❝ pretty little fears, music to my ears ❞
on his own for the first time, Tariq St. Patrick divides his time between school and hustling to pay for his mother's defense attorney. When he runs out of options, Tariq turns to a familiar drug game, in wh...
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❝ a fair fight. ❞
━ ★彡★
Raelin furiously knocked on Tariq's door, not stopping until he finally opened it. "What the hell Rae-" Before Tariq could even finish his sentence, a pissed Raelin punched him in the face, making him stumble back. "The fuck Raelin?" Tariq exclaimed as he held onto his cheek.
"I'll leave you two to talk, I gotta meet up with Brayden," Effie interjected, picking her belongings up from Tariq's bed and heading towards the door. "Yeah, you do that." Raelin sarcastically spoke. Effie scoffed at the Cruz girl before exiting and closing the door behind her.
"Do you want to be with me?" Raelin asked Tariq, who sat on the edge of his bed. "What?" A confused Tariq questioned, hand still placed on his cheek. "Do you want to be with me?" She repeated, this time slowly as if he was ignorant. "Where is this coming from Raelin?"
"Why the fuck would you tell Diana about what happened between me and you," Raelin finally asked. "Woah, Woah, Woah." He exclaimed, standing up. "I didn't tell Diana shit."
Raelin scoffed as she looked to the side. "She came in here like a couple of nights ago, dangling the watch you gave me for my birthday in my face, claiming she found it on top of a condom wrapper in your room on your dresser," Tariq explained, causing Raelin to facepalm. "Fuck"
"Yeah." He replied. "I'm so sorry, Riq. It's just she told the whole family at dinner last night and now Cane hates me and I don't know what to do. I tried to apologize but he just won't listen." Raelin began to rant.
"You out of everyone should know that people don't want apologies," Tariq said. "When Cane apologized to you after he fucked up and cheated on you, did you take him back immediately?"
"Hell no," Raelin answered. "Exactly. They want a step-by-step playbook of what you did wrong and what you are willing to do to fix it." Tariq advised. "It'll take time, but Cane will forgive you. I mean, look at all the shit he did to you and you forgave him right?"
Raelin nodded, "Thank you so much, Tariq." She smiled. "And, uhm, sorry about your face."
"It's cool." He brushed it off. Raelin turned towards his door and began to make her way over there. "Raelin?" Tariq called out, as she opened the door. "Hmm?" She hummed, turning to face him. "To answer your question, I do want to be with you. More than you'll ever know." He said, Raelin softly smiled before exiting the bedroom.
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"Okay, Cane. This is my 11th voicemail to you, you're not answering any of my calls and I understand. But just please, talk to me. I know what I did was wrong, believe me, I do. But I love you and I just," Raelin took a deep breath before continuing, "Just call me back, please" She hung up the phone before exiting her room and walking downstairs to where Diana and Dru were.
