A/N: I'm hoping the next one will be the final chapter, but I'll let you all know when I post. I really want to finish before finals start up in a few days. I'm really trying to graduate lol. Also, I have to give credit for my pic edit that some of you mentioned in your reviews to MRoDR who provided it for me. Thank you so very much! I know some of you may be sensitive to how the girls interact with each other, so I suggest you keep an open mind. Nothing should be surprising at this point, but just in case. I'm loving these reviews so keep them coming!
Dani: You're just gonna have to wait and see ;) (ps. I don't know yet lol)
"Damn man, just because she left you don't mean you stop using soap. You look like shit bro." Vince told Dom as he walked into his unkempt apartment.
"Vince I don't want to hear your shit right now. So why don't you just fuck off?"
"Tony sent me to check on you."
"I'm fine."
"Trust me Dom. You're not fine." Vince said making his way into the dirty apartment, and breaking out a six-pack of beer. "You need to get it together man. It's been over a week."
"Excuse me if I happen to be just a little upset at the fact that my girlfriend of five years wants nothing to do with me for something I didn't do."
"I get it man, but what you've been doing ain't productive."
"Can you just let me be in my feelings?" Dom asked slopping on his couch.
"Yo, you sound like a bitch. Can you man up for like two seconds?"
"Don't make me fuck you up." Dom said in a low growl and glared at his oldest friend.
"I'm deadass, like you need to stop sulking and start doing. What are you gonna do about this? Let isn't just some chick."
"I don't know what to do."
"She really won't talk to you?"
"Nah, she won't pick up my phone calls, or meet me face to face. The only time I see her is when I pick up Alexus and even then she only says like three words to me. Everyone is telling me to give her space, but goddamn how much space does a person need to figure shit out?"
"Please tell me you haven't been bringing the kid to this shithole." Vince said looking around the disheveled apartment.
"Nah, we stay at Pops' and Mia's. I just wanted to be alone today so I came here."
"So the chick really just got naked?" Vince asked opening a beer bottle and handing it to Dom.
"Yeah man, shit was crazy. It kinda reminded me of high school. I really thought that shit like that wouldn't happen anymore."
"Damn that's just mean. She know's she's hot. No man would be able to think straight with that in front of them." Vince noted sympathetically.
"I tried to look away, but that's when she went for it."
"She's probably a gold-digger. She knew you were about to cash in for real and wanted to make bank."
"Well I wont be cashing in on anything if I lose another race. I have one in two weeks, and I haven't even begun to prepare for it. I don't know why Christine did what she did or her motives behind it. I just know it ended with Letty leaving me. That shit got me all fucked up."
"I feel you man. I talked to her and she's still real upset."
"I just don't know how to make her see that I'm innocent; real innocent, none of that OJ shit."
"Word, some women are just evil and conniving. That ain't your fault." Vince shook his head as he took a swig of his beer. "Damn man, what a bitch!"
Across the way Letty was having a conversation of her own with her two of her closest friends. "Everybody keeps telling me to talk to him, hear him out, but fuck, what about me?"
"Listen, there ain't no prouder bitch out here than you." Simone told her.
"Gee Simmy, that was so insightful."
"It's true. Remember the one time I beat you at Super Mario? You were icy for days." Mercedes interjected.
"I lost mad money to you. Don't play yourself. You would have reacted the same way." Letty countered.
"Listen girl, if you weren't so fucking miserable we would probably tell you to go on and leave Dom's trifling ass, but look at you. Have you looked in a mirror lately? I know you've never been much for appearances, but goddamn will you do something with your hair? I can't be seen next to you with you looking like the wicked witch of the west."
"I am going to hurt you." Letty informed Mercedes gritting her teeth.
"You know it's true. Listen, remember when Donny did me dirty and I got back with him just to cheat on him just to have him cheat on me again?"
"I have no idea where you're going with this." Letty responded.
"Me neither, I'm completely lost right now." Simone added.
"I'm just saying that if you're gonna get back with a guy you have to do it for the right reasons. You know, because you love each other and shit. You have to be willing to forgive him if you're even thinking of getting back together."
"I don't want to get back with him." Letty lied.
