Stuck on you

meet Jamal/jealousy

“Hiya Madda!!!” Dona said brightly staring at the chubby women looking at her through thick glasses that made her already big dark eyes even bigger, she called Mrs. Lawrence Madda, Which meant mother in Jamaican, she had gotten used to it after Shane had gone visiting in Jamaica when he was 3 and called her Madda.


         “Donatella!! Are yuh spending the night dear?” She said staring at her, she didn’t comment Dona’s style of clothing for she had gotten used to it for the past 15 years since Dona started choosing her own style of clothing, while Dona had gotten used to her slight accent.


         “Yep! Thought I’d cone spend some time with you guys, it’s been a while” she smiled.


         “Well did Shane tell yuh Jamal is back, his spending his vacation here” She said, “Shane, get me some latta” ‘water’ She added staring at her son as she tapped the seat next to her regarding Dona, “Come, sit, Donatella? What happened to yuhr hair?” Mrs. Lawrence refused to call her Dona like everyone else; she claimed that Donatella was just such a beautiful name.  Mrs. Lawrence was such and eccentric, yet endearing women.


         “What do you mean?” She said touching it


         “Well it’s very…spiky?”


         “Oh, I got it cut, then I think they put some kind of jell in it or something to keep it standing?”  She frowned then piqued up, “like it?” she touched the tips/


         “Well…” She coughed a little, not trying to say anything about, “It’s very spiky” she smiled slightly, Dona laughed.


         “Who is laughing like that? Cause I believe I hear an angel” A tall slightly light brown skinned guy with amazingly big brown eyes said, Dona directly recognized who it was, he still had the same curly top, bushy eye brows, thick dark lashes, wide nose like Shane’s, with full dark lips and a goatee.  Mrs. and Mr. Lawrence were both from Jamaica, Mrs. Lawrence claimed to be mixed with something, a claim that could very well be true due to her kids features and her own long curly black hair. 


         “Man, wa gwaan” ‘what’s up man’ Shane said to his brother as he handed his mom her cup of water.


         “Mi ask for a cup of latta and he takes a million years to bring it, and mi don’t got a millions years,” Mrs. Lawrence mumbled


         “At least I brought it” Shane mumbled under only for his and Dona’s ear.


         “Dona?” Jamal said looking confused


         “Dona the Broomstick?” Dona said raising an eyebrow


         “God damn, life did you good” He said biting his bottom lips in a very obvious way


         “Dude” Shane rolled his eyes in obvious annoyance.


         “Li’l bro pipe down a minute and let the big men handle this chiki here …”


         “Jamal yuh will not talk like that to Donatella” Mrs. Lawrence said, Dona looked him up and down slowly under her dark lashes as her eyes rested on his lips, Shane saw it and felt something, unfamiliar in his stomach…  She got up and went up to him.


         “Come on, I got to put my stuff away” She said


         “You sleeping here?” Jamal asked, she narrowed her eyes at him as her lips went into a seductive slow smile and all Shane could think was that she never ever smiled at him like that, something was going on


         “Yeah, with Shane”


         “Am going to bed, it’s getting late” Mrs. Lawrence said thinking ‘finally’


         “In the same bed?” Jamal asked incredulously staring at her as she grinned


         “So?” she said wrapping her arms around Shane’s waist smiling cattishly


         “What are you up to?” Shane mumbled to her


         “Nothing, now let’s go” She said as she smiled at Jamal, “See ya tomorrow”


When they got up to Shane’s room, he exploded


         “What tha’hell was that about?”


         “What?” She said moving his jeans from his bed


         “That, what you did…”


         “Shane, take a deep breath and let me help you out by making you think clearly, now listen to me, you’re acting jealous,” she said staring intently at him


         “You were flirting with him! You were flirting with my brother! I know what his like and I know what you’re like”


         “What’s that supposed to mean, suddenly your brother’s too good for me?” she said staring intently at him


         “No, you’re too good for him, he just uses girl, and he’ll just play you roun…”


         “So? You know me better than that”


         “But…”


         “Look, am not goanna do anything, you know that, I could tell you of all the time I told you some girl wasn’t your type and did you listen? Nooo, but am goanna listen to you; see because you’re my friend and mainly because your brother ain’t my type”


