Love is not a black eye.

The blindness of marriage

"I now pronounce you, Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Jaleel Thomas! You may now kiss your bride!" the pastor exclaimed. I kissed my husband with so much passion & love as the tears streamed down my cheeks.

I was the happiest girl right now. I had just married the man of my dreams. Anthony was all that & then some. We had met in college & started dating not too long after. He was just that guy for me.

"Congratulations baby girl." my Bestfriend Dante said while hugging me. Dante had always been there for me since Daniel Roberts had picked on me in 2nd grade. We dated in middle school but never went any further. He always had a crush on me but I turned him down.

"Thanks tae." I grinned back at him showing by deep dimples & my perfect, straight white teeth. Then my other bestfriends Nay & Da'Jah came ambling over towards me, make up smeared & tears falling down their cheeks. "GIRL I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU! MY LITTLE BABY GROWING UP!" Nay screeched. Loud ass, I thought, smiling to myself. I gotta love her though. She's been with me since day 1. "OMG YAAASSSSS. YOU LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL & FLAWLESS. CONGRATS BOO!" Da'Jah yelled equally as loud as Nay. I loved these girls. We've been tight since 1st grade & our bond has never broken.

I smiled at them as they crushed me into a suffocating group hug. "Thanks y'all. But y'all are really squeezing the shit out of me." I croaked. "Oh sorry girl." they said in unison. "Aye there go Trey! His sexy self. Come on Da'Jah!" Nay yelled, dragging her away. "Well Bye to y'all too." I chuckled to myself as I watched them talk to Trey. God they haven't changed a bit. Just then, I felt two arms wrap around my waist & lips against my neck.

"Hello, Mrs. Thomas." Anthony breathed into my neck. "Hello Mr. Thomas." I greeted back, my cheeks heating up as he traced hot kisses down my neck. "Babe you could save some of that for the honeymoon." I stifled, trying to suppress a moan from escaping my lips. He grinned boyishly child pulling me onto the dance floor. We danced like there was no tomorrow. It felt like no one else was there but us. "And now it's time for the couples first dance." the DJ spoke into the microphone. I blushed as all eyes turned on us & Anthony pulled me onto the middle of the dance floor.

I wrapped my arms around his neck as Spend my life with you by Eric Benet & Tamia flowed out of the speakers. (A/N: Y'all don't know nothing about that! wooweeee I got a old soul. >.<) We swayed back & forth to the music as all our family & friends looked on, some smiling, some crying. I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. "I never knew til I looked in your eyes. I wasn't complete til the day you walked into my life." I sang in his ear. He kissed my forhead as tears danced down his light cheeks. We danced until the song finished & everyone clapped & hollered. The reception turned out to be so beautiful. I received tons of gifts & all that jazz.

After the reception, we flew to Barbados & had a wonderful time. I had never stepped foot out of the united states so it was really fun.

However, when we returned home, things took a turn for the worst. The first 2 years of our marriage breezed by with no problems. Just complete blissfulness. Until that day...that horrible day...

"Hey baby!" I chirped after walking in from a long day at work. No reply. Hmm, I thought. That's odd...I walked further into the house. "Anthony? You home?" I yelled. That's when I heard moaning coming from our room. Oh HELL no, I thought. I burst through the door & saw some girl riding MY MAN. All I saw was red. "ANTHONY JALEEL THOMAS WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?" I yelled with rage. I lunged forward, grabbing the girl by her hair & dragging her off of the bed. I started beating the FUCK out of her. She lied on the floor bleeding when I got up & ran towards Anthony, who just sat there with this dumb ass smirk on his face. "OH, SO THIS SHIT IS FUNNY TO YOU HUH!?" I got all up in his face. I turned around just in time to see that bitch high tailing it to the door. When I turned back to Anthony, he was standing there laughing. I couldn't take it anymore so I reeled my hand back & slapped the SHIT out of him. His smirk instantly dropped. It seemed like his grey eyes turned a deathly black, like he was turning into someone else. He stood up & punched me right in my face. I fell to the ground & tried to crawl out of the door. I was still disoriented from the hit so I didn't get that far. "Tsk Tsk Tsk. Jalia Jalia." He spoke in a dark voice that made me shiver. "Anthony what the fuck-" "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" he yelled while he kicked me in the stomach. I rolled over, trying to crawl away. "Let me tell you something Jalia," he began. "You belong to ME. I make the rules & I do what the fuck I want. You.do.not.question.me." He growled. I cried & started yelling for help. Big mistake. "Princess you shouldn't have done that." he chuckled darkly. "Don't hurt me." I whispered weakly. He bent down & grabbed me up by my hair, whispering two words in my ear..."Too late.." he whispered.

Help me..

And boom, there it is.

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