Rain's Theory Read online

  “Shorty’s bad as hell. She got family since you being stingy with her fine ass and shit?” Niles asked with a sly smile.

  “Nah, I’m her only family,” I admitted, and it was true. I had Rain and Rain had me.

  “Why the fuck is she off limits if she’s your damn family, nigga?”

  “We’re not family like that. We just grew up together.”

  “I feel you.” Niles let it go. He knew I came up in the streets, so I was sure he assumed that Rain did the same.

  “Theory, what took you so long?” Chrissy asked, as she walked up behind me, wrapping her long, thin arms around my waist, before she lowered her chin onto my shoulder and kissed me on the neck.

  “I had some shit to do.”

  I took a long pull from the blunt I was holding and then passed it to her. She let me go, took it in her hand and did the same. After she exhaled a cloud of smoke, I grabbed her hand and led her to the living room where I knew everyone else was chilling. I found a seat on the sofa and pulled her onto my lap. She began kissing me on my neck and letting her hands roam my body, even though the room was full of my crew. Chrissy didn’t care. She would suck my dick right here in front of everyone if I let her, but for now she just massaged it though my jeans while she carried on a conversation with Kayla, who was currently wrapped around Frank. Frank and Kayla were on the other side of the sofa we were sitting on.

  “We still on for tomorrow?” Frank asked after he turned up the bottle of Hennessey he was holding.

  “Yeah, we’re good on that,” was all I said, not really wanting to discuss business around Chrissy and Kayla.

  “Aight.” He used his free hand to grip Kayla’s ass and she leaned in to kiss him.

  “Let’s go upstairs,” Chrissy whispered in my ear, as she tightened her hold on my dick, since it was currently hard as hell from her rubbing all over it.

  “Aight, come on.” I lifted Chrissy off my lap and she looked down and smiled. Frank and Kayla were damn near already fucking on the sofa next to us, so they didn’t notice that we were leaving, but when we passed Niles in the hall, he shook his head and yelled after us the second we hit the stairs.

  “Don’t be fucking in my room. Take your ass to one of the guest rooms.”

  I just laughed and when we hit the top of the stairs, Chrissy and I found one of the guest rooms, and I shut and locked the door. She was coming out of her jeans as I walked over to the bed and sat down. Chrissy was completely naked by the time she made her way over to me, and used her hand to gently push me back so that she couldn’t unbuckle my jeans.

  “You miss me Theory?” she asked, after she had my dick free and in her hands.

  “I missed what you do for me,” I answered truthfully. Chrissy was good for riding and sucking a dick, but that was about it. She got high and drank too much, had three kids from three different men, and didn’t do shit with her life. I could never be serious about somebody like her. As street as I was I had standards, and Chrissy would only ever be a good nut.

  “After her tongue glided across my head, she looked up at me as if she were reading my mind. “Is this all I am to you Theory?”

  “Come on ma, don’t kill the fucking mood.”

  She stared at me for a minute like she wanted to say something else, but she wanted my dick more than she wanted a conversation, so she just leaned down and made it disappear. After my first nut, she wiped her mouth and waited while I grabbed a condom out of my jean pocket and slid it on. Once my shit was secure, she climbed on top and did what she did best. The entire time she rode me, all I could think about was Rain. I could see her face when I closed my eyes, and could feel her body as my hands held onto Chrissy. Rain and I had only been together once years ago, but I could remember every detail of her body like it had just happened yesterday.

  The more I thought about Rain the more intense I got with Chrissy, and what was usually a simple nut turned into an emotional roller coaster that took me back six years. My body was with Chrissy, but my mind was with Rain, so when Chrissy called my name and I opened my eyes and saw her face, I got so angry that it wasn’t Rain that I flipped Chrissy over and fucked the shit out of her just because she wasn’t. When I finally came, I pushed her away and laid back on the bed with my arms folded, covering my face. My damn head was all fucked up.

  “What was that Theory?” Chrissy’s voice snapped me out of my daze irritating the hell out of me.

