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laugh. “Oh, wait…I know you haven’t been waiting on me for the past year?”
     
    “Not at all,” I said quickly. “I’ve been dating so please don’t flatter yourself. I just wanted to give you the same courtesy that you didn’t extend to me.”
     
    Kenneth gave an impatient sigh, “Cut to the chase please, I have somewhere to be soon.”
    “ Fine then, have it your way. Joshua asked me out, and I’m considering taking him up on his offer.”
     
    The room grew silent and I looked in his eyes, wanting a sign of anger or jealousy. I just knew that this was about to be it. I was expecting him to completely blow the hell up so I prepared myself for the storm. Instead a huge grin spread across his face.
     
    “Wow, you and Josh? I’ll admit that it comes as a surprise because he hasn’t said anything but I’m completely fine with it. I’m with Amelia and I’m not going to hold the two of you back. I hope that you’re real happy. I didn’t see him as being your type, but more confusing things have happened I guess.”
     
    “So you really don’t care?” I asked in disbelief.
     
    “Of course I don’t care. I hope that it works out for the both of you. If that’s all, then I’m about to get ready to get out of here.”
     
    “Yes that’s all. I’m going to date Joshua and so there is no changing your mind after we start,” I say stubbornly.
     
    “Cool, see you around,” he said as he said as he rose to his feet. He gave me a hug and gave me a  kiss on the cheek.
     
    I watched him in silence as he left my apartment.
     
    What a crock.
     
     

#Chapter3
     
    “ The sky is the limit Nikki!”
    Joshua
     
    I sat in my office in Midtown Atlanta looking at my cell phone. I had 5 missed calls from Joshua waiting on me. He knew that I finally had the conversation with Kenneth and he was waiting on the final verdict. I’m sure that he’s talked to his friend by now but I was unsure of what to say. I didn’t expect for the situation to play out that way. I liked Joshua as a friend, thought he was cute, but never saw him outside of those parameters.
     
    It would be ridiculous for me to not go out with him at this point. He’s expressed a clear interest and Kenneth doesn’t seem to care at all. I felt stunned after he left my apartment and I called Patrice for some advice on the situation. She said what most women would say. She believes that I need to move on and was excited that I had a date prospect. She said dating Joshua would make “more sense” anyway and I was not sure how to take that. More sense because he was Black or more sense in that he was a nicer guy?
     
    Anyway, that's the least of my problems. It’s hard for me to push aside my feelings for the man that I’m hopelessly in love with but it’s time to start the process.
     
    In a rare moment of courage, I picked up the phone and texted Joshua.
     
    To: Joshua
     
    So when is our date? ;)
    ~Nicole
     
    I bit my lip as I twirled in my seat and waited for his reply. My phone buzzed quickly. That’s another difference between him and Kenneth. Kenneth will take hours to respond to a message, even when he’s not doing anything. I always hated waiting on him to text me back because I felt like I was being ignored, yet when I was with him he would always have his phone close to him.
     
    From: Joshua
    Tonight if you’ll have me. I’ll pick you up at 8? You can dress casual because I want to have some fun.
     
    I smiled because I was interested in seeing what kind of fun he was talking about.
     
    To: Joshua
    Sounds good. I’ll see you at 8.
    TTYS
    ~Nicole
     
    I breathed out a sigh of relief because I’d finally got it over with. I can finally move on with my life and work towards a real romantic future. I had only been on a few dates since my breakup. I had sex a couple of times and it absolutely sucked. I couldn’t stop thinking about Kenneth and the guy’s dick left a lot to be desired. I only slept with him again because