         “Why?” He asked curiously


         “See first of all your brother is an insensitive clod that needs help, no offense and also mainly because in a way we are also alike, now can I go to bed?” She whined


         “Sure” He said thinking to himself, she got up and started taking off her cloth, the door was flung open as Dona jumped and wrapped herself in Shane’s blanket


         “What tha’hell is wrong wit u, u can’t knock?” She screamed as Jamal’s mouth hanged open


         “Shane, out now, we need to talk,” he said as Shane shrugged getting up


         “Next time knock,” Dona screamed


         


Standing outside the veranda of their big house Jamal ran a hand through his head.


         “What is up with you and Dona?” he asked through clenched teeth


         “What do you mean, she’s my …”


         “Best friend, your best friend is a girl? That happens to be changing in your room, in front of you and you don’t feel anything? Are you GAY?  Cause its okay if you are, I mean dad will kill you but…”


         “Look, it ain’t like that with me and Dona, we’ve known each other since we were in diapers man, I can’t…”


         “You sound like you trying to convince yourself, but while you figuring that out, Dona’s like beautiful man…” Jamal said as he stared at the cold eyes of his brother


         “She’s my friend and that’s it”, He said softly


         “Whatever, makes things easier for me any how’s” he said shrugging


         “Jamal…” Shane started in a warning tone


         “Best friend right?”


         “Jamal…”


         “Good night bro”…Shane sullenly went into his room


“So what’s up?”


“Nothing”


“Nothing? So your brother just comes barging through the door finding me half naked…”


“Well you should have changed in the bathroom”


“I always change here” Dona frowning


“Well maybe you shouldn’t”


“Shane what is up wit you?”


“Nothing”


“You keep saying nothing when I know something is wrong, Shane…” She said as she tried to wrap her arms around him, he moved away and she frowned


“I’ll sleep in the living room,” he mumbled


“Shane… look, I’ll go home if you don’t want me here”


“No! I want you here, it’s just… it’s too late anyhow, it’s almost one o’clock”


“And we usually stay up talking, Shane please stay, I come here because of you, if you suddenly get mad at me, what’s the point of being here?”


“Am sorry Dona am just suddenly confused is all”


“About what?”          


“About… just stuff”


“You have to talk to me, that’s what best friend are for, and any how’s who always makes you smile when you’re sad?” She said going up to him and tickling his side, he chuckled


“Come on, stop…” He said laughing


They ended up wrapped in sheets of blankets with Dona on top of him, lately…lately things had been weird between them…whether they admitted it or not, he knew, but he just didn’t know wha…


         “Shane?” She said staring at him; her throat was dry, she stared at his lips, licking her dry ones, he held his breath staring intently at her.


         “What?” he breathed


         “You need to clean this place up, it’s like a dump, it’s messy, and your socks stink” she said in a rush, it took him a minute to realize what she had said, chest heavy he managed to smile


         “Look who’s talking” he mumbled pushing her off him


         “Hey, nothing in my room stinks, just messy”


         “With your dirty ass underwear all over the place” he said as she threw a pillow at him, “What? I didn’t tell you to leave your underwear around” he said ducking


         “But u don’t got to talk about it, it’s embarrassing” she folder her arm


         “And you get embarrassed by me seeing your underwear?” he said as she thought about it, he jumped on the bed and wrapped his arms around her waist and she squeaked  in surprise, he threw her on the bed holding her down.


         “No you don’t” He breathed deeply


         “Yeah I know, now get off” what she was feeling was wrong, it was just wrong, he was her best friend


         “Make me” He said pushing her arms over her head.


         “That hurted” She said after he let her go


         “Oh, did I hurt you?” He said mockingly as he touched her cheek affectionately, she yawned, for the past months things had been sort of weird between her and him, she didn’t want to admit it but there was like so much charged up sexual energy, she didn’t want to ruin her friendship with him, and that’s how she usually lost friends…she didn’t want to lose him…


         “Am tired, night Shane” She said curling up into a ball away from him.


         “Night” He whispered thinking she was already asleep as he stared up into nothing.  She shut her eyes hard.