Mister

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On sabbatical from Corporate America Lacey decided to take a job at local community center in a historical area of the city. She was falling in love with her job more and more every week. It was more relaxed. She loved community. She loved kids. She loved being involved and engaged with neighbors in the area. It took less brain power and gave her an opportunity to have her kids afterschool. Through not her normal self, mental, physically or otherwise she was drawing alot of attention at her job. She thought to herself is this the norm? Are you these male patrons normally this friendly. Anyhow, she was shocked and some times annoyed at the attention. One of the perks of this new career was free lunches, flowers, visits. She was never bored. Surprisingly working at a gym can become redundant at times. Therefore Lacey decided to indulge what else is a newly single womanhood? However there was this one. He was tall. He had swaged and smelled so good. He has this light glowing skin. He had dark eyes, a beautiful smile, and a laugh so big it filled the room. His presences was very demanding. She could tell there was another side to him if he was crossed which she soon witnessed after getting constantly fouled in a pick up game basketball. He went completely off.

He was “hood” which who is not…but wise and had a very therapeutic nature and she picked up on all this by just watching…him with her daughters. Her daughters were just drawn to him. They at some point began to give him a hug when arrived at the gym on Monday and Wednesday for “old school” pick up games. Understanding the importance of “the chase”, Lacey decided to play hard to get with this one.

He was giving Lacey a ton of attention. She had not received this much attention at all. She was really struggling with this one of all the others she could really like him. He was her “type”. It would take him 6 weeks to get her phone number.

Week one, Mister starts are with a simple HEY. Lacey returns a Hey (meh) with a half smile. Then there was Week 2, Mister says My name is ….. How are you today. Lace

y returns with the same response. My name is Lacey. Very nice to meet you, (rolls eyes)

Then there was week 3, Lacey was walking in the gym carrying her daughter. Mister says How are you? Do you need help? She should be carrying you instead of you carrying her. Lacey returns with a simple “I know right”. She continued on with her motherly duties.

Moving on to week 4, Mister swings by Lacey’s office which is at the entrance of the gym to request a band aid. Lacey hands Mister over the band-aid and he request her put it on his finger. Lacey retrieving to get gloves and rolling her eyes with a simple “big baby

The following week was Week 5, Lacey was headed into the building after a break. She normally drove across town to pick her children from school to rush back to work and complete her shift. Mister was observing Lacey. He made every effort to compliment something every week sooo Lacey decided to say something nice this time.

Lacey (looks him and) says “you look really nice today’.

Mister looks up Lacey and says thank you. Lacey turns with a simple “you are more than welcome”.

The final week was week #6. Mister gave Lacey a compliment on her perfume and said Hey! Will you just call me if I gave you my number? Lacey being smart responded with a simple maybe. Therefore Mister gave Lacey his number and 3 years later the friendship continues to grow.

The first date was a disaster! The the first date was a movie date of which Mister did not show up. Yes!! After all that flirting and effort. Mister stood Lacey up on her birthday!!! She was just floored. She couldn’t believe it. Mister was (number) blocked! His number was in GONE! OUT! YES!! Lacey felt really empty after all the effort how could he? She was really at a lost for words.

In an effort to redeem himself Mister did a pop up. What is a pop up? Well an unexpected visit from Mister at Lacey’s job. YES!! Mister comes in and slips his head in her office!! One of the disadvantages of having a community job. People can come and go as the please! On sight Lacey yells…NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! Mister with his big WIDE smile…PEACE OFFERING?

This began a bitter cycle. When I say Lacey was so mean! Mister couldn’t do anything right. Lacey would hang up on him. She would ignore him. She was the worst human being possible. He felt like he constantly had to prove himself off one mistake. Eventually Lacey realized she was going to miss out on a good friendship but by that time Mister was tired and Lacey was blocked. Lacey was blocked a whole month. She felt empty. Mister was her shoulder to cry on. He was her therapist. Her movie buddy. They both loved music. Somedays he would come to the center on her break and they would ride around the hood listening to music. Mister and Lacey were two peas in a pod. They were Besties. Mister was very respectful. It was not about sex with him. He told her up front. I can get sex from anyone I want a friendship. I want a life-long friendship.

Mister was very intelligent, very well groomed. He paid attention to every detail of his home. Mister loved to cook. He loved trying recipes and bringing Lacey samples of this and that. He was also one of the wealthiest men she had ever interacted with but you couldn’t tell by outside appearance. Mister is very low key and not flashy…unlike Lacey!

….with all that being said! Lacey had pushed and pushed and her mean episodes brought Mister to his breaking point!

After Lacey was blocked she was hurt. She cried but she understood she deserved it but she felt he would eventually come back and HE DID! It took a month. She received a call from a random number and something said ANSWER IT! She answered it and the other line hung up. The number then called back and Lacey pressed ignore and mister comes on the line and says “hey, mane”
I had to stop dealing with you because you won’t listen to me. You are getting mad disrespectful and I am tired of it. You don’t listen. You just don’t listen. Alright mane! Bye! I think Lacey listen to the message 100 times. She could hear the pain in Mister voice. She had to make a decision to forgive and move on or hold on to the past. Lacey decided from that day forward to move on. No she can’t say she has not let Mister have since those days. He constantly calls her MEANIE! He loves every bone of her mean body!
He was there for it all. Bad relationships, dating ups and downs, ex-husband woes, financial struggles, struggles with the kids at school…Mister was there every step. He was her first visitor in her small 3 bedroom apartment. He was her first visitor in her new home. He was her plug for lawncare. He was her plug for home repairs. He was there for the process of finding her biological parents. He would express times when he was very proud and happy for her. He would also express points of disappoint. In the dictionary of true friendships “MISTER” was there. He is going to tell you how he feels about EVERYTHING!!! Lacey also was his sounding board in his lowest moments in life. They were a support for each other. The best moments were the moments of doing absolutely nothing. Mister and Lacey were a whole vibe alone! They laughed. They watched tv. They played. They always had the best times together. They often discussed future plans and developed business plans together. They talked about their kids. The discussed hopes and dreams. Mister always gave her a different way to think about everything in life. Now over 600 miles away Lacey and Mister still fight every week. They still talk about everything and miss each other dearly. Besties always!