Roommates

10

Kidd walked inside and went into Jayla's room, not seeing her. He searched the whole house before walking back into her room and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Jayla?" he called but no answer. He jiggled the handle but it was locked. "Jayla" he called out again. He ran his shoulder into the door 3 times before it busted open.

He looked in and saw Jayla's wrist bleeding badly and her knocked out. He picked her up and carried her down to his car then to the hospital.

4 hours later, a doctor walked out. "She's fine and you got to her just in time. We found anxiety pills in her system which helped her drift away after cutting her wrist. Also she is depressed. So we will keep an eye on her for today then she can leave tomorrow."

"Can I see her?" the doctor nodded before showing him to room. Kidd slowly opened the door, and saw Jayla sitting in the bed looking down at her bandaged wrist. "Jayla" he called but she didn't answer.

He walked over to her and sat down next to her bed and slowly reaching for her hand. She let him grab it. "Jayla look at me" he said. She turned and looked passed him instead.

"Why did you save me?" she asked lowly. That was the first time she talked in almost 2 weeks so that let Kidd know he was getting through to her. "I don't want to live anymore. I just want to die" she said with a straight face.

"Why? I saved you becau- uh s**t. Iight I'll be honest. I have feelins for you Jayla. I saved you because I like you ok? You're like my highshool crush. And why would you want to die? You're beautiful, funny, smart, have an amazing smile and a amazing body to match. What could be so wrong that you want to die?" Kidd rubbed his thumb across her hand then kissed it gently.

"I've never had a boyfriend. Khalil was my first one and I thought it will be a good one and it was in the beginning. When you came for me that night, I found out what Khalil did for a living. I passed on your message, the one were you said you will come for me if he doesn't pay is father debt, and when I asked is he going to pay it, he said no. I asked why not and he said why would I. To me, that felt like a slap in the face. It's like he didn't care about me, so that night when you came to get me I was ready. I thought it was better if I left. Thinking me leaving was a good thing, but it wasn't. You choked me and I was r***d. It's like people try to hurt me so that I run away"

Kidd nodded "You can't run away Jayla"

"I didn't. After he said that, he didn't speak to me for a whole week and stayed at the trap the entire time. He pushed me away"

"What about this anxiety thing?" he asked.

"I've had that since middle school" Kidd nodded again.

"You know I'm always here for you right? Whenever you need to talk or want me to listen, I'll be here" Jayla nodded and Kidd kissed her hand again. Jayla cracked a smile. "Is that a smile I see?" he joked.

"Yes, kinda"

"Good, I'll never hurt you Jayla. I'm always here for you" he said.

"Can you tell me about this debt thing? Since I'm in the middle of this"

"Iight, so when my dad was alive he was cool with Khalil's dad. Khalil and I actually used to chill together. Then one day, I heard my dad cursing on the phone at Khalil's dad over some money then threatened his life. A few days later, my dad told me to ride with him. That was when I saw him shoot Khalil's dad and I was suppose to meet them there to play also. A few days before my dad died, he said get the money back. And he my father, so I listened."

"How much" Jayla asked softly thinking it would be thousands or millions.

"$50,000. I asked my dad if I could just pay him the money and he said he wants it from Khalil."

Jayla chuckled "That's a lot of money. Don't you have way more than that though?" Kidd nodded "And didn't your dad pass?" Again, Kidd nodded "So I'm not really understanding why this money thing is still an issue"

"Yea, me either but that's still my pops"

"Maybe you should let it go." Jayla said. Kidd kissed her hand again and nodded.

"I'll drop it" he said he said honestly.

A few days have passed and Jayla is now out of the hospital. Kidd held her hand and they slowly walked inside.

"Ok so I cleaned the room up and changed it around for you so it's almost like a different vibe or something." Kidd said.

"Thank you" she said softly. She looked around the guest room and it looked a lot different, doesn't even look like the same room.

"So I'm goin to the trap so I work s**t out with Khalil. You wanna come?" he hoped she said yes, because he loved when she was around.

