OMNISCIENT - three weeks later.
Drea hadn't left her apartment since the day she decided to no longer deal with Marco. Everyday it was the same routine. Sleep, cry, eat, cry, sleep, repeat. Marco still didn't give up trying to reach out to her and the urge to respond was strong. Drea missed every bit of him but couldn't overlook that he's the reason her whole life is upside down.
The sound of her phone ringing caused her eyes to open from her fourth nap of the day. Sighing, she lifted to see who was calling. A picture of her and MJ displayed on her screen. As badly as she wanted to ignore him, she couldn't. Grabbing her phone, she sat up answered it.
"Happy Birthday Big Dre." MJ's voice filled her ears. A smile peeled across her face.
"Thank you brother."
"You're welcome. Why you in bed? It's 2 in the afternoon, you just turned 30. I thought you'd be outside by now."
"Not really in the partying mood."
"Man, if you don't get yo ass up. Let's go out tonight, I'm about to try to get a booth."
"Every year I'm in a club for my birthday, I don't wanna do that."
"Then what you wanna do?"
"I don't know. The day is almost over and I didn't plan on doing anything so I don't know."
"We about to figure something out, let me call you back."
"Alright."
"Bye."
The phone hung up and Drea tossed it to the bottom of the bed after turning the ringer off. Just as she got ready to relax, there were knocks on her door, they were constant and didn't sound like they'd plan on stopping anytime soon.
"What the fuck!" Drea yelled while climbing out of bed. She grabbed Marco's shirt that she'd been lounging in and slipped it on and her shorts and ran to the door. Looking out the peephole she exhaled before opening it. Des, Apryl, Anthony and Ralph stood there.
"Sis in law, happy dirty 30 baby!" Anthony yelled barging his way inside and hugging Drea.
"Thank you."
Everybody wished her happy birthday and gave her a hug while coming in. Des had bags in her hands and Apryl too. They never missed a beat when it came to each others birthdays.
While Drea looked through her gifts, Ralph secretly FaceTimed his brother as instructed. Marco answered after the third ring. His house has been the only place he's been as well if he didn't have anything important to do.
Ralph told him to mute his phone while turning the camera so that he could see Drea. Sitting up, he put his face more into the camera. A small smile peeled across his face seeing that she had his shirt on. He liked the long braids in her hair.
"Pull up." Ralph told him. As badly as Marco wanted to, he shook his head then the call disconnected.
"Did you call?" Anthony asked approaching his little brother and Ralph nodded. Marco hasn't been the easiest to deal with since everything happened. The two brothers were on a mission to get Drea and Marco back together.
"Thank you guys, y'all didn't have to do this." Drea said looking at what they brought.
"We did, you deserve it." Apryl nudged her.
