go to sleep. I do as I'm told because I'm grateful he doesn't pull put the needle on me.

"Yo, Eli I see you a lucky nigga tonight." One of the guys say as I hear a chorus of laughter. I'm glad he doesn't answer back to the, even though I wanted to know his response would be.

After about twenty minutes or so he places me in his car, and I reopen my eyes to see it's dark outside now. He walks over to the driver side getting inside. Eli cologne is strong as I take in the smell. It was way different than Noel and I was happy that they were different.

"You good shorty?" He asks me and I nod my head, glancing outside into the night as he drove to the location where Noel will be at.

He put on some music from the radio and I smile wide as I recognize my favorite song that I haven't heard in a good while.

"This is my song!" I yell excitedly as I turn the volume up singing the lyrics with the radio. Eli just smiles, letting me sing as he drove. When it was over Eli looks over to me giving me a squeeze on my thigh that I never realize where his hand was at.

"I'm happy you relax now." He said as his thumb made a circular motion on my thigh. His hand was soft and comfortable. My skin where he was touching made me warm and safe. I don't know why.

"Where are we going?" I said changing the subject.

"I'm going to show you where he at, and the place he at going to make you see the truth." He said as he didn't look over to me as he's eyes stayed on the road.

I don't say anything as we both fell into a deep silent with the radio playing.

"We here." He said. I look around to see we're in a neighborhood filled with big houses, and expensive looking cars. I'm confused.

"What we doing here? And don't you think Nino is going to catch you by seeing your car?" I ask him.

"This is a brand new car actually. He doesn't know I brought another one."

"Okay, but you didn't explain why we're exactly in this particular neighborhood." I tell him as he parks on the side behind an expensive car. He reaches his hand behind my seat, grabbing a large binocular.

"Why the hell do you have binocular?"

"You forgot the job I do?" He said, chuckling as he begins to look through it at a certain house across the street. Still not knowing what he's looking at and why we're here I just lay my head on the head seat watching him. After a moment he hands me the binoculars.

"Look at that house right there." He tells me.

"Why..."

"Shorty just do it please all your answer will be answered if you just do as I say." I sigh slightly obeying Eli. I look through the binoculars at the house he told me to look at.

"I see a woman with a baby." I say as I continue to watch the lady that's holding a baby.

"Look at the woman and tell me if you recognize her." He said. I look at the woman trying to see if I know her.

"Don't tell me it's the b***h that Nino said he killed because she aborted his baby." I remember her face because of the night I went to see Stanley and Jessica basketball game. She was the one who jump on Noel while I was walking up to him. The fact he lied to me about this again made me pissed off to the max.

"He told you she aborted the baby and he killed her, damn." Eli said as he begins to shake his head and chuckle low.

Noel pops up in the room and he's shirtless hugging the woman from behind. The woman smiles up at him and gives him a long kiss while holding the baby in her arms. After they kiss Noel looks down at the baby for so long with a big smile which I'm guessing is a girl by the baby clothes being pink, he dips his head down to kiss the baby girl on her forehead as the woman smiled.

The woman dips the baby down and lay her down into the baby crib kissing her forehead. Noel and the women walk out the room and a few minutes later there down stairs in the living room. They both sit on the couch and the television is on. Not even ten minutes they're both kissing each other and Noel push her down on the couch taking off her clothes.

I threw the binoculars on Eli lap already knowing where Noel is going to do next to the woman. Eli doesn't say anything as he watches me hard. I mentally thank him as he takes his car out of park and into drive as he drives out this neighborhood and into the street.

"I'm sorry for showing you..."

"No it's cool. If anything I needed a wake up call." I cut him off.

"You good?"

"Yeah, just hurt you know."

Eli continues to drive until he stops at a little ice cream shop that's open.

"You want ice cream?" I nod my head telling him which flavor I like. He leaves the car, walking to the ice cream store to buy us some ice cream. I guess there wasn't any people since Eli came back in the car with two chocolate ice cream in a cup. He hands me the ice cream and I thank him as I begin to eat. He turns the radio up as slow jams begin to fill the car. We both hum to the music that was playing as we ate our ice cream in a comfortable mood without talking.

"Why you aren't asking me question or telling me he doesn't love you and I was right blah blah blah?" I ask him. He doesn't say anything, just looks at me as he eats ice cream. He shrugs his shoulder.

"You already know and I gave you proof." He says humming to the music.

"So what now? You the rebound nigga?" He chuckles.

"You want me to be your rebound?"

"No who would want that position?" I said smiling.

"I need to let you get over Nino before I start my mission."

"Mission?"

"Yeah, I'm not going to lie you one feisty crazy ass girl, but I don't mind you someone I need in my life." He said taking a bite of his ice cream.

"Oh."

"You got ice cream on the side of your mouth." He said. Embarrassment is taking over me and I quickly try to wipe the ice cream from my face. I look over to him as I wait for him to answer me if I was able to remove the stain.

"Let me do it." He said as I lean myself to him as he places his ice cream on the dashboard. He places one of his hand behind my neck and my eyes widen at this as I finally understood what he was about to do.

"Eli..." My words are cut off as he pulls me to his lips as our lips are now molded together. I can taste the ice cream off his lips as both our cold lips are now warm and heated. My heart is pounding hard and for some odd reason I give into the kiss letting Eli take over.

I know for one thing after tonight it's going to get crazy.