Damn! Damn! Damn! I can't believe I let him do this to me again! I don't know why I put up with all his crap. I pulled out my phone and called my girlfriend Taj.
"'Bout time you called. Did you have fun with Elyis?" Taj chuckled.
"What fun? He stood me up," I tried to rub away the headache that was forming.
"Babe, why don't you just dump his sorry ass and just stick with me?" she asked.
"Honestly, I really don't know. I love him I guess you could say, but he is driving me insane! One second he's ignoring me, then the next he's all about me."
"You know Keyshia, I hate when he treats you like that. Sometimes I just want to pull you to the side and slap some sense into you."
"Really? Why must we get physical?"
"I was just saying how I feel, that's all."
"I know, I know. I'll talk to you later."
"Later darling," she said and hung up the phone.
I sat there in the restaurant with my head in my hands. What am I going to do about this boy, I asked myself. I tried my hardest not to cry because I've done so much of that lately, I wasn't sure if my tear ducts could even produce anymore tears.
I thought back to the first day Elyis and I met, which was about three and a half months ago. It was like love at first sight, so to speak. We did everything together back then, but now it feels like he could care less about me and how I feel. I began to replay Taj's words in my head, "dump his sorry ass and just stick with me" she had said, although she and I have been together five months. What am I going to do? I kept asking myself this question.
I got up and just walked out my Charger. When I got in, all I could do was cry. I used to be one of those girls that never just cried over boys, then this douche comes along and screws it all up. After about five minutes of crying, I remembered who I am and just drove off because I wasn't going to wait for him any longer. Not too long after I pulled out of the restaurant parking lot, my phone starts to ring. I looked at it and hit decline because I already knew it was Elyis calling. After a minute, the phone started ringing again, it got annoying that I just answered it.
"What Elyis?!"
"Babe, I am so sorry I didn't make it tonight," sounding anything but sorry.
"Why did you even say yes to the date if you were just going to blow me off again?" I was starting to shout.
In the background I heard some girls voice say, "who's that on the phone baby?"
"What the hell Elyis!! Do you have another girl with you right now?" I could feel the headache from earlier coming back with force.
"Um, what are you talking about?" he made a shushing noise.
"You're kidding me right? You can't seriously be cheating on me."
"Keyshia, I was going to tell you, but," I didn't even let him finish.
"Don't even give me that bullshit, Elyis! You lied to me, blew me off, and now this!" my voice cracked at the end.
"You don't understand Keyshia, she's pregnant," he said, clearly irritated.
"What?! How is that supposed to help with anything? You cheated, dumbass and now you're telling me that you got this bitch pregnant!"
"Keyshia, please," he pleaded.
"Keyshia please, my ass. Who is she?"
"It's Diana," he said almost inaudibly.
"Ha, Diana, as in big boobs, phat ass, sluty Diana?" I just had to laugh at this news.
"She's not slutty, but yes babe and I'm sorry," I could almost see the smirk on his smug little face.
"Don't call me babe. Matter a fact, kiss my ass, don't call or text me again. Don't talk to me period and do not, I repeat, DO NOT come near me ever again. I fuckin' hate you."
I ended the call and threw the phone in the passenger seat, I could barely see through the tears pooling in my eyes. I got halfway home before I turned my car around and headed for Taj's house. My Mom and Dad were on a date, my sister was out, and knowing my brother he was with his boyfriend Marco. I refused to be home alone tonight. I called Taj , to let her know I was on my way and when I pulled into her driveway, she was outside waiting for me.
"Keyshia, what happened?" she asked when I got out the car.
"I. He. She," I collapsed into her waiting arms and just broke.
"Keyshia, baby what's wrong? she lifted my chin so she could look into my eyes.
"He cheated on me and got Diana pregnant. He blew me off to be with her," i managed to explain.
"What do you mean babe?" she asked like an idiot.
"Elyis cheated on me and got Diana pregnant," I choked out again.
"If she's pregnant, then that means he's been with her more than just once," she specified.
"Oh gee, thanks for the reminder, you idiot," I grumbled.
"Babe, I'm sorry he did this to you," she said.
"Taj," I called her name, but she just kept venting, so I covered her mouth with my hand.
