We Made It!

Ji'lahni: POV 

        "So, what's taking this dude so long to come over here? I know damn well he see us, I'm ready to get outta this car, take a hot shower, and take a nap before this party starts." I said loud enough hoping the tall bodybuilder security guard heard me. "Oh my God, do you see him? That man is sexy as hell, I bet he got a girlfriend though." Shawna said from the backseat, leaning on the window, like she was about to lick the damn window, trying to catch his eye. "You can have him; I don't like light skinned dudes and he looks scary as hell. He look like he will hurt you in and out of the bedroom." Mina said shaking her head and shuddering at the image that obviously popped into her head. "How about let's get inside the gate before you start eye fucking the guard. You know what scratch that, definitely eye fuck him hard, until he sees you so we can get in there. I'm about to blow the damn horn, if he don’t hurry the hell up and come over here." I said getting pissed off.

  We’ve been sitting here a good fifteen minutes, well more like five, but again my body is telling me fifteen minutes. "Well let's trade seats before you blow this horn because I may be a big girl but he looks big enough to snap our necks at the same time." Mina said ready to defend that steering wheel from me. I laughed out loud. "What are you talking about? I think we could take him." I teased. Mina looking at me like I done lost my mind. " ssshhhiiitttt take what? A nap because we damn sure can't take that big ass dude. Do you see his arms? They’re damn near the size of our thighs. Nope this will be the one time you're on your own cuz, I can't even help you with that one." Mina said shaking her head still protecting the steering wheel from me. I pretended to reach for the horn and Mina was blocking me, like we're in a karate movie making Bruce Lee sound effects.

        "Hey that looks like momma Teri.” Shawna yelled excitedly as she hopped out the car. Me and Mina were left staring at her in shock, waiting for the big ass dude to tackle her ass to the ground.  It's like we were looking at it in slow motion. Hearing him shout when she ran pass him snapped us out of our stupor. Mina hopped out while I grabbed for Lynn's bag out the backseat. because I already knew we couldn't beat that dudes ass if he attacks. Shawna seemed unafraid when he grabs her from behind, easily lifting her away, before she reached Lateri's. Shawna squeals in delight clearly not recognizing that she was about to die. "Oh my God you're strong, if you wanted to carry me across the gate you could have ask. How about you can carry me all the way to our rooms if you want? I'm just saying, we have been riding for hours and my legs are kind of weak." Shawna said to the big killer beast smiling seductively.

         "He recognized the gesture, and immediately dropped her on her feet, backing away, his eyes widen in shock. He lifted his hands in the air, like he was afraid he was about to go to jail. "Oh, I get it, you don't do pretty big girls huh? Oh well your lost." Shawna said with no malice at all. We all know that we're not every man's jug of tea and we're ok with that. That helps us weed out the worthless motha fuckas that those pretty slim girls seem to attract. The ones that lie, cheat, have females calling, and fighting each other. We have never in our life fought nobody for a man, that makes absolutely no sense to us. Let that man choose you, and if he don't then fuckem. Shawna and Lateri immediately hugged, she pulled back and looked us over like a mother would her children, that she hasn't seen in a long time. She was hugging us one by one repeatedly until the big killer beast cleared his throat.

          We all looked at him, like who you rushing. He immediately took a step back and began to studder. He barely got out that, we needed to move our car to clear the gate. Just then Lateri went over to him poking him in the chest . "Don't you dare put your hands on my girls like that again. If you do, I’ll have my son on your ass so fast your head will hit the ground before your body.” Lateri yelled. "Yes Luna, I apologize it won't ever happen again." He said barely above a whisper, with his head bowed. Now that was odd; I mean I know she's the bosses mother, but he seems like he's truly afraid of the little old lady. "Hey, don't say that I rather liked you sweeping me off my feet, it made me feel all tingly." Shawna smiled at the big beast; The way he had his head bowed he no longer looked like a killer.

        His name patch said Shadow which he looked nothing like. He was literally no way near dark. Mina pulled the car in and Lateri got in the front so she could tell us where we will be staying for the next three weeks. "I'm so glad yall agreed to come here. I have missed yall something crazy. I can't wait to show yall around so yall can meet my people and see where I live. I know yall will love it here.” Lateri said, as we drove through the large community. It shocked me at how big this place actually was. We couldn't see anything from the main gate. There were rows of houses that were really big. They were country styled houses made with a cabin feel too them, from what I can see from outside. There were so many dogs that looked scary yet they clearly are well behaved. None of them ran beside the car like most dogs, they just kind of lifted their heads and looked at us as we passed them. What was weird was the way they looked at us; it seemed like they were very intelligent, I mean way more intelligent than any other dog we’ve ever seen.

          Hearing laughter from the front seat, I smiled. "What yall laughing about?” I asked, wanting to laugh to. " I told momma Teri about how we thought we were about to be murdered by a bear or a mountain lion. We were about to be the first black people to ever be killed by an animal in the woods." Mina said through fits of laughter. I had to laugh at that thought because I feel like it would be a first. We had finally made it to the house we would be staying in. When I tell you that this house was big, I'm not lying. I looks like it may have like eight bedrooms and an equal number of bathrooms. I figured it must be some sort of bed and breakfast type house. Looks like we wouldn't be the only ones here, which was a disappointment. I really don't like sharing my personal space with people I don't know. I don't trust easily so I would rather not put myself in situations where I feel like I have to always watch my back.

