Friends

Chapter 3

Marc'Qwuan's POV:

"Bro, you couldn't have picked a worse time to call," I say, flustered, as I hastily pull up my sweatpants.

"I was just talking about you to my girlfriend, and we came to the conclusion that you need to tell Jasmine how you feel about her," Jaylin says with the utmost enthusiasm.

"We've had this convers-," I start, but he rudely interrupts me.

"Yeah, yeah, I know we've talked about this before, but Kendrick treats her like crap, and Aileena agrees," he says, his voice rising with intensity.

"You don't know the whole story. Kendrick is Jasmine's first... everything. First kiss, first love, the one she lost her virginity to. He's been her only boyfriend," I explain solemnly.

"Damn, her first everything? But they broke up four years ago after just eight months, and it's been a shit show ever since," Jaylin responds, sighing loudly. "No wonder she's so hung up on him."

"It doesn't matter that he treats her like shit now because, in her mind, he's everything. As long as he keeps stringing her along she's gonna stay delusional. Bro, swear to God, just the other day she looked me in the eyes and said she can't imagine a life without him because she believes he loves her so much."

"I don't think you should give up, fam. You gotta at least try. Don't you think she's worth it?" Jaylin asks, his voice earnest even through the phone.

"Jasmine deserves so much better. She's smart, caring, and she loves with all of her heart. She always puts the person she loves first, and off of her needs, desires and everything else comes second. She's a princess and deserves to get treated as such but Kendrick doesn't see any of this. He just sees someone that he can use for sex and someone to fill the void when he feels lonely after a failed talking stage or relationship. He comes and goes in her life whenever he wants and to make matters worse, it's usually another girl that he leaves her for. A few months ago she went through his phone and saw he recorded himself fucking another girl. She threatened to stop talking to him, and the next thing you know I hear her screaming "Daddy, I'm cumming."

"For four years? That's toxic as fuck. At this point she might be used to it," Jaylin notes, his voice filled with concern and disbelief.

"I can't compete with four years of history, let alone the trauma bonding and unhealthy attachments she has to him."

"Bro, what's that in the background? I hear a lot of yelling. Is that Jasmine crying?" Jaylin asks, confused.

"Umm, yeah, it is. I'm going to call you back."