Either Me or Him

Chapter 25

After the conversation Beyoncé had with Mama T, she reviewed the whole situation around her and came to the conclusion that it was time for her to call it quits and fight for the great love of her life.
She called Jay and told him that she needed to talk to him and that if he couldn't come to Santa Monica, that this conversation would be on Face time anyway but he agreed to come to her so that they could talk tomorrow.
After talking to Jay she went to meet her mom, Kelly and Michelle so that they could go to rehearsal for the show that will happen on Saturday.

When they arrived Bey greeted everyone and asked for Solange and they said that Solo chose to sleep, then they went their way to the gallery that they rented for the rehearsals.
The way was marked by many laughs and chats between them, but the words were shorter and the smiles more withdrawn when it was something that came from Kelly to Bey and Bey to Kelly, but everything went well.
At the end of the three hours of a long rehearsal, they met Solange to go somewhere for lunch and as soon as they found a restaurant, it didn't take long for a multitude of reporters to crowd around the door to try to register that moment and also try to get some information about what happened in the New Orleans nightclub when they left the place.

After hours, when they finished eating, talking and paying the bill, they called the security guards and they led them to the car without letting anyone approach them to ask questions about the matter in question.
The driver followed them to a coffee shop and when they decided to leave, they took them to the hotel and on the way back, Michelle and Tina took a nap while Solange was talking on the phone with some boyfriend and Kelly and Bey were in total silence, completely traveling in their own thoughts while listening to the song that was playing on the radio (Almost Is Never Enough - Ariana Grande feat. Nathan Sykes).
They had never paid as much attention to the lyrics of that song as they did now.

"I'd like to say we gave it a try
I'd like to blame it all on life
Maybe we just weren't right
But that's a lie, that's a lie

And we can deny it as much as we want
But in time our feelings will show
'Cause sooner or later, we'll wonder why we gave up
The truth is, everyone knows

Almost, almost is never enough
So close to being in love
If I would have known that you wanted me
The way I wanted you..." ♪♪

This song spoke more about them than they realized, and involuntarily Bey and Kelly looked at each other through the car's rearview mirror, but quickly Kelly's eyes broke the connection between them and she turned back to looking at the road as she meditated on that song.

"Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart
But right here in each others arms
And we almost, we almost knew what love was
But almost is never enough

If I could change the world overnight
There'd be no such thing as goodbye
You'd be standing right where you were
And we'd get the chance we deserve

Oh, try to deny it as much as you want
But in time our feelings will show
'Cause sooner or later, we'll wonder why we gave up
The truth is, everyone knows

Almost, almost is never enough
So close to being in love
If I would have known that you wanted me
The way I wanted you

Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart
But right here in each others arms
And we almost, we almost knew what love was
But almost is never enough

Huh-huh, baby
You know, you know, baby
Almost, is never enough, baby
You know, hey

And we can deny it as much as we want
But in time our feelings will show
'Cause sooner or later we'll wonder why we gave up
The truth is, everyone knows

Almost, almost is never enough (is never enough, baby)
So close to being in love (so close)
If I would have known that you wanted me
The way I wanted you