Live Love Learn..

A Short Story Series Live Love Learn... Written By Ms Shea,

Based off the Stage Play 'Live Love Learn & Repeat'

A story about real people in real life who have grown to love each other and consistently try to fight to keep their bonds sacred and real. Friendships and Relationships will be tested. Lies and betrayal will be heard and seen. Find out if people really can change or will they fall victim to their own selves...

Part 1- She's just keeping her options open

Donovan and Tino walk in the house shirtless from playing basketball. Donovan starts dribbling the ball around Tino, "yeah did you see me out there schooling them young boys." Tino looks at him funny, "no! I seen you getting schooled, man them young boys was running circles around you" he says through laughter, "and you faked that injury, talking about time out! Time out! I think I pulled something," he says as he laughs harder. Donovan sits down in a chair slowly like he was sore "ha ha" he says dryly "man I was tired, shoot after the third game I couldn’t feel my toes!" he starts laughing, "them young boys was on ginseng and steroids! you want some water?" He ask Tino standing up . Tino is still laughing, "yeah man." Donovan goes to kitchen and comes back with two bottled waters and throws Tino one. "So where your woman at? " Tino ask looking around. Donovan responds irritatedly "Man, she at work!" Tino looks at him confused, "on a Saturday?" He ask scratching his head. "She ain't never worked on a Saturday," he says still confused. "That’s what I'm saying!" Donovan blurts out throwing his hands in the air. "And peep this, I tried to take her to breakfast this morning and she act like I asked her to journey to the center of the earth! Donovan goes on,"and we had just made good love last night and was feeling good." He pauses and thinks for a second. "Well at least I was." He slumps down in his chair. "I swear man that women is going through early menopause or something. "I mean one minute she all over me, then the next she say I'm smothering her." Donovan looks at Tino helplessly, "I don’t know what to think." Tino stares back at him intensely and ask very calmly, "so instead of her having hot flashes she having mood flashes?" He laughs out loud, "you sure she ain't bi-polar!" Donovan gets slightly offended, "alright now man that still my woman you talking about," he says attempting to defend his girl. "Well, at least she is for now." Donovan sighs shaking his head, "man I don’t know how much more of it I can take." Tino walks over to Donovan playfully starts messing with him. "Aww come here you need a hug," he says as he's laughing trying to hug him. Donovan pushes him away. "Stop playing man!" They both laugh. Tino goes a plops down on couch. "Look man, Deitra's a good girl from what I've seen, maybe she just stressing or something, try talking to her," he says seriously. Donovan nods his head in agreeance. "Yeah maybe you right." As he was about to continue Dietra walks in. Tino and Donovan stop and stare at her when she walks in. Dietra stops and notices them staring. She stands there for a second. "What yall staring at?!" She blurts out confused and irritated . Tino slightly scared turns his head and starts drinking his water. Donovan tries to smile but still a little scared, "H hi baby, we were just talking about you." He walks over to give her a hug and kiss but she walks past him and goes to her desk. "Yikes!" Tino says intently watching them. Donovan is trying to keep his cool, so he disregards her rudeness. "So how was work?" He ask as he walks over and starts rubbing her shoulders. Deitra coldly moves from his grasp and non-chalantly responds, "It was cool." Donovan is getting upset with the way she is acting but instead of just calling her out he simply ask. "Um, baby you ok?" he says trying not to get angry. Deitra turns and looks at him cold and direct then turns back around and responds rather crassly "Im fine, why?" Donovan is losing his cool and changes his tone. "I'm just asking you are you ok, why are you coming at me like this? " Deitra snaps back quickly. "Because, I'm trying to finish up this work and you all in my ear talking about baby what’s wrong!" as she mocks him, then she abruptly turns to him, "I said im fine ok! " Donovan takes a step back and looks at her hard. "Well excuse the hell out of me for caring, how about I take my ass home, he grabs his stuff and ball still talking, "and for the record, you're trippin!" Donovan walks towards the door, "come on T so she can finish her work!" He yells back at Tino. Tino gets up to leave out with Donovan and he attempts to speak to Deitra. "H hi Deitra ," he says stuttering. Deitra responds dryly with her back pointed at him, "hi Tino! Bye Tino!" Tino quickly moves towards the door as he and Donovan leaves out. Deitra waits for the door to close and then lets out a sigh of remorse. She puts her face in hers hands for a second shaking her head then gets up and slowly walks to her bedroom. She lays down with a tear in her eye and dozes off.

