Here you go, another one, hope you enjoy. XOXO
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Tonight was a dreaded night according to Nicki. It was the big day where she would hopefully find suitors by means of speed-dating. This however was in no way her idea, she had just finally succumbed to her best friend's constant nagging about her being single for the last two years.
Going on blind dates was never up her speed as she never understood the concept. What, so you put two strangers together in a restaurant and hope for the best, when both are probably suffering internally from the awkwardness and most importantly the continuous pretending that they are in any way interested in the person who sat opposite the them when all they really wanted was to be at home in their PJ's? Yeah - that was a complete waste of time to Nicki.
Speed-dating however was a new and interesting concept to her. The room's constant buzzing of all parties that are genuinely interested in meeting a partner, the unknown excitement of it all was the main deciding factor for Nicki, even though her agreement was a little reluctant.
"Onika, Dom doesn't count, you need to stop using him as a shield to block men out of your life!" Candace advised while putting final touches to Nicki's hair.
At the sound of his name Nicki smiled at probably one of her greatest gifts. Three years ago she was blessed with a tiny angel with chubby cheeks and curly hair, her son Dominic. The pregnancy was not planned but it was welcomed regardless, she was only 22 years old; young, wild and carefree, a baby wasn't in her sights but with the support of her friends, family and boyfriend she managed to pull through her pregnancy and was blessed with little Nic's life.
"Bitch how many times have I told you to stop calling my baby 'Dom'? He is NOT the main character in the movie Fast and Furious so either say Nic or his full name!" Nicki huffed "next thing I know you will be calling him 'Torreto'!" She continued her rant.
"Whatever hoe, let's get going before we are late" Candace retorted complete with a eye roll and giggle at her friend's dramatic ways
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The "event", as one would put it, wasn't as exciting as she thought it would have been. Sure there was a constant cheerful hum and clatter throughout the rented space but that didn't mean the same environment was what could be felt at her designated table. So far all the men that made it around to her table didn't bother to hide the fact that all they were interested in was her body which only annoyed Nicki further therefore making her glad that each turn lasted 5 minutes. As the clock slowly ticked she wondered why she just didn't stand up and leave, what was keeping her glued to her table listening to the same story phrased differently from each of these men. Something at the back of her mind kept telling her that she owed it to herself to at least try and put an effort in and that is what she was going to do.
Nicki had spent the last 3 minutes tuning out the man who currently sat opposite her. Duncan, his name was Duncan, she only knew this by means of the mandatory name tag of all participants. Everything else about this man that came out of his mouth fell on deaf ears as she zoned out of their conversation. The bell rang and Duncan's talking came to an adrupt end, the poor fellow seemed hopefull of this meeting and even slipped Nicki his business card to which she accepted as she didn't want to seem outright rude to the decent looking gentleman.
As she waited for the next man to get seated, she quickly checked her phone for any texts that could be of importance "oh shit" she whispered with shock at the realization of what time it was. She quickly packed up her belongings as fast as she could all while apologizing to the gentleman who was already seated at her table and was ready to begin his turn.
She stood and did a quick scan of the room to see where Candi was seated and made her way towards her.
"Candi, we need to go"
"What? Why?" Candi asked puzzled
"It's already 21h30pm and I told the baby sitter that I would be home by 22h00"
"What baby sitter are you even talking about, we left Dom with your mom? I don't think she would mind an extra hour with her grandson"
"Candace I can't have my mom up all times of the night looking after my son, I'm going to pick him up and let her get some rest, now are you coming or not because in case you are forgetting I am your ride" As Nicki said that, the man who was occupying Candi's attention earlier offered to take her home which earned a smile from Candi and finally made Nicki take note of his presence.
"Uh..no...She is good, I got her" Nicki commented as there was no way she was letting this man, whose name she didn't even know drive her friend home.
"No Nic, it's fine, Tim will take me home" Candace said with a smile. Nicki knew what that smile meant, this hoe was ready to get some and Nicki was ruining it, she chuckled to herself and responded
"Whatever, Timothy is it, you better take care of her and for good measure let me take a picture of you so that I know what to show the cops when I file this little thot's missing persons' report" Nicki said as she took the picture of him with his name tag showing. She didn't even give them a chance to respond before she disappeared from their line of vision completely.
Her head was down as she was focused on putting her phone away and fishing out her keys. At the quick pace she was walking she knew this wasn't a good idea but she did it anyway. Her brisk stride was put to an adrupt end as she bumped into something hard but with a great scent, She was on her way to the floor when the something or rather someone caught her before she kissed the ground.
"Oh my God, Miss are you ok?" Enquired a smooth and concerned voice. Was she ok? She was a little disoriented from the impact and her vision was fuzzy. She began blinking fast trying to regain focus of her surroundings and that is when she saw him for the first time, pink plump lips, smooth caramel skin, a neat beard and clean shaven head. According to Nicki it was like looking at an angel, his arms were still securely wrapped around her and they felt like he puts in a good work out every morning. It when her thoughts wandered to the sound of his voice that she realized that she hadn't answered his question.
"I'm ok, thanks" she managed to croak out as she tried to get back on her feet.
"Are you sure, you looked like you were going to pass out on me there for a second" he responded with concern lacing his tone.
"Yes I am sure, just a little dizzy but I will be fine. I am really sorry for bumping into you like that, I really should start paying attention to where I am going when I am in a hurry" she explained already trying to make her way out the building to her car.
"It's ok, as long as there are no injuries on your part then we are all good. Why were you in such a hurry in the first place, you were like a bullet train, I wouldn't have been able to stop you even if I tried" he asked with a chuckle
Nicki laughed at his statement "I am running late to pic up my son, which reminds me, I need to get going" she started towards the door
"Wait, I didn't catch your name" he smirked trying to prolong this chance meeting with this beautiful stranger
"I didn't give it" she retorted with a smirk
"My bad, my name is Aubrey and what's your's beautiful?" He introduced himself motioning for her to shake his hand, she took it
"Onika" she smiled showing her deep dimples "my name is Onika" as she continued to shake his hand while looking into his deep hazel orbs and slowly getting lost in them. She would stare at them all night if she could, in fact she could sit and stare at his whole being while admiring his beauty as if he were an exhibit in a art show. Everything about about him seemed like it was designed perfectly by God to suit him perfectly even the way his clothes were put together and fit on him you could tell that he was perfection. "anyway I really have to go now, it was nice meeting you Aubrey" she broke her stare before she ended up with a problem between her legs
"It was nice meeting you too Onika, maybe next time we meet it will be on a less explosive encounter" they both laughed at this as they said their goodbyes to one another and headed into different directions.
A/N: So I thought I could do a story with parts instead of a oneshot, tell me how y'all vibe with this and I might add some more parts quicker than usual. I am not sure how many parts it will have I am just messing about at the moment trying to round up my complete storyline, I also don't want it to drag on and on for no reason. So yeah, enjoy love buckets and tell me what you think. XOXO
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