My Universe

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It's him...
I open the door easily and slowly "What are you doing here" He smiles at me with his pretty straight teeth. "Hey pretty girl," He says as he reaches out for a hug. I just couldn't take it anymore I broke down and cried in his arms "Hey hey what's wrong, did something happen?" I look up at him without letting him go "Hunter found out everything about us" Jahseh looks at me confused. "I thought you said he knew about us and he was cool with it" I shake my head no and he pulls me closer. "Who's at the door," Hunter says as he runs down the steps. Jahseh makes eye contact with Hunter and it gets awkward. Hunter gives Jahseh this stare hurt but also angry "What the hell are you doing here, Come over to see your little sneaky link." I look away from the front door to let Jahseh into the house and shut the door behind him "Listen Hunt man, I thought she told you about us" Jahseh says in a soft calm tone, Hunter balls up his fist "Even if she did what the hell would make you think it's okay to date my sister, you know we never date family." Jahseh walks toward Hunter sighs and says "Look man I love Jess, we're not dating yet we're just talking but you know I'd never do anything to cause beef between us." Hunter softens up "You could've told me, bro, we're supposed to tell each other everything man" Jahseh runs his fingers through his dreads while shaking his head. Me and Jah stare at each other for a second and then Hunter says "Look I'm willing to squash this beef with y'all but next time don't hide stuff from me right" Jahseh and I nod at him and crack a small smile. Hunter and Jahseh dap each other up and then Jahseh hugs me.

Twenty minutes pass and I'm sitting on the couch while Jahseh and Hunter sit on the floor playing Call of Duty Black Ops. Jah chuckles and I smile at how cute he is, hunter catches a glance so he rolls his eyes at us. "Hunt can you order some pizza I'm hungry," I say in a fake whiny voice "Yeah just gimmie a minute. I throw a pillow at Hunter "Alright alright damn," he says pulling out his phone.

thirty minutes pass and the pizza finally arrived. Hunter grabs the pizza and rushes it to the kitchen. I reach for the pizza but Hunter slaps my hand away "Hands off girl" he says in a goofy voice flicking his wrist. Jahseh chuckles and I hit his stomach in a playful way

Hey sweetie... Long day?" Mom asks me as she walks into the living room. I look into her eyes slowly and answer "Yeah I'm tired, so I'm gonna go take a nap" She leans over the couch and kisses my forehead "ok sweetie. oh...did you do your homework?" "Yes ma'am" I replied. She walks to the kitchen her voice sounds a bit quieter and exhausted "I'll wake you when I finish making dinner. "Okay, thanks, Mom." I walk upstairs to my room and I go straight to my closet. I put on my black shorts and my Nirvana T-shirt and put my bonnet on.  As I get comfortable in bed and I start to feel my eyes get heavy the door opens.

"Hey Jess..sorry if I woke you up" It was just Jahseh. I sat up slowly "No it's ok I just laid down..is something wrong?" "No, I just wanted to check up on you...you've been quiet all day" he while playing with one of his locs. He smiled at me and I smiled back. There was something different about him though he usually doesn't check up on me when he's with Hunter. I turn my body towards him as I look at him in my doorway "I'm okay I was just tired." He walks closer to me and rolls the chair from my desk next to the bed. "Things have been stressful around here Hunter told me. but if you need me I'm here... always" he said looking into my eyes without looking away. "can I ask you something?" I ask. He raises his eyebrows in confusion "Sure." I exhale and look down at my hands which are now fidgeting. "Do you ever get a feeling inside of you that makes you feel like things will always fall apart?" His face relaxes but his eyes get this sad look in them "is that how you feel Jessy?" he asks me. I pause for a second because now I have this lump in my throat and my eyes feel like they're full of tears. He grabs my hands "Hey it's okay, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to, I just want to understand you." 

How could I let myself slip free like that...He's gonna think that I'm...No It's all in my head. I have to stop letting myself think that the world will end every time I open up.

I looked away from my hands that were now in his and into his eyes. "I'm sorry I don't know why I even asked you that, you're not my therapist Jah.." He leaned back in the chair still holding my hands. "Jess it's okay to open up to the people you trust, It'll free your head of whatever situation you're going through." I lean forward and hug Jah tight and I stay with my head resting on his chest for a while. My eyes start to feel heavy and I feel myself going to sleep "I-I'm s-sorry" I say as I fall asleep.

Authors Note: Hey Everyone, I'm glad to finally be back and working on this book again. I'm trying my best to update all of my other books as well. Life's been crazy but I do hope that you all enjoy my stories. Love you guys see you soon<3