The Life We Live

Chapter 9~ Had it coming

I linked with my girls as we headed out the school, most times we saw each other at the end of the day it was rare we didn't. We all got rides , Ryan was my ride and their "boyfriends" were there's. Well Niya was committed Draya on the other hand had "toxicnigs" , as she would call them.

"I ain't committing to no Naga that ain committed to me." She would say , she thought every guy cheated. Most the times she was right but if her gut felt it with no proof she'd either cut him off or do him grimy. And I meant grimy, "Never ignore your gut, hurt him before he could hurt you." She wasn't always like that, she fell in love hard in 9th grade. With Quamir, she was still in love with him. No matter what she couldn't get him out her life but he was crazy. He used to cheat on her so sneakily, then she had got pregnant and he forced her to get an abortion. She wanted to have the baby, he convinced her he wasn't going to be around. She still didn't care but decided she wouldn't force a child to be raised how she was, with no father. After the abortion Quamir tried to come back Like nothing happened. Draya dissed him but after constant fights they would have and him beating up anybody that she dealt with, she gave back in. She was doing him so dirty though, if he ever found out half the shit, he would kill her on the spot.

"How we getting there?" Niya asked snapping me out my thoughts. I shrugged grabbing my phone to call Ryan before someone beeped at us. We looked up to see a black Ford Fusion, I had never seen that car a day in my life so I rolled my eyes assuming it was someone trying to holler. The car pulled up more with the window rolled down.

"Hey bitches!" A familiar female voice exclaimed, I looked up to see Dime.

"Heyyyyyy!" We cheered running towards her car. She hoped out her car and we group hugged. We hadn't seen Dime in a couple weeks which was a long time. We all linked either every weekend or at least once a week. She had been ghost we knew it was because of what had happened with Davon.

"Bitchhh where you been?!" Niya basically screamed.

"And you got the wheels?" Draya added.

"Get in the car and I'll get y'all hip." She states walking back to the drivers side door. Niya hops in the front and me and Draya sit in the back.

"So I just been getting my mind right." Dime starts, "getting my bread right, Davon been got me this car but I didn't know how to drive yet. I got my license bout a week ago, I wasn't ducking y'all or nothing I just had to get my shit right."

"You had to get ya shit right for you." Draya clarifies. "Cause you our bitch regardless of what you have."

"Period." Niya adds.

"I know.. like I said I wasn't ducking y'all but I had to do shit for me and my family." She explained.

"How you doing D?" I ask her solemnly changing the subject while looking at her in the review mirror as I place my hand on her shoulder. I could only imagine how I would feel if I was her, my heart was already hurting and Davon wasn't even my blood.

"I'm good." She says quietly but I could tell she was ready to break down. I squeeze her shoulder as Niya rub her thigh.

"You saw him yet?" Draya asks.

"I been with him all day." She gives a small smile, "he doing real good."

"Well I can't wait to see him, I been thinking about him all the time." I admit to them.

"Same." They say in unison.

"I'm just glad he pulled thru." Niya adds.

"Word." Draya and I say.

"Me too." Dime says.

"But how life been treating you?" Niya asks Dime.

"Could be better, but could be worse." She states.