fire and rain // forheadedrose

16. Sunset

D E J A

"Stop moving." I smiled as I tried to fix Martin's collar while we stood in the office in the end hours of our day.

He smiled as he looked down at me,
"Yo, Deja!" Roger yelled at me, "Yeah?" I said still fixing his collar.

"I invited H and D out here... They're coming tomorrow." "You what?" I asked in disbelief as I turned towards Roger.

"Yeah, I forgot to mention it a while ago." He said and I stared at him.

"They're going to be here tomorrow?" I asked and he nodded.

"In the morning, they're staying at my place." He said and I sighed with relief.

"Oh come on, Dej, you've got to be excited to see your siblings." Riggs poked at me and I glared at him.

"I'm not. They're mean to me, especially Harper." I said and Roger chuckled as he walked over towards us, "Harper did poke at you, but Daniel and you have always been alright.-" "When Harper isn't around." I raised my eyebrows.

"I swear.. She used to tell me I wasn't part of my own family because my skin color, and then once, two days before my tenth birthday, she cut my hair while I slept." I said nearly seething just thinking about her.

"I can't see her, not after what happened last time." I said shaking my head.

"Woah, woah, woah. Now I have to hear what happened last time." Riggs said grabbing my wrists, keeping me from clearing my desk.

I looked up at him and sighed.

"It was a few years ago when Ashton and I had just gotten divorced, and they happened to be in town around the same time." I sighed and Roger remembered this by the look on his face.

"She told me how she knew Ashton would leave me, I snapped at her, telling her off about how siblings don't say or even think things like that about each other.. So she told me we were hardly even family, so I left the house crying, Daniel found me and calmed me down before I went home. I haven't spoken to Harper since." I shrugged.

"Yeah, and she just had her second child." Roger said and I huffed, "Figures." I said wiping my nose.

Roger left to go home soon after and as I walked out to my car, Riggs stopped me in the parking garage.

"Hey." I smiled up at him, wondering if he forgot to tell me something or why he hollered for me.

"Hey, uh, can we talk for a second?" He asked and I slowly nodded, noticing his off behavior.

"Don't worry, I won't make you meet Harper or Daniel." I assured him and he nervously chuckled.

"Actually, it's about, um, us." He said looking up at me and my heart sunk, I knew what was coming.

"I-I think we should take a break.." He said rubbing the back of his neck.

"You deserve more, you deserve better than me." He said and I looked up at him, my eyes pleading for him not to do this.

"I just don't want anything serious right now. You deserve someone who's serious about you." He said and I breathed deeply.