Sunday, January 11, 2015

Short Story Sunday : Even Those We Hold Close


Un-break My Heart by Toni Braxton blasted through the speakers. The night was usual for Shina she waited for what started to become obvious another fantasy. When Amani walked out on her a few months ago she was so sure he wasn’t going to be gone for long. She even went bragging about how her late night loving was his main addiction. As days started to turn into weeks and weeks rapidly turned into 3 whole months, her bragging slowly started to cease.

“Still thinking about him, Huh” Selene stepped into the dim lit room holding a glass of Mocosto”

Shina smirked shaking her head until eventually she broke down into sobs. In the past Amani would have never affected her in such a way but since her stomach keeps growing. Never could she have imagined that a relationship she infested so much in would end in the way it did.  How could simple words tear down a kingdom that was being build?

“I told you he was creeping, but girl if I ever catch him slipping Imma get him” Selene took a long drag from her cigarette.

 Selene was the kind of hood females that every girl needed as a best friend. She never had a problem wrapping her bun up for what she felt she had to handle. Especially when it came to her best friend. The girls had been through everything together. Goes to show you that even opposites could make things work out. See growing up Shina was the “Ghetto Fabulous” one. The one who never lived in the bad part of the neighborhood but always hung out there. She always had the flyest things that ever came out due to her single mother who worked 3 jobs to make up for the loss of her father but she was always lonely. Selene was the one who had to work for everything the typical “Hood Baby” doing what she had to do to survive, her mother only worried about who ever her man was at the time. So the day they became friends. They found the missing links to their lives a sister.

“Dammit, I know it still hurts though” Shina walked away from the window pane looking at the television screen that flashed picture as the music muted out the sound.

“Hello, Where you at, Igght Imma be there in a minute” Selene hung up her phone as she grabbed her jacket kissing Shina on the cheek and rubbing her stomach.

“Stop thinking Baby Dol. It aint good for the baby” she said has she walked out the door.

 

 

“Mani, you know this is wrong” Lia said wrapping her leg around his waist.

“I know, but she played out to me now” Amani placed his hands on her thigh. He knew a long time ago that what he was doing was wrong but when you on cloud 9 you just don’t think about how hard the ground is going to be when you land.

“What about the baby” Lia asked placing her hand on his chest.

“Yo, when the fuck did you start caring so much” He pushed her off of him as he slipped out of the bed. Stopping in front of the sink splashing water on his face staring at his reflection in the mirror.

“How could I’ve let this go on for so long, I really don’t even see myself getting serious with Lia” He thought to himself. He grabbed his clothes and started getting dressed. Lia stood in the door.

“You ain’t going nowhere” She looked at him with a sinister blank look in her hazel eyes.

“Lia move before I make you move, I gotta get back to my family” He said without even thinking about the fact he was in a lose situation and Lia marbles where rolling all over the place.

“I am your family, you can’t go back there that bitch have everything she wants but I’ll be damned it she have you too.

 

 

Shina paced the marbled floor in her kitchen when her doorbell rings. She swung it open hoping to see Amani then her face saddens to meet Kayla her other best friend at the door.

“I got word on Mani, come on lets go” Kayla said on the other.

Kayla drove for what felt like hours. Playing what seemed to have been ever Mariah Carey track that exist as she sang along poorly’

“You ready” she said in her thick Puerto Rican accent as she stopped in front of some three story apartment building. Jumping out ringing the doorbell.

“You ordered pizza” she said has the voice on the asked who she was. Then buzzed her in.

Kayla looked at Shina as she ran up the stairs knocking on the door. The door flew open.

“MANI”!!!! Shina yelled as Amani froze and begun to ramble.

“Bitch, he mine now” Selene came to the door wrapping her arms around him.

“Selene, really after all we been through” Shina grabbed her stomach. “You supposed to be my sister” She started to tear up.

“You have had everything in life you ever wanted but let’s remember Mani was supposed to be mine, imp just taking him back. Amani jerked out of her arms.

“Lia you know I love Shina, i

going home to her and my baby” he said grabbing Shina’s hand has she pulled away. Walking towards the nearest exit.

“Wait until I drop this baby it aint over bitch” Shina turned around staring at Selene with a face full of tears.

Selene laughed wickedly as Kayla pulled out her metal aiming at her home girl.

“Amani, go correct this shit” She yelled as he stared ate her “NOW”!

Selene stood frozen.

“So you love playing home wrecker” She smirked “I told you never to touch mines, yes I know about Rico”

 

THE END!

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