I REFUSE •Stephen Curry•

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Aaliyah POV

The address the mailman gave me was in LA. Why would steph go to LA? Did he really wanna be that far away from me. I drove to the address it was a semi-big house I didn't see his car. I sighed thinking that maybe he gave me the wrong address. Either that or he wasn't home at the moment. So I decided to park somewhere that wasn't noticeable so I could wait.

*Hours later*

I call up Klay getting bored staring at the plain white house.

"Hello?" His raspy voice voices through the phone.

"Did I wake you? I ask. A shuffling was heard.

"No your good." He says.

"Klay I have been waiting at this location the mailman gave me and no one has-" I cut myself off as the breath is taken away from me. Steph pulled in and he got out and ran around the other side to open the door for a girl.

"Aaliyah?" Klay called his voice filled of worry.

"He doesn't need me anymore." I whispered my voice breaking.

"Come home Aaliyah." Klay says gently.

"Ok." I answer. I took one last look at them.

She had long black hair and deep dimples and green eyes to match his. Where mine were a dull brown.

"Stop comparing yourself to her." He whispers. I shake my head knowing he couldn't see.

"I'm going to call you back Klay I'm on my way home now." I tell him.

"Aaliyah-" I hang up before he coud finish. I grab the pink paper the mailman gave me. I took out a pen and wrote something on the back. I watch them go in the house laughing as she looks at him with love. I walk out my car and to the front door. I see through a crack in the window as they are hugging, dancing, and laughing until they pause and look at each other and kiss. A single tear flows down my cheek. I kiss the note leaving a lipstick stain and place it at the door step.

"I love you Steph." I whisper before knocking on the door and runing to the car. I crank the car about to leave when Steph and I make eye contact.

"WAIT!" he calls running towards the car. I blow him a single kiss before taking off. I look through the rearview mirror and see him looking at my car as he falls to his knees as I drive farther and farther away. Soon I pull into Klay's driveway.I call him up.

"Hey I'm outside." I say.

"Ok." He says and I see him outside I get out the car and into his open arms.

"Why Klay?" I cry.

"It's gonna be okay Aaliyah you'll be fine." He whispers in my hair and kisses my forehead. I close my eyes and think of every I love you Steph ever told me until the very last one. (memories is italics like usual)

"I LOVE YOU AALIYAH HAUGHTON!" He screams. I laugh at his words. I drop my smile along with the blinds making me not see the silly human below.  Suddenly I hear a tap and I go up the the window and fall to the ground. There Steph was holding on to the tree branches.

I scrunch my eyes close tighter trying to stop the tears but they continue to flow down my face.

"He doesn't love me anymore." I mumble my voice cracking at the end. "He found someone better who he doesn't have to stay out late and cheat cause she is enough for him." I ramble breaking with every confession that spills from my mouth. Klay doesn't say anything cause I know he can't say anything that will make me feel better because there is nothing that could make me feel better. It feels nice just for someone to just to hold me close.

"I'm sorry." He mumbles in my hair. A shaky breaths leaves my lips. "It's okay lets just go back inside." I tell him as he wraps his arm around my shoulder.

Steph POV

I look up to the sky as I wrap my arms around my head looking for an answer a sign. Ayesha wraps her arms around me.

"Can you leave I need to be alone right now." I state my voice emotionless. She nods and kisses my head and walks aways. I walk back inside and close the door as I hear her car pull out. I can't get her broken face out of my head. Suddenly I remember the note that she wrote. I pull it out of my pocket.

"Dear My Loving Steph,

I'm sorry I wasn't enough for you. In all honestly you was more than enough for me. I see you have moved on and I'm happy for you shes perfect for you. I'm sorry I couldn't be the girl you needed me to be and to fufill your needs and I can't tell you how much I regret it. I'll miss looking into your green eyes and how they lit up when we kissed or messing with your hair when you laid your head on my lap or when your goofy smile that I adore so much and that little gap of yours that makes you different and beautiful in a incredible way. Most of all I'll miss hearing you say I love you to me when I needed to hear it. You'll be fine without me Steph and that is what hurts me the most because I won't be.

I love you Steph, Aaliyah"

I breath looking at the kiss stain as I put the note to my chest.

"Why?" I call out to God. "I know I'm not suppose to question you but why can't she run into my arms and we be ok again?" I ask tears falling from my eyes. This was different then when we usually fight cause this time I felt as if she wasn't gonna come back like this was our real goodbye that we were actually done this time. Which only made me cry harder. I go to bed hoping to make the pain go away.

"Steph?" I hear her sweet voice call my name.

"A-Aaliyah is that really you?" I stutter. I see her dimpled smile as she nods.

"Steph why wouldn't it be me?" she says as she tips her head the slightest to the side. I shake my head.

"I don't know can you just lay with me?" I ask she nods and smiles I hold her close as if she was gonna disappear.

I wake up expecting her to be next to me but instead I am me with an empty bed. I rub my forehead.

"It was a dream." I breath.

"Steph." Ayesha call as the door slams somehow the way she said my name just wasn't the same.

"I'm here." I croak out pulling the covers closer to my cold body.

"You need to get up you can't beat yourself up about this." She explains.

"It's my fault she saw us kiss and I wish she wouldn't have." I say talking faster than my mind could comprehend with what I was saying to her. she looked at me. "I'm sor-"

"It's ok Steph I get it you are in love with her I can't get in the middle of that." She explains. I loved how understanding she was. Maybe I could move on from this and she might be the one who can help me get through this.

"But maybe I could learn how to love you?" I whisper.