Although, she didn't talk, Kidd just liked her presence. She nodded. "Ok I'm leaving in an hour so be ready"

Kidd walked into his room and called Khalil.

Khalil hasn't slept for awhile trying to find Kidd and Jayla. "Ok, so he isn't at his trap?" he asked on the phone.

"Naw, haven't been here for 3 days. He left with Jayla though"

"You know that how?" he asked.

"If he didn't, he would have come back to check on her but hasn't. " Khalil nodded then said bye. He started pacing the room and felt the anger build up inside of him. He punched the wall twice, then his phone rang.

"What" he growled not looking at the caller I.D.

"Khalil, this Kidd. I want to meet up today at the gas station on 12th and Griffin at 7 to talk out this money shit." he hung up.

Khalil stared at the phone and shook his head. He was definitely bringing Micheal with him, along with his gun. He looked at the time and it was 6, so he called Micheal and then got ready.

"Where this nigga at?" Khalil asked. He was sitting in his car with Michael at the gas station, waiting for Kidd.

"Call him"

Khalil dialed Kidd's number. "Yo"

"Where you at" Khalil asked.

"We just pulled in" Micheal tapped Khalil and pointed to the black Bugatti that pulled into the gas station. Khalil hung up and exited the car with Micheal.

They leaned against the hood of Khalil's car and watched Kidd get out and walk over to the passenger side of the car. Kidd opened the door and Jayla stepped out.

She grabbed Kidd's hand, entwined their fingers and grabbed onto his arm. Khalil stared at her in shock while Michael just looked at Khalil's expression.

Kidd walked up and dapped both men. "Hey Jayla" Micheal said. She smiled softly before looking at the ground.

"Hi Jayla" Khalil said. She looked at him with no emotion in her face, and looked back down.

"Iight so listen, I'm over this money thing. I never really wanted the money, it was all my pops. I didn't kill your father, he did. I don't got beef with you so let's put this petty s**t behind us. Cool? " Kidd asked.

"Yea we cool" Khalil and Micheal said. They dapped each other again, before Khalil asked to speak with Jayla in private.

Micheal chuckled. He knew Jayla wasn't the type of girl to forgive someone easily, so Khalil was going to have to put in a lot of work.

The two walked a short distance away from Micheal and Kidd. Khalil looked up at Jayla, scanning his eyes over the way her jeans hug her thick thighs, her fitted crop top showing her mid-drift and then her perky titties.

"How you doin?" he asked looking in her big brown eyes. She looked different, but Khalil didn't know what it was.

"Good" she said. Khalil nodded and rub on the back of his neck.

"I wanted to apologize for everything I said and everything I did that hurt you. When I said why would I I meant it like, he'll get over it and it'll blow over. Not like I didn't care if he took you away from me." Jayla just nodded. "Is he hurtin you?"

"No" she said honestly. She didn't want to say anything about the choking or r**e because after all that, Kidd has been nothing but good to her.

"Good, so are u uh- are you coming home?"

"Why would I?" Jayla asked with a smirk on her face, before walking back over to Kidd and Micheal, who were in conversation.

She stopped beside Kidd. "Iight so I'm throwin Jay a party for her 21st birthday and I want y'all to come" Kidd turned and looked at Jayla. "Is that ok?" he asked.

Jayla smiled and nodded her head. "So I'll call y'all with the details" Micheal and Khalil nodded.

Kidd and Jayla started walking away until Jayla stopped and walked over to Micheal. "Bye Mike" she said softly before giving him a hug, then waved bye to Khalil.

"So what happen?" Micheal asked once they were in the car.

"I apologized then asked if she was coming home. And she said why would I."

Micheal shook his head "Damn man, just give her time. At the party, then try again iight?" Khalil nodded.

Micheal never seen Khalil so hooked on a girl before, so he knew Khalil was hurting inside. Usually Khalil would just say f**k it and move on, but he hooked on Jayla.

Kidd and Jayla walked inside and Jayla went to her room to shower, then layed down. Kidd walked in and sat on the foot of her bed, rubbing her leg. "You ok?" he asked.

