Safe Haven ( August Alsina x Janet Jackson )

5

Aliye

"Ken I miss you." Robyn cooed through the phone.

"I can? Omg okay I'll be there in like fifteen minutes." She squealed climbing off the bed again.

"Going out with Kendall again?" I glanced up at her.

"Yep." She cheesed.

"You don't think you're spending a lot of time with him Rob?"

"If I'm not mistaken that's usually what people do when they first start dating Aliye. They spend a lot of time together.. So they can get to know each other." She said sarcastically.

"Okay, but you haven't been focusing on your singing as much as you should be Robyn."

"I'm always completely focused on my singing. I'm allowed to live a little. I'm nineteen."

"You didn't sound too focused at the last performance."

She stopped walking around the room turning to look at me. "How about you focus on your own future, let me focus on mine."

She rolled her eyes storming out of the room. I sighed knowing id unintentionally pissed her off. I didn't care about her spending time with Kendall I just didn't want her to lose focus.

"You gotta let her live a little Aliye. You're not her mom you know?" Dahlia said strolling into the room.

"I'm not trying to be." I mumbled.

Dahlia sat on her bed across from mine looking at me. "Heart to heart?"

I shrugged signaling for her to talk.

"Don't be like me Aliye. I screwed my life all up and to this day I still ain't got it right. Robyn is your best friend I get it, but you're way too involved in her life when you should be worried about your own. You can't just live off of her if she makes it Aliye. She's gonna get tired of you leeching and it's gonna spoil the friendship. You gotta have something going for yourself."

"I don't plan to leech."

"So what do you plan to do? What's the big plan?"

"I don't know Dahlia." I sighed. "I don't know."

"You got it Aliye. You smarter than I ever was. Girl, sometimes you make me so mad with those big ass words you use. But you got the brains. Use it. Use it for something."

I took in everything Dahlia was saying to me. I truly wished I believed in me the way everyone else did but I just didn't see it.

"I hear you. Ima try."

"So who's this guy I hear you were hanging out with on Robyn's birthday?"

"Oh, um Bentley. He's a friend."

"Let me see what he looks like."

"Why does it matter?" I eyed her.

"I just wanna see." She chuckled. "Is he ugly? I won't judge."

"Far from." I informed her. "Almost perfect is what he is."

"You been getting a real good look huh?"

I kissed my teeth rolling my eyes. "He's not my type. I'm into the Lance Gross's of the world." I pulled up his Instagram handing her my phone.

"Oh he's a cutie pie." She cooed. "Jaw line will cut you hunty."

I bursted out in laughter as she handed me my phone. "Yeah he's handsome."

"Is he nice?"

"Hmmmm, yeah I suppose."