Fezco // Safe Space (𝔼𝕦𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕒)

Chapter 8

Sofia's POV

Once I reached Fezco's house, I saw him outside finishing up working on his car. Why was he doing something like this so early in the morning? I know for a fact he didn't get sleep last night, so I locked up my bike and went over to him. "Hey" I said quietly. "Whats up Sophia" he says casually, closing the hood of his vehicle and putting the wrench back in his pocket.

I couldn't help but think back to the fantasies I was having about him while I was having car sex with Devin, but I decided to push those thoughts to the back of my head so I can have a normal conversation with him.

"Is Rue still asleep?" I ask him. "Nah, she left a little less than an hour ago. I got my shit up and running again" he says, patting the side of his car. "That's good. Look, Fez... it really isn't fair what happened last night. The only reason I didn't stay is because I wanted to make things right and clean up Rue's mess." I explained to him. "Aye don't even worry about it for real, it's a brand new day and I don't want you feeling responsible for any of that." he reassures me.

"I don't. Not completely, at least. But I know Rue won't pay you back so... I will, instead." I tell him straight forward, taking the stack of money out of my purse. Well, $700 in cash. I kept the other $800 for myself. I mean, I actually do wanna go shopping. I'm paying him 100 more than Rue owes him anyway, so he'll appreciate it.

He directs his attention down at my hand, a slightly shocked look on his face. "You know I can't take that from you, right?" he asks casually, looking back up at my face. "It's not my money anyway, my boyfriend gave it to me. So technically you're taking my boyfriend's money." I say smoothly.

Fezco pauses for a moment and crosses his arms. "Your tellin me that you went to go see your boyfriend and he gave you money for you to pay me back what Rue owes me?" he asked, confused and shocked. "He doesn't need to know what it's for." I said with confidence. He licks his lips and smirks for a second.

"Sofia, I really appreciate what you're tryna do but I still can't take that from you." he tells me. "Yes you can. And you're going to. Right now." I say, smiling and handing him the money. He still refuses to take it and only offers me a small smile in return. "You're funny Sophia, you're real funny." he tells me.

"It's not a joke. Trust me, I kept some of it too. You think I would have hit that astronomical lick and gave you all of it? If someone's giving me free money, I'm definitely keeping more than half than anyone I decide to share with." I respond. "You being serious right now?" he asks, raising his eyebrow at me and chuckling lightly. "Yes, Fez. I don't like what happened yesterday. Let me do this." I say, my face turning more serious. I found myself inching closer to him and looking down at his lips again. "Please" I say, touching his arm lightly and looking back up into his eyes.

I can basically hear his heart pounding from his chest from my touch and he took the money from my hand hesitantly, as I was practically pushing it on to him at this point. He sighs, looks down and shakes his head with a small smile on his face. "You're really something else." he tells me, putting the money in his pocket. "I could hug you right now" he tells me, making me swallow a lump in my throat.

"Don't even worry about it, Rue is my best friend. I don't mind spotting her even if you weren't gonna charge her." He licked his lips and smiled at me. "Hop in the front seat" he told me. I like where this is going.

I sat in the passenger's seat and he started the car, driving off without a word. I looked over at him after a few minutes and asked him "Where are we going?"

"I'm taking you to school." he responds. "But school isn't for another hour." I reminded him. "I know." he says casually. I give him a confused look and focus my attention back on the road. "We're not going there yet" he explains, hinting that he wants to take me somewhere else. "You eat anything yet?" he asks, looking over at me. "No, not today" I tell him.