As You Are (BWWM) (ON HOLD)

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Lucas stood his small frame by his mother's door and watched as her legs dangled off the bed.

He watched his father beat her. He had heard his mother screaming from his room and ran to her door to protect her from whatever she was screaming about. He told himself he would kill his daddy if he hurt his Mommy.

His dad stopped and started yelling at her to get out. She just sat there bawling her eyes out. When his dad got irritated with her crying he dragged her off the bed and pushed her into the closet grabbing clothes off the racks.

"Pack your shit and get the fuck out bitch" he hollered.

Lucas couldn't take no more so he ran back to his room.

"Is he beating her again?" Lucas jumped upon hearing his brother's voice. He slowly nodded his head as he watched James get up off the mattress in which they shared and walked out the door.

He knew what this meant. James would try to fight off dad and ended up getting a worse beating than mother did. Lucas decided that he had enough. He ran downstairs and grabbed his father's gun from under the couch. He stared at the gun contemplating about actually doing this. He finally got his answer when he heard a thud then James screaming.

He ran upstairs to see his mother on the ground curled up a a ball and James crying in a corner. He made eye contact with his dad, hatred running though his veins. His dad noticed the gun and froze up in fear.

Lucas raised the gun and repeatedly pulled the trigger. His dad had no time to react as each bullet hit him making him fall over. Lucas walked over to his father and watched the blood pour out his body as James and his mother screamed.

"Lucas what did you do??!!" his mother screamed.

Sirens could be heard as the police and ambulance were flying down their street as Lucas's watched his mother hold his father's body crying.

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Lucas life got worse after that dreadful day. His mother hated him and he didn't even know why. His brother refused to talk to him and his sister was somewhere across the country. As for his dad, his dad unfortunately survived but was paralyzed from the waist down. His parents were still married but he didn't care anymore. He became heartless. He couldn't understand why his mother would go back to a man that tried to kill her multiple times.

He suddenly had enough of hearing the brown beauty cry so got up left the conference room slamming the door behind him. Who knew that this would be the last time he would see her for a while.

**
One year later...

"Wake up baby" Nylah groaned and turned around facing her girlfriend.

"Can I help you? Damn" she said sitting up on the bed.

"Remember my interview is today"

"Okay" Nylah muttered, irritation clear in her voice. She had no sleep the night before and now Sage decided to be annoying.

"So what about tonight? Are we going to that dinner or should we just stay home and...you know" Sage said lustfully. Nylah shook her head. The offer sounded nice but she had to go. Four celebrities were wearing custom dresses from her collection and also she had to meet someone for a possible business deal.

"Why not baby?" She whined.

"Babe don't start. You know I have a reputation to upkeep which means show up to events so I can get paid"

Sage rolled her eyes and stomped off to the bathroom and turned the shower on. Nylah sighed and got up stretching and checking her phone.

She was scrolling through Instagram when Sage's phone started ringing. She reached over the bed and grabbed her phone. She glared at the Chinese Food name pop up on the screen. Why was Chinese food calling her?

"Hello?" she answered.

"Babe are you coming? I'm here waiting"

"Babe? Who is this?"

"I'm Sage's boyfriend who is this?"

"What? I'm Sage's girlfriend... Fuck u mean boyfriend?"

"Umm I'm her boyfriend of two years" the man trailed off. What pissed Nylah off even more was the fact that they just started dating a year ago.

"I'm her girlfriend of one year an- you know what hol' up" she stopped when she heard the shower cut off. She heard talking on the other line but she ignored it.

"Babe I can't wait to slay this inte- what's wrong?" Sage stopped when she saw Nylah glaring at her.

"You been cheating on me? Better yet you been fucking some nigga when we were together? Explain to me why the fuck is 'CHINESE FOOD' CALLING YOU BABE!!!" Nylah yelled. Sage stood quietly staring at the ground. Nylah threw Sage's phone at her and continued to rant.

"Now you quiet? After everything I sacrificed to be with yo ass you play me like that? I lost my parents cause I loved you Sage!! I stood up to them to be with you! And this is how you do me? Fuck you Sage!! Get the fuck out" Nylah yelled tears streaming down her face. Sage made an attempt to move closer to Nylah but Nylah snapped.

"Move any closer and I'm slapping yo ass. Don't fuck with me fam. Don't do it"

Sage scurried into the closet and few minutes later came out dressed and grabbed her overnight bag and left not looking back.

Nylah stood in the middle of her room staring at the blank wall. She was so hurt. She lost her parents because they were religious and believed that being gay was a sin. Why did it matter? She was their daughter. People sin everyday including her parents who swore she didn't know that they had an orgy with the neighbors but she's a sinner? Nylah was bisexual anyways so why did they disown her like they did?

Nylah decided to suck it up and go shopping. Tonight was the night that all the attention would be on her. And it would stay there.

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