           Clearing my thoughts getting out of the car. I headed to the trunk to unload our suitcases, but two more beast popped up out of nowhere, and started grabbing out things. "Hey, you scared the shit outta me. Yall can't be sneaking up on black people like that, I coulda hurt yall just now." Mina said with a straight face, that had the two big men looking confused. They looked at each other like, is she serious? They looked back down at Mina to check to see if it was a joke. She clearly caught what they were trying to insinuate. "Oh, so because yall taller than me yall think I can't drop yall." Mina said cocking her head to the side challenging them to say it out loud. "Uh it's because you're so tiny, we don't think those small although beautiful hands could do much damage to us." The beast on the left said with a flirtatious smile. Clearly caught off guard and speechless. "Oh, I was just making sure." Mina finally replied when Shawna elbowed her in the side. She clearly has gotten over the Shadow dude at the gate, by the way she smiled at the guy on the right. He looked at her smiling, licking his lips like LL Cool J does.

           

               "It's so sweet that yall want to help us with our stuff." She said looking at the second guy. All of a sudden we hear a deep growl that damn near made me jump on Lateri’s back. I was looking around wondering how fast I could grab Lynn's bag, before we are eaten by whatever the hell that was. But we didn't see anything, all we saw was Shadow when we looked around. He walked to the guy who was smiling at Shawna and snatched our bags out of his hand. "The alpha wanted you to cover the gate for the rest of the night I'll take their bags in." He said in a deathly tone that immediately made me put killer back into his name, yup Shadow Killer it is.

              "Hey what are you doing? You don't get to cockblock, you acted like I was hot lava just a minute ago." Shawna said as she stepped up to Shadow Killer. He growled so low his chest vibrated. Me and Mina started looking around again on high alert; just in case we had to die today. We damn sure wasn’t letting this dude put his hands on Shawna. Before I could make a move Lateri was by Shawna in the blink of an eye, she was fast as hell for a sixty-year-old. I'm telling you somebody lying about their age. "Shadow did you forget what I just said at the gate? Control yourself and get the bags in the house.  What the hell is wrong with you today?" Lateri scolded him, he immediately turned to get the rest of our bags, but not before scowling at Shawna. Lateri grabbed her and Mina’s hands smiling with excitement like she just didn't scold the big killer dude that could tear her arms off without any effort.  

           "Come on girls, let me show you where you will be staying. Yall will love this house I just know it." Lateri said as I fell in step with them as they passed by me. The men carrying all our bags in one trip, which was crazy. It took us six trips to get all our bags to the car. Walking into the house, our eyes widen in shock at how beautiful the inside of this house was. The color theme was black and gold with Crème colored walls. There were fancy wolf paintings and old wooden wolf statues posed in different stances. Crazy thing was, they looked like the dogs we passed on the way here. But I know those weren't wolves they're keeping as pets, that’s crazy talk.

          Following the women into the kitchen, which was huge with the same creamed colored walls, with black and gold counters, state of the art black and gold kitchen appliances. I was already in love with this kitchen. I told myself that I will be ordering those same appliances for our kitchen back home. I secretly love cooking. If I wasn't a wedding planner, I would definitely own a bakery or a small diner. I sometimes cater the weddings I coordinate when a couple tells me the type of food they want to serve. I would offer my services if I feel like I'm the best option, which they always agree once we do a taste testing. Me and my cousins have many talents that we’re naturally good at, thanks to our parents and grandparents.

             My grandmother could sew and cook better than most professionals. She used to make clothing for plus size women and sell them at the local market. She was very popular, because during those times a lot of stores didn't carry plus size clothing. If they did it was something ugly and not stylish at all. We all wore clothes that were made by our grandma, my momma, and our aunts, because we couldn't afford fancy clothes back then. I remember when hammer pants were in style my mom actually let us pick out our own fabric.  She would pair it with a plain black or white t-shirt. Once she made the hammer pants, she would use the fabric from the pants, sewed it around each arm, and then make a small square patch, she would make it look like shirt pockets. I remember everybody wanted my mom to make them some. I smiled remembering that me and Shawna thought we were the shit back then. "Hey Lahni come on, let me show you guys the bedrooms." Lateri said walking upstairs.  "Coming!" I yelled still thinking about the things I will be making in the upcoming weeks. I followed the women up the stairs where we would be sleeping.

           Upstairs was better than downstairs. The master bedroom was straight out of a five-star  luxury hotel. It had a big king-size bed in the center of the room, a walk-in closet, and a vanity in one corner of the room. In another corner there was a smaller room, that was separated by a divider, in it was a tv mounted on the wall and a long sofa. In the bathroom there was a big ass jacuzzi tub surrounded by mirrors and the lights could be dimmed when I wanted to relax. Yea this was all mine, because Mina and Shawna lost a card game, where the winner got the best bedroom. I could hear their sad little whining cries, knowing that they weren't going to be the one enjoying this beauty.