  I didn’t answer, I just laid there hoping that she would go the fuck away.

  “Theory, I know you hear me.”

  “Yo, get dressed and get the fuck out,” I said, as I sat up and climbed off the bed.

  “Really, I don’t know who the fuck you were thinking about but it damn sure wasn’t me,” Chrissy said.

  I just laughed. “You’re right, so why the fuck is you still standing here talking to me. I said get the fuck out.”

  I grabbed my clothes, walked into the bathroom and slammed the door, not really giving a fuck about how she felt. Chrissy was just pussy and she knew that, so I didn’t know what the hell she expected from me.

  After I was dressed again, I walked out the bedroom, and she was sitting on the edge of the bed still not dressed, looking all sad and shit.

  “Is this all we are?” she asked looking up at me like she wanted to cry.

  “The fuck Chris. Why the hell you all in your feelings? All we do is fuck and you know that. I don’t take you anywhere, you’ve never been to my house, the only time I call you is to tell you I’m coming by your place for some pussy. So I know your ass can’t be confused about what the fuck we are.”

  “I was just thinking that after all this time, shit would change Theory, damn.”

  “Chris, don’t play yourself like that. Come on now.”

  “Play myself?” She stood up mad as hell. I kept my eyes on her banging ass naked body which pissed her off even more.

  “You ain’t shit Theory. You think because you got a little money and good dick that you can treat anybody any way you want to. Well you know what, fuck you Theory. This shit ain’t worth it anymore.”

  I laughed knowing that it wasn’t going to help the situation. “Fine, that’s on you sweetheart. Like you said, this shit ain’t worth it anymore.”

  I tried to move past her, but she charged at me, and I caught her around the neck and shoved her to the floor. “I know you know better than that.” I looked down at her in a way that challenged her to do something about it, before I walked out the room. I didn’t give a shit about turning my back to her because she knew what was up. She valued her life too much to try me.

  By the time I made it home, I was tired a fuck and just wanted to relax. I walked into my house and looked around and for the first time in a long time, it actually felt lonely. I lived out in Buckhead in a four bedroom, four and a half bath house. I had a pool out back, a theater room, and an indoor court, but it wasn’t the size of my house that made it feel lonely; it was the emptiness. I lived alone and even though it was my choice, until seeing Rain tonight, never once had that bothered me before. In fact, up until now, I couldn’t see things any other way than being out here alone. I didn’t trust anybody and I valued my privacy, but ever since laying eyes on Rain, all I could think about from the time I pulled up into my driveway was coming home to her.

  Rain and I lived in the same group home since the time she was eight years old and I was ten years old. My parents left me at the hospital right after I was born, so I never knew them, which meant that I bounced around foster care and group homes from the day I took my first breath. Rain on the other hand, at least got to have a few years with her parents, but her mother was a dope addict and her father was her mother’s pimp, the person who got her mother addicted, so when her mother overdosed, Rain ended up in the system.

  I was two years older than Rain, but we clicked from day one. Even at ten years old, I knew that she was somebody special and that we would be connected for the rest of our lives. I wanted to p
rotect her and from the day we met, that’s what I did.

  I shed my clothes and moved around my room naked until I reached the bathroom, where I pulled open the oversized glass door to my shower. Once I had the water on and steam began to fill the room, I stepped inside. Once again, my mind was on Rain. Her vanilla skin, green eyes and sandy brown hair, which she was wearing in its wild, natural curly state. I couldn’t get her face out of my head, as I closed my eyes and let the hot water run over and down my body.

  Once I was back in my room again, I slid into a pair of boxer briefs before climbing into my California King bed, and reached for my phone. I had multiple messages from women who wanted me to come fuck their brains out, but tonight all I wanted was to chill. I scrolled through my phone until I found Rain’s number, debating whether or not to call her since she admitted that she had plans for the evening and some punk ass man. I didn't really give a fuck about him, but I respected Rain enough not to complicate her situation, so I tossed my phone on the bed beside me and closed my eyes. I decided to wait, but trust me when I say that waiting shit was temporary. I was about to get my Rain back. She belonged to me, always had and always would.

