"Crazy thing is... I really thought I was over you." He rubbed at his jaw slowly. "Like foreal. Thought all that Army shit would've beat it out me or somethin'. Years passing... different states... different women... all that." He shook his head once. "Whole time that shit ain't do nothin' but make me realize wasn't nobody else you." Dakota stayed quiet, just listening while he leaned back deeper into the couch, tiredness all in his face. "You know how many nights I used to sit up while my daughter sleepin' just thinkin' 'bout old shit?" he muttered. "Thinkin' 'bout how bad I fucked us up. Thinkin' 'bout you probably somewhere happy as hell while I'm arguing with a woman that hate every damn thing about me." He looked down at his hands for a second before looking back at Dakota again. "But you?" he said quietly. "You always knew how to deal with me. Even back then when I ain't know how to deal with myself." His eyes moved toward the stairs where his daughter was sleeping before he spoke again. "I ain't gone lie, seeing my baby come home everyday talking 'bout 'Miss Dakota this' and 'Miss Dakota that'... that shit was fucking me up before I even knew it was YOU." He smirked a little at that. "Then I walk into that classroom and damn near forget how to breathe for a second." The room went quiet again before he finally leaned forward, resting his forearms on his knees. "I still love you, Dakota," he admitted finally, straight up this time. "Ain't no smooth way to say that shit. I tried moving on. Tried building somethin' else. Tried forcing myself to be happy with somebody else 'cause I figured maybe that was just life." He swallowed hard before shaking his head. "But every time something good happened... or bad happened... you was still the first person I wanted to tell."

𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨. 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞. *this is my first book, please don't stress ya selves out bc I did while writing it! 😭

𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨? 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

"See I'm a killer, but I got feelings. I catch you with him, I just might kill him." - Von. "Fuckin' on someone else and textin' like you want me, disrespectful." - Kentrell. *very old & cringy don't read omg*

Love is the one memory that one could never, ever, forget; because even if one has lost its mind, the feeling of love will always remains in the heart; curing every emotion to ever be felt. The antidote to it all.

There's a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

Sometimes life gets weird. You lose hope, then you'll fall down, but then you'll get back up again. Sage did. So hang in there; it gets better, with time. A short story.

"I'll play you." Kross challenged with a serious expression on his face, smoothly twirling the basketball on his pointer finger. "For what?" Amiko sighed heavily, a bored look on her face, crossing her arms over her chest, tapping her foot repeatedly on the ground. "𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭."

"Want It Back In Blood, And Blood, I'm Gonna Get, And Still, I Pray For Love Instead Of Common Sense." - Mariah The Scientist.

"I treated them bad I wouldn't be mad if i was to get treated the same way... so treat me the same way."