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All Good Things

Monse's POV:
"I can't believe I've been here for a month." I tell Ruby and Jamal over the phone. "Yeah and you still haven't invited us over." Jamal sighs. I think I hear Cesar's laugh in the background and I flinch. "Who else is there?" I ask. "No one!" They both say in unison. "Ok, I'll see you later Ashley. Bye guys." I definitely heard him that time. "Guys it's fine if Cesar's there. I don't live there at least right now. I begged him to get over me so what did I expect?" I ask. "But Monse you don't-" Jamal starts but I cut him off. "No, I am totally fine with Cesar seeing someone else back to topic of you guys coming over. I was thinking you two and Jasmine and maybe Olivia, if she's up for it, could all come over." I suggest. "I don't know, what about Ashley?" Jamal asks. "Why do you care some bitch Cesar's hanging out with?" I ask. "You have no idea how right you are." Jamal laughs. "Is she really that bad?" I ask. "No, she's the cutest and sometimes she-" I cut ruby off. "If you guys come over I don't want to here about Ashley... at all." I tell them. "Ok, that's fine. Can we show you pictures?" Ruby asks. "No you can't show me pictures!" What is wrong with them? "We'll be there. Maybe not Liv 'cause she's seven months and in desperate need of sleep." Ruby tells me. "She says it feel like the baby is trying to wake her up on purpose." Jamal adds. "I get it but it'd mean a lot to me if you guys came over. You can sleep over and we can catch up." I tell them. "Sure, can we bring Ashley?" Jamal asks. "Oh my God!" I can't believe these guys. "Ok I guess not." Ruby laughs. "We'll be there." Jamal says before we hang up.

Ruby's POV:
"Who knew Monse wasn't a dog person?" Jamal asks. "I kinda feel bad leaving her here though. I promised ms. Ortiz I'd watch Ashley is I could borrow that stupid projector. I can't believe they broke up after all the hard work I put into their Valentine's Day." I shake my head. "So, shall we tell the girl about our invitation to Brentwood?" Jamal asks and I nod. "Just don't talk like that." I roll my eyes.

Monse's POV:
"Hey guys." I open the door and they all came. "Why the hell do you have a chihuahua?" I ask Ruby. "This is-" Jamal cuts him off for me this time. "It's not important." Jamal smiles. "Ok anyways, come in. If that dog pees on anything your dead." I tell Ruby. "Man this place is huge. Any chance they want another daughter and a grandson?" Olivia asks. "Damn Monse if I knew they were this type of rich I would've brought a few empty duffle bags." Jasmine starts looking around with a little too much detail. "Oh right I forgot, rich people don't like when people touch their stuff. It's weird I know but it's a thing." I shrug. "They probably got insurance for all their shit." Jasmine says. "Come on Monse, a couple weeks ago you'd be making the same jokes." Olivia laughs. The doorbell wrings and it's Sahara and Jane. "Right I forgot to tell you I invited over some Brentwood girls." They all just give me the same dead expression. "What? Ruby, I thought at least you'd be excited." I say. "I spent v day with a lady not a girl and now I know the difference. It ain't personal compa." How did I not know this? "I just thought we were supposed to catch up." Jamal shrugs. "But the more people the better." Olivia smiles. "Right guys?" She hisses and they nod. "Oh yeah, definitely." Jasmine says as she shakes her head. "They're nice I promise." I answer the door and the crew just stares at them. "I still prefer a lady any day." Ruby says, looking at Jasmine. How much did I miss? "Woah, are these like... your hood friends?" Sahara asks. "What the fuck did this bitch just say? I got a brick in my bag." Jasmine says. "She doesn't mean like hood she means diverse." Jane tries to explain. Oh my God how did I not know this was a bad idea? "We brought sushi." Jane says. "I'm pregnant I can't sushi." Olivia shrugs. "Oh well I guess I don't get to eat the raw fish." Olivia smiles. "I'll join in... you know like in solidarity." Jamal says. "I can order a pizza." I really want them to all get along. "Ok sounds good." Jasmine says. We all sit down at the table to eat and it's kind of awkward. "So Ruby, tell me more about this lady." I say to break the silence. "Let's just say she's the only one I got my eye on." He says. "Yeah he sees you checking him out." Jasmine says. I really wish Cesar was here, he always knew how to reign in the crazy. "So tell me more about Ashley." I say a little too loud. "She's eating half a slice of pizza off your floor." Olivia says as she looks under the table. "Wait, that's Ashley?" I ask. "Yeah, she's a dog. I just wanted to see how long this could go on for." Jamal laughs. "I'm going to kill you." The more time that passes the more I miss Freeridge. Yeah everything's kinda crazy but I miss my crazy. I need to text Cesar.

Ruby's POV:
"Hey mr. Finnie, how'd you get my number?" This man scares the crap out of me. "Are you alone?" He asks. "Yeah I'm walking a dog why?" I look around just to make sure he isn't watching. I think Jamal's paranoia is contagious. "You can't tell Monse we talked about this ok?" He asks. "Ok." I say.
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"Yeah, thanks for telling me." I take a deep breath. "Everything ok?" Jasmine asks. "Cesar was arrested." I say.