Deitra is awakened by her phone ringing. She groggily searches around for it and finds it. "Hello" she answers. She hears a deep voice on the other end and perks up. She clears her throat and sits up on the side of her bed. "Oh hey Donnie" she says in a sweet tone. "Look I'm sorry about earlier baby, I was just really frustrated from work, you see they had me in on a Saturday, she pauses and listens. "Yes your right I shouldn't have taken out on you and it won't happen again. You forgive me baby?" She giggles sweetly at his response. "Yes I will make it up to you baby, ok see you tomorrow, I love you too bye." Dietra hangs up the phone smiling. She gets up and starts taking off her clothes she grabs her robe and her towel and heads toward the bathroom when the doorbell rings. She stops and listens for it again, it rings again. "Shoot who is this?" She mumbles to herself as she goes to the door. "Who is it!" She shouts at the door irritated. "It's Jenna boo! Open up this door girl, open up this door!" Boasted Jenna loudly. Deitra smiles and rolls her eyes at how animated her friend is as she opens the door. Jenna almost knocks Dietra over as she rushes pass her immediately when door opens. "Girrrl let me tell you about last night!" Jenna says dramatically as she sits down on the couch. Dietra sits down in a chair across from her intrigued by her girl and what she is about to say. Jenna sits up on couch intensely. "Ok so you remember my new boo thang Mitch right?" She ask Dietra intently. "Yeah the one you met last week?" Dietra ask. Jenna starts grinning from ear to ear. "Yeah, girl, well we have been together everyday since then and last night," she pauses for a second, "he put it down on me, whoo!" Jenna leans back on couch and raises her foot in the air. "Child he had my toes curling!" She shouts twirling her foot around in the air. Jenna laughs out loud then sits up looking at Dietra. Dietra is staring at her blankly. "What!" Jenna blurts out. "Do you know how long it's been since my toes curled with a man girl?" Dietra continues to stare at her then bust out laughing. "Girl, you couldn't call me and tell me this?" She says through laughter. "Oh no honey, I had to tell you this in person." She says dignifiedly. "Oh ok, it was that good huh!" Dietra responds shocked but sarcastically. "Hell Yeah!" Jenna shouts. They both bust out laughing together. "Girl you are a mess," Dietra says as she stops laughing. Jenna stops laughing and gets kind of serious. "But for real D, I think I'm falling in love with him." She says looking away nervously. "Really!" Dietra goes to chestise her friend for being so naive but thinks about her own love life and stops. "Well good for you, love don't live here no more." She replies smuggly instead. Jenna was about to say something then stopped at looked at Dietra confused. "Wait, what about Donovan?" She ask calmly and curiously. "What about him?" Dietra snaps back. "Well, you love him don't you?" Jenna ask. "Yeah, I love him but that doesn't mean that I still don't have my guard up." Deitra says adamantly. "And I'm not going through what I went through last time, I just won't." She says defensively as she crosses her arms and turns away from Jenna. Jenna leans closer to Dietra and looks at her sincerely. "Look D, you gone have to let that go boo, that was years ago and you can't go on punishing Donovan for that, he's been nothing but good to you." "I'm not punishing anyone nor am I saying that Donovan is not a good man," Dietra says still on the defense. "All I am saying is, I'm not putting all my eggs in his basket." She says snidely. "Besides you fall in love with everybody anyway." Dietra cuts her eyes at Jenna after making that statement. Jenna keeps her cool, "no I don't, I just listen to my heart, what's so wrong with that." Dietra looks at her irritated because she coudn't get under her skin, "well I just keep my options open, what's so wrong with that." Jenna looks at Dietra with disgust. "Well, all I know is Karma's a bitch! Child goodnight!" She grabs her purse gets up and leaves. Deitra sits back in her chair thinking about what Jenna had just said about Karma. "Hmph what is she talking about Karma, I'm not doing anything wrong." She says to herself. Dietra jumps up out the chair and runs back to her room. She grabs her phone and starts dialing. She puts the phone on speaker as she waits for someone to answer. A deep male voice picks up, "Hello" he says smoothly. "Yes may I speak to Stan please?" Dietra ask in a sweet tone smiling. "This is Stan, to whom do I have the pleasure of speaking with?" Stan responds flirtatiously. "This is Dietra, we met today at the coffee shop." "Yes yes, I definitely remember you." He says seductively. Dietra giggles and sits on her bed, forgetting about her shower and everything else while she talked to Stan...

Find out what happens between Dietra, Stan and Donovan in PART 2

STAY TUNED!! PART 2 COMING SOON and based on feedback so let me know what you think!