"Here we go"

Jaylen up there

Jaylen POV

  "I've been thinking bout you." Ciara sung as I slid across the floor, mouthing the words."I can't get you off the brain. Loving you is something strange." I sung with her as I danced around the house in one of Bobby's shirts. It's been two days so far so I was kind of having a mini concert today. I was interrupted from the party when Bobby called me. "Hi handsome." "You wearing my shirts?" "Yup." "What you got on underneath tho?" He asked as I shook my head.

  "Briefs." I laughed. "Lemme see." "Aren't you around other people? I'm not embarrassing myself like that. Don't play with me." "Uh bae, I'm in my hotel room." He said panning the camera around the room. He was shirtless as well. Whew, a fucking sight. "Now lemme see." He said making my attention return to him.  "Uh no. You're on punishment. I ain't forget you didn't call me in two days." I said giving him the straight face.

  "Baby I texted you and told you that we were busy and that's not fair because I called you as soon as I landed." He said as I smiled. "I know but that conversation was so short." "I know and I apologize. I was mad tired after that. I did miss you though." "I knew you were. I was just messing with you." "Why you gotta play so much man? Thought I would've had to do some major making up when I got home." He said as I laughed. "I mean that's not off the table." "What I gotta do?" He smirked. "A date." "That's it? Ight bet." He said as I continued to dance to the song.

  "You giving me a show? I'm lucky." He laughed. "I've been thinkin' 'bout you, ooh-ooh. I've been thinkin' 'bout you, ooh-ooh" I sung as I pointed to him before the song ended. "I'm always thinking about you " he responded as I blushed. "How was these past two days for you baby? I want to know." "He said sitting up and giving me his undivided attention as I turned the music down. "Well me, Dion and Malika had went go carting Monday. Dion came in first in all 3 rounds. Obviously because he had the most driving experience." I said rolling my eyes. He chuckled. "Seems like someone is a little salty." "You're supposed to be on my side babe" I whined. 

  "I'm sorry baby. He probably cheated." he said trying to make up for his mistake. "Too late for that. However, I was surprised that I came in second, seeing as thought the kid doesn't even know how to drive like that." I said as his eyebrows raised. "Looks like you do. Guess that's what we'll be doing when I get back." "You promise?" "Yeah I got you. It'll probably be dark but that'll be even better for you. Getting the difficult part out of the way early." he said as I nodded my head. "Sounds like a plan." "Back to your story. Sorry for interrupting." he said as I smiled. I don't deserve him. "It's OK. After that, I tried to cook like you. I think I came somewhat close." I smiled as he perked up. 

  "Oh word? I guess you gonna whip something up for me so I can tell you myself." "I mean I guess." "Please?" he pouted. "I got you. The next day, I went to the studio to check up on Benji. Of course I got another EP." I said as he laughed. "We went to karaoke afterwards because he was actually finished recording for the day. Of course he won, though it was funny trying to disguise his naturally gifted voice. That's not to say I sounded terrible. I can definitely hold a few notes. Oh, if you're wondering, I did go to school and work. Momma didn't raise a fool. I just didn't think you wanted to hear about that boring stuff.  "Nothing is boring when it comes to you bae." he said cheering me up. I paused for a minute and just looked at him.  

  "What's up?" he said as I still stared at him. He's really handsome but it's his personality that I appreciate the most. I honestly love how he puts me first before making decisions. Or how he always wants to make sure that I'm OK. It's rare that you find people like that. "Babe did your phone freeze or something?" he asked as I snapped out of my thoughts and smiled at him. "You're so adorable." I said as I he laughed. "Stop doing that." he said as he smiled back at me. "Enough about me. How has these few days been for you?" "Boring. Especially since you're not here to cheer me up." he said as I smiled. 

  "Nothing but meetings, meetings and more meetings. Nothing fun whatsoever." he said as I laughed. "Then why'd you go?" "Boss says I have good people interaction skills. Good for building relationships. I mean every year since I've been attending, we've had a lot of new contracts with companies." "You better not be doing nothing else to secure those contracts." he sucked his teeth. "Now why would you say something dumb like that? I should be saying that to you since you dancing around and shit." he said eyeing me. "Now don't play with me ugly." "You started it. Gimme kiss." he said as I looked at him. 

