The aftermath || A Ja Morant story

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Recently, Temetrius had been purposely avoiding Maria.

He hoped it would trigger something in her, but as he expected, it did nothing.

Because of this, they went days without speaking to each other.

It was weird, even Kk was getting uncomfortable.

"Are our plans still on for tonight?" Kk asked Temetrius who was sitting on the couch across from where she sat.

"Yea."

He was hardly paying attention to her.

He was too busy looking on his phone like he usually did when they had conversations.

Maria walked in the room, overhearing them talk to one another.

"What plans do you two have?" she asked as she sat next to Temetrius.

He looked at her and smirked.

"I thought you lost yo voice." he chuckled.

Maria's eyebrow rose for a split second "What gave you that impression?" she asked.

Temetrius turns to her and says, "You haven't spoken to me in days."

Maria hadn't been feeling too good in these past days.

"It's not like you made an effort to speak either." she says.

She wasn't wrong.

They both were being petty towards each other.

Kk, who was sick of their problems, tells them to get it together and leaves the room.

She was just as fed up with everything as Temetrius was.

"When will you stop acting like this?" Temetrius asked Maria.

Maria shrugged, "I'm not acting like anything."

Temetrius tells her she's acting like a numb zombie.

Compared to how Maria used to act, she was dull.

Temetrius missed her happiness even if she, herself, didn't.

"Feeling emotions got me hurt. Why would I hurt when I can feel nothing instead?"

Although Maria had a valid point, that didn't take away the fact she needed serious help.

"I'm calling Williams." Temetrius grabbed his phone ready to dial her number.

Maria didn't care much because she knew the state she was in wasn't entirely her fault.

"You were going to have a whole baby on me Ja, a baby." Mari shook her head.

"That's old, and I told you to stop calling me that."

Maria scoffed, "It's new to me. I should lose my baby too. Maybe then you'd give me your love and attention.

She knew Temetrius wouldn't end the argument unless she made him end it.

And she knew there was only one way to do that.

Going into the kitchen, Maria grabbed the biggest knife she could find.

"One swing and it's over." she said.

She pretends to stab herself in the stomach to scare Temetrius.

He stepped a little closer to her, not wanting to provoke her.

"Put the knife down Ria." he spoke in a calm, tender voice.

"NO!" she shouts, "If losing this baby is what it takes for you to love me then I'm all for it."