That night, Aaliyah and Dre were watching a movie. Aaliyah fell asleep but Dre was still up. He was getting a call from jay to lifted aaliyah's head up from his lap and got up. He walked outside and answered the phone.
"Hello?", Dre asked.
"Hey, everything alright?", Jay asked. "Sorry I miss your call"
"From last night dude", Dre said.
"Sorry I had a long day today", Jay said.
"Whats going on?", Dre asked.
"My ole lady pregnant", Jay said.
"What? Congratulations", Dre replied.
"I mean a child is blessing and I'm going to care for him or her but... I wasn't tryna have any kids right now", Jay said.
"Hey I wasn't ready either", Dre said. "... but speaking for new dad's... I feel like killa is up to something"
"What you mean?", Jay asked.
"He's acting like nothing happened. Like he ain't try and kill me twice", Dre said. "It's like he's trying to distract me of something"
"Or maybe you just trippin. You are apart of his crew now", Jay said. "And you are in Jada's life too, so"
"Yea. That's what he said", Dre said.
"Then maybe that's it", Jay said.
"...today him and Aaliyah were talking", Dre said.
"I mean like... they are parents", Jay said.
"I don't know... it's the way she was looking at him before I came downstairs", Dre said.
"What you tryna say?", Jay asked.
Dre sighed. "I don't know... maybe I'm just-"
Jay cut him off. "Jealous?", he asked.
"I was going to say overthinking it", Dre said.
"But why did you call last night?", Jay asked.
"....Aaliyah. She was in the hospital", Dre said. "She overdosed on some drugs and it turns out she has been taking them for months now"
Jay got quiet.
"Hello?", Dre said.
"Yea I'm here", Jay replied. "...I just... let me call you back"
"alright", Dre said.
Jay hung up and Dre walked back into the house. He heard Aaliyah talking.
"No. Please", she shouted in her sleep as she was moving around. "Stop!"
Dre walked to her.
"Kevin!", she shouted before Dre began to wake her up.
Aaliyah raised up from out of her sleep, breathing hard.
"Kevin?", Dre asked.
Aaliyah looked around and was still breathing hard.
"Are you okay?", Dre asked as he sat next to her and comfort her. "It's okay. It was just a dream... with apparently Kevin in it"
Aaliyah shook her head. "No...no it wasn't", she said. "It- it was a memory"
Dre looked at her,
Aaliyah got up.
"You having those dreams again?", Dre asked.
Aaliyah nods.
"What did he do?", Dre asked. "You said his name, what did he do?"
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Hustla (BOOK TWO)
General FictionDre and Aaliyah have been through a lot together since they day that they met, but their life has been filled with darkness and pain even before they were together. Just when things were getting good, everything turned left when their 5 month old, J...
