Love And Pain {Jacquees}

Chapter 18

Ming Lynn's Pov:
The Next Day Me And Que Got Into A Argument About Me Going Through His Messages And Then Later That Night He Called Me Apologizing But I Didn't Accept It. Well Not Until A Week Later.

I Found A Job Working At The Front Desk Of An Old Folks Home. There Wasn't Much For Me To Do But I Was Making Money So That Was Good Enough.

I Was Working A 9-5, literally. Got Here At 9, Left At 5. After Work I Went To Que's House So We Could Just Hang. For The Past Couple Of Days Que Has Been Acting Weird Like He Doesn't Want Me To Be Too Close Or He Doesn't Really Want Me Touching Him. I've Asked Him Multiple Times Whats Wrong But He Always Answers With The Same Thing: Nothing.

"Que Seriously Whats Up , You've Barely Talked To Me Since The Argument."

"Whatchu Mean."

"You Know Exactly What I Mean."

He Stood Up."Im Going To The Bathroom"

My Eyes Wandered The Room And Instantly Came Across His Phone. I Picked It Up And Put In The Password But It Didn't Go Through. I Did It Again And The Same Thing Happened. He Changed It.

I Stood Up And Went Upstairs Into His Bedroom. Nothing Seemed Out Of Place. I Went Back Downstairs And Sat On The Couch.

Jacquees' Pov:

I Looked At Myself In The Bathroom Mirror. What The Fuck Am I Doing Man, Fucking Nia Behind Mings Back. If She Found Out She'd Blow The Fuck Up. I Didn't Mean For It To Happen.

We We're Both Mad About The Argument And Even Though I Apologized She Was Still Mad. Nia Came Over With Little Man But Instead Of Leaving She Started Saying Some Shit About Being Sexually Frustrated And How She Could Tell I Was Too. Next Thing You Know, We Were Both In My Bed.

I Came Out Of The Bathroom And Went Back Into The Living Room With Ming. I Noticed That She Wasn't Sitting In The Middle Of The Couch Anymore. She Was Sitting On The Far End.

"You Aight." I Asked Her.

"Yeah, Just Fine." She Said And Instantly I Knew That Was A Lie.

"Whats Wrong Ming."

"Nothing." She Spat At Me.

"Okay Fine, You Hungry."

"No I Think Im Just Gonna Leave."

She Got Up And Started Making Her Way To The Door. I Stopped Her. She Looked Up At Me. I Went In To Kiss Her But She Turned Her Head. I Looked At Her Confused.

"What Was That." I Asked.

She Shrugged.

"Ming."

"You Notice Something...We've Never Had Sex."

"Is That Whats Bothering You"

"No, It Just Came Across My Mind."

"Is That Something You Want."

"I Don't Know."

"Then Why'd You Bring It Up."

"Like I Said, It Just Came Across My Mind"

"Aight Whatever."

"Rodriguez Whats Your Problem."

"Me, Whats Your Problem?!"

" You Been Acting Like A Real Ass Lately And I Don't Like It"

That Made Me Mad. "I Don't Give A Fuck What You Don't Like!"

"You Know What, You Have A Real Problem Right Now."

"Yeah And Its You."

"Excuse Me."

"You Heard Me, You Not Deaf."

'You Know What Rodriguez-"

"Stop Calling Me That!" I Said Getting In Her Face.

Her Facial Expression Changed From Anger To Pure Fear. I Hadn't Seen A Look Like That Since The Night They Took Me From Her. The Way She Looked When The Bullets Shattered The Windows Before The Lights Cut Off.

I Watched As Tears Started To Fill Her Eyes. She Had Her Eyes Locked On Mine, And This Feeling Of Sorrow Came Over Me.

"Ming-"

"I Need To Go." She Said Before Turning And Walking Out.

I Watched Her Walk To Her Car, Get In And Then Speed Off.

Ming Lynn's Pov:

"I Had Never Been So Scared In My Life, The Look In His Eyes Terrified Me." I Said To June As We Were On The Phone The Next Morning.

"You Should Have Hit His Ass In The Throat."

I Chuckled. "No June."

"I Thought Y'all Were Suppose To Be Best Friends. Best Friends Don't Act Like That." She Said In A Serious Tone. "Something Has To Be Seriously Wrong. You Know, This Shit Didn't Really Start Happening Until Nia Came In The Picture. Yall Was Doing Just Fine Before Her."

June Was Right, When I Saw Her At Wal-Mart I Was Feeling Bad Vibes But I Brushed Her Off And Sent Her On Her Merry Little Way. I Thought So Much Of Her But So Little At The Same Time.

After Getting Off The Phone With June I Got Ready For Work And Left. Today Is Tuesday And Luckily I Got My Schedule And Wednesdays Are My Days Off. I Sat At The Desk Writing People Visitors Passes And Helping With Whatever Else. It Got Boring Quick But Then Miranda Came In For Her Shift. She Works In The Kitchen. My First Day Here She Talked To Me Non Stop And Im Kinda Cool With It.

"Hey Ming" Miranda Said As She Walked In.

"Damn Miranda Aint You Late."

"From The Words Of A Queen, Im Never Late, Everyone Else Is Just Early."

"Did You Get That Off The Princess Diaries."

"Yes The Hell I Did."

"Oh My God" I Said Laughing A Bit.

Miranda Made Her Way Into The Kitchen And I Sat Back Into My Chair. I Was Going To Be Here For A While. I Decided To Go Check Up On Some Of The Folks And See If They Needed Anything. Work Was Slow As Always, So When 5 O'Clock Hit I Was Gone. I Called Que To See What He Was Doing But He Didn't Answer. I Called Him A Second Time And After He Didn't Answer I Decided Just To Go Home. I Probably Need Some Time Away From Him Anyways.

I Don't Know What His Problem Is. One Minute He's Fine, Then He's Being Distant And Then We're Arguing And When That's All Over With He's Apologizing. I Don't Know What To Do About It.

I Stopped And Got Me Something To Eat Before Going Home To Mai. When I Walked In She Was On The Phone, Probably With Her New Boo. I Sat Down At The Kitchen Table Waiting For Her To End Her Call. After She Hung Up She Looked At Me.

"Whats Up" She Asked Me.

"Nothing Really."

"Hows Que Doing."

"I Don't Know, I Don't Really Care Right Now"

"Oh No, Something's Wrong. What Happened."

"Nothing."

"Ming Lynn Lee You Know Better Than To Lie To Me. Come On Tell Me"

I Rolled My Eyes Before She Sat Down.

"He's Just Been Acting Weird Lately, I Don't Know. We've Arguing A Lot Lately And Yesterday He Scared The Living Shit Out Of Me. He's Been Really Distant And I Don't Know What To Do."

"You Know What That Sounds Like, A Cheating Man."

"No, He Wouldn't Cheat."

"How Do You Know, You Hadn't Seen Him For A Year. You May Not Know Him As Much As You Used To. He Could Be A Totally Different Person Pretending To Be The Guy You Knew Then."

I Sat Back In My Chair. She Stood Up And Went Back To The Stove. Was She Right? Is He The Same Que I Knew? Now I Don't Know What To Do.