I REFUSE •Stephen Curry•

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Aaliyah POV
"Hide Zach." I whisper he stays right in place.

"No he's hurt you enough I'm not letting you go through this." He puts his hand on my cheek. Suddenly I see the door open.

"Come on baby." Steph says to the same girl I saw in Starbucks.

"Steph?" I say looking up at him. He stops and his eyes go wide.

"Aaliyah." He said then looked at Zach.

"So what took you so long?" I ask looking at the man I called my boyfriend. Disgusted. That's what I felt.

"Aaliyah." He breathed.

"No since you want to sit here and bring some girl into our house what took so long for you to just tell me how you felt? Why couldn't you just broke it off with me instead of letting me go through all this?" I ask. He shrugs and looks down.

"Then I had to go through Klay to actually get some answers." I breath. I shake my head.

"I'm done." I tell him picking up my things.

"Wait what?" He whispers.

"I'm done Steph." I whisper. He looks up.

"So you bring Zach here and I know you have something." He accuses.

"OK FINE WE KISSED!" I admit yelling.

"What?" He says stunned.

"I thought you didn't love me anymore." I tell him looking at the floor. His hands meets my cheek.

"I'm sorry Steph but I'm done." I mumble meeting his eyes.

"B-but you can't be done." He stuttered.

"Look Wardell I need a break and a moment to breath I just found out you cheated on me and brought her in our home I'm not just gonna come running in your arms." I tell him walking past him. He grabs my arm.

"I'm sorry Aaliyah I really am." He say

"I know a lot of people are." I gently respond.

"I love you." He whispers. I kiss his forehead. Walking out the door I breath in.

"Hey." I turn around to see Zach.

"You can stay with me if you want." He offers. That was the problem though he had a girlfriend and I technically still was in a relationship.

"I know you and your girlfriend are still together." I turn to him. He gives me a look. It didn't honestly shock me anymore I've been lied to a lot recently.

"Who told you?" Zach asked. Right now I really didn't want to answer questions.

"Does it really matter it's not like we're together." I tell him. He shrugs.

"I um got to go I'll call you later." Giving him a weak smile. I take out my phone and dial Klay's number.

"Hello." He says the loud music gone.

"Uh hey Klay I was just wondering if-"Klay what's taking you so long to come back to bed baby." A female voice says through then phone.

"Never mind."  I sigh.

"Where are you?" Klay ask hearing rustling in the background.

"In front of my house." I answer. He breaths.

"I'm on my way Aaliyah just hold on." Klay says before he hangs up.

*5 minutes later*

"Hey." He says. I give him a smile my voice not really wanting to be heard. He doesn't push me but instead opens the door. He starts the car driving down the long dark highways.

Wardell POV
"Who needs her anyway." Stacy whispers seductively in my ear.

"Get out." I state firmly my teeth grinding against each other.

"What?" She ask hurt appears in her voice.

"I SAID GET OUT MY DAMN HOUSE!" I yell my first hitting the counter of the kitchen. She jumps and picks up her purse.

"Please don't ruin what we have Wardell." She begs.

"Don't call me that only people who actually mean something to me have a privilege to call me that and we never had anything. You mean nothing to me I messed up my relationship the only good thing because of you." I explain looking dead in her eyes.

"This isn't just my fault Steph it takes two people to have sex." Stacy says her voice full of attitude.

"And it takes one person to end it and tell you to get the hell out of my house." I growl. I hear the click-clack of her heels following a slam of the door. Why did I ruin what I had so good with someone I could careless about.

"God what do I do." I whisper as my head fall in my hands. I never was one to cheat but it wasn't my fault it was the drinks that got me started and until now it was my personality that just didn't have the heart to make it stop. Did I love Aaliyah? From the depths of my soul. Do I know how to treat her? No. But, what am I suppose to do to win her back. I dial Klay's number.

"Klay?" I ask confused. I hear a girl in the background.

"Oh hey sorry I was looking at the television." He says quickly. I shake it off.

"What do I do?" I ask him genuinely lost.

"So she found out huh?" He says not surprised.

"Hell yeah and it broke her to pieces." I breath the memory playing back in my head.

"Win her heart back Steph you made her fall for you once you can make her fall in love with you again." He says.

"Uh I got to go but good luck man." Klay tells me for hanging up. All that was left to hear was the sound of the empty line that was empty like my heart.