# Assure Me

Truth Be Told.

Prince [ ATT]

To Be Frank, The Girl Had Me Talking Sweet. Shouldn’t Have To Admit It But I Was Tripping. High, Not On Weed But Her Alone. A Shot Of Her Was To Become All I Would Ever Needed To Stay Happy If She Were Mine.

She Echoed This Sense Of Calm And Order That I Longed For In My Life. She Was Natural In Beauty. One Of Those Girls Any Guy Would Love To Wake Up Next To And Still Recognize Her As The Girl He Had Previously Slept Alongside.

“So Am I Allowed To Call You Princess?” I Asked Curiously.

“Let’s Not Get Ahead Of Ourselves. Call Me Riya, After All That Is My Name” She Replied So Confidently. Moving Closer To Her, I Whispered.

“Princess Riya, I Quite Like The Sound Of That’, And With This She Smiled A Smile That Only Angels Should Have Been Given The Right To.

Honest To God, I Was Melting In All Places.

I Was Going To Make Her Mine No Matter What. Afterall, What Was A Prince Without Hi Princess?

Part One .. Make Him Sweat For You If You Have To.”

Prince

I Had Once Again Messed Things Up. Only This Time I Had Gone A Step Too Far In The Wrong Direction. I Had No Other Choice Than To End ‘Us’. Honestly, Lying Was All I Had Been Doing For The Past Months.

Laying On My Bed, I Contemplated On Whether To Grief Her With The Truth Or Not. But I Much Rather Hurt Her With The Whole Truth Than See Her Smile With The Lies And Pretences.

I Allowed Courage To Slowly Build Up Inside Me But Of Course This Was To Be One Of The Hardest Things I Would Ever Have To Do. Don’t Blame Me For Being Scared And Nervous.

I Called Her.

RINNNNG, RINNNG >>

“Your Call Has Been Forwarded To The T-mobile Voicemail Service, Please Leave A Message After The Beep.

“Princess, Listen Carefully To What I Am About to Say. I Will Die Of Shame If I Have To Repeat Myself Twice.But After Hearing It You Might Never Wanna Hear My Voice Or See My Face Again But Damn, It Is A Risk Worth Taking. It’s Been Hard Keeping All This Shit From You And I Am Sorry It Took Me This Long To Man Up And Come Clean.”

I Inhaled And Exhaled Deeply.

“About A Couple Months Ago..I Beat One Of Your Main Chicks, Laura. Believe Me When I Say It Meant Nothing At All. Before Jumping To Conclusions Allow Me To Explain. She Had Come Crying To Me When Courtney Had Dumped Her. We Cuddled As I Tried To Comfort Her. One Thing Led To Another .. She Started Messing With Freddie’s Mind And My Flesh Was Weak As It Were. I Tried To Resist Her By Pushing Her Off And All But Damn Was She Persistent. I Don’t Know How To Make The Hurt You Are Feeling All Better But You Deserved The Truth. And There It Is, As Ugly As It Is. I Hope This Doesn’t Make You Question That My Heart Beats Only For You.”

Our Future Now Rested In Her Hands; It Was Now Within Her Power To Do As She Pleased With Our Relationship. I Just Hope And Pray That She Sees In Me A Second Chance.

RIYA POV

I Deliberately Left My Phone Ringing Knowing It Was Him. I Had Fallen Victim To His Mind Games Too Many Times In Our Relationship.

Looking At My Phone, He Had Left Me A Voicemail But Ready To Hear It? I Wasn’t.

I Stuck My Headphones In And Played My Favorite Playlist. Falling Came On, It Explained And Expressed Everything I Was Feeling At This Moment Time, Tears Rolled Down Face. Remembering All Them Days When I Would Bad Up My Girls If Ever They Cried Over A Boy. And Here I Was Doing The Same Thing.

Moments Later, I Picked The Phone And Listened To His Voicemail. I could Feel My Heart Slowly Leaking As The Message Went On. I Felt Angry, Hurt And Deceived. Never Knew Things Could Turn This Sour.

I Laid Down On the Bed, Face Buried Within The Pillow And Cried Every Last Tear. Not That It Stopped The Pain But It Eased The Hurt.

With The Little Energy Left In Me, I Waddled Towards My Brothers Room. I Needed Him Now, More Than Ever. His Advice Would Do Me The World Of Good.

Before Knocking, I Dried My Eyes. Making Sure To Leave No Traces Of Hurt Or He Will Blow Off The Roof.

I Knocked And Patiently Awaited An Invitation In.He Soon Arrived At The Door With His Phone Pressed To His Ear. Probably Talking To That Crazy Link Of His.

He Motioned For Me To Come Further In; Made His Way To His King-sized Bed And Patted A Space Not Far From Him. An Indication To Sit Down.

“Look, I Will Call You Back In A Bit Alright?”

Guessing The Person On The Other End Must Have Accepted The Fact, He Disconnected The Call.

“So What’s The Problem Little Sister? What Idiot I’m Adding To My Hit List?”

“Just Be Easy! Let Me Explain”

“Alright I’m All Ears, But You Know Me .. If I Don’t Like What I Hear, There Will Be A Problem.”

Ignoring His Statement, I Slowly And Clearly Filled Him In. I Explained Everything To The last Detail And As The Story Got Deeper, I Made Sure Not To Meet His Deadly Gaze.

He Stood Up Moments After I Had Finished. I Watched Him Walk To The Wall And Punch It So Hard I Could’ve Sworn I Heard His Knuckles Crack. But As Usual He Was Exaggerating The Situation.

“Kieran, Calm Down. It Isn’t That Big A Deal.”

“Listen, You Might Be My Little Sister And All But Don’t You Ever Dare Try And Control My Emotions. How Are You Going To Let The Prick Take You For A Joyride And You End Up Getting Hurt? Which Part Of My Sentence Made Sense To You?”

“I Understand What You Are Saying But Doesn’t He Deserve A Second Chance? After All, He Apologized To Me.” 

“Listen To Yourself Riya. Please For A Second Just Listen To Yourself. Second Chances Don’t Exist In Real Life. Tell Me, When You Die, Do You Get Another Shot At Life? .. Hell No.”

“But ..” I Was Rudely Interrupted.

“From Where I Am Standing, This Forgiving Attitude Of Yours Will Only Cause You More Hurt. It Might Even Have You Allowing Stupid Boys To Walk All Over You With Shit On Their Shoes, Then Jump Off The Wagon When It Best Suits Them.”

“You Are Just Blowing It Out The Roof.”

“You Came In Here For Advice Right? – I Nodded My Head- Then Fucking Listen To Me. If You Wanna Forgive Him Then Go Ahead, But To Show He Is Truly Serious And Sorry For His Shortcomings, Make Him Work To Get You Back. Make Him Sweat For You If You Have To.”