Page 69 of When Love Becomes A Need
“You look so cute, friend!” I gushed, taking a picture of Isabella.
She smiled and turned to look herself over in the mirror. She was getting ready for the fashion show part of Autumn’s party. I did a mini vlog for Autumn to show off, and now I was preparing to take pictures.
She had a pretty good turnout, and I’m sure she would have a lot of sales tonight.
“Thank you. I love her clothes! I think I spent too much damn money in here since I found out about it,” she giggled and looked at herself again. I turned and captured pictures of some of the other girls in the room, then turned back to Isabella.
“Yeah, me too. They’re so cute and trendy.”
“Okay, everyone, I hope you’re ready!” Autumn walked into her storage room and spoke.
“That’s my cue!” I waved to Autumn then stepped around her to walk out on the sales floor. She had a small stage set up for the girls modeling her clothes.
I walked toward my seat at the end of the small stage, ensuring I could get some good shots. Bending down, I went into my camera bag to change my lens.
“Look at you, looking like a professional.” Ahmad walked up to me and hugged my waist.
I started grinning. “I feel like I haven’t seen you all night,” I whined.
I had been running around taking pictures and vlogging the whole celebration, so I didn’t have time to talk to him besides when I first got here.
“That’s because you’ve been working. I’m proud of you. Your pictures look good hanging up too.” He kissed the back of my neck, causing me to giggle.
Autumn had the photos from the first photoshoot we did blown up on a canvas and placed them on the walls. I didn’t realize it until she cleared it out, but her store was a decent size.
“Thank you.” Ahmad stayed hugging my waist and kissing on me while I adjusted the settings on my camera.
“Son, who is this?” My body froze.
Ahmad pulled away from me, and out of the corner of my eye, I could see a couple standing near us, smiling.
Ahmad stepped around me and wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me into him.
“Mom, Dad, this is my girlfriend, Fatima. Fatima, these are my parents, Loraine and Andre.” I was stuck on him introducing me as hisgirlfriend.I glanced up at Ahmad, whose eyes were locked on me. He was staring at me intensely, like he knew why I was looking at him. Not that I cared he called me his girlfriend, but I wasn’t expecting it since we hadn’t agreed to titles.
“You can call me Dre. It’s nice to meet you,” his dad said.
Slowly, I pulled my eyes off Ahmad and greeted his parents. “It’s nice to meet both of you,” I smiled.
“Oh girl, come give me a hug.” His mom walked up to us. She grabbed me and pulled me from Ahmad, hugging me. “Any woman that can fix what that rotten girl destroyed in my baby boy is good with me.” I snickered while Ahmad groaned.
“It was a two-way street. We helped each other overcome stuff.”
“Hopefully, I can get some grandkids out of him now.” My eyes widened, and I felt Ahmad grab me and pull me back into him.
“Pops, man get your wife.” I laughed, and his mom winked at me.
“I’m just saying. You’re not getting younger.”
“And neither are you, mom, I know,” he chuckled.
“Excuse my wife. Loraine, leave this girl alone.”
“I’m just saying, I want my son happy with a family. From what I’ve heard, she seems to be a good fit for him.”
“I can see where Autumn gets her hopeless romantic views from.”
Dre hugged his wife and I could see why Autumn was the way she was. You could see how much the two of them loved each other.
