Don't Leave Me

chapter 2

*dinah pov*

Justine's 7th birthday is coming up and I was planning on taking her out for a little bit . like to the mall then to the stores she likes them to another store that has everything she wants . I wanna spoil my little baby and I know anise does too. she probably already got her some clothes and shoes . always talking about how our baby needs to look fabulous. she's already beautiful just the way she is. why do we have to keep glamming her up? she's 6 and won't know of fashion style until she's probably 10 or whatever. I just want my baby to be herself and not to keep dressing like how amuse dresses her with all these expensive clothes.

"Justine , let's go !"

"coming mommy!" I hear her yell before hearing her little feet hit the floor.

I smile and chuckle to myself as I hear the footsteps get closer . I looked at the top of the staircase and saw justine's little hair bouncing up and down as she hopped down the stairs, holding the hand rail. I smiled because my little girl was growing up and she's so beautiful. i don't know where I would be right now if I didn't have Justine or if I never met anise .

"is mom coming ? I wanna spend time with her."

"yeah, baby. she'll be coming but she's tired okay? don't ask for a lot of things ."

"okay mommy."

she grabs my hand and we go outside. I lock up before putting her in her booster seat. after that, I get in my seat and pull out of the driveway. anise was probably already there and I'm not sure if the girls were coming either . I asked them but neither replied so I guess I'll find out when I get there .

"mommy can I play your phone ?"

"of course you can." I reply as I hand her my phone.

the light turned green and I started driving again. I could hear justine's laughs a few times while she played on my phone. this girl is my life and if I ever lost her, I wouldn't know how to deal with that. Beyoncé then begins to play through the radio and I turn it up, jamming out to it.

when we finally arrived at the mall, we went to the food court because that's where anise was at. she probably got some food waiting and I wouldn't blame her. when we saw her, she had food on the table and Justine immediately ran to her. my heart melted seeing those two together. anise really loves Justine just like I do but she spends more time with her than me. I cherish every moment spent with Justine .

"I hope you don't mind but I got you and Justine some food. I knew you probably didn't have enough time to make breakfast ."

"thank you so much for this. I feel bad though. you spent money on me and I'm not even your girlfriend."

"it doesn't matter. you're the mother of our child. I wouldn't care if we were together or not because I don't mind spending money on my two girls ."

"anise." I whined, as Justine began to eat her food.

"what?"

"why are you doing this? like why are you being so nice? I broke up with you."

"it doesn't matter who broke up with who, I'm still in love with you. I want you to know that I'm going to do everything in my power to show you that I want this. I'll fight for you."

"and if you succeed ?"

"I'll never stop fighting for you."

she pulls me into a hug and I let it happen. I wrapped my arms around her waist as she wraps hers around my neck. I guess I could let her in because she's the father of our child . Justine deserves to have both parents with her instead of one. I hate when she needs me but I'm not there because we don't live together . I have to hear the problems from anise when she calls me at night. she cries herself to sleep because I am never there . she's 6 for Christ sake and she cries at night. what kind of mother am I knowing that my child cries at night before going to school.

"Dinah!" I hear voices scream.

I break away from the hug that I was in to find my girls there. Lauren, Camila, ally, and zendaya. they engulfed me in a hug as anise went to sit down with Justine.

"I haven't seen you in awhile." I say to zendaya.

"yeah, I've just been trying to figure things out."

"how is Tori?"

"she's okay. she's visiting family right now. we got into a small fight but we're good."

I really wanted to ask about Kehlani but I'm pretty sure Camila will start crying . I heard from Lauren that as of right now , they were over. done with . she's happy right now and I don't want to ruin the mood if I mention Kehlani. I'll ask the girls when we're alone. I told them to pull up some chairs while we sat there talking . after a couple minutes , they decided to get some food. as they were eating, Justine started whispering in Anise's ear. I gave her a confused look and she shrugged her shoulders.

"she said she wants to go find shoes."

"you don't want to stay with your aunties?" I asked her, watching as she shook her head.

her face buried in Anise's neck. I sighed as anise picked her up and held her around her waist. I told the girls that we'd meet up when they're done. they nodded and proceeded to go eat . I followed anise to wherever Justine wanted to go to. Justine hurriedly gets off of anise and runs into the store. she loved going to journey's kids. her favorite shoe store.

"Dinah, I miss you."

"okay."

"don't be like this. I want us to be a family again. I want you Dinah, I really do. I'm willing to fight for you."

"then go for it. I'm not letting you slide in with your words. I need actions Anise. so I know that you genuinely mean this. you have said those words so many times and I'm tired of hearing it."

"then Dinah, will you be my girlfriend again? like I can't stop thinking about you. everything I'm doing now is me trying to get you back. yeah it may be words but they mean something to me."

after a few more minutes of arguing, I looked around the store to see if I could see Justine. when I couldn't , I began to freak out . I was supposed to be watching her but anise decided to talk to me . anise went into panic mode also and I hurriedly contacted the girls . I rushed out of the store as we screamed out justine's name. I will never forgive myself if I lose her. I'm so sorry Justine . I didn't mean to let this happen.

"she's okay." a voice calls out .

I stopped breathing and stood in my place. that voice . I know that I've heard it before but I can't remember where . it's so familiar but at the same time it's not. I slowly turned around and my breathing hitched in the back of my throat . that person was someone I didn't expect to be there . at this place , time , and day. why did it have to be her that had found Justine? couldn't it have been someone else?

A/N: it's still kinda short but I'm getting there . it's kinda hard trying to get ideas to come when you have another story you're working on . I know this isn't the best cliffhanger because you guys would already know as soon as it ends . so there's no hiding that .