Rumi

twenty-two.

i proofread (sort of 🙃) so if there's any mistakes justtt ignoreee. just a little bit of a time jump in this part. enjoyyyyyy! 💖

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three months later - march 16th.
miami, fl ❦

audriana ibanez

Rolling over in bed, I bumped into Angel's hot ass body.

"Babe." I pulled the duvet off of him. "You're literally burning up. Why do you get so hot when you sleep?"

He groaned, pulling the duvet back over him. "Yo' breath hot as hell. Why yo' breath always burnin' the skin off my body?"

"Fuck you." I chuckled, climbing out of the bed. "I'm gonna go shower. You better be up by the time I get out."

"Yea yea yea." He mumbled, pulling the cover over his head and spreading out across the bed more.

I grabbed my bathing suit and the shorts I had laid out, going into the bathroom to get ready for the day.

See, today was my dad's birthday. In honor of him and his day, we were going to spend it at the beach. It was one of his favorite places to spend time at.

Especially with his family.

He said it was his "escape zone". So, today, my mom, McKenzie, Angel, Amere, auntie Trinity, uncle Michael, Angel's parents and I were going to be celebrating and barbecuing on the beach.

"Happy birthday, my favorite person in the entire world." I smiled, pulling my hair up into a bun before getting in the shower. Mrs. Roman braided my hair for me and I honestly didn't want to mess it up. "I love you more than anything, dad. I'm going to turn up for you today, we all are. I miss you so so much, my love. Be with us today and keep the spirits high. I don't want to cry today, okay?"

Starting my shower up, I waited for it to get hot before stepping in. "Thank you for being my strength lately, dad. I couldn't have went through this without you. Don't ever think I don't miss you because I do. More than anything in this world."

I let silence take over me before I looked up to the ceiling. "God, thank you. Thank you for the happiness that you've brought over me lately. Thank you for allowing me to get the justice my family and I deserved. Thank you for keeping me strong through it all. Keep the spirits up for us today, God. Y'all show out up there for my dad." I smiled, getting back to my shower.

I wasn't surprised when I came out and seen Angel still knocked out on the bed. Good thing is, though, he doesn't take long to get ready so I let him sleep while I went to check on my mom.

"Mom?" I knocked before going into her room.

She was standing in front of her mirror, holding bathing suits up to her body. "Good morning, sweetie. I don't know which one to wear. Both of these were your daddy's favorites, but I think I'm going to go with this one." She held the red and black one up for me to see better. "Your daddy took me out of this the second I put it on. Girl, you-"