Chapter 27: Chapter 26 Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
A familiar female's voice was left on the voice message.
[ Dontae, Hey! It's me. I know we haven't seen or heard from each other in a while, but I want to know if we could meet somewhere and talk? My number is 407 XX6-X7X5. Please call me back.... it's really important that we talk.]
Dontae was excited from the message when he checked his voice mail the next day in the afternoon. He was smiling ear to ear. It was like the dark clouds have parted as his world began to brighten again. The sun had finally dried up the rain that claimed his life for two and a half years.
He decided to save Amari's new number underneath the name ' Rain Lifter!' His world has become new again.
He started to think about what they would talk about ' We will be catching up with each other lives. I will be holding her hands and tell her that I will take care of her and her kids. She will fall back in love with me and we will be a family. We will be back together!' Nothing could ruin his day today.
He drove to his parents house for lunch and watch the football game with his dad and brother. His dad loved the Seahawks while Dontae and his brother Dominic loved the Eagles.
Dominic was in his last year of college at the University of Miami and he was down for the weekend visiting his family. He is studying to be an engineer. which he hasn't paid much attention to because his grades are always up to par no matter if he studied or not. He only went to Miami because of all the hot girls. 'Hot Girls 101' is his main major whereas engineering could be considered his minor. Dominic is a 6' 7" tall young 23 year old college man. You can mistake him for Park Seo Joon. Sexy!!!!
Dontae opens the front door to his parents home and is greeted by his brother. " What's up big bro? Haven't seen you in a minute. Whachu been up to?" Dominic started to get suspicious because of the big grin on Dontae's face. He haven't seen his brother smile like this for years. " What's up with this big goofy smile of yours?" He probes.
" Goofy?" Dontae grabbed his brother in a head lock and started nudging the top of Dominic's head with his knuckles. " What goofy smile? Pipsqueak!" He continues to torture his little brother who is two inches taller than him and has more muscle mass than him.
" MOM!" Dominic's muffled a scream. " TELL YOUR DEMON CHILD TO LET ME GO! MOM!" He continued to scream.
Dontae finally let him go when he hears his moms foot steps getting closer to them.
Jasmine finally enters the room with her apron on, wiping her hand with a paper towel. " What's going on? How come everytime you come home, you annoy me?" She was looking at both of her sons.
" Which of us are you talking to?" Dontae asked.
" The both of you. Now go in the family room and wait quietly with your father. If he comes and tell me that the both of you are bullying him, I will take off my shoe and beat the both of you with it." She said as she gave them a cold scary stare and then left the foyer.
Dontae side punched Dominic in the stomach and walked towards the family room. Dominic bent over and yells " MOM, DONTAE JUST PUNCHED ME!"
"How could I punch you and I'm not even near you?" Dontae said with an evil smile as he looked back at his younger brother.
Dominic recovered from his injury quick and ran to jump on Dontae's back. He mounted himself perfectly and said " Now, carry me slave!" As he held one of his arms up in victory while holding into his brother.
Dontae tried to get him off, but Dominic had his legs wrapped around him. Dominic hit Dontae's butt twice and hard and said " Faster before I behead you slave!" Dontae tried to bite Dominic's hand, but Dominic put him in a chokehold and said " Now, who's the dominant one here? If you sit me on the couch properly, I will leave you alone." He chuckled.
Once they reached the family room, Dontae threw Dominic off his back with a thrust and Dominic landed sideways, rocking and almost fell off the couch.
" Dad, could you tell your 23 year old demon seed to leave me alone?" Dontae said with annoyance in his voice.
Dennis sighed and continued looking at the college foot ball game between Youngstown and Illinois state.
" What's the score now dad?" Dominic asked as he finally settled himself on the couch and looked at the huge 85" TV screen his parents have in their family room.
" Youngstown 15 and Illinois state 5" Mr. Kim answered not taking his eyes off the screen.
" Dad, guess who called me last night?" Dontae said with a big smile on his face. The man was so happy that he was about to jump out of his skin from the joy he was feeling.
" ITC." Dennis said unbothered.
" ITC? What does that mean?" asked Dominic as he scrunched his face.
" It means Invisible Till Commercials." Dontae answered shocked that he even knows what it means.
" Oh!" Dominic said with an understanding. " I'm going to start saying that to my friends while I play my games! They're annoying. " He continued.
The football game went to a commercial and Dennis turned around with a new happier face. Excited to know who called although he already knew who it was. He wanted to see Dontae's reaction to it " Alright, who called you?" He asked with his hands together with fingers intertwined. He looked like a high school girl ready to hear gossip about the evil prom queen.
" Amari called and left a message about wanting to meet up to talk!" Dontae said excitedly.
At that moment Mrs. Kim walked in on the conversation and screamed excitedly. She rushed over to Dontae and grabbed his hands. She looked him in the eyes gleefully and asked " Did you call her back? Where are you guys going to meet? What are you going to wear? What time are you guys going to meet?" She grilled him as she held his face in her palms.
Dontae's cheeks were puffed and his mouth looked like fish mouths as they were being squeezed by his moms hands. He looked at his mom and said " I haven't called her yet."
She let's go of his face and yells " This boy." She stands up and walks over towards Dennis " This is your child. This is all you." She said as she shook her index finger at him.
Mr. Kim held up his hands he shook his head and closed his eyes and said " Nope. Don't blame me. This has nothing to do with me." He opened his eyes while still hold his hands up " Its all because the boy has no sense." He continued.
"Dad?" Dontae looked at his dad with accused eyes. Meanwhile, Dominic is laughing and enjoying the show. Dontae looks over at him with coldblooded eyes and he stops laughing.....on the outside, still enjoying the show inside. Dontae looks back at his parents and says " Alright, I'm going to call her now. Are you happy mom?" He says as he picked up his phone and dialed Amari's number.
The phone rings once. Dontae is so nervous that his hands are sweating and shaking. Rings twice and sweat beads start to appear on his forehead. Rings thrice and his head is about to explode. " Hello?" A female's voice appears on the other end.
" Ahhh, Amari? Hey, this is Dontae. You called me yesterday?" He asked nervously. You could hear his voice shaking.
" Yes. I need to talk to you about something very important." She urges the word important.
" Ummm, do you want to talk right now? I'm at my parents house." He says as he hopes she would say yes to the invitation. He wants to see her sooo bad.
" Ummmmm...." She pauses to think " Ummm, sure. I have a few gifts to present to you anyway. I'll be over in half an hour." She says accepting his invite.
" Okay, see you soon." They hang up the phone and Dontae starts jumping around the room "Yeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss! She said yeeesssss!" He rejoiced and crying on the inside. He started to dance around the room.
Mrs. Kim stopped him from dancing and asked " What time is she coming over?"
" In 30 minutes!" He replied
" Did she say that she was going to being anyone else?" Mr. Kim asked
" Noooooo.!"
" Then let's all have lunch together. Dennis, take out a few extra chairs!" Mrs. Kim ordered her husband.
" Yes, ma'am Mrs. Kim." Mr. Kim said as he stood up and saluted his wife.
" Wait, why are you taking out extra chairs if she said she wasn't bringing anyone else?" asked Dominic.
" Don't worry about that." answered Mr. Kim.
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