After a while she finally relaxed and let out a deep sigh. We stood there in a long embrace for what seemed like a long time until someone cleared their throat from the front door.
"Get in this house before you freeze your tail off Tajinae," Ms. Kai shouted.
"It's hot out here Ma!"
"I don't care, get in here," which caused Taj to roll her eyes.
"Come on, let's go in, these shoes are killing me," I laughed.
"Oh alright, fine. By the way, you look amazing in that dress," she purred, looking me up and down.
"And you look nice yourself. Did you have another shoot today?"
"Yes, it was exciting as usual, but it was way too hot with all those studio lights."
We went into the house and I could feel my stress level decrease just a little. I sat on the couch and just let my mind wander while Taj went to the kitchen to grab something to drink. I looked down at the diamond studded high heels I paid almost Five hundred dollars for and instantly began to regret it. All this time I was with that bastard must've just been a huge joke because it definitely couldn't have been real.
The bobby pins in my hair started irritating me, so I tried picking through my hair to get them out. With all the flips and curls my sister did on my hair, I couldn't find any of them, so I sighed in defeat and gave up.
"Here, let me help you with that," Taj appeared in front of me putting two sodas on the table.
"Thank you," I sighed and leaned forward so she could gather all the bobby pins.
"Goodness, why did Jazleen have to put so many curls and flips in your hair?" she groaned.
"She thought it would get me some attention from Elyis."
"Oh okay. Well it sure would've worked with me," she whispered in my ear.
"Yeah, sure," I rolled my eyes.
"How long is Jazleen in town for anyway?"
"She's only home for the weekend. She has to go back down to school on Monday."
"You sound sad about that."
"I am. I mean I don't get to spend that much time with my big sister as I used to."
It's alright Key. She graduates this year as well as us, so you'll get to spend more time with her," she sounded way too enthusiastic.
"I swear if you weren't dating me you'd be all over her," I said dryly.
"Well I'm not going to lie, your sister is hot."
"Well duh! She's related to me."
"You need to get out of this dress and those shoes and get into something more comfortable, " she changed the subject.
"I don't have anything else to put on," I looked at her like she was dumb.
"Alright, I'll get you something as soon as I'm done getting your long as hair out of all these bobby pins."
"Alright, sounds good to me I guess."
So I relaxed and let her work through my hair. When she was done, I stood up and and shook my hair to let it fall free it wavy like curls.
"You gotta take those shoes off, you're making me feel shorter than I already am," she said right as I grabbed the back of a chair to slip out of my high-heeled death traps.
"Okay, now can you go find me something else to wear because this dress is starting to become very uncomfortable."
"Right, okay. Let's go up to my room and get you something."
We got to Taj's room and I noticed that she completely redecorated. Her bed had this big draping canopy I a beautiful matte black, the bed was also covered in silky black sheets, and the walls were painted in black and white stripes. I looked upon the floor and saw that the carpet was a lovely plush white. Taj walked over to her massive double mirror which hid her massive walk in closet. I was just in awe with it all.
"Mother of all things holy, your room looks amazing," I was stunned.
"Thanks, I just did it a few days ago," she beamed.
"I like it."
"Fits the bad girl thing I got going on."
"I hear that bad girls tend to do bad things, " I cocked an eyebrow.
"They sure do. Anyways, do you want to wear this?" she pulled out black booty shorts and a white v-neck tank.
"Yeah, I would like to wear that. Where are we going anyway?" I asked curiously taking the outfit.
"Shauni is having another house party tonight and we're going to get your mind off of Elyis."
"Alright then, unzip my dress please."
"With pleasure," she laughed.
"Not like that nasty," I blushed and slapped her shoulder.
When I was out of my dress, I slipped into the change of clothes. When I turned around to face the mirrors, my jaw practically hit the floor. I looked amazing, my boobs looked bigger than usual. The little voice in my head was like, "damn, where did those come from?" My hazel eyes seemed to sparkle. Taj turned around and nearly dropped her straightener.
"Oh my god. I don't even want that outfit back after seeing you in it," she waved her straightener up and down.
"Oh stop that. Although, I have to agree that, damn I do look fine," I posed.
"Babe you look like a supermodel sent from heaven just to tease me."
