Nov, 21 2005
The Gate - Stacey
I have had many experiences at the gate, but let me tell you a bit about one of the most trickiest ones.
Today was going to be an exciting day, i could feel it from the start. You see, there's this girl. Stacey her name was. This girl wasn't exactly super beautiful but there was just something about her(according to the guys). I mean, i've heard so much about this girl and i just wanted to know what all of the hype was about. It was Tina's birthday, so she had invited me and a couple of friends to her party. Tina was my really close friend, i knew her from back in them college days when we used to be in the same class. I don't really indulge in close friend-relationships with females but Tina was one of the exceptions.Ok, the pary, Word goes that everyone is going to be there, everyone including Stacey. This would be my chance to finally get to see what she's all about.
My day went very fast and evening time had already arrived. The darkness had settled in the sky for the night.
The party was like in half an hour so i made sure i took my time, you know, i like to stroll in late to places like that, that way i can catch the attention of whoever i want to see me, in this case it was Stacey. I had time so it was in my hands to make sure i was looking 'fresh2death' as i'd like to call it so i decided to treat myself to a long hot shower with my radox shower gel....it felt SO good. As i got out of the shower i just had to go to my surround sound HI-FI system and turned it on, my usual 'slowjam bible' cd was inside so i turned up the volume slighlty and let the beautiful sound waves of Keith Sweat's "Twisted" fill the the surroundings and air of the luxury apartment in which i posess, very much inside the city. My mobile rang and guess who it was on the caller ID? "Tina". The birthay girl. "Where are you Raheem the party started like half an hour ago" she shouted. "Why is she getting all dramatic?" i thought to myself, i mean, the party is not exactly running away is it? I told her that i'll be there as soon as i can, anytime i said would have been too long so i had to say something, even though i knew to myself that i wasn't really going to be there soon. I wonder why she called me anyway?
I finally finished dressing. I looked good. I wore one of my finest Dolce & Gabbana shirts, jeans from Moss and some sharp Ted Baker shoes. Finishing touches was to add some scent to my body with my 'Diesel Plus Plus' cologne. I know what your probably thinking.....that i am very detailed with my appearance but NO!...looking good is not a 'once-in-a-while thing' its practically a normality. Ok...getting back to the party.... I had to leave my apartment now the party was well under way. I met up With Larry so we made our way there in his car. Larry is one of my closest boys, he's more like a tough guy. Very calm but has the badboy side to him when it comes to the ladies. We finally got to the party and we made an entrance as usual.
The atmosphere was very soulful, the venue was at this spot called Z-Bar, this was the hottest bar/club in the city. We looked around the club for the crowd and i could see Tina and the rest of the crew, Stacey was there too. I went over to where they were chillin, which was near the couch area. "Birthday Girl! looking stunning as usual eyy?" i said to her as i gave her a hug. "Raheemy, you never sieze to amaze me with your dressing do you?" she said. Tina is always going on about my dress sense, how she loves it and how i'm different from other guys, well..my dress sense is part of my charm."This is my friend Stacey" she said as she turned toward Stacey. I knew Tina was up to something, but hey, i wasn't complaining....."Hey" Stacey said. I shook her hand, i didn't want to hug her because i could see one funny guy looking at me. I'm guessing that's was her boyfriend, well, im assuming that's her boyfriend. "Wana Dance" i said to her. Now that guy that was staring at me really looked puzzled now......i wonder what he's thinking? This time everyone else was into their own thing and Tina had went over to talk to Larry, so it was jus me and Stacey(plus that weirdo staring at me). "ummm....okay, only one dance" she said to me as she looked back to the guy, while i took her to the dancefloor. We danced all night, it was so passionate, i mean, it was like we was making love on the dancefloor. We was in our own world. It felt like i had skipped the gate and automatically went in the garden. I mean, could this really be possible?? nahh, its too good to be true.
It was the last track of the night now. Pretty Ricky's "Grind wit me" came on, and that's when things got very naughty. I can't believe this guy was still watching me, can u imagine? it was starting to freak me out now. Anyways, me and this young lady continued right till the end, even when everybody had cleared the dancefloor and cueing at the cloackroom, I MEAN!, the night was ours. Everyone was leaving Z-bar now and me and Larry sparred(met up) outside of the club where we could get a good view of who's coming out, Tina and her batch finally came out and i saw Stacey standing with the geezer that was staring at me. He didn't look very happy at all, i couldn't care less.