"Yes you do." Simone persisted.
"No, that's not true. I want to have what I thought we had, but it was all a lie, and that makes me a fool."
"There you go again with your damn pride. I really don't think it was a lie. That boy changed his ways for you."
"I know that's right." Mercedes said popping her gum and her two friends stared at her. "What? We all know Dom's been around the block a few times."
"I talked to Mia the other day and she told me that boy is straight bleeding for you."
"Of course she would side with him. She's his sister!" Letty argued. She had not spoken much with Mia because she did not want to drag her into the middle of all the drama she had been experiencing with Dom. It would affect their friendship and she did not want that.
"Why don't you think about how you really feel?" Simone propositioned.
"Yeah girl, you can't move on when you're all bitter. Trust. Why do you think I'm so happy most of the time? I don't fuck with no basic dudes. It's on to the next one if they aren't making me happy."
"It's different for you. You've had them all." Letty argued.
"Are you calling me a hoe?" Mercedes asked defensively.
"Nah, you just been with a lot of different guys." Letty paused mid-explanation. "Okay, maybe I am calling you hoe."
"You can be a little slutty." Simone added with a nod at Letty's statement.
"Fuck the both of yall then!" Mercedes snapped. "Simone don't act like you haven't done shit. Just because you go back to Ricky every time don't mean you better than me. It just means you haven't found better dick."
"Oh shit." Letty snickered. "She just put you blast."
"Why you gotta go and bring that up? This ain't about you or me right now." Simone pointed out and turned her attention back to Letty. "Let listen, I've been cheated on and that shit hurt like a bitch. Girl, I ran the other way and swore I'd never go back, and then boom here we are back together. I don't understand it myself so no one will pass judgment if you decide to go back."
"And if you really don't want him back, then you should at least try moving on. Come out with me tomorrow night." Mercedes offered.
"I'm not ready for that right now."
"It won't be anything crazy. We could go to the arcade. I know you love that place." Letty began to feel herself grow sentimental at Mercedes' suggestion.
"When me and Dom first started dating we went to the arcade all the time." She said weepingly. "God I just hate him so much! He won't even admit he did it! Maybe we could work something out if he would just admit it!"
"Maybe he didn't do it." Simone suggested. As a good best friend, she had talked to Dom in the last few days and knew where he stood. She did not want to pick sides in their argument, but rather be well informed to assist her friend in making the right decision.
"I saw them together." Letty told them trying to contain her emotions.
"Why don't we do a play by play?" Mercedes proposed.
"Word, we about to do some Law and Order shit. Mercedes can be the hoe."
"Why don't you be the hoe?"
"You're more qualified for the part."
"I will smack you so hard." The girl threatened.
"Fine whatever, I'll be the stupid skanky slut, and Letty can be Dom. Stand over there." Simone commanded Letty. They both stood and faced each other and attempted to recreate the scenario. "Oh Dom look at your big muscles. I love that you always look like you about to fight somebody."
"This is you flirting with Dom?" Mercedes asked.
"I'm getting into character." Simone countered.
"Nah I think you should be Dom and Letty should be the slut. She actually saw what happened."
"She's right. Have your way with me." Simone said dramatically bringing her hand to her forehead.
"No" Letty refused.
"It's true. If you do what she did then maybe we can tell if he's completely full of shit or just partially full of shit."
"She right." Simone agreed. "Aight, I'm Dom." She crossed her arms and deepened her voice. Letty let out a small snicker at her friend's imitation of her ex.
"Go on girl. Do it." Mercedes encouraged.
"Ok, so I walked in, and she was all over him, just in her underwear, like this." Letty informed him as she imitated what she had seen that fateful night.
"And where were his hands?" Mercedes asked.
"I don't know. It was a lot to take in."
"Were they on her ass? On her sides?"
"I don't think so. They were too smushed together."
"Was his dick out?" Mercedes questioned.
"No, but that doesn't mean anything. His belt buckle was all undone."
"Hmm...did he look into it?"
"You're asking too many questions." Letty dismissed.
"Where is this hoe? We should go talk to her. You know, set the record straight, woman to woman." Mercedes propositioned.