"Don't be mad because I'm hot. Besides you already are a supermodel," I pinched her cheek.
"Whatever, get over here so I can do your makeup."
"Nothing too flashy, just eyeshadow."
"Black, white, or silver?"
"What would I look like wearing white eyeshadow?" I scoffed.
"You would look gorgeous, but I guess we're going with black and silver which will make those hazel eyes of yours look absolutely fierce."
"Okay, just hurry up."
"Ya know, I've always wondered how you ended up with those eyes."
"I don't know, I'm the only one with them besides Sarah."
"That's weird."
"Whatever, let's go," I snapped.
We went downstairs, where Ms. Kai was sitting on the couch. She looked up and her eyes went wider than I thought humanly possible.
"Night mom, be back by 2."
"Where are you two going dressed like that?"
"We're going to Shauni's party. Remember, I told you about it earlier," Taj smiled.
"Oh right. Be back in this house by two o'clock Tajinae," Kai said eyeing Taj up and down.
"Okay, I love you mom," Taj said kissing Kai on the forehead.
"Night Ms. Kai," I said as I walked towards the door.
"Night girls."
So we skipped out to my car laughing because deep down we knew that we wouldn't be back until almost close to four in the morning. This is exactly what I needed to get my mind off of that jerk. I was looking sexy, Taj looked good and we both had one another.
"Can we turn on some music?" Tan asked pulling me away from my thoughts.
"Um yeah, I just bought the new Trey Songz CD today."
"Alright, I'm gonna put that in," I glanced over and saw her shuffling through my CDs.
"It's already in the player," I sighed.
"Oh okay. That boy is so fine to be legal."
"I have to agree with you on that one."
So were driving with Taj singing on the side of me with no care in the world. Tonight, I'm going to let everything slip away and be free. About fifteen minutes later we arrived at Shauni's and the party was in full swing, kids were in the yard drunk off their asses. I could feel my adrenaline starts to rise; this was going to be a blast.
"Damn, we got here at the perfect time," Taj whooped.
"I feel like the entire school is here and I'm just now finding out about this party."
" Babe, it's like you've been in a social nutshell all month; let loose a little," Taj wiggled her hips.
"I haven't really been up to partying lately, remember Cici's party?"
"Of course, you got so drunk that Elyis had to carry you to the car because you couldn't walk without falling."
"That is exactly why I haven't been to any parties, but tonight I'm going to drink until I can't remember this dreadful evening."
" you're going to have a gigantic hangover, but let's go in there and have some fun!"
We hopped out of my car and walk, Taj holding my hand to the front door of the house. Right when we stepped in, a blast of music and strong liquor hit me hard. It was the bliss of been waiting for all night. We were greeted in the foyer by an overly tipsy Shauni laughing at something that probably wasn't even funny.
"Hey lovebirds about time y'all showed up," Shauni laughed.
"Hey babe. We would've been here sooner, but we had a little malfunction with Keyshia's hair," Taj smiled.
Looking me up and down, Shauni gasped, "you look way too freaking beautiful Keyshia."
"Thanks Shauni, you look pretty sexy yourself," I said doing a dazzling smile in her direction.
"Yeah thanks. Follow me I'll get you guys something to drink," turning on her sharp yet really cute heels.
As we walked to the kitchen, I looked around and saw everyone from the occasional freshman up to the seniors. I was very aware though of all the guys trying to hit on Taj, but she kept blowing them off. They all seem to want her considering most people knew she was my girlfriend.
"What do you want to drink Keyshia?" Shauni tapped me on my shoulder.
"Ummm... I'll take the sour apple wine cooler," I pointed lamely.
"Damn girl, that one is strong. Are you sure you want that?" Her eyes widened.
" she's had a pretty suck-ish night so just give it to her," I heard Taj whisper.
" oh alright then. Drink up sweetheart," Shauni smiled handing me the bottle, then walked away.
