Page 44 of Weddings on the West: Vol. I Brick & Destiny

“You really like her, don’t you?” Her eyes narrowed in on me. At first I felt like she was calling me out, but then I realized that it was just the truth.

“I do. Which is why I can’t keep this from her. You tell her or I have to.”

“Okay.” She sighed and looked off. “We have her bridal shower tomorrow, bachelorette party tomorrow night, then the wedding next week. Give me some time. I don’t want to make one of the most important moments in her life about me and my bullshit.”

“Thank you,” I said, breathing a sigh of relief.

“We should probably get out of here,” she mumbled. “That nigga is already starting to smell.”

“Bet… And Eden,” I called back once I hit the door. She already had the window open, poised to go out of it.

“Yeah?”

“Don’t take my girl around no niggas with they dick out for that fuckin’ bachelorette party,” I snarled.

“Now that, I can’t promise you,” she said with a smirk before disappearing out the window.

Ten

Big Dick Draco

DESTINY

“Thank you for coming to support my beautiful daughter as we prepare for her big day.”

I visibly cringed at the sound of my mother’s voice as she stood at the front of the room faking the funk for all of our friends and family. Just yesterday, she was in my apartment trying to convince me to leave the man at the altar. Eden looked at me and rolled her eyes so hard I was sure she caught a peek at the back of her own skull.

“Everything looks lovely,” my aunt, Helena exclaimed as she clasped her hands together. For as long as I could remember, her and my mom had been in silent competition over who could do the absolute most. She got a new Louis bag, Mom came back with a vintage Chanel. If my aunt got a new car or jewelry, Mom would pester and beg her husband until he upgraded her. When I really thought about it, she was probably just as much responsible for the stolen money as he was.

“Yes, we really outdid ourselves, didn’t we?” she beamed. Unable to stomach any more of her lies, I stood up and walked away mid-sentence. I stepped out the back door and pulled out my phone to text Brick, but the sound of voices stopped me in my tracks. I stepped closer, making sure I was hidden behind a shrub.

“I’m just sayin’, have you seen the nigga? Like, I know she got a lil upgrade to her wardrobe or whatever, but this is Brick-Fuckin-West we’re talkin’ ‘bout here! He’s had some of the baddest bitches in the city! What the hell could he possibly see in her frumpy ass?”

“Girl, maybe she got good coochie?” my cousin Lisa said with a giggle.

“You know damn well she’s a virgin! All through school all she did was talk about how she was saving herself for marriage. That’s probably why this wedding came up so fast. She tired of poppin’ that pussy for Jesus, and she’s ready to bust it open for a real nigga,” another cousin, Trina said before giggling. “All I know is if she really is a virgin, I give her until 7:31p.m. next Saturday before she ain’t one anymore.”

“You don’t even think she’ll make it to the reception?” Lisa asked.

“I honestly don’t believe none of this shit. There ain’t nothin’ you can say to convince me that Brick West is really in love with Destiny’s ass.”

Deciding that I had heard enough, I stepped back so I could slip away. Instead of making a smooth escape, I ended up backing right into a floral arrangement and causing the most noise humanly possible as it toppled over to the ground. Both of their heads snapped in my direction, and I sighed as they plastered their fake smiles back on.

“Des! Girl, y’all really did your thing on this shower! I can’t believe you’re getting marrieddd,” Trina squealed.

“I know, I am so excited!” Lisa said, mimicking her faux enthusiasm.

“Do you think I didn’t hear you just now?” I asked. I thought back to Brick, channeling a bit of his boldness and remembering what he said about not letting anyone play in my face.

“Wha-What?” Trina asked. “What are you talking about?”

“When you were talking all that shit about me, did you think that I didn’t hear you?” I repeated clear as day with my brow raised. “For your information, that nigga loves my dirty draws. And the fact that you two have so much time to sit up and make think pieces about me and my coochie is probably the reason your relationships are in the state that they’re in.” Lisa’s husband just had his second side baby on her, and Trina had only been able to see her baby daddy from behind the glass for the last eighteen months.

The two of them stood there stumbling over their words to try to salvage the situation, and I made a note to have them removed from the guest list.

“Des! Where you at, girl?” Relief washed over me when I heard Eden calling out, I quickly excused myself and turned to answer her.

“What’s up?” I asked, knowing I needed to get her away from Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum because she would do much more damage than I ever could.