The thing is i didn't really want to know what he was to her because that could get in the way of my thinking mode you see. Its just like if say you had an exam tomorrow and someone in your family just died and you was getting hints that maybe that person has died but you know yet you tell yourself that you don't want to know or maybe it's just you just so it doesn't get in the way of your exam, well that's the feeling i was getting...."Bruv go talk to her man, you have nothing to lose" larry gisted. You see, Larry is the type of guy that always tells you to do crazy things but when it comes down to him, he's never up for it. At least i knew what i had to do with Stacey, this was my chance to try and walk through the Gate. So i walked briskly over to where her and the guy was standing. "what bruv are you mad, i'll shoot you" is what i was thinking in my head but that's not my style in realilty, i mean, any other guy would have attacked him by now the way he was looking at me...."how you doing brother" as i shook his hand. "Stacey, i think Tina wants you!" i said to Stacey, trying to put on a serious face, i couldn't help it, i had to lie, i know it's a bad start but it's not a big deal right. "oh ok i'll be over to her in a minute" she said to me....It seemed like she knew i was up to something, i went back across the street to where the rest of us were. I could see Stacey saying something to him, next thing i knew, he kissed her on the lips, said bye to her and went........"NOOOOOOOO" i thought to myself........its either that's her man or she she's some kind of hoochie, then again they could be just friends but NO! friends don't kiss like that. Ok, maybe i'm a bit toooo paranoid and paranoia links to insecurity and i damn no i aint insecure, at least i don't want to become insecure.....
She came over to where we were and i took her away before she could even utter a word to Tina, i didn't want Tina to know what was going on. Obviously she's know sooner or later but not at that point in time.....We went for a nice long walk to get away from the crowd, you know how females act around their friends? always playing roles. Oh yea and boys do it too, and NOT at a smaller scale, even to the same degree that girls 'act up' should i say..
I spent quite a while talking to Stacey and analysing her as i went along, i like to analyse, never judge a book by it's cover. She seemed pretty cool. "So what are you gonna do now, ask for my number right?" she said to me....."WHAT??" i thought to myself. The cheek, i hate it when girls predict what i am going to do. Well i can't blame them with the way guys are always saying the same old lines on and on so girls can obviously memorise our manouvers....STEP YOUR GAME UP FELLAS!!!!! Ok back to Stacey, no way i was too good for that, i have my pride you know. "No i'm not going to ask you for your number, but you can take mine!" At least i didn't show her she was right, i gave her my number instead. I could have been heartless and said that i dont need her number but that's pushing it. "Hmmm....Is that you Raheem? switching it on me now eyy?" she smiled. I took her phone and keyed in my number into the phone, i left the name part empty so she can call me watever she wants, i'm guessing it will be something nice if she doesn't just enter my name. "So was your man there at the party?" i said to her. I just wanted to ask her indirectlty "who even told you i had a man Raheem" she smiled again. I said no more. Just wanted to see if her reply was a yes or no but she gave me another answer. "Well yes i do have a boyfriend and yes he was there" she said. Her smile dropped to a frown when she said that. "You see Raheem, i really feel attracted to you and it's like im mentally cheating on my boyfriend" she said. I wonder where this could be leading to.............................?
Raheem Douglas
I have had many experiences at the gate, but let me tell you a bit about one of the most trickiest ones.
Today was going to be an exciting day, i could feel it from the start. You see, there's this girl. Stacey her name was. This girl wasn't exactly super beautiful but there was just something about her(according to the guys). I mean, i've heard so much about this girl and i just wanted to know what all of the hype was about. It was Tina's birthday, so she had invited me and a couple of friends to her party. Tina was my really close friend, i knew her from back in them college days when we used to be in the same class. I don't really indulge in close friend-relationships with females but Tina was one of the exceptions.Ok, the pary, Word goes that everyone is going to be there, everyone including Stacey. This would be my chance to finally get to see what she's all about.
My day went very fast and evening time had already arrived. The darkness had settled in the sky for the night.
The party was like in half an hour so i made sure i took my time, you know, i like to stroll in late to places like that, that way i can catch the attention of whoever i want to see me, in this case it was Stacey. I had time so it was in my hands to make sure i was looking 'fresh2death' as i'd like to call it so i decided to treat myself to a long hot shower with my radox shower gel....it felt SO good. As i got out of the shower i just had to go to my surround sound HI-FI system and turned it on, my usual 'slowjam bible' cd was inside so i turned up the volume slighlty and let the beautiful sound waves of Keith Sweat's "Twisted" fill the the surroundings and air of the luxury apartment in which i posess, very much inside the city. My mobile rang and guess who it was on the caller ID? "Tina". The birthay girl. "Where are you Raheem the party started like half an hour ago" she shouted. "Why is she getting all dramatic?" i thought to myself, i mean, the party is not exactly running away is it? I told her that i'll be there as soon as i can, anytime i said would have been too long so i had to say something, even though i knew to myself that i wasn't really going to be there soon. I wonder why she called me anyway?
I finally finished dressing. I looked good. I wore one of my finest Dolce & Gabbana shirts, jeans from Moss and some sharp Ted Baker shoes. Finishing touches was to add some scent to my body with my 'Diesel Plus Plus' cologne. I know what your probably thinking.....that i am very detailed with my appearance but NO!...looking good is not a 'once-in-a-while thing' its practically a normality. Ok...getting back to the party.... I had to leave my apartment now the party was well under way. I met up With Larry so we made our way there in his car. Larry is one of my closest boys, he's more like a tough guy. Very calm but has the badboy side to him when it comes to the ladies. We finally got to the party and we made an entrance as usual.
