Recurrence | 𝐰𝐥𝐰

7.

~a few days later ~

The first few days after Tayleigh and I's scuffle, things were chill between us. We were together a lot, sneaking around but we were together. Then I went to work two mornings ago, and Tayleigh went to work.

It's been two days and Tayleigh hadn't been responding to my calls or messages. I'd been too busy with work to let it consume me though.

But now that it was my day off...I was conflicted.

I tried walking by their house earlier but crossed the street when I saw Tayleigh's brother and homeboys out front.

It was now around two in the morning and I was slowly drifting off to sleep. My tv was on in the background, keeping me company...since I didn't have Tayleigh to sleep on the phone with.

"Mm." I groaned at the sound of my phone ringing. I lazily reached for my phone.

I squinted at the brightness from my screen, reading Tayleigh's name. "Hello?" I answered the phone, rolling over.

"Yoo, Des? You up? Baby meet me at our spot, okay?" I heard Tayleigh's voice. "W-What? No. You can't just disappear on me like that and expect me to be where you want me that easily." I expressed, sitting up.

"You right baby, I know. I should've called you, but I didn't wanna get you involved. Just please meet me at our spot so I can explain." Tayleigh said.

It went silent as I started dozing off.

"Destiny." Tayleigh's voice startled me. "Huh? What?" I jumped a little. "Are you sleeping?" Tayleigh asked.

"...no." I yawned.

"Bruh, yes you are. Can I come over?" Tayleigh asked. "I don't know...my brother's..." I trailed off, falling asleep. "I'm at the back door." I heard Tayleigh say.

"Bruh what?" I smacked my lips. "Come let me in. Or do you want me to let myself in?" Tayleigh joked poorly.

"Please don't do that. If anybody sees you, they're going after you." I stated, slowly rolling out of bed. "Ain't nothing but a thing." Tayleigh said. I rolled my eyes while slipping on my socks.

I headed downstairs and froze when I saw Malik and Pierre in the living room.

"I thought your ass was sleep." Malik chuckled. "Uh, yea I was. I'm just getting something to drink real quick." I yawned. "Oh okay, we bouta go smoke out back." Malik said as him and Pierre started walking.

"Y'all bouta go smoke out back?" I repeated loudly into my phone, hoping Tayleigh caught on. "Yea..." Malik and Pierre looked at me weirdly before walking off.

"Goddamn." I heard Tayleigh sigh over the phone. "Hurry." I whispered. Tayleigh chuckled.

"It's not funny." I rolled my eyes.

I then waited about a minute before Tayleigh was at the front door. When I opened the door I saw Tayleigh standing there with a scrape on the side of her face and a bruise under her eye.

She smiled a little, tryna hug me. "Unt un, where you been at? And what the fuck happened to your face?" I questioned, pulling away.