Beloved: Lovable, yet in a non sexual way. Able to love one without purpose of intercourse. Means special in a way that is beyond that of lust, but means the purest of love.
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L E X U S
~ Chapter Twenty Seven ~
I rub my eyes waking up to the sun beaming in my face. I look around the room looking for Rayne until I hear the shower going. The minute we got to the hotel room we both crashed deciding to explore later on, I guess "later on" is now. It's only four o'clock so we have a full day ahead of us depending on what we do. I cover my face with the pillow until I hear her come out the bathroom humming to herself. "Close them curtains." I yell before she passes them up.
"Well good afternoon." She smiles setting her stuff down on her bed. I sit up on the edge of my bed staring at the floor. If it was my decision I would just stay in for the whole damn trip. "Get up, we're going hiking."
"Hiking?" I turn around seeing Rayne in a sports bra and matching leggings. She nods as she ties the laces to her shoes. Finally getting out of the bed I go brush my teeth then I throw on some sweatpants and a hoodie. "No, no. I'm actually out of town at the moment." I hear her on the phone as I go through my suitcase. "Jacob- you know I would if I could."
"I understand that but you don't have to be rude-"
"Boo you ready?" I say loudly so that busta' can hear me. "I-I gotta go." She sighs. "Wall Street nigga." I remind her before she starts getting all worked up. Cracking a smile she grabs the room key and we walk out. I look around taking in the beauty of it all, Arizona is real easy on the eyes. The hotel I got is right off a trail so we just start walking aimlessly. Rayne blocks the sun from her eyes pointing to the top telling me that's where she wants to go. "I can't believe we really did this. This some wild shit." I laugh letting it sink in that we're all the way in another state. "Right." She mumbles holding onto my arm as we walk over some rocks. After a few minutes of walking and complaining about the heat we take a break midway to drink some water.
"I was raped." I snap my neck towards Rayne not expecting that to come out her mouth. "When I was seventeen I went to a party, I got roofied, and I woke up to a guy and his friend on top of me." She looks down running her hand over a patch of grass. "That's what's been bugging me so bad." She shrugs looking up at me with tears in her eyes. Glancing at the sky she wipes her eyes before they can fall. "It happened around this time and every year it's like someone presses a reset button because I feel like I'm right back at that party every morning I wake up."
"I'm guessing your dad doesn't know huh?" She shakes her head no. "I know me getting raped wasn't my fault but I went to that party, I was drinking when I shouldn't of been, and I was embarrassing my dad just like I am now." I rub her back. "Stop sayin' you embarrassing your pops. When you not at church do you know how highly he talks about you? You his lil girl and you make him proud no matter what you do or what you go through. People takin' something from you don't make you ah embarrassment. It makes you tha strong young woman your mama would've wanted you ta be for gettin' through it. Now you gotta pick your head up so you can get over it love." She nods biting down on her lip allowing the tears to fall down her cheeks. I scoot closer to her wrapping my arm around her. Bowing my head I begin to pray for her as she did for me in my time of need. "Lord, I cover Rayne and her mental with tha blood of Jesus. In the name of Jesus Christ by the power of his blood, I break off, tear down every power of the kingdom of darkness formed against her and cancel every argument in heaven that has established itself against tha plans of God in her life. Her body is a temple of the Holy Ghost, justified, sanctified, perfected, and protected forever by the blood of Jesus. She takes authority over the plans of Satan in her life and reverse and breaks every plan and tongue that has formed against her and the perfect plan of God. I call forth in the name of Jesus all God's plans and purposes for her life. Amen."
"Thank you." She hugs me tight. "Best way ta get over something is to work on yourself. Boss up, go to school, get that job, and don't quit no matter how much you wanna stop cause you don't feel like gettin' outta bed keep grindin'. Don't ever let some low life ass niggas dictate your life, you hear me?"she nods not saying anything. "You hear me Rayne?"
"I hear you."
"And I know it's better said than done coming from someone who don't battle with depression but believe me when I tell you, you gonna feel so much better about yourself and about everything once you work on what will make you happy. At tha end of the day it's fuck everybody else...besides me." I smirk trying to lighten the mood. She smiles standing to her feet. "I feel better already." Closing her eyes she holds her hands out feeling the heat of the sun. She opens her eyes then grabs my hands forcing me to stand up. I spin in a circle with her like a headass allowing her to do whatever makes her feel better at the moment. "Ight I'm gettin' dizzy." I sit my ass right back down smiling at the sight of her spinning around everywhere. A few people look at her like she done lost her shit until they see me mugging them. People needa learn how to mind their damn business. "Fuck you lookin' at?" I ask some white lady and her son walking by.
"Rayne you ready ta slide? " Standing back up I dust off the back of my pants. "You don't wanna go all the way up?" She stops spinning to look at me. "Nah not really." I say thinking about hitting the pool at the hotel, hiking ain't really my thing. "I really wanna just eat and chill ta be honest."
"Okay that's fine." I start walking but she grabs my arm. "Really Lexus, Thank you."
"Stop thankin' me. I told you before we came out here I gotchu so I gotchu."
