"What happened to you?"I questioned, a concerned look on my face. Haley sniffed as she wiped her bottom eyelid with a tissue. "That bitch came and beat me up!"She whined.
"Kaleigh?"That was the first name that came to my mind, since their friendship didn't end well. She looked up at me.
"No, why would you say her? Is she plotting on me too?"
"Ion know, I haven't spoken to her since what happened the last time we were here."I helped her clean her facial wounds. Whoever she got into a fight with, really beat her the fuck up. But who, and why though?
"Who did this to you?"
"That bitch Jordan! She's gonna get what she deserves."
"How did that happen?"
Jordan and I met through Jeremiah and she seemed pretty cool to me. I thought her and Haley were getting along...
"I don't know, she just came to my house and attacked me. And Jeremiah sat there and let it happen."
Is it just me or does her story sound a little fishy? I finished wiping her face and put ointment on the bruises so they'd vanish. I watched her do her make up as we jumped from conversation to conversation; she already had some guy on her line since her and Jeremiah broke up and they were going out tonight.
Soon as I left Haley's house, I clicked a few keys on the screen and FaceTimed Jordan. She finally switched over from android to iPhone and now I have a new friend to talk to. I'm determined to find out what happened with her and Haley. I mean, there's always two sides to a story and I could tell Haley was leaving a few details out; me being nosey, I wanted to put the broken story back together. She answered on the third ring.
"Miah over here smoking and got the music loud, hol'up, lemme move somewhere."She answered. The phone moved from her face to her chest as she shut the room door. I heard her walking down some steps then a door opening and shutting.
"That's some good lighting."I said just as she put the phone back up to show her face. "Now that you speak of it, lemme take some pictures."She put me on paused, I'm guessing to go to her camera.
"Send me some. And what's up with you and Haley?"
"Is that all you called me for?"
"No."I propped the camera up so I wouldn't have to hold it the whole time.
"So then why did you call me?"She took me off FaceTime. I spoke as I looked over her face, "to see you."
"Mhm, I'm sure that's all you called me for witcha nasty ahh."She replied, making me laugh a little.
"Foreal,"
"She bought something from me, tried to sell it as her own and I fought her. That's all."
"Something?"
"A painting I made."
"You paint?"I was shocked. "She told me that was hers."
"She lied."
Yo, that's crazy, I thought. I put her on paused and went to text Haley.
Me: aye you a hard liar🤥
While I waited for a response, Jordan and I conversed just about any and everything until she had to get ready to go out tonight.
Jordan POV
I opened the screen door to let the cats back in after they did their business, then went upstairs to get ready for my night out with Miah. He claimed he wanted to do something special for his best friend.
"We could just shower together and save water,"He smirked, trying to get into the tub with me.
"You must not wanna leave the house then."I stopped him. I got him to leave the room, locked the door and took a nice, long shower. I did my make up, styled my hair and got dressed.
"Got damn girl!"Miah exclaimed as I walked down the steps, making me blush. Everyone in the living room looked up at me. "That's a beautiful dress."Vangi complimented and I thanked her with a smile. "Who is that?"Miah hyped me up, making me laugh. Under my make up, I felt my face burning; I was blushing hard.
"I gotta get a picture, you is too fine."He whipped out his phone and got to snapping with his camera.
"Stop!"I giggled.
"This my new screensaver."He said, walking me to his car.
"You don't have to do that."I couldn't help but to keep smiling, showing my white pearly teeth. He took me to dinner, we literally clowned everyone that our eyes laid on, laughing our asses off as we ate.
"This girl is drop dead gorgeous, like...wow,"I heard him say. I sat my glass full of water down and rolled my eyes. I reached over the table and grabbed his phone. "Lemme see."I mumbled. The phone turned off as soon as I took it so I opened it with my finger print. It opened up to a picture of me.
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I smacked my lips at him. "You had me thinkin' you was talkin' 'bout somebody else."I gave him back his phone and continued to eat. For some reason, my mind told me too look up.
And when I did, guess who I saw walk through the door: none other than Haley.
"Looka ya playmate."I nodded. "Playmate?"he repeated, he furrowed his eyebrows and turned around to see.
He turned back around and continued to eat. "Fuck her. I'm onto something new."He muttered. I left it at that, deciding not to dwell on the situation. Of course, I excused myself to go to the restroom to touch up my make up.
"What ya fiddling with?"I snuck up on Jeremiah, sitting back in my seat.
"Just a bracelet I bought you."
"You got me something?"A smile pursed my lips.
"I want you to be my girlfriend."He finally looked up at me. My jaw dropped; I wasn't expecting anything such as this. I just thought he and I were going out to get away from the house and the people there.
"Are you sure about this?"Seriously though, he just got out of a relationship. And he's trying to jump right back into another one. Do I look like a second choice to him?
"Yeah. Are you not? Because I can find somebody else to give it to."
"I'm not tryna be a rebound."
"Who said you a rebound? Ian say that. Is you gon' take it or what?"
"Ima take it."
He started to give it to me then suddenly stopped. "What?"I asked.
"Are you my girlfriend?"
"Only if you want me to be."I gave a closed mouth smile. We exchanged a look of endearment. I watched him clasp the bracelet around my right wrist.
"What is it?"
"It's a ruby diamond tennis brac—,"I didn't let him finish his sentence, instead, I pushed my lips onto his. This is something new and I'm willing to give it a try...
