"My head hurt, Amiri." I spoke, touching his hand as he laid in this hospital bed

He had been shot in the neck, I didn't even care about those cops. They never went to search my home like we thought, and left me alone

I came to visit Amiri because I wasn't leaving my friend in the hospital, and not come see him especially with the circumstances and probability of him dying

"Why?" He asked, looking at me as he popped open an applesauce

"I don't know." I shrugged

"Oh." He nodded

"You know Ariana died... ole girl that was on bullshit at that pool party you, yo' cousin, and Serayah went to?"

My eyes got big. "How? How did she die?" I asked in complete shock

"She got shot, you know she was dissing people dead folks. That shit was bound, people celebrating." He shrugged and used his mouth to eat the applesauce

"Where's your spoon?" I furrowed my eyebrows

"It dropped on the floor." He pointed to the opposite side, so I couldn't even look

"You want me to get-" I started, but he cut me off

"I can eat it wit' my mouth, I'm straight." He waved off, then continued to eat it

"Okay." I shrugged while leaning back in my seat

"Serayah's coming up here later on today, who all has came to see you?" I asked curiously as I crossed my arms

"My fam, a couple of my homeboys. People mostly been texting me and shit."

"You texted back?" I questioned

Before he even responded he laughed. "Hell nah, Ion feel like it." He shook his head no

"They probably think you're dead, and you saying you don't feel like it." I shook my head in disbelief

"Yeah, I gotta tighten up huh?" He looked at me with a sly smile on his face

To stop myself from smiling in his face, I turned and looked away. "Yes, definitely." I nodded

"Why you lookin' away?" He chuckled

"Boy, please." I looked back and waved him off

"Smilin' and shit."

I crossed my legs, and fixed the spaghetti straps to the dress that I had on. "No, I'm not."

"You is, but I'm finna let you have that." He said

My phone dinged, so I looked down and see that Meadow was texting me on iMessage

my heart

Where you at

why?

Girl where is you at

idk somewhere you not

If I gotta find you

bro stfu i'm at the hospital

Fa what

my grandma got cancer

Stop fucking lying all the time That shit piss me off

i wasn't even lying, i was playing with you ofc my grandma don't got cancer fucking dumbass

Who?

you?

I gotta pull up on you?

no that's okay

You talk so much shit but if I beat yo ass you gonna be mad and cry

okay

Pull up on me when you leave from wit yo hb I wanna talk and I miss you

My heart fluttered and I started to smile from ear to ear when he said the that he wanted to talk and missed me

Even though we were into it, I was still missing him and was happy that he told me first

We hadn't seen one another in days, but he was in texting me to check up on me since he knew how I got.

Our arguments affected me more than him, well that's what it seemed like. I probably felt like that since 9/10 we would argue because of what he did

I looked up and seen Amiri was looking at me, but I was still smiling. He sucked his teeth and looked away, I didn't know what was his problem

"You okay?" I asked

"Yeah, I'm cool." He nodded

A call from Meadow popped up on my screen, and I immediately answered. "Hold on, I'm about to step out." I told Amiri

"Alright."

I stood up with my purse over my shoulder, and stepped out of the room. I stood right by the door, so it wasn't far at all

"Hello? What do you want?" I rolled my eyes, acting as if I didn't want to be bothered even though I kind of didn't

"Don't ask me what I want, you already know. I want you." He sweet talked

"Stop it." I shook my head

"I'm outside, come on." He hung up

I looked around, then instantly went back inside of the room. "Amiri." I called his name

"Yeah, wassup?" He looked at me

"My boyfriend wanna talk to me, I'll be back though. I'm finna be in the parking lot." I informed him

"Coo'." He nodded, then I walked out

I went out of the hospital, and had to go all the way to the back since I didn't see him in the front

When I did see him, I practically was getting mad about the situation all over again

I approached his car since he was in the driver's seat, smoking a blunt and looking out of the windshield glass

"Open the door." I knocked on his passenger seat windpw

He sucked his teeth, then rolled down the window. "Don't knock on my window, and fuck is you wearing? Tight ass fucking dress, you tryna work fa me?" He questioned

I got even more irritated since I knew exactly what he was implying, I ain't no stripper.

"Fuck you, nigga." I leaned inside by the window, and pressed the button to unlock

Right when I tugged on the door to open it, the door locked and I rolled my eyes

"Bro, Meadow. I'm fucking leaving." I said before turning around to walk away

For dramatic effects, I turned and walked away just so he would chase me

And he did, he honked the horn twice causing me to turn around and look at him

"What, Meadow?" I rolled my eyes

"Man, getcho thick ass over here before I get pissed off and run over yo' damn ribcage wit' my new Forgiato's."

Hesitantly, I turned around and I got into his passenger seat

"Now why you keep playin' wit' me, I call and you'n answer. Plus I pull up and yeen dea, you mad over some shit like two weeks ago."

I didn't even know what to say because I was trying to let go and let God, but he was finna get a piece of me

"Eres una puta tonta-" I began to read him in Spanish, but he stopped me

"Talk that bullshit in English, so I can have a reason to drop you on yo' neck."

"You a dumb ass bitch, and you ain't gonna drop anybody on their neck. Whatever is in your life is in my life because I'm your whole fucking life and you're mine. If you ever say that something dont have something to do with me again, Ima slap the piss out your dick." I let everything off my chest

He was just looking at me for a good thirty seconds, then looked at me because he had nothing to say

Before he spoke up, he nodded his head. "You right."

"Okay then." I rolled my eyes and looked out the window with my arms crossed

"I apologize for what I said that day, you can know wassup and should've known from the jump since you really in my whole life." He started to explain

"It just ain't something I'm ready to talk about and I snapped when that shouldn't have been response. I coulda easily said I ain't wanna talk about it." He shrugged his shoulders

"But I didn't, and that's on me for being on fuck shit."

"Are you ready to talk about it?" I sighed

"I ain't ready I ain't go'n lie, that ain't a door I wanna open up." He shook his head

"I understand, and that's exactly what you should've said in that situation." I said

"I know that. You forgive me?" He asked me with those pleading eyes. They always get me

Of course I gave in and my face went soft with a small smile on my face

I grabbed his face, both sides of his face and started to kiss his lips repeatedly

"I forgive you." I said in between kisses

"You finna dip out wit' me?" He questioned

"I told them I was gonna come back." I pouted

"Don't say no fuckin' them, say him. Lil sneaky ass." He chuckled at him

"No because you be doing too much, I have nothing to hide. That's been my homeboy since been."

"Why Ima trip on yo' homeboy? Don't give a fuck about that." He had a small smile on his face

We were still face to face, so close that I could feel him exhaling through his nose

"I'm finna go back in." I leaned back into the seat

"Yeah, go tell yo' friend you'll be leaving." He said, and I mugged him

"Fine." I said, then pulled the handle to get out and pushed open the door

As I was walking back in, I could feel him staring me down, but didn't opt to turn around

I made back inside of the hospital, and had to check in all over again

I checked in, then went up by the elevator since he was like on the 6th floor which was entirely too high to go up stairs

Amiri's hospital room door was first up, so I just went in. There was a nurse in there, checking his vitals

"Hey, Amiri. I'm fixing to leave." I informed him

His eyebrows furrowed, and he gave me a side-eye. "Fa what?" He questioned

"Boy, I been up here for like three hours, you'll live. See you later." I smiled

"Man, it's fuck you." He joked

"But aight, see you."

"See you." I waved at him, then left