Zaylin's crying ass baby woke me up from my sleep, I groaned before rolling over checking my phone notifications. I pulled myself off the bed making my way to the bathroom, putting toothpaste on my toothbrush I aimed for the toilet handless while peeing . I shook myself before sticking myself back into my pants, I grabbed my face towel &' washed my face cleaning my ears &' whatever else .

It was Marleys birthday &' Marlon was having a get together at the house . I been stayin here for a little, I just ain't been wanting to go home, plus the dice games hit every night.

After getting myself straight I grabbed my phone scrolling down Instagram seeing a picture of A'Mariell.

I studied the photo before scrolling past, I shook my head thinking bout the situation the other day. I called her over 100 times, off multiple phones while she hung out with some lame ass nigga, got niggas at her crib like I wasn't just fuckin her every where around that bitch . It might honestly be time to go separate ways but to see her with somebody else I might kill her foreal .

I walked out the room seeing Zay hold the baby I scooped the baby out of her arms before taking off .

"I'm not finna chase yo ass, keep dat fat fuck. You could've let me put my tit up." She spoke making me laugh . "Wasn't nobody worried bout yo weird ass tits." I joked back going to the kitchen finding a granola bar, I cracked that bitch open. As soon as I bit into it Malayah(zay's baby) cried . "Her want sum fat girl?" I baby talked , breaking a tiny piece &' feeding it to her .

"Where the fuck is A'Mariell?" Marlon bursted into the kitchen, I shrugged nonchalantly. "Ask Zay."

He furrowed his eyebrows . "Nigga just call her, ion got time for y'all shit right now." He spoke back, I sucked my teeth, walking away from him before I said sum shit . "Zaylin call yo homegirl." I told her, plopping next to her . "Uhohhhh, what's going on with y'all." She asked me, I looked at her &' sighed playing with Lay. "Remember when I used yo phone? I called her, she had to be round sum nigga she ain't wanna say my name or nun type shit. Ain't even call me Ivontae &' you know she love dat shit." I vented, Zay wiped the baby's spit up off her bib with a balled up paper towel . "Tae but why you automatically go to her being with a nigga? It could be dat time of da month for her." Zaylin explained back, I shook my head. "Na Zay, Its Different. She Different, Everything about her, the way she carry herself now, the music she listen too, Like this not the same girl I fell in love with. &' Before I fall outta love, I gotta figure out if it's me, or if it's somebody else." I finished wiping my hand down my mouth .

"Damn sound like you needa smoke pussy." Marlon said coming out the back with a wood, he traded me the wood for the baby &' moved away from the smoke .

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A hour into decorating, A'Mariell finally walked through the door. I couldn't help but study her appearance she always looked good. She did something new with her hair too , She walked to the baby's pin &' pulled her out.

"Bro Do You Think His Party Running On Yo Time?" Marlon came out the back pissed, she sucked her teeth before putting Malayah down . "I'm sorry, I do live across town, I do have to get on the highway to get here, &' I ran outta gas on the highway." She complained, Marlon shook his head &' pulled her into a hug . "Why ain't you call ? How you get here if you ran outta gas?" He asked departing from the hug. "Oh, My friend came &' helped me. What you need me to do?" She asked kicking her shoes off.

"What friend?" I asked in my head . I shook it off while finishing putting his pictures up, A'Mariell walked up to me grabbing the wood out my mouth, I quickly snatched my shit back causing her to furrow her eyebrows giving me a confused look.

"Damn Tae, We Don't Speak?" She asked smiling in my face like everything was coo, I threw my head back. "Oh you know my name today?" I asked, scoffing then turning to finish what I was doing .

"You mad about that? Is you serious?" She asked moving in front of me .

"I'm dead ass serious, had me looking like a clown for what? Calling yo shit back to back, den you acting all tough. Who was you around?" I asked looking down at her licking my lips, as much as I tried to ignore it this girl was breathtaking .

"Ivontae, stop." She said scooting closer to me, I pushed her back. "Na cause I got this soft spot for you, &' it's like you say one lil thing &' I forget why I'm mad. Who was you with?" I asked again, I scoped the room around seeing if anybody was in view before softly choking her up . "Ion even wanna know cause I'ma act up, but answer dis for me?" I asked "&' Be Honest." I added she nodded biting her bottom lip, Dat shit drove me crazy on the inside.

"Yo lil friend, it's a nigga?" I asked , she looked away since she knew she couldn't lie to me while looking in my face, I moved her face back to mines . "Is yall fuckin?" I asked gripping her neck a little more .

"No." She answered while still looking in my eyes. I let her neck go , we shared a stare.

"So what is we doing A'Mariell? Is we seeing other people, is we gone try to work this out?" I asked, she sighed . "Even if we fall off, ion wanna let dat take my friend away." She spoke back, &' I don't know why but it gave me a little closure on her.

I was never fair to A'Mariell, I could've treated her way better but over anything she always got my back &' she ain't never turned hers on me when I deserved it . "I'll tell you dis, You wanna be with dude I'm giving you all authority. But don't do nun you unsure of cause I'm sure of what I want &' I'm willing to put the work in." I told A'Mariell as we looked at eachother.

"But uh A'Mariell." I said getting her attention again . "Tell Em Its A Fair Competition, May Da Best Killa Win." I told her kissing her forehead &' walking away.

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A/N

I had to do a character change for Mari cause I got sum in storeeeeee !!

- this was a short chapter my friend was taking too long to roll up I got bored

- Alsoooo who y'all want Mari wit ? Tae ? or Don?

I neeeeeeeed answers y'all I'm stuck I love me a toxic nigga, but dem chill niggas be DIFFERENTTTTT

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I LOVEEEE YALLLLLLL

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