Playing With Fire

t h i r t y - s e v e n

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Her mother tried to reach for her but she quickly snatched away. She didn't mean to be rude, but she hated being touched when she was mad.
"This is what y'all been keepin' from me?!" Arnell raged.

"We didn't know how to tell you." Anthony said.

"How about by just telling me?!" She shot back.

April walked up closer to Arnell. "Girl, would you just list--"

"Bitch, why are you talkin' to me?" She cut April off. She hadn't spoken a word to her since April accused her of sleeping with Thomas. "Heard ya boyfriend is in jail for havin' sex with a teenager, how is that goin'?" April was speechless.

Arnell was absolutely tired of sparing everyone's feelings. She always held back because that's the type of person she was. Was. Now, she was screaming 'fuck everybody's feelings'.

It was all April's fault anyway. She told everyone that Arnell confessed to her that she was lying about her dad. And of course, they believed April.

"Arnell, you need to cut it out, right now." Her mom ordered while grabbing for her again.

"Would you stop reachin' for me? I don't like being touch!" Arnell warned. Everyone knew this, yet they insisted on testing her. She was legit ready to swing on the next hand that touched her.

Arnell looked her sister dead in the eye. "You let your father use me so he could drugs from his dealer, you knew what he was doing to me!" April crossed her arms.

"April, what is she talkin' about?" August asked. They were all staring at April confused.

She looked down. "Nothing, she's lying like always." April told him. "Still the attention seeker, I see." April smirked.

"Why are you still lying, what did I ever do to you?" Arnell yelled. The girls continued to go back and forwards.

Damitri finally came over and wrapped his arm around Arnell's neck. "Everythin' cool?" Arnell moved away so that she was no longer in his grip. Again with the touching.

"We good, man." August said waving Damitri off. "Why don't you go back to yo table or somethin'?" Damitri scrunched his face up at August. He was two seconds away from smacking the shit out of him.

"I wasn't talkin' to you, nigga." Damitri shot back. "I was talkin' to my girl."

August laughed. "I've been tryin' to not act on the fact that I can't stand yo ass," August started up. "But you pushin' it. This ain't got shit to do with you, son."

"You think I give a shit that you don't like me?" Damitri questioned. He walked towards August and bumped him with his chest.

"Back up." August warned.

"Or. What?" Damitri said with his fists balled up.

August swung and punched Damitri in the face. It took Damitri awhile to process what happened, but when he did, he picked August up and slammed him into the booth. "Guys, stop it!" Arnell yelled. They were both going at it, throwing punches at each other non stop. Damitri had August by his shirt and drew his fist back to hit him. He sent one right hook across his jaw. Damitri hit him again and again. "Damitri, let him go!" Arnell yelled. August flipped Damitri over and punched him twice in the face. Anthony and Arnell were trying to break it up when she seen April kicking Damitri in the stomach. "Don't touch him!" Arnell said before sending a slap across April's face. Damitri finally let go and stood next to Arnell. Anthony held August back as he tried to catch his breath .