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"You need anything? A drink? .... Some clothes?" I said looking down at her bare stomach. Her attire was made up of jean shorts and a black cropped top that was barely holding her breasts in. I know we're in LA but damn. I saw her roll her eyes at my last comment and huff.

"Chris I don't want anything from you, I only came because I knew you wouldn't let me go..." she replied harshly. It's the only tone she'd used with me, a harsh one.

"...So are you going to explain this shit to me? Because I'm confused as fuck right now." Her brows sat up and her face held a surprised look before she chuckled sarcastically.

"You have some fucking nerve you know that?! After everything. You gone sit up here and look down your nose at me... Talking to me as if I owe you an explanation. Well guess what Chris, I don't! Now if that's all you had to ask then there's your answer. Bye." She started walking to the door and surly I moved to stop her.

"No. I'm tired of you walking away from me when in trying to talk." I said it calmly but I was deadass. She smacked her teeth then turned getting out of my grasp.

"Get off me." She snapped and I stepped away with my hands up.

"I just want to talk. I don't want to argue, I don't want to fight. I just want to talk to you." I was genuine and I know she felt it because her face softened and she sighed yet again.

"One more chance and I'm serious this time. Piss me off and I'm out." I nodded and walked over to the couch, she followed and sat on the love seat by it. It was quiet for a little with both of us not saying anything, then I decided to.

"Kam... I don't know what your circumstances were or are but, I know that I don't want you stripping no more or what ever extracurricular activities you on." I said quickly looking directly in her eyes. She looked down and shook her head before looking back at me.

"You just don't get it do you? It's not that simple... I can't just say I'm going to stop and do it... I don't have anywhere to go. My mom won't talk to me since my dad died and Jodie still stuck doing the same shit he been doing in VA." my face fell as her words sunk in. Her dad died? Damn.

"What about g'ma?" I asked using the nickname we had for her.

"She got Alzheimer's...it's bad...Look I'm fine just let me go." I looked down shaking my head. I looked to see if I'd get any kind of emotion out of her but instead her face was blank...

"I can help you." Immediately after I said that her head shook.

"No. No, I don't need your help I've been fine by myself I don't need you." She said back not looking at me. I sat forward and placed my hand on her knee before she flicked it away.

"Loo- look Kam you know that this is not what you want. You don't have no place to stay, you can stay here. Im just trying to get you off the street's." she rolled her eyes and sucked her teeth.

"You don't want to do this for me. You want to do it for yourself. Because you feel guilty chris. I'm not about to stat with you. Fuck I look like?"

"This is my apartment but I don't stay here. You can live here, I'll only ever be here when I've asked you first." I proposed and waited for her to talk.

" Kamaiyah... Just this once please put your pride aside and do this. Think about it." She was thinking about it, I know she was and I knew she'd give in.

"I know I'll regret sayin this... But okay. I'll stay. only for a little while." I smiled and that was it.

"You want me to take you to get your stuff?" I asked and she squinted her eyes.

"No offering me your house is enough, I got legs I'll walk." she stood up and I followed.

"Nah it's cold outside." I replied.

"Chris I'm not going to run away. If I didn't want to stay I would have told you that." She said stepping towards the door.

"I mean you can stay here till I get back if you don't believe me." She said crossing her arms.

"Okay... But if you ain't back in 2 hours I'm coming to look for you" I joked but she didn't laugh, snigger or chuckle. Just nodded.

I watched her leave before falling back on the couch.

An hour later and I was already becoming restless. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and sure enough it was my manager.

"Hello?" I answered. "Aye superstar, where are you? You supposed to be at this club." He said and I cursed under my breath.

"Ummm give me like 3 hours I'll definitely pass through." I said and heard him shuffle of the other end.

"iight. And use protection!" He shouted jokingly making me laugh.

"Man chill it ain't even like that. I'll see you soon though." I said before cutting the phone, only for my phone to go off again, this time cae was calling.

"Hey baby." I said and heard her music lower in the back.

"I thought we were going Hyde tonight? You've been gone for hours." She was frustrated I could hear it.

I heard a knock at the door and stood up to answer it.

