You the Best, Yo (COMPLETED)

Chapter 54

Amarie:                   

“Freckles, pass me the ball!” I said stretching on the basketball court. I fixed my sweatpants and adjusted my two pullover hoodies I had on. It was November and the cold weather was coming in quickly. I didn’t even want to be outside but Chris wanted to go the basketball court where we first met and play ball like we use to. Chris threw me the ball and I started bouncing it around and shooting hoops.

“This is where it all started. If I would have never came to the park that night … I would have never met you. Can you believe that?” Chris said bouncing the ball I passed him. He was right. If I never left because of Mel and Lamar fighting I wouldn’t have met Chris.

“Why did you even come to the park that night?” I asked Chris. He never told me.

“Transaction … I wanted to stop and smoke a blunt … then I saw you getting bullied.” Chris said chuckling. I shot him a look. “I know, I know … you didn’t need my help.” He said smiling at me. He walked over to me. “But aren’t you glad I have you my helping hand.” He joked. I smiled up at him.

  “Very.” I said. He leaned down to kiss me. Things were back to normal.

Tina:

I couldn’t get through to him. I didn’t want to break up a happy home but shit, it was my job. I needed to do this. If I didn’t do this he would kill me. This girl meant everything to him for some reason. I didn’t understand why dudes feel in love with Amarie. I guess it was just something about her. Chris was in love with her and so was my cousin, Dre. I told him countless amounts of times that he didn’t mean shit to her but he refused. All he kept on saying is that he had her first, he loved her and that he was going to get her back. I knew he was dead serious and that is what scared me the most. This bitch had my cousin going crazy.

“The plan is you get Chris back and I get Mari back. The way it’s supposed to be.” Dre said to me. He sniffed a line of cocaine and I sniffed my second line. “The only reason I’m not killing that nigga is because of you.” He said looking back up at me.

“Maybe we should just let them be.” I said. Dre glared at me.

“Fuck that. I’m getting my girl back. You know I fucking had her first.” Dre spat at me.

“But you have Hennessey; she should be good enough for you.” I said maybe trying to persuade him to forget about it.

“She’s no Amarie.” Dre said lying back on the sofa. Hennessey walked into the room sitting next to Dre, cuddling up under him. He pushed her back. “Move Hennessey, get the fuck away, not in the mood.” He said to her. She shuffled over. She looked at me with sadness in her eyes. “Dumb bitch, you try to kill her again, I swear I will kill you. You hear me?” Dre randomly yelled out at her. She jumped in fear. The drugs.

“Yes, yes baby. I’m sorry. I just love you, I wanted to make it work for us.” She sobbed. He growled at her while snatching her hair and throwing her on the floor.

“Go get me something to drink.” He demanded. She quickly got up and went to go get Dre’s drink. “We can do this Tina. It takes time.” Dre said calmly looking at me. I nodded. “You love him right?” He asked me.

“Yeah …” I said. Dre nodded and started to roll and blunt.

But one thing was holding me back. He didn’t love me. He loved someone else. He didn’t love me like he was supposed to. I didn’t want to be with someone that loved someone other than me. What would be the point? I saw that but Dre looked pass everything. He didn’t think about anything but getting Mari back, not realizing that she didn’t want him. He probably realized it but was in denial. When he got her back, she wouldn’t corporate unless he threatens her life. It shouldn’t have to be like that. Dre of course didn’t care, he just wanted her. The drugs were eating him alive, shit they were slowly eating me alive but they made me feel alive. They caused me to think out of line sometimes. Dre introduced me into a lot of things, drugs being one of them. Try this became a daily basis habit. One time changed my whole life. That first sniff changed everything. I was doomed. They had a hold on me.