My girlfriend Tracy Scott and I decided to get out to chill. We landed at Smoke Chemistry, a new black owned cigar bar in Arlington. Unbeknown to us, this particular Friday night, 11/21/25 was Alpha Phi Alpha kickback night. The place was overrun with Alphas.

We sat at the last seats at the bar on the patio and had a good view of all going on around us. Some sports event was on, but I don't remember what it was at this time. The DJ was nice and we were relaxing.

Some nice Alphas seated at the bar would engage us in casual banter every now and then. They were married and being total gentlemen. One of their brothers decided to come occupy (waste) our time. He talked for an hour or so about himself (said it was Alpha night ). He stood in between both of us, so one really couldn't tell who he was zeroing in on.

Neither one of us were interested, we were just being polite.

I went to the bathroom and upon me coming back into the area, a nice, tall, good smelling man stopped me and asked could he meet me. He was dressed in white shorts, a Nike white shirt, and a white Nike hat. He was tall tall...like 6'6. I introduced myself to him and he to me. He said his name was Mike. ok Mike. He said he noticed me across the room and thought I was really beautiful, so he wanted to meet me. So ok, we met. I stood there and was like, OK.......is that all you wanted to do was meet me???

He said yes, and I was hoping we could exchange numbers. I would like to get to know you. So I glanced at his phone as he was opening it and saw a beautiful, colorful Lion. I said you wouldn't happen to be a Leo would you? To which he enthusiastically said Yes, I am the King of the jungle. An August Leo! with distinction. With bravado and with a touch of arrogance. This I loved, as I too am an August Leo. So I shared, I am an August Leo as well. and there is a difference between July and August Leos. To which he agreed.

He asked me my date of birth and I proudly said the 17th! His face filled with shock, and he walked away from me. Turned around and came back, taking his wallet out his pocket. He asked me to turn my cell phone light on and look at his drivers license.

I noticed his last name was Jones, I looked at as much as I could focus on quickly, LOL. But his date of birth was August 17th . Well I be!

Our birthdays are the same day!!! 4 years apart. Never met someone with my same birthday. Honestly, it was like a chemistry connection was made immediately and we chatted for a spell. Exchanged numbers and then I returned to my area. He said he was going to call me so we could go out. I said ok and thought, ok, we will see.

Tracy and I were ready to make our exit and as we were leaving, i said to his buddies that he was with, please tell Mike I said bye. to which Chris said oh no, you wait right here. You can't leave . Huh? He and Ice wouldn't let me leave until he returned back. They called him on his cell. I was like all that isn't necessary. They said nope, you cannot leave until he comes back. Chris spoke into his phone, "call MJ". He came back in and proceeded to walk us to our car. He asked me to call him when I made it home.

I dropped Tracy off around the corner and proceeded home. Mike called me before I could exit off Cooks. We proceeded to talk for another hour or so. He had gone to his car to talk to me and left his buddies in the place. He asked me out on our first date for the next day on Saturday.

Our first date was at BJ's Brewhouse and then we went to shoot pool. We had an amazing time and the sparks began to fly! We talked everyday and met again at Glorias one day after I left the rehab visiting mom. Most of our dates were spent talking. Talking about everything. I invited him over Thanksgiving night and we have been inseparable since!