Uche started towards us without any ice cream in hand. I guess he thought I needed help with getting rid of Liam and decided to come over even without the ice cream he left for.
He joined us, circled his left arm around my waist, and used his right hand to bring my face to his. Then, he kissed me. An unintentional moan slipped through my lips eve if I knew he was trying to let Will know I was his.
"Hi," He looked at Liam like he was only just realizing his presence."You are?"
"Liam." Liam answered to my surprise. Confident guy, I guess. It was pretty interesting that he wasn't intimidated by Uche's presence like other boys.
"Well, hi Liam. I'm Uche, Julie's boyfriend."
"Yeah, she uh...she mentioned..." Liam turned his attention away from Uche and smiled at me."It was nice talking," he winked at me weirdly before walking away.
I let my eyes wander off with him till he left the park, then I looked back at Uche. He was staring at me.
"What?" I asked, feeling judged by his eyes.
"He was asking you out, wasn't he ?"
"Well, yeah. But I told him I had a boyfriend." I blew him a kiss in the air but he leaned in for a real kiss.
I got a little too excited and placed my hands under his shirt, planning to lift it off of him but he held my hand and chortled in my ear.
"We're not in my room, Julie," he whispered and I bit my lip needily.
"Let's go there then." I told him and he stared at me shortly, glanced over at the ice cream truck, and then took my hand to head towards the parks exit.
"Wait, our ice cream?" I reminded him but he just swallowed.
"Fuck that." For someone who was celibate before we started fucking, he wanted me always more than I thought he would.
*****
Uche's hands gripped my waist firmly to help control my movements as I sat on top of him in his room. I was lost in our hips grinding against each other when my phone lit up with a phone call. It was on silent so it didn't ring out.
It was my mum. I didn't stop riding Uche, I didn't want to, I was way too deep to stop because of a phonecall. But it was my mum calling and I've been waiting for that call since forever. Fuck it. I'll call back after I'm done with Uche, I couldn't stop now. Uche's eyes were rolled to the back of his head beneath me.
I collapsed on top of Uche after, panting and sweating while breathing heavily. I felt his palm caress the skin around my thighs and ass. I sat up on him again and saw he had a huge smile. It made me wonder.
"What?" I asked.
"You know what," he bit his lip and broaden his smile. Oh my heart, his beautiful smile always got me whenever he smiled with his teeth.
"Oh." Now, I knew what. He had told me we'd get better at it if we did it often and his theory was working. I found myself smiling sheepishly.
"I'll cut my hair," I said and he gave me a look like I just said something out of the blue, so I gave him context."It keeps getting in my face when I'm top of you even when I hold it up." I told him while getting off of him.
"Don't cut it, I like it..." He sat up when I was no longer on him.
"I don't," I sighed and kicked my legs into his baggy jeans even I knew it wouldn't stay on my waist.
"Do you want me to be on top next time?" He asked like that was a solution for my hair.
"Nah, I like being on top." I tossed a glance at him and he was just watching me trying to put on his jeans without questioning why, just smiling stupidly like I did watching him sometimes.
I held the jeans up at my waist with one of my hands and picked up my phone before heading to the bathroom. I really thought the jeans would go all the way up to my chest, but whatever, he's seen my breasts too many times.
"Should I come?" He asked, getting out of the bed.
I turned around and shook my head and saw a frown curve his lips."You don't wanna shower with me?"
"I'm not showering yet. I'm just gonna pee, and call my mum."
"Oh. You good?" He became worried. I guess he has figured out that it has been weird with the whenever I brought my mum up.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I went into his bathroom and shut the door.
I sat on the toilet seat and dialed my mum's number. It rang for some time and then stopped; she didn't pick up. Throwing my head back in silent frustration, I sighed and dialed her again.
"Julie?" She picked immediately.
"Mum," my voice automatically became soft, I had a soft heart for this woman.
"How are you? How is school?" She asked and I just shrugged like she was there with me to see.
"Good so far." I just answered.
"How long till your final exams?" She asked and I bit my lips nervously.
"I don't know, two weeks, I think? I'm not sure yet."
"Did your aunt tell you yet?"
"Tell me what?"
"I got us a new place here in the city. It's spacier, and your room will be bigger." She sounded excited, and now I felt bad that I wasn't.
"Oh," I drummed my fingers against the back of my phone as we spoke on.
"Do you want to finish school there?" She became serious."Or do you want to write your preliminary exam here when you're with me?" Her voice was a bit unsteady. It wasn't hard to decipher that my aunt probably told her I liked it here. It sounded like it, and I knew my mum way too well to make a reckless decision.
If I went back to the city, I'd make her happy. I could report to the authorities that she was really off drugs. I would also get to spend good time with her before and after my preliminary exam. It was why she informed me if getting a new place before asking, she wanted me to know that she really wanted me back; I was all she had after all.
On the other hand, If I finished school here and wrote my preliminary exam while at my aunt's house, I could basically be going to uni right after and I wouldn't be with her, and she'd have to either return to my grandparents or find another close relative to report to the authorities that she was staying clean. But there was no other close relative that wasn't my grandparents, and my aunt, and her son, Nick, and me.
I knew my mum well enough to know she'd rather return to drugs than to stay with my grandparents and deal with their judgement.
"Julie?" She called after not hearing me say anything.
"Mum?"
"I don't know mum," I muttered after her.
"Hmmn?"