  *****

  “I know your ass is not still sleep?” When I heard Niles’ voice on my phone, I immediately moved it away from my face to see the time. It was 7:30 and we had a long ass day ahead of us. We had a nice size shipment coming in, were opening a new spot in a new area, and had to make sure our soldiers were ready to hit the streets with our product. I wasn’t looking forward to that shit, especially since I hadn’t been around or dealt with product in forever but me, Niles and Frank wanted to be hands on for the startup of our new territory, since basically the entire crew was new and we didn’t know how the fuck they were going to handle shit. This was going to be an all-day thing, which I wasn’t looking forward to, but that was the price of making money and running shit.

  “Nigga, I’m up. Where’s Frank?”

  “He’s out there already getting them niggas prepped. He called in Tay and Levi so that they could keep an eye on things, but we still need to be there.”

  “Shit, I know. I’m about to get dressed now. I’ll meet your ass downtown in an hour so we can meet Trinidad.”

  “Aight, bet. Don’t be late Theory. Your ass don’t have a sense of urgency about anything.”

  “Fuck you muthafucka. I get shit done my way.”

  “Yeah, well hurry your slow ass up.”

  Hours later we had our shipment, product separated and ready to hit the streets, and our new house up and running. Things seemed to be running smoothly, but I was tired as hell and in desperate need of some down time.

  I was sitting in the kitchen of our new house with Frank and Niles, who were high as hell since they had basically been smoking since they both climbed out of bed this morning, which meant that neither of them was currently good for shit.

  “Damn their asses are bent,” Tay said, as he pulled up a chair and sat down next to me. I lifted the glass of Henny I had sitting in front of me and finished off what was left in it.

  “Hell, you know how they get down,” I said looking at Frank and Niles, who were deep in conversation about God knows what, but neither of them were making any sense because they were high.

  “Looks like this shit is on point, so if you don’t need me anymore, then I’m gonna go ahead out and check on my spots.”

  “Nah, you’re good. I’m about to ‘head out too, but do me a solid and keep an eye on shit around here. I think we’ve got some good people but they’re green, so I think they need a little guidance for a while.”

  “You know I got you, boss,” Tay said looking around before he stood to leave.

  “Yo man, both of you need to take your high asses home,” I yelled at Niles and Frank who both looked at me and laughed.

  “Shit, I’m good. We got some good ass shit though,” Frank said, smiling like a little kid. He looked down at his watch and then up at me.

  “It’s early as fuck. We hitting the club tonight?”

  “Hell yeah, I’m down,” Niles said.

  “Nah, I’m taking my ass home. I’ll let y’all have that shit tonight,” I said.

  “Damn, it’s like that? We need to celebrate this shit,” Niles said, waving his hand in the air to signal the new house we opened.

  “True, but not tonight. A nigga is tired as fuck and I’m about to take my ass home and knock the fuck out,” I said.

  “Fuck, that’s on you then Theory. We’re hitting up Magic City.”

  I just laughed. Before the night was over, Niles and Frank would easily be out of 10K; both their asses were addicted to strippers.

  I’m out yo, hit me up tomorrow and try not to get locked the fuck up ‘cause I might not come get you if you do.”

  “The fuck you mean? You better come get us,” Frank said.

  Again I laughed because Frank was dead ass serious. “You know I'm just fucking with you but on the real, stay out of trouble.”

  I left Frank and Niles at our new spot rolling up a stash of fat ones to get them through the night, and hopped in my truck en route to my house. After I stopped by my favorite spot to grab some Chinese food, I made my way to my crib prepared to eat and take my ass to sleep.

  After I was in my crib I followed my usual routine, stripped out of my clothes down to just my boxer briefs, grabbed my food and found a spot in my living room, falling into my oversized suede sofa. With my food in one hand and the remote in the other, I finally let go of the day and before long I felt myself drifting, so my eyes closed and I didn't fight it.

