You hit me once

I hit you back

You gave a kick

I gave a slap

Massie didn't know why, but she kept letting him inside probably because of the way he would apologize after they had a fight. Or if she didn't forgive him he would send thousands of gifts to her doorstep and beg forgiveness. She didn't expect to live like this fighting constantly with Derrick was something that she had gotten use to. They were either verbal or physical. It started when they were both eighteen and she had just moved into her first apartment.

"I love it babe." Derrick said as he came in threw the front door with a handful of red roses, Massie ran out of the kitchen and gave him a tight squeeze. Then gave him a quick peck and took the roses.

"Thank you, and these are beautiful." Massie said as she walked to the kitchen and laid them down on the table. She continued making noodles, the only thing she had in her kitchen along with until she got to go shopping the next day.

"So what are you doing tomorrow?" Massie asked as she stirred the noodles that were boiling over in the pot.

"Hanging with the guys and Alicia." Derrick said as he sat in a seat at the table, Massie gripped the spoon tightly. Her and Alicia were not friends anymore after Alicia tried to steal Derrick away. She almost did too, that slut thankfully Massie came to the rescue.

"Why Alicia?" Massie asked as she continued to stir slower then before, she wanted to know why Derrick was wasting his time with a skank.

"She said she wanted to spend some time with the guys." Derrick said looking up at the ceiling, while Massie turned around to look at him.

"Do you not care, she almost broke us up?" Massie asked as she narrowed her amber eyes, she crossed her arms over her chest and stared down at him.

"She's not, the other guys are there too." Derrick said looking up at her with his chocolate brown eyes. His hardened, he couldn't believe she didn't trust him.

"You sure, 'cause she almost got you last time." Massie said as she turned back around to stir the noodles, she couldn't believe he wasn't taking this seriously.

"That was a long time ago." Derrick said as he got up and rolled his eyes, he thought she would trust him more then this.

"It was 5 weeks ago!" Massie screamed as she turned around and threw the spoon on the counter. She thought he wouldn't hang out with sluts anymore but what happened next was the quickest movement that ever happened. He slapped her and she hit him with the spoon, they stood in silence after that. She rubbed her cheek and he grabbed his head with his left hand.

"You have anything frozen?" Derrick questioned, breaking the silence Massie nodded as she grabbed a and handed it to him. He placed it on his head and stared at the wall, she got one for herself and placed it on her burning cheek. She placed the can on the counter then poured the noodles into a bowl and put some hot sauce in and grabbed a fork. She sat down next to him and ate in silence.

"Sorry I slapped you." Derrick said looking into her hurt amber eyes, she looked up and cracked a small smile.

"Sorry I hit you with the spoon." Massie said as Derrick cracked a smile, they laughed at how silly it sounded. She lifted noodles to her mouth and smiled, as Derrick ran his fingers threw her brunette hair.

"Want some?" Massie questioned as she brought the fork up and Derrick nodded he opened his mouth and she fed him some.

"Can I stay here for tonight?" Derrick asked as his hand trailed down to her neck and on the strap of her tank top.

"Sure." Massie said as she smiled and Derrick kissed her.

That happened four years ago, she only told Claire who didn't judge just gave her a big squeeze and asked if she was okay. Of course she was okay, it was just a slap it didn't even hurt that bad. Probably not as bad as a wooden spoon over the head, there fights got worse but she always forgave him.

You smashed a plate over my head

Then I set fire to our bed

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