Love in New York [Under Construction].

XV.

"And then I got to shake his hand!" I squealed, "my idol! Ralph Lauren!" Mrs. Irvin laughed at my fangirling. "Girl, you are too much" she chuckled lightly, but became serious afterwards. "Aaliyah, I have to tell you something.." Adam stood stretching. "Babe, I'm gonna go call Priscilla" Adam told me. "Alright, I'll probably call her later tonight" I added. Adam walked back into the house. "He is fineee" Star drawled. "Thanks" I snarled, narrowing my eyes at her. "Is Priscilla his sister?" Keaja asked. I nodded. "Yeah, she wasn't feeling so good a few days ago, so Adam and I have been checking up on her a lot lately."

My mind wandered back to her foster dad. "Aw! She's like your daughter!" another one of my cousins cooed. "She is not my daughter" I laughed. "But she almost is!" she argued. I shook my head at them. "So, what did you have to tell me?" I asked. She took a deep breath. "I'm-" The back gate swung open and James strutted through. "Good evening everyone!" he smiled. All my female cousins swooned over him, everyone else greeted him simply. I hadn't talked to James since he had left me in the cold parking lot that night. And I wasn't going to talk to him now. II pretended not to notice him. 

"Aaliyah, you look as beautiful as ever" he complimented, walking over.

I looked away from him.

"I picked you up something" he grinned. I refused to make eye contact. His anger quickly escalated. He grabbed my face, forcing me to look at him. "Aaliyah, hey, I'm talking to you." "James, let her go" my Aunt Jaquita snapped angrily. He took his hands of me. "If she's here, that border hopper can't be far behind." I punched him in his chest as hard as I could, my emotions snapping from calmness to anger, in 0.2 seconds. "Shut the fuck up James! You're always talking about him! He's a better boyfriend than you will ever-!" Before I could finish, his hand collided with my cheek, making a sickening smack, I fell out of my seat onto the hard ground. "Baby, I-" My cousins, Terrell, and Wayne, pulled him away from me, fighting him to the ground. "Get the fuck of my property!" Uncle Leroy hollered. Pain spread over my cheek, making it hot. Everyone quickly began to leave, leaving food and belongings behind.

Adam walked back into the back yard, flying over to my side as he saw my aunt and Star help me off the ground, covered in grass. Tears spilled down my cheek. Adam inspected it. "Aaliyah, what happened?" "James-he..he" It didn't take him long to realize what happened. Adam ran over tackling James to the ground. Everything was moving so fast. 

Adam and James began to exchange blows, as my family members as my family members watched in shock. I had never seen him this angry. "Adam! Stop!" I cried, running over and trying to stop them. Star pulled me away from the fight. Uncle Leroy, with the help Terrell and Wayne, separated the fight. They pulled James out of the yard. Adam ran back over to me. "Hey, its alright. You won't have to worry about him anymore" Adam promised, brushing the grass of my pants and legs. I quickly went into the house and into the bathroom. A large faded hand print was on my cheek. 

Adam's POV

Aaliyah rushed inside holding her cheek. Right now, I was beyond pissed. I walked out of the backyard and up the steps to the house, rubbing my swollen knuckles. Right as I got to the door, Star walked out. I didn't even notice she was had followed Aaliyah. "You know Adam, anything Aaliyah did in New York, I can do better" she grinned. 'Esta chica es incredible(This girl is unbeliebvable).' "Star, can you please move?" I said, I was worried about Aaliyah right now, I had no time to be dealing with Star. "I can't believe you still want to be with her, she's nothing but trouble" she snapped. "You're so worried about Aaliyah's exs being around her. Well get use to it, because she's nothing but a little thot" she finished, walking back to the backyard.

I rested my hand on the door, my other in my pocket around the peridot bracelet I was going to give her today for her early birthday present.

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