The atmosphere was very soulful, the venue was at this spot called Z-Bar, this was the hottest bar/club in the city. We looked around the club for the crowd and i could see Tina and the rest of the crew, Stacey was there too. I went over to where they were chillin, which was near the couch area. "Birthday Girl! looking stunning as usual eyy?" i said to her as i gave her a hug. "Raheemy, you never sieze to amaze me with your dressing do you?" she said. Tina is always going on about my dress sense, how she loves it and how i'm different from other guys, well..my dress sense is part of my charm."This is my friend Stacey" she said as she turned toward Stacey. I knew Tina was up to something, but hey, i wasn't complaining....."Hey" Stacey said. I shook her hand, i didn't want to hug her because i could see one funny guy looking at me. I'm guessing that's was her boyfriend, well, im assuming that's her boyfriend. "Wana Dance" i said to her. Now that guy that was staring at me really looked puzzled now......i wonder what he's thinking? This time everyone else was into their own thing and Tina had went over to talk to Larry, so it was jus me and Stacey(plus that weirdo staring at me). "ummm....okay, only one dance" she said to me as she looked back to the guy, while i took her to the dancefloor. We danced all night, it was so passionate, i mean, it was like we was making love on the dancefloor. We was in our own world. It felt like i had skipped the gate and automatically went in the garden. I mean, could this really be possible?? nahh, its too good to be true.
It was the last track of the night now. Pretty Ricky's "Grind wit me" came on, and that's when things got very naughty. I can't believe this guy was still watching me, can u imagine? it was starting to freak me out now. Anyways, me and this young lady continued right till the end, even when everybody had cleared the dancefloor and cueing at the cloackroom, I MEAN!, the night was ours. Everyone was leaving Z-bar now and me and Larry sparred(met up) outside of the club where we could get a good view of who's coming out, Tina and her batch finally came out and i saw Stacey standing with the geezer that was staring at me. He didn't look very happy at all, i couldn't care less.
The thing is i didn't really want to know what he was to her because that could get in the way of my thinking mode you see. Its just like if say you had an exam tomorrow and someone in your family just died and you was getting hints that maybe that person has died but you know yet you tell yourself that you don't want to know or maybe it's just you just so it doesn't get in the way of your exam, well that's the feeling i was getting...."Bruv go talk to her man, you have nothing to lose" larry gisted. You see, Larry is the type of guy that always tells you to do crazy things but when it comes down to him, he's never up for it. At least i knew what i had to do with Stacey, this was my chance to try and walk through the Gate. So i walked briskly over to where her and the guy was standing. "what bruv are you mad, i'll shoot you" is what i was thinking in my head but that's not my style in realilty, i mean, any other guy would have attacked him by now the way he was looking at me...."how you doing brother" as i shook his hand. "Stacey, i think Tina wants you!" i said to Stacey, trying to put on a serious face, i couldn't help it, i had to lie, i know it's a bad start but it's not a big deal right. "oh ok i'll be over to her in a minute" she said to me....It seemed like she knew i was up to something, i went back across the street to where the rest of us were. I could see Stacey saying something to him, next thing i knew, he kissed her on the lips, said bye to her and went........"NOOOOOOOO" i thought to myself........its either that's her man or she she's some kind of hoochie, then again they could be just friends but NO! friends don't kiss like that. Ok, maybe i'm a bit toooo paranoid and paranoia links to insecurity and i damn no i aint insecure, at least i don't want to become insecure.....
She came over to where we were and i took her away before she could even utter a word to Tina, i didn't want Tina to know what was going on. Obviously she's know sooner or later but not at that point in time.....We went for a nice long walk to get away from the crowd, you know how females act around their friends? always playing roles. Oh yea and boys do it too, and NOT at a smaller scale, even to the same degree that girls 'act up' should i say..
I spent quite a while talking to Stacey and analysing her as i went along, i like to analyse, never judge a book by it's cover. She seemed pretty cool. "So what are you gonna do now, ask for my number right?" she said to me....."WHAT??" i thought to myself. The cheek, i hate it when girls predict what i am going to do. Well i can't blame them with the way guys are always saying the same old lines on and on so girls can obviously memorise our manouvers....STEP YOUR GAME UP FELLAS!!!!! Ok back to Stacey, no way i was too good for that, i have my pride you know. "No i'm not going to ask you for your number, but you can take mine!" At least i didn't show her she was right, i gave her my number instead. I could have been heartless and said that i dont need her number but that's pushing it. "Hmmm....Is that you Raheem? switching it on me now eyy?" she smiled. I took her phone and keyed in my number into the phone, i left the name part empty so she can call me watever she wants, i'm guessing it will be something nice if she doesn't just enter my name. "So was your man there at the party?" i said to her. I just wanted to ask her indirectlty "who even told you i had a man Raheem" she smiled again. I said no more. Just wanted to see if her reply was a yes or no but she gave me another answer. "Well yes i do have a boyfriend and yes he was there" she said. Her smile dropped to a frown when she said that. "You see Raheem, i really feel attracted to you and it's like im mentally cheating on my boyfriend" she said. I wonder where this could be leading to.............................?
Raheem Douglas
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