Streets and Streets IV

18. Aftermath

Sloane's POV

"I don't want you traveling alone." I stood up while she turned her face up. Her apologies were not needed. I know that she didn't call him and tell him to pull up like that. It was obvious that he made his own plans which made it worse.

"Huh." She closes her legs sliding off of the desk leaving not even an inch of space between us. I knew that I needed to choose my next statement wisely but there was no way to avoid an argument.

"Look. I have tried to get over it but you nor my son with be out here with out an arm guard." I grabbed her hand walking to wards the steps. She hadn't responded as I hoped she didn't.

"You can't be serious." I wanted to make it into the bed before the argument started. Emerald snatched away from me when I kept walking.

"Listen." I took a breath while I thought. My last intention was to make her feel like I didn't trust her but I can tell that she was already walking down that path.

"You and Khalil are my main concern." I emphasized as I stood with my back to her.

"...My main concern E and I refuse to let his ass run up in any one I care about. He has done it once and he will do it again." I left it at that. Walking away from her was one the only thing I could do. After a quick trip to the bathroom I flopped down on the bed next to her.

"You don't think that that's a bit much baby? I get it I really do but do you think he is that crazy?" She sat Indian style on the bed trying to talk me out of it.

"Kai wasn't that crazy at first right E? Don't fight me on it because this is final." Raising my voice wasn't apart if the plan but neither was Deontay pulling up to my house.

"So we aren't going to talk about the loaded gun you have in my house?" She spat back.

"Your house? Look we, as in you and I live here, so the gun in our house sure we can talk about it." I sat up with my blood boiling. Her house? I have done the best job at including E on every thing I do and her taking ownership of the home we literally built together, pisses me off.

"Well what the fuck Sloane why is it here baby?" I sat up.

"If you want to have an argument let's do it" I clasped my hands trying to control my volume.

"I'm not trying to make this a big ass deal..." I cut her off. It was a big deal and that's the problem.

"If you must know... For shit like this. The gun is here for shit like this.If It wasn't for you I would have sent his ass to his maker but I have you. I have the baby, Nate, my fucked up ass parents, and the clubs." She looked at me and gave up. Emerald looked down at her hand before I took her in to my arms.
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"How did we get here?" She said with a sight laugh. I missed the times were E and I lived together trying to down play our feelings. Everything was so simple when we were just friends.

"I don't know E. But I do know you need not to fight me on the whole safety thing." We went back and for before she pretended to see my point of view.

"I haven't always been a stand up guy so you have to forgive my paranoia." One day all the shit I have done will come back to bite me in the ass and it could have been today.

"I'll do what ever it takes for you not to take it in to your own hands." I couldn't look her in her eyes not promise her anything.

"Max will be with you where ever you go until I hire an official team." I was beyond tired and could barely keep my eyes open.

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"Hang it up" she tossed a pillow in my direction. She was fully dressed and waiting for me for the first time ever.

"If I miss this movie for the second time I'm going by myself." She folded her arms while I wrapped up my conversation.

"He went to the club last night E." Max ended up putting his ass out just before we pulled off.

"He must have saw us leave and followed his home." Emerald dropped the attitude when she saw my reaction. I shrugged my shoulders.

"What makes you think that's?" I was never going to recount ever aspect of the conversation.

"It's handled." I left the room.