Can't Take My Eyes Off of You

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Que

After watching Evie and Raheem from where I sat at the kickback. Raheem glanced my way when Momo spoke. "You're staring, again." I looked to my left to see Momo sitting next to me. "I'm not," I said. "You still have feelings for her?" She asked. "Of course," I said. "I've been in love with her since we were kids. I miss the friendship, but I get that we can never be what were. That doesn't mean I like to see that." I said looking back at Evie as she leaned into Rah. "I get it," Momo said. I looked over at her curiously. "My friendship with you—" She paused with a sigh. "My friends think I betrayed them." She said. "Look I'm sorry—" "No, I made a choice and I stand by it. It's like you said though. I miss the friendship." She said with a slight shrug. "Des said it's best to just give her space but with the shared friends it's hard," I said glancing at Evie as she and Raheem played flip cup. "Seeing her with him when you know it could've been you must be hard," Mo said. I looked back at Mo. "Aye, are y'all going to just sit in here, or are y'all going to join us?" Des asked.

I chuckled before we both stood to join everyone.

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You know Lil Ced, that's my nigga, I made him a millionaire
Fuck it, we all rich
I ain't tryna have babies right now, so we fuck with a rubber
But I got a raw bitch
Know this money bring envy, you prolly wan' be me
But bro, we can't beef 'bout no small shit
Oversea got the crowd doin' moshpits
Can't believe that I'm still in apartments
Businessman, went and got me an office
Million dollar deals, I get 'em often
Me and Dolla was servin' on Spark Street
Hot lil' jit, he gon' stay with the chopstick
I got robbed, that shit made me a monster
Eviction notice, my sister, my mamas

I watched as Evie drunkenly sang with Chelle and Freddie as they did karaoke. I walked into the kitchen to see Raheem and Tron talking. "What's up, Que?" Tron said. I nodded my head at him. "Raheem," I said. He tilted his cup towards me but stayed quiet. "Tron bring ya sharp chinned ass on they in here talking shit," Des yelled. "This nigga." Tron said rolling his eyes as we chuckled. I poured myself a drink when I felt the need to speak. "Yo—we're good right?" I asked him. He looked up from his phone, at me. "What?" he asked. "You don't have any issues with me. I'm just checking because whenever I'm around you seem to have one." I said. He hummed before finishing his glass.

Rah

"You think I have an issue with you?" I questioned. He nodded my head. "Truthfully I don't know what you're talking about," I said not wanting to stir up an argument with him hearing the slur in his words. It was obvious he was drunk and looking for a fight. "I get seeing your girlfriend's ex around can be a little awkward but—" "You're drunk and I'm not trying to get into it with you." I told him. "I'm just letting you know there's no beef between us because your with my ex." He said before muttering about me getting his seconds. "Firstly yes Evie's your ex but that's it. Anyone with eyes can see that you're not over her but she's with me now, so back off," I said as I leaned against the counter. "I am Evie's, first love. I'll always be in her heart whether you like it or not." He said taking a step towards me. I could see my words were stirring up some emotions for him.

I nodded my head unfazed as he puffed up his chest. "That may be true for you but you don't speak for her." He scoffed. "But I will say this, the difference between you and me is that I'm aware of the of woman Evie is and I don't plan on losing her," I said grabbing a bottle of water. "And even feeling that strongly about her I can still say that if Evie came in here right now and said she wanted another man I'd be man enough to step aside and let her be happy. Because I can respect her choice." I said. "I respect Evie's choices." He said as irritation flowed through each word.