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“Hey, Bae! Come take a look at this one,” you called to Erik from the couch, you were looking for a new place to live. Since Erik had moved in six months ago, your cozy one-bedroom apartment seemed to get smaller.
You paused in your search when you heard Erik’s footsteps coming towards you and tilted your laptop screen so that Erik could see as well.
“See, E. This one has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and it’s not too far from my job,” you said as you scrolled through the pictures. “It has a nice backyard too.” You sounded hopeful, maybe he’d like this one.
“You see that price, ma?” he responded. “That’s way over the price I told to look at.”
“I know, E, but look at it, it’s perfect,” you whined. “Can we please just go look at it?” you pouted knowing that Erik would do whatever you asked when you pouted.
Erik scrubbed his face with his hands and sighed. “Nah, ma. Not this one,” he responded after a few moments.
“Nah, it’s not. Trust me,” he responded.
You kissed your teeth and huffed before you moved away from him. “Look, you’re the one that wants to move, I’m perfectly fine with living here. Let me know when you’ve found the perfect place.” You were upset, for a couple of reasons, 1) you’d pouted, and you didn’t get your way, 2) Erik wasn’t being helpful at all, and 3) you weren’t used to not getting your way with Erik, this was new territory for you and you didn’t know how to handle it.
Erik chuckled, “Now you got an attitude because I told your spoiled ass ‘no,’ huh?”
You ignored him, opting to close your laptop and turn on the tv instead. Erik never told you ‘no’ when you really wanted something, especially if you pouted.
“Aight, bet. Ignore me if you want to, girl,” he grumbled as he stood and headed towards the door. “I’ll be back later.” You didn’t acknowledge that he’d said anything, and you didn’t move until you heard the door lock.
If he thought you were going to sit around and wait for him to come back, he had another thing coming. You snatched up your phone and called your best friend, Brianna.
“Hello?” she answered.
“Hey, girl. What you doing tonight?”
“Nothing. You wanna come over? We can order some pizza and wings.” Brianna was good for that. Whenever you needed a pick-me-up, she was right there. Y’all had been friends for as long as you could remember, and you considered her as a sister more than a friend.
“Aight, I’ll be there in 20,” you said as you stood to change your clothes. You’d been in your pj’s all day and it was nearly 7pm. You put on a pair of shorts and a tank top and slipped on a pair of flip-flops before you grabbed your keys and phone and left.
You’d thought about Erik on your drive to Brianna’s house. He was being difficult for no reason, you just wanted to look at the house, there was nothing wrong with that. You got more upset the more you thought about it, and before you knew it, you were at Bri’s house.
“You got here fast,” Bri said as she opened the door. “I just ordered the pizza.” She stepped aside letting you into the house. “I’m surprised Erik let you out the house tonight.”
“Ugh, don’t get me started on him right now,” you grumbled as you sat on the couch and flipped to the movie channels.
“What happened now?” Bri asked before snatching the remote from you and settling on a channel.
You launched into your tale about how Erik didn’t want to go see the house that you’d picked out because it wasn’t perfect and how he left when you caught an attitude.
Bri laughed, “Girl, your spoiled ass get on my nerves. Let me get this right. This man, is about to buy you a house, and you mad because he didn’t want to go look at one that was over his budget? Girl, bye.”
“Well, when you put it that way, I guess I could have handled it better,” you responded. “I guess I gotta apologize tomorrow.”
“Mhmm, but let’s not talk about it anymore tonight. Just know you got a good man, and don’t fuck it up.” Bri had a point, you couldn’t let some petty mess like this mess up your relationship with Erik.
Before you knew it, the pizza had arrived and one of your favorite movies had just started. The two of you ate pizza and chatted as you watched the movie. You’d seen it many times and you knew what was going on. Before long, you realized that it was nearly 2am and it was time for you to head home. After promising to let Bri know when you got home, you headed to your car and drove home thinking of how you were going to apologize to Erik in the morning. You got home quicker than usual, and you weren’t sure if you were ready to face Erik just yet, hopefully, he was still out.