Change On Me

Hold Ya Head

"Dray" I told him.

     The look in his eyes said he wanted to kill. I thanked Sarah and her husband, Robert for helping me. I pulled the blanket around my shoulders tighter getting into the car with G.
    He gripped the steering wheel hard as he drove, looking to be in deep thought. I sat back looking out the window as we drove, not wanting or feeling like talking. I watched as we rode past my neighborhood, listening to Hold Ya Head (song in MM) playing lowly in the car.

"Where are we going?"

"To take you to the hospital. He could have something, you never know." He said sternly.

We drove to the nearest hospital near my hood to get me checked. I still can't believe I was raped..

      We walked inside the hospital after finding a spot and parking. I quickly went to the front desk, letting them know my situation.
     They asked if I knew who did it and if I wanted to go further with reporting the incident to the police. I disagreed, knowing G would take care of it considering how mad he was.
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Leaving the hospital after everything checked out okay, we headed back towards my house so Gio could drop me off. I got out, softly thanking him for picking me up. He got out the car, coming up to the apartment with me. He ran me a warm bath and helped me undress out of the clothes I had on. The hospital helped me out and gave me a shirt to wear out. He helped me into the bath, being careful not to hurt me.
Sitting on the edge of the tub he asked me to tell him exactly what happened. Running through the events as they replayed in my head I began to shake just thinking about it. G caught on and told me I didn't have to say anything if I felt too uncomfortable to talk about it. He left out the bathroom, leaving me to finish up.
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Gio's POV

I picked up my phone calling one of my homeboys I could trust.

"I want that nigga Drayton head. Have him at the trap waiting for me tonight." I demanded. My homeboy agreed, already knowing who Dray was.

I sat on Lonni's bed deep in thought. Wtf would possess Dray to do some foul shit like this? He doesn't even know what's coming for him. I'm gonna make him regret even touching her. Out of all people, my baby Lonni?
She didn't even deserve no shit like this. If I knew this was going to happen I would've went out to find her and maybe I could have put a stop to it when Syd told me she left with him. I sat on the edge of her bed, bouncing my leg out of anger. I was interrupted out of my thoughts by her voice.

"Are you leaving?" She asked me in a soft voice.

"Of course not baby girl. You know I'm going to be here for you right now. Put some clothes on and I'll lay down with you" I told her while taking off my shirt and shorts, leaving me in just my basketball shorts. I made myself comfortable on her bed, waiting for her to come back dressed. She came and laid on my chest cuddling up to me. I rested my hand on her back, about to rub it but she flinched.

I sighed, understanding how she's feeling.

"It's okay ma. I'm not gonna hurt you, just lay down and relax. I'll stay until you go to sleep." I said to her.
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Syd's POV

     I got a text from G saying it was an emergency and to come to Lonni's ASAP. Scrambling around to put on clothes, I replied back saying I'd be there in less than 30 minutes and went to the Uber app to catch a way there.
     Once the Uber got to my house I rushed out the house, climbing in the backseat. The Uber driver tried talking to me the way there, but I was too wrapped up in my thoughts to even hear him. I was too worried about what could possibly had happened.
     Pulling up to Lonni's house 20 mins later, I hopped out the Uber and thanked him rushing up the stairs to Lonni's apartment and unlocking the door with my key. I looked over to the living room seeing it empty so I walked to Lonni's room. I opened the door to see G pacing back and forth, red in the face.

"Wtf happened G?" I whispered looking over at a sleeping Lonni.

"Follow me."

     Walking out the room and into the living room, G broke down all the events that happened within the few hours. He told me how Lonni said Drayton raped her and left her stranded out near 'The Cliff' that everyone went to. He mentioned how her clothes were torn and she had scratches all on her and a bruise around her neck.

     Breathing heavily from his anger, he said he was going to make Dray pay for his actions immediately. He told me to stay and keep an eye on Lonni so after I locked the door behind him I went back to Lonni's room and laid in bed with her.
     I cuddled into her, unable to control the tears rolling down my face. I couldn't believe Dray. He is actually one of my exes, we dated just last year. He didn't seem like the type to rape someone. He was such a dedicated and respectful boyfriend to me.
     Lonni started to stir in her sleep and I rubbed her back to try and soothe her. I couldn't imagine what she's going through right now. Hopefully our plans this summer will take her mind off of things.

     I ended up falling asleep holding Lonni while we laid in her dark room. We slept well into the next morning. When I woke up I just laid there with a sleeping Lonni. I still couldn't take my mind off of Dray. For some reason I felt hurt by his actions. He really tried to get with my bestfriend? That boy was my first love.
     A pang of jealousy shot through my heart. Every person I ended up involved with or liked always were attracted to Lonni in some way. Did Dray think she looked better than me? Did he just not care to cross that boundary between two friends? I had so many questions running through my mind. My thoughts were interrupted by Lonni waking up.

"Goood morning baby girrrrlll" I sang to Lonni in a whisper voice.

She smiled a small smile before getting up and stretching.

     I studied her face and body.. That jealousy flowing through me again. I couldn't help it. I just felt like every thing I ever want gets snatched up by Lonni. It's no secret that I liked G first.
     After he denied me, he told me about his feelings for Lonni and I couldn't help but to kind of resent her for it. But being the friend I am, I put my feelings to the side and encouraged them as a couple after telling her multiple times I was fine with it.

But all of that is in the past. I will not let my jealousy come between us. I just need to be more like Lonni, right? Maybe that will make things better for me..

Yea. Be like Lonni. That sounds good to me 😏