Promise, My Love

"What you think you doing?" He asked, coming towards me. "Packing your things so you can get away from my house. How you going to try to diss me around your little girlfriend? Do she know about you staying at my house? Do she know about you kissing on me? You said you don't put you're mouth on hoes, but she's your girl. So you're putting your mouth on her and coming back to me. You're suppose to be my best friend before anything and you hid your girlfriend from me." I yelled at him.

He grabbed my butt and squeezed it hard. What the hell is wrong with him? "You're the only one I love. I come home to you, don't I? Okay, so shut the fuck up!" He released the hold on my butt.

He sat on the bed and motioned me towards him. "Hell NO!" I screamed. He shook his head and grabbed my arm, bringing me to him. "I love you." I didn't reply, I just stood there. "You want a repeat of last time?" He asked.

"I love you, too! Promise me something?" I told him. "Sure?" "Promise you'll always be here for me?" I asked him. "Sure, baby."

"I'm serious!" I told him. "Me too. I PROMISE, MY LOVE to you. I smiled.

*Buzz, Buzz*

Aaron- I need you to make a drop for me.

Me- What? I can't!

Aaron- Look, don't fucking test me, Alize!

Me- Seriously? That's too dangerous and you know it.

Aaron- You're trying me! Damnit!

Me- Okay! Where to

Aaron- Northwest. 50 pounds

Me- Okay.

Little did I know, that'll forever change my life.

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*POW, POW, POW*

I screamed in agonizing pain as I felt the gun piercing my flesh.

"I see Aaron was too much of a bitch to come himself." The man chuckled. "He wasn't playing when he said he had y'all bitches down for'em. He set you up, sweetheart. I'm guessing you didn't know that though. I'll call an ambulance." He laughed while walking away, dialing on his phone.

Why? Why did Aaron set me up?

These bullets were for him, but this is what I get for getting back in this shit.

I watched as the paramedics rushed in with oxygen and a gurney. Being shot in the legs has got to be the worst thing ever.

As they rushed me to the hospital, I felt weirded out. Like, I could feel my legs. I tried to move my right leg, but the man told me to just lay still. I nodded in agreement, trying to push the feeling away.

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I woke in the hospital, feeling completely numb. I screamed out in horror as nurses and doctors came rushing in. "Ma'am, please calm down." One of the nurses pleaded.

"Why am I here? Why can't I feel my legs?" I ask her, on the verge of tears.

"Ma'am, you were shot in you're legs, leaving you paralyzed from the waist down. I'm sorry, but you'll never walk again. It'll be a miracle if you do. My apologies." A doctor told me, in sorrow.

"Do you have a family member or friend that you want to call? You may leave if someone signs you out, otherwise, we'll call a medical van."

"I'll call someone." I replied, still in heavy tears.

I called Aaron's phone several times, but he didn't pick up. This is the thanks I get?

Next person I tried was Avery. After calling him sixteen times, I figured that he just wasn't going to answer me.

After several minutes, Avery called back, panting heavily.

"Hello?" I asked. "Who's this?" "Alize, I need-" He cut me off. "I gotta go!" He said.

"Baby, come back! I need you." I heard a voice say.

I teared up as hung up in my face. So much for his promise.

I called the doctor and told him that I needed a way home. I signed myself out and got ready the best way I could, being paralyzed from the waist down.

Thirty minutes later, a van pulled up. The lady helped me wheel in. Yes, I'm in a wheelchair because of this.

As we pulled up to my house I seem Avery's car and another in my driveway. What the fuck? The lady helped me out, and I wheeled to my door.

I unlocked it to see Avery and the girl from Walmart, on my couch having sex. I screamed to the top of my lungs.

"Why the fuck are you having sex in my house?" I screamed. They jumped up and looked at me. She laughed while Avery looked shocked.

I wheeled over to her and grabbed her shirt, punching her. She hit me a few times because I'm in this wheelchair.

I punched her one last time, sending her in a daze. Avery stood there, still in shock, mouth agape.

"So, I'm in the hospital, paralyzed from the waist down, and you're having sex on my couch? Really, Avery? You care about me? Get that hoe and leave!" I yelled to him.

"Paralyzed?" He looked at me wide-eyed. "Alize, I'm sorry." He pleaded. "Get out!"

He got their things and they left. I thought he loved me, but I guess promises are meant to be broken.

It's funny how someone can make so many empty promises. Promising to be there and to love a person is not something you should play with. Love is a very strong word, and should only be used if you absolutely mean it.

Being in love can be a painful, yet beautiful thing. For me, it was nothing but pain.

The end.