Forbidden Fruit (Completed) [Short Story]

Chapter 12 : Break In

I week later

Ava

"Alright, baby, call us," Shayla and Peach said as they dropped me off at Elijah's place. I had just got back from a sleepover at Shay's after Elijah agreed to let me go. He'd been more reasonable about me going out since the visit with Justice. I guess he did it out of pity.

I walked into the elevator of the apartment after kissing Shay and Peach goodnight. Once I stepped into the apartment, I hadn't realized Elijah had company.

"Wassup, baby?" He asked, walking up to me and kissing me right in front of Andrew and the rest of his friends. Surprised, I kissed him back. This was the first time he'd ever showed me affection in front of his friends. He pulled back and smiled down me. "How was your sleepover?"

I smiled, a little too, looking at Andrew's expression. He was smiling too. "Uh, good."

"Oh okay, well we just playing poker, you tryna play?"

"Nah, imma go take a bath and hit the sheets, I'm kinda tired."

"Cool, I'll be in there in an hour or so," He said and I nodded, walking to his bedroom. As I walked by, he slapped my ass. I looked back at him, still surprised. He smiled, winking at me as he walked back to play his little poker game.

...

Laying in Elijah's bed in one of his t-shirts, I flipped through the channels and heard him tell the guys bye and close the front door. In a matter of seconds, he walked into the room, diving on top me.

"Ah!" I yelled, as he squished me. "Get off of me with ya fat self."

He laughed, still on top of me, putting all his weight on my body. 

"Call me daddy, then," He instructed. 

"No!"

He pressed himself further down on me, hurting me further.

"Okay, okay, daddy!" I yelled out and he laughed, coming off of me. I hit him with a pillow. 

"You play too much," I sighed, sitting up. "Tryna kill me already."

He smiled. "I'm just playing, baby."

"So what was that all about earlier?" 

"What?"

"You kissing me and slapping my ass in front of ya friends?"

He grinned. "What? I can't kiss my girl in front of my boys after I ain't seen in her in two days?"

I smiled. "Your girl, huh?" 

"Yeah, my girl," He pulled me closer, pecking my lips. "Is that cool witchu?"

I smirked. "Of course it is."

We kissed again and he pulled away, alarmed to something. He looked around, suspiciously.

"What?" I asked.

"You hear that?" He got up and went into his nightstand, retrieveing a gun.

"No, I don't hear anything. What do you hear?"

He brought his finger to his lips, warning me to stay quiet. "Stay right here," He whispered.

He walked out the room and locked the door behind him. I stood at the door, pressing my ear to door to see if I heard anything. I heard footsteps, and more footsteps, and even more footsteps. Confused, I pressed my ear closer and heard Elijah saying something.

All of sudden gunshots roared outside, catching me off guard. I slid to ground, huddling over in fear. It continued on for about a few minutes until it died down and there was silence. Then a knock came on the bedroom door. I didn't move, still scared that whoever was outside that door was going to try kill me.

"Ava!" I heard Elijah yell from behind the door. "Its me, baby, open up."

I quickly got up and unlocked the door. He walked in and I went straight into his arms. "What happened?" I asked.

"Chase sent some niggas to try sneak up on us, but I took care of it," He said, pointing to three bodies laid out on the ground, lifeless. I gasped.

"Oh my God," I said, stepping out to see two men on the ground with blood, surrounding their bodies. The third was the girl that Elijah had brought home that night a couple of weeks ago.

"The bitch played me," He shook his head. "Probably told them muthafuckas where I lived."

"What are we gonna do now?" I questioned.

"I gotta get that nigga now," He said, seriously. "Its one thing to throw threats but to break in my own crib and try to kill me is a whole 'notha level of disrespect."

"But how are you gonna get him?"

He sighed, running a hand over his face, looking at me. "You gonna help me."