this is solely based off the movie by tyler perry. if you haven't watched and plan to i wouldn't read this.
warning: detailed threats, harassment, triggering thoughts, heavy violence, blood and gore, and character death
note: when you see italics it's Normani narrating.
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"Don't tell me I don't have a right to be angry. She ruined everything for me, she owes me." Normani snaps at the therapist. Her hand gripping the wine glass hard she furrow her eyebrows at the elder woman.
"You feel like she owes you? What exactly does she owe you?" The therapist asks innocently. Normani pauses and blows out smoke. She leans forward for her answer.
"Every damn breath in her body." Normani has a dark look in her eyes, it had chills going up and down the therapist's spine.
"H- How... How about you tell me the story, so I can get a better understanding of your... views." Normani hides her shock with a scowl, thinking hard.
"How far you want me to go back? How far?" She questions the professional.
"Lets start at the beginning." Normani shrugs and set her wine glass down, staring blankly at the expensive coffee table.
"March 5th 1988 college, doesn't matter where, it was raining. The craziest shit always happen to me when it rains." Normani jaw clenches as the memories came back at her not even ten seconds later.
21 years ago • normani's pov
Shit. It was raining cats and dogs out here. I look from side to side seeing no one important in the way. I book for my dorm like a bat out of hell. Suddenly my papers i've been working on all afternoon were all over the ground getting wet. I felt rage bubble in my chest and the first words that came to mind flew out of my mouth.
"Fucking asshole!" I screeched and pushed the body out of my way. I look up at her face and repeated myself.
"Aye watch where you're going." Was her weak response I just shove her again and pick up my papers and continue running to my dorm room.
"God I wished she left me alone after that incident. I wouldn't be here today now would I? So anyway. There was a knock on my roomie/best friend, Justine Skye and I's door the very next day.
21 years ago • normani's pov
I wonder who that could be. I was currently in the closet putting up my laundry. Justine answers the door and I listen in on her.
"Uhm hi. Is a Normini here?" I roll my eyes. Is this the rude bitch from yesterday?
"Uhm there is no Normini's here." I hear Justine say, flirtatiously? I eternally groan at her ass and decide to make my way to where I was needed.
I rounded the corner and I frown. It IS the rude bitch from yesterday. "Oh Normani?" I eye Justine and I get a good look of the clumsy asshole.
"You know her?" Justine asks. I roll my eyes and fold my arms giving the woman in front of me a glare. I look Justine in the eye answering her.
"It's the asshole." I said simply. Justine nods with a smirk. I side eye her.
"Uh I.. Hi I'm sorry about yesterday, Normani. I'm here to return you your papers you dropped." I take them out of her hands and was about to close the door when she stops me by speaking.
I was so angry at her I didn't realize just how fine she was. She was all types of sexy in her blouse and short skirt. She had me the moment I got a good look at her posture. She was all I wanted in a partner. It was just too good to be true.
"My name is Ariana Grande. I'm a mechanics major, and I notice you take a few classes I do. Wanna maybe study together?"
She looked so hopeful it was adorable, a cute charming act I fell for like a dumb bitch.
weeks later
We were in the library talking about our classes and I thought of something i've seen a few days ago. "Hey Ariana.." She looks at me with raised eyebrows. "Uhm what were those papers you dropped the other day and a few days ago?"
She gave me a shy smile before answering. "I... I'm working on a battery. A battery that can work on it's own. It's like a power generator but on the go." I look at this passionate look on her face and I was hooked.
I wish someone told me that day to run for the hills. Knowing me at the time, I wouldn't have listened.
2 months later
I walk out of the classroom exhausted. My mood was the worst right now. I look down at the D- on my paper. I could feel my eyes watering. I worked so hard studying, what happened?
I jumped a little feeling a hand touching my shoulder. "Haah , Hah so how'd you do?" It was Ariana panting, from running up to me no doubt. I look at her grimly and hand her the paper. Her eyes widen and she looked up at me with pity in those pretty brown orbs.
"You studied so hard, I'll talk to the professor and have them give you a chance to make up." I wave her off with a frown.
"Don't even. I just... I feel like all of this is a waste of money and time. I can't keep doing this to my mother. To be honest my mother was surprised I was going to school. My older sisters were always the smarter ones." I look away with tears in my eye. She pulls me into a hug.
"Hey.." Ariana started but she was interrupted.
"Normani!" I hear my name, I step back from Ariana and look down the hall and see my sisters standing at the end looking like kicked puppies. This just couldn't be good. I ran up to them. What came out of their mouths had me sobbing. I just let everything out and hugged my sisters tight.
My sisters, Arielle and Naomi told me our mother had passed. I was absolutely devastated. Me and my mom were so close. It broke me that she would no longer be with us. Eventually I started to want someone to fill that emptiness inside of me, and Ariana was there.
