Behind the rhymes

Chapter 13

*Onika*

A week later..

"How do you feel, Nic ?

I felt her jumping beside me, on the bed.

I rolled my eyes "Lauren, get your fat ass out of my bed, I'm tryna sleep."

"I'm being nice to you and you're being mean to me, I'm hurt." I rolled my eyes again and looked up at Lauren who was eating an ice cream. "Don't tell Destiny I ate her ice cream, she might kill my ass."

"I will if you keep pissing me off."

"Come on, Nic, you can't sleep all day." Lauren said.

"I can and I will."

She didn't say anything else so I rested my head on my pillow to try to fall asleep again. That was all I was doing these last couple days, sleep.

But a couple minutes later the light turned on and when I straightened up to curse her out, I saw her holding a huge stuffed animal holding a sign reading "I don't know what to do to cheer you up but I'm trying hard so please talk to me, Nic."

I couldn't help but smile, this was cute or whatever.

"You like it ?" She asked, sitting down on the bed, handing me the stuffed animal.

I nodded and took it "Where did you get it?"

"At the funfair, but I didn't win it, the guy gave it to me because I was pretty. And because I suck at throwing the ball in the basket."

I chuckled, she really sucked at basketball so I could only imagine "Thanks, Lo."

"You're welcome, bae. But I still not gonna let you sleep so what do you want to do today ?Besides sleep, of course ?"

I rolled my eyes, shrugging "I don't know."

"One thing, just one thing you want to do and we'll do it."

"Well..I'd love to just scroll on my phone."

She chuckled "You know that ain't possible, plus I don't even have your phone with me anymore."

I frowned as I put the stuffed animal away "Why do you mean you don't have my phone anymore ?? You lost my phone ?"

"No, momma Carol took it because she said you didn't need it right now and she left with Bey, Ming and Ms Tina somewhere while you were still sleeping." I hated so bad when my mom was acting like I wasn't a grown ass woman sometimes. Cause what does she mean I don't need my phone ? "By the way what's going on between y'all two ?"

"My mom and I ? Nothing at all."

"Bitch you know I ain't talking about yo mama, don't play dumb now."

"Bey ? I already told you we're just fucking."

"I'm not dumb, Nicki, there's much more than y'all just fucking. Y'all basically act like a whole couple and it's obvious."

I rolled my eyes "No, we're not. Why everyone keeps saying that ? First my mom, then Wayne and now you."

"Because y'all are !! Why are you denying it so bad ?"

I sighed "I'm not denying shit, leave me alone with that. I'm still a married woman."

She raised an eyebrow "To the same man who almost killed you and because of who now the whole internet knows what that father of yours did to you ? Baby you can consider yourself divorced even though you're legally not."

I rolled my eyes "Anyway, I want my phone back. Call my mom."

"Nicki, you don't need your phone. You need to distance yourself from all this, get away from social media."