Maybe They Were Right

24

February 7,2022
Los Angeles, California

| Third Person Omniscient |

The kids just went to recess and Karina was in her room eating an apple. She forgot to pack a lunch and was upset cause she didn't eat breakfast. As she ate her apple, she received a text from Chris.

Chris❤️: come to the front right quick.
1:10 pm

Karina went to the front office and saw Chris sitting with Chipotle. She smiled and Chris looked up from his phone.

"Look at you bringing me lunch."

"Yea yea yea. Don't get all sentimental on me." Chris hugged her and kissed her cheek. He gave her the food and she did her her little happy dance.

"Thank you Chris."

"You welcome. Go and enjoy your lunch. I'll talk to you later." Karina walked away and went to her class to eat a few bites of her food. The kids came running in shortly after so she put her food up and proceeded to teach.

Joyce picked up Royalty because Chris was working on getting stuff situated for the tour and album release. Changing songs around and taking some songs off the song list. As he sat with his team, one of his homeboys sent him a link to something on Instagram. When he opened it, he saw pictures of Karina and a video of a woman giving Karina a hard time at her suite. He excused himself and left the room to hear the video.

"Ma'am, I asked nicely for you to stop taking pictures of me."

"And I nicely ignored you. This is my phone and I can do what I want."

"Not in my suite you can't."

"Oh girl please. What you gon do if I don't stop? Call your lil boyfriend Chris Brown? I'm supposed to be scared of him?" She laughed. "Oh I forgot, he beat bitches up in real life...maybe I should be scared."

"What you not gon do is talk to Karina that way. You being real disrespectful right now!"

"Listen, you can either leave voluntarily or security will escort you out. Make a choice."

"Ain't nobody escorting me out of nothing!"

Chris's nostrils flared and he shut his phone off. He didn't bother reading the comments. He went back into his meeting and tried to focus on his album.

Meanwhile, Karina was at home cleaning and doing some organizing. She had no idea what was going on. She had her record player going and she hummed to the music. Her phone was on silent so she couldn't hear all the notifications, text messages, and calls she was receiving.

A hard knock was heard at her door and she went to it to see Chris standing there.

"Hey C-"

"Rina, why you ain't answering your phone? I been texting you?" Chris said as he stormed into her home.

"Ou somebody in a bad mood. What's up? What's going on?"

"Why yeen tell me about what happened at the suite?"

"And how do you know about that?" Karina asked confused.

"Look at your phone." Karina went to her phone and seen all the notifications, texts, and calls. She made the 'oop' noise and covered her mouth. "Why you ain't tell me?"

"I mean...It wasn't that big a deal. And it was handled." Karina shrugged.

"Not a big deal? She disrespected you, posted your name and where your suite is...that don't sound handled to me."

"Calm downnnnn." Karina grabbed his arms and shook him lightly. "I'm fine and I forgot all about that." She smiled and looked at a still upset Chris. She chuckled. "What you was gon do if I told you? Hm?"

"Would've cussed that bitch out and I would've got Team Breezy on her ahh. They don't play all that." Chris shrugged and Karina laughed.

"And then what? Everything would've been fixed?"

"To me, yeah." Karina smiled, backed up and put her hands on her hips.

"So what is this? What we got going on?" She squinted her eyes and put her head to the side, waiting on an answer.

"What you talking bout?" Karina laughs at his question. He knew exactly what she was talking about.

"Don't act stupid with me, you know what I'm talking about." Chris smiled and walked up to her, grabbing her waist.

"I like you."

"I know that. That's not what I asked though."

"I like you and I want us to officially kill that friend title."

"So what you asking me?" Karina smiled and Chris licked his lips.

"I'm asking if you want to make this...us...official. What you say to that?"

"Hmmmm." Karina tapped her finger on her chin and Chris laughed at her. "I say Im down."

"So you gon be my girl?" He smiled.

"Yes. I will be your girl." Karina laughed and Chris kissed her forehead.

"Awww my baby Rina. That sound good." Karina laughed at the statement.

"Okay let's make a pinky promise to each other."

"Every day you prove to me that you are kid in a grown up body." Chris laughed and Karina smacked her lips.

"First of all...maybe you're right but shut the hell up. Second of all, I take these serious. The kids told me that pinky promises are the ultimate promise. You break those...you basically commit murder and should be sentenced to death." Chris laughed again at how childish she sounded but he stuck his pinky out.

"What we promising each other?"

"To always be honest with each other, respect each other, and to always be friends even though we are romantic partners now." Karina put her pinky out and Chris wrapped his pinky around hers.

"I promise." Chris kissed his hand and Karina kissed hers and then they kissed each other.