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Taraji's POV
Fantasia slept with her head on my shoulder while I stared out of the plane window and listened to the hundreds of voicemails that had been left for me by Oprah, Blitz, Danielle, and my agent. As badly as I want to throw away all of my responsibilities and just stay in D.C. with Fantasia, we have a movie to promote and the real world is waiting for us to get back to it. I just wish that my time at home could have lasted a little longer. I didn't hash out everything that I wanted to with my mom because of everything that happened with Fantasia, but that can wait for another time. Right now I need to figure out how I'm going to let Brandee down easy with the least amount of damage done as possible. I know that she's going to be hurt, but I pray that there are no hard feelings between us. We were never really together in the first place. I'm glad that I'm able to break this off before things could have gotten too deep between us. She's a beautiful girl with a beautiful soul and she'll find her person, but unfortunately it's not me because I belong to Fantasia Barrino. I'm not going to acknowledge her other last name.
When we touched down in Atlanta, we immediately had to go our separate ways with parting promises to call each other tonight before we went to sleep. She has to deal with her marriage with Kendall and I have to deal with my...situationship, for lack of a better word, with Brandee. Walking into my house, I saw her comfortably curled up on the couch with K-Ball resting on her lap, letting out cute little snores as she ran her fingers through the fur behind his ears. Looking at her, she looks like she belongs in my home, grey sweats and a white sports bra replacing the scrubs I'm used to seeing her in. She looks so comfortable in my home, like she's supposed to be here. But she's not, and I have to tell her that before I can go any further with Fantasia.
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Brandee's POV
I was watching tv with a sleeping K-Ball in my lap when I heard the doorknob clicking. A few seconds later, Taraji walked through the door looking even prettier since I had last seen her. I didn't realize how much I missed her. It's been weird staying in her house without her, but I'm glad that she trusted me enough to look after her home. It makes me feel special. I gently scooped K-Ball up off of my legs and placed him down on the couch cushion, being careful not to wake him although I've come to learn that he can sleep through a tornado. I stood up and went to hug Taraji, trying not to let on how excited I really was to see her. I know that she said she wanted to talk to me about something when she got back. I feel like she's going to tell me that she's ready to take our relationship to the next level. It only makes sense. We do everything that a couple does. The only thing we haven't done is had sex, but that doesn't mean anything when the love is real. We were friends before anything else. We like each other as people, and in my opinion that's the most important and stable foundation to build a relationship on if done the right way. We're doing things the right way.
