{TWENTY-NINE}

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Today was the day of that party fez wanted us to go to and I honestly didn't wanna go. Faye had been acting weird as shit, always taking out the trash and it was getting on my nerves every time I was over.

"Do I have to go?" I ask ashtray who's sat on my bed. "Yes, now get your ass up." Ash says not once looking up from his phone. "Literally make me dude, I don't wanna go." I say without thinking about my choice of words.

Suddenly ash bursts into laughter. "What!?" I exclaim. "Nothing." He mumbles. "Ashtray you always do that! You say something the-" I say but pause. "Finish your sentence. What we're you gonna say, 'make me'?" Ash asks with a laugh.

"Haha." I say with sarcasm. I then walk over to my closet and pick out a white silk crop top with baggy blue jeans, making my way to the bathroom. Soon I was finished changing and walked back into my closet to grab my black and white sb dunks and a hat which I obviously stole from ashtray.

"Alright let's go." I say walking out of the closet. Ash stares at me for a hot minute before clearing his throat. "Yo ass is driving today ma." Ash says throwing me the keys. "This is exactly why I'm gonna wreck your fucking car." I say smiling.

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"Jesus fucking Christ! Why does everyone think I can't drive!?" I exclaim as ash is yelling at me to turn on my blinking signal even though we're not at the stop yet. "Amari   Merge into the fucking lane!" Ash yells, taking a hold of my hand and slightly turning the wheel.

"Man fuck this." I mumble before pulling over and unbuckling my belt. "The fuck?" Ashtray asks. "Switch." I say as if it's obvious. I then wait for ash to get up but he doesn't budge. "Dude open your door or criss cross." I tell him.

"What the fuck is criss cross?" He asks and I roll my eyes. "Just get out." I say and he finally opens his door, then I climb over to the passengers seat. "I swear it's not us Mari, you can't drive for shit." Ash says with a small laugh.

"Haha, fuck you." I mumble, going on my phone. We legit only got down the street before this so we had a while to go. "Gimme the aux." I ask, well basically tell ash. "Uh no, your ass didn't wanna drive." He says plugging it into his phone. I roll my eyes as he opens Apple Music.

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As ash pulls into the drive way he turns to me. "In and out?" He asks. "No the fuck, if I'm forced to be here ima have some fun." I say getting out of the car. Before my door closes I hear ash sigh. "Dude we're you sighing?" I ask as he joins me. "No Mari, I wasn't sighing," he says with attitude. "You were but ok." I say speeding up a bit.

"Bro get your ass over here." Ash says gently grabbing my waist. "Why dude." I say looking at him. "Because I'm your boyfriend." He says with a hint of sarcasm behind his voice. "Just a reminder you said fake, so don't get bold." I say patting him in the chest as I speed up once again.

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"Have you seen my friend molly?" Some dude asks and I roll my eyes. I had heard that phrase about a hundred fucking times. "Do you want drugs or not dipshit?" I ask and the boy who looks no younger than fifteen nods. I hand it to him in exchange for money and lean back in my seat.

"You know, if you were a bit nicer maybe you wouldn't scare away the clients. Maybe smile a bit?" Ash says sarcastically. "You know, if you shut the fuck up maybe we could get along a bit better." I say to him with a faux smile. "Well I'm pretty sure we got along when you were kissing me." Ash mumbles lowly but I hear him.

I roll my eyes and get up, finding my way to the kitchen. Once I get there I find the one non-alcoholic drink, caprisun. I quickly grab one before leaning on the counter, scrolling through my phone as "acquainted" by the weekend plays throughout the house.

I'm just standing there drinking my juice as I hear a deep voice clear there throat, fucking Nate Jacobs. "Hey Amari," he says casually as if I didn't threaten him and he has never threatened me either.

"Nate." I mumble. "You look pretty." He says as if he's expecting a thanks. "I made sure of it before I left my house." I mutter as I turn away from him. "Do you need something?" I ask as I take notice to Nate still standing right beside me.

"Yea actually, I just wanna make it clear that even though you had your boy toy beat up my fucking father, I'm not scared of you." He says, walking up on me slightly. I let out a small laugh before quickly closing my mouth.

Just as I'm about to speak I see ash appear behind me, grabbing a hold of my waist. "I suggest you get your ass outta her playboy, cause I'm not playing anymore fucking games with you." Ash says and does something behind me which I can't really see.

I'm pretty sure that dumbass flashed his gun or some shit. "Nate just rolled his eyes, but there was a bit of worry behind his look as he walked away. "That bitch ruined my whole night." I mumble. "You ok?" Ash asks. "Perfect. He may be a fucking giant but I'm not scared of him." I say shrugging.

"Aight let's go, I sold the rest to that dumbass Troy, or Roy ion know." Ash says and I nod before pushing past people in the house. As we're pulling into the neighborhood ash gets a call. Soon he hangs up and glances at me. "Come to my house first thing tomorrow Aight?" He asks as he pulls into my drive way. "Sure, bye." I say as I give him a short kiss on the cheek and make my way to the front door.

A/N: yall I proof read for no more 'ducking' mistakes🤧🙏🏾