Your Love Is My Medicine

4

After arriving to the mall, Sidney, Jahseh and I look around. "How much you bring?" I ask Sidney. "40" she says. I hand her 200. Her eyes go wide. "How much Ms. Henderson give you?" she says. "It don't matter she left me money for the rest of the week" I say. "You need some, Jahseh?" I ask turning towards him. He shakes his head. Something looks off about him. He looks like he is really unfocused but whatever.

I pull him to the side since Sidney is looking at some clothes. "Hey, you can invite someone if you bored" I say. "I know I would be bored so..." I say trailing off. He just nods and pulls out his phone. His finger hovers over Ski's name but looks at me. I give him a small smile and look away. I said he can invite anyone so if it is Ski he wants then whatever. Shortly after we walk into PINK. A guy with light blond and pink dreads walk up to me, Jah, and Sidney. "AYYYYYEEE" he says man hugging Jahseh. "You must be Auhlia the one Ski crying over" he says. I just awkwardly smile. "This, is my bestfriend Sidney" I say. He looks at Sidney. "Heyyyyy" he says. Sidney justs looks up from her phone and roll her eyes. Me and Sidney walk up front and Jahseh and the dude walk behind us. "What is your name?" I ask looking at the loud boy. "Pump" he says looking directly at Sidney. She doesn't reply.

Jahseh

"Vro she is fine" Pump says to me. "Who?" I say. "Sidney" he says. I roll my eyes. "Awe I see, you got feelings for Auhlia" he says laughing. He starts yelling. "YOU GOT A CRUSH AYE AYE AYE AYE" he says dancing. "Shut up, no I don't Ski like her not me" I say. "Yeah ok" he says back still dancing. Auhlia ain't bad I mean she not ugly but I can't like her. Yall all know what happened last time I got involved with a girl. She gon do me the exact same way. "Look Jahseh ain't that Ski's girl?" he says pointing to Ariana. I slowly nod she must be here for Auhlia. A tall boy that look exactly like her is walking next to her. I gently tap Auhlia and point straight ahead. She looks around and stops dead in tracks and laughs. Sidney looks and laughs too, then I see what they laughing at. Ariana hair is all messed up. Auhlia and Sidney had to drag her. "was that a team effort?" I ask both of them. "Naw, Auhlia dragged her and threw her down her driveway" Sidney says to me. Auhlia is still laughing. She looks at me and Sidney staring at her "What" she says innocently. I laugh too she is a savage. Ariana points at us and the boy starts running up to us. He grabs Auhlia by her shoulders.

"Next time you fight my sister you fight me" he says. "A..Ad....ADAM?" she yells. "Yeah, it is me Auhlia" he says smiling. "You got 3 seconds to put me down and let go off me" she says struggling. He has her pinned against a wall. I don't know what happens but I get tingly. My fist connects with his jaw. He immediately drops Auhlia on the floor. He runs toward me and jabs but I dodge it. I punch him the eye. "Adam" Ariana yells. With one hand on his eye he punches my lip. I make sure Lia and Sidney are out of the way and Pump too and swing. Something hard connects with my fist.

The outside of my vision goes blurry and everything goes black.

Auhlia

He wakes up finally. "Jahseh" I say loudly. "Agh quieter" he says wincing. "Sorry" I whisper. "My ears are ringing" he says. I nod and get a cold, damp rag. I put it on his lip. He winces but eventually calms down. "What happened?" he asks me. "Well, we saw Ariana and her bro, and he grabbed me and you just snapped" I say. He justs listens nodding his head slowly. "I gotta get home so thanks for everything" he says standing up. "AGHHHHH" he yells super loud. He plops down back on the couch.

"You hurt your leg somehow" I say. He mumbles something. "Look you can try to leave, but if you want...you can stay here." He looks at me like I started speaking Japanese. "I'm not gon kill you but I...will call ski he can come get you" I mumble. I pick up my phone. "Naw, it is fine I know you don't wanna talk to Ski" he mumbles. I cant help it but a big smile went across my face. "But if you try to kill me imma beat yo..."