how we came to be | ❝ you were nothing I ever expected, but ended up being everything I ever wanted ❞
This is the story of how Monse and Latrelle came to be MONTRELLE.
ON MY BLOCK x ALL AMERICAN CROSSOVER
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MONSE FINNIE POV
NEXT DAY
I'm feeling confused right now. I don't know where Latrelle and I stand at the moment because he won't answer any of my texts anymore. I guess he's mad about that argument we had. And that's the first time we've argued too, and it doesn't feel good at all.
I really don't see what the big deal is! I'm looking out for him! If he shoots Shawn, there's so many things that can go wrong! Number one being: Latrelle can end up in jail! And Shawn should be in jail right now but Latrelle, Coop, and I refuse to say a word.
But I'm starting to think that we should say something...
But if I say something, Latrelle is going to end up hating me and I really don't want him hating me any more than he already does.
"Monse?"
I turned around and saw Olivia looking at me nervously. What does she want?
"Olivia? Um, Latrelle isn't here."
"Hallelujah!" she joked. "Um, no. I'm not here to talk about Latrelle."
I looked at her doubtfully. "You sure? Because I really don't feel like being used."
"Yup. He's all yours. I'm letting Latrelle go."
I looked at her even more doubtfully. "You mean that?"
"I do. I've accepted the fact that he's my brother. He and I will never go back to how we used to be and that's fine. He's a Baker anyway and I hate Bakers."
"You can't just hate your own family," I said. "Family is everything."
"Not in my case. And if you were a Baker, you would understand."
Well I'm glad that I'm not a Baker.
Olivia continued. "Anyway, I really just wanted to apologize for trying to use you. It wasn't right for me to do that."
"It's fine."
But she insisted on apologizing. "No it's not fine. You were right, I did wanna feel close to Latrelle and I saw him through you and I wanted to use you. I'm glad you called me out though. But I do hope that you and I can be friends. Like sincerely this time."
Olivia gave me a little smile and I don't know what to say. How do I know that she's being genuine right now? How do I know that she won't go back to using me down the road? But I'll never know unless I give her a chance, so.
I need to stick by my motto: forgive, but don't forget.
So I said, "You seem cool. And I don't have a problem with you Olivia, so I guess we can be friends. I need all the friends I can get right now anyway."
