Rita POV
Chris really meant it when he said it was over. He hasn't talked to me since that day. I called him but, he never answered my calls. Or called me back. After I called him again today, it told me that that he wasn't available after one ring. Which meant that he blocked me. I sighed and tossed my phone on my bed. Only for it to fly off. I sighed and went to go pick it up. The screen had a crack in it.
"Great." I said. I sighed and rubbed my forehead. I sat on the bed. I was about to lay down when my phone rang. I went to go check who it was. It wasn't Chris. It was my brother Don. "What?"
"Don't what me." he said. "I wanted to tell you that we love you."
I looked at the phone. Then put it back to my ear. "You're wasting my time because?"
"I heard you and Chris broke up."
"How do you know this? You live in the middle of nowhere."
"No I don't. I live where everybody else lives. But, I know because people on Instagram keep DMing me about that shit. I don't want to hear about that."
"Don't look at the dms."
"No. Some cute people be dming. I refuse to stop looking at them."
"Then don't complain to me Don." I said.
"I can't. It's not easy."
"Is that all you want?" I asked walking into my living room.
"No." he said. Then mumbled something to somebody. "I wanted to tell you that you need to apologize to Chris."
"I know. You don't have to tell me."
"Obviously I do. You haven't done it yet." he said as I sat on my couch.
"I haven't done it yet because he hasn't answered my calls."
"Haha." he said.
"What's funny?"
"Are you really that slow?"
"Don't call me slow."
"Then don't act that way. If he hasn't answered your calls, then try to apologize a different way."
"What way?"
"I don't know. Go to his house."
"I don't know. I don't want to be like a stalker."
"You won't be."
"You don't know that."
"I do."
"You're not Chris."
"I know. You don't have to rub it in my face."
I laughed. "Alright. I'll think about it. Thanks Don."
"No problem Rita."
"Bye."
"Bye." he said hanging up the phone. I put my phone on the table. Then threw my head back. I was about to put on a movie when I thought about what I wanted to do.
I grabbed a pen and paper. I wrote some stuff down. Then someone knocked on my door. I ran to it and opened it. Nia was standing there.
"I'm sorry to come unannounced but, I need to watch Ro until Chris comes and gets her."
"Chris and I aren't talking."
"Ok? I need someone to watch her. I have to go. And she can't go with me." She handed the sleeping Royalty to me. I grabbed her. "I need you to watch Zillah too."
"Isn't she like 13?"
"Yeah. I don't want her in my house all by herself. She is a beautiful girl. Boys be all over her."
"Hey Rita." Zillah said walking in behind her mother.
"Hey." She sat on my couch and immediately started doing stuff on her phone. Teenagers. I went to look at Nia again but she left. Just great. I closed my door and put Royalty on the couch next to Zillah. Zillah looked at me.
"What?" she asked.
"Nothing." i said whistling.
"So I heard that you and Chris broke up."
"Yep."
"What you do? What no what he do?"
"What makes you think he did something."
"So you did something?"
"Sadly."
"Ooooh. Spill it." she said putting her phone down.
"No. I know people like you like to say things to all your friends. Especially if it's about Chris Brown."
"You don't trust me?"
"I barely know you."
"Feelings hurt." she said clutching her chest. I smiled. "But really, if Chris left you, that means you did some foul shit."
"Language."
"You're not my mom." she said. I raised my eyebrow. "But really, I don't know Chris as much as you or my mother knows him. But from what I learned, I learned that he's a pretty cool dude. He has a big heart. And that means his heart breaks easily. So I believe that you messed up really bad." she said twisting her face. I frowned.
"Yeah. You are really smart."
"Thank you." she said flipping her hair. "I try." she said. I laughed for the first time today.
"But what am I supposed to do?"
"What did you do?"
"Not telling."
"Then I can't help you."
"You were never a good help." that's when someone knocked on my door. I looked at Zillah. I got up and opened the door. Chris was standing there. "He-"
"I just came to get Royalty. Thank you." He stared at me for a minute. I backed up so he could get in. He walked past me and went into the living room. "Hey Z."
"Hi." she said. I turned to look at them. Chris was picking up Royalty. Zillah was into her phone again. I sighed. Chris started to walk out.
"Chris." I said. He looked at me. "I still love you."
"Uh huh."
"Please. I mean it."
"Look, I have things I need to do. I have to go. My car is running still." he said walking past me. I closed the door after him. I turned around and put my back against the door. Then slid down. I felt a tear slide down my face.
"He dismissed you." Zillah said. I looked at her. "But, if you really want him back, you need to show it."
"How do you know this much about this stuff?"
"Never underestimate me dear. Now go get dressed."
"In what?"
"It's on you're bed." she said. I looked at her. "Go nigga."
