The Kids In Gold

Comfort

I speed home and rush up to my room, locking my door. I open Zamani's phone and scroll through her messages until I get to Gorgeous Kay and send her a screenshot of the note that was left on the door and wait for her reply.

*huh?* Kay replies

Kay's POV

I pull over to the nearest gas station and park my car and FaceTime Zamani. It rings once before connecting.

On my screen, Baby pops up crying.

"What do you want?" I ask already annoyed.

"Zamani... she's gone" she responds, hysterically.

"What do you mean? What was the note about?"

She wipes her eyes and tries to calm herself. "She left. For good. She's not coming back"

"Man, what are you talking about? Why do you have her phone?" I reply, now getting irritated.

"I can't tell you over the phone, it's too much" she cries.

I let out a sigh and look at her through the phone. "Man, send me your address" I say before hanging up.

A few minutes later there's a message with her address. I pull off and head to the location, pulling up to a pretty big house. I see a familiar car, so I assume it's hers.

I text her that I'm outside and she replies saying the door is unlocked and where her room is. I get to her door and I hear sniffling. I immediately regret coming in the house but I'm already here. "What's going on?"

"I'm going to tell you the full story, please don't yell or hit me.."

"What? Why would I hit you?" I ask, offended. "Just tell me"

"Okay" she takes a deep breath and stops her tears. "I had a boyfriend and he had put his hands on me. I was kind of messing with Zamani too and well, you know her.. Protector, protective. She went to confront him on my behalf and it all just went so bad.. Thats why she was in the hospital. Him and his brother really.. well you read the note. I felt so bad I couldn't do anything. Well, didn't. When I saw her in the hospital with you I just wanted revenge so bad, I wanted to make it up to her for trying to be my hero. Fast forward to morning two nights ago, I was going to Zamani's as I did everyday to see if she was home and I saw my ex going inside and next thing I know.. well I'm sure you saw the news about the two brothers"

"Wait, you did that?"

She nods yes to me and looks away then continues to keep going. "I went straight to Zamani and she was home. She helped me get cleaned up and rid of the shit I used. She again protected me without hesitation. We fell asleep together but when we woke up we had a big blow up because the cops and news was down at the house and I left. When I came back she was gone and left this note" she finishes before busting back into tears.

I can't help but to shed a few tears at that too, and she catches me doing so.

I walk over to Baby and she kind of tightens up, flinching. I pull her off the bed and wrap my arms tightly around her as she cries into my sweatshirt. "Stupid ass Zamani" I whisper to myself. "Always wanted to be accepted, loved"

"I love her" Baby lets out.

"I know I said I didn't like you before... but anybody Zamani cares for this much, has a friend in me" I say to let her know she's not alone. "Alright, now get off me because Tee is already going to be asking about this perfume you got on me"

I hear her let out a small, innocent laugh. She backs away and sits down. "I think I should keep this though" I pick up Zamani's phone. "Call me if you need anything. I'll check back in with you later, okay?"

"Thank you" Baby responds.

The Next Day

Baby's POV

It's midday and I haven't eaten in days, literal days. I don't feel like cooking so I make the executive decision to drive to Taco Bell.

My stomach growls as I pull into the parking spot and get to the counter. The girl takes my order and gives me my receipt with the order number on it. I sit in the seat beside the door and play around on my phone checking social medias, specifically Zamani's pages on Instagram, twitter, etc to see if maybe she got a new phone but nothing. So I just go through her pictures. As I'm scrolling I hear the seat across from me move and I look up to see Ashley sitting there. This time both her eyes are the same light brown color. "Are you following me?"

She laughs and looks at me. "Seems like it, huh?"

"It does" I reply as I roll my eyes.

"I eat a lot of fast food" she laughs again. "You'll see me everywhere"

"Hm. What happened to your eyes? Contacts?" I ask, curiously.

"It's Fuchs Uveitis Syndrome. Makes one eye change colors. Inflation in it and shit"

"I see, it looks cool though"

"Thank you. So let's talk about us" she reaches out and touches my hand. I can't help but to laugh. "I knew I could make you laugh" she says licking her lips causing he bottom lip to glisten in an irresistible way as it did yesterday.

My eyes fixate on her face as she smiles flashing those white teeth again. And this time I notice her deep dimples on her cheeks. Her lips start moving and I slowly start to come back to reality. "I think they're calling your number" she says to me.

I shake my head to clear it and stand up.

I grab my food and she holds the door open for me and follows me out. "It might be too much to ask, but it's hot as hell and my car is getting worked on. Can you drop me at my sisters house around the corner?"

"I can drop you at the bus stop, I'm going the other way" I reply.

"I didn't even tell you which way it was" she claims.

I roll my eyes. "Get in"

She smiles and looks at me. "Your eyes going to get stuck like that if you keep rolling them" I don't respond, I just smile a bit.

"Tell me where to go"

She points to the left and starts to guide me. The light turns red. "That accent, where are you from?" I ask, looking over at her.

"Alabama" she replies smiling at me. "You like it?"

"I mean, it's cool" the light turns green and she continues to guide me. "This isn't around the corner, by the way"

She doesn't say anything, just lets me talk shit. The light turns red causing me to stop. A few seconds later I feel her hand gripping my bare thigh right below my shorts. The metal band of her ring cold against my skin.

I grip the steering wheel tightly as she grips my thigh tighter. I try not to look over at her but I see her out the corner of my eye. Before I know it, she turns my head to her and our lips are locked.

After a few seconds of her tongue being slid into my mouth, the car behind us honks their horn causing me to jump. I bite my lip and pull through the light. Her hand still gripping my thigh.

She guides me the rest of the way as if nothing has happened and I pull in front of the house. She looks at me and her hand starts to slide between my legs and I'm not stopping her. She slowly reaches inside my shorts and my body is hot and twitching. I feel her fingers against my skin and I slap her arm away.

She smirks at me and gets out of the car. I let out a deep breath and quickly pull off.