  “Rain, what's wrong?”

  I looked at her face which was red and covered with tears and I could feel my pulse racing.

  She looked at me, brushed her cheek with the back of her hand and faked a smile.

  “Nothing Thee, I'm just sad,” she said without really looking at me. She was lying and knew that I would be able to see it in her eyes, so she avoided mine, the way she always did when she was attempting to hide something from me.

  “Where you been Rain, I haven't seen you in over an hour?”

  “What do you mean?” she asked knowing that I had been looking for her. If we weren't together then it was because we were asleep and couldn't be since the boys had one floor while the girls had another, but even then we found a way, sharing a bed and separating before anyone else in the house was up.

  “Don't fucking play Rain, you know what the fuck I mean. Where you been?”

  When she finally looked in my eyes, she didn't have to say a word. I already knew and wanted to kill Malinda and the muthafucka that she sent Rain to the basement with. Malinda used the girls in the group home as positives, which was one of the main reasons why Rain and I were always together. It was the only way that I could protect her and keep her out of the basement, but today I slipped. I made the mistake of leaving Rain alone while trying to make some money to help get me and Rain out of there, and even though I had only been gone a few hours, it was all Malinda needed.

  I pulled Rain into my chest, and held onto her while she cried. I was mad at myself. It was my fault. If I had been there, she wouldn't have been alone and she never would have been in that basement.

  “We're leaving tonight,” I said as my chin rested on the top of Rain’s head.

  She pulled away and looked at me confused.

  “What, we can't do that. Where are we going to go?”

  “I don't know, but we're getting the fuck outta here. I'm not letting this shit happen again. Do you trust me?”

  Rain looked at me and I could see the uncertainty in her eyes. I knew she trusted me, but trusting our situation was different.

  “Rain, do you trust me?” I asked again.

  She nodded.

  “Okay then. We'll figure it out. Pack your bag and don't go to sleep tonight. I'll come get you when it's time.”

  Again she nodded. I knew she was afraid, hell, so was I because at 16, I didn't have shit to my
name and no one to depend on but myself. Rain was only 14 and in the same situation, but I didn’t care. I was going to have to figure that shit out. I refused to let her be a victim, so we were getting outta that house, even if it meant living on the street. I didn't care because as long as I had air in my lungs, I was going to take care of us and that was exactly what I did.

  I woke up from my memory feeling disoriented. When my eyes finally focused, I looked at my surroundings and realized that I was still in my living room where I had fallen asleep. I sat up, let my hand slide down my face and then across my head, before I picked up my half eaten dinner and took it in the kitchen. I trashed the rest and grabbed a beer. It was just after midnight and after my dream, I couldn't get my mind off Rain. It had been years since I thought about that night; the night we left the group home and started living on the streets. That was likely the best two years of my life because Rain was by my side. I took care of us, protected her, and we loved each other in a way that really couldn’t be expressed with words. We were young but that shit was real.

  I haven't had that feeling since then and without Rain, I knew that I never would. Don't get me wrong, I had been with a lot of women since but none of them compared. There was something about Rain that changed everything about me. She was my forever and always would be.

  When I made it to my bedroom and was in my oversized bed, I closed my eyes and tried to go back to sleep, but my mind wouldn't let go of thoughts of Rain. I wanted to talk to her but it was late as hell, and she told me she had a man. Hell, for all I knew, they could be up fucking right now. The thought alone pissed me off, so I grabbed my phone and sent her a text. If she couldn't talk, she would ignore it, but if she could then she would respond.

  You up?

  I laid my phone on my chest, waited, and not even a minute later I got a reply.

  Yeah working, what's up?

  Feel like talking?

  Always, give me a minute and I'll call you.

  I figured she had to get away from her boyfriend so that she could talk, but I didn't give a fuck. I just wanted to hear her voice, so I waited.