PUISSANCE • 𝔄 𝔏𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔩𝔬 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶 • (discontinued)

The Talk

5:00 pm

"Hey Ms. Carter" Melo hugged my mom when we walked in my house.

"Hey kid long time no see, and how many times I gotta tell you to call me Helena..." she smiled. My mom was like in love with Melo. He always helped her when he was around and she always appreciated it.

"Sorry, i'll remember for next time" He smiled back breaking the hug. She patted him on the back a few times. We started to go upstairs but then my mom called me back down.

"Melo i'll see you up there" I called out to him while he was walking up the stairs.

"Mhm" He continued to walk.

"What's wrong?" I asked my mom.

"Are you and Melo....you know. I can sense the energy change." She waved her hand around at the word energy. Of course this lady was tryna get some info, she was so nosey.

"Something along the lines, yes. He hasn't officially asked yet though."

My mom started to do a little happy dance causing me to give her the side eye.

"Yes! A son in law i'll love!" She was still dancing.

"Momma you're crazy" I laughed a bit shaking my head at her antics.

When I reached my room Melo was laying on my bed on his stomach playing with the fur on one of my pillows. I climbed in the bed with him and he pulled me closer to him laying his head on my stomach, his arms wrapped around me.

"So what did you want to talk about?"

He took a subtle deep breath. "My past and stuff."

Oh? we were having that talk.

"Okay, I'm all ears. But before you start just know that nothing can change my view of you besides your action now, in the present. And you've shown me nothing but greatness."

"Thank you Xi, that really means a lot to me coming from you. You're really the only important female in my life right now besides my momma."

I was important? I was important...Lamelo ball said that I'm important to him.

I smiled to myself.

"Well, to start from the beginning, me and A-...this girl 'knew' each other since middle school. We hung out together all the time since we had the same friend group. It was clear that we both took a liking towards each other and it was even more clearer in High School. A lot of flirting and subtle hints were given so we decided to make it official. We were about 9 months into the relationship when the issues started to rise. I found out she was flirting with my close friends and not being loyal to me or the relationship. I stayed...I was a fool and my feelings blinded me. I pretended like it never happened. A year in, I found out she fucked some other guy in our grade, ON our 1 year anniversary."

He took another large breath, I guess trying to brace himself for the rest.

"I loved her Xi, and I was going to tell her that that night."

I don't know why it hurt so much to hear that he once loved someone, but I felt a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach.

"That shit broke me, and I turned into something I never wanted to be. This girl promised me that she was never going to cheat again. I stayed like a fool...I guess a part of me loved her still, even though I started to act like I didn't. I don't know if she ever stayed true to her not cheating promise, because I was too busy messing with other females to care..." He took a pause for a few seconds.

"I was messing with a different girl behind her back every week. And I would treat them like shit. I would fuck and leave and invalidate their feelings. I would basically treat them like objects. Me and her ended up officially breaking up when she caught me with someone else. I feel so terrible about it all because those females didn't deserve any of the shit they put up with with me. I was a complete asshole and to think I knew what it felt like to have your heart broken... and then I dished out those gut wrenching feelings to other people. I guess I was emotionally scarred and giving other people the pain I once experienced was how I coped.  This girl really fucked me up....But Xia, then I met you. When I saw you, I just knew you were different...I felt it. Talking to you and being around you and your energy and vibes really solidified it for me. You're so....caring and generous when it comes to me, always. You always listen and help. And you're so fuckin beautiful on top of it all. I think you're healing me Xi...You don't care that Im 'Lamelo Ball' you just like me. I could never thank you in a million years for all you've done for me in the span of just a month and a half. YOU Xi, YOU made me want to change."