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T.H.
I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. Blowing my breath I realized it was time to start putting that shit on silent when I go to bed. Feeling around I grabbed the phone and answered. "What?" I grumbled.
"Bitch! Get your ass up. I don't give a damn about that stank ass attitude neither. Why were you being an asshole to her? Got my girl pissed at me cause you were being rude for no reason!" I held the phone away from my ear as she yelled and cussed me out.
After she was done I put the phone back up to my ear. "Are you done?" I asked bluntly.
"Penda I swear I'm this close to beating your ass. The hell is your problem? One minute you're stepping into an altercation between her and her ex and saying how you think she's attractive then you rudely reject her?" I sighed sitting up in the bed.
"I already told you I won't go there with her. I can't give her what she wants or needs so therefore it's pointless. Not to mention she's young as hell! Plus I wasn't even that rude." I spoke pleading my case.
Regina scoffed and laughed bitterly. "Oh you weren't? What makes you think we should do that? Really Taraji? You could have just said fucking no thank you or lied about having a girlfriend anything but what you said! You wanna know what I think?"
I rubbed my temples. It was too early for this. "I'm sure you're going to tell me anyway" I threw the covers off of me.
"You damn right I am! I think you're scared. Your last relationship ended badly and you haven't dated since! You blame it on your career choice when we both know first off it's never been a problem before and lastly Unc literally has been pleading for you to let him let you go but it's all you know so you aren't ready to give it up. You say you can't give her what she needs or wants is it that you can't or you won't?" I chewed on my bottom lip taking in her words. Before I could respond she beat me to it.
"Regardless I don't even care if you do or do not pursue her but you do need to apologize. Not even just cause she's Lauren's best friend but simply because she didn't deserve that. Get your shit together Raj." She said before hanging up. I sighed and fell back on the bed.
This was one of the many things I valued about our friendship. We always called each other out on our shit even though it was more so her calling me out on my shit.
Was I a bit too harsh? Yes. But in my head it was the way Fantasia for sure wouldn't want me. Pushing people away protects them. While I shouldn't have gone about it that way and will apologize for that I won't apologize for not wanting her roped into my shit.
Gina was right though Fantasia didn't deserve that. I hopped out of the bed and started putting on my workout clothes. Deciding to finally utilize the gym downstairs I grabbed a water bottle before heading to the complex gym. Silently thanking god it was empty I placed my stuff down before warming up.
