This book is about Toni Braxton finding love and figuring out how her life is going to turn out. Meanwhile, her bestfriend Kenny Babyface Edmonds is trying his best to hide his love for her.
Can two bestfriends become more than friends?
Can they ba...
"We can have anything you want tonight." I told her. "Chinese?" She quietly whispered. "Of course. Here's the remote to the tv and when I get back we can watch any movie you want to watch." I told her grabbing my keys and putting on my shoes. "No I'm going with you" She quietly said, grabbing my arm tight. "Ok lets go." I said grabbing her hand and walking out the door. *** " I'm not trying to ruin your mood or anything but I just want you to know that we don't have to talk about anything until you're ready to and you don't have to go to that stupid retreat either." I told her as we lay on the couch eating our pu pu platters. Her eyes slowly shifted in my direction then back at the tv. "Ok" She said quietly.
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*KNOCK KNOCK* "Who the hell?" I said putting my food down and going to the door. I looked through the peephole and there he was. Birdshit. "Toni go hide in the bedroom" I whispered/ yelled at her . "Whyyyyyy?" She whined. "Because I said so" She slowly got up and took her food to the room. I waited until I heard the bedroom door close to open the front door. "What the hell do you want?" "I just wanna talk to Toni and I know she's here." He said trying to look inside. "She ain't here. You need to leave" I said trying to close the door but he put his foot in the way. "Listen, I love Toni, I just had one too many drinks that night and-" "What? One too many drinks? You put your hands on her. You know what I call that? A bitch ass move." I told him. " I know it wasn't right but she made me do it" He said. "What the fuck did you just say? She's like 4 feet tall. What the hell could she possibly have done to make you put your hands on her? You know what I don't even give a fuck. Get the hell out of here and don't come back" And with that I slammed the door and went in the room to get Toni. *** "Who was that?" She asked with a scared look on her face. "Nobody" I told her getting into the bed. "If it was nobody then you would tell me" She said. "Don't worry about it" "oh god, it was Brian. He knows I'm here!" She shouted. "He doesn't know anything." I said getting a little aggravated. "Yes he does and he's going to come for me!" She started breathing heavy and pacing. I got up and ran to her. "Toni you need to calm down. Nothing is gonna happen to you. I promise." I rubbed her back as she cried on my shoulder. Then she whispered: "I don't know how much longer I can take this. I don't wanna...live anymore" I took her off my shoulder and looked into her eyes. "You can't talk like that. Please don't ever say that. I care way too much about you to just sit here and hear you say those words." She just kept looking at the floor. "Could you sleep in the guest room?" She asked me. "Hell no. There's no way I'm leaving you in here alone. I won't sleep in the bed but I'll be on the floor." I replied and grabbed a bunch of blankets and pillows to sleep on. She rolled her eyes and went to bed. *** I laid there awake for hours. Part of that was because of the screaming from Toni's night terrors but most of it was the stress from the situation. I mean who am I to say Birdshit won't burst through my door with a couple of his goons and shoot my place up. I lifted my head slightly to see the clock on the nightstand...5:30... I quietly got up and slipped into the bed. Ugh my back is killing me. I slowly dozed off. *BEEEEEEP BEEEEEP* My eyes quickly shot open. I groaned and glanced at the clock...7:38... What the hell!? I was asleep for like 3 seconds! I reached my arm out and slapped the snooze button and looked over to Toni. "Morning" She said. "Morning" I smiled. "Wait what are you doing in the bed?" She asked confused. "You try sleeping on a hard tile floor all night" I replied. "I get it, I get it" She said covering her yawn. Hmmm let me try something. "So how did you sleep?" I asked her. "Like a baby. It was the best sleep I've had in a long time" She lied. She then got up and took a shower. I laid there a little while longer and eventually I dozed off again.
"Hey...sleeping beauty. You have to go get Peyton in 10 minutes" I heard Toni say. "Mhmm" I groaned and continued to sleep. "Ok when you have to pick her up off the side of the road...you know that nanny doesn't play bout her money" She said walking out of the room. "Oh shit!" I jumped up and ran to get dressed.
I put on some pants, put on my shoes grabbed my keys and raced out the door. "You didn't brush your teeth!" Toni yelled from inside. "No time! I have gum in the car!" I shouted back and raced down the road.
*** "Gross" I said as Ken pulled out the driveway. I made some cereal and ate it while watching tv on the couch.
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Ok it's time. I got up and headed to the bathroom. I reached underneath the sink and grabbed my box of blades. I looked in the mirror for awhile trying gather up my strength to actually do it. I put the blade to my wrist and slowly began digging it into my skin. "Ahhh" I winced in pain. I began dragging the blade across my wrist horizontally. The blood ran down my fingers as I moved the blade to a different spot on my wrist and cut again. I started crying a bit and looked at myself in the mirror. I'm an unloved monster. No one cares about me. I'm ugly and disgusting. I'm nothing more then a punching bag. I slowly brought the blade up to one end of my neck. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes.
"Tone I brought back some Denny's!" I heard Ken shout from downstairs. I jumped and dropped the blade on the floor. I then started crying and hitting myself in the head yelling stupid stupid stupid. He then ran into the bathroom and started yelling. "Oh my god! Toni!" He yelled. He grabbed the bandages and wrapped them around my arm. Then he seen it. The slight cut on my neck and he knew what I was going to do. He got up and closed and locked the door. He put his forehead to mine and started crying. "I-I'm s-sorry I j-just couldn't t-take it a-anymore" I stuttered. "Don't apologize. It's not your fault" He said to me. Peyton knocked on the door and said "Is mommy in there? What's wrong?" I got up and put on a jacket. Then I went to Ken, wiped his tears and kissed his forehead. I opened the door and she came running into my arms. "Mommy! Mommy! Where have you been!? I missed you so much!" She said. "I missed you too" I said hugging her back. "Come on I want to show all of the new dolls I got" She said leading me to her room. ------------------------------------------------------- What do you think? Comment and vote❤️✨
