A Perfect Storm

6

Storm didn't sleep a wink after the party. She stayed up all night, calling both D'Angelo & Malik. She was pissed at D'Angelo, but she was worried about him more than anything.

Her mother had called her to make sure she was alright & told her she would come to get her immediately but Storm didn't want her to. Her being on the west side made it easier to get up and go see if Malik & D'Angelo was okay.

Her friends kept trying to get her to go to sleep, but she refused. As soon as 7 o'clock the next day came, she was out of there.

Storm zoomed down the street, heading towards Malik's mother's house. She illegally parked before running to the door & ringing the doorbell. A few seconds later, his mother opened the door. She looked at the poor girl up & down & gave her a sad face. Storm was still in her clothes from the night before & they were torn & dirty. Her hair looked a mess & her eyes were swollen from crying.

"Are you okay?" His mother asked pulling her into a hug & she managed to get out a 'yeah' without breaking down.

"Is he here?" Storm asked as she let go & his mother nodded before letting Storm in.

"He's upstairs." Storm gave her a quick 'thank you' before heading upstairs. She went into his room and saw him staring at the ceiling. His lip was swollen & he had a few bruises, but otherwise, he was fine. Storm let a breath of relief before walking in the room.

He didn't look at her, but he knew she was there. She sat on the edge of the bed & gave him a small smile, but he still didn't look at her.

"You're okay..." She said as she reached to touch him but he moved. He was okay, but apparently, they weren't. "Malik i'm sorry, I swear I didn't know my location was still on for him-"

"You know what, it ain't even about the location," He said sitting up, looking at her angrily. "It's the fact that i'm out here fighting clown ass niggas, damn near getting me & my friends shot for you!! Yet at the end of the day, you gon continue to fuck us both!! I look like a damn fool fighting for your ass!! I'm sick of the shit!! He a bitch, but he was right about one damn thing!! You think you gon keep treating us any type of way for some old ass shit but you ain't!! Storm I apologized a thousand times for hurting you but that was 3 years ago!! I'm tired of having to pay for the shit I did!!" Malik stopped to take a breath. He had been holding this in for too long. "I'm done with this shit man. Get the fuck out my house & don't come back. Don't call me, don't text me, I don't want shit to do with you." With that, he laid back down his back towards her.

Storm looked at him with tears in her eyes, hoping he would change his mind but he didn't. So she wiped her tears, got up, and left without another word. When Malik knew she was gone, he sat up & sighed, running a hand through his hair. He hated he had to do that, but he knew it was what needed to be done.

Storm wiped her tears as she made her to D'Angelo's. She needed to see if he was alive. She didn't care if he was hurt or anything. As long as he was alive, that was good enough for her. She would leave and never speak to his ass again.

Storm couldn't believe that Malik was done with her. She knew it would eventually happen, but she didn't know it was going to be that soon. She ignored the pain in her heart as she parked her car before turning it off. Then she sat there for a moment, wiping the tears that seem to keep running as she wiped them away. Finally, she broke down, in shambles over everything that had happened.

After five minutes, she got it together & got out of the car. She used her keys that D'Angelo gave her to get in the first door, before heading up the stairs. She could hear his mother & grandmother talking on the first floor, probably about what happened the night before.

Storm got upstairs & unlocked the door, walking in. It was silent. Eerily silent. Storm slowly walked around the apartment, looking for D'Angelo, but she didn't find him. She turned to leave when she saw him, sitting in the front room, staring at her.

"Took you long enough," D'Angelo said as she walked to the entrance of the room. He had a couple of bruises on him, but that was all. And now that Storm had found him, it was time to go.

She started to take the keys off of her keychain as he stood up. "What you doing?" She ignored him as she continued to try to take off the keys. "Don't come in my house and not say shit!!" He yelled as he snatched the keys away from her. Storm slapped him before snatching her keys back.

"How dare you?!?" Storm yelled. "Coming in his fucking party, ruining shit, calling me out of my fucking name!! I can't believe you!! I thought we were better than this!!" D'Angelo's jaws tightened as Storm shook her head. "Why would you do this? Huh?!? Starting shit, you almost got people killed!!"

"Yeah well tell ya nigga to keep his hands off people, won't nobody get hurt!!" D'Angelo yelled back.

"You shouldn't have been there in the first fucking place!!" Storm yelled as she pushed D'Angelo in his chest. "I told you to leave!! But you didn't!! You started this shit!! And then you had the nerve to call me out of my fucking name!!"

"Stop fucking touching me!!" He yelled as he grabbed Storm.

"Let me go!!" Storm yelled as she tried to get out his grip. "I fucking hate you, bro!! Let me go!!"

"Yeah, well I hate yo ass too!! Get the fuck out of my house!!" He said as he let her go, pushing her a little. Storm's emotions once again overcame her & she busted out crying. Everything was going bad.

D'Angelo's angry face started to soften as he watched Storm break down in front of him. He knew he had pushed her to her limit, but he had too much pride to comfort her. Storm finished taking the keys off her key ring & threw them before running out, ignoring his mother & grandmother as they came up the stairs to see what was going on.

D'Angelo sat down, putting his face in his hands as he took in everything that had happened.