Posted there against the counter and downed a mouthful of my drink. I watched as Taj's ex-girlfriend Miranda came over and pull Taj to the dance floor (living room). I really didn't care though let her have fun tonight. I wonder to myself if I should just stop being a crybaby and take allies back I really didn't care though let her have fun tonight. I wonder to myself if I should just stop being a crybaby and take Elyis back, but then mentally slapped myself for even letting the thought entered my mind take him back? Are you on crack? No last time I checked I wasn't, I answered the voice in my head. So where the hell did that just come from? I don't know, I am liens against the counter, great now I'm talking to myself I thought. I then walked over to Taj and Miranda dancing.
"Excuse me Miranda, can I cut in?" I asked.
Narrowing her eyes, she nodded, " sure she's all yours."
"Thanks," I watched as she walked away.
"Well it's about time you came to dance with me," Taj laughed.
"Well I was doing some thinking," I sighed.
"Did you not see that she was practically molesting me over here," Taj hissed.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to let you be taken off by the big bad she wolf," I think laughed. 'God, why do you mess with this dumb bitch?' 'I don't know, shut up I told the voice in the back of my head.'
"You're so lucky you're cute Keyshia Tasha Elliott."
"Cute? Bitch, I'm the cutest chick you've ever laid eyes on," I snapped while ties just shook her head. ' doing that because it's true.' 'Go away, dammit.'
We danced for three slow songs, I also just a little with Shauni which was pretty awesome. It felt good to just be me after the fuck till tonight I've had. Out with the dumb, in with the new I say.
At about half to 12 midnight I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I took it out and saw I had a text from my sister.
"Where are you kitten?" She wrote.
"At Shauni's party. I'll chill with you when I get home tomorrow. Love you sis," I replied.
"I love you too. Be safe."
I put my phone back in my pocket and went back to dancing. Man, I am going to be so damn sore when I wake up in the morning. Although this party is worth it. I was on my third shot, after dancing when I felt so my slap my butt. I spun around to see Elyis standing behind me with Diana at on his arm and that dumbass smirk on his face. I turn back around and went for a fourth shot. I didn't feel like looking at his face, let alone talk to him, but he pulled me around to face him.
"What. The. Hell. Do. You. Want?" I snapped.
"What are you doing here?" He barked.
"Minding my own damn business," I spoke through gritted teeth.
"Well you're my girlfriend and I want to know," his jaw hardened.
"Did you not hear a single thing they said on the phone earlier? We are no longer together dumbass," I threw my drink at him. 'Good one girlie, high-five for that one.'
" Will you just let me explain about Diana please?" He pleaded once again.
"What is there to explain? Only that you slept with the whore, got her pregnant, and stood me up to be with her tonight," I could feel the sting in the back of my eyes. 'You better not cry.'
" I was drunk!" He yelled.
" I don't give two shits," I said and walked away.
At a quarter to four, Taj found me and drag me out to the car. I was so wasted I just let her do it and drive us back to her house. 'Dummy' the little voice in the back of my head sounded again. All I was hoping for was not throwing up all over my dashboard, with Taj speeding we got to the house in record time. We snuck in as quietly as we could and went up to her room. I barely got into the pajamas she let me borrow and sat on the bed with a huff.
" Keyshia you are going to have a hangover from hell," she whispered.
"I know, I know," I groaned.
"I'll get you some water, just lay down and I'll be right back."
I laid back against the hundreds of pillows mounted on the bed and sighed. I swear, I'll just be happy May twenty-fourth comes so I can graduate and get the hell away from here. Away from drama, stupidity, and the dumbasses, hopefully.
I was half asleep when Taj came back with the water, "goodnight Keyshia," I heard her say softly.
"Night T," I whispered, falling asleep.
The next day, I woke up too the sun shining directly in my eyes. With my body screaming in protest, I managed to get out of the bed with lots of moans and groans. When I stood up, my head started pounding. Alright, no more fast movements or drinking for a while I scolded myself. Stammering downstairs I went into the kitchen where Taj was sitting, talking to her mom. She smiled at me when I came through the door. I could smell coffee, pancakes, eggs, bacon, instantly my stomach started growling.
"Here Keisha honey take this," Ms. Kai gave me a cup of coffee.
"Thanks Ms. Kai," I smiled.
"No problem sweetie and please for the millionth time, just call me Kai," she laughed.
"Oh right, I forgot, sorry."
"I heard you girls had a crazy night," she said looking from me to Taj.
"Yes we did," Taj said shaking her head.