Jayla nodded"Ok well uh- can I take you out tonight? " he asked. Jayla sat up and sighed before answering "Never mind, you still healin and s**t. That was a dumb question. I'll go get dinner ready and call you down when it's done" he said not allowing Jayla to answer.

She laid back down. A small smile spread across her face. She was going to say yes. He has been so sweet, how couldn't she? Jayla think thought what she needed was a day out with nothing but fun. And Kidd.

When Jayla saw Khalil, the only thing she wanted to do was punch the s**t outta him. How dare he ask is she coming back? Honestly, why would she? So he can act as if he cares about her like he was before.

And that apology, she saw straight through that bull. He only felt the need to say that because she was under Kidd. Khalil just needed to leave her alone.

Kidd started making, steak, potatoes and cabbage for dinner. He started feeling dumb about asking Jayla to go out so soon.

He just wanted to take her out to get her mind off things. He's really starting to like Jayla.

Jayla walked into the kitchen to see Kidd not cooking, just leaning over the stove. "Kidd" she called. He turned around and looked at her. "I wanna go out with you tonight"

Kidd smiled "Ok, get dressed. Just casually" Jayla nodded before going back into her room.

She showered and put on skinny jeans, a black spaghetti strap shirt and black sandles. She sprayed herself in love spell and wore her hair down and kept it wild and curly.

She walked downstairs and saw Kidd dressed in a black and red Jordan varsity jacket, dark wash true religion jeans and Red and black Jordan 4s.

"You ready beautiful? " he asked. She nodded and he grabbed her hand, leading her outside. They drove for about an hour until they pulled up to the fair.

Kidd opened the door for Jayla, and grabbed her hand. He payed for the wrist band then they walked in. "Are you afraid of heights?" he asked.

"Nope, come on" she pulled him to Fire ball. "That was amazing" Jayla said once they got off.

"I couldn't tell from how you were screaming" Kidd said laughing. Jayla grabbed his hand and mugged him.

"Not funny" she said before pulling him to UFO. "Ok that one made me sick" she said.

"You want to leave?"

"Of course not, I didn't get my Funnel cake"

"Ok, find a seat and I'll get the food" Kidd said. She nodded before walking away to a table.

Jayla sat at a table and pulled out her phone, to see a message. Khalil.

I was wondering if maybe we could meet up and talk things out - Khalil

She texted back

No - Jayla

Khalil responded quickly

Jayla, please. I just want to talk - Khalil

She sent back

Fine, we can talk this weekend at my party - Jayla

Khalil sent

Can we talk before then? - Khalil

Jayla sighed and responded

I'll be at the house tomorrow at 2 - Jayla

Kidd walked over to Jayla and put the food down. They talked and laughed the entire time while eating. "Before we leave, can we get on the farris wheel? " she asked.

"Yea come on" they cleaned off their table then stood in line at the farris wheel.

"I love riding these things. The view from the top is amazing" she said. The ride started and Jayla looked over the town and smiled.

Kidd watched her, her hair blowing in the light breeze, her eyes glowing from all the lights, and her flawless smile. He grabbed her hand and caressed it with his thumb.

She looked at their hands then up at Kidd, then smiled before looking back at the view. Kidd moved closer to her. "Jayla" he called.

When she faced him, he kissed her. She didn't kiss back right away but soon she did. He put a hand on her waist, and she put a hand on the back of his neck as their tongues wrestled.

They kissed each other with so much passion, want and need that when they pulled away, they had to catch their breath. The ride stopped and they got off.

Quietly, they walked to the car. The car ride to Kidd's house was quite also. They both were thinking of what just happened.

He kissed her. Jayla knew the feelings she had for Kidd, who's also the man who kidnapped her, but she somehow forgot about all that. She was glad she left when she did.

Doubt started to fill her head. What if he's like Khalil? She wouldn't be able to handle that, not after all the things he's told her about trust.

But when she's with him, he's different. Its something about Kidd that tell Jayla, he won't hurt her.