An Unexpected Surprise

*JAMIRA*

The last time I spoke to Eric was last night when we discussed seeing each other again. I haven’t heard from him today. I miss him so much. Why am I like this? I’m supposed to be having fun, but my mind keeps drifting back to him.

Before another thought could intrude, my assistant, Ms. Donovan, called my name.

“Huh? I didn’t quite catch what you were saying.”

“Uh uh, girl, you’ve been elsewhere mentally all day. Who’s on your mind like that?”

I shot her a glare. “Malaysia don’t do that. You know I’ve got a lot on my plate right now.”

“Yeah, like that man. So, who is he?”

I wasn’t in the mood to discuss my personal life with her today, so I just brushed her off.

“It’s not that. However, I notice the way you look at Malik’s dad when he shows up.”

She blushed at that. Then, a wide smile spread across her face so quickly that it scared me. She definitely couldn’t deny her attraction to him.

“He can drag his balls across my face anytime,” she joked.

My mouth dropped. As appalled as I was, I was glad she was up for switching the subject.

“Girl, you are so nasty,” I laughed.

She giggled. “Not nasty, just grown.”

“Well, let’s hope he shows up to the festival since you want to be up under him so bad. Besides, that man is probably married and has his own problems.”

“Wrong,” she said confidently. “Malik’s parents were together at some point, but then she got locked up for embezzlement, and he’s been single and free for me to sit on his face.”

She smiled lustfully at that.

“How do you even know that man’s business like that?”

“I have my sources.”

I shook my head and changed the subject again, hoping to get some work done. We’re both on the school’s planning committee, so whenever there’s an event, we have to make sure there’s proper marketing and decorations, in addition to the actual activities being provided. Altogether, it was about five of us, but of course, me and Malaysia did the most.

“Okay, so the festival is in less than three weeks. Have you sent flyers and emails reminding parents?”

“Yes, I even put up flyers in stores and other common areas like the park where I know the kids hang out.”

“Good. So, the turnout this year should be good.”

“And you could use this opportunity to promote your school sleepover idea!”

“Mr. Greene said he’d get back to me on that. You know I can’t do anything without his approval.”

“It’ll also be the perfect time to bring that man who got your head in the clouds too.”

Dammit! I thought she let it go. I should’ve known her messy ass wouldn’t let anything go that easily.

I rolled my eyes, but before I could answer, Mrs. Lucy, one of the teachers in the car rider lane, showed up at the door.

“Hey Jamira, one of the parents wants to speak with you. Do you have a minute?”

This completely baffled me because I thought the students were almost gone. Also, I hadn’t received any messages on the app informing me of any parents wanting to talk.

“Yeah, sure.”

I quickly got up to see who it might be. Mrs. Lucy doesn’t realize it, but she arrived just in time. If she had been a minute late, Malaysia would’ve been trying to pry herself into my business again. Although she never got much, it didn’t stop her from trying. I think it actually encouraged her more.

Once I got outside, Mrs. Lucy pointed to a silver Porsche with tinted windows. I can’t lie, I was nervous because who on earth was in that car? Many of our kids rode in regular everyday vehicles. This was definitely out of the ordinary.

As I approached the car, the driver’s side door opened. What I saw next gave me chills—in a good way, though. It was Eric, holding a bouquet of flowers.

He walked over to me with a slight smile on his face, as if he didn’t want to seem too excited to see me.

“Hey beautiful, these are for you.”

He handed me the flowers. It was an assorted arrangement filled with roses, lilies, and tulips of all sorts of colors.

I giggled as I took them.

“I wasn’t sure what flowers you preferred, so I just picked these up.”

“They’re beautiful, thank you,” I said, taking a whiff of them.

“Would you like to join me for dinner tonight?”

I hesitated for a moment, then decided to accept.

“Okay, I can do that.”

He smiled and kissed my cheek before turning to get back into the car.

“I’ll text you later.”

Before he drove off, the passenger window opened, and Kayla’s face appeared, smiling just as broadly as Eric.

“Bye, Ms. Hines,” she said, waving so enthusiastically that I thought her arm might break.

“Bye, Kayla. Have a great weekend.”

And just like that, they were gone.

I turned to head back inside when I noticed Malaysia and Mrs. Lucy giggling with their hands covering their mouths.

I blushed. “Oh, hush, let’s finish up so we can go.”

I knew I was going to get some kind of backlash from Malaysia about it, but these flowers definitely made it worth it.