Lucky Number Seven

Izayah 89

"I met Fabian's family about twenty years ago they were staying in a hotel that I had worked in and I was the housekeeper to there room. Fabian's mom was a nice woman who was looking for a new housekeeper after there last housekeeper was injured, it's ironic now that I think about that in all the years I worked for them I never asked how she was injured. We started talking and she offered me the job, they were paying a lot more than hotel so I agreed with no questions asked, later that week I met Fabian. He was a cute and polite child but there was something about his eyes, his eyes were cold and dark despite his personality. Over the next five years everything was better than ever I grew to love the family, like they were my own. That was until Fabian got in high school, his freshmen year Fabian changed. He became more possessive, more spoiled anything he wanted he got with a second thought. One day Fabian had told his parents that he was bisexual, and of course they accepted him without question. Fabian started messing around with this boy named Prince Sawson and............"

"Zay you aight bro?" Seven asked me. I looked down at my and they were shakin. I looked at Seven and then Miss Arnetta.

"I know that name.............. I know that name Sev." I said with my voice shaking.

"You sure Zay I mean..........." Seven started but I cut him off.

"Seven I know that fuckin name, that was Aaron's ex. I never forgot that name because me and him got into a few times over Aaron." I didn't like was this was going, I didn't know if I wanted to hear the rest. "I'll be back I need a minute." I walked out the room before either one of them could say anything. I walked into the hallway and put my hands over my face. Slowly all the pieces were starting to come together, the pieces that connected Seven to Fabian, Fabian to Aaron and Aaron to me.

"Zay you aight?" Seven said walking over to me. I looked at him and nodded. "Zay look if you don't want to go back you don't have, but I'm going back I need to know the truth. So are you coming or not?" Seven asked looking me in my eyes. I knew that if I didn't hear the truth now then I would never want to hear it.

"Let go." I said walking back towards the room. When we got in there we sat in the chairs. "I sorry Miss Arnetta, I needed a minute. Can you please finish telling us." Miss Arnetta looked me in the eyes and she saw my pain.

"Okay where was I............. Fabian had started messing around with Prince and then one day Fabian went to a party and saw Aaron. I guess Aaron had walked in on him and Prince and from then on he had become obsessed with finding out who he was. He sent me to Prince's school to see if I could find out the boys name. When I did Fabian tried and tried to get him, but Aaron wouldn't talk to him because he was slowly falling for another person. I remember clearly the day Aaron had told him that he would never go out with Fabian. Fabian made me drive him to Aaron's school and when he got back in the car Fabian's eyes were full of hate. Fabian sat in the back of the car and all he kept whispering was 'he'll pay, he'll pay'. A few months later Fabian came home scared, more frightened than I've ever seen him in my entire time working there. He went to his parents room crying, I stood outside their room and listened to him tell them how he was only trying to talk to the boy and the boy sped off and got into a car wreck. His parents promised him everything would be alright, I knew something bad had happened to that boy. I thought for a second that maybe Fabian was really sorry until he walked out their room and smiled as he passed me. I knew right then that he had purposely made him crash. Over the next few months Fabian became more sadistic. He would............. Izayah are you alright?" Miss Arnetta asked me. I wiped the tears that had falling and nodded my head. "They moved away a year after it happened, they moved to the other side of town so that I could continue to work for them. Years went by and everything went back to normal until he had met Tyson. It was started the same way it had with Aaron, Fabian became obsessed with making Tyson his. I think the fact that Seven was in the picture made it even more exciting for him. He tried everything to get him, but nothing worked. So then he had met this young man named Derrick, they both had a deep hate for Seven. They would talk on the phone for hours about ways to get you out of the picture, I would sit on the other end and listen in horror a few times I would go to his parents but they never believed me. One day a very colorful boy named Raymond showed up and him and Fabian decided that they both could get what they wanted Fabian would get you out of the picture and Raymond would get Tyson out of the picture, then Derrick. Fabian put it in Raymond's head that they would be together after they............. well I'm not sure what exactly they were going to do to you, but whatever it was they would get rid of Derrick and be together, but in the end Tyson was always the end gain for Fabian. One day before Tyson came over to help Fabian with some school work, they were talking about how when you went to see The University of Georgia Raymond's cousin would jump you. Tyson got there and Fabian step away I told Tyson as much as I could before Fabian came back. Once Tyson was gone Fabian had called me to the top of the stairs and then pushed me down the stairs. I just wish I had said something before all of this happened." Miss Arnetta said with tears falling down her face. Me and Seven made eye contact and a silent agreement passed between us.

"Thank you Miss Arnetta. We have to go but we'll be back to see you later with Gino." Seven said standing up, Seven started to walk out and noticed I was still sitting there. "Zay bro you coming?"

"Yeah give me a second." I said. I waited until he walked out the room before I spoke again. "Thank you, I know it must of been hard for you to hold all this in, but I'm glad you told me." I stood up and started to walk out.

"Izayah what exactly are ya'll planning to do to Fabian?" Miss Arnetta asked me. I thought about exactly what I was about to say.

"I really think it's better if you don't know. I don't want this burden to be on your heart." I said walking towards the door.

"Please don't let anything happen to Gino." She said quietly but loud enough for me to hear her.

"You have my word." I said walking out the door. When I got to the hallway everything I had been holding in came flooding out, the tears wouldn't stop, Seven walked over and pulled me into a brotherly hug.

"Don't worry Zay we're about to end this shit once and for all. That niga Fabian is about to get everything he deserves and then some." Seven whispered in my ear. I pulled myself together and decided my next plan of action.

"Seven you need to talk to Tyson, I know you're probably still pissed at him but none of this is his fault, it's nobodies fault but Fabian." I told Seven as we got in the elevator. Seven didn't say anything, but I could tell he was thinkin about what I said. We reached to lobby and we walked over to Tyson, Gabriel, and Tiana. They stood up and Seven pulled Tyson close.

"Babe listen I know I've been trippin a lot lately over little shit and I'm truly sorry. I'm just scared something might happen to you when you're around that nigga. Promise me Ty that if that nigga even looks at you you'll tell me." Seven said with his arms still around Tyson.

"I promise Seven and I'm sorry I didn't tell you I just thought that he was trying to be funny." Tyson explained.

"Look this is all fne and well but can we please get home Tion's game starts in a couple hours and I'm definitely going to be there." Tiana said with an attitude.

"Aight ya'll go head I'm going to run back upstairs and see Jackson. Call Iran and Gino and tell them to meet us at your house Seven." I said. They all started walking outside and I caught the elevator back up to Jackson's room when I got off the elevator I saw the last person I ever expect to see walking into Jackson's room....... Raymond.