Vendetta | Nicki Minaj & August Alsina

4. The Date

Tiffany

8:41

I looked over at Raja who was completely focused on the road. I couldn't tell if she was annoyed or just entirely dazed. The red light softly shined on the inside of the car. Her long, false eyelashes patted the top of her cheeks as she sat there with her eyes shut. She pushed each of her heels off with the front of her feet and melted in the seat of the car. The light turned green and her eyelids slowly forced themselves open as she began to cruise again. "Raja?" She lifted her chin up as a signal for me to continue. "What's bothering you, hun? I know you didn't want to come, but damn girl. You seem over the top sad." She bit her bottom lip and kept her eyes in front of her. "It's nothing. I promise." Annoyed with her choice to stay quiet, I plugged the aux cord into my phone and turned up the radio. Our lips were silent while the car hummed Talk On the Road by Tory Lanez.

A good thirty seconds into the song, my cell buzzed in my lap. I turned it face up to see a text from Quez. I smiled to myself as I picked up the phone and unlocked it.

Chris 😍❤️: Hey we got here a lil early we gone be standing outside waitin jst call when u get here

Me: Okay! We should be there shortly!!

Chris 😍❤️: iight cool

I flipped my phone back over in my lap and rested my head oh the seat. The music made the car feel warm and the city lights made the aesthetic come more alive. My thoughts were yanked at a halt when the music was suddenly cut off. I looked over at Raj whose facial expression was totally concerned. "Do you think he knows I'm out?! Am I doing wrong right now?! What do you think my consequences will be?! Aw man, what if he kicks me out?! What the hell are me and Nani gonna do then?! There's more than likely people following us for him! Get real, do you seriously think he'd leave us at home without anyone watching us?! He's gonna kill me if he finds out! Let's just turn back around, I don't wanna do this anymore!" She took a deep breath after all of the nervous rambling and pulled over at a random street corner.

I felt nervous trying to speak to her. I didn't want to say the wrong thing to make her panic even more. I felt for her. She was like a lost puppy that I didn't know how to take care of. I was just starting to feel like a good friend, getting her out of the house and stuff, but now I just feel like I put this girl under so much stress.

"Look Raja, I promise no one is following us, and I promise that if you go out nothing is going to happen except for you having a good time. You have to trust me. I would never in a trillion years bring you out if I knew there were bad consequences. You just have to trust me, girl." She looked over at me with a weak smile, then she smirked. "I guess I'll just have to get in trouble if that's the case. I'm gonna have a good time tonight, okay? I'm gonna do this for you." She smiled showing her teeth. "No," I protested. "For us." I said gracefully. She cackled with her hand covering her mouth. "Bitch, you so corny." She said causing us both to laugh. "Shut the fuck up and drive." I said trying to keep myself together.

Adonis

9:06

"I need a blunt, fam" I said to Quez while me and him was standing outside waiting on the females he so desperately had me come along to spend the evening with. "Shit, same over here." I adjusted my Ray Bans on my face and swung my arms back and forth. I couldn't just stand here looking like no fuckin' fool waiting on a female to arrive. "Where they at nigga? I can't do this standing around shit." He looked down at his phone. "They should be pulling up soon." He said shrugging his shoulders. "And damn nigga, calm down. You already wearing nothing but black and you can't sit yo ass still. You look like you about to commit a crime." I smacked my lips at his dumb ass statement.