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ᴛᴀʀᴀᴊɪ ʜᴇɴꜱᴏɴ
ᴊᴜʟʏ 1, 2020

"hey, where is she?" i asked tab as i placed my jacket on the rack.

"bedroom."

i walked into the bedroom and saw her snuggled under the covers.

"baby? is that you?" she asked in her raspy voice.

"yeah, hey." she flipped the covers back, revealing her pretty ass face, "you look so pretty."

"thank you, baby. where'd you go? what happened?"

"well, the paparazzi ran into tab and laila today bombarding her with tons of questions. i know how those people get, and they could've easily made her go into shock, and something would've happened. i wouldn't have been there to save her if that was the case. i was upset, so i went to chat with tour guy." she furrowed her eyebrows.

"im more than happy she's okay, but im stuck on the whole leaving to chat with him while you're upset when im here. what was it that you two talked about?"

"we talked about the whole paparazzi thing, too. i basically just told him what could cause her to go into shock and the backstory of how it all happened."

"pause. you left here angry. went to meet up with a guy you barely know. told him a backstory of OUR child before me? you confided in this guy before you did your own girlfriend? wow, how nice." she aggressively threw the covers back, slipping on her shoes and getting out the bed, "so unreal. so un fucking real."

"tasia i-"

"leave me alone for a second please. i wanna be alone right now." she opened the door and stood by it.

"im not leaving you in here to cry." i put an arm around her waist and used my other hand to close the door and lock it.

"taraji, please... just- was i not someone you could confide in or something?"

"of course you are. i just- i didn't- i wasn't thinking straight. it all just came out, and ill admit i was wrong on so many levels, but i didn't think it was even a big deal until just now."

"you didn't think it was a big deal? you ran to someone else instead of me! i would never run to anyone other than you with my problems, you know why? because it isn't their business, and thats what i have you for. you confided in a whole stranger. what did you even tell him? please let it be something i know, and even if it is it's still fucked up."

"i told him about the time laila had a bullet graze her neck."

"YOU NEVER TOLD ME ANYTHING LIKE THAT! taraji- okay, no, this is a prank, right? where are the cameras? come the fuck out and scare my underwear off."

"its not a prank, tasia. i-"

"yeah, you weren't thinking. i heard you already." she opened the door and damn nearly flew down the stairs.

"where you going?"

"to get water. something i can't confide in. oh wow, won't you look at that. where is laila and tab?"

"right there outside." laila was jumping on the trampoline while tab cheered her on. tasia smiled but stopped when she looked over at me. i wiped the smile from my face too, "tasia, im sorry. yes, i fucked up i can admit, but i wasn't thinking in that moment. i was just being vulnerable."

"and you left to be vulnerable with a stranger instead of your girlfriend? i would never even think about running to tab and be vulnerable with her before i go to you, and she's more a sister than she is my best friend. what were you thinking?"