a few weeks after eveything. ahmad had finally made it official with ayla and marquis and zaila still weren't on speaking terms. zaila still gave him space but he was too lost in his mind to tell her he was okay now
ahmad
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shit was weird because zaila and marquis still weren't speaking to each other and i wanted them to be okay.
"can i ask you guys something?"
"wassup?" my dad said
"do y'all know how to fix like a broken relationship?"
"who you tryna help nugget?" my mom said
"quis and zaila"
"they together?"
"no but they be touching privates and shit"
"bro"
my dad busted out laughing
"shut yo childish ass up."
"okay so what's the problem?"
"they got in this big ass fight and quis got mad and told zai to get out and then zaila was tryna see through him but i guess his demeanor told her to leave him alone and she did but marquis said he ready to talk to her again but doesn't know if she wants to speak to him. he was stressed because his dad still ain't been home and it's fucking him up bad. he said zaila was the only thing keeping him okay."
"wait so your best friends are in love with each other?"
"it's something like that yeah."
"talk to both of them separately and let them figure it out from there."
i nodded and went to my room then called zaila
"why you dodging marquis?"
"giving him his space"
"he don't want space from you no more zaila, he misses you."
"no he doesn't, he would have told me"
"every time he tries to talk to you, you walk away from him"
"you not being reasonable with him."
"yes i am, he told me to get the fuck out his house bro. just because you're fucking mad at your dad for not being a father, that don't mean you get to shit on my feelings."
"zai come on.."
"FUCK HIM AHMAD."
"you don't mean that shit zaila, you're hurting but you gon continue hurting if you don't talk to him"
"ahmad.."
"i know but you know you wanna talk to him so don't fight the feeling."
"i'm not saying you should forgive him but talk to him."
"face to face..?"
