Different Type of Love

5.

A few weeks have passed and everything is going good with Armani. She hasn't talked to anyone, even though there have been plenty of boys that tried to slide in her DM. She and Malachi still talk on a friendly level from time to time, but she shut the relationship door with him the week after Trey's party. Despite Malachi's effort he finally realized that there was no getting through with Armani, so he calmed down. At least that's what she thought.

Emily and Trey are still taking things slow and getting to know each other on a deeper level before committing to a relationship.

Emily and Armani were walking to Emily's car when someone called Armani's name. She looked around the parking lot and saw Malachi standing by his car not far from Emily's.

"Let's see what this fool wants now." Armani said to Emily causing them both to roll their eyes.

"You want me to come with you?"

"No, I'll be okay. Just wait for me in the car and watch me as I talk to him." And with that Armani made her way to Malachi's car.

"Wassup?" She asked him.

"You looking good today. I like the way brown looks on you." He replied, licking his lips and tilting his head to get a good look at her ass.

"Well you can watch this ass when I walk away. Bye Malachi." Armani replied, turning her back to head to Emily's car.

"Wait. For real I wanna talk about something." Malachi said before she could get too far away. Armani turned back around with her arms folded waiting on him to talk.

"Can we get in the car? Everyone don't need to hear this."

For whatever reason Armani trusted him at this moment and got in his car. He started the car once he got in.

"Ummm what are you doing?"

"You really think I was gone let you walk out of my life like that? You must be slow or some. I told you I wanted you and now I'm gonna have you all to myself." Malachi said as he sped off from the parking lot.

Armani had never feared for her life like she did in this moment but she knew something was off. She remembered the conversation she had with Emily about Malachi being crazy and how something switched when his mom died. She tried to keep this in mind as they were now speeding down the highway. "Mal, where are you taking me?" she asked but he never answered.

Armani was smart enough to not pull her phone out of her jacket pocket, but Malachi not answering her put more fear in her. They continued driving for what felt like forever until they pulled up at this house. Malachi got out of the car and opened Armani's door pulling her by her arm out of the car.

"I tried to play nice with you, but no... you wanna act like a boujie bitch and be stuck up." He said while pulling her through the house. The outside of the house was kept up, but Armani knew they were in a bad neighborhood as most of the houses on the street were boarded up.

Malachi took her to the basement and shoved her in a room downstairs. The room only had a bed with a bucket in the corner. "I'm not gonna tie you up because I would hope that you aren't dumb enough to try to escape. I'll be back." And with that Malachi left the room, locking the door from the outside and going back upstairs.

Armani looked around the room to see if there were any cameras anywhere and to her surprise there weren't any. "This nigga is so dumb" she thought to herself. She pulled out her phone to silence all her notifications and turned off her watch notifications as well. She sent a text to her parents but she couldn't tell if the messages were sending. She waited for about an hour for a reply and nothing happened.

As much as Armani wanted to cry, she knew that wasn't going to be helpful in this situation. She paced around the room trying to think about her next move, but her mind was foggy.

"Why is he doing this to me? All because I didn't want to have sex with him or be in a relationship means you take someone? Yeah, this nigga is crazy for real." Armani thought out loud.

Armani checked her location on two different apps and neither one was picking up a signal. She was becoming more frustrated and angry as she had no solutions. Hearing footsteps come down the stairs, she quickly put her phone back in her pocket that was on the inside of her jacket. The room door unlocked and to her surprise standing in the doorway is Malachi and Natasha.

"What are you doing here? I thought I told you I never wanted to see you again." Armani said as the two entered the room.

"Well... my friend here said he had something special for me and once I found out it was you, I just had to come see for myself."

"Bro what are you talking about?' Armani said laughing.

"This" Natasha replied as she slapped Armani across her face. At this point Armani was ready to fight but Natasha tackled her on to the bed. The two were fighting with Armani getting a few punches in, but ultimately Natasha overpowered her. Malachi pulled Natasha off of her, "We need to keep her alive. The fun is just getting started."

As much as Natasha wanted to keep fighting Armani, she calmed down and headed upstairs. Malachi left the room but quickly returned with bed sheets and pillows. "Make up the bed." he said as he tossed the things on the bed beside Armani and left the room. Armani instantly started crying and prayed this wouldn't be how her life ended.