Mirage (A Chris Brown Story)

Chapter Four.

Shit! Shit! Shitty shit shit! Why the fuck did I just hang up like that? Maybe I should call him back, but then what would I say 'oh yes hello Chris yes I did happen to call a few seconds ago but um you see my phone hung up before I could say anything!' yeah that ain't finna happen. Maybe I should just leave him alone ya know? I mean I'm sure he's got a lot of chicks already trying to get at him. But-

My internal rambling is interrupted by my phone going off, and I look down at it to see that I have a text message from an unknown number.

'How rude of you to just hang up in my face like that! But Ari I guess I understand that my voice just took your breathe away. :)

-Chris'

The phone slips out of my hands, a groan escaping my mouth as I finish reading the message. How the hell did he know it was me? I quickly pick my phone back up and begin to reply.

'I don't even know what you are talking about. I didn't hang up on you it was my phone I don't know what the fuck is wrong with it'

He replies back in a matter of seconds.

'If that's really what you want to believe than that's fine. ;)'

A snort comes out of my mouth as I am about to reply but my phone chimes again signaling that I have another message.

'Sooo Arielle what would you say if I said you and I are going to go out tomorrow at six?'

Huh? Did he just ask me out on a date? If he did than who the hell asks someone out like that? I mean sure I've never been asked out before but isn't it supposed to be all romantic and shit?

'I MIGHT actually consider it if you asked me in a better way.'

'Oh so you're the romantic type huh? Well Arielle would you do me the honor of going out with me tomorrow evening at six o'clock?'

I can't help the laugh that erupts out of my mouth at his corniness.

'I'll think about it.'

***

"Ellie?" MiMi says shaking me out of my sleep.

"Yes Baby Girl?" I tiredly mumble.

"C-can I-i-"

It's at that moment that I realize that she is crying and immediately I am no longer tired. My thoughts suddenly go to Ramon and what he told me the other day. If that mother fucker hurt my baby then I swear on everything that I will kill him!

"What's wrong baby?" I ask pulling her into a tight hug.

"I-I had a bad dream. Can I sleep with you?" She whimpers wrapping her small arms around my waste.

I give a relieved sigh that it was just a nightmare and nothing more.

"Of course Baby Girl," I tell her wiping away her tears and laying her down on my bed before hoping up out of bed to grab her blanking off her bed and wrapping it around her. As I watch her snuggle closer to me in my arms and suck her thumb I am reminded of just how fragile MiMi is. Sometimes when I am listening to her talk sounding a lot older than she really is I seem to forget that Baby Girl is only three years old and in those three years she has gone through a lot more than other kids her age. And that fucking kills me inside.

***

"Get the fuck up!" Sharon screams pounding on our bedroom door.

I don't see why Sharon can't be the nice nurturing type but at the same time I guess I could. When Sharon was younger she was in an abusive relationship and at the time she was pregnant. It doesn't take a genius to realize that those two things done go well together then add drugs into the mix and it was just a disaster waiting to happen.

"Come on Baby Girl it's time to get up." I shake her awake until finally her red puffy eye lids open revealing her beautiful hazel eyes, which are still slightly red around the edges.

The first thing out of her mouth is, "Are we going to the mall today?"

"I don't know sweetheart I may hang out with Chris today"

I then remember that I never did give him a definite answer last night so I gotta get on that later.

"Cwis!" She exclaim happily, clapping her hands together.

"Yes Chris. So do you want to go over Eboni's house while I'm gone?" I ask her. Eboni is my crazy best friend who is two years older than me making her eighteen. She has a four year old son named Cameron who likes to play with MiMi.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!! I wanna play with Camy!" She says hoping out of the bed to look for a cute outfit to wear.

Since she is preoccupied I decide to take this time to give Chris my answer.

'I just checked my schedule. I don't have anything better to do so tonight at six it is.'

*****

Alright so what did you guys think? I should be uploading a lot more often because I am on fall break so I am REALLY excited about that! :) And I'm also going to try and write longer chapters so we'll see how that turns out. Haha.

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