  "You're all the way- here." I said as I kissed my phone screen. He lucky I sanitized the phone, now I gotta do it again. "Thank you handsome." he said cheesing mad hard. I noticed that he started to yawn. "Looks like someone is getting tired." "Yeah baby. It's been a long 3 days so far." he said yawning. "I guess I'll call you tomorrow." "No the hell you aren't. We're going to sleep together." he said as I smiled before facing the camera back on me. "Put the phone to your head." he said as I did just that. "Good night prince." he said before virtually kissing me. Strangely enough, I felt that. "I wish you were here with me." he said as I looked at him. "I know. You make me feel safe. You only have 4 more days and you'll be right here." I smiled. "Goodnight baby." he said as I repeated it. "I can feel you staring. Go to sleep." I laughed "OK. OK." he agreed. 

  A Few Days Later.   

 "Come on. We're going out." Malika said as she grabbed my arm. "Where are we going?" I said as I laughed. I was supposed to meet up with Benji today. "Let's go." Dion said pushing me. "What if I needed a shower or something?" I asked. "You smell pretty damn good to me." she said as I got in the car. "Where are we even going?" I asked them to no avail. "Well did you guys at least bring a charger for my phone?" I asked. I didn't want it to die in case Bobby called. Malika handed me the cord as I pulled my phone in.  Minutes seemed to drag on by and before you knew it, I was sleep. 

  "Wake up sleepy head." Malika said shaking me awake. I opened my eyes to see that we were at six flags. Benji was waving to me from the entry gate. "It's friend day so we're all spending this day together. No Katrina or anyone else, just us." Dion said as I smiled. "Awww you guys." I said as I hugged them both. "Looks like I came just in time." I heard a voice say. I turned around to see Prince standing there. I know we cool and all but I didn't recall him being my friend just yet. "I invited him. Be nice." Malika mumbled as she elbowed me. Shrugging, I walked towards my Benji. "Ji!" I said hugging him. "Jay!" he laughed. 

  I instantly punched him. "You knew about this didn't you?" I said as he laughed. "Sorry Jay, they told me not to tell you." I turned around to Dion and Malika, who was whistling and looking away. "You slick bastards." "But you love us!" they both said as they ran up to me and bear hugged me. "Oh my damn. Stop trynna kill the kid." I said laughing as they let me go. I watched as Prince walked up to Benji and gave him a handshake. I sent them both a confused look. Everyone paid for their tickets as we made our way in. "Easy killer, he apologized to me after we left laser tagging. He said that you was responsible for that." Benji whispered to me as I nodded my head.

 "Just gave him a little encouragement talk. That's all." I responded as he nodded. "Alright theres enough of us so we only needed on flash pass. Straight rides and rollercoasters only. What are we getting on first?" Dion asked. "The nitro!!" I yelled as everyone laughed. "Alright lets go." Malika smiled. "Where are we sitting?" Prince asked as we all thought about it. "We'll Jay only likes the middle so I guess that's where we'll be." Dion answered. No one objected so it was decided. I rode in the front before and damn near fell out my seat so yeah, that's a no. Dion sat with me while Benji and Malika sat together, leaving Prince by himself.  

  "Prince you OK? You look like your soul left your body." I laughed when we were leaving the ride. "Yeah. I'm good." he said trynna put on a brave face. "Weak." I laughed. "We getting on the Bizarro next." he said as I  laughed. "We're sitting in the front." He said as I glared at him. I ain't a punk so I just put on a brave face a nodded. "Here we go." he said as the ride started. "That was light work." I laughed at Prince. "Uh huh. You had your eyes closed when we was going up though." He laughed.

  "That doesn't count. I always do that." I said looking at Dion and Malika for back up. "That's true. He does." Dion said. "So explain why you said 'Lord what did I do to deserve this?' " Prince said as I nudged him. "Shut up. You wasn't supposed to hear that. " I said as everyone laughed. "We're getting on the Kingda Ka next." Benji burst out as I looked at him like he lost his mother fucking mind. "What? We can to have fun right? So that's what we gonna do."

  "I don't recall signing a death warrant tho." I glared. "Welp you did today. Let's go." He said pushing me. "Never. Doing. That. Again." Dion said wheezing as we all burst out laughing. "Not Billy badass." Malika said laughing. "Yo shut up. We're going on my ride next." He said pointing at a ride I've never seen before. "Yo ass couldn't even handle the kingda ka and now you want us to drop straight to hell? Wow." I said shaking my head.