"If I see her again I'll kill her. What she did was beyond disrespectful. She knew about us. You know? She was working with Dom for six months. That fucking bitch! I knew he was hiding something, but I never thought it would be her."
"You fucked her up right?" Simone asked.
"Of course I did. What the fuck I look like?"
"Yo the three of us should go and give her the whooping of her life." Mercedes said hyping herself up.
"I think I already did. She's one of those rich prissy girls. She don't know about this life." The girls laughed. Growing up in a dangerous urban setting forced them all to acquire certain skills they may have not had otherwise.
"This ain't high school. We could get arrested for that shit. Just ask my sister." Simone laughed.
"True, true, but I still think we should track her ass down. It'll put you at peace."
"I'll think about it." Letty told them pensively.
The next day Letty took the girls' advice and got herself together. She wore actual clothing, played with Alexus, and even managed to focus enough to get a little homework done.
"Mami, Papi come today?" Alexus asked while he played with his toy cars in her room.
"Yeah baby, he's gonna come and get you soon."
"I wanna play with Mami and Papi." The small boy insisted with an adorable pout.
"I know baby." She told him sadly. "Maybe tomorrow." Alexus had been questioning why his parents were seemingly always apart. They could not exactly explain what was going on between them because he would not understand. The boy just knew something was missing, and he did not like it one bit. Dom picked up Alexus not too long after. He had taken the time to shave and gather himself before heading over.
"You look good." He told Letty when she brought Alexus downstairs.
"Dominic..." She said warningly.
"Right buddy? Tell Mami how pretty she is."
"You look really pretty Mami."
"Who's prettier than Mami?" Dom asked his son.
"No body! I have the prettiest Mami in the wole world." The boy mused at her.
"That's right Lex!"
"Come say good-bye." Letty said smiling at her toddler and picking him up from the ground. "You're gonna be a good boy?"
"Yeah, I good always."
"Hmmm, no more breaking toys, ok?" Letty warned.
"Ok", he agreed, and Letty gave him a long kiss on the cheek.
"I love you." She told him before handing him to Dom.
"Love you!" Alexus exclaimed in return. Dom placed him in his car seat, and turned to face her.
"Don't do that." She told him.
"What? I can't say you look good?"
"No, and don't use our son as a pawn in your sick game."
"I'm not playing any sick games. You don't let me tell you that I love you, so why don't you just lay out all the things I can and can't say."
"Let's not do this." She mediated.
"Let's not do what? More of nothing? I still can't believe this shit hasn't blown over yet."
"Well cheating is grounds for separation Dominic."
"It is, but I didn't cheat. That seems to be something you don't seem to understand."
"All right Dominic, why don't you lay it out for me?"
"Again? Baby how many times do I have to go through it?"
"Until I believe you. It just doesn't seem to make sense how it just happened out of the blue. You didn't lead her on? She just threw herself at you? Something is suspect there. You were being weird all week."
"I have a reason for that though."
"What is it?"
"I can't tell you yet."
"Well when you can, let me know then maybe we'll have an actual conversation." She told him angrily. Dom grabbed her before she could turn away and forced her gaze on him.
"I love you. I would never hurt you like that, not ever." He kissed her forcefully, and Letty would have been lying if she claimed not to have responded. She wanted to believe him desperately, but something inside would not let her.
"Stop it." She told him pulling away. "That's not fair. You can't just do shit like that!"
"I'm not sorry. We should be together. We belong together." Dom argued as Letty rubbed her eyes in frustration. "We had a family and we were happy, but you don't care about any of that. You know what's really fucking with my head is that I don't understand how you claim to love someone and not fight for what you had."
"Don't turn this around on me!" She retorted, while doing her best not to raise her voice and scare Alexus.
"I'm willing to do anything to make this work, but you wont even try."
"Dom it's hard to get back in the ring with the person who knocked you out in the first place."
"I didn't though!" He exasperated.
"You know what?" She said raising her hands to halt their argument. "I'm gonna take you up on your offer. Get Christine to admit it's all on her and we'll talk about maybe reestablishing something between us."
"Done." He conceded immediately. Dom knew it was easier said than done, but he was willing to do whatever it took to have his girl back.
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