what about us|aaliyah

twenty-one

aaliyah

kim quickly came over after i told her what went down. when i answered the door she had two bags of snacks and three movies. i couldn't that he kept that from me all of this time. i licked my lips as i picked up the box of vanilla ice cream.

i roughly opened it and the top of the box hit kim in her leg. "dang, aaliyah calm down." she chuckled while looking at me.

"sorry." i said, stuffing my face with the cold dessert. "i'm eating my sorrows away."

"eating them away very sloppy." she joked as she pointed at the ice cream that had fallen from my mouth.

i wipes my mouth with the back of my hand and sighed loudly. my eyes began to water and kim rubbed my back.

"that nigga is buggin'." she began "most definitely foul for that one, but i'm here for you girl. i got your back through whatever and i won't play you over like weak ass halle." she told me.

i sniffled and look up at her. "this why i appreciate you." i said as we both hugged each
other.

"i can even get some of my homies, if it's all bad." she said, letting me go.

"okay." i mumbled

after we decided on a movie to watch, we opened the rest of the snacks. we had slipped in the color purple, it's a classic.

kimberly had fell asleep on me, a hour into the movie. i got up off of the bed slowly, trying not to wake her up. i was walking across the hallway to the bathroom when allen grabbed me.

"why was you in my room?" he said, letting me go.

"i was looking for a jersey to put on, but instead i found all of that money." i said, folding my arms over my chest.

"don't ever go in there with out my permission." he warned.

"shut the hell up, you don't do shit around here, but eat, sleep & shit." i began "i don't know what the fuck has gotten into you, but i don't like it." i preached

"look, i'm making money and that's all that matt-have you been crying?" he asked me, touching my face.

i rolled my eyes as he continued to speak "i knew that rumor was true." he said, slamming his fist into the palm of his hand.

"what rumor?" i dropped my arms from my chest and looked up at him.

"that he fucked pebbles, but i was like "naw, not dino he know better." guess i was wrong." he told me.

"well it's true, the baby might be his." i began "we're broken up until further notice." i said, looking away.

allen pulled me into a hug and rubbed my back. "want me to handle him, babysis?" he asked

"no, it'll be good. now let me go please i have to use the restroom." i chuckled. he quickly let me go and stared at me.