           "Hey, let's head on out to look at yall rooms, I don't need yall crying all over my carpet, please and thank you." I said pushing them out the door, as Lateri led them to the other rooms down the hall. Looking down the step, I see the guys were still holding the suitcases. "Um you can leave them there or bring them up. All the purple bags go in the master bedroom here, the pink bags belongs to Mina, Shawna's are the red ones, and the light blue ones are our friend Lynn's, she’ll be here tomorrow."  I said as I followed behind the girls.

            I could hear Shadow killer saying, “here take the pink bags and I'll get the red ones."  "Why when it would be easier just to keep the ones I'm carrying." The first guy said, “I don’t know his name yet. I swear I heard another growl, then I hear the first guy say fine. I don’t know, but I don't think Shadow Killer's first reaction to Shawna was what we thought it was. I think he actually likes her; I'm go have to tell her once we're alone. Once back in the living room, the guys left quickly after putting our bags in our rooms. “Well, I'm gonna go, I know yall may want to rest before tonight's party, I can't wait to see yall perform. I also have to make sure everything is set up for tonight, so I’ll see you guys later at the party. I'll have someone here to escort you to our social hall at nine o’clock." Lateri said heading out the door but not before she hugs us two more times.

            "I swear I just love her life. She is always so happy and loving, you would think we are her kids." Mina said flopping down on the couch; me and Shawna followed suit. "OMG this sofa feels like I’m lying on a cloud. Shit, the way this feels I might be sleeping on this sofa for the next three weeks." Shawna said snuggling into the sofa. It did make you feel like you're getting a big old hug. But I think my bed would still be better. "Well, you can have that, I'm sleeping in my big ass king size bed. That thing looks like he wants me on top of him tonight. So, I'm giving him exactly what he wants. He don't even have to take me out, my king-size bed is getting him some booty and that pillow is getting him some head." I said, with my eyes closed imagining how that bed is going to make me feel. "Shit you not lying. I'm about to see if I can find something light to snack on in this kitchen, then I'm heading to shower, and sleep until it's time to leave." Mina said dragging herself off the sofa, heading to the kitchen. 

           "Yea that's a plan right there." I said following her. In the kitchen the fridge was full of everything we could think of.  Even the cabinets had everything we needed, and some things we didn't need. Shawna found some sliced turkey, mayo, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. I found some fresh buttery bread, Mina grabbed the drinks, and chips. We stood at the island, making our sandwiches, before climbing onto bar style chairs. "Now they know they wrong for this. They act like they don't know everybody isn't six feet tall. We climbing in these seats like toddlers.” Mina said. We all Laughed because we have to deal with short people problems all the time. Mina has it the worse at five foot one, Shawna at five foot three, and me five foot three and a half, and yes that half inch is important. "Well at least the chairs are wide and has a back, so we will be comfortable after we climb up here. Our feet will be dangling and will fall to sleep if we stay up here too long. Is everybody over six feet here? I mean Lateri is six feet even. So, it may be a common thing here." I shrugged.  

             We chatted about Shadow Killer, ate our sandwiches, and talked about our routine for tonight. We aren't usually nervous dancing in front of people, but it was weird to be asked to dance at a mating anniversary. We have no idea what a mating anniversary is, but we guessed that it was like a wedding anniversary. We hoped that we were right, I had picked a song that represents love and that is always a good thing. We only dance to urban music, which I honestly can't see any urban music listeners from what I have seen so far. We may end up with people looking at us like we're crazy, but oh well.  I choreographed the dance, she wanted something meaningful, so I choose dangerously in love, by Beyonce.  I decided to go out of the norm for us and do a kind of interpretive dance instead of the usual. I mean we were already out of our element already, so why not just stick to it. It wasn't a hard dance; we matched the words to our movement. I even looked up some sign language, to see if I could incorporate it into a dance move.

           The end result got a thumbs up from the women in our classes. They even said they wanted me to start doing more choreography like that. I promised I would think about it, keyword think. Finishing out sandwiches, we crawled up to our rooms. I showered and didn't even put anything on just dried my body, sprayed my favorite oil mist. It smelled like a mixture of watermelon and cotton candy. I hated flowery smells; it always made me sneeze. I'm allergic to outside, not really outside, but damn near everything out there. I take weekly shots, if I don't, I would be swollen, itching, eyes watering, sneezing, and coughing. It would feel like I had the flu.

         It’s not like some people who are allergic to peanut better and their throats close within minutes. For me it would take me being outside for at least a few hours, before I start the sneezing, coughing, eyes watering, and breathing problems. It always goes away after I take some medication . But more than three hours with no form of medication or my EpiPen, I would need a hospital asap. I snuggled under my covers after setting the alarm on my phone. I could hear all kinds of howls, as I drifted into dreamland. Yea it wasn't weird at all hearing howling outside the windows. I thought as I drifted off to sleep.