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Touchdown! Mannn the Ravens are killing the Redskins Mike yelled to Derrick over the loud noise. Yeah I have to give it to you, y’all defense is off the hook! Indeed it is my brother, indeed it is. “Whew now that’s what I’m talking about!” yelled Clarissa, who was starting to feel her drink. Derrick just so happened to look in that direction, and to his surprise he saw Ashley. Immediately his heart skipped a beat, there she was sitting there in her pink-and-white Jersey and gray jogging pants that hugged her hips just right. He was so into her he didn’t notice Mike talking about Clarissa… Derrick! Derrick! Snap out of it! Man, you see that how they gonna disrespect the jersey by turning it pink? Pink of all colors man! Derrick got up and walked over to their table, Mike was in tow. Man what are you doing? Where you going? Mike protested. Hey Ashley. Derrick! Hey! I didn’t know you were a Ravens fan. Oh I’m not. Boy you better not say that to loud you’ll get your a§§ kicked down here, Clarissa butted in. Naw, not while I’m here Mike exclaimed, and how y’all gonna disrespect the jersey and make them pink! It’s for breast cancer awareness dog. Derrick explained. That’s right Clarrissa yelled “respect the tatas.” At this point Clarisse’s alcohol intake was catching up with her. Everybody laughed and Ashley introduced Clarissa to Derrick and Derrick introduced Mike to them. Derrick noticed that Mike was checking Clarissa out, so he turned to Ashley and said will I just wanted to come over and speak and to make sure that you was okay over here. Yes we’re fine. Hey why don’t you two join us? That’s if it not too much pink for you Mike! Naw respect the tatas! I mean if it okay with Ms. Ashley here? It’s fine by me.

For the rest of the evening they talked trash and cheered on the Ravens, Ashley was getting a kick out of seeing Derrick squirm in his seat and actually thought it was cute. He is really an attractive guy but he’s not my Malik. Derrick was noticing Ashley checking him out so he slid a little closer to her and whispered, “Are you still mad at me?” Ashley turned and faced him and whispered, “Yes, I am,” and slid away. Finally the game was over that the Ravens triumphed over the Redskins 38 to 9! The bar started clearing out. Derrick and Mike offered to walk the ladies to their car. Clarissa informed them that she was in no condition to drive, and Mike took that as an invitation. Well Clarissa where do you live I’ll take you home. No that’s okay I can take her she don’t live too far from me, Ashley stated. I live in Mount Washington on the Westside Clarissa said to Mike, then turned to Ashley and whispered stop blocking! No problem I live in Park Heights, I can take you home and bring you back down here to your car in the morning, because I work at the courthouse. Really? Clarissa asked, as she turn to Ashley and said I will call you when I get in so you won’t worry okay? Okay Rissa, please be careful! All right dawg, Derrick said to Mike giving him a pound, I’ll catch you later, peace out. Derrick and Ashley continued to walk to the next parking lot and Ashley noticed that she didn’t see his bike. “Where’s your bike Derrick?” she asked. Oh, it’s home I drove my car because I thought it was gonna rain, and plus someone made me feel bad about me not being careful and responsible about my bike today so I drove my car. Ashley blushed and dropped her head. So what kind of car do you have Derrick? I have a 2012 Camaro. Really? I always wanted to drive one of those but I think it might get away from me, it’s so fast. It’s all in how you drive it. It just got a little more horsepower than your Lexus. If you want I’ll let you drive it one day to see how you like it, he stated with a mischievous grin. Ashley smiled and rolled her eyes. Maybe, but until then I’ll just roll in luxury. Here’s my car I’ll see you in the morning.