Because I had you//Sweet Pea

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"Hey baby." I greeted, sitting on Malachais lap. He pulled me close, wrapping his arms around my waist. "Where have you been? You didn't meet me after 2nd." I ask. He shrugs, "no need to interrogate. I was just dealing with some business."

   I shifted in his lap, uncomfortable by how aware I was of the drugs that he had been dealing. "Oh okay." I nodded, looking the other way. He kissed my cheek. He only does that when he knows I'm uncomfortable or mad. He didn't show much affection, besides sexual stuff, so he knows I can't stay mad when he kisses my cheek or my forehead.

   Sweet Pea would show me affection all the time.

   I mentally slapped myself for thinking of him. I leaned my head back against his shoulders and stared off at the group across the cafeteria. My eyes landed on Sweet Pea and Toni laughing together.

   *flashback*

   "Stoooppp!" I whine, pushing Toni off the bed. She lands with a thud and I can't help but crack up. "You're dead." She growls, jumping back on the bed. She smirks, sneakily grabbing one of my pillows and straddling me. "Whatcha doin there Toni?" I ask, my voice cracking. "Nothing." She shrugs. I look to her hand with the pillow as she starts lightly hitting my face with it. It was hard enough to hurt, but barely. It more or so tickled than anything.

    "No!" I giggle, "I'm sorry. I won't do it again."

   "I wanna hear you beg!" Toni pulls out her best evil laugh. I watch her in amusement and notice she's in a very unstable position.

   "Second thought," I gently push the side of her stomach so she falls the other way, once again landing on the floor with a thud. "I think I like you better on the floor."

   "Fuck you." She chuckles, plopping herself next to me on the bed. I smile, happily having my best friend next to me. "I love you." I whisper, snuggling her close. "I love you too." She smiles at me. "I'm really glad I met you." I tell her. "I don't remember what it was like before I met you." She agrees. I turn over so I'm facing her. Her eyes meet mine and my heart starts racing.

   She starts to lean in and I feel myself leaning too, but stop and pull myself back. She looks down, embarrassed. "You know, if I weren't in love with Sweet Pea..." I softly sigh. "I know." She assures, "lets just get some sleep."  I nod, turning around as we fall asleep cozily on my bed.

*end of flashback*

   I look down, trying to get the stupid memory out of my head. "You okay babe?" Malachai asks. "Yea." I fake smile. "I'm fine." I peck his lips.

                                      ***

   After school, I met up with Malachai and a couple other guys. Malachai pulled me in, giving my neck a light kiss. "Where are we going?" I ask. "We're gonna go home and then we got some business to take care of later."

   "We have business?" I tilt my head in confusion. "Yea, I was thinking, it's kind of nice to have you around while I'm dealing." He smirked. "So you can show me off like a piece of property?" I rolled my eyes. "Well, I mean you're worth millions, my love."

   "Always with the flattery." I giggled. "Let's get home."

   I hopped on the back of his motorcycle, hugging tight to his waist. I hate motorcycles, but I don't have much of a choice considering it was the vehicle of choice amongst the South side. He takes off and I bury my head in his jacket, bracing myself for the crash I always convince myself will happen.

   We abruptly stopped, reaching home and we hopped off, walking in together. "Hand me a beer." I demand, as he walks over to the fridge, pulling out 2 beers and tossing one to me. I peel the cap off with my teeth and spit it in the trash. "So, are you sure about this street race thing with the serpents? I mean, a lot is on the line."

   He sips his beer, "we are born street racers. This is our turf. I have no doubt in my mind we will win that race."

   "As long as you don't get hurt or arrested." I chuckle, sipping the bottle. "Not gonna happen."

   He sits down on the couch and I sit next to him. I kiss his lips and straddle him, holding my beer in one hand and using the other to cradle his neck. I kiss down his jawline and start leaving light kisses on his neck and ear. He flips me over, knocking the beer bottle out of my hand. He hovers over me, kissing my lips and sticking his tongue in my mouth. I run my fingers through his hair, tugging at the back of his head. He groans, removing his lips from my mouth and attacking my neck. He sucks and bites, most likely leaving a hickey. I tense at the pain,  and he releases, kissing softly again down my neck and my V line. My head rolls back in pleasure and

BANG BANG BANG

   I sigh, annoyed, and he looks pissed too as he slides off my body to go answer the door. "What?" He spits, angrily. "Everyone wants to know when this street race is going down."

   "And you couldn't have text him that?" I retort, angrily huffing on the couch. "What's got your bitches thong in a twist?" The guy at the door asks.

   I flip him off and Malachai rolls his eyes. "The day after tomorrow." He tells the guy. My face drops. I thought we had time to prepare. We have less than 2 days to get everything ready.

   The guy pauses in thought, buts nods and leaves. Malachai shuts the door and grins, walking back over to me. "So where were we?" He sits down next to me, resting his hand on my knee cap, and slowly glides his finger tips up my thigh.

   I cross my arms over my chest, "I'm not in the mood anymore."

   "I bet I can change your mind." He leans over whispering in my ear. I shivered, but shrug away. "Are you serious? What's your problem?" He scoffs. "The day after tomorrow? Are you kidding me? That is not enough time. I don't think you know how much you're risking."

   "I could beat any snake in my sleep, and besides, you're not even a ghoulie. What do you care?" He flips on the TV. "I care about you. Is that not a good enough reason?"

   He shakes his head in annoyance, inching away from me. "Why do you always insist on starting fights?" Malachai groans. "I do not." I defended. "And you're such a fucking tease." He continued.

   "Whatever." I mutter. I know I have to let him cool down. He gets pretty pissed when I don't wanna do sexual shit, so I decide to shower.

   "I'm gonna go shower." I mumble, picking myself off the couch. He reached for my hand. "Without me?" He asks. So much for leaving and letting him cool off. I sigh, leading his hand to the bathroom.

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