  I'm honestly convinced they're trying to kill me. "Its called the what now?" I asked.  "Zumanjaro: Drop of doom" Dion responded. It was a drop of doom alright. "You scared?" He asked as I rolled my eyes. "I'm a goon. We don't get scared." I said lying my motherfucking ass off. I could've shit myself right then and there. "Good cuz we're up next." He smiled. Lord please make it so I make it back to my baby in once peace.

  "Never the fuck again!" I yelled. "That shit was crazy!" Benji said. "Good thing I have a sew in because my wig would've been gone!" Malika added. "Wanna do it again?" Dion asked as we all said yeah. You only live once. "That shit was fun!" "I swear I saw satan a few times." Malika laughed. We went on a few more rides after that. "Come on we gotta take a selfie!" She exclaimed. "The photobooth right there tho." Dion said pointing to said machine. She nudged him. "Duh we're going to that too, I just want- fuck that. Get ya ass in the camera." She said annoyed. We took a couple of pictures before heading in the booth and taking more.

  We went out to eat afterwards, where we recapped the day and told jokes. I must say, this was actually well needed. Who would've thought Prince would fit right in my friend circle? "You ready to go?" Dion asked me as I snapped out of my thoughts and nodded my head. I said my see you laters to Benji and Prince as I got in the car with Dion and Malika. "Thank you for the amazing and fun day. You two get home safe." I said hugging the both of them. "We will. We know to text you." He laughed. Waiving to them, I headed right into the apartment to shower and straight to bed.

  The Next Day.

  I was awaken by the sound of my phone going off. It was Bobby. I quickly answered. "Hello." I said with the raspiness apparent in my voice. "Looks like someone is just waking up. Good afternoon prince." He said as I smiled. "Hello. Handsome." He answered as I hauled ass in the bathroom to make myself presentable. "Did you hear what I said?" He asked. "No I'm sorry. Repeat yourself." "I said I called you last night but I guess you were sleep." "Yeah I was. Dion and Malika decided to have a friend day so I was out with them Benji and Prince."

  "You willingly hung out with Prince? I'm shocked." He said fake surprised. "Malika invited him. He apologized to Benji so I no longer had bad blood with him. I was surprised with how well he gelled with the group." "See, I told you he was cool." "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why can't I see you?" I asked. "My fault baby.  Here you go." He said turning his camera on:

  Every time I see him, my heart jumps. "Where are you going?" "Relax baby. I'm just going to go grab a couple of things from the store." "It's just that you look so damn fine!" I whined. "I'm yours. Remember that." he smirked. "I think imma need just that." "Don't worry, I got you." he smiled as he picked up the phone and walked out the room. "How was the conference?" "It was tiresome. Managed to seal up some business relations with a few companies and investors. They'll love that." "What does that mean?" "More money for us to invest in, like better equipment and opportunities to expand the hospital. Plus access to cheaper drugs because we'll have more then one company to choose from." 

  "Babe you said this was boring but that's pretty major." I said smiling. "Yeah I know. I just wanna come home." he said as he pouted. "Two more days." I smiled. "I can't wait." I watched as he just stared at me. It was something in the background that caught my attention. "Babe, babe. Jaylen!" he yelled as I snapped my attention back towards him. "I'm sorry, did you say something?" I asked. "Nah don't worry about it. It doesn't matter." he said with an attitude. "I'll make it up to you promise." "Uh huh." "Wait babe." I said looking at the street sign. "Wassup?" I shook my head. "Nothing never mind." It can't be that. "Hey, can I get a cheese steak platter and a fish sand which? Fried onions, mayo and ketchup on the cheese steak and just hot sauce on the sand which." he said as I surveyed the store. 

  I've been there before. "Hey shorty?" he asked. "Hmm?" "What kind of drink should I get?" "Canada Dry." I said as he smiled. He knew that was my answer. I watched as he paid for his things. "Hey Bobby?" "Hmm?" "Where did you say this convention was being held again?" "Its in Pittsburg." He said a I felt my body tense up. "Bobby-" "Jaylen I gotta go. I just got called in important meeting. " "Wait Bobby! You need to-" "Jaylen, I'm walking towards the building. I'll call you later." He said hanging up.

