The Way You Love Me

Chapter Eight

⚠️Trigger Warning SA⚠️

This is a trigger warning this chapter contains Sexual Assault. If you do not want to read I suggest you wait till the next chapter.

Tasia

Sunday finally came around I was so happy that the new week was coming around. I'm still living at Raj's house, but we found a 6 bedrooms and 5 1/2-bathroom house about 2 miles from the school, my mom and Raj's grandparents are helping us with money for the house till we graduate. We know it's going to be hard, but we have each other even though we haven't talked about what we are exactly I just keep falling for her more and more. She is truly the only person that I have opened up to the way I have.

I had just gotten out of the shower while T was just finished getting dressed when there was a knock on the door, I just knew it was Nia trying to be nosy. I started to moisturize my body while T talked to Nia through the door. "What do you need Nia?" "Y'all fucking" I couldn't do anything but laugh and shake my head. "No, what do you want" "Yeah, whatever you say. I just wanted to know if I can take D and the twins to the park" T looked at me for my approval and I nodded. "Yeah, just make sure your phone is charged and we can reach y'all."

T was pacing back and forth in the room like she wanted to get something off her chest, which just made me nervous. "T-Baby can you please stop pacing and tell me what's on your mind you're making me nervous." "Sorry, I just don't know who to ask." "Ask what" "I want to know what we are; I just feel like we should talk about it since in like 2-3weeks we'll be moving in together." I felt like she was reading my mind, knowing exactly what I was thinking.

"I've been wondering the same thing. I didn't know how to bring it up, I know that we've both been in some fucked up relationships I just didn't want to move to fast with you. I don't want to fuck this up, I've grown to learn the problems that keep coming into my relationships and it's that I've been moving too fast."

"And that totally fine with me, but I just don't want for you to feel that I don't want to move things to the next level. I want you to be my girlfriend, and I'm not just saying it to say it I truly mean it." She went to the closet and brought out a black box and told me to open it. When I opened it there was a ring inside. I couldn't help but to let the tears run down my face. "What's this?"

"It's a promise ring. I can promise you my everlasting devotion, my loyalty, my respect, and my unconditional love for as long as I live. I can promise that I will be here for you to listen and hold your hand and I'll always do my best to make you and your kids as happy as I can. I promise that I'll see you through any crisis that comes upon us. I promise to dream with you, build with you, and cheer you on and encourage you. I'm willing to protect you and the kids all of them including my sisters, I promise that this is not the only ring that you will be getting but until then this will do."

"You just keep making me fall more and more in love with you" I smiled as she put the ring on my finger and gave me a passionate kiss. "Will you be my girlfriend now?" "Yes, I'll be your girlfriend" She had the biggest smile on her face I felt her arms wrap around my waist. "No ma'am." "What?" "I know what you're doing, and you can wait." "I'm just teasing anyway, finish getting dressed. We're going to the mall I'm about to go pick them up from the park." I nodded as she walked out the room, I finished getting dressed and headed downstairs to wait for them to get back.

While I waited, I decided to continue my song that I've been writing. I always knew I had an amazing voice, but I always tried to hide it because I never really saw the point in pursuing anything with my voice. Raj heard me singing in the shower one time and couldn't shut up about it, she convinced me to pursue it if I truly wanted to sing. I never gave it much thought but I'm finally open to the idea I've been starting to write so again, I feel myself coming back from that dark mindset people have put me in.