Best Friends

45

April 9, 2024

Maria Pov

"Get up,"

I gasp for breathe and jump off the bed, freezing ice water is dripping from me while Zahria is laughing with a pot in her hand.

"Why you do this to me?" I shout.

She arch an eyebrow and rest her right hand on her hip. "I'm having friends over and I need the house to be cleaned."

I roll my eyes and sit at the edge of my bed. "Zahria I have class today, I can't help you do that. Let Diamond help you."

She swing the pot at my head and I throw my hands in the air, the pot hit my hand and I scream in pain.

"Next time it's your head for sure. Don't think about school cause Kahjeel says you shouldn't go anywhere."

"Kahjeel can't do that." I shout.

Why is Kahjeel doing all of this? Did Nique tell him about the kiss?

She walk out of my room and I rub my hand. This abuse is getting too much for me and I cannot handle it.

I initially didn't want Kahjeel to have issues with his sister because of me but this is getting too much. If I continue to stay here I'll probably lose my life before next week.

I look in the mirror and I'm soaked from the head down, I wonder what my life would be like if my parents were alive.

Would I be living with them in the same house?

Would I be married now?

The thoughts run wild while I change and get started with the chores so I can be done and head out for school.

The sun is in the middle of the sky and I'm finally through with washing the cars outside.

So far I have washed the cars, cleaned the house, and cooked lunch. I'm hungry, thirsty and exhausted.

I try Nique's number again for the hundredth time and it's going straight to voicemail still.

Nique👩‍❤️‍👩
Hey Nique
I have something to tell you
Please call me back.
✓

The message only has one tick so I sigh and walk upstairs to place the bedroom mat in Kahjeel's room.

I open the door and walk inside of the room. It's filled with his scent, his bed is still made and everything is still the same.

There is a picture frame right above his bed that has Kahjeel, Nique, Skull and myself. We went to a car show in ironshore a year ago and took this picture. He his chain is still on the dresser with some money on it as well.

One thing Kahjeel is going to have is alot of money all over the house. I run my finger over the frame with him alone laughing and holding up his gang sign.

A draw on the dresser is half open so I peep inside to see a almost full draw of condoms inside.

Why does someone need so many condoms when we weren't using any?

"Wah you a do in yah? Get out" Zahria shout.

I close the draw and hurry out of the room and head downstairs when I trip and stumble to the floor just before I get to the staircase.

"A hope u nuh bruk anything on you cause you have to cook for us." Diamond says looking at me on the ground in pain.

I hiss and slowly lift myself from the floor and head down the stairs and to my bedroom.