  "Shit!" I yelled as I dropped my phone.  He should not be down there! Pacing around the room, I quickly called my mom. "Yes my baby? "Mom is there a convention going on there?" "Yeah, it happens every year." "Mom where is it? Please?" "Its downtown." "What's going on?" Cory asked in the background. "It's Bobby. He's down there! You have to get him!" I cried. "Say less." Cory simply said as I heard the door slam.

  "Baby what's wrong?" "Mom he can't be down there! Plus he said my name! He can't! "I cried as I collapsed on the floor. "Baby calm down! We're going to get him. Please calm down for me." She said as I tried to steady my breathing. This shouldn't be happening right now. "I have to round up the rest of the family. I'm going to call you right back." My said hanging up before I could even respond. I quickly texted everyone 911.

  Within 5 minutes. Everyone was knocking on the door. "Jay, we got your message, what's up?" Darren asked as I placed around the room. "Jay?" "Jay, you're scaring me." "JAYLEN!" Roman's voice boomed throughout the room making me stop and turn to him. "What the fuck is going on?!" "Its Bobby." I mumbled. "What about him?" Prince asked confused. "H-h-h-he......" I stuttered. "Come on Jay." Benji said. "He went to Pittsburgh." I finally managed to say before collapsing to the floor.

  "Shit." Roman said before I heard the door slam. I looked up to see everyone except Prince looking at me with concern/worry, he had confused expression on his face. "How did you find out?" Malika asked as Dion carried me and put me on the couch. "He just said it when we was on the phone earlier. I knew that fucking area looked familiar but never bothered to ask because every time we talked, he'd be in his hotel room, so I never bothered to ask." I said face palming myself.

  This isn't good! I was interrupted by my phone ringing. It was Bobby. "Baby wassup? You've been blowing me up for a good minute now." He said as I breathed a sigh of relief. "Bobby you have to leave, it's not safe for you there. That's where Bryheem is." I said as it got silent. "Shit. Well I can't leave right now. The CEO is here." He said as I started to panic. "Well what time is the meeting over?"

  "They saying by 7. It's a lot to cover." "Well I can have Cory come pick you up." "Nah it's cool. I drove here. I'll be extra careful. I can make up a reason why I left a day early. " He said trying to reassure me but it failed.  "Damn. I gotta go. I love you baby and I'll see you soon." "I love you too." I said as tears streamed down my face.  "Jay, calm down. He's alright and he'll be coming right back to you tomorrow." Darren said rubbing circles on my back. For some reason, I couldn't believe it.

   I called my mom and told her what he said.  She tried to cheer me up as well but I wasn't having it. I texted Cory and told him to circle around the convention center at 7 just to make sure Bobby was OK. "Everything is going to be fine Jay." Dion said as I nodded. Everyone stayed with me until then. We watched a movie before falling asleep. I couldn't really focus on it as my mind was on Bobby.

  Once I woke up, my mom was calling me. "Hello." "Hey baby. Any word from Bobby?" She asked. "He said he was leaving once the conference was over at 7." "It's 9 now so did he text you and tell you he was on his way?" I looked at the clock to make sure I heard her right.  Sure enough, it was damn near 9:30. Snatching the phone from my ear, I looked to see if I had any missed notifications. I had about 8 missed calls and messages from Cory and none from Bobby. Cory's last message said that he hadn't seen Bobby and the staff told him that he checked out already. Anxiety started to creep up on me again.

  "Mom, I'm gonna call you back." I said hanging up the phone and calling Cory. "You sure you haven't seen him?" "Yeah Jay. I circled the block so many times that the cops thought I was casing the joint." He responded. Shit! Please don't do this to me! "Jaylen?" He asked as I threw my phone. "Fuck!!!" I yelled. "Jay what's going on?" Darren asked. I curled into a ball and started rocking back and forth, drowning everything out in the process.

    "Jay! Jay! Your phone is ringing! It's Bobby!" Darren said as sound started to return. I looked to see Bobby's picture flash on the screen. I hauled ass to pick it up. "Thank God you're-" "Well well well if it isn't my favorite person in the world. Thought you was gone for good buddy. How you been?" Bryheem said as my heart dropped.

Here's Bryheem:

Thoughts?

Jaylen?

Bobby?

Bryheem?

Dion?

Roman?

Malika?

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