"We are babe, just relax for a little i'll be home soon I'm promise." She sighed on the other end then said a low fine.

"Alright. Bye." I put the phone down not waiting for her response then turned to Kam.

"That's all your stuff?" I questioned looking down at the duffle bag in her hand and she bit the side of her mouth with a nod.

"Yup." She answered shortly.

"Okay well... I got to go work so I'm going to be out. There's food in the fridge... You need any money?" I asked and she shook her head no.

"iight well make yourself at home. You don't have a phone, I'll stop by tomorrow to bring you one. Just so I can check up on you." She watched me the whole time as I spoke then nodded when I was done.

"Thank you..." She trailed off and I smiled lightly.

"Don't mention it." Was all I said before leaving the building and swapping back over for my Porsche. ********

"Hey Chris." Cae's friend seirus beamed before I even realised she was on the couch.

"Whats Up. Where cae at?" I replied dryly closing the door behind me and nodding at tanaya; another one of cae's friends.

"In the room ." She said and I was out of the room before she could start a conversation.

"Finally! Where were you? You've been gone for hours." Cae said turning from the mirror she was fixing her hair in. I moved to kiss her lips but she turned so I only caught the side of her mouth. I sucked my teeth letting her know I wasn't going to deal with her attitude.

"I went to the store iight? The guys wanted to pitch some ideas and go over expansion plans." I lied and lifted my shirt over my head. I looked back at her and she was hitting me with the. "I know you lying" face causing me to roll my eyes.

"If you don't believe me you can call them niggas. I'm not about to deal with your bullshit tonight caelyn." My voice rose slightly and she crossed her arms over her chest.

"And you couldn't tell me this before?" She fought.

"No. I'm a grown ass man I don't have to tell you every minor little detail." I said harshly. Her face softened a little and she huffed.

"Whatever Chris." she walked out of the bathroom leaving me there alone and I think at that moment it was the best thing for her to do, before any more feelings got hurt.

********Next day my management surprised me with a day off so I got to peacefully live through my hangover.

"Why you get another iphone?" Keeis quizzed looking down at the white box in front of me.

"None ya!" I replied and heard him mumble an 'I ain't in it'. "What was that for?" I asked checking him for his usual smart ass mouth, he turned to look at me then turned his attention back to the TV.

"You messing with Rih again?" He asked making me furrow my brows.

"No...why?" I replied resulting in a shrug of the shoulders from him.

"All this sneaking around, lying to cae...that's that shit you do when you niggas start talking again." He ran through and I chuckled.

"Well look who's assertive. Chill nigga, we text sometimes but we aint fucking or close to fucking. And I aint being secretive, I just need my space sometimes you know?" He nodded and I stood up taking the iphone box in my hand.

"Deuce" I left and headed straight to my- mal's apartment.

"KAM!?" I shouted walking from room to room. I went to the room she was staying in, the bed was made and her duffle was gone. "Augh." I said under my breath. I should've known she was just saying yes so I could leave her the fuck alone.

"Hey." I heard from behind me and turned to see her.

"Where were you? I thought you left." I said trying to sound as un-controlling as possible. She walked in further and right past me to the kitchen.

"Why would you think that?" She asked dryly and I went to stand by her.

"Where's your stuff? I aint see them in the room..." "In the closet. You know where you told me to put them?" She said, sarcaticaly.

"my bad." Things were awkward with us. "Oh. I uhh, Got you that phone." I said quickly changing subjects.

"... You know you really don't have to do any of this. I don't want you to feel inclined to take care of me." I flicked her off.

"I don't. I just care about you. I don't want to see you struggling." She shook her head at my last comment then chuckled.

" You keep saying 'struggling' like I'm slipping in a crack house or some shit... I dance and I get paid for it Chris, its a job...its not much different to what you do" She spat, she was offended, but I didn't think it was that deep...

"No. Because I actually enjoy what I do, and you're just looking for an easy way out." She rolled her eyes then and shook her head. She kept doing that shit. "Why you keep doing that? Shaking your head?" I said changing the subject and she shrugged.

"Because. I can't believe I'm standing here in front of "Chris Brown" and all I keep seeing is Chris, my snot nose bestfriend from VA..." She chuckled and I did too.

