Dirty Laundry

Drunk

My phone was going crazy in the middle of the night, I tried to ignore it but after about twenty minutes I gave in. I groaned loudly and picked my phone up, reading messages.

Dave:

Morgan answer the phone

Dave:

That's really how you do me? Out in the same city as me f*****g with another nigga?

Dave:

That s**t so crazy especially when I just bought yo ungrateful ass a promise ring!

Dave:

Swear to god I will kill that nigga Morgan.

Dave:

ANSWER THE f*****g PHONE!

Before I could finish reading all the messages he called me again and I decided to answer. "Dave it's four in the morning!" I whispered. "You couldn't do this tomorrow?"

"Nah I couldn't cause you got me f****d up. Come to my room."

"Dave it's four AM!" I repeated. "I'm tired, I'm trying to sleep! Yell and argue with me in the morning I don't feel like dealing with this right now."

"Come to my room Morgan."

"Bye Dave."

"You better not hang up on me I swear to god on my moms yo I will f*****g-"

I quickly hung up before he finished that sentence, I did not want to hear it. I turned my phone off and laid my head back into the pillow slowly drifting asleep, not even five minutes later there was loud banging at the door. I hopped up and quickly opened it and it was Dave, I ran into the room to make sure the girls didn't wake up and good thing they didn't. I went back to the door and angrily walked out, leaving the door cracked.

"Dave what the hell is wrong with you!" I said in a semi-whisper yell. "You're acting like a f*****g lunatic! It's the middle of the night and the girls are in there sleep!"

"Y-Y-You got me f****d up yo" He slurred.

I looked into his eyes. "Are you drunk?" He didn't say anything, I crossed my arms. "David are you drunk!"

"s**t maybe I am!" He yelled. "M-Maybe I'm not." He leaned over and then caught his balance.

"You never drink this much, you need to go lay down now."

"In your room." He pointed to the door and tried to walk in, I stopped him.

"No. Not my room, your room! Need help getting back?"

He sighed loudly and grabbed my arm. "Lets go."

I tried to pull back but his grip was really tight. "Go where! Dave I'm going into my room and you are going in yours!"

He pulled a gun out that was tucked in his jeans and pointed it at my head. "Go puttttt on some shoesssssss and bring yo ass out here." He slurred. "And if you wakeee them bitches up or c-c-call the police I swear to godddd I will

blow your f*****g brains out."

As scared as I was I tried not to show it and stay calm. I grabbed my phone, purse, a jacket, and some shoes and left out the hotel. "Put the gun away." I whispered. "You see I'm going with you put it away." I ordered.

"Hell no." He scoffed. "I'll t-t-toss it when we get back to the Bronx."

We went down the elevator and outside, into a car. I'm guessing it was a rental Dave and his friends had. "I'm going to drive." I said quickly. "You're drunk so I'll drive you just hop into the passenger seat."

He couldn't do it on his own so I helped him then got on the drivers side. "Where are we going?" I asked.

He looked at me. "Airport."

And that's where I drove to.

*

I had to help him the whole way until we got on the plane. He instantly fell asleep and I stayed quiet, I thought about telling someone to help and that I was being taken against my will but then I thought about it, once Dave sober up he might not be that bad. After our plane ride I helped him in a Uber and we went to his condo, I let us in and placed him on the bed.

He was terrible so the least I could do was help him while he's drunk just like he helped me the other night. I got him a glass of water and ordered him to take a Tylenol. After that, he fell back asleep and I went into the living room. It was seven am and I just wasn't tired. I watched television and checked on Dave occasionally and soon enough I got a call from Asia.

Hey.

Morgan where are you?

Home.

What do you mean home?

In the Bronx.

Are you serious?

Yeah, I was getting homesick.

But you left all your things.

Keep them. I'll buy everything new. And I'll call you later, I'm watching tv.

*

Around ten o'clock I decided to cook some eggs and toast for a light meal for Dave and woke him up. "How you feel?" I asked.

He stretched, "Hungry as hell." He groaned.

"I made eggs and toast, you can come in the kitchen whenever you're ready."

He stood up slowly and made his self out of bed. We both walked to the kitchen and I made his plate as he sat in the living room on the couch. I gave it to him and he began eating like he never ate before. "Slow down before you puke." I said.

He looked at me up and down. "You got a couple things you left over here awhile back, go shower and put it on." He said biting his toast.

I did what was told, in the shower I washed my hair and thought about how much control Dave has over me. Which made me bust out in tears, finally I can cry and let it out when no ones around to hear. After about twenty minutes I toughened up and got out of the shower, put my hair in a ponytail, then put on a casual day dress. I walked back out into the kitchen and made me a cup of tea before sitting next to Dave on the couch.

I felt his eyes staring at me as I tried hard not to look back, he then took a photo of me.

"You look good." He complimented. "And thank you for taking care of me." He sat his phone down. "I guess it really f****d me up seeing you smiling with another nigga, it drove me crazy. I ain't mean to drink that much." He explained. "And I ain't mean to let it go that far, I apologize."

I nodded, still without looking at him. "Can I go home now?" I asked silently.

"I want you to move in with me."

I looked at him, "What?"

He nodded. "Yeah. Asap."

"Dave I can't my parents would kill me."

He shrugged his shoulders. "f**k ya parents it's me and you forever." I frowned and a tear fell down my cheek. "Why you cryin?"

I sat up and placed my tea on the table. "I don't want to be here." I cried. "I want to go home."

He laughed then scoffed. "Why Morgan."

"Because you scare me! And I don't want to be around you." I admitted.

"You the one who was all on my d**k at that party now all of a sudden you don't wanna be around me?" He shook his head and looked at the tv. "Get the f**k out before I show you something to be scared of."