"Well I'm glad you guys had fun," Kai finished the food.
After everything was cooked, we all sat together and ate in silence. When we were done, Taj and I went up to her room, I threw on some sweats while Taj showered so we could go to my house. To say the very least I'm a very impatient person, I yelled in the bathroom for Taj to hurry up.
"Ugh, you really are an impatient baby, you know that right!' Taj yelled from behind the bathroom door.
"Well if you would hurry up, then I wouldn't have to be so impatient," I yelled with a shrug even though she couldn't see the gesture.
"Well I'm done now," she said opening the bathroom door.
"Okay, now let's go."
On the way to my house, Taj just wouldn't shut her mouth about last night. When we pulled up into my driveway, my parents cars were gone and Jazleen was parked on my side of the garage. When we walked in the house I heard my sister way before I saw her.
"Hey Kitten!" Jazleen yelled when I stepped into the living room, causing me to wince.
"Hey Jazz," I gave her a hug.
"I missed you last night Kitten," she frowned with her arms folded.
"I know, I'm sorry sis, I got wasted and crashed at Taj's place," I stroked her puffed out cheek.
"Ha, you sound like me during my senior year," her lips twitched up into a small smile.
"Too much like you, if you ask me. I got told that I was a table dancer," I said shaking my head.
"Damn baby sis. Finally coming out of that little shell of yours I see," she stated rather loudly, making me flinch away from her.
"Hangover Jazz," I whined childishly.
"Sorry Kitten, I won't yell anymore," she whispered horribly.
"You guys do remember that I'm standing right here don't you?" Taj scoffed from behind the my sister and I.
"Yeah, sorry," we both sighed turning around to face her.
"Hi Taj, it's been a while," Jazz leaned in and gave her a half-hearted hug.
"Always good to see you Jazleen," Taj smiled flirtatiously.
"Alrighty then, while you stand here and flirt with my sister, I'll be in the shower," I called from the stairs.
In my room, I sighed loudly. Tajinae was so annoying with all the flirting she did. 'You're dating a slut!' The little voice in the back of my head began to shout. 'You're always talking.' I retorted back with attitude. 'I'm you stupid.' I was once again arguing with myself. My head began pounding even more because thinking about it, Taj was already on my last nerve for the day.
When I finally stepped under the hot water pouring from my shower head, my headache slightly began to subside. I started singing to myself, all the pain from the last few weeks rising to the surface with every word of the song. I was in my own little world, so I didn't hear anyone enter my bathroom until one of them spoke up.
"I never knew how beautiful your voice was Keyshia," Taj was the first to open her mouth, but before I could yell at her to get out, my sister chimed in.
"I forgot how amazing she sounded, since she never sings in front of anyone anymore."
Poking my head out from behind the shower curtain, I gave both of them a look, "can I help you two with something?"
"Nope," they both said in unison.
"Well can you go wait for me to get out of the shower in my room... please?" I asked using my best puppy dog face.
"Oh alright with the eyes," my sister laughed.
"Thank you sister."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," she rolled her eyes and walked out.
With them gone, I finished washing my body and hair, then headed into my room with my towel wrapped tightly around my body and head. When I walked through my bedroom door, both of the jerks were searching around in my closet. Not saying anything, I got myself ready for the day. After checking myself out in my floor to ceiling mirror, I slipped into a brand new pair of shoes and did another once over. I decided against doing my hair and let my dark locks fall full length to my waist to let it air dry.
"Okay you two, out of my closet," I sighed making them both jump slightly.
"I want to wear your new outfit," Jazz came out with the outfit in her hands.
"No, you literally just bought the same one in blue, plus you don't even like the color red," I said to her matter-a-factly.
"I know, but," she began to whine.
"But nothing, put it back and go put your own outfit on," I told her with another sigh.
"Oh fine," she pouted and walked out of the room.
Looking back towards my closet, I saw that Taj was still rummaging around. When she finally decided to emerge, she was holding up red and black romper.
"Hey, can I wear this?" She asked.
"No Taj, you already have on clothes," I sighed on we again.
Gosh, I was doing a lot of sighing today. Well then again, I never really realized how much one person could get on my nerves so much. I hadn't even realized she was still talking until she pushed my shoulder.
