MayHem

Something Isn't Right

Kendrick's POV: 

Sitting across the dining room table, looking at Whitney eating her mash potatoes. Damn after arguing with her about the damn car, I'm really getting tired of her attitude. Every time I open my mouth she brings up the past. I'm tired of her reminding me of all the times I fucked up like I don't already know I fucked up. You don't not have to remind me. She does look beautiful though eating her food. I can't wait to go back to how it used to me. Me reading my rhymes while she made beats by slapping her thighs. The old days when we would wake up extra early just hear the birds. The way she used to get straight G when other girls would come up to me. When she supported me and didn't care about the money and the fame, just me.

Kendrick: (Hears a knock on the door)...

Whitney: I got it. (Answers the door and sees her best friend).. HEY ROSE!

Rose: WHITNEY! You still coming with me?

Whitney: Yeah girl, I just got finished eating with Kendrick.

Rose: Oh yeah, Hey Kendrick Lamar Duckworthy!

Kendrick: Sup.. Where you going Whit?

Whitney: Rose invited me to her sister's baby shower. 

Kendrick: That's why you was shopping at the baby gap.

Whitney: (Chuckles) Yup, I'll call you when I get there.. (Walks out door)

Kendrick: Bye...

As he sits on the sofa, he realizes that he hasn't seen May in 4 days. Last time he saw her was at the studio when she met Whitney and that was not a smooth meet and greet. He starts to wonder that maybe the reason why she hasn't called or been in the studio was because she was mad at him. What Whitney did was pretty rude. He grabs his jacket and walks out door. Then he remembers that a while back May gave him a key to her apartment. He goes back inside and searches for it. When he found it, he just smiled for a while. Thinking about May kind of made him happy, she was his best friend and he never really had a female best friend before.

He pulls up to her apartment and sees her car, which meant that she was home. Why wasn't she coming to the studio then? First he knocks on the door. He waits. Listening through the door, he can hear someone moving around, but no one answers the door. Instead of knocking again, he decides to just open the door with the key.

Walking into a very cold house, all the lights are off the place is messy. May has always been the clean type so this doesn't seem right.

Kendrick: MAY? You in here?..

He walks to the kitchen and looks around. The smells from the rotten food on the countertop almost makes him want to throw up.

Kendrick: Hello?

He starts walking down the hallway to get room and the door is cracked open.

Kendrick: (Slowly opens door) May?

He sees a lump under the sheets.. He slowly pulls the sheets back to see May laying there naked. She smells horrible.

Kendrick: What the fuck. (Covers nose) What is going on May?

May: (Whispers) Leave me alone.

Kendrick: (Picks her up and brings her to the bathroom)... May what's going on for real, you look like a mess.

She doesn't reply. He lays her down in the tub and lets the shower water fall down on her skin. At first, he feels a little uncomfortable seeing her naked like this, but this is not the time to be acting like a little bitch. He starts wiping her down with some Dove and a towel. Her face looks like she absent. It's like she didn't even care that he was looking at her naked. After the shower, he dries her off and dresses her in a nightgown. He strips the sheets off the bed and throws them into the washer and lays her down. He continues to clean the rest of the house. When he finished, he slowly walked back to the bedroom where he left her. Looking at her lay there in the bed, she looks.. dead.

Kendrick: (Sits on the edge of the bed) Are you going to talk to me?

May: ...

Kendrick: (Looks back at her) May?

May: ...

Kendrick: (Looks ahead and rubs his neck)... Hm ok. If you're not going to talk then I will. I know you probably don't remember this, but I remember the first time I realized that I really liked you. It was the day when we went on the roof. (Chuckles to himself).. You almost fell on top of me trying to get on the roof. (Laughs) The face you made was priceless... But that's not what made me like you. (Looks back at her) I like the way that you were real with me. It's weird, but you made me feel like I could tell you anything and everything. I felt like you cared. We don't have much in common May, but you understood me. I don't trust a lot of people. I barely trust my own fiance and I can't believe I'm  telling you this. I guess that's exactly what I'm talking about huh... (chuckles to himself a little)...

May: (Whispers) I feel the same way.

Kendrick: Huh? (Turns towards her)...May?

He sighs when he realizes that she has fallen asleep on him. He gets the sheets out of the dryer and lays one on top of her. While tucking her in, he can't help but want to touch her hair. Then he touches her cheek.. Slowly sliding his hand down to her collarbone, he stops himself. He turns off the light and goes into the front room, then falls asleep on the sofa.