I REFUSE •Stephen Curry•

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Aaliyah POV
A sigh escapes my lips as I slam the door shut to the car finally breaking down. Tears furiously run down my face. My hand meets the dashboard. Pain. Was all I was feeling. Everything was finally hitting me. He wasn't mine. Steph wasn't mine anymore no matter how bad I wanted him to be. I heard a door open and I turn around.

"I'm sorry." I almost fell out the seat. I begin to scoot closer to the end of the car trying to make as much room as possible between us. "Please don't be like this." He reaches out for me and I jerk back causing him to jump.

"Steph I can't believe you have the nerve to come in here and try to touch me like you didn't just take another girls side over mine." My voice cracking at the end. Still not facing him. His hand rests on my shoulder. My shoulder stiffening at the contact.

"I'm sorry." He apologizes. I shake my head finally turning to look at him. His eyes widen at my red face and matching eyes and my tear stained cheeks to add to this whole mess of mine. "I'm so so so sorry." He murmurs. He leans in. I take a breath in as I feel his warmness radiate from him.

"Well sometimes sorry doesn't fill in the voids you left me with Steph." I whisper kissing his cheek softly before getting out the car walking back into the arena giving him one last look I see his head in hands one of his big hands caressing his head while the other is pulling his hair harshly. Things were confusing at the moment. Did I just turn him away? Maybe we needed this, we needed this space. So he could realize what he lost and for me to be more independent. Time can only tell. I believe God will bring him back to me if we truly are meant to be together, we will find our way back to each other I know we will. We have too.

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"Aaliyah are you ok?" Klay asks his hand planted firmly on my thigh. I sigh but gently lay my hand on top of his and give it a firm squeeze.

"Yeah just realizing a lot of stuff." I tell him giving a weak smile. He halts the car coming to a stop at the stop lights. The car fills in with different lights from the light up signs and street lights.

"I'm here for you always remember that." He says turning to me. I nod before he gives me one last glance before driving off. Throughout the car ride Klay would caress my thigh lightly or tap upon it along with the beat with the radio. So many thoughts were crossing my mind. Like what do I do now? I should find a job and move into my own place hopefully. I needed a fresh of air to show a new state of my life. Change is what I needed and what I was gonna get.

Steph POV
I sat there.

Dumbfounded.

For once I didn't have words that could fix everything. I messed up and I couldn't fix what I did. A sigh escape my lips as I open the door to the car. Walking into the arena it just didn't feel the same. Everything has changed over the past month or so. At once I would come in here with a beautiful girl I called mines on my arms. We were happy at least at a point. Then cheating began affairs and lies just messed everything up. Why did I leave her every night she took care of me before taking care of herself. I'm a selfish bastard. The bright light from inside the building shined in my eyes making me squint.

"Uh we are gonna leave see you later." Klay says Aaliyah arms wrapped around him. That should be me.

"But we haven't even practice." I tell him trying to find some excuse for Aaliyah to stay just a little bit longer.

"I'm just gonna drop Aaliyah off she isn't feeling good but I'm sure you wouldn't care by the way where is "your girl"?" He asks making air quotations around my girl.

"Matter of fact I do care but I don't know and I don't care where she is. Aaliyah are you feeling ok?" I get around his interrogations and walk closer to Aaliyah. She whispers to Klay.

"She just wanna go home so I'm gonna go take her I'll be back it won't  be long tell coach I'll be back I he asks." He tells me and walks out the room with Aaliyah. Leaving me once again alone and helpless. Why do I feel so alone. Everything were building around me but why was I the only thing collapsing. Mentally I was breaking down and the one person I needed to keep me sane, finally realised her worth in this world and left.