"What?" I snapped.
"Did you she anything that I said?" She crossed her arms.
"No I didn't. What was it that you said?" I sighed again. Dammit!
"Do you have to work today?" She said with an attitude.
"No I took the weekend off."
Just as I was saying that, Jazleen came walking back into my room, looking rather goddy, which made me remember my brother.
"Hey Jazz, where's Jamie?" I asked gaining her attention.
"He went with Marco and Joseph to the movies," she said while putting on some eyeliner.
"Wonderful, I think he took my good belt again," I said while looking for another belt to put on so my pants would stay on my ass.
"I wouldn't be surprised. Now let's go," she said applying her lip gloss and leaving my room.
Checking myself out in the mirror one last time, I grabbed my phone and dragged Taj out of my room and downstairs and out the door to the car. This should be a pretty interesting day, hopefully it would be fun. I hadn't realized we had arrived at our first destination until my sister brought me out of my own daze.
"Earth to Keyshia Elliot," she snapped her fingers in my face.
"Umm, what?"
"I asked you if you were coming inside the store or are you just going to sit in the car?" She chuckled at me.
"Well duh, I'm the one who has a phone to pick up here," I smiled as I looked up to make sure we had actually made it to the right place.
"Then can you get your fine ass out of the car?" She laughed pushing my shoulder.
After getting out of the car, we skipped through the doors of the phone store and went up to the front counter.
"Hello, how can I assist you fine ladies today?" The clerk, who didn't look much older than me asked.
"Hi, we're here for a pick-up," I smiled.
"Okay, what's your last name pretty lady?"
"Elliot, first name being Keyshia."
With that he excused himself and disappeared behind a set of doors. My sister and I kindly waited for him to be out of range before we said anything about him.
"Oh my goodness, that was one fine ass drink of water right there," Jazz gushed.
"Oh wow Jazz, you are such a girl, but yeah he was pretty fine," I sighed.
"You guys have got to be kidding," Taj hissed.
"What the hell is your problem?" Jazz asked rolling her eyes.
"You guys are embarrassing, you know that right?"
"And you're being a bitch, you know that right" Jazz smiled widely.
"Maybe I am, so what," Taj rolled her eyes dramatically.
"Oooh, someone's catty today. How about we both just calm down," I sighed once more.
"Well tell your sister to stop acting like a whore," Taj said simply.
"Alright, now you're pissing me off. Go outside or something and get out of my face, jeez Tajinae!" I held back the urge to punch her in the mouth for talking about my sister that way. This little argument caused the little voice in the back of my head to come to life. 'That little hoe better watch it.'
"Whatever," she said and walked away.
The clerk came back after all of that with a mile long smile on his face. In the back of my mind after looking at him again, he looked extremely familiar.
"Okay Ms. Elliot, here's that phone for you," he beamed while taking the phone out of the box and began setting it up for me.
"Oh thank you and please just call me Keyshia. What's your name?" I smiled back.
"Oh my name is Elliot actually," he blushed.
"Oh wow, what a big coincidence. Nice to meet you Elliot," my sister chimed in playfully.
"This would be my big sister Jazleen, she's due graduate college in May," I gave Jazz a piercing grin telling her to knock it off.
"Oh nice. I'll be graduating high school in May," Elliot was now also grinning.
"Oh really, from what school?" My sister and I asked in unison.
"Valley Creek," he said proudly.
"Oh my gosh! No way! I go there too," I said leaning against the counter.
"Oh yeah, I thought I saw you at that party last night."
"Yeah I was there. Well thank you for your help," we waved and left.
When we walked outside, Taj was leaning against the wall with her eyes closed. Exchanging looks with me, Jazz shrugged and being her normal self made a smart comment.
"Ready to go Queen Bitch?" She caused me to chuckle.
"I may be a bitch, but at least I'll be the Queen Hoe," Taj sneered.
"Well then, walk home. Let's go Keyshia," she walked off.
With that I heard Taj cuss and run after us. The rest of the day was filled with heated glares, shopping and more heated glares. We dropped Taj off at home and Jazz and I spent the rest of the night watching movies, eating junk and watching more movies. At the end of it you could say that I was a happy camper.
