1993 ♡ | Keith Powers A.U [ COMPLETE ] Editing

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April, 10/ 1993

Aaliyah P.O.V

I don't know what's going on but I honestly think Keith is avoiding me. I know Briana doesn't want him around me and that's so annoying because he is my best friend. I'll see him in the halls and before I can even wave Briana is pulling him off and giving me dirty looks. I've been hanging out with Algee every single day after school, surprisingly things haven't been awkward since the kiss. Nothing like that has happened since and that makes me so relieved because I care for Algee but not in that way.

We sit in his car in front of the school, I guess we were waiting on something or someone. Soon Nae walks over to the car, her long pretty wavy hair is down her back, she had on a pair a jeans and a black crop top with rhinestones on it. She flips her hair to the side and her and Algee make eye contact.

"Get out the car Algee I'm not talking to you through the window."She says as she crosses her arms looking at him. Al gets out the car and walks over to her. He leans up against it and pushes his hands in his pockets.

"Where have you been?"Al asked her calmly

"Al.. I'm sorry about your sister, but we have to be a little realistic she has been sick for a long time you knew this was bound to happen."Nae says bluntly looking at him.

"Me knowing this was bound to happen doesn't make it okay that you weren't there for me Nae."He says still keeping his calm.

"You're right but you know how I feel about sad stuff Algee, I can't handle it, seeing you cry makes me feel weird and I just didn't want to deal with that."

"You just didn't want to deal with that."Algee repeats her words shaking his head.

"Algee I'm sorry you know I care about you-"She starts to say but he doesn't let her finish.

"No actually I don't know, you're never there for me when serious things happen, you stay away when I'm hurt but I'm always there for you, I'm the one who cares about you don't care about me or my feelings."He says coldly looking her straight in her eyes.

She has such nonchalant look on her face as he spoke to her, and It made me kind of upset it was as if she didn't care about him, she seems like such a caring person the way she helped me that day in the bathroom, I thought she was so sweet, but maybe she just doesn't care about Al..

"Why does everything have to be so dramatic all the time."She asked him and he looks at her with disbelief just shaking his head.

"Dramatic? Me grieving over the loss of my sister is dramatic Nae?" He speaks and she doesn't respond she just rolls her eyes and shakes her head.

"I did not mean it like that Algee see, you're being dramatic right now." She sighs.

"Well, you know what Nae, I don't want to be with you anymore okay."Algee tells her as he leans up from the car.

"Algee"She says reaching her hand out to touch him but he jerks away. He walks back to the driver side of the car starting it and pulling off without letting her say anything at all.

We end up at the shop that Algee works at. We sit in the car for at least five minutes not saying anything, I guess he was trying to process what all just happened. So am I honestly.

"She does that when she's not there for me, she acts like it's my fault and I'm overreacting when in all reality when you love someone you are there for them no matter what." Algee says, I don't know what to say in response to that so I don't say anything.

"That's why I kissed you Aaliyah, because you were there for me, and it just seems like you genuinely care. I know it was out of line for me to do that.. and I'm sorry. I'll never disrespect you like that again. I care about you a lot and I appreciate you and I just want you to know what, things don't have to be turned into something they're not. When friends get involved romantically it ruins the friendship and you're a friend I don't want to lose."Algee tells me and I nod my head. His words make me think. Since the first kiss between Keith and I has our friendship changed?.. I feel like it has. Keith is my best friend and has been my best friend for the longest and I don't things to ruin it. I'm so confused because I love him so much that it hurts and I want to hold him tight and to kiss him, but I don't want things to not work out and our friendship be tarnished.

"How about we go inside and get some ice cream." Algee suggest and I agree, we both get out the care and head into the shop.

Keith's P.O.V

I look at my sketch book and can't help but smile from the pictures I've drawn of Aaliyha, She such a ray of light that brightens up my life and I just want to tell her. I feel so weird and stupid obsessing over her, writing about her and drawing her but not being able to see her. Why am I even letting Briana boss be around like this, who is she to tell me who and who I can't hang out with, I do feel bad for saying Aaliyah's name while Briana and I were having sex but it was an accident. Everytime I do something to upset Briana I can't just let her run over me like I'm some animal. When Bri and I first starting dating I did any and everything for her because I thought she was so beautiful. Well she is beautiful. I wanted to always keep her happy, she was so sweet for the first few months of us dating but after a while her true colors started to show. She is very self-centered and conceited, She's rude to people who she feels like is lesser than her and she's super spoiled so if she doesn't get her way she acts like a total brat. Her dad is black and her mom is white so she thinks her being mixed makes her better than half of the fully black girls that go to our high school. she tells me all the time that I'll never find someone like her, and all those black hood bitches could never be her. At friend I thought it was kind of cute how spoiled and cocky she was but after a while it started to take a toll on me. I didn't even want to hang out with her unless it was for sex, and soon I started getting sick of that because it seemed like it was the only thing she cared about. How are we going to be together is the best thing we have going is sex. I started to like her because of her beauty and confidence but now I know looks get old quick. Your personality is forever. I get so sick of her whiny voice and bitchy attitude. the way she treats people really gets under my skin.

I remember when we went to the movies one day an old homeless man was sitting outside asking for change and I gave the man a twenty dollar bill, Briana snatched it so quickly from him and told him he was a lazy bum and needed to get a job, he was a retired war veteran. I was embarrassed and ashamed to be there with her, when the movie was over I slipped the man the twenty again.

Aaliyah doesn't have much and never has had much but when she see's someone struggling like that she always gives them the little change she does have in her purse because she's just a kind hearted person and that's the type of person I want to spend my life with.

I actually used some wise words for Keith in this chapter lol. I hope you guys enjoyed, I just want to let you know that everything that happened in my story happened for a reason and fot the plot. I've been working on this story for a while and I'm pretty proud of how far it has come. I have my mistakes here and there but after I'm completely finished I'm going to go back and fix everything. There will be a solid ending to 1993 so sadly there will be no sequel, but I will be doing another story shortly after that I hope you guys will enjoy. 1993 is coming so very close to a end but I've enjoyed writing it so freaking much and I'm glad so many people like that story. I will try my very best to update later on today or tomorrow. I have a job interview today so maybe I can push out a chapter after that. ~Lisa