"Don't say it like that. I'm still the same Chris." She shook her head again at my statement. "No. You've changed, I see it in the way you carry yourself, the shit you say... Can't fault you though, you made something of yourself." I nodded slowly at her words then let them float around the room for a little.

"You wanna order some pizza? I'm hungry" was all I said in response, she followed closely behind me and sat in the love seat whilst I sat on the couch.

"You know for someone as famous as you, you sure do have a lot of time to spend on lil old me." She stated as I rummaged into my pockets searching for my phone.

"Well, if you must know, I got a day off and thought it would be cool to come chill with you." I said then added a smile for effect making her laugh a little. A genuine one for once.

"Whatever Chris." was her retaliation, and it brought back memories of me and caelyn's conversation the night before.

"Hey, can I get 2 15" pizza's. One meat feast and one super supreme, no mushrooms." I ordered and watched as kam's eyes shot to mine and she fought off a smile. "Yeah garlic bread, hot wings and a large co- pepsi" I added and gave them the address before ending the call.

"You remembered." She let out and I chuckled. "All the times you almost choked me for forgetting, I'd be damned if I didn't." we both laughed and continued to speak about random shit that was on TV. Her head snapped to mine as we watched pictures from me at the club the night before be instigated by the presenters on E!.

"So?" She said and I turned my head to her. "So, what?" "So what they're saying, is it true?" I chuckled. "Nope, Cae aint 'furious about me dancing with other women'" I let out adding hand quotes for effect.

"So you and this cae. Ya'll serious?" She questioned and I shrugged.

"I mean, I guess, we been rockin for a minute now. She holds me down." She got more comfortable in her seat then sighed. "It won't last."

"Shut up Kam..." I said lowly and she glared at me.

"Chris, me and you both know, no girl that gives you all that freedom in a relationship is going to keep you for long. If anybody knows its me." Just as i was about to answer the buzzer went off and she got up to buzz the delivery guy up. I took out a hundred dollar bill to place in her hand and she twisted her mouth up at me.

"The food is only $30..." she told me as if i didn't place the order. "I know just give ole dude the money and mind ya business." She shook her head then walked back to the knocking door. She came back with 4 boxes stacked up so high you could only see her eyes and hair over them, it was cute.

"Do you have any regular clothes?" I asked sitting on top of the kitchen counter watching her as she washed the few dishes in the sink. Surely it was supposed to stay in my head, but just like alot of shit i say, it slipped.

"What's your definition of regular?" she said not looking up from the soapy water. "You know like jeans, a turtle neck... not shorts... or cropped tee's..." she did look up then and smirked.

"Well if you're looking then it must not be that bad." I dropped my head into my lap and laughed.

"I mean it's hard to miss." I said in regards to her... assets. She mugged me then hit me with the cloth in her hand as she walked past me out the kitchen.

"Kamaiyah you getting in ya feelings? Sorry to tell you, but your ass is phat."

"I'm not getting anywhere, you're just a jackass." I knew she wasn't being serious but I still apologised walking in the room right after her. She sat on the bed with her back against the head board and opened up the box to her fresh white iphone.

"Thank you for this Chris really." I smiled walking over to join her on the bed. "You don't have to keep thanking me, I want to do this." She picked up the device in her hand whilst my eyes wondered over her exposed stomach.

"What's this?" I asked tracing the scar that had caught my attention peeking out of her lower stomach tat. "A tattoo." She answered shortly by now the phone was no longer where her attention was and she looked at the dome of my head as I spoke, both hands by her side.

"Not that, the scar... you never had it before." I said still resting my fingers over that spot.

"Nothing." She spat lowly, flicking my hands away from her and sitting up indian style. I twisted my mouth at her.

"Why you copped an attitude, you gotta chill with that." She stood up then off the bed prompting me to do the same.

"Remember when you said you'd only be here when I said it was okay? I think its best if you left." My eyes widened momentarily then squinted.

"Is this some kind of joke?" she brought her hands up to her hips and looked everywhere but my face. 2 days and we were already with these petty, nonsense arguments.

"You know what, fuck it." Was the last thing i spat before putting on my j's, picking up my shit and leaving.