Happy Holidays Rose Petals!! Here's a sneak peek of The Christmas Wish, that's coming out next Saturday! (Christmas Eve!) Enjoy!!
“Auntie Halley, what did you ask Santa for Christmas?” my nephew, Tylo, asked me as he laid on my lap, watching Frosty the Snowman.
I couldn’t tell my seven-year-old nephew I wanted some amazing dick that would send me into another universe, so I just said, “I want to meet Jarrell Henderson and a trip to Coconut Bay for my birthday.”
A huge smile appeared on his chubby face, I noticed one of his front teeth was growing back in.
“Make sure to tell Santa that in your letter!”
“What do you want, Ty-Ty?” I pondered.
He thought for a moment before the smile came back. “I want a cousin!”
I closed my eyes. I knew this was coming again. He wasn’t the only one who wanted me to have a baby. Yet, after the shit I’d been through with guys, I wasn’t looking to have babies anytime soon.
“Well, I’ll make sure to tell Santa that too, OK?”
“OK!” He cheered.
“OK, Ty. Time for bed, baby,” my older sister, Star, told him, while she walked down the stairs.
“OK, mommy. Night, Aunty Halley!”
I kissed the top of his head and gave him a tight hug. “Night, Ty-Ty.”
Star kissed him on the cheek before he ran upstairs. Star walked toward me on the couch and smiled.
“So, you ready for your date?”
“Not really, if I’m being honest. I told Jamel I’ll be there at seven, though.”
Since I’d moved back to Jones Hills from West Park, our cousin, Jamel, had been wanting me to start dating again and he claimed he had the perfect guy for me. Derrick and I met when I went to Jamel's house for a game night two weeks prior and he seemed like a chill guy. He was 5’8, medium brown skin with locs that fit him. He was a family lawyer and was ready to get back in the dating field as well. So, when he asked me if I wanted to go out with him, I said yes, but only if my cousin and his girlfriend, Ava, could join. He agreed, and though I was excited to meet him, I was still a nervous wreck.
Star looked at the cable box, noticed the time, and slapped me on the leg.
“Halley, it’s almost six-fifty! Stop wasting time and go!”
I rolled my eyes and rose from my seat before I walked toward the front door to grab my jacket.
“I’ll let you know how it goes tomorrow, OK?”
Star reached to give me a tight hug before she kissed me on the cheek. I didn’t want to tell her the hug she gave me was needed. I was anxious for this date since it was the first date, I’d been on in months.
“Thanks, Star. I needed this hug.”
“Sis, I know you. You’re freaking out. Just be yourself, and if that dude can’t see all of your greatness, then he ain’t the dude. And tell Jamel I’ll kick his ass for hooking my baby sis up with a fuck nigga.”
I laughed because I knew she was dead serious from her tone.
“OK, sis. I’ll tell him.”
I walked to my Honda and turned the car on to let the heat warm me up before I pulled off. Listening to “Santa Baby”, I chose to take out my phone and write out my Christmas wishes in my notes app.
My Christmas Wishes
- Meet a great guy and possibly make it into a relationship
- Meet my favorite athlete, Jarrell Henderson
- Birthday trip to Coconut Bay with said dude
- And maybe get some long overdue, amazing, mind-blowing sex
Exiting the notes app, putting my phone back in the console, I pulled out and drove to Mavericks.
Find out if Halley's wishes get granted on December 24, 2022!
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