She taps her foot, trying not to glare at the pregnant woman sitting across from her. "Sooo." Riley starts and she turns to face him, glaring.
"Why am I here?" She says, causing Kalani to glare at her. Riley turns to face her, and slightly slumps. She was beyond angry, he could tell.
"Babe, I just wanted you two to meet." He had picked a little cafe to meet at, told Ayasha that they were going out to get some coffee. But when she sat down, and Kalani sat across from her, she knew she was set up. And she was very angry.
"You know I don't like her." Ayasha says, and looks at Kalani, who was gripping the table, probably trying to keep her anger inside. "Nevermind." She says, a small smirk. "I fucking hate this hoe."
"Hoe? Who the hell you calling a hoe?"
"The same bitch who fucked my boyfriend." Ayasha says, turning to face her fully. She crosses her legs and places her hands on the table, folding them. "Would you rather I call you homewrecker?"
"I gave Riley the best night of his life, and this baby is the product of it." Kalani says, still angry and Ayasha lets out a laugh.
"I beg to differ." She says, and tilts her head slightly. "But, if that's what you believe. Just remember, there is a reason he's still with me."
"Oh, honey, don't think that for long." Kalani says, and Ayasha raises an eyebrow. "I have him wrapped around my manicured finger." She says, and Ayasha turns to look at Riley, who wanted to stay out of it.
"Really?" She says, still looking at Riley. She then turns to Kalani. "You don't have my boyfriend wrapped around your finger and you are foolish for even thinking that. The only reason he answers your calls is because you might be pregnant with his child."
"Might?" Kalani asks, her voice loud. "Bitch, I am pregnant with his child."
"See, I would believe you, but I don't believe thots." She says, crossing her arms. Riley needed to get this under control before it got out of hand.
"Ayasha…" Riley mutters, and she runs a hand through her hair.
"Oh, sorry, am I being rude? Let me rephrase that. I would believe you but I don't believe hoes. Oh, wait, let me try again. I would believe you but I don't believe petty bitches who'll fuck another girls man." She turns to Riley. "Was that better?"
He opens his mouth to speak but was cut off.
"You are so unnecessary!" Kalani says. "When are you gonna leave this bitch Riley?"
"Oh, he'll never leave me. He knows who's the better choice, and it isn't you."
"Riley keeps on saying how he'd rather be with me than you for months! Even before we fucked he'd been telling me that he'd rather be with me!" Kalani says, and Ayasha raises an eyebrow.
"Did you not hear me? I don't believe-"
"I have messages." Kalani says.
"Kalani, come on-" Ayasha sends a look to Riley, one that silences him.
"Show them to me." She says, and Kalani smugly smirks, showing Ayasha her phone and the messages. This was it, and Kalani knew it. Finally she'll be able to have Riley.
"It's his number, his way of texting, everything. There's no way to fake this. Just admit it and give up honey." Kalani says, pulling her phone away and rubs her stomach. Her six month pregnant stomach. Filled with a six month old, or developed or whatever the term was, baby. "Me and Riley are going to be a family, without you in the picture."
"Ayasha-"
"Oh, I don't know what you believed, but he lied." Ayasha says, crossing her arms. "You are foolish to believe that a cheater, like this nigga, will stay with you. Even if I was out of the picture, it'll be an endless cycle. He'll probably cheat on you. I suggest you try to make the least contact with him as possible because I know that the year and one month me and Riley have been together have been the worst times of my life." She says, crossing her arms.
The words hurt Riley, but it was his fault they were being said in the first place. She didn't have to tell Riley that he was gonna get yelled at once Kalani left. He knew. He got caught up, as always. Maybe Caesar was right. He looks outside. It looked as if it was going to rain.
What fitting weather.
"You might as well keep him with me because I don't want you as miserable as I am right now, and have been for months." Ayasha says, causing Kalani to frown.
"Riley wouldn't cheat on me. I'm special!" Riley opens his mouth, to oppose both of them but Ayasha starts talking again.
"Of course you are." Ayasha says. "I thought the same thing, and I've known Riley most of my life. He isn't the one you want to be with. He's all perfect and alluring right now, when he's taken and everything looks glittery, but right now… no."
It wasn't like that. He loved Ayasha.
"Ayasha-"
"Shut up Riley." Ayasha says, turning to him. "I'm so angry with you right now, I don't even want to see you."
"See, that's why he wants to be with me." Kalani says, a smile on her face. "You don't know how to treat him."
That wasn't it at all. "Kalani, that's a damn lie." He says, and turns to face Ayasha. "Ayasha she's-"
Ayasha had closed her eyes tightly, a lone tear falling from her eye. She opens them, wiping her face and shaking her head, getting up. "If that's what you want." She says, getting up. "I'm done." She says, leaving.
Riley gets up also, following her. "Yasha! Yasha!" He calls out as she walks off. He catches up to her, grabbing her hand. "Ayasha-"
"I shouldn't be surprised." She says, shaking her head. "I don't know why this is affecting me so much."
"Ayasha-"
"Caesar was right. We aren't made for each other. I think this is it... I think this is really over for us." She says, fighting back tears.
"Ayasha…"
"Nah. I think…" She inhales, the words getting caught in her throat. But she didn't need to say them for Riley to know what they meant.
They meant it was over. For good. And he couldn't have that. "But, what about not letting her have me? What happened to all that determination?"
"I can only do that when you're making it easy for me. You telling her that you're gonna break up with me for her…" Her breath hitches and she wipes her face, her throat getting tighter. She was trying so hard not to break out into sobs. "You telling her that shit doesn't help." She says, swallowing and turning her head away.
"I'm sorry! I won't do it again, I just w-"
Ayasha shakes her head. "Just go home Riley." She says, wrapping her arms around herself. It got much colder than it was just a few minutes ago. She turns around, walking off, ignoring Riley's voice.
She couldn't do it anymore. She couldn't. She didn't want to leave him, but she couldn't hurt herself anymore. She was done for good. No more. She inhales, a sob rising and cutting her deep breath off. She cries, covering her face.
It hurt so much. Being away from him, being with him, they both hurt. She didn't know what to do. She was lost now. She tries to calm herself, grabbing her phone from her hoodie's pocket, dialing a number.
"Yasha, what's go-"
"C-C-Caesar." She cries into the phone. She didn't know who to call. She didn't know what to do.
"Ayasha, what's wrong?"
She couldn't answer him. She just cried into the phone, turning her head and trying to contain herself.
"Yasha, please, calm down." Caesar says, trying to soothe her. "Where are you, I'll come get you."
She takes in deep breaths, wiping her face. "I-I'm sorry." She sniffs. "I'm so stupid, and just a mess."
"Where are you?"
"No, it's fine. I'm not too far away from home." She says, sniffing. "I'll walk."
"Ayasha Rae Tewa, if you do not-"
"I'll catch you later Caes." She says, hanging up. She raises her head, walking forward, and ignoring the stinging of her eyes.
She wanted to be alone. If she saw Caesar and if he hugged her as tight as he does when she's feeling sad, she'll cry.
And she didn't want to cry anymore. She wanted all of her tears to dry up and evaporate.
She looks up at the sky, hoping her tears will evaluate only to get a rain drop to the face. Then another until it slowly started to drizzle. She slightly hoped that it'd start hailing and one would hit her in the head and struck her down forever.
What a morbid thought.
She shakes her head, the rain pouring harder until she was fully drenched, slowly walking along. She felt like shit. She felt worse than that. She felt horrible. She continued on her way, her tears mixing with the rain. At least now it didn't look like she was crying.
She ignores the car slowly down on her side and the passenger's side window being rolled down. "Ayasha, get in the car." Someone sternly says, and she turns, looking at Caesar.
She looked truly and utterly defeated, her cheeks stained by her running eyeliner and her eyes full with pain, hurt and plenty other emotions. She truly was done.
"I'm fine." She says, and he gives her a hard stare.
"Ayasha, if you don't get your ass in this car, I swear I'm gonna get out and throw you in it." He says, and she closes her eyes.
She didn't have any reason to fight it. She slowly trudges into the car, her head lowered. "I'll get the seats we-"
"Fuck the seats." He says sternly and she opens the door, entering the car. He lets out a frustrated breath and pulls his jacket off, leaving him in a tank top. "Here." He says, and she takes it. "It'll do until we get you home."
"Caesar-"
"We are taking you home, and then you're gonna warm up, hopefully not catch a cold, cuz if you do, I'll have to take care of you, and-"
"Caesar, thank you." She says, lifting her wet hoodie off and placing his on. "What would I do without you?"
"Shit, you'd be walking in the rain, struck down with a fever."
She sadly smiles at him, nodding. "You truly are a good person."
"Yeah, well I try to make up for my overbearing sexiness by being nice." He says, driving off. "I mean, being this sexy should be a crime." He says, keeping his eyes on the road.
Ayasha shakes her head, leaning over slightly and pinching his cheek. "Whatever." She mutters, and he swats her hand away, a smile on his face.
"You're just mad cuz you aren't this cute."
"I'm cuter though." She says, and he makes eye contact with her, stopping at the stop sign. He studied her face, making her frown slightly and turn away.
"If you say so." He says, and she looks up quickly, frowning deeply at his chuckle and pinching his cheek once more.
