The aftermath || A Ja Morant story

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As more days passed, Maria felt herself falling into a deep pit that she would soon not be able to crawl out of.

Being in the house with Temetrius everyday was starting to make her question her sanity.

She was becoming miserable. Not to mention how exhausted she must've felt because of the baby.

Her due date was only a few weeks away and she couldn't be more stressed.

For the past couple of days, Temetrius tried his best to make her feel better, but he was part of the reason she was stressing.

And he never seemed to leave her alone, especially when that's all she wanted to be.

He came in, knocking on the door as he entered.

Maria laid up, annoyed, on the bed, staring at him before he began to speak.

"What?" she asked, tilting her head a bit to the side.

Temetrius sat at the foot of the bed, feeling for Maria's feet over the cover to rub them.

He asked if it would be ok if he made a quick run to the store to which she said she didn't care.

She gently kicked his hands away, laying back down to go to sleep.

Temetrius pulled the cover back, grabbing her feet again.

"You ain't said about two words to me in the past two weeks, and you barely left this room."

Maria kicked him away again this time a little harder "I ain't been in the mood." she sighed.

Temetrius pulled the cover back over Maria's feet, standing up after he did.

"You gone have to get up one of these days. Shit, you never know, yo water might break." he stuck his arms out.

Maria sat up ignoring whatever it was he just said, getting up to go to the bathroom.

Temetrius tried to help her out of bed only to be pushed away.

"Damn Metri, I got it." she said, helping herself out of bed.

She walked to the bathroom, closing the door before falling to the floor in tears.

Maria felt so much hurt in that moment she didn't know what to do.

She begin to cry, throw things, and even for a few minutes, she ended up just laying there doing nothing.

Temetrius was always stuck outside the bathroom door to witness it and there was almost nothing he could do about it.

He hated it when she started making that a habit.

Especially because she was pregnant.

She wasn't doing shit but stressing herself and the baby.

He tried to be there each time she did that whenever she did show emotions, but he couldn't always help her.

"Maria." he knocked on the bathroom door.

She was just about done throwing things around in the bathroom but she still wasn't in the mood.

"I don't wanna be talked to, leave me alone." she said with a kick to the door.

"All that stress ain't good for the baby." he pushed open the door but barely.

Maria was now sitting on the floor, blocking the door closed with her body.

"Maria get up." he attempted to push the door open again.

She told him no and that she wasn't about to keep going through this same cycle with him.

"You right. This stress ain't good for the baby. I'm not doing this again and again with you." she cracked open the door.

"Then let's not do it." Ja pushed his way into the bathroom completely.

Maria walked past mumbling something to herself.

Ja told her to speak up.

"I said, I'm not about to keep doing this." she took off the ring, handing it to Temetrius.

She then went to the drawers and collected her things, grabbing the suitcase on the side of the dresser to put her things in.

Temetrius sat the ring in his hand on top of the nightstand next to their bed.

"So you really about to walk out that door?" he took a quick look at the door.

Maria shrugged, "I'm tired. I can't keep doing this."

Temetrius seen it in her face just how tired she was and knew he was to blame.

That's probably the reason he no longer tried to stop her. He was tired of seeing her tired.

Maria's things were all packed and ready to go.

As much hate she had for him, she had all the more love for him.

She pulled him in for a hug, giving him a kiss on the cheek before taking her things and leaving this house.

She not being dumb no more. YAAAAY!