23 year old Normani Kordei has to work to make ends meet for her and her younger sister, Zendaya. With their parents passing from a tragic accident, their worlds are turned upside down.
Lauren Jauregui is a world renowned artist who was lucky enoug...
I dance around to the music blasting in the bathroom, I don't have to be in till 10:30 and it's almost 10 now so I take this extra time to flat iron my hair. I finish everything up by 10:15 and I make my way to the door, I stop in my tracks when I see Quincy standing in the kitchen with a smirk on his face. He slowly walks towards me and clenches his jaw.
"Guess what I got in the mail today Normani" He says
"A restraining order filed by you and your bitch! You think I'm letting this shit slide?!" He yells
How the hell did he get in here?
"Did you pick the lock?" I ask
"I sure as hell did! You feel threatened by me now huh Mani? Does me apologizing mean nothing to you?" He asks
"No it means nothing to me, get it through your thick skull Quincy that you ruined this, you ruined everything Quincy!" I yell
"Now you sending out threats and shit?! You got 3 seconds to get out before I call the cops" I say
"1...2..." I say
I shrug my shoulders and pull out my phone, he snatches it and throws it onto the floor. Before I can even say anything to him he grips my neck and slams me against the wall. I glance at the time on the stove 10:20, Lauren and Zendaya should be back in the next few minutes. I pull at his fingers and he squeezes harder, completely cutting off any air circulation. He grips my neck for a few seconds more than abruptly let's go. I gasp for air and glare at him.
"You reached a new low, you really just put your hands on me" I laugh
I move past him but he comes back in front of me, walking in front of me the whole time. He grabs my arm and I kick him in his stomach, he hunches over groaning like a bitch and just then the door opens. He stands back up straight and next thing I know this nigga slapped the shit out of me. I grab my face in shock and he glares down at me with his nostrils flaring. My cheek and my fucking lip hurt like hell, just great, I got a fucked up neck, cheek, and lip. I look behind him at Zendaya and Lauren who stand there in shock also. Zen jumps on his back and wraps her arm around his neck, he starts trying to pry her off which just makes her lock on tighter.
"ZENDAYA GET OFF HIM!" I scream
"No! He got me fucked up!" She yells
Lauren walks up behind her and tries pulling her off. Quincy manages to unwrap her legs but she got that nigga with the hands. Lauren grabs her legs but it's no use, she's not letting go no time soon. Lauren let's go and goes into the kitchen, coming back out with a pan. She hands it to me and I walk up to them, Quincy throws them against a wall but she still manages to hold on tight. Wow lil warrior. Lil warrior better calm down before she start struggling.
"Lo yank her off, even if that mean y'all go falling to the floor, yank her" I say
She nods her head and walks back up to Z, once she finally gets Zen off him I slam the pan upside his head. He goes unconscious and I drop the pan, breathing heavy.
"Mani!" Lauren says in a panicked voice
I turn to her, immediately noticing a wheezing Zendaya in her arms. I look through her bag for her inhaler, just as I'm about to use it I notice it's empty.
"Are you fucking kidding me? Is this forreal right now?" I chuckle
"Mani I-It's getting worse" Z coughs
I sit her up straight and tell Lauren to call an ambulance.
"Daya calm down, you gotta calm down and breathe" I say while staring into her eyes
"I can't, h-he hit y-you, your neck a-and face is bruised" She says
"Stop talking it's making it worse, I'm fine Zendaya but you gotta breathe" I say
Lauren rubs her back and soon her breath starts evening out a little, the ambulance arrives and we head to the hospital. Once we're there they take me and Zen to a room.
"You want me to go with her first and make sure she's ok?" Lauren asks
I nod my head and she kisses my cheek, following Zen's doctor. They do a X-ray of my neck to make sure nothing's broken, when they find nothing wrong they clean up my lip and put stuff on my cheek and neck to help with the bruises. I place my head in my hands and sigh, what a fucking night. The door opens but I don't care enough to look up right now. A pair of hands hold my head up and I look up at Lauren's gaze. I lock eyes with her while she carefully caressing my cheek, every emotion I've felt tonight comes spilling out of me at once. She wraps me in a hug and we stay silent like this for a few minutes, I pull away and wipe my eyes.
"Everything's fine?" She asks
I nod my head and she kisses me, careful not to do it too hard.
"Zendaya is sleep now but they said since it was bad she's most likely gonna have another one in a few hours and they're gonna keep her for 2 days" She says
"Ok" I sigh
She grabs my hand and leads me to Zen's room, I sit on Lauren's lap with my head on her shoulder.
"Oh yea I recorded her for you, it was amazing" She says
She hands me the phone and I watch the video, getting teary eyed as soon as she starts describing the picture, knowing it's about us.
"She said she made a second one to give to you, it's at your apartment" She says
Tears run down my face again and she starts laughing.
"We said you'd ugly cry" She smile
I playfully roll my eyes and start playing with her hand, in this moment I know exactly what I want.
"I'm ready" I say
"I can finally take you on a date?" She asks
"Yea but I'm ready for it all, to make this official, you've done nothing but show me how genuine your feelings are and tonight was the cherry on top" I smile
"Ok it's official then, I have the best girlfriend in the world" She smiles
"So do I" I say
We're interrupted by 2 officers who need a statement about what happened with Quincy. I tell them everything and it looks like he facing about 10 years.
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