His Dusk, Her Dawn (Completed)

Chapter 17

Lazarus

I sat outside the mall waiting for Luna and Mariah to arrive. I had been out here for about ten minutes playing a poker game on my phone.

I looked up once I heard giggles. Luna came skipping up the sidewalk with Mariah next to her.

Mariah seemed be annoyed by Luna's behavior.

"Mariah you're such a lame" She stated.

They looked up noticing me. "Oh heyy Baby!!" Luna said pulling me into a tight hug.

"Hey Babe." I squeezed out.

She let me go and I breathed out looking over to Mariah. "Hey Mimi" I smiled giving her a light hug.

She gave me a small smile. "Hey Zar."

"Y'all ready to go in ?" I asked glancing at the two.

"Yup, lets hit it." Luna grabbed both of our hands pulling us into the mall.

"Woooah, slow down Luna." I spoke catching my balance.

She laughed. "Y'all are so slow."

"No, you're just moving too fast." I chuckled.

She rolled her eyes and sucked her teeth. "Aight turtles, lets go inside of Jimmy Jazz."

We agreed and walked in.

"Look guys look!!" Luna said. Mariah and I turned from the shoes to see Luna modeling in a snapback that had a crescent moon.

"Pretty cool hat ain't it? Since it's a moon on my hat and my name means Moon? A moon wearing a moon!" She laughed out.

I knew she was high by the way she was acting.

"Yeah Luna..." Mariah spoke low, she wasn't feeling her vibe and to be honest I wasn't either.

"Come on we can all wear hats." She said placing hats on top of our heads.

As she backed away she bumped into some guy. She turned around cutting him off from speaking.

"Watch where the fuck you're going you dick!" She spat.

His face twisted up in a frown at her. "The fuck!? You bumped into me bitch!"

I quickly snatched Luna up by her arm before she could attack him. She was so strong Mariah had to help me hold her back.

"Just let it go Luna" I spoke, I looked up at him. "Aye that wasn't really necessary calling her a Bitch bro."

"She called me a Dick."

"And you were wrong too Luna." I spoke I looked down at her as she tried to get out of our hold, curse words flying out of her mouth.

I apologized to the man, removed the hats from our heads, walked out of Jimmy Jazz and sat her down right by the door that lead outside.

"What is wrong with you!? Calm down." I spoke as I grew annoyed of her crazy behavior.

"You see he bumped into me and called me out of my name!!" She exclaimed.

"No Luna, you bumped into him AND called him out of his name first." I corrected her.

She raised an eyebrow up at me as she crossed her arms across her chest.

"Oh so now you taking his side huh?"

I frowned. "What no! You twisting my words arou-"

"Over your GIRLFRIEND?" She yelled.

"Luna calm down, you trippin gi-"

She smacked my hand away. "No. I ain't tripping!" she said shaking her head. "I just know wassup... You let a nigga call me out my name and instead of doing something about it, you wanna take his side!!"

"No Luna-"

"Luna he wasn't taking up for him, you got it all wrong." Mariah spoke cutting me off.

"Mariah, stay out of this, this is between Me and Lazarus."

"I was just stating facts." Mariah said Holding her hands up in surrender.

"So you taking his side too? A guy that picked ME over you?" Luna raised her brow up at Mariah.

"LUNA!!"

My eyes widen as I snapped my head over at Mariah.

Tears threatened her eyes as she stared at Luna, her face filled with anger.

"FUCK YOU BITCH!!" She yelled through tears as she turned leaving out of the door.

"Mariah wait!!" I called out trying to catch up to her.

Luna

I watched as Lazarus chased after Mariah. He caught her by her arm outside turning her around to face him.

I couldn't really read their lips but I tried my hardest and still got nothing.

After a few minutes, Lazarus face softened as he pulled Mariah into a hug.

My heart instantly cracked as I fumed with anger watching her cry into his chest while his hands are wrapped tightly around her.

It wasn't just any regular hug, it was an affectionate one..

I turned around wiping tears from my eyes and went the other way out of the mall.
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I took a sip from my wine cooler staring off in the distance.

"I fucked up, Jason..." I told him as he sipped his.

"I wasn't trying to but..." I paused looking at him. "You know how I get when I'm high, words just come flying out of my mouth."

"You have no filter when you're high.. Hell... Even when you not." He looked up at me with his brows raised. "You say some reckless ass shit!"

I laughed nudging him in the arm causing him to chuckle.

Our laughs died down and silence quickly filled the air.

"I wasn't trying to hurt my cousins feelings..." My eyes fell down to the glass bottle in my lap.

"But I did.... " I paused a tear slipping from my eye. "The way he chased after her and hugged her... That should've been me Jason." I said looking up at him and pointing to my chest.

He looked up at me his eyes filled with pity. "It's not good for you two to be fighting over a boy, no matter what Luna... Blood is thicker." He spoke honestly.

"I know but..." My eyes fell back down to the floor as I continued speaking.

"It's something about Lazarus..." I shook my head searching for the right words to explain how Lazarus makes me feel.

Millions of words ran through my head but none of them were perfect.

I let out a sigh. "I don't even know Jas.... He seems to calm me... I forget all about the world and my problems when I'm with him.. He makes me... Feel for once in my life." I spoke softly.

Jason sat quietly listening as he smoked his blunt he had just lit.

He took it out of his mouth, thick smoke following behind it.

"I understand.. He's your natural high."

I nodded looking up at him. "Yeah.. Exactly that.. My natural high." I repeated nodding.

"This Lazarus... He sounds like a bad ass."

I let out a laugh.

"Oh trust me he's not." I begin explaining to Jason how Lazarus was.

"Luna... He sounds like a good kid..." He paused looking up at me.

"Don't hurt him.. Or ruin his life" He spoke passing the blunt to me.

"I won't Jas... I promise I won't.."

I had to hold on to Lazarus.. He was my last hope of finding happiness in life.