"Riley, please." I grab his hand, looking into his eyes. "The way he was acting just-"
"Ray, please. I'm just gonna tell him he did good."
"Just leave him alone, Riley." I say. "When he said something about killing you, I got really really scared."
"Us rappers always talk about killing other niggas." Riley says, pulling away from me. "He didn't mean that shit."
"Riley, please. The look in his eyes was just… My gut is telling me to stay as far away from this nigga as possible." I grab his arm, hoping it would change his mind. We could just go. We should just leave, go home and sleep. I just felt... terrified. And Kyrie wasn't here because he had to finish a project. Hiro wasn't here because he completly cut us off.
"Can I just congratulate this nigga? Damn, Ray." He says, pulling away. He pushes me to the side a bit and I watch as he walks over to OG before frowning. I didn't understand why he was so irritated. Maybe the bright lights that were on the stage. I walk over, taking a deep breath. I swear, the closer I got to him and his crew, the worse I felt. But I still stood behind Riley, tightly gripping his hand.
"Thanks nigga." OG says, the two slapping hands. "Lost to you though. Again." OG and his crew laugh.
"Yeah, my bad. Just… yeah." Riley says, and OG catches sight of me.
"This your girl?" OG asks and Riley turns to face me, moving to the side.
"Yeah." He says, pressing a kiss to my temple. I kept my eyes on OG, trying to calm my breathing. It was in his eyes. Something was there and I wasn't comfortable with it.
"Shit, I'd beat a nigga ass to. Ain't no hard feelings man." OG says, keeping his eyes on me. "Y'all married?" He asks and I raise my hand up, playing with the ring.
"Almost." Riley says.
"Riley. I'm tired." I say, tearing my eyes away from OG. "Can we go?"
"Yeah." He says, and gives OG a look. "Aight then."
"Aight then nigga. Catch you later." I turn to OG, my stomach in knots. "Nice meetin you Miss Freeman." the tone in his voice made me grit my teeth and turn around, walking past Riley.
"What's wrong?" He asks, catching up to my strides.
"Nothing. Just full of nervous energy."
"What?"
"Nothing." I say, playing with the ring again. "Don't worry about it."
"Ray, what's wrong?"
"Nothing!" I say, looking at him. "It's fine."
It wasn't fine.
"Aye, if it isn't Riley's girl!" I hear. I turn. Oh God.
"Hi." I say, offering OG a fake but still polite smile. I guess this was the worst time to be in the mall.
"Whatchu doing in here without your man?" He asks, taking a step forward. It took everything in my not to take a step back, but I didn't. I wasn't rude or anything.
"Uhm… I wanted to buy something." I say, looking around. This man and the two guys he was with were filled with so much negativity, it rolled off him in waves. If he tried anything, I'd be terribly outnumbered. Three big guys against me... Jesus.
"You finding everything ok?" He asks, and I look at him. That was a weird question to ask. Did he work here or something?
"Uh, yeah. I uh-"
"No need to be nervous, lil lady." He says, wrapping an arm around me. I recoil slightly, from fear, and pull away from him.
"Sorry… if people see and take pictures, Riley'll be mad."
"I don't blame him. You're a pretty girl. It'd suck for you to lose him." He says, and my mouth drops open.
"What?"
"Oh, did I mess that up? I meant for him to lose you."
Oh God, oh God, oh God. What was he going to do to my boyfriend?
"How's Kyrie?" He asks and I nervously nod.
"Fine." I say, swallowing my spit. I couldn't do it. I needed to go. "I uhm, I have to go. Riley doesn't know I'm here and-"
"I understand. See you later." He says and I quickly walk away and out of the mall. OG was crazy. And I had to tell Riley he was insane.
I almost speed back home and unlock the door, catching sight of Kyrie and Riley lounging on the couch.
"That man is crazy!" I say, still shaking.
"Who?" Kyrie asks, looking at me.
"OG!"
"Oh, Lord." Riley mutters, rolling his eyes.
"I'm serious. I get a bad feeling about him! And he just said that it'd suck if I lost you!"
"What?"
"He was talking and he said I was pretty and that it would suck if I lost you."
"He meant if I lost you, Ray." Riley says, and I shake my head.
"No. It wasn't some type of blunder. He did it on purpose."
"I just think you're a little shook up babe."
"Yeah, because this man has the intentions to kill you, Riley!"
"I'm sure it was just a mistake." Riley looks at Kyrie. "What do you have to say Ky?"
"I usually go with Ray's gut. But she is a little dramatic."
"What? I am not!"
"See." Kyrie says, and I cross my arms.
"Look, just calm down a bit. Come sit and watch tv with us bae."
"